WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2017
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I usually read y’all first thing, but I slept until 8:35 this morning when a text made my Fitbit buzz and woke me. I had to rush to get to the gym with a cliff bar on the way, but I made it.
Now I need to get ready for the dentist. Fun times at my house.
Love you all. Nobody is allowed to go away! Yes, Joyce! This includes you.8 -
Joyce- you definitely need to stick around with us! I appreciate all that you do for me. Especially when I am in need of prayers! We are all here for you!
Barbara- The Kettlebell is very doable! It can be done at home, you can bring it anywhere you go, you spent 25 minutes a day at the most which amounts to six minutes and 15 seconds of work time and 18 minutes and 45 seconds of rest time! If you follow the program that I follow your body will be in fantastic shape!
Janetr - your group challenge sounds fantastic! The type of eating will burn up a lot of fat! Good luck to you!
Kettlebell Swing
Morning workout
Goblet squat-3X5X 35
Russian kettle bell swing- 22X7X 35
Evening workout
Goblet squat-3X5X 35
Russian kettle bell swing-14X7X 35
Mary from Arizona3 -
Hi all,
The trip to London went well, but we cut our losses and came home without going to the Jasper Johns exhibition. It would have meant staying much later to avoid the rush hour and another meal out. Fine if the weather is nice and you haven't only had 3 hours sleep!
It's lovely to be home in good time and in good form. 
We really went up to see DH's younger daughter and take her out for a birthday pizza. She's limited to her lunch hour, so we can't go far. Nice to see her and the rain cleared up so our walk across London Bridge was very pleasant.
Having a light "high tea" as we call it in England, of scrambled eggs and smoked salmon.
Love and value all of you. Heather UK xxxxxxx 2 -
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Happy Mole Day!
For any chemistry geeks out there, not the burrowing critter kind. Although I guess you could celebrate those too if you're into that... "Mole Day is celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. It celebrates Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 1023), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry. Mole Day was created as a way to foster interest in chemistry, and schools throughout the United States and around the world celebrate with various activities related to chemistry and/or moles."
Becca - That's an adorable Halloween display with the dog skeleton. Am guessing someone got in trouble for putting it on the telephone pole, but it would sure give me a chuckle every time I drove past it!
Joyce - I've felt like I was on the outside looking in for pretty much my whole life. I think it's something inside us that makes us feel that way, but whatever it is I have a hard time making friends too. Most of my friends... no, pretty much all of my friends were people I met through someone close to me, so I got to know them that way. Lost my best friend a couple of years ago, and I think she was pretty much the only friend I had that was "mine" first and not met through a husband or partner.
Machka - I'm so envious of "your" beach! How wonderful to have them so nearby. I still need beach time, but it takes quite a bit more effort to get it. Hope you're able to find a housekeeper you like - back in the day, I absolutely loved having someone take care of the basics on a regular basis!
Work took over my life again, so I had to skip over a bunch of posts this morning. I broke a tooth - it had a very old filling that has needed to be replaced for a couple of years, but I haven't had the funds to pay for it. Now I don't know if there's enough of the tooth left to crown, but either way I'm going to have to see my dentist. And my glasses are so scratched up they're driving me nuts. So I made an appointment for an eye exam, and I'll see the dentist and schedule my mammogram. That'll all go on the credit card and I'll just have to work extra hard on paying it off as soon as I can.
Missed my Prilosec yesterday morning and paid the consequences. I don't seem to be able to go a day without it, so I think I'm going to try cutting back to a half tablet and see if that's enough to keep all my calories inside where they belong. For next year I think we're either going to find a better, cheaper health insurance plan or drop it and go without. If it's the former, maybe I'll be able to seriously address finding the cause of the problem so I can get off the dang pills.
Since it's nearly Halloween, I thought y'all might get a kick out of these photos of my mom and dad. My dad is a very dignified kind of guy, but he'd do absolutely anything my mom asked of him.
Oh, and here's a nice memory of Halloween when my sister and I were little ones...
-Yvonne in TX
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Hi Sisters, for those of you who are quiet or don't feel like you have ever fit in, or truly belong.... remember, all parts of the body are important! What would we do without our toes, without our kidneys, without our bladder, without our skin? Every part is important and this is a metaphor for how every person is also important no matter how invisible your role or how minor we feel. I had anxiety last night over financial issues and also felt my life had no meaning...but I do feel better having my morning hot chocolate with you, my virtual friends. This discussion was so needed for me! Wendy 7
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{{{Joyce}}} ... I have been here for several years now and you have always been right alongside me. Your leaving would create a void here for me on this thread ... so please don't do that!
Beth near Buffalo4 -
Hi all,
128 post!? You guys are killing me. I only didn’t check in one day. Trying to get caught up in between doing some office work. Spent yesterday continuing to paint the porch. It is the project that will never end. Today I’m a little sore. Love all the pictures.
((HUGS)) to all those who need one.
YEAH! To all those who accomplished something.
Joyce, please don’t leave us! You are such an important member of our group. We are each struggling in our own way whether it is food or just life in general. We hear you and want to be there for you whatever you decide to do.
Barbie, you always know what to say and you say it so well.
Feet, mine are terrible. Extra wide with bunions. Makes buying shoes next to impossible. I did find some wide sneakers this weekend. A little tight but hoping they will stretch.
Scars, I have many…ovarian cyst, gallbladder out, hysterectomy and both knees replaced. When I had my hysterectomy the incision opened back up when they took the staples out. Happens sometimes I guess. Then had to heal from the inside out. When that happens they don’t close it back up because of infection. So my DH had to irrigate it and repack it with gauze every day until it healed. Now that’s true love! My DH says I’m trying to leave him one part at a time. lol
Girlfriends, never had that many girlfriends growing up. My dad was in the Air Force and we moved every 4 years so you made friends quickly as friends came and went. Now I don’t’ have one girl friend that I rely on to hear all my thoughts, complaints and successes. I have one friend at work that I am the closest to. She is about 5 years older than me. We do lunch about once a month and see each other at work all the time. I can talk to her, but there are things I still couldn’t share even though I know there would be no judgment. That’s why I love you all so much and feel I can say anything. I love the sharing, inspiration, laughter and tears you all bring. I think of us as all the different unique pieces that come together to make a wonderful whole. If we were all the same how boring would that be. Thanks for always being just a click away when I need you.
Terry in VT4 -
One of my sadnesses at the moment is that I am soon to lose one of my best girlfriends to breast cancer. Another is moving up to York. I feel very, very close to both of them and can tell them anything.
I have very good girlfriends that are now just phone and email friends and rarely seen in person. I still feel very close to them.
The "girls" I am getting together with this week in Glasgow, Scotland are from school. We have managed to stay in touch all these years and now meet up twice a year. We are four. I love them dearly, but my "difficult" friend has complicated it for me. I am resolved to use my "Zen" bracelet that my cancer friend gave me and rein back on the alcohol so I don't let fly with both barrels as I have the last twice we have got together. The presence of the hostess 's husband should be a help to me in this.
My female friends are one of the joys of my life and I include all of you in that. For many years I got my validation from men. I don't need that any more.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx4 -
Yep, my "fitness ladies" have morning coffee with me, entertain me after supper, and even keep me company at night when I can't sleep. This group is very important to me, even if I don't have time to post much.
Thanks to you all I'm stronger and much healthier than I was a year ago. (((HUGS))))
Lanette
SW WA State8 -
someone asked me a bit ago about Rocky (my 1st golden) in that king's cloak where he was posing on stage. he was born in 2001. when he was 3, i entered him in a local pageant called Mr. Canine Fest. he won that. it was based on talent, costume and obedience. there were probably about 10 males (there were males and females), that was back in 2004. His costume at that time, was a raincoat and hat and i wore mine (we matched) and his talent was having a treat on his nose, sit down and stand while it was on his nose, then catch it on command. he wore a crown and sat in front of a basket of gifts. i was so proud, you can't imagine
the following year, was Mr. Canine Washington and there were more dogs that year and was a bigger stage and an audience. this year he wore a doctors outfit, scrubs and w/stethoscope. his talent was the same but this time he walked w/the treat on his nose. i also had a kids chair and had him sit on it (which was VERY hard, he was shaking to stay on it). i also had him bark on command and had him his nose straight up in the air and then had him eat the treat on command. someone in the audience that that cloak and told me to put it on him when he won cuz she new he would. :0)
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Oh, and here's a nice memory of Halloween when my sister and I were little ones...
-Yvonne in TX
These are great, Yvonne. The pictures of your parents are adorable. And in that last picture, you girls are so cute. I especially love that your mom is sitting in a children's chair.
Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon
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Waiting on a bunch of stuff, so I'm checking in on the thread.
Y'all - Yep, you're my first reads of the morning, over first, second and sometimes third cup of coffee. Whether I respond or not, I read all.
Girlfriends - I have one. She and I have been friends for around 35 years now. Two husbands apiece, two kids apiece, and two grandbabies apiece (three if you count the one I haven't met, or probably ever will). Phone calls from other countries, other states, even other states of being, every week. There are a lot of people out there who call me friend, but usually their definition differs from mine. And the definition of "friend" for Facebook annoys me just slap to death. While I'm ranting, my husband is also not my "best friend," which he thinks is funny. My best friend is a nearly six-foot-tall blonde lady in Montana. My husband is my husband. They happen to like each other, which makes me happy. She calls him her "best-friend-in-law." OK, I'll stop ranting now.
Scars - Lord help me, yes... Never had kids, but have the C-section smile, and assorted dimples all around the tummy. They used the C-section cut for the first try at correcting my infertility, unsuccessfully. Then they used the same scar to do my hysterectomy 15 years later. When the surgeon went in to correct my strangulated hernia, it was right up the middle, pubic bone to belly button. Oddly enough, it healed faster than the other ever did. The gastric bypass was like six dimples for various probes, and the gall bladder removal was three tiny incisions and one more inside my belly button. Weird. Also an incision under my left arm where they went in and removed a lump from Lefty. Then a zipper down my left knee and assorted scars on my right from knee surgeries.
Later,
Lisa
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Joyce you are a keeper, and such a treasured friend to me, to us! If I was there, I would give ya a hug like sisters do!
I'm always curious how emotional I get with you all. How can a thread bring on such things? This is my safe place. This is my league of powerful women. This is my mind and body alignment shop, this is (like someone stated), the place we fill our buckets, and empty them too. When I went to a therapist a couple of years ago, she stated one of the best ways to rid stress, or guilt, or anything negative, is to write it down. It releases it from your mind. By acknowledging it, you let it go. That's what this place is. Therapy.
So thank you Barbie! You provide this platform that we can knit friendships. Now, the fact that I am at a good place with my husband, I can relate about our past. To the feeling of a nonperson, invisible, and so non productive. Life didn't matter, because I didn't matter. It was only when I stopped letting my worth be valued or de valued by others did my self worth improve. Its like when you have a great day, you call someone and tell them you are happy, or put a thread on Facebook saying you are happy. Why do we need outside influences to validate our happiness? I think it can stand on its own. We can just be happy. We do that with all emotions, happy, sad, excited. Its like when a tree falls in the forest, and no one hears it, does it still make a sound? Sheesh, of course it does, just like feeling happy.
I want to start a new art project. It involves buying 50 beads. Each one representing a lb. I need to come up with a date that I will have someone (talented at jewelry making), string them. I will either have a nice bracelet, or necklace, or if I don't lose a lot, then earrings! I'm thinking next month I will buy these beads. Anyone want to join me in this art project? I did this once before, and I used bigger beads to represent the months. My husband thought they looked like prayer beads.... Yes, I might've prayed now and again..!
Have a great day y'all!
Becca
Your sister in heart in
Oregon6 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »My female friends are one of the joys of my life and I include all of you in that. For many years I got my validation from men. I don't need that any more.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
I couldn't agree more, Heather. I have wasted so much time dealing with men. I am done with it. Well, I still have to deal with my hubby and my three boys, but aside from them . . .
I work in higher ed, so most of the people I work with are men, but my most direct group of co-workers happen to be mostly women. It's the first time in my work life that has been the case. And I love it.
I had been feeling this way, slowly, for quite some time, and then I missed my women's bible study group one Thursday night because my hubby was being particularly needy, and I was nearly despondent. Well, that's probably too strong, but I cried most of the evening, when no one was around. My middle son is fairly empathetic and noticed something was not right. I just told him I was tired. Which I was, but not in the sense that he took it.
Anyway, the next week when my hubby and I were out for dinner, I explained how much I needed my women. I didn't mention that I had missed the prior week's meeting because of my perception of his need to have me around, but I did tell him that I was not planning to miss any more. Fortunately, he understood and was supportive.
For most of my life, I think, if we're being honest, I saw women/girls as the competition. That, sadly, I think, did not change even after I married. I don't see things that way any more. I see women as allies, and I am much more sympathetic and less judgmental. At least I think so. I hope so. I want to be.
Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon
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OH, I'm not planning on leaving! But just realiz right now I feel like a failure. I feel like I have this black shroud over me and pushing me down. My love affair for bread isn't helping either. I guess it's a love affair for cabs in general. Last night we went to a pizza buffet. I'm not as bad as Charlie since I start out with a salad and then get pizza. His plate of pizza is huge.but CiCis pizza has sticky buns and brownies. And yes, I did indulge.
Something is off with my sleeping. I feel that for a couple of hours I appear like I'm sleeping since I know my respirations are slow and my body is very still but my mind seems like it is awake. It is very easy for me to take my sleep eye mask off to look at the time. I wake up felt like I am a zombie.
Speaking of a zombie, I have had no luck convincing Charlie to not have tick or treating at our house this year. I know we can pick the candy so that I am not tempted but chocolate is his drug of choice.
Thanks guys for listening to me. I was/ am in 3 forums. I hAve this one, one for a Facebook game and one for my MS. I am not playing the game anymore so I rarely go on that forum. But through my years on the bet, they have been dear friends. The whole groups personality changed when the founder committed suicide. Then I stopped the MS forum when my MS was changed to benign. I didn't feel I had anything in common with them anymore.
Joyce, Indiana4 -
A really slow day today but I got it done. Well almost all of it. I was going for 12 miles but ended up short with an aching calf muscle.
Marcelyn
forever training for that marathon that I'm beginning to question.....
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Marcelyn - wow you're truly an inspiration to the rest of us. You go, girl!!
Janetr OKC2 -
Just skimming. Can’t wait to change site. Next stop is supposed to have WiFi.
Rita in Alamagordo NM for now3 -
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