WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2017
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Marriage - I got married in the very small church we were attending, at the time... I had a friend make my dress - half because I was poor, half because I was fat - the dress cost something like $100 to make - and I sewed the pearls on, myself. The whole wedding - cake, punch, dress and all, cost less than $400. Even in 1989 that was pretty affordable.
Death - I am all for a quick cremation and a minimal remembrance by the living. Spend as little as possible and talk about how marvelous I was... or have a great party - but don't go to any extreme measures after I am gone... certainly don't spend any of what meager inheritance I might leave behind to put me into a lavish box and bury me. Once I vacate the premises - my organs can go wherever they might be useful and you can do whatever you like with the rest... hey, if I'm not using the parts anymore, what do I care? Assuming there is any kind of an afterlife, I am sure I will be far to busy enjoying it to be worrying about my mortal remains...
I am going to be only lightly present this week... but, I figure I had better keep on checking in on my weekly stuff... I started the new Christmas Challenge this week - and I so want to work it a little harder than I did the Summer one.
You know, I was feeling pretty badly about that Summer Challenge - until I went back and looked at my stats... I still lost 50 lbs since last July... not quite 1 lb a week... which is pretty good, considering that for over a month there, around May/June, I didn't lose a pound. So... I will keep on trudging... keep on inching along - and suddenly I will look up and another 50 pounds will be gone. I expect it might go a smidge slower than the last - as that is just the nature of weight-loss. Talk about lack of justice - the harder you work, the more you lose... the harder you have to work to lose more. What?!? *sighs* Oh well. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
July Goals for the week 7/16 – 7/22
400 calories under budget 5X: OXXXX
Weights/Abdominals 3X: OOX
Planks 3X: OOX
I am doing well on the calories - which is really the most important part - but, I seem to be having issues with the planks - I mean, by the time bedtime rolls around, I am... ready for bed. Hmmm. I need to re-think how I get those into my day. Tomorrow is another weight-training day, so I am on-task for that... And I know it's doing something - because my measurements are changing in the right direction... yay.
Anyway, I am off to sleep....
Hugs for Everybody!
Re in TX
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dana so great that you looked back and saw all the reward points you had coming and re so glad that you looked back and saw all the losses you have made!!!!
Love checking in with this chatty bunch of wise women
My Audition is behind me, I didn't tank, it was a good representation of who I am as a teacher/conductor so I feel good about whatever the results are. Afterwards I was a bit wired so DD and I went to a new mandarin restaurant which had great decor and salty food 
Later the three of us chatted and planned our family trip to Montreal-which is making me excited! Just a 4-day road trip in August but I've never been to Montreal in the summer and the chance for us to travel together is a blessing.
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Morning Ladies~
I am up , but still feeling yucky, geesh how long does a cold last for crying out loud? anyway.. DGD will be here in a few hours, then off for my haircut...then home and phone conference with lawyer then take Chester to the vet.. by then I will be ready for bed but will wait until Tracy comes to pick up Taliah..2 -
Been to gym 20 mins on bike, rower and treadmill. On 30 day squat challenge again Day 6 75 done 45 so far
Off to get hair done roots are showing hate that
Kate UK
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Morning ladies. Just popping in. We have back to back visitors this week and next. This week was a friend of more than 30 years from Tanzania. When we first met her, her daughter was 11. This week they brought their grandsons/sons to meet us. It really made me realize how fast time flies.
Sending congratulations and hugs to everyone!
Leigh in France6 -
Weddings ...
I've posted this before, but this is my wedding album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/albums/72157607097344648
It was a quiet little wedding on the dock of Lake Annette near Jasper ... just me, my husband, my parents, and my cousin and his wife.
I've added more photos to that album just a couple days ago because we visited Lake Annette again, as we do whenever we get the chance.
Also, earlier in the day we went to the top of The Whistlers. We took a tram to the upper terminal, stopped for lunch, and then hiked to the top. When we stopped for lunch, we asked which lakes were which, and were pleased to discover that the lake we were married on is somewhat heart shaped.
See the U-shaped late at the top ... the one right below it is the sort of heart shaped Lake Annette.
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Karen continued prayers the fires abate soon.2
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NY KAREN - Montreal and Quebec are on my bucket list.
Not so much DH. 
I am really proud of myself today. I washed the main part of the sofa loose covers ages ago and they've been sitting on a chair waiting to be put back on. I was anticipating that they would have shrunk and expecting a struggle. DH didn't seem keen on helping. He went out today for a hike and lunch with his cricket friend. I put the cover back all by myself, velcro, zips and all. It wasn't that hard.
So now I have washed two more sofa cushion covers and four extra cushion covers. Just two more off the sofa to do later.
I'm pleased I conquered my fear of doing it by myself. I'm pleased I moved all the furniture, put back castor cups that had dislodged and hoovered all around.
Lots of love, Heather xxxxxxxxxx6 -
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Kim: My parents paid for their funeral services years before they actually had them. Mom thought nobody would come to hers, but there were many relatives and longtime friends there. If she was watching, she was likely surprised and happy to know that people cared. She suffered from low self-esteem her whole life because her mother didn't welcome her or treat her well. She was a surprise late baby. Grandpa had a case of mumps that went down on him & the doctor said he was sterile. As it turned out, he wasn't sterile after all and that was good news for me years later. Mom was almost 37 when I was born.
DJ: Congrats on the recumbent bike ride. Yea you, indeed!
Joyce: Your house looks great & I like your color choices.
I'm planning to go to the county fair this morning and watch the 4H kids on their horses. It seems to be an overcast day & I'm keeping my fingers crossed for relatively cool weather. DH insists that we have an elephant ear while we're there. Elephant ears will be my "birthday cake." I turned 68 today.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
"So many of us believe in perfection, which ruins everything else, because the perfect is not only the enemy of the good; it's also the enemy of the realistic, the possible and the fun."
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Katla - you kept that dark!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
Thanks for the Happy Birthday wish, Heather. 3
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Happy birthday, Katla. I hope we get some sun this afternoon for you to enjoy.
Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon3 -
Katla ~ Have a great day and a great year to come! 3
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Katla -
Happy Birthday! Enjoy this cooler day!
Lanette1 -
Katla- Happy Birthday! Sounds like a great birthday cake! Have a fantastic day!1
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We can go down some funny rabbit holes in this thread. It's always funny what sets us off! Kim, I think your idea of going out with a bang is the best one I've read yet.
Happy birthday, Katla!
My wedding picture...
. We were definitely on a budget. My one regret is no real photographer.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATLA!
Have a fantastic day!! BTW, we are the same age now!
Dana in Arkansas
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happy birthday Katlamay the day be filled with all you love
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Happy Birthday katla. Enjoy your special day.
I have a friend whose husband died and a few years later her sister died. Since she had no other family, she threw a Hugh party at the country club with a band. She said it was her wake and she wanted to enjoy it. We all had a great time.
Better check on the grands.
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Happy Birthday Katla
Kate UK 1 -
drkatiebug wrote: »We were definitely on a budget. My one regret is no real photographer.
That is my regret from my first wedding, too. We hired a professional photographer, however, for my second wedding, and most of those pictures are really horrible. She took some great ones of us outside, but she got the light wrong on the inside pictures. That was really disappointing.
Beautiful wedding picture, by the way!
Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon
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Afternoon Ladies~
went and got my hair cut , and then back here had a phone call with attorney, who hasnt heard from Toms attorney yet... which is rather odd. but whatever.. she is filing a motion for temporary alimony so that if I can move to that condo, I can without incident... taking Chester to vet in a bit...4 -
Happy Birthday Katla! :flowerforyou:1
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Happy birthday Katla
. Muscha, just looked at your wedding album. Wow, I opened it expecting to see the traditional white dress and all. But it was a wedding celebrating who you guys are. Loved where you had it, method of transportation, just everything.
I am so glad my parents pre planned and partially paid for their funerals. We were not in a state of mind to do it ourselves. My parents were two individuals but acted as one unit. They completed each other. I can't think of one without thinking of the other. I loved them and still love them now. My grandchildren know their legacy and love them.
Charlie wants to be in a mosoleum when he dies. Says he is afraid of suffocating! Well if we don't prep lab our funerals I am not paying for him to be in a mosoleum. I'm sure we will have to have two services/memorials for him. The first our family. The second a big karaoke party and they all love to drink. There are enough friends that love the kinds of songs he loves and does so often, they would song his favorites.
Well, I took my shower last night and felt better for it but didn't wake up rests at all. Off to clean the bathroom sinks. I don't think that will take a lot of excertion.
Joyce, indiana2 -
Happy Birthday Katla~ Hoping you have a spectacular day~ Love ya..1
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Here u go katla
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Evening my dear Friends,
Allie, I want to read that you are all well and feeling great. ((((Hugs))))
Becca, glad things are working out better with Prudence.
M, I like the colors in the first palette you showed us. Most of my walls are the gold and many of our accent pieces are in the blues.
Heather, I’m with you on funerals. DH and I will both be cremated and we won’t have a service for either of us. I agree that a good party sounds like the way to go.
Felecia, your stand up desk sounds great. I hope you enjoy it. You said that your Dad said, "do whatever you want with me. I don't care." I'm not sure that's completely true, but it's what he's said. I truly don’t care what is done with me once I pass. If someone wanted to throw a party that would be great and if not, I sure don’t want a lot of money spent at a funeral home. I doubt I’ll know what’s going on by then.
Allie, you are such an angel. As bad as you feel, you still go to sit with Bev’s mom. Gosh we should all have a friend like you.
Katla, the fair sounds like fun.
Joyce, the landscaping looks great. I can’t get over the difference since the huge bushes are gone. Now if Charlie goes first and you don’t put him in a mausoleum, at least he won’t be able to fuss at you about it. Not right then, anyway. lol
Dana, cool deal on your flight. Sometimes it’s good to forget rewards points for a few years.
Heather, congrats on doing the sofa covers all by yourself. Sometimes we just surprise ourselves with what we can accomplish.
Katla, how dare you not let us know it was going to be your birthday.
I hope it has been fabulous. I like our cake idea. That would work for me.
Time to go start getting ready. I have a dinner tonight with the Women of the Moose. It is our once a month dinner at a different restaurant. Tonight is at California Dreaming. I’ll probably have a salad but will check the menu as soon as I get this posted.
to all the Newbies. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.
Sending love, good thoughts and cool sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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well here I am again.. you know what? starting taking the antibiotics again, and feeling quite a bit better.. 222.30 later at the vet. but both of them are set for the rest of the year..
going to get together with my friend Bev this weekend for a glass of wine and dinner probably Saterday or Friday night as, she will be moving from one apartment to another up in Boston..
This poor woman is my age, and has a mentally handicapped brother,who lives in a residental home,and her mom that lives in the house here that Bev inherited from her aunt, and she lives in Boston for work.. and she has to drop everything at the drop of a hat to take care of either her mom or brother, and I thought I had problems.....
my daughter should be here by 6 to pick up Tal... and tomorrow another day of work and then saterday I work too.
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Wedding 39 years ago was small. We didn't invite anyone and walked in (late) to the ceremony to find about 35 people there. Now that was a shock as we didn't expect anyone except our parents. My dress I found for $20 and my husband actually bought a new shirt for his suit just to please his mom. lol My dad paid for a luncheon for the families and a couple of college friends that "snuck in". We didn't have a photographer (a friend snapped a few photos) but my mom baked a cake for us. Very simple. We spent more on a 30th anniversary dinner with our family at a seafood restaurant.
Funerals. We just recently buried my mother-in-law. She was adamant as to what we were to do after her death. A 10 minute grave-side service, no fuss, no weeping and wailing. Then a blow-out party at the Women's Club open to the public. And what a party it was. The women from the club (she was a life-long member) decorated in balloons and rainbows, streamers and had put up great pictures all around of her. Then we had singing and tale telling and line dancing. Yes, line dancing. My father-in-law was quite sad until the party and he was quite happy that everyone could rejoice in her life. He's been struggling a lot since then, very very lonely as this is the second wife he has lost to illness. He's 87 and says he can't do this again. We have assured him nobody expects him to get married again but he is so lonely and wants companionship so badly you never know what he's going to do.
Someone mentioned they'd like to be thrown in a casket and buried, no embalming. It is quite possible to do that and there are even places where they encourage wicker basket caskets so natural decay can take place completely. When we were bringing meat home from Wisconsin we had to find dry ice for the trip. We pulled up with two freezers full of beef and needing dry ice and I mentioned to this man that he probably doesn't see freezers pull up often. Oh little did I know. Seems that where he was there is a large Jewish population and many of them are from families in a different state. They want to be buried "back home." They don't embalm and burial must take place within a certain number of days so they load the corpse into a casket, show up at his place and they fill the casket with dry ice and off they go the drive "home". Okay, my freezers full of meat are nothing compared to that.
Went out and ran this morning before the heat index got into the triple digits. It was already 89 when I got out there at 8:30 this morning but at least the humidity wasn't as high as it is now. Looks like we are in for a couple of weeks of rather hot hot weather.
Melting in Houston,
Marcelyn2
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