WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2017

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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Joyce: I water my plants for ten minutes twice daily all summer long whether I'm here or not. I have a timer system that automatically waters for 10 minutes twice a day, early morning and evening. Hanging plants are fed by little plastic tubes with dripper sizes that vary depending on the needs of each plant. We bought this system at ACE Hardware. Plants in the ground are watered with soaker hoses. The lawn is watered by the homeowners association and is also on an automatic timer system managed by them. :flowerforyou:

    Alllie: You seem so much more at peace with life and I am happy for you. I look forward to your being able to move into your own place. :star:

    Barbie: Our day at the fair included a shared buffalo burger that was delicious and elephant ears. We burned off enough calories getting around the fair to account for part of the total, but probably should've skipped the elephant ears. My weight bumped up a bit and is easing back to where I need it to be for my knees. :embarassed: We got there early to watch 4H competitions that occur before the fair officially opens, and we left shortly after lunch. We didn't go to the rodeo. It was a good day. :bigsmile:

    Becca: You are such a great mom and have done a marvelous job with your boys. The transition to an empty nest might be a little bit challenging, but you and your DH will be able to focus on having fun together and life can become a new adventure. My son is in the Army. His permanent assignment is Fort Lewis but he is currently stationed in Virginia. My daughter lives in Illinois with her DMIL. Sometimes it makes me sad that both of my kids are so far away. We have them for a while and then we have to set them free. :heart: :broken_heart::heart:


    This is usually my day to go to the stable & work with Arrow, but I'm not sure whether it will happen. DH is adamant that he doesn't want me out there alone, and that might mean he has to accompany me and read in the car. The stable owner is in the process of adopting a dog and will have one out there "on trial." I hope it is a match for her. The last one was a cat chaser and had to go back to the shelter and wait for a cat free home. I would appreciate good thoughts for our car situation. We're hoping for a fix that is not going to break the bank or prevent buying DH a scooter until money issues resolve. right now I'm worried about whether I sent my son money to buy new Birkenstocks. I have no record of writing him a check. :embarassed:

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    "Normally I'm quite normal . . ." The Gods Must be Crazy
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    B) NYKAREN
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    So today it was strange not hearing my son singing in the shower, making me coffee etc. I am at the laundromat still washing some of his clothes, ( items he will be saving and we'll pack). He did call last night from the hotel, and he seemed relaxed.
    Becca
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,372 Member
    Came out of the gym this morning to discover a bike got stolen, guy apparently cut off the lock. Glad it wasn't my bike, I would have gone postal
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    PIP ~ So glad it wasn't your bike! :):)
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    I bought two large containers of Creeping Gardenias yesterday and now I don't know if I can possibly dig the hole to plant them. DH is not into doing any yard work! Problem!
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,802 Member
    Had a lovely lunch with my friend. I was good on the wine and not bad on the food. She drank less than usual. :D

    Been emailing DDIL about our trip to Hove/Brighton this weekend. We can park in their front yard in the sfternoon and DH and I are going to eat with the grandchildren on Friday night (the nanny is going to cook us all lasagne!!!!!) because DS & DDIL are playing tennis and we have to check in at the B&B by 9 pm. All good. :) DS said he would take us down to the B & B. :D It's impossible to park in central Brighton in the tourist season, so we have to leave the car with them.
    Saturday morning we will meet them at the kids' tennis lessons and have lunch with them. Playtime again in the pm and then DH and I have a posh meal booked for 7 pm. :D<3
    Probably leave Sunday morning. DS is going to his father's (my ex's) 70th birthday on Sunday.
    All this is primarily to avoid the music festival in our village. It occurs every year. The problem is the bass beat which thumps down our chimney. You can't really hear the music, but the beat is very annoying, so we always go away. Of course, we are longing to see the grandkids. <3<3<3
    Here is Edie at her end of term show.
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    Recently my elder son texted me to ask for money. He says he has a chance of some contract work next month. :*:| He has been out of work since last September, but has applied for everything. :'( He has done some journalism for pay. I was happy to help, but I really hope he gets a job soon. He is a design engineer .

    Katla - You could just text and ask him. We all forget things at our age. I completely forgot to take my son's birthday presents last time we visited! Oooops! :embarassed:

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Oooh Pip your cycling guardian angel's are looking after you, and your bike, girl!!
    Becca
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Well ladies, I haven't heard from Prudence since last Sunday! It's now Wednesday, and I feel a great weight has lifted. She has been walking downstairs, using the walker we gave her. So truly, she can do things on her own. When Thursday comes around I will see if she knocks on my door to fill her pill container. She has a bag of garbage by her door that has been there since yesterday. She has gone up and down the stairs since putting it out there. If she can not carry a big bag, then just have little bags every day... This is not rocket science!

    I sound so callus, forgive me.

    So sons room just has items to pack that we will send after boot camp, plus items I'm trying to sell online. In the closet it am hanging all my linens, blankets, and beach towels. It gives more room down below, and on the upper shelf! Told my husband he can put his uniforms there. That should free up some room on his side of the closet.
    We will move the two large bookshelves from the dining area, to that room as like a library. Also put husband's ugly green alligator lazy boy chair. Will be nice to listen to music there, read and just relax. We will keep his desk in there. Great place to write letters, pay bills.

    Organized the kitchen, and have separated items into groups, for easy hunting, and restocking!
    I anticipate losses this next month from that helpful change!
    Hugs!
    Becca
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,372 Member
    i do put my bike indoors and not lock it outside :smiley:
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,160 Member
    Look at you Becca..miss organization... How wonderful....if I could figure out how to post picture from phone on here.i would put a picture of Tomcat...
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,297 Member
    Joyce it depends on what kind of soil you have. If it is more clay you water less if it is sandy like our soil more. 100 heat index is hard on most any plants except cactus. If you do need to water watering early morning is best. It gets the plants hydrated before the heat hits. My most important gardening tool it my water meter. You put it in the soil and it will tell you if you need to water. Plants can be killed from too much watering as not enough. Sometimes when I see a wilting plant I think it needs water. This can also be a sign of over watering. That is why I like my water meter. You can buy one for less than $10 at either a hardware store or garden center. If I lose plants now it is because of disease, insects, or light not from watering. Also with that kind of heat do not fertilize. Wait until it is cooler. If it is bushes spring is the best time to fertilize. Here in Minnesota it also best not to prune evergreens past the four of July because new growth will not harden off enough to stand our winters. Every region is different and if you have questions consults a master gardener in you area or go to a reliable garden center. I know you put in a lot of time and money to your new landscaping and you want to keep it healthy.

    :heart: Margaret
  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,894 Member
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  • josephinebowman
    josephinebowman Posts: 359 Member
    Howdy and good afternoon. I missed breakfast-the day has not been an overall success! Can't get weed whacker to work and the trip to the store to get it going is for another day. It is 4 pm and I am doing lunch, dinner, or lupper I guess. I did go grocery shopping and I am impressed with the food log inventory here. Almost anything I enter comes up! Anyone reading here use palm oil? My husband bought some but it looks orange and is solid. I hate throwing stuff away but is this going to be okay? I am using vegetable oil today because I forgot olive oil.
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Thank you for all your assistance in my watering question.

    our empty nest syndrome came at the same time that I had a relapse with my MS and had to quit work. So it was a strange time. It was also quite a time of soul searching for me. I literally had to reinvent who I was. This is why I thanked God for my MS. I finally realized that I had let nursing control who I was and I had to find a new me. I also found myself with this guy I had married but when you both work a day/evening shift and separate weekends you sometimes don't se each other. So. It was nice to get to know each other again, must be a housewife.

    Becca, I don't think I could ave immediately changed Michelle's room over. Will your son have an immediate assingment when he is out of boot training? I'm not sure why books my brother wrote when he was stationed on his nuclear sub. I know he wrote some of the curriculum but that was about 15 years ago.

    As you know my grand daughter Trinity will celebrate her 16th birthday when she is here this weekend. She won't be 16 yet but that's when she can be here. She sent an Amazon wish list. I know that you can order and get it next day or maybe 2 but I don't have prime and don't want to pay for next day delivery. So her Mom says that I could go to Target and could pretty well get the exact same things. Uhmmmmm no! Theings that's were $20 were $80 at Target. Maybe when she was making her list they were on sale. So I got same kind of the things. And I went way over my budget. But hey, your grand daughter only turns 16 once. I just hope she can take what her elderly black dog does to her faux white furry stuff she asked for.

    Katla, will your husbands insurance help pay for any modifications to your car or a carrier for the back of the car that he can just roll a scooter on to? Norma had that type at first and didn't like it due to the type of drop off from her driveway to the street. It was a high curb. But her van has been wonderful and very comfortable.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,372 Member
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  • DamitJanit
    DamitJanit Posts: 1,315 Member
    Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

    Good Evening my dear Friends,

    Rori, good luck on the sale of your condo.

    Allie, I guess it would be better for you if Tom goes to Florida. It may be getting close to time for him to move. Hang tough, my friend. ((((Hugs))))

    Leigh, I would guess that there are few of us that have friends who totally understand what we are going through outside of this group. That is the wonderful thing about all of you; I can tell you my failures and successes and you know exactly what I’m talking about.

    Marcelyn, I don’t think anything is going to make these boobs look like “perky 20 yr old bosoms” again. LOL But cool does sound good.

    Katla, I did actually have one friend that was super supportive. She needs to lose weight even more than I did but has no intention of doing anything about it. Every time I lost an ounce or we went to eat and I ordered smart, she would just congratulate me and carry on about what a wonderful job I was doing. Unfortunately she is the friend that moved to Texas.

    Joyce, have fun with your DD and her family.

    Heather, have a great time in Hove/Brighton this weekend. Thanks for the cute pic of Edie.

    Kelly, good for you on working on your meal planning!! I need to do a better job of it and plan farther ahead. So many of you are inspirations to me. Thank you.

    pretty-pink-welcome-smiley-emoticon.gifto 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.

    Night before last I didn’t sleep well at all. I moved to the sofa downstairs and got in a couple of hours. Last night I slept great but today has been a pj day. My back was hurting when I got up and only got a bit better after my morning pain pill. Really haven’t done a thing all day but watch a little TV. DH wanted me to go to Costco with him but I declined because of back pain. Today was my exercise day so I hope I feel like it tomorrow. I’ll have baked fish for dinner and probably go to bed early. Yesterday I did get the new cable box for my room and got it hooked up. We now again have working TVs in each bedroom and the family room.


    Sending love, good thoughts and cool sunshine to all of you.

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    DJ
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,160 Member
    evening ladies~
    home from work and in jammies, having sleepytime tea and my melatonin,Tom says he is going to come home and mow the lawn, I am guessing he thinks he will be in and out of the lawyers office and able to go on his merry way, to be a fly on the wall, anyway. he might leave early saterday morning, that is if Kelly gets everything she needs..
    this picture is 3 yrs old ,but that is Tom with our 2 older granddaughters..
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Well our godson has returned to his grandmother's house in Brooklyn. He was with us for 4 days but we hardly noticed his presence. Quietly studying or on the laptop, he is not an easy conversationalist! Dinners were particularly awkward--he's in that thought spot, just graduated and doesn't know how to find a profession. He may join americorps and work out west if he can't find a job at a nonprofit- he was a philosophy major!

    Eating and meal planning have been off for the past week- back to the strategies that work for me! Lovely weather continues here, will go for a nice long walk tomorrow.

    NYKAREN
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,712 Member
    csofled wrote: »
    Hi!

    Karen and I met up for lunch today. My daughter and hubs were with us. Wonderful seeing her and catching up!

    Cheri
    Enjoying vacation in VA

    Cute photo! Only question - what are you two twenty year olds doing on this thread? LOL! Glad you could meet up and catch up! Count me as jealous!

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    csofled wrote: »
    Hi!

    Karen and I met up for lunch today. My daughter and hubs were with us. Wonderful seeing her and catching up!

    Cheri
    Enjoying vacation in VA

    Cute photo! Only question - what are you two twenty year olds doing on this thread? LOL! Glad you could meet up and catch up! Count me as jealous!

    Lanette
    SW WA State

    Awww thanks Lanette!!
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Joyce. I asked my husband about sons schedule and this is how life will pretty much go:
    Boot camp for 8 weeks at Great Lakes, Michigan
    A school ( sea school) 3 months not sure where.
    Nuclear school, 2 years in Charleston, South Carolina

    So all of this is before he even gets his duty station assignment. Thank goodness he loves school, tests and proving himself!

    Becca
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Also I think sons aren't as territorial with their rooms as daughters are. I started emptying his room about a month ago!
    Becca
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Lanette – I burn anything that has our name or any other pertinent information; so that nobody could steal it. But, I will take my scissors to a bunch of stuff; most of the time those flyers for grocery stores, etc. I’d take mine directly to the P.O., and throw them down the chute or when my friend worked there would take it to him and watch as he put them in a box. He was the one who told me that they do not pay postage until the envelope is returned. The thought of adding the additional weight … LOL ~ I’ll try that next time.

    Michele – I was serious about Gorilla Glue, it would be awful for him to try hanging it with a nail or screw, even ‘if’ the outside is made of wood. It must be really strong, if it will hold fence posts upright. I had a small tube of the liquid Gorilla Glue (trying to mend a sandal). It has taken 3 days to get it off my fingers. Numbers look great!

    Sue – When we went to Macon yesterday, we saw cows standing in ponds all around. It has been brutally hot down here. Late afternoon we end up having thunderstorms because of the heat.

    The first time we lived in Albany, we were the first house on the right in a subdivision. They had one of those palm-like bushes, that had razor-edge frons and then you’d have to hacksaw them off when they died. He ran into them one too many times one Saturday and took his Karman Ghia and pulled that sucker out of the ground he was so mad. Of course, he tried digging it out as much as possible. He looked like he had be involved in a knife fight.

    Katla – Bad thing about ‘court ordered’ HELP – unless she has some sort of insurance or Social Security coming in, she would end up in a state-run facility which might be worse. She probably doesn’t have any family or they have given up trying to help her. She may view all these animals as her friends and family and just isn’t aware that she has been starving them. She’s probably rail thin, too.

    It’s been so hot here that I’m watering my plants about every 3 days. Even those in the glassed-in porch because it faces west and we have not put in A/C-Heat yet. I have a small watering can, one fill-up for my orchids and violets, then one for my two cactus/succulents; one for the palm tree-looking plant and a fern; then another for the other ferns and plants. I count from 3-5 depending on the size of the orchid plant, that way I won’t over-water them. I let the rain do the rest. I have a huge Kimberly Queen fern and it is heavy, even to moved it 12 feet to the deck steps, and another fern (I think it is a leather-leaf fern). I use my big watering can and divided it between the two. Another one for my Boston ferns, till they water runs out the bottom; then whatever is left over, go back to KQ and LL ferns. My big staghorn fern and my lipstick plant are hung under a cypress tree in the back yard. I will spray them with water at least once a week.

    Becca – I cry like a baby each time we drive off from visiting Will and Tami and Mallory. It is so hard to be so far away from them.

    Is you middle son off-shore? I don’t think he would send you a pix of it either; however, if it was sent from the military … wouldn’t ‘they’ know where he is and how to get mail to him. Anything dealing with SSN or banking information, of any kind of ‘personal’ information is kept close to me. I don’t give out any information; and, if the person on the other line asks if I can hear them, I hang up. NEVER say “Yes” … they are recording you for shady business. I think I would be tempted to 'forward' that picture (in a private email) to your son and question it.

    I’m extremely cautious of people; because you’d be surprised at what they’ll tell their attorney; and, even ‘more’ surprised at what they will tell the secretaries of those attorneys.

    It’s hard when your ‘baby’ leaves home; even going off to college, you know they aren’t going to be the same when they come home the next time. It’s when we moved Will to Mississippi State that I cried; but, so did he.

    Pip – I’m sure whoever bike it was probably did go postal. Glad it wasn’t yours.

    Allie – Oh, so sorry that poor TomCat might have to postpone his trip to FL. You will be surprised at what couples will or will not do during a divorce. Stand your ground; don’t be greedy; but, stand your ground. You gave this man 20-some-odd years of your life and he was the one who brought it down into a rumble. HIM! Not you! You’ll be surprised at what they will ‘suddenly’ want, too.

    I can’t help you on how to post a pix from your cellphone. Usually, I have to download it from my phone to my laptop; then I can download them wherever.

    I guess I have been looking at your former avatar for as long as I can remember, that it was a bit of a shock to see gray hair. I can see where he’d be ‘needy’ for the attention of someone he works with. Don’t get me wrong, nice looking; but, sometimes that hair turning gray, for men, is a shock. My DOS is probably going to be totally gray by the time he hits his mid-50’s. Black hair, black eyes, and sprinkled with enough gray that it is obvious he will be gray fairly early in life. I went to HS with a guy who had black hair and the next time I saw him, he was totally white haired. Looked ‘exactly’ like he did in HS, other than the color of his hair. His wife, also a classmate, looked the same.


    Lordy, Mercy … I feel so ‘sorry’ for Angeline Jolie-Pitt – NOT! Just moved into the multi-million $$$ ‘cottage’ … with a pool and I am sure enough help that she won’t be the one ‘home-schooling’ their children.


    Well – today the Windows World folks came out to redo the stops on the windows and cracked the outside of the first one they got to. Call the owner who told him to measure the windows again, and, they will reorder them … just to have for when they come back to actually do the job. Says it will take about 2 weeks to get the windows in; not sure when they will schedule it; but, I told him we weren’t going to be ‘home’ that last week of August; so it will be after Labor Day (probably); but, he made me feel good by saying ‘if he had been the one who installed them in the first place, we would not be standing there having the discussion’. Too bad, not going to make money on this job.

    Lenora
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,372 Member
    **wahoo hrm not recording :0/ **

    **no hrm - just estimates**

    bike ride hm 2 gym- 12.03min, 14.5mph. 2.9mi = 90c
    Plyometrics exercises- 20min, 2ets of 15each, hamstring leglifts, pushups, all 4's elbow to knee, leg lifts, reverse bicycles, pelvic lifts, crunches
    sit-ups, on butt-knees to chest = 110c
    SPIN CLASS- 33min, 83ar, 86aw, 10-14g, 13.4mi = 220c
    bike ride gym 2 dome- 6min, 1.4mi = 50c
    bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 13.43min, 13.2amph, 3mi = 160c
    jog sta 2 wk- 4.57min, 9.35min mi, .5mi = 55c
    jog wk 2 sta- 4.33min, 10.04min mi, .4mi = 50c
    bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.07min, 8.8amph, 2.6mi = 175c

    total cal 860
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