WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2017

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  • mikesmom1983
    mikesmom1983 Posts: 582 Member
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    Margaret: The critter in the photo is a nutria. Nutrias are South American rodents that were brought in to the US as a source of fur for fur coats in the 1950's or thereabouts. Nutria never caught on & fur coats in general fell from fashion so the breeders turned their nutria loose on an unprotected ecosystem. They're herbivores & I've read they're a problem in Oregon and Louisiana. I'm not sure where else. (I read up on them because they're a problem in my yard.) :ohwell:
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    My mother had a nutria coat and offered it to me when she was downsizing. I had never heard of the fur and glad I didn't know. Rodent??!! Ugh! I so glad I turned down her offer. I get the willies thinking about how I had tried on that coat 25 years ago.

    Chris in MA
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,689 Member
    edited April 2017
    pipcd34 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    The sort of thing we do on weekends ...

    Saturday -- My husband and I decided to do a nice, casual relaxing ride on Bruny Island today. :)

    We took the ferry over to the island, and started the ride with a climb. I was testing new shoes and whenever I get new shoes, the whole cleat thing is always a pain. I thought I had it right, then second guessed myself and changed it ... and so on and so forth ... and it was wrong. So at the top of the hill, my husband "shoed"? "shod"? me. :D And we finally got it right.

    The ride continued!

    With shoes and cleats that worked, I actually attempted climbing some hills standing up. I haven't done that in a long, long time! It's a bit of work! I could be stiff tomorrow working a set of muscles I haven't worked recently.

    Two rain storms came through ... one just before we reached our turn-around town, and we missed it. And one while we were in our turn-around town, and we missed it because we were having a relaxing lunch under shelter. That one was accompanied by thunder!

    So it was a good ride. And nice to not really have much in the way of schedules and deadlines. :)

    Distance: 74.5 km
    Elevation: 640 m
    Moving Time: 4:21:31
    Elapsed Time: 5:45:08
    Speed: Avg: 17.1 km/h | Max: 51.1 km/h
    Heart Rate: Avg: 135 bpm | Max: 178 bpm

    33779685531_42421c46ac_c.jpg

    How many miles is that

    I don't use miles so I had to look it up ...


    1 kilometer is equal to 0.621371 miles

    Therefore 74.5 km * 0.621371 = 46.3 miles.


    Google has a conversion feature now too. :)
  • pyanko7
    pyanko7 Posts: 153 Member
    Thank you ladies for your understanding comments.

    It is snowing here again today. We are supposed to get another 2 - 3 inches of snow over night. Ugh! I'm so tired of it. Had a few warm days and right back into winter.

    I do have tulips growing in the house - I needed something to remind me that spring is coming. Hope I can get them to bloom.

    Hugs to everyone - you are a wonderful bunch of ladies.

    Paula Y
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Pip – Beautiful choice!

    Ginger – Thanks! I think I will try that. I am very familiar with Gesso; as an artist I use it for a lot. I always paint my canvases with it even though they have a thin coat on them aready. I do it to smooth out the texture, mostly. I was in ‘art school’ when acrylics came out. They have greatly improved since. Back then, you could NOT ‘mixed’ them together to make other colors like you can ‘oils’ (or even watercolors, to a degree). They work a lot like watercolor when the paper is wet or you use a wet brush. And opaque when you use them straight up. Good work! Love them all. Never thought about painting on an index card. I could do that all day long. It wouldn’t take all the clean-up of setting up my oils and then ‘hoping’ I have the color I need to use. I painted a former HS alumni after he retired from the Army as a Full Bird Colonel (and he paid me to do it). He wanted the bars to be ‘spot on’ and after looking them up on the Internet, I asked if he would send them to me. The colors were ‘so’ different on the Internet than they were in ‘real life’.

    Guess I need to get a “Pinterest” account. My DDnL#2 send me stuff all the time.

    Sarah – I image that is about how it looks at my son’s ‘lake place’. They stayed at one of his boss’s houses, so that ‘if’ they need to take things upstairs, they could. DDnL#2’s mother and daddy called them every 15 minutes giving them reports about how things are, ‘in town’. The lake is flooded because of the rains; but, it does flood in town, too. They’re about 5 blocks from the MS River; with 2 levees between them and it. When it gets up to a certain level, they start moving things or putting them up on blocks.

    Lanette – The one in TX was ‘surprised’ that we had ‘withdrawn’ because the local loan office just said, we had ‘withdrawn the application’ and she was ‘curious as to why we did it since they had waived the P&L statement that had been holding it up. I viewed it ‘very much as an unanswered prayer … that got answered’. Worst thing we could have chosen to do. Not only would my car be ‘upside-down’ in a year; I would have ‘encumbered’ some bills that are ‘not encumbered’ and it would have tied back to our house. If DH was to pass away (or even if I did) could have ‘possibly’ lost what we have worked YEARS to get. Don’t do this … Don’t let anyone talk you into it.

    BAD IDEA! Under any circumstance … I would guess that a Reverse Mortgage would be the same. IF it ‘sounds too good to be true, it probably is … RUN’!!!!!

    Janetr okc – Pretty girl! Our DMGD went to prom tonight. Her dress was outstanding! They bought a blouse that they had the tailor re-do and used it instead of the one that was cut in so far that she was miserable in it. It cut in real close front and back. They got one that had sleeves in it (short) – lacey … beautiful, on her

    Machka9 – On my Windows, I have Cortana (a search engine at the lower left-hand corner of my screen. I find it invaluable because I can look up anything and not have to close out and go to IE or Google. “Ask me anything” is what is showing in the box.

    Paula – They had some beautiful tulips, daffodils, and hydrangeas at Publix. I would have bought something; but, then Louis would have want to know ‘if we could eat them’. I do want to get in my garden and start fixing things up. I need to see if Louis will weed it; and, then I need to get some potting soil to put over them. Most of the bulbs probably need to be dug up and separated and replanted. But, I don’t know squat about doing that.

    Lenora
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • miakoda40
    miakoda40 Posts: 467 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,356 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    pipcd34 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    The sort of thing we do on weekends ...

    Saturday -- My husband and I decided to do a nice, casual relaxing ride on Bruny Island today. :)

    We took the ferry over to the island, and started the ride with a climb. I was testing new shoes and whenever I get new shoes, the whole cleat thing is always a pain. I thought I had it right, then second guessed myself and changed it ... and so on and so forth ... and it was wrong. So at the top of the hill, my husband "shoed"? "shod"? me. :D And we finally got it right.

    The ride continued!

    With shoes and cleats that worked, I actually attempted climbing some hills standing up. I haven't done that in a long, long time! It's a bit of work! I could be stiff tomorrow working a set of muscles I haven't worked recently.

    Two rain storms came through ... one just before we reached our turn-around town, and we missed it. And one while we were in our turn-around town, and we missed it because we were having a relaxing lunch under shelter. That one was accompanied by thunder!

    So it was a good ride. And nice to not really have much in the way of schedules and deadlines. :)

    Distance: 74.5 km
    Elevation: 640 m
    Moving Time: 4:21:31
    Elapsed Time: 5:45:08
    Speed: Avg: 17.1 km/h | Max: 51.1 km/h
    Heart Rate: Avg: 135 bpm | Max: 178 bpm

    33779685531_42421c46ac_c.jpg

    How many miles is that

    I don't use miles so I had to look it up ...


    1 kilometer is equal to 0.621371 miles

    Therefore 74.5 km * 0.621371 = 46.3 miles.


    Google has a conversion feature now too. :)

    Thanks. When I was looking up the conversion, I was getting something wacky. That looked like around 40 or so miles. Nice ride
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,072 Member
    Hello ladies: We had a good day today. Got up early and loaded the truck with junk to take to a free cleanup day in town. Had to wait in line almost an hour but it was worth it to get rid of that stuff. We have more we need to get rid of but at least a big chunk is gone. I am doing a Fitbit challenge this weekend so trying to get more steps in. My DD's best friend started the challenge and she is working double shifts this weekend at the Denver airport. I think that gives her an unfair advantage. LOL

    Rori - Glad you had a good trip to Hawaii and hope you enjoy the next one.

    Re - Hope you find that ring.

    Mia - Sounds like you are making great progress.

    KJ - Hope you have a safe trip home.

    Mary - Sorry to hear you are still struggling with the Lymes.

    Pip - Like the material. I think it will look very nice.

    Everyone take care, Sue in WA
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Hey ladies, I'm just in the background. Don't mind me. I'm just sitting in the corner, (where the recliners are), looking out and loving you all.
    Becca
    Oregon
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,556 Member
    Just got back from seeing the play "Leading Ladies" at the Green Room. Really, really funny.

    Nite everyone

    Michele in NC
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Oye ,I can not write straight to save my life....
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    <3

    Hugs and more Hugs!

    Re in TX
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,787 Member
    edited April 2017
    Sharon - Excellent job identifying those "old" reactions. Our brains do get hardwired to any form of threat, even if nowdays it doesn't apply. Well done! I'm glad you got compliments on your dress. Feels good, doesn't it.
    I have had two days of much too much eating and drinking. Far too much. :embarassed: Back to it today. Like Bea, I won't let one slip up defeat me! I tumble and fall, but I get back up again. I have a few pounds to shift before they stick.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Good morning girls

    We are having lovely Spring weather here. It was the Grand National horse race here in Liverpool yesterday 70,000 people wow, we don't go but watch on TV. We will be in town today and expect it to be busy with lots of visitors from all around the world

    Reading some of your posts about being abused made me so sad and how I admire your courage and resilience <3

    Just enjoying my second cuppa in bed (courtesy of DH) will then do a Leslie Sansone vid (to balance out the wine to be drunk later LOL)

    Enjoy your Sunday

    Kate UK
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,689 Member
    pipcd34 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    pipcd34 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    The sort of thing we do on weekends ...

    Saturday -- My husband and I decided to do a nice, casual relaxing ride on Bruny Island today. :)

    We took the ferry over to the island, and started the ride with a climb. I was testing new shoes and whenever I get new shoes, the whole cleat thing is always a pain. I thought I had it right, then second guessed myself and changed it ... and so on and so forth ... and it was wrong. So at the top of the hill, my husband "shoed"? "shod"? me. :D And we finally got it right.

    The ride continued!

    With shoes and cleats that worked, I actually attempted climbing some hills standing up. I haven't done that in a long, long time! It's a bit of work! I could be stiff tomorrow working a set of muscles I haven't worked recently.

    Two rain storms came through ... one just before we reached our turn-around town, and we missed it. And one while we were in our turn-around town, and we missed it because we were having a relaxing lunch under shelter. That one was accompanied by thunder!

    So it was a good ride. And nice to not really have much in the way of schedules and deadlines. :)

    Distance: 74.5 km
    Elevation: 640 m
    Moving Time: 4:21:31
    Elapsed Time: 5:45:08
    Speed: Avg: 17.1 km/h | Max: 51.1 km/h
    Heart Rate: Avg: 135 bpm | Max: 178 bpm

    33779685531_42421c46ac_c.jpg

    How many miles is that

    I don't use miles so I had to look it up ...


    1 kilometer is equal to 0.621371 miles

    Therefore 74.5 km * 0.621371 = 46.3 miles.


    Google has a conversion feature now too. :)

    Thanks. When I was looking up the conversion, I was getting something wacky. That looked like around 40 or so miles. Nice ride

    Yes, nice short rides this weekend. Today's was 33 km. We're tapering. :)


    Machka9 – On my Windows, I have Cortana (a search engine at the lower left-hand corner of my screen. I find it invaluable because I can look up anything and not have to close out and go to IE or Google. “Ask me anything” is what is showing in the box.

    Close out?

  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    janet what a beautiful pic of your GD, lovely <3

    Chris you are a great inspiration to me (no pressure ;)

    Okay ladies, what do you all know about HIVES? I've never experienced this until last night welts appear all over my torso, feet and palms, yikes!!! Luckily I had one Benadryl tablet on hand and after 45 minutes I had some relief. What in the world was that???

    I am off on my road trip and will catch up later tonight. You are one terrific group of strong women and so glad I found you!

    NYKAREN
  • gotu52
    gotu52 Posts: 315 Member
    Hey, just stopped in quickly as our basement finally gave way to the water and flooded. Pray the water recedes.

    Hey how many calories does flood cleaning get me!

    Sarah.
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    gotu52 wrote: »
    Hey, just stopped in quickly as our basement finally gave way to the water and flooded. Pray the water recedes.

    Hey how many calories does flood cleaning get me!

    Sarah.

    Oh Sarah so sorry. Praying the water recedes quickly and leaves very little damage in its wake. LOTS of calories burned. (((Hug)))

    Janetr okc
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Thanks all for the kind compliments on my granddaughters prom photo.

    Janetr okc
  • Lagopus
    Lagopus Posts: 1,016 Member
    edited April 2017
    Popping in to say I probably won't be popping in for a while. I keep forgetting how much time grandchildren take! My back is unfortunately not cooperating. I guess it's mad at me for what I did to it Friday morning.

    When I met them yesterday evening, grandson Leo said he'd seen me from the plane when I was driving to the airport on a snowmobile. :heart: Of course whoever he saw, it wasn't me. No way I could get five people, three suitcases, four backpacks and a satchel home on a snowmobile. No, I was driving the "car". When granddaughter Juno saw it, she went bug-eyed :noway: and said she'd never ridden in a car that big before. It's a Toyota Land Cruiser and really not all that big.

    /Penny, focusing on just being Gramma at the North Pole
  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    Penny - enjoy your grands! We hope to see ours here in a couple weeks.

    JanetR
    - your granddaughter looks truly lovely - she's a charmer.

    Heather - Bea's obviously quite proud of herself, and good for her! Love that face. :)

    Chris
    - Your strength is awe-inspiring, and inspirational in a lot of ways. You're an amazing woman. I'm proud to say I know you.

    That's accurate for all of you, actually. This thread is a continual wellspring of hope, support and examples of who I want to be when I grow up. Since I'm 57, I should probably start looking into doing that soon. :wink:


    After much back and forthing, the time between my two jobs is going to be used for a short vacation. Corey can fit in a PT appointment at the beginning of the week on April 17 or 18, and then another at the end of the week the following week--and he faithfully does his hourly exercises, so they're pretty pleased with his progress. Next X-rays are May 15, to see if that bone's knit itself like it should, and then, fingers crossed, he can go back to work by mid-June or so.

    So, since the 19th is my last day at the paper, we're going to take off on the 20th and drive over to see the grands--who are at Ft. Polk, Louisiana, with their mama on a 90-day temporary duty (about a 10-hour drive). My apologies for the language, but before the crapweasel sperm donor takes our eldest grandson off for the summer to whatever cave that troll exists in the rest of the year, we wanted to go see them, get a little fishing time in for Grandpa Corey with the boy. And a little Gramily time with both for me... :)

    Then we've got reservations up in Arkansas at a lodge on Lake Hamilton. Three days of "us" time and some driving around the area to get a good look in the springtime at the place we eventually plan to move. Won't be moving any time soon, but then, the world never works on my timeframe. I am an impatient soul, though. Have resigned myself to at least a few more summers in the blast furnace that is West Texas, and then we'll see. I will, at least, be busy once I start my new job May 1.

    Working part-time at the paper, now that my energy levels are back, leaves me way too much time to fret over Corey's progress with the wrist healing. But, I'm painting, which is good for my soul, and I'll post a pic eventually, once I get it where I want.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in West Texas
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