WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2017

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  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,710 Member
    edited October 2017
    Cool videos everyone - loving the walking horse and the fashions. :D<3

    Had a quiet morning as we were both tired and the weather was damp. I did my strength exercises. Set off to the grandchildren after lunch. Just read an article on research by Oxford and Cambridge that people who live in cities are healthier than people who live elsewhere. Because they WALK everywhere. How true! I must say, most people here look incredibly healthy! Lots of cycling paths too, especially along the seafront.
    Had an exhausting, but fun afternoon with them. I made zombies out of lolly sticks with Max and we had a great dance session with balloons. Bea loves her music and dancing! Now DH is reading the bedtime story and I will be going out to fetch fish and chips and mushy peas. (Me no chips) I also like a large pickled onion - a tradition. Or I might have a pickled egg. :o DS and DDIL are going to a 40th birthday party. Phew!
    Tomorrow I will be up early in order to leave the parking bay by 9 am. Home late morning. We have a supermarket delivery in the early evening, with essentials. I will get the yoghurt started in the Instant Pot. :D

    The painter has almost finished and just has touching up to do, so I am excited to see our pink hall. Actually it has a lilac tinge.

    Sad news from my cancer friend. The new chemo pills are making her very tired and one of her best friends, who lives near and has been the most enormous help to her, has just been diagnosed with extensive secondaries. She was at the party I went to in the summer. I think she is her oldest friend. :'(

    Much love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 864 Member
    Lenora, hugs to you and your family, our DIL miscarried the first time, they have a wonderful 16 month old now. Perhaps you could send a card, or write a note to her, I have found that can be easier than trying to say something. And with writing it down, you can take your time and compose something truly from the heart. Her mom sounds like a real bag, or another word that starts with a b...... One that we probably can't use on this site! lol I like what your hubby said to her, very classy.
    Beth, good for you for dressing for comfort! It's always my wish that people who come to celebrate anything like that are there to celebrate the occasion and visit with some folks that they maybe don't see often, not to judge what others are wearing. And I think, especially in this day and age, that a pair of nice pants and a dressy blouse can be just as nice as a dress, and definitely a whole lot more comfortable! I hope dh's surgery goes well.
    Penny, so happy that Mike managed to disengage from his "enemy"! Also glad that you were able to get rid of it before he re-engaged. Is there a possibility that the sheep farmer will take him in with the sheep? Sure would be one sad reindeer if he were all by himself, poor thing...
    Katla, your comment about dog hair snow drifts made me chuckle! I used to clean other people's houses for a living and I actually enjoyed vacuuming when there were pet hair drifts, I got such a feeling of accomplishment when I was done! I do have to admit, I don't always get the same feeling when I'm cleaning my own home tho, although I do sit down with an extreme amount of satisfaction when I'm done!
    Last night was not a good night for me, fell into a bag of roasted, salted almonds and had a bit of a time digging myself out! Actually, just poured some into a bowl and put the bag back in the cupboard, but still.... Really didn't need the extra calories or the salt, figured I'd be paying big time on the scale this morning, but, while I know I'm retaining water (rings are tight, for one), the scale was still pretty kind. Perhaps I'm doing better than I thought..... Oh well, it's done, need to move on. Could have been worse, I guess, at least the nuts have some nutrition and they do take some time to chew, not like eating chocolate of any sort... Although, I do like the chocolate.... sigh.
    Anyway, must go do some work, I am at work, so the boss would probably appreciate it if I didn't spend my whole day on the computer! Hope everybody has a great day!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island
  • wildhorsewendy
    wildhorsewendy Posts: 563 Member
    Katla I'm envious of your ride on the Tennessee Walker. They are beautiful horses and I just LOVE their smooth fast walk that they are so famous for. We only have a few here in New Zealand. I rode one a long time ago in California, but I never forgot it. And I love the cool colours they come in too.

    Penny I really enjoy reading about your Northern adventures.

    Heather keep giving us the details on your interesting life, enjoying every minute and sucking the juice out.

    It has been raining here for days and days and I am desperate for sunshine. My shoulders have been very sore after leading Esme for nearly five hours the other day. I spent most of yesterday sorting out a new phone and putting all my favourite apps on it, choosing new music to listen to when I run and getting my audio books downloaded. I am feeling fat and out of control with my eating. But I know I can turn things around. Hopefully today will be the day I manage to flip the switch... <3 Wendy
  • thecat
    thecat Posts: 47 Member
    Hello All,

    I am back to MFP as I really need to lose weight!! I have been dealing with Fibromyalgia, arthritis....tendonitis......bursitis.....for about 6 years now. I have found that when I stay away from Carbs or junk food that I feel alot better. How do I request this group add me as a friend?? Thanks
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    I love the videos. My SIL who lives in Kentucky who really loves their horses, had a horse that she would use and do the show horse where they had all the different walks and prances. She was gold medal several times in her age group and level of experience. But times really interesting to watch. She lie Katla had a horse on some done else's property but it was her horse

    I remember my Mommwearing several of those fashions throughout the years. As far as the more recent, the only one who really had anything I could relate to was e one with the hair and the can of hairspray. I bought Christina 12 cans of hairspray a year. If she ran out it was up to her to buy more. And she frequently did. When she got a permanent, her hair was so thick it took a double permanent to get it done.

    Oh, I just had a 10 pound kitten jump in my lap. I don't know how it will be as he grows older. At 7 months will he continue to grow?

    Allison I a, glad your grand daughter was taken of but it's a she,e Tom now has the keypad entry. Can it be changed?

    Joyce, Indiana
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,316 Member
    Happy Saturday! We had a great lunch and catch up session with our friends today. I whimped out and got the sensible choice. In 6.2 lbs I'll enter the very top of a healthy BMI range. I would love to do that by the end of the month but I know that's not realistic. I do tend to go a couple of weeks with minimal losses and then lose 2 or 3 lbs at once, so I guess there's an outside chance
  • wildhorsewendy
    wildhorsewendy Posts: 563 Member
    It is Sunday here, a rainy sunday, and I have been musing and feeling grateful for the amazing gift of life we each have been given. The question I ponder is how best to spend our unknown number of minutes here? I am reminded of this poem:

    The Summer Day
    Who made the world?
    Who made the swan, and the black bear?
    Who made the grasshopper?
    This grasshopper, I mean-
    the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
    the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
    who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
    who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
    Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
    Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
    I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
    I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
    into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
    how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
    which is what I have been doing all day.
    Tell me, what else should I have done?
    Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
    Tell me, what is it you plan to do
    with your one wild and precious life?
    —Mary Oliver

    <3 Wendy
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    edited October 2017
    My Mom and Dad got married in 1936, she was 16 and him 20. As you can see a pic of a framed photo so not too good. This dress was a royal blue.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Heather: I'm so sorry about the sad news from your cancer friend. What are extensive secondaries? Is this connected to cancer or some additional problem? :cry:

    thecat: Welcome to a great group! Stop by often. :smiley:

    Peach: Your parents are vey handsome. Did you inherit your dad's smile? :heart:


    I'm working on a knitted baby blanket and had to start over. I'm not thrilled with how it is going, but at least I haven't had an epic failure on this second try--yet. I've made several of these blankets in the past and had no trouble at all. This batch of yarn is iffy.

    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

  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    The family photos are so wonderful! I hope to see more!
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Margaret – Thank you. I don’t know if women who have had a miscarriage have the same sort of post-partum depression that some that give birth. She sounds so low when I have talked to her or texted her. I wish there was something I could do or say to make her feel better. I haven’t talked to Will since this occurred over Labor Day weekend. She has not spoken to her mother since she told her to ‘get over it’ after her niece had a baby and her mother thought she should come over and be with them. Says she just can’t do it. Says that everybody talks about pregnancy, having babies, breast feeding, everything she just doesn’t want to hear when there are a million-and-one other things to talk about. She has to be nice because she is a cosmetologist and chit-chatting is sort of expected of her. Normally she is so 'bubbly' and 'talkative'. Right at the moment she is 'sad' and it isn't like her to be this way. That's why I was wondering about post-partum depression for someone who had suffered a miscarriage.

    Katla – It has been hard on me as it brings back a time when I was pregnant and then found out something terrible had occurred in the pregnancy (had what they call a ‘mole’ pregnancy). Hydatidiformole Pregnancy. I think I ‘bawled’ for 4 or 5 nights running. It upset Louis. I know my son can be really tenderhearted; and, I hope that he will comfort her in this time. They aren’t going to say if they are going to go through the IVF procedure again. She wants to because she wants to have a baby by Will. I told her they were family – I view Mallory the same as I do my other three granddaughters; but, I can understand how she feels. It just hurts; and, to think her mother would be that callous just really pisses me off. I want to take her out back and strangle her. I’m looking forward to possibly having another grandchild, if they succeed. But, I hope if they aren’t they will be strong enough to weather the storm.

    One of our neighbors raises Walking Horses. The one he rides during parades is HUGE! I like seeing him ‘prance’ around.

    Allie – Sounds like Bev’s mom needs to have one of those medic alert necklaces she can wear all the time. That way she could call for help; or they would call for her and stay on the phone until help arrived. If she could not get out of her chair, she needs to keep a phone near that chair. When our mother had a stroke which put her into an Assisted Living Facility we bought her one of those stand-up chairs; but, she wouldn’t let it stand her up, she was so overweight that to get out of a chair, she had to rock herself out of it. Suzanne finally showed her that it would put her upright without having to do anything other than push a button. When she was living at home the only 2 people who could pick her if she fell was her maid and my BF’s dad, who worked as an EMT. He’d get behind her and put his arms under hers and lift her right up as if she was a normal sized woman.

    The 2 friends that Tami had in her wedding had hairdos that were from the 40’s. One, more so than the other; but, it looked good on her.

    Chris - It is funny about Mr. Nice Shoes. For some reason that rates high up on my scale of whatever you want to call it. I first look at a man’s face; then his shoes. Shoes tell you a lot about people. Whether they take care of things. A man could be dressed to the 9’s; but, if his shoes are not polished … he might as well be wearing ragged shorts and flip flops with awful looking feet. I like a ‘well-put-together’ man, especially if he is working in an office setting.

    Evelyn – Thank you … I just am ‘at a loss’ as to what to say. Don’t want to bring anything up that might upset her. Said that last weekend, they did not go to church, not that she is mad at God or anything, she just got tired of people coming up to her and patting her tummy and they she’d have to tell them she had lost the baby. Just couldn't keep on repeating it to people. IF she gets pregnant again, I don’t think she will tell anybody as soon as they did. But, they were ‘so excited’ and this embryo was the last one that could be implanted. The specialist did something that the nurse told her she had handled very well. Most women are screaming and cursing because it hurts so much and is done without anesthesia. When she tried to get Will to say something to her, the nurse told her not to interrupt him, he was praying. Now, they will have to start all over. I just worry about her health-wise.

    Joyce – Tux will easily weight 20lbs+ in winter when he eats more. Right now, I need to take him to the vet. He must have gotten into a fight with our son’s cats. Trouble doesn’t take to Tux much especially when Tux messes with Callie (his sister). If it like, ‘she is MY sister so don’t mess with her … only I can do that!
    I’m sure a keypad can be changed. Tami has one on her house. Said she would never go back to a key entry.

    Wendy – Nice poem (saying) … Makes you ‘think’ … what will I do with my ‘wild and precious life’? I’d like to say that I can influence others; not to change them in any manner to suit me; but, just to have someone say that I ‘touched’ their lives and they will never forget me.

    My Mother was 16 when she went off to college and met my Daddy who was almost 10 years older. Louis’ parents are the same difference in ages; as Louis and I are. But, from the moment I ‘heard his voice’ … I knew that if I ever got married, it would be ‘to him’. Just celebrated 45th anniversary and I don’t think I could ever ‘replace’ him. Sometimes he drives me wild; but, his tenderness is what impresses me most about him.

    Lenora
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Good afternoon. I made yummy gluten free buttermilk pancakes for lunch this morning. They were incredible and improved my food mood. I just made a gluten free chocolate cake, no frosting. Between those two things, I am feeling better about my life. Lol. Kind of kidding, but not completely. I know being celiac is nothing compared to other health issues I could have, but I am not immune to pity parties.

    My eldest son is moving back home temporarily. We all have mixed feelings. But in general, we are happy. Leaving him in Kansas never felt right.

    Raining hard, but I mowed the lawn first.

    Enjoy the day.

    Felicia
    Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,266 Member
    stats for the day:

    manual treadmill- 42.37min, 149ahr, 162mhr, 13.42min mi, 5k = 485c
    Apple Watch- 523c
    ab crunch slider and arm pulp slider - 3 sets of 10ea and 220# tire flip, up and back- , 10min, 140mhr, 91c
    Apple Watch- 70c

    total cal 576
  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 864 Member
    Lenora, I don't think there is anything that you could say to your dil that will make her feel better, unfortunately this is such a personal journey, so grateful that it's not one that I ever had to take. But if you get a nice card, maybe with a picture of her favorite flowers or something like that and all you need to say is that you are thinking of her, and that you will stand by her whatever choices she decides to make. Doesn't need to be anything to elaborate, just enough to let her know that you care and that you will support her decisions.
    That's all I got for now, must go back to work!
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    pipcd34 Posts: 17,266 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    drkatiebug wrote: »
    ((((((Beth)))))) and (((((Kim))))).

    When it comes to dressing up, I’m the opposite. I look much better in dresses and skirts and palazzo type pants. To get regular pants to fit my waist, they are too baggy in the hips and thighs. If i get them to fit my hips and thighs, then they aren’t flattering in the abdomen area. I’m trying to decide what to wear to my class reunion. I think I’ve decided on black skinny jeans and a tunic top. They hug my thighs and the tunic hides my abdomen. I was contemplating a dress, which looks better, but I’ll feel too dressed up, I think.

    I also look better in skirts and dresses but it is because, even when I'm borderline underweight, my hip bone placement is fairly wide. So if I get pants to fit my waist, my hips won't get in them. If I get pants to fit my hips, the waistband gapes.

    So I wear skirts and dresses to work, and fancier skirts and dresses when we go out. :)

    That said, there have been two times in my life where fashion in pants has worked for me ... once was in about the late 1980s/early 1990s where pants ballooned over the hips and then narrowed to a tiny ankle. The other time is actually now. What a relief "jeggings" and similar tight, stretchy pants are! I can get them with enough stretch to accommodate my hips, and they've got enough elasticity to not gape at the waist!

    I've got three pair of dress jegging-type pants (they aren't jeans, they're made out of dress-pant material) and two pair of jean jeggings, and on windy days when I don't feel comfortable wearing a skirt, I live in them!
  • langman22
    langman22 Posts: 786 Member
    Hi all, got way behind with posts so just got caught up.

    I worked all day getting the house in order and cleaned. Did laundry and now I'm relaxed in clean sheets. Going to bed on fresh sheets is one of my favorite things.

    My daughter suggested that we exercise together in the morning before work. She has gained back some of the weight she lost and has decided she needed to do something about it. Maybe her doing it with me will get me started. I'm doing well on the weight loss but terrible on the excercising.

    Down another lb so now only 3lbs away from that magic 200 number.

    This are still not good for my mil and SIL in PR. I worry too because my mil takes a few meds. I don't believe the pharmacies are open and I don't know what will happen if she can't get her meds. Now the phone is out again so my DH can't talk to her. I know that bothers him terribly. Seeing Trump tossing paper towels and flashlights into a crowd like it was some joke made me so angry! What is going on in the world? Have we lost our humanity?

    Tomorrow I'm going to try and work on the craft project for our wellness program for work's winter activity. Guess I've been volunterred to do this. I'm kind of looking forward to it as it should be fun.

    ((Hugs)) to everyone who is struggling with something in their life right now.

    Welcome to the newbies.

    Congratulations to those who have rocked it this week.

    So happy for those who had medical issues that turned out good.

    Off to bed and my book as I'm beat.

    Terry in VT
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,202 Member
    <3 Jake and I are enjoying our weekend out of town but we miss Sasha and Bessie and Bernie
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,827 Member
    Need to pick your collective brains ....

    My niece gave birth to fraternal twins at the beginning of September ... a boy and a girl ... 6 weeks premature. They were both a little over 6 pounds at birth and went home the next day with no problems. The boy is being breastfed and is like a little Mr. Zen ... calm and gaining weight ... he's put on about 1-1/4 pounds in 4 weeks. The girl, however, is having problems. She would not nurse and is being bottle-fed ... now on a hypoallergenic type formula Nutramigen. She is gassy but her biggest problem is she screams for hours on end ... enough so that she gets so upset she can't eat. She does not spit or vomit and while there's been some suspicion that she has problems with her bowels (excessive crying) all is normal there. She is not gaining weight and has in fact lost weight and is back to her birthweight. So she's essentially gone no where weight wise. My niece had her to a gastroenterologist on Friday and he said her digestive system seemed fine but he thought she might have excess estrogen (her breast tissue is harder and larger than normal) and her crying was due to emotional issues. My niece has tried everything to calm this child down and she is convinced that the crying is more than normal crying. She is distressed They've tried anti-reflux medications, formula changes, calming techniques, bottles, you name it. The gastro suggested cereal in her formula and she will try that. Any thoughts? The weight loss has her greatly concerned.

    Beth near Buffalo
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Ok, my whole post just went poof but yet when the page reloaded I could see the pictures of Peaches parents. Reminds me of my parents who also got married around that time. I would imagine a lot of our parents got married about that time and for the same reason. The man is going off to war and they want to get married first.

    I hope I can think of what I was writing. Lenora, any Mom can have post Parton depression, no matter what stage of pregnancy she was in. And yes, all you can do is just love them. It's a journey tha some one else can walk beside them but they are in their own mind all n them selves. Many marriages are destroyed because of this because the husband and wife don't know how to support the other.

    Michele, Maria Mir have scheduled the rehearsal dinner at a less intimate place so that no one really has a chance to be intimate with her. It's to noisy as you say. I wonder wha her wn marriage was like.

    Charlie had quite a situation tonight. We were out to eat and I saw one of my best nurse friends. So she said ey would come over and eat with us. Is nurses get together and eat all the time and I don't see anything wrong in what she said. But they are bothe very staunch Democrats, strict Cathlics, he was in a union, against guns and many other things that Charlie could really keep a person's ear busy for an hour. I told him they were coming and told him not to worry, Janet and I would take care of it. We get together all the time and there is n reason to talk about all those things.mwe are good friends and that's all that counts. You forget about al the things you don't have in common, you talk about what you do have in common. And for him and Joe, it might be fun to find those things out. They love to travel, they love to travel to nature sights, etc. we all love our kids. So we got through it OK. And Charlie wasn't mad at me letting them come over without askinhim first. They just kind of arrived at our table at a fast food place. He had heard Janet talk about our new kitten so he asked about it. There was never any discussion over politics, etc. I am sure Charlie would have liked to have a heated debate but I think that Janwt and him would have left if that started and it would have put a strain on our own relationship. I would have hoped she would have understood.mwe all talk about that shortcomings our husbands have. And the wonderful things!!!!!

    It rained cats and dogs today during the time of the big parade at the Fall Festival. Bummer. We are going to take a day trip next week to see the kids. Christina would love for us to stay longer but have no room in thier house and we would be paying for everything. We do want to take some kind of tri before Trinity graduates from high school next year. Wow, isn't that a scary though???? My first grand child graduating from high school. Makes me feel old!

    Night, night, Joyce, Indiana
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,976 Member
    Beth, I have no suggestions other than to find a new doctor. If the mother thinks the crying is more than normal, then it is. I’m guessing the crying makes the gas worse, too. Is there a medicine to calm her down that is safe for a newborn? I can’t imagine your niece’s frustration.

    Terry, I can’t wait to celebrate with you when you reach “Onederland.” I remember the anticipation well. It is definitely a milestone accomplishment.
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