WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2017

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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,246 Member
    Meg so sorry about Benny

    Pip those curtains will look great in your airstream.
  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    edited April 2017
    Meg - so sorry for your loss.
    Mia - I've wanted to take a glass class for years. There's a studio nearby offering classes. Think I'll plan it fir the fall.
    Sue - sounds like a nice trip. Can wait to see pics.
    Pip - the Airstream looks nice! And roomy too. I love the fabric you chose for curtains. It'll sure brighten up your space.
    Beth - I can empathize with the knee problem. I've had my right knee scoped after torn meniscus. But I've been on NSAIDs for years for arthritis in it. And if I move it a certain way - ugh! My sister had her's replaced. No more problem for her.
    Sarah - sorry about the flooded basement. That sucks. Flood cleaning should burn eleventy million calories.
    Janet - beautiful granddaughter. Love her dress.
    Lisa - love the work-in-progress. Hope you'll share the finished product.
    Joyce - love the grands art work. Such creativity with the puzzle and MOTHER. And I recognize the influence of Van Gogh's The Starry Night. One of my favorite artists.
    Welcome FourLynne62 and Carmen!!

    Thank you for the nice words about my arty stuff. I enjoy it. I need to make time for more.

    Lanette and Karen - thanks for your comments. It's so helpful to get support here. It was just one day. I'm moving on from it. Hoping it doesn't screw me out if the 270s... but if it does.... it will only be temporary.

    --Ginger in Texas

  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    edited April 2017
    lhannon062709 wrote: »
    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:

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in West Texas

    Nooooooo! Never grow up, Lisa! I, myself, am a Toys R Us kid!

    Oooooh Gorgeous painting!

    xo

    Re in TX (not quite yet a blast furnace, but soon...)
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    FourLynne62 wrote: »
    Good morning! I have been trying to find a 50s group and this shows up! I not only want, but need to get healthy and lose weight. I work hard, have wonderful children and grandchildren, a husband and a crazy dog that keeps my life full. Now to incorporate time to take care of my health. Not always easy....hoping to find support and encouragement to keep me going in the right direction.

    Lynne, Honey...

    you are over 50 years old. Time to learn to be a little selfish. Getting healthier only makes you better able to take care of all the wonderful loves in your life... You won't regret it!

    Welcome!

    Re in TX
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    bwcetc wrote: »
    Knees ... it must be the season of knee problems.

    Sigh. I was in the ER last night unable to put weight on my knee.

    Beth in a chair near Buffalo

    Oh, Beth! I am so sorry. The knee club isn't one that I like to welcome anyone into.

    But, on the bright side, Physical Therapy is a GREAT lower body workout.

    Hugs!!!

    Re in TX

  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Lanette - there's no place around here where you can take a dead or even older TV. Everyone wants only flatscreens

    It's supposed to be nice weather next week so Vince actually suggested that we'll start opening the pool. YYYYEEEAAAAA

    Michele in NC

    Michele;

    Once a year, the City of Allen has a day where you can bring your old TV's, computer monitors, other largish dead appliances and they will dispose of them. This year - those trucks were stuffed FULL of old tube televisions.

    Gratz on opening the pool!!

    Hugs!

    Re in TX
  • pyanko7
    pyanko7 Posts: 153 Member
    Off to bed - busy day tomorrow.

    Hugs to everyone.

    Paula Y
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    edited April 2017
    la8ydi wrote: »
    Hi everyone!!! I'm Diane - not quite 50 yet, but will be in August. I'm from Howell, Michigan. Long story short, I had been on a great run - lost 36 pounds...4 away from my goal. I had a bad break-up then a job loss. Right before Christmas, I started spiraling out of control. I've gained about 20 pounds back and I'm SO ANGRY with myself. I need to stop beating myself up and move forward. I need motivation and support. I just feel so BLAH about everything. My daughters (23 & 20) and I are going on a cruise the end of June for my birthday...that is my biggest motivation. I went swimsuit shopping last weekend and just about cried. ANYWAY...thanks for any support!!!! Oh...my goals for the rest of April: get off of the couch! Take my dog for a walk daily. Stop eating so much junk. Lose 3 pounds. :-)

    There's an OLD saying... "There's no sense in crying over spilt milk." It's done, you can't undo it, except by moving on. You know what you need to do... and you know you CAN do it - because you did it before... You got this, as one of our fabulous ladies is wont to say.
    Welcome to a great group. Put your readers on and dive in...

    Hugs!!

    Re in TX
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    megblair1 wrote: »
    It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that Benny Beagle passed over the Rainbow Bridge at 2:50 today. Meg from Omaha


    Oh, Meg... I am sorry.

    Hugs!!!

    Re in TX
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    pyanko7 wrote: »
    Off to bed - busy day tomorrow.

    Hugs to everyone.

    Paula Y

    Hugs back at ya, Paula!

    Re in TX
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    Well, Girls;

    Not much going on. My friend yanked on somebody's chain in HR and I finally got word back to do the pre-interview tests required - so I am working on that.

    Hopefully, I pass... LOL.

    Did the pool thing this weekend. I always feel so great when I am done. I am looking forward to my vacation, in May - when I will go hang out at my Moms and swim in her pool every day. My whole focus will be - pool in the morning, cook the main meal of the day (they eat at lunch) and then gym at night.

    Last time I went there, I lost four pounds. Not sure how much of that is exercise and how much is just that I get enough SLEEP when I am on vacation.... I just wish I had more time for that, round here.

    So... I am off to see what I can do about getting a little rest.

    Goodnight, my Friends.

    Hugs for Everybody!!

    Re in TX
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Meg - Sorry about Benny Beagle. I know it is heartbreaking to lose a 'fur-baby'.
  • dreamwriter
    dreamwriter Posts: 610 Member
    Heather - Thanks for your kind words. You are always an inspiration to me. I love to walk in nature, so good for the soul.

    Kate - Watching horses run is one of my favourite things.

    Karen in Virginia - Not sure that I can become an officiant as there has to be a need in the community. Lethbridge is not listed as having an opening.
    I'm trying to get more photos posted but life keeps getting in the way.
    Olivia's new booties are so cute.

    NY Karen - Have you started any new medication? Last time I had hives it was because of a drug interaction.

    Chris in MA - Ooh, a date. Give us the scoop.

    Sarah - So sorry that your basement flooded.

    Penny - Enjoy those grandchildren.

    Lisa - The vacation sounds like a good plan. Enjoy the family

    Barbie - Sounds like a near perfect day with the exception of Jake not being able to share in it.

    Beth - I wish things were better for you. Sending prayers and knowing that you will work it out.

    Meg - It's hard to lose our fur babies. I hope you can take comfort in the thought that Benny Beagle will be happily chasing rabbits on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge.

    Sue - It sounds as if you are on an interesting cruise. Enjoy!!!

    It was my fault that we were late for the gift opening. I was convinced it was at 1 p.m. and I was wrong. 11 a.m. We got out there, gave the gift, had some snacks and visited. Larry just wanted me to let everyone know I was wrong. I finally told him to just put it on the radio.

    Larry was a little cranky, sore and very tired this morning. Hmmmm......could it be a hang over? No, he's just tired , has a headache and feels nauseous.

    I took the DGDs to "Ballerina" with Jheri. I really enjoyed it and the girls stared intently at the screen. Keira was going home to work on her plie and her pirouette. It's not very interactive but I think it is good once in a while.
    Now to see "Beauty and the Beast". Larry slept while I was at the movie. We took Chico for a walk but my ankle was giving me grief before we finished.

    It was a friend's birthday today. I was going to call but felt too fuzzy to focus. Putting in on my list for tomorrow.

    Need to be diligent about food intake , sleep and physical activity. I'm ready to walk, ride my bike, etc.

    Looking forward to going to Grassy Lake for Easter supper. I will be able to go see my Mom and Dad at the cemetery.

    -Sharon in Lethbridge (the weekend has been good)
  • Lagopus
    Lagopus Posts: 1,016 Member
    Gloria - Um, I live in Norway, not the Netherlands. You're not far off on happiness, though. Norway was recently declared the happiest country in the world, though not specifically for kids. I suspect two of the main obstacles to kids' happiness in the western world today are that they lack unscheduled time, and device-free time. As I see it, kids need opportunities to be bored, so they use their imaginations.

    Pip - That's neat compact living!

    Ginger - What is a chocolate chip cookie pizza? It sounds foul and totally resistable to me, so I must be missing something about what it's made of. :wink:

    Ooops! I'd only just cranked up my computer and started reading posts and taking notes when the grandchildren descended on me. I'll have to stop before they've finished inhaling breakfast.

    Progress on goals for April:

    500 g veggies on 15 days (ø ø ø ø o o o o o o o o o o o)
    Jog a total of 100 km - hampered by backache :cry: (3.7/100: o o o o o o o o o o)
    Be lighter at the end of the month (down 0.3 kg first week)

    /Penny, busy-busy at the North Pole
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,559 Member
    GRITSandSLUTS wrote: »

    Machka9 – Don’t have to ‘close out’ of a program/app, such as MFP to get information from another search engine. It pops up and I can see things like, ‘what word describes sitting in yoga positions’ and it will throw up several pages I can check out; and click on it and it will take me to several locations, like opening up Google; but, still keeping my other apps/programs running. Yeah, ‘close out’ like “X-ing” out of a program to go look something up. I’m sure you can do that with Google; I have just not had too good of a time getting back to the program I am using. Use it a lot when I am working in Excel and/or Word.

    You don't have to close out of a program to look something up. :)

    I often have Word, Excel, a pdf, a photography processing program, multiple tabs open in Chrome including MFP, Google, and several other things open all at once. I just go from one to another as desired.

    Sometimes I'll even have two instances of one program open ... like MFP for example. If I want to copy something from one place to another within MFP, I'll open MFP twice and do it that way.

    The only time I close out of a program is when I'm done with it or if I'm restarting my computer.



  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Good morning ladies it was not a good weekend eating wise, you know me, I'm fine until I get the wine induced munchies. Thank goodness it's only once or twice a week. Anyway will do exercise and go for a walk this afternoon and make healthy choices for meals.
    Have caught up on all the posts, we really are a chatty group, welcome to all our newbies

    LANETTE - I had one eye done and it's fine haven't needed to wear my glasses

    BARBIE - sounds like you had a great day out with your friend

    LISA - you are so talented the peacock painting is gorgeous

    HEATHER - Bea is wonderful as always

    BETH - sorry to hear about your knee hope it improves soon

    KAREN - loved the nestcam vid Olivia is so cute and looks so well

    JANET - glad to hear Mia is doing so well

    Kate UK
  • FourLynne62
    FourLynne62 Posts: 78 Member
    Good morning, from Maryland! I am getting an early start thanks to my crazy dog, lol. It is going to be a tough work week for me because we have a few out due to their children being on spring break. I'm covering for them. Plans for the week: I started Hello Fresh to bring some consistency with meal planning for at least my dinner meals.
    With our schedules, we tend to eat on the run or fast food which is not healthy. Eventually, I will move away from Hello Fresh and plan/cook meals on my own, but right now this helps. I'm planning to take a 30 minute walk today or break it up today into ten minute breaks. Its supposed to be nice weather, so I hope to take advantage of it! I'm just starting out, so little changes in the right direction! Anyway, I look forward to getting to know everyone and I hope each of you have a blessed day!
  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    Morning, all... Thank you for the comments on the painting - it's as finished as it's going to get. Contemplating my next one, and hope to take pics in Arkansas that I can turn into landscapes when I get home. Got more to learn, though. Me and Bob Ross, we're going to be tight. :wink:

    Also want to learn to create my own picture frames. Corey bought me a table saw for Christmas, so I can rip lumber to whatever size/thickness/length I choose. And we have a bunch of reclaimed wood available to us.

    Have been diminishing the sweetener I use in my coffee week by week, and I'm down from seven Splenda per 12-oz cup to just two. (I like (OK, liked!) my coffee very sweet). Taking the leap to none at all is in the offing. Maybe by the end of this week. Everything I read says those who use ANY artificial sweetener, gain weight. Period.

    Physical therapy once more today - might let Corey go on his own so I can accomplish a few things around this joint. Three weeks from today I'll start the new job, and will be gone at least one week of that, so it's finally lit a fire under my butt. :) Well, today anyway, Slept every time I sat down yesterday--literally never got out of my pajamas. Just changed into another pair of PJs after I took a shower after dinner. And I slept for seven hours last night! Haven't had a day of accomplishing nothing (except finishing that painting) in, well, apparently my entire adulthood. Was lovely and restful. And a little weird.

    Love y'all!
    Lisa in West Texas
  • gotu52
    gotu52 Posts: 315 Member
    Penny Enjoy your time with your grandchildren
    Lisa I quite enjoy your creative descriptions of the crapweasel. Enjoy your trip. The stained glass painting is gorgeous.
    Fourlynne, Carmen, Diane Welcome
    Barbie Sounds like a most beautiful day in Seattle
    Lanette Hope your tomatoes have a warmer day and love the message
    Beth So sorry to hear everything you and your DH are going through <<<hugs>>>
    Becca I often braid my hair into several broads, put them all in a pony, sleep on it and get the best compliments at work
    Ginger I have those same eating patterns from time to time. For me it is something that feels off or missing so I keep eating to fill it but nothing sufficed hence the overeating. I think a lot more about what someone here said about is it worth it for 5 minutes of pleasure. So yes forgive yourself and move on. Love your journal and nearly died laughing at the "eleventy million calories" I am still laughing :D
    Joyce Thanks for sharing your story. I think when we share these types of stories and tell the secrets so much good can happen. Other people come forward. We share our pain together and the world heals a small bit. I am so sorry that happened to you. NO child should ever be treated that way. You are an amazing woman now and by sharing your story; I am sure you have helped many <3
    Katia That is so funny that the company basically told you they are sending short people. Hope it goes well.
    Meg So sorry to hear about Benny <<<hugs>>>
    Karen Love the Olivia video!
    Sue wow what an exciting trip, can't wait to see pics!
    Sharon Are you originally from Grassy Lake?
    NYKaren Beautiful pics

    Well thank you all for your support and kinds words. We were extremely lucky that we flooded on the day the the water was at its worst. So the water levels are receding now and I feel safe to leave my house. It was a lot of wet vac work yesterday but from having two major floods in the past, this wasn't too bad. We didn't have to call anyone in, we handled it ourselves so that tells you something. All your prayers helped because it could have been so much worse. As long as it doesn't rain and the river keeps moving swiftly we should be out of danger.

    Needless to say I am exhausted but love seeing the dry floor!

    Take care everyone!

    Sarah, Ontario
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,067 Member
    Morning Ladies~
    wow yesterday was just gorgeous and we made the most of it, Tom did the lawn and he washed all 3 cars,, I helped dry, swept and washed floors, and made bar cookies for Tom and did Laundry...I did sit out on the deck and took a quick nap in the chair with sun on my face.. and then went to sleep at 5 last night and slept until 5:45 this morning wow does fresh air do you good.
    Meg~ so sorry to hear about Benny Beagle.. you took such great care of him and always hard losing a fur baby.. just cherish the prescious memories..
    working 9-5 today..
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,559 Member
    edited April 2017
    Mondays are busy this semester.

    Work for half the day.
    Walk to the university.
    Attend classes all afternoon.
    Walk to catch the bus home.
    Walk with my husband to the beach.
    Then ... homework till late.

    M in Oz
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,246 Member
    Naomi glorious!

    Heather you are such a wonderful hostess I know everyone will have a great time.

    Ginger love the index card art.

    Karen thanks for sharing pictures of former students.
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    heather I seem to remember a past party event you hosted-you had that same anticipatory anxiety and the party was a roaring success. With your beautiful grandkids how could it be anything but! DH does sound like a kid whisperer to me, I love being around folks like that! Can't wait to see pics.

    NYKAREN
  • pamfgil
    pamfgil Posts: 449 Member
    Dance lessons Saturday, the studio has social dancing on Saturday and I meant to go, but hit a wall of exhaustion and didn't. I may need to have a nap Sat pm to manage it. Quiet Sunday. Found a recipe for lime coconut muffins which turned out well, work today with gym after, 17000 steps today
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Stronglift Workout B
    Squats-1X5X 55/65/75/85, 5X5X 90
    OHP- 1X5X 45/50, 5X5X 55
    DL- 15X 95/105/115/120

    Kettlebell Swing
    GobletSquats- 3X5X35
    Russian Kettlebell Swing- 18X7X35

    40lbs loss by May 27 Challenge
    Buns, Guns and Abs 30 Day Challenge
    4x10 Squats
    10 push-ups
    4x10 leg lifts

    April move your @$$ Challenge
    I am going to take 2-2 mile walks today.

    <3

    Mary from Minnesota
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    NY Karen ~ Lovely daughter. :)

    ARTISTs ~ You are all so very talented. We have three paint by number pictures that my MnL did many, many years ago that are beautifully framed. They depict New Orleans where my FnL went to school at Tulane back in the 30's. Other than that, our art work is mostly Oriental related framed tapestries and wood block prints.

    Pip ~ Your Air Stream looks great. I actually liked the upholstery but guess you want brighter colors.

    Meg ~ So sorry for the loss of your beloved Benny.

    Joyce ~ Sounds like you had a fun party for your 40 yr old daughter.

    Penny ~ I agree with you on the fact that most American children have to have every waking moment filled with activities and electronics. Whenever I look after my two grands, I have to listen to "I'm bored" over and over.

    Carol in Ga who wants to scrub her kitchen cabinets and bath tubs but dreads getting down on her knees!

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