WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2017

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  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Penny. Actually the dish set we have is from a local store Fred Meyers, heehee. My Ramen bowl is from Japan though. My dream is to have mismatched bowls from various artists, so my kitchen looks like an art gallery!
    Becca
    Oregon
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Heather great idea putting the calorie content in the things you freeze! I will definite be doing that! I just made some oven baked salmon so portioning it out presently.
    Becca
    Oregon
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Penny- beautiful photo. What an amazing place to live.
    All the insurance talk made me think of my recent health issue. One emergency room, one transfer by ambulance and four days in hospital. My DH served 24 years in the AF so we have same insurance as Janetr and Becky. My Dsil said their deductible is $6500. Tomorrow is last day of antibiotics and I will be glad because my stomach is still messed up.
    My neighber just put her house up for sale. Sold in two days. Now she has to find a new house quick.
    I finally got all the lirope (sp) cut back and DH put down the cedar mulch so we aRe getting close to having the gardens in good shape. It's a good thing because we leave the third for our big trip to SE Asia.
    Hope everyone is having a good day.
    SueBDew in TX
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,153 Member
    evening ladies~
    \Joyce ~ sorry dont want to be a piece of paper.. yes I still have rights, but feel as if he is just going to go along , ignoring me than he needs to make a freakin decision.. if you want me here work with me, If not.. hit the bricks... but not before I get paid for the 20 yrs I have put into this marriage...
    working tomorrow until noon...
    Taliah -loved her coloring stuff I got her..
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,795 Member
    I think it was Lanette who first mentioned the Myers Brigg tests. I want to say thank you. :flowerforyou:
    I was a bit surprised at first by my result as it is not the way I see myself, but I realised as I was reading the profile that I have been that person all along and not allowed myself to fully appreciate it. Today, in an argument with DH, I was able to say, "Well, that's just the way I am and I'm proud of it." :D (He is not feeling well >:) ) I definitely feel a sense of relief and, yes, pride at being myself.
    On Gretchen Ruben's (The Happiness Project) four characteristics I come out as a Questioner, which is consistent with the Myers Brigg. One of Gretchen Ruben's "commandments" is "Be Gretchen". That's very empowering. I think we too often try to fit into moulds that other people expect for us, especially when we are young and uncertain of our needs. Luckily I am now too old to care!!! :laugh: I am happy to be me and won't be questioning my behaviours and preferences as much as I was. I am going to "Be Heather". :D:D:DB)

    Lots of love, Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Happy St Patrick's Day! waving-irish-flag-smiley-emoticon.gif

    Janetr Jack served our country for over 20 years. He more than earned that good health insurance coverage! I am so glad you and other Tricare recipients on this thread don't have health insurance worries! And I hope retired military personnel continue to enjoy good health care coverage in this and future administrations.

    My heart goes out to those who are dealing with health care uncertainty. I am going to keep working for awhile, so I will keep my employer-provided health insurance for now. I feel fortunate that I have this option, even though I would really like to retire. I'd have to win the lottery to retire now, but in 3-4 years perhaps I can swing it.

    Penny Wow, I love that photo! Breathtaking! Enjoy the food at the research site, and keep running! I looked up the fascinating festival in Spain that Kate alluded to: "Fallas" in honor of the patron saint of carpenters Saint Joseph. The giant satirical puppet sculptures are burned at the end of the festival. They include Angela Merkel and Donald Trump. Out of the hundreds of sculptures, 2 are voted to be "saved" (not burned) and go into a permanent collection at the Fallas Museum in Valencia, Spain. http://in.reuters.com/article/spain-culture-fallas-idINKBN16N2LW

    My oven is finally fixed, almost $500 later, so I am happily roasting vegetables. And I am making yogurt in my Instant Pot.

    Guess who bought LulaRoe leggings? 2vmr66fz2m60.jpg

    Karen in Virginia
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Karen in VA - Awesome :)

    Janetr OKC
  • gotu52
    gotu52 Posts: 315 Member
    Hello

    I can't remember who said this but it has really resonated with me. It was something like rather than willpower which is short lived, strategy and good planning are more sustainable. What a smart way to look at things. I use strategy: don't expose myself to tempting things and I never have to worry about willpower. Really great food for thought pardon the pun.

    Penny Oh what a gorgeous pic!
    Lisa of what a stressful situation <hugs>

    Have a great night.
    <3 Sarah
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,795 Member
    Go leggings! :D

    Loving the babies. <3

    Heather UK
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Janetr Cute Roes!

    DJ I love polka dots too. When I was 4 my favorite dress was a navy blue dress with white polka dots. I wore it in the airplane when my mom and sister and I went to Idaho to visit my cousins. My very first airplane ride.

    Karen in Virginia
  • SSC1958
    SSC1958 Posts: 411 Member
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  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Karen in VA thanks yours are cute too. Do they have fish on them?

    Janet#1. LOVE the polka dot dishes. I've been looming for some since returning from our trip. Even my dishes didn't survive. We don't have Belk' s here though. I'll have to look around. <3

    Janetr okc
  • tngram2seven
    tngram2seven Posts: 465 Member
    I've been reading along all evening while I man the desk at the Y.
    Kim, so glad to see you back. (((Hugs)))
    Heather, I think you should do a cooking blog. I get a great deal of joy from all of your info even though I'm not a cook!
    Leigh (?), Love the Irish statue of Lady Liberty.
    Lenora, thanks for the facts about the statue. When I taught 3rd graders we did projects on the Statue. Many of my students were refugees who had seen it as they flew into NY harbor. I always enjoyed their enthusiasm about her!

    I have more I want to say but it's time to close up shop.

    Love to all

    Toni in Tennessee
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    edited March 2017
    Hello, Gabby Gals!

    I read thru to last evening, and still had 95 posts to ready, today. *whew*

    On pets and chocolate:     I had a cat that used to steal my candy - thankfully, he was NOT able to open a drawer, so we learned to store the chocolate out of his reach.

    Loving all the leggings! And y'all have good legs, too! Color me jealous!

    Mia is a little doll! And Olivia, too! I am so glad she got to go home, at last.

    Huge hugs for Kim and Allie! I am thinking good thoughts for both of you.

    Becca - Freddies is one of the few things we desperately miss about the Northwest. We used to get EVERYTHING there... we could walk in and get a pack of gum, a box of nails and an end table. It was Awesome. I imagine it has changed a bit in 15 years - but we surely did love our Freddies. That, and Pizzacato Pizza - there is nothing nearly like it here. :/

    Today was jammie day - and I enjoyed a lovely day of working from home. DH is still sick, so it was good for me to be here to take care of him.

    He is able to eat, just a little, so it's blandish potato soup, for dinner. I will jazz mine up with some ham lunchmeat and cheese - but he wants just the very plain variety.

    I think I will go to the gym before I cook - since I just KNOW I am going to need the calorie buffer.

    I am still battling the M&M's - but, I know that this, too, shall pass... I just have to get in the exercise so it won't cause too much damage.

    *note to self* M&M's take a long time to run out when you buy a 64 oz bag.

    Thank heaven I portion them out into 1.5 oz bags! Otherwise who KNOWS how much chocolate I might have consumed over the last week. *sigh*

    Well, I am off to put on clothes... the gym looks at me funny when I go there in my jammies.

    Love you guys!

    Hugs for everybody!

    Re in TX
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,361 Member
    stats for the day:
    wahoo hrm not working, all applewatch-

    bike ride hm 2 gym- 12.30min, 14.1amph, 2.9mi = 97c
    TREADMILL jog- rolling hills program- 35min, 1-9incl 3.5-4.0sp 15.46ap 2.22mi = 232c
    bike ride gym 2 dome train station- 6.46min, 12.5amph, 1.4mi = 54c
    bike ride, puyallup station to sumner sta- 16.04min, 11.2amph, 3mi = 114c
    jog station 2 wk- 4.51min, 9.46min mi, .4mi = 60c
    jog wk 2 sta- 5.33min, 10.18min mi, .5mi = 71
    bike ride dome 2 hm up Mst- 20.31min, 7.3amph, 2.4mi =159c
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Re in TX Yep, we love Freddie's. We have a weekly debit from that place, always needing sumthin!
    Becca
    Oregon
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,261 Member
    :) I love the Statue of Liberty and what she stands for. I have had the great joy twice of climbing the stairs inside her to the crown. :)

    :) This has been a busy day for me. With Jake out of town, I had to come home between the end of my morning line dance class at 11:45, eat lunch, and walk the dogs for 30 minutes before leaving to teach the afternoon line dance class at 1:30, then come home from that and walk the dogs again. They still get one more walk before bedtime.

    :)Allie, I hope you'll take charge of your life and do what's best for you.

    :)Kim, I'm glad to see you posting again. I know your life is extra busy with all the work you do. The cost of health care insurance is a big concern for us, too.

    :)Sarah, The quote, "Strategy is stronger than will power" comes from "The Thin Commandments Diet".

    :)Re, as long as I have dogs, there will never be a "jammie day" for me, but the concept of being home all day in comfy clothes sounds awesome. I try to do that one day a week.

    :)Penny, going as far north as you are is something I'd like to do.

    <3 Barbie from NW Washington
  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    Accountability Post
    March Goals
    Thursday's Progress (3/16)
    1. Carbs 50-75g (limit 25g/meal)
    (B23, L36, D16, BBS 5 = 87)
    ✔2. Fiber 30g
    ✔3. Track/complete entry daily
    ✔4. Vegetables - big salad daily
    5. Exercise - log 30 Fitbit minutes.
    ✔6. No eating after 9pm.
    7. In bed by midnight.
    8. Declutter: ✔Office Supplies, Electronics, Music, Craft Supplies, Cleaning Supplies, Utility Drawer, Utility Closet

    • Carbs - didn't quite make it. Split a sandwich with DM90 - a slice of Orowheat whole wheat bread has too many carbs. Didn't have much energy yesterday - yet couldn't go to sleep...

    Today was pretty good though. More energy. Getting things done around the house.

    --Ginger in Texas
  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    edited March 2017
    Discovered Mission low carb wraps. Helps with making a quick lunch. Stuffed with deli turkey, cheddar, tomato, fresh spinach and a tablespoon of sour cream. 1 tortilla is 80 calories, 13g carb, 6g fiber.

    --- Ginger
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    edited March 2017
    Katla, I love the bright colorful scarves for the grandkids. I'm sure they will be well loved. Also, you have every right to feel a sense of accomplishment after today's handling of Arrow. You had a dream for years and you went for it. That's a whole lot more then many of us will ever do. Good job.

    Janetr okc
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    DJ: I love the dotted dinnerware. It is lovely & fun. :smiley:

    Janet OKC: :embarassed: You make me blush. I feel pretty lucky to have found an excellent situation. Little girl dreams have given me some big girl satisfaction. I am lucky to have found the right teacher and a generous stable owner. I like to think that I'm helping the owner by giving Arrow something to do during the week besides stand in his stall and think of mischief. He has come a long way since last summer and it is fun to be able to contribute to keeping him active and encouraging more positive behavior.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." - William James
  • knjiuv
    knjiuv Posts: 61 Member
    edited March 2017
    I can't remember who it was that suggested that for all you new guys for me to post pictures of my house. The reason why these pics look so different was because I finally convinced Charlie to have our bushes cut out. So now after 2 years we are finally doing some exterior work, new windows and doors, exterior painting and landscaping in the fall. I finally found these pictures on my phone so I took a picture of them with my iPad. So I hope they come out.rf8sjrfsscaw.jpeg
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    It worked, the pic doesn't show our one car garage. We will keep the color scheme the same, maroon and dark grey. That big tree in the backyard was also removed.
  • pyanko7
    pyanko7 Posts: 153 Member
    <3
    Paula Y,
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Katla - a win/win situation for both you and Arrow :)

    Janetr OKC
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
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