WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2017

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  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,046 Member
    :)
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3
  • miakoda40
    miakoda40 Posts: 467 Member
    Michele in NC -
    exermom wrote: »
    mia - have a question for you. If you can't/don't do this, that's OK. When Vince and I got married, the tiers of the wedding cake were upside down champagne glasses. I can only find 7. There must have been 8. If I were to send you one of the glasses, could you make a glass like it?

    So sorry. I cannot do this. I am not precise enough to be able to match a glass.

    Talk to the cake baker. I can envision using 3 glasses to hold up a smaller tier and 4 to hold up the next tier.

    You could also give them 2 of your glasses for their first toast instead of using them to separate the cake tiers.

    There must be a way for these special glasses of your to be used meaningfully in your daughter's wedding.

    Mia in MI
  • DanaReel180
    DanaReel180 Posts: 463 Member
    edited May 2017
    Good evening y'all,

    I made it to both Sunday School and Church. It was tough sitting for so long, but I met some people that are also in the "Over 50" Sunday School. The choir was really good as usual!

    Lanette Crazy sheep ladies? LOL! That's funny! Thank you for admiring my guest room. I like doing that, I guess you can say my house is my hobby. Yes, I'm feeling much better. Sometimes if my breakfast is different than normal it just throws me for a loop. I had oatmeal and I was asleep real quick!! Quick oats! Right?

    Pip Pretty Wisterias. I have two large plants. They need to be cut back. They can get out of hand!

    Michelle in NC I haven't heard of anyone asking for money for their wedding! That's pretty crass! If they want to have a "money tree" on a table that would be ok.
    I had a sit down dinner and people complained when someone passed a tip jar around for the band who we hired. People are funny about cash. I myself may not have available cash for gifting but may be able to fit in a nice gift at the brides registry and pay with my credit card. Times are tight for a lot of people. If the bride and groom want to go on an expensive honeymoon they should save for it!
    Three flavors for cake? Like you said "It's just for one day!"

    I had a huge grilled chicken salad at Zaxby's for lunch. It was 680 + 70 calories for dressing. It was very good but left me short for dinner. I made sautéed zucchini and onion and 2 eggs scrambled with salsa. I completed my day under 1500 calories!

    Bye till tomorrow,
    Dana in Arkansas
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,200 Member
    :)MIchele, You mentioned Kahlua in your daughter's wedding cake. Does that mean there will be alcohol in the cake?

    :) I guess yesterday's adventure was more tiring than I realized because today I have had less energy than usual. It is such a beautiful day and I haven't really felt like working in the yard. I did go out and pull weeds for two short sessions but I've been more inclined to do things that can be done indoors sitting down. Fortunately the warm weather keeps the dogs from wanting to walk much so our daytime walks have been about 10 minutes instead of 20-30. Nothing seems to keep me off the exercise bike so I've done a bit of that.

    :) I got a call this afternoon from our neighbor who is over 90 years old. She wanted to talk about the new recycling program that has a 96 gallon container instead of small bins and requires that you take your glass recycling to town rather than having it picked up. I thought she was calling to ask us to help her. Instead she was calling to say that she had a box in her carport to collect glass and we should bring ours over so she could take it town for us. That's how I want to be in 20 years.

    <3 Barbie
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • DanaReel180
    DanaReel180 Posts: 463 Member
    edited May 2017
    Happy belated birthday Pip!40diaxbx6pa0.jpg

    If you remember Ab Fab?
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,657 Member
    fanncy0626 wrote: »
    Lanette - this is one of the threads on here that got me started lifting at home.
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/977538/halp-heavy-lifting-made-me-supah-bulky#latest

    Mary! WOW - Amazing the results here from dedicated weight lifting - you and this gal win the prize... hard work certainly pays off.

    For now I'll be content to get some strength and toning. THEN I'll think about giving Ernestine Shepherd a run for her money B)

    Lanette
    SW WA State

    (I thought I already posted a reply but don't see it... maybe hung up in somebody's cloud!)
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Lanette- isn't that a great thread! I read that one night and bought my weight set within the next few days! I have been lifting consistently since. Any strength training will be beneficial! I'm rooting for you!

    <3

    Mary from Minnesota
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Cheri – That’s wisteria growing on Pip’s fence. It is very invasive; and, we had it growing up the columns when we bought the old Colonial house I grew up in until my parents remodeled it and took off the porch and then it was a Williamsburg style house. It has a pleasant scent and I think it dies back, or it does down here, sort of like jasmine, vine still there and leaves and flowers come out in the spring. It’s not quite as invasive as Kudzu; but, really close. They say you can actually watch Kudzu growing. I don’t know, don’t have that much patience.

    Heather – Sure wish that I could grow a fuchsia; but, it is just too hot down here. You’ll see them in some plant stores; but, I would not try my hand at it. Growing a lipstick plant and having it ‘live’ seems like my ‘green thumb’ on that particular plant has not returned. I have a peace (funeral) plant that I need to try to repot. It was ‘on sale’ so I don’t have too much in it; but, it is so pot-bound that it won’t suck up enough water to stay ‘up’.

    Joyce - Anybody who has had chicken pox has the possibility of having break-outs of ‘shingles’. My DOS has had a breakout of shingles twice; pretty bad, yet 2nd time not as bad as first. DYS had them so bad that he had them inside his mouth. Just a month before his wife had buzzed his hair (maybe she was his ‘soon-to-be’) … seems like his hair was buzzed for the engagement pictures); but, at least it was short and would not hold sweat while working out in the heat. But, he did have to stay at the “lake house’ because Mallory had never had the chicken pox and she could have caught them from him. The shingles/chickenpox virus is the same; but, you can’t catch shingles, you have to have had chickenpox. That’s bad for her to have shingles so young. Both sons also went and got the 'shingles' vaccine. I sometimes wonder if the bumps that occasionally break out along my jawbone might be shingles. The hurt so bad!

    Michele – A ‘gift certificate/card’ is something one gives to a couple when they either have everything they would need as a newly-married couple, or they don’t know what to get them so they give a gift certificate/card so they can buy what they want or need. I’ve never heard of a couple asking for money – but; I have seen people pinning money to the bride before in something. In an old Italian movie – I can’t remember.

    How many tiers on the cake are you having? If it is 2 on top; maybe you could use 4 on the bottom tier; and then space out the 3 (like a triangle) to hold up the top tier. Just a thought.

    The curling iron burn will hurt for a while; in my cases, everything they peeled off, the skin under it was very tender.

    Thanks for the ((((HUGS)))) – I can always use them.

    Pretty dress; I think since you hair is long, you should maybe put it ‘up’ to show off that neckline. You remind me of Louis, the ‘shortest’ pants (30”) have to be cut off about 4-5” on his jeans and other pants. He is like I am – long waisted. Looks like a relatively average-sided man until he stands up; but, that is ok, we fit when we hug. I don’t have to reach up and he doesn’t have to reach down. But, if I wear heels at all, I am ‘taller’ than he is. You have to click on the small picture – either the picture or the name of it. I don’t know how others get theirs to be big on the site. I’m doing good to just get any I post, to post. Got some pictures made by DDnL#1 of my haircut and a full length one. I think I ‘feel’ a lot thinner than these pictures make me look.
    Will and Tami went to Hawaii; but, if the 4-bedroom condo there with a week of use had not been given to them by one of her customers; and, if a rental car and deep sea fishing trip had not been given to them by one of Will’s bosses … they probably would have gone somewhere, just not there. All they had to do is pay for their airplane tickets and they did not go right after the wedding … might have been a month or two later. I agree, a couple should ‘save’ for big ticket items and not expect others to help pay for it. But, like Dana said, ‘it is just one day’.

    Elfkin – When you get to this site there is an outline of a start in the upper right-hand corner; click on it and it will turn yellow, so then all you have to do is go to the ‘community’ and click on the gray star between the bell and gear. Barbiecat posts a ‘link’ for the next month on the last day of the month; but, then you will have to click on the outline of the star to ‘bookmark’ it every months.

    JulieTX – I put a little mustard in my tuna fish; boiled eggs, and green olives. It is dryer than most that are made with mayo; but, I do add mayo to Louis’ bread.

    Lenora
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    When I make my tuna fish, I use sweet relish, a wee bit of wasabi!
    Becca
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,528 Member
    Carol - thank you for the compliment on the dress. As you can see, it's a bit (well, more than a bit) on the tight side. I did get a larger size (10) but it will probably be altered to a smaller size (8). I'm just not comfortable with it tight around my middle.

    Julie - instead of mayo in salad, a friend of mine used greek yogurt. But the avacado sounds really delish. Yes, it is because lots of times I put avacado in my salad along with tuna.

    Mia - I suggested Denise use the glasses, she doesn't want to. They aren't going to have a champagne toast. I saw a picture in Consumers Reports where they had these glasses on one of the layers of the cake and filled the glasses with "champagne" (I would have used club soda and a bit of yellow food coloring). Denise didn't want to do this. She wants things to be the way she wants them. I think using the glasses would be cool, but she couldn't care less. How I wished I had used MIL and FIL's wedding cake topper (hey, it would have saved me $$!) so I offered mine to her, I even had the top redone since that part got crushed over the years. She wanted her own. Now this part is so funny: I saw this cake topper at the Salvation Army and I just thought it was cute so I got it for Pete. $1.99. It was of a bride holding a key and a ball and chain on the ankle of the groom. She's said that she liked it and was going to use it. If she ever knew it came from the Salvation Army!!!! I'm not going to tell her, but I'll be smiling all the time. That is, IF she does use it. Who knows? Maybe Pete's mother bought another one????

    The float that I use in the pool got a hole in it and the patch they give you didn't hold. So I ordered a new float, it came Friday. See, I'm particular about the float because I like to have some of the water cooling me off while I'm in the pool. Not too many floats do that. But I did find one that I thought might work and it did. Actually, I got two of them.

    Dana - I agree that asking for money for your wedding and/or bridal shower is really tacky. We told Denise but that's the way she wants to do it. Like I said, people will remember. And they won't remember me being tacky. Actually, it'll only be two flavors for the cake, three layers. Two of the layers will be the kahlua. Personally, what I would have done is the first layer be the kahlua or carrot, the second layer be the kahlua or carrot, and the third and largest layer be something "neutral" like marble. A lot of the guests will be older and they don't care so much for these wild flavors. A 20 or 30-something might, but probably not a 60 or 70-something. But not my wedding. And if there's a lot left over, it won't be me who has to take it home.

    barbie - I honestly don't know if there's actual alcohol in the cake (I certainly hope not). Denise SAID that it's chocolate cake soaked in kahlua, but who knows? To me, the flavors sound gross together, but that's what she wants

    Denise just told me that her cake is going to cost $300 and she was asking me if that was a lot. I honestly don't know but suggested she ask Jess who can ask her friend. If it's not...wow...is that how much I saved Laura by making her cake???

    Lenora - I'm not making her cake (thank goodness)

    Michele in NC
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Lisa: Keeping my fingers crossed for you regarding the house. :smiley:

    Rori & Sue: Congratulations to you both for getting to meet in person. :bigsmile:

    Margaret: I've been hurt by athletic shoes in the past because the soles were too soft for me. Everyone is different and I need relatively firm soles without too much squish in them. It sounds like you do, too. :flowerforyou:

    Lanette: The chiropractor was a lovely young woman who works on people and horses. She likes horses better. I was impressed by what she did for the horse. Too bad she couldn't knock some sense into its owner. The woman is feeding it to death. It is clearly obese & needs to shed many pounds. The owner nodded her head and agreed to every word spoken about the need for this horse to lose weight, as she slipped cookie after cookie into the horse's mouth. :ohwell: I have not heard of Claire Painter, but she sounds interesting. :star:

    Cheri in College Station TX: Congratulations on the weight loss. WTG!!! :bigsmile:

    Michele: Don't forget the term "Bridezilla". I think many women go through it on the way to their own wedding. Try to let it all pass over you without causing too much stress. Good luck to you and your daughter. (((HUGS)))

    Julie in TX: It never occurred to me to use guacamole in place of mayo for tuna salad. I'm intrigued and may try it. :huh:


    It has been a good day and I'm ready for bed. I hope all of you rest well. Tomorrow I have yoga and I'm looking forward to it. Have a good evening.


    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon


    Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn

  • GloworminWA
    GloworminWA Posts: 704 Member
    edited May 2017
    Still alive! :) and soul searching <3
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,258 Member
    :heart:
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    :)
  • Lilymay2
    Lilymay2 Posts: 2,525 Member
    Waving to all.
    DH seems to think I need to be busy doing something all day! This is going to have to change! Not having enough retirement fun. :(

    Later all
    Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Gloria in WA: I'm glad you checked in. I've been wondering how you are doing. Soul searching is hard work. I hope you find a good path that suits you and keeps you happy. :flowerforyou:

    Kelly: Congrats on lost inches!!!!!!! :bigsmile: :star:

    Lisa: Sending good thoughts your way. :smiley:

    We have a hot day coming up and the weather report included advice about staying safe in the heat. Ninety-degree weather is not common for western Oregon in May. I plan to go to yoga this morning and there is really nothing else on my calendar. Tomorrow is busy with a medical appointment with the MS specialist for DH. I hope to go to Costco for one or two things since we'll be relatively close to one of their stores. I am still having eyestrain headaches with the new glasses and am not sure when the new lens will be in. They prescribed eye drops that do make the eye feel a bit better and also keep the headaches to a duller roar.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

  • Burkhart67
    Burkhart67 Posts: 7 Member
    edited May 2017
    Morning all
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