WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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    Joyce: Happy anniversary! :heart:

    Yvonne: I sure hope your family members with the total loss and those with damages had FEMA flood insurance. We are required to have it because of our proximity to the Columbia River. It isn't cheap, but it is an assurance that we can rebuild in a worst-case situation. :flowerforyou:

    Beth near Buffalo: 64 oz of water every day seems like a LOT. Good luck with that! :smiley:

    Lenore: I love your advice to Yvonne, "I think it is important to not look at the total you need or want to lose; as it does get overwhelming. Set smaller goals, then reward yourself with something not related to food, a pair of new earrings, maybe a top to go with a pair of slacks that fit you. Numbers can get ‘in the way’ of success when we think we need to be a certain size or lose a certain amount. Losing weight is a ‘lifestyle’ change, it isn’t a ‘diet’. A pound a two a week I think is pretty realistic if you want the weight to come off and stay off. There is no easy overnight fix."

    Dana: I cannot imagine finding an alligator in my house. Yikes!!! :noway:

    Machka: Your fitness level is inspiring. Your bike route is 100.59 miles in just over 9 hours! I am astounded and impressed. :star: Happy spring!

    KJ: I'm afraid you have a hospital stay mixed up with a spa stay unless you can afford a private room and one is available. I've only been in the hospital to have babies or visit relatives, but DH has had a couple of stays. After his stroke they put a person coming off drug addiction in his room. I went to the nurse's station and complained because of all the loud yelling and moaning. The patient's doctor happened to be standing at the nurse's station and the man was moved to a room where nobody would be subjected to his noises within just a few minutes. :ohwell: A spa would be a LOT more fun.

    BelovedElf1: Welcome to a great group of supportive women. You seem to be off to a good start. Stop by regularly to give and get support.:smiley:

    We have another hot day forecast and I'm planning to go to the stable early and ride. Since it is almost 8 am here, I need to get busy. Have a great day!!!

    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."
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,548 Member
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    . morning peeps-
    beginning of a 3day weekend. going to the new gym this morning. only 1mile away (y was 3 mi, still not far)
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
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    Marcelyn Thanks so much for sharing how the people are uniting to help those in need.

    Joyce Happy 45th Anniversary!

    Carol
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    edited September 2017
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    Neighborhood annual garage sale day today. Traffic in my quiet neighborhood is crazy. It is not safe for me to bike in this traffic so no gym/swimming possible. (My husband is sticking to his decision to only use gas for work commute- any errands will have to be on the way.)

    I walked the neighborhood sales - mostly overpriced but some great buys if I needed anything. I did buy a chair for five dollars- it is beat up but very sturdy and we can pull it up to dining room table if the family comes for X-mas instead of a folding metal one. I had to carry the chair home 3 blocks, I wish that counted as my actual exercise today.

    Otherwise things are mostly same here. I'm in awe of M's bike ride since the 1.5 mile ride I do to and from gym kicks my sorry *kitten". Hot Flashes are especially intense lately, frequent but not long lasting. No news on job front. With husband home this long weekend I'm considering getting that home office/extra bedroom cleaning started. Glad we have pot roast in freezer b/c husband doesn't even want to use gas to go to grocery and I don't feel like making that trek today. He doesn't think it is a big deal "hey we can just order pizza" but I'm not going to eat that.

    Laters and best wishes

    Rye in Texas
  • ydailey
    ydailey Posts: 516 Member
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    Happy World Beard Day!

    Austin is hosting the 2017 World Beard & Mustache Championships this weekend. What a world.

    Lenora – Thanks for the welcome back! I don’t generally obsess about numbers too much, but as a motivational tool the 60 pounds/60 years thing just resonates with me. However, that would require a steady loss of more than a pound a week, which is why I said I wasn’t going to try to get all the way there. I’m not on The Biggest Loser – I’ve got a job, and other things to do, and I can’t afford a trainer! Slow and steady is the way to go.

    Dana – I love the idea of making hot tea with water straight from the springs!

    Joyce – Before we moved out of Austin to Taylor, we had FEMA flood insurance because the neighborhood suffered from drainage issues and we flooded twice. Luckily for us, we weren’t in a designated flood plain despite the flooding so the insurance was less than $500 a year. I’m guessing it costs a lot more if you live in a flood plain! I know my dad’s rates went up when they redrew the maps and designated his area a flood zone when it hadn’t been before.

    Kelly – Oh, dear, I do feel for you! We women tend to try and take care of everybody, but you need a weekend now and then to take care of yourself! I hope your mother-in-law does well and that you can at least find time for a mini pampering soon.


    We’re keeping close to home this weekend, because we need to conserve gas for Philip’s commute to work. People have utterly lost their minds and basically created a fuel shortage by running in and filling up every container they could (no kidding – 55 gallon drums, open buckets, big water cubes, you name it) with gas. It makes things hard for people who just need a regular fill-up! Gas stations all over the place have run out of gas and are having to close until they can be refueled. It’s complete madness.

    Hope you all enjoy your weekend!

    -Yvonne in TX
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
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    Dana – We’re actually right across the LA/MS line in Clayton, LA; when we get ready to leave we will head home on Sunday so Louis will have a day to rest up before next week starts over with its grind. We postponed our TX trip until spring, hopefully it will be planned so that we can come back through Louisiana and maybe the ‘baby’ will be here. Tami still has 6 more weeks of daily injections to go. After that they will refer her to another ‘specialist – OB’ who handles ‘high risk pregnancies’. She is considered ‘high risk’ because they went through I.V.F. as their ‘last ditch effort’ to have a baby. She has been taking some sort of medication and/or injections since last year when we were here. During that visit they went to Jackson one day to ‘pick up something’; and, that was actually when they took out the eggs. Said at that time, her ovaries were both the size of baseballs. If we were going to make our trip to TX this time, we would have been a week ahead of “Harvey.”

    Joyce – When we went to get our marriage certificate, I realized ‘oh $#*T’ it asked for how many times we had been married before. So, while my Daddy knew that Louis had been married before and had a child; we had to tell him about his 2nd (no children); but, that did not matter. He ‘knew’ we were in love (beyond a shadow of a doubt). It did not matter to him. After we got married our preacher told us, I haven’t signed this document yet; but, I can wait until after you go on your honeymoon – if you find you cannot stand one another – all I will have to do is ‘tear it up’. LOL!!!!

    Happy Anniversary! We just celebrated our 45th on the 20th of August. Hard to believe we’ve made it this far, through all the lumps and bumps, good times and bad, for richer or poor, till death do us part … I would not have it any other way. I’ve learned so much from Louis; but, he has also learned so much from me, too.

    Allie – I, personally, would not leave anything packed up in the house with TomCat either. If nothing else, he could unpack everything and make you repack it. I would not trust him as far as I could throw him on a windy day with the wind blowing in my face. In other words, I would not trust him for squat’!!!!!!

    Well, if he is going ‘out-of-state’ … maybe you don’t have anything to worry about.

    Katla – I liked your quote about being perfectly normal and all the Gods must be crazy. I feel pretty normal most of the time and my Bipolar disorder and my seizures are now being controlled by medications. I have an ‘aura’ before both and I know the difference. When it comes to one prior to a seizure – I go get into my bed (or lay on the floor if need be). DH, bless his heart, thinks that when I am having an ‘aura’ before a bipolar episode thinks all I need to do is ‘go to bed and sleep it off’. That doesn’t happen … it is usually brought on because all my medications are ‘out of whack’ and need to be ‘reset’. I really ‘hate’ having any new medications added to my already overwhelming number of pills (but, more than ½ are O.T.C., vitamins and supplements.

    Lenora
  • dlm4mom
    dlm4mom Posts: 252 Member
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    I am back trying again. I am not sure if I even remember how to use discussion forum. I am starting with really small goals.
    Goal 1. Make sandwiches using one piece of bread.
    Goal 2. Only fruit, yogurt or cereal when I get up in the night hungry.
    Goal 3. Keep phone on me so I can measure steps.
    Today is Sunday. Hoping I can stick to this until next Sunday. Then I will have slightly loftier goal.
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
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    Lenora A belated Happy Anniversary to you!
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,339 Member
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    Kelly - Don't think for a minute you are being spoiled or selfish for wanting a little time to breathe. Glad you have the tickets to visit Joaquin-my DH says a change is as good as a rest and I think he's right. It's just around the corner!!

    Joyce - happy anniversary! Your relationship with Charlie sounds familiar. We build history with our DH's and as long as the good outweighs the bad, and most of the time it does, it's well worth it.

    Marcelyn - thank you for your heartwarming stories. So nice to hear from someone "in the field". I have always had great respect for JJ Watts.

    We don't have flood insurance since we're at the "top of the hill" and at over 600' above sea level and miles from any creeks or rivers. But, we do have earthquake insurance. We're not that far from Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens and have had a couple little jolts since we've lived here.

    Worked in the garden this morning - picked tomatoes, pulled onions and have them drying in one of the sheds. Picked apples, stuck them in the garage and hope they keep until next weekend when I want to make more applesauce - it stays fairly cool out there. Watered some little trees.

    Kind of a race to avoid the heat of the day for the next 4 days. When I get overwhelmed, I think of last year when the fall rains came so early, most of the onions rotted in the garden and I had hardly any tomatoes at all. This year, tomatoes are the best we've had in a long time. I threw them in the freezer whole (first cored them and squeezed out the seeds and watery liquid) and will cook them down into sauce, and maybe even can them this winter - we'll be needing some heat and moisture in the house when DH gets the woodstove cranked up.

    Enjoy the long weekend! <3

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • ljdw99
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  • coastalgosgal
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,211 Member
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    NY KAREN -sounds gooooood! :D Squeeze of lemon?

    I cooked the IP Greek meatballs which turned out fine. I also did the IP Babaganoush (eggplant dip) which was great with added hickory smoke. :o:o Served it with a tzatsiki and a tahini /yoghourt lemon dip. Lots of garlic - heaven! The best thing is, I have loads in the freezer for my friend and other meals. I love my freezers. Both if them are full to bursting! :o:o:o I was pretty knackered and have spent all day in my pyjamas. >:)

    Going to watch my favourite Italian detective this evening - Inspector Montalbano. <3 He is my secret pash. Ssssshhhh! Don't tell DH. :o Most of my working Italian comes from that series.
    This pm I watched a grest fun French comedy, Le Gout des Autres. Unfortunately I have just got the very bad news that my CD service is stopping end of October. Got to find another way of getting my foreign films. It is my Saturday pleasure while DH is upstairs watching his sport. :#

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • pipcd34
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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,052 Member
    edited September 2017
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    Marcelyn Thanks for your picture of hope and wonderful stories. I posted your picture on my Facebook page because I think it sends such a powerful message at this difficult time.

    I also made a copy of Matt Williams post. Thank you! I have a better idea how to help.

    :heart: Margaret
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
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    Thank you for the good wishes. There were times when my girls were young that they would ask me why I didn't divorce him. He was very opinionated and was the only one that counted. As they gave grown and life happens he has mellowed. They have told me that they are glad we didn't divorce. They like this Dad more.

    Marcylynn, your list brought me to tears. You could write a routine column in a newspaper and everyone would want that to be the first thing they read every day. Through the course of all of this flooding, I have read several columns that the guy you mentioned and a posted. He also has wonderful insight and turns his pen into such a beautiful piece of art. I also read an article today on what they really don't need sent to them. I guess this was written by a person at one of the receiving a
    Warehouses for clothing. They sorted it all out. They do not need dirty underwear and old prom dresses. Those were wactually things they have pulled out of bags.

    Wonderful weather for us today, 68 degrees!

    Joyce, Indiana

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