WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013

theresabrutout

Good morning. I'm here for the first time. My friend was yelling at me for my sugars not being under control and I told her I would get back on here and log everything in. Good friend! She's a no nonsense type of woman. So here I am! No pictures to post yet, but I will.

mamacindy81: I'll keep you in prayer for finding a new house. Believe me, when it's time, the Lord will plop that house right down in front of you and you'll know that it is yours. Just keep trusting Him.

Not sure what goals I should set for myself this month. My 56th is on Monday. Just feel like I'm falling apart. Diabetes, on oxygen 24/7 because my lungs were damaged in May from pneumonia. But I guess the alternative is NOT breathing - so oxygen is good. )

Ooops - almost forgot.
Tess - lakewood, OH

mamacindy81

When I went out to make my WalMart run the rescue truck was sitting in our cul-de-sac. My young neighbor has stage 4 cancer and evidently isn't doing so well. The cancer has spread to her lungs and she was blue this morning. They transported her to the hospital.
Her husband said it just isn't fair she only 38 and they didn't get a chance to start their marriage before she fell ill. He also cared for and watched his Mother die from cancer.

so sad

Cindy

Katla49

Meg: Congratulations on the weight loss! I’ve been going to yoga for more than a year. I can do downward facing dog now, but it was really hard in the beginning and I injured myself pushing too hard one day, then had to lay off of it for a few months. Take your time and you’ll get there. The three minute plank that Barbie does is a variation of down dog, and I can do it long enough to ask my yoga instructor if this is a plank, but not for more than a few moments.:flowerforyou:

Sue in SD: Adding to what Gail said, egg white is nearly pure protein from what I’ve been told. I keep hardboiled eggs on hand much of the time, and will often eat one whole egg plus an egg white as breakfast. The dog gets the second yolk crumbled onto his dog food and loves it.

Kate in Brooklyn: Good sleuthing to uncover the medicine as the cause of your rage episode. I wonder what the doctor will say. BTW, I think you should take your picture to the doctor’s office when you talk to him/her about the medicine. Kuchen is an old family treat passed down from my German grandma. It is essentially a coffee cake with fruit baked into it and streusel topping. Unfortunately one piece leads to another and another, so I decided to make it into cupcakes to control my portions. The cupcakes are a good way to control quantity, in my opinion. It is a trick I learned from someone else on MFP. I’ll do it that way again. :flowerforyou:

Joyce: Great way to use traffic jam time to your advantage. Who cares what anyone else thinks? I might try it today when I take DH to the acupuncturist in Portland. It is a long drive for us, occasionally made longer by traffic jams.:flowerforyou:

Dab A in CNY: I’m not a kayaker, but spent some time on the river in my inflatable dinghy yesterday. I got a tiller extension for it, and will need to learn a few things about safe operation and timing. Luckily it is an inflatable dinghy, so when I crashed into the side of my boat trying to tie up I did no damage.:blushing: :bigsmile:

Eileen in San Diego: My mom had some falls like yours at my cousin’s house. Unstable footing, & poor lighting were the main causes of her falls. She ended up with some bruises and skinned spots, but the insult to her dignity bothered her the most. I’ve had one or two experiences similar to that, but not since I started working to improve my health and lose weight. The yoga I’ve been doing is making me stronger and improving my balance.:flowerforyou:

Joyce: Thanks for sharing your MS story. It is quite inspiring. DH probably had MS for years before it was diagnosed. The diagnosis was the beginning of a great deal of frustration with unsupportive doctors. Now he’s found two terrific ones, his acupuncturist and his MS doctor. The MS medication he’s on is doing more than just holding the line. It feels like his personality is coming back. Your encouragement helped the situation by giving me the backbone to push for treatment. Thank you for that.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Heather: I love the phrase, ”they give him wind.” That is exactly why I avoid beans and lentils!

BJ, SW Ontario: I’m glad you stopped in. Good luck with the project.:flowerforyou:

Cindy: Good luck finding property that meets your needs and your budget. Tax values and market values have a relationship. It is often a sale that initiates the bump or sag in tax assessments around here. Our property was actually lowered in tax value a couple of years ago, but I notice prices are rising again, and I’m sure the tax value will adjust upwards again as a result of someone else’s sale of similar property. :flowerforyou:



Busy day today. DH goes to the acupuncturist, and we need to get moving.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

August goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.
3. Drink at least 2 glasses of water daily.

Anamika703

Good day friends
Reading all the posts is so ...... addictive! Sharing our joys, victories and challenges. Priceless. I have been struggling to lose my weight over the past few years, increasing my workouts, but not noticing all the titbits I keep popping in every now and then. Thus it doesnt work. Reading about everybody's experience is an eyeopener...... in spite of many challenges you ladies have knocked off pounds, knocked in strength and appear to be smiling if not possibly whistling as u go through each day.
This picture of the smiling ladies waiting to support me through my ups and downs is such a fabulous carrot dangling at the end of my day, I find myself striding through the little hiccups I face, like the chocolate in the fridge......
I just learnt my sisters, father in law had a heart- attack this morning. May God bless him.
:flowerforyou: Barbie will try no desserts, no caffeine
:flowerforyou: Janie how's the new book?
:flowerforyou: skuehn48 thanks for the protein tip.
:flowerforyou: Megblair just go ahead n bite the dog...... it will go down
:flowerforyou: therabruton you are so positive, god bless
:flowerforyou: Poerva14 hope your new bath brings loads of fun
:flowerforyou: Katla great to hear of all your boating (?) and the strength
Today was good with Jillian Michaels 30 days shred..... tough but feel victorious later
Wishing everyone a great day

yoyonomore55

Pictures from kayaking

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Deb A from CNY

kayak_kutie

Good Afternoon All,

It was great timing with the posts about the pedometers. I just ordered the Omron and should have it by Friday, I hope! At my work building they had marked off a couple of different walking paths of various lengths. Some are outside and some inside. I've been trying to make sure to get away from my desk each day and take a walk. I had gotten in the habit of just eating lunch at my desk so I rarely moved around.

It was a beautiful weekend and I was able to get in some kayaking on Saturday morning and spent Sunday with my sister and we took a couple of the dogs for a walk at her local park. We walked about 1 1/2 hours.

* Welcome to all the new people.

* Vicki - Congratulations! What a great accomplishment.

* Barbie - I used to line dance 3 times a week but most of the places have shutdown. There is a local line dance troup in the area and they hold free lessons once a week and a workshop once a month. I try to make those when possible. They are planning on going on a dance cruise next May.

*Deb A - Kayaking in the Adirondacks sounds wonderful!

* For those in pain or suffering (physically and/or emotionally) my prayers are with you.

Question - is there an easy way to post pictures? I haven't been able to find anything that I could use. Thanks!

Keep on keeping on....

Tina from MD

kayak_kutie

Ok Deb, how did you do that?? Beautiful pictures.

yoyonomore55

Tina- I opened an account on photobucket.com (free) and uploaded the photos there. Once they are uploaded, click on the picture you want to post. On the lower right chose IMG. Copy and paste that code to the post where you want the pic. Delete up to [IMG and then change the IMG at BOTH the beginning and end to img. I hope this makes sense. I'm not very good at explaining. :blushing: This is the first time I got it to work.
Deb A in CNY

Kalley1959

Good afternoon

This is my 3rd week of getting up early every morning and going for a walk. I think my body is finally adjusting to the earlier wake up time. I don't walk far but I think it's a good way to start my day.

I too have a fitbit and wear it on my bra. It seems to register my steps quite well but I do end up with a few imaginary flights of stairs. I'm not sure how that happens. I do like seeing my patterns and where I can do more.

Deb - those pictures....it looks like sooooo much fun

Joyce - you are truly an inspiration. thanks for sharing your story.

Sorry I don't have much time to respond to everyone....I only get 30 min for lunch at work :noway:

Back to work...

Have a great day everyone.

Sandy from Ontario

yoyonomore55

Sandy- My fitbit registers a lot of flights of stairs from the hills I walk. That may be what is happening with yours.

Katla- My DH and I ended up with kayaks a few years ago because we wanted to get into boating but could afford to buy either a power boat or a sailboat. In the end, I am glad we went this route as we are definitely getting more use out of the kayaks and we are getting good exercise as well!! We both love being on the water. The serenity it has added into my life has literally been a life-saver. Work last year was so stressful that I truly needed to "bottle" the silence, beauty, and serenity from the time on the water. Isn't it great to be strong enough (and confident enough) to be able to handle your boat alone? Getting stronger and healthier has more far-reaching consequences for us than we may realize.


Deb A in CNY

Suzy_in_DE

Happy Hump Day –

Such a strange summer. We are back to rainy season here in Delaware – it has been cool and damp for most of the week. The one good thing is that we could turn the air conditioning off again. Our news folks have stated this is the rainiest summer on record. Can you imagine if we got all of this moisture in the winter? We would be snowed in all season.

So far I have done very well with my exercise and food goals this month.

One of my biggest obstacles can be late afternoon or after dinner snacking. I can do good all day and then can sabotage the whole day right before bed. I was wondering what tools/tips do any of you have that you can share that helps to eliminate those cravings. I can do good all day and then can sabotage the whole day right before bed. The one thing I have found that can work for me is to go to bed, as funny as that sounds I have never eaten in bed, so if I go to lay down in bed to read or watch tv that does keep me from eating, but need some help for those times I don’t make it to the bed.

Melfitnesspal – I use a fitbit and usually keep it on the center or my bra. I’ve lost too many when they are attached to my pants.
Genealace – is lace making that same as tatting? My grandmother use to tat and I still have some of her tatting supplies.
Etak17 – love the visual of you losing it!!!
Rhonda – I totally understand your sentiment about feeling like you should be able to eat anything after working out, unfortunately our metabolisms are not the same as when we were teenagers (at least mine is not).

Hope everyone's week is progressing well.
Suzy

jmkmomm

To all who read my MS story and especially Katla, over the years my neurologist has wondered if it really MS I have since my 1 lesion has never changed. I do have all the symptoms, spinal tap shows it, all other tests show it, she episodes, etc. From the very beginning the neurologist has been a rock along side me. Being a nurse when I was in the hospital with my first attack, my own family doctor asked me which neulologist I wanted. Without any hesitation I chose this lady. It's hard to understand but she thinks out loud when she is with you. She just doesn't write thinks things down but you know what her thought processes are because she is thinking them. She may not be looking at you while she is thinking but you know. She goes to all the neurology conventions and comes back and tells me what she learns. she keeps me in the loop.

Joyce

Subzeromambo

I am back from kayaking, canoeing, camping around Mt. Hood in Oregon. We had 16 people on our annual family re-union camping trip. Three generations of wonderful people. I did not do well on the diet front but I still lost 2 more pounds!

Short on time...I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the last few weeks of summer.

sunbaby2013

Just a "Bump" to say HELLO to all. I was MIA yesterday.....with the little Grandboys, here all day. Was only able to log my food. Busy today just catching up.

EVERYONE have a GREAT DAY.

Darla from Ohio

kayak_kutie

Tina- I opened an account on photobucket.com (free) and uploaded the photos there. Once they are uploaded, click on the picture you want to post. On the lower right chose IMG. Copy and paste that code to the post where you want the pic. Delete up to [IMG and then change the IMG at BOTH the beginning and end to img. I hope this makes sense. I'm not very good at explaining. :blushing: This is the first time I got it to work.
Deb A in CNY

Thanks. I created the account and will try working with it tonight when I get home.

salmon0

Hello Ladies,
Happy Hump Day
Glad to see most of you are well and working hard to achieve your goals, even in babysteps. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

Thanks to all who kept me in their thoughts, as my evil companion :devil: has gone for now, (it's amazing and it only took me having a 16 hour nap and a couple of happy pills)

I came very close to achieving my 60 min. power walk. (59 mins.) :ohwell:
Thank goodness I was out this morning because it has started to rain and we are expecting thunder storms all evening.
I love sunny mornings and stormy nights. :bigsmile:

Got to try and catch on some of the chores I missed yesterday. :ohwell:
Hope everyone is having a good day (Remember you were able to get out of bed)

“One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be Human.” George Santayana

Sonja in Big Sky Country - Northern Alberta

LucyT4dieting

Hi all,

We leave for vacation on Friday and just wanted to pop in and say a quick hello to all of you before we leave. DH decided to work half a day on Friday, so we’ll probably get on the road about 2PM. The drive to the Outer Banks is about 6 hours, and we are staying at a motel at the half-way point so we can get onto the island early and beat out most of the traffic that comes in later in the day.:devil:

I started a new DVD this week for ABS. I do two ten minute programs on Tuesdays and Thursdays, along with my running on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This morning I woke up with a sore lower back. Maybe I’m doing the crunches wrong? Not sure, but was expecting my abs to be sore (which they are) but not my back too.:grumble: I took some Tylenol and did my run today, which seemed to loosen me up a bit, but the soreness is back now that it’s afternoon. I’ll see what happens after I continue doing the reps. I’m hoping my back will get stronger. I was getting too used to the strength programs and wanted to switch it up a bit. I also want to tighten the belly as much as possible (if that’s EVEN possible at my age). :noway: Age, children, and a hysterectomy have all taken its toll!:ohwell:

As always, I want to extend a warm welcome to all of the newcomers. You will feel the love and support of all who post on this thread. I know I do!

GOALS FOR JULY:
Consistent logging (Pretty good except on vacations)
Drink at least 9 glasses of water a day (90%)
Find an exercise class I enjoy (NOT YET!!!)
RUNNING OUTDOORS (Yep)
LOWER SODIUM FOODS (Working on it!)
STOP OBSESSING ABOUT FOOD (Hmmmmm…..)

GOALS FOR AUGUST: Same as July! Still looking for that exercise class!!!

Congrats to all on their success, and (((hugs))) to all who are struggling. Hang in…..it gets better!

Hugs,
Lucy in DE. :bigsmile:

rjadams

Hi all,
Keeping up with my steps -12000 minimum and flights of stairs - 20 minimum. (I love my FitBit and I where mine in my bra too. ) Yesterday I decided to get back to planks and squats. I used to do 100 squats a day but that was a while ago. I did 20 yesterday and I don't hurt so today will be 50. I was able to hold the plank 30 seconds. Not bad for being so out of it. I hope to get back to the 2 minute mark. (man I used to tremble and sweat when I did that.)

Bodi and Ritter are being fur boys as usual and giving me all the joy and love that comes with fur babies.

Yesterday would have been my mom's 89 birthday. I miss her so much. My dad called just to chat because it was her birthday.

I hope you are all doing great.

Robin, Bodi and Ritter.

grandmallie

evening ladies,
Lucy- have a great time, I have always wanted to go to the Outer Banks..
Deb A- love the pictures, I sooooo would love to do that..
I am really tired, ate way under my calories and MVP yelled at me.. I stuffed myself with salad, and hummus and apple and things of that sort, and figured a dry bowl of cereal would finish me off.
so thats what I had..
my pedometer has 13,500 and my fitbit has 10,000+ so I really dont care tonight which is which..
gonna go to bed early tonight and tomorrow im off from work, will go to the gym and run some errnads

DeeDee2211

Good early evening ladies:flowerforyou:

Finally got caught up on all the posts! I love reading about everyone and everything going on. Just wish I had more time to reply to everyone . I keep you all in my thoughts and wish everyone the very best that life has to offer!!!

Just wanted to pop in and say hello, it's been a long gloomy day again here in NC, no rain, just dark skies:grumble: . I do much much better when the sun is shining. This is Aug. and it's usually sunny, highs in the high 90's and humid, I will take that any day over the gray gloomy days. I don't even feel like I've had summer yet:sad: ! Sorry for not being very perky tonight:blushing: .

Enjoy your evening:flowerforyou:

Hugs,
DeeDee in icky NC

Katla49

Robin: I think about my mom, too. We lost her to emphysema caused by a lifetime of smoking in 1998. She was 81. I can't quite believe it has been that long. She would be 99 on her next birthday--September 11. I am so glad she didn't live to witness that horrible day. It would have caused her more grief than she could bear for something so awful to happen on her birthday. I hope your memories are good ones. Mine are a mix. :flowerforyou:

rjadams

Katla, my memories are all wonderful. My mother was one of the nicest, most gracious women I have ever had the priviledge of knowing. Many people have fond memories of her. Even my friends from High School. She has been gone 6 and a half years. I strive everyday to be just a little bit like her. My granddaughter was named for her (middle name) and I hope she grows up to know how special that is. It made my dad cry when he heard her name for the first time.

jmkmomm

We went to Cracker barrel tonight and I try to pre plan my meal before I get there so I know I'm not over eating. I like to get their strawberries and bring them home and put them on one of my little 3 oz ice cream cups. They come as a side and it's a small portion so it's just right!!!!! So I put it all in the diary and we went. But they aren't in season now :sad: :sad: :sad: :brokenheart: Blackberries are now and that worked out OK. It didn't taste as good but they were still good and provided a little fiber which my bowels love to get. In fact they were lower in calories than the strawberries. I was at 1299 calories and now I'm at 1281. As long as it's not close to 1200 I'm OK and it's close enough to my 1300 calories diabetic diet I'm satisfied.

Off to Schnucks to order our routine flowers for MIL in NH. I don't know who it was who duggested it, whether it was some one in this forum or my MS forum but she loves it. In fact I had a hard time convincing her to do it, we finally agreed on once a month. Last wee was the 2 week mark and she wondered where her flowers were for the week. So we're going to do it every 2 weeks.

Joyce

genealace

Good evening ladies - here I am, finally checking in.

I was lawn bowling in a tournament today and played for a total of 4 hours - now I'm bushed, but I earned 1200 - not that I'm going to eat them all. It was a good day today weather-wise and the rain held off. I had just got home when I heard the first thunder-boomer and there was a short, sharp downpour. According to the weather forecast there are tornado warnings just a little west of here and heading this way.

Tomorrow is my dr. appointment and he is always soooo slow, but doesn't rush anyone (that is the problem.) I'm not going to let them do my blood pressure with the automatic thingie - last year I ended up with a bruise on my inner arm from armpit to elbow, and I don't need that. I don't know why that particular blood pressure machine is so painful.

Tomorrow is also a week since I came back to MFP so it will be interesting to see how much I've managed to lose this week.

Must go and get on with some lace making.

phoo513

Hello, My Friends, I read through all of the posts I have missed, and I am glad to hear that most of you are doing well. It gives me hope. I am coming in under count, but because I have not been exercising, I am not losing. But, I am not gaining, either! That is a positive.

We are having drama, intrique and trouble in my family, and it has put me in a bad place emotionally. I think my sister will be losing my parents' house to the state because she has not paid the taxes for 8 years. I don't know where she thought the money would come from, but, now the state says "pay up or get out". The house isn't worth it. She can't take care of it. None of us can help her at this late date....... she could have said something when it was a manageable problem, but she didn't. Now, I don't know what she expects. The part that hurts is that she will not talk to me. She has her daughter calling me to relay messages, and those calls end with "Mom, does not want you to call her." That breaks my heart, and - I know this is evil- it does nothing to make me open my check book. Anyway, this too shall pass. God is in charge, not me.
What this does to me is make me anxious and sad. Because I am an emotional eater, I want to eat any and everything. When I do eat, because of my quirky stomach, I often regret it. I think there will be a whole lot of soup on my food log for the next few days.

Ok- I am done dumping. Thanks for listening. I know things will work out. I just don't know how.
Be Well- Be Happy!
Pat (Phoo)

megblair1

Hi gals. Hope you have had a good day. I am seriously motivationally challenged today. I went to work, got a few things done, stopped by to see dad in the nursing home and we went through some of his papers trying to throw things out. We did not get very far before physical therapy came for him, so I’ll continue on that path tomorrow. So now it’s 8 pm and I haven’t exercised yet. I am seriously concerned about keeping my exercise up when I go back to work next week. If it took 7 hours of exercise to lose 1.4 pounds, I think I’ll be in trouble! I’ll keep thinking about it.

Crazy, hilarious NSV today. I was wearing a really cute white, gored skirt from Coldwater Creek that I just love. How I didn’t notice how big it was on me, I’ll never know, but every time I walked anywhere it would start winding its way around my waist. So when I got home I started to take it off by pulling it over my head without unzipping it. It actually FIT== nicely I might add-- around the fullest part of my bust!!! So I wore it around the house like that for a while…it looked like a bandeau top! Thankfully it was long enough to cover the “naughty bits”!!!!! The kids and DH about all fell over laughing! Needless to say it went into the Goodwill box!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Holy cow I see four pages of posts to read tonight. I probably won’t respond to all but will read them all.

Kate: oh my goodness what an awful response to that medication. I’m glad hubby loves you and forgave all. I hope you feel better today. OMG I just saw the pic; I’d be scared too LOL

Sandy: love that pulled pork. Good for you to get your steps in!

Jane: keep up the good work!

Joyce: LOVE it!

Melanie: let us know how the pedometer works!

Deb: your kayaking trip sounds so wonderful

Sue: great golf game! I do hope your tummy feels better soon!

Eileen: so glad you weren’t hurt! What about your dress?

Heather: that new body feeling is wonderful, isn’t it? Good for you to be assertive in taking care of yourself.

Michele: I think that means to peel little strips off the eggplant. I never peel mine. Let us know how the ste turns out!

Cindy: you and DH are so generous with your son. Ido hope he appreciates it too…..oh just read that your offer wasn’t accepted. I admire your peace and serenity! I’m so sorry for your neighbor! That really is too early.

Sue: your meals sound a lot like mine…tomatoes, cottage cheese, string cheese….no protein powder for me though

Katla: glad to hear there is hope for me yet in the yoga department!

Anamika: my thoughts and prayers for your sister’s father in law. I hope he recovers soon.

Kalley: when I go walking part of my path is up a fairly steep hill…no that’s not quite right….moderately steep. The fitbit credits me for 15 flights of stairs!

Darla: hope you are enjoying the grandbabies!

Sonja: glad you are feeling better!

Lucy: have a wonderful vacation!!!

Robin you are doing so great!

DeeDee: I’m with you about summer. I have to go back to work next week already and I don’t think summer every really got here. Believe it or not, I have missed our hot humid weather!

Pat: I’m so sorry about your family drama. What happens if you chew gum when you want to eat? That helps me a lot!

Newbies: welcome and please come back often! This is a great group!

Well ladies, it’s time to get to the exercise and make tomorrow’s grocery list. Take care Meg from unusually cool Omaha.

terrimag

Hi Everyone,

For several days, in our valley, it continues to be very smoky from multiple forest fires, one day the smoke looked like thick fog…very dismal. The air quality has been severe at times and today there are intermittent showers with a chance of thunderstorms, rain may help contain the fires, but lightning may start more.

Most of my exercise has been outside, swimming and walking. Today, I’m taking it easy…did a few yoga moves and tried the plank for the first time (22.68 seconds) I admire you ladies that can do it for minutes! I have just finished reading the last 4 days of your posts.

Janie…The 50 mile challenge is motivating; I have been walking most days.

Meg…Congrats on the weight loss and dancing at the concert!

Rori…I enjoy your affirmations!

Joyce…How wonderful you were able to enjoy the amusement/water park with your grandkids…family memories!

Suzy in DE…Wow, mountain biking!

Katla…Congrats on taking your dinghy out by yourself!

Darla…Congrats on the weight loss!

Yanniejannie…I am so sorry about the death of your friend’s son…as a mom, my heart goes out to her.

Vicki…Hugh Congrats on your 103 pound loss!!! Enjoy your pedicure.

Amanda…Take care of yourself.

Grandmallie…Congrats on the inches lost!

Anamika…It is nice to “meet” you.

Sonja…Thanks for your quote: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined”. Henry David Thoreau

Crittersue…Enjoy your time with Ryder.

Barbie…I like my life, but yours sounds pretty great!

Heather…I know what you mean "I have to eat now”, when my oldest son was young, sometimes he would tell me “Mom, I think you need to eat!” when I was getting cranky.

Cindy…Have fun making your yogurt, years ago (late 1970’s) my husband and I had a couple of milk goats, we made yogurt using the top of the hot water heater for warmth, we also made delicious protein shakes.

Deb A…Beautiful pictures.

Sandy…Congrats on continuing to get up early and walking!

Subzero…Congrats on the weight loss, sounds like you had a wonderful time in a beautiful region!

Lucy…Have a great vacation!

Robin…Good job keeping up with your steps, I tried my first plank today (22.86 seconds), your 30 seconds rocks!

Pat…Sorry about your troubles with your sister and her problems, families are complicated.

Have a good evening and hello to everyone who is new to this site. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Terri, from smoky Oregon

exermom

Well, last night after Mexican Train, I was laying in bed reading a book, and I started thinking about Bryan. And I had a real bad carb craving. Some cookies, triscuit (low salt), greek yogurt and cream cheese, a few Rice Krispie bars. I have only myself to blame. I'll never see my son again and the last time I saw him wasn't a positive experience and I have only myself to blame. I really need to come to terms with this. Jessica and Denise will be getting married (maybe someday) and I can't let this run my life. I need to keep telling myself that God has a plan, His plan is always the best plan.

Today I'm going to start afresh, I'll remind myself that I'm a good person and only did what I did because I miss and love him. And if he doesn't miss and love me back....his loss. There...it's out of my system...I think

Cindy - I do hope you get that farmhouse. You son sounds wonderful! Is the peel for the eggplant chewy? Update: I'm so sorry your offer wasn't accepted. In some ways, she's probably hurting herself. If she won't compromise on the price and just digs her heels in, then it'll take longer to sell which will mean that she'll have to pay taxes, etc. We had a neighbor who did that, would not budge on the asking price. In the end, after it had been on the market for a few years (yes, years), they themselves moved into it and sold the house they had been living in. How terrible for your neighbor! My heart goes out to her and her family, does she have any children? Cancer at such a young age!

BJ - so gad to see you again! Come back often and just post a "hello"

Sue in SD - whenever I have egg whites in my salad, I always give the cats the yolk rather than throwing it out. I'm not sure which cat (it might even be all of them) finishes it, but it gets eaten!

Did an hour of yoga today and then an hour of deep water. Tomorrow I'll do the DVD "Personal Training with Jackie Warner". I may have to go to the Y again and just take the DVD with me.

Jen - sorry about the tooth. Hope it's just a broken filling and not a broken tooth. How did you know someone went into the back of your car?

Tess - happy early birthday! Welcome! What a wonderful friend you have there. You know, we have a few people on our senior bowling league who are on oxygen all the time. One guy has a canister strapped to his belt and he just bowls with that on! I give those people credit.

anamika - good thoughts being sent for your sister's FIL

I got another pair of the Birkenstocks. I really wanted white, but the white also has a white bottom and I was afraid with the red clay, it would soon turn to orange. The other whites they had were patent leather, and I thought they might be too shiny. So I got the silver, just not sure if they're too dressy. Update: they're not as comfortable as the other pair of Birkenstocks that I have, I think it's more the design than anything else. So I'm going to return them. I've sent Amazon an email asking them if another pair will be in stock in my size.

suzy in DE - according to the paper, we've gotten 3 times the normal rainfall for the year.

subzeromambo - so glad you had such a good time!

Lucy in DE - whenever I'm doing an ab workout, I can never raise and lower both legs at the same time. I can do one and switch. If I do both of them at the same time, I wind up lifting my back off the floor and hurting it. Be careful!

DeeDee - at the start of the summer we had this idea that we'd put down the riverrock and by the time that was all done, the neighbors would be sweltering but we'd be enjoying the pool. Still waiting for the "enjoying the pool" part to come.

Joyce - what did you order at Cracker Barrel? The one time I looked at their menu (admitted, it was quite a while ago), everything seemed to be deep fried.

They finished putting the carpet padding down today. Now ServPro has to come back to put the molding back on. Then we have the WONDERFUL job of putting things back in place!

Went to bowling this afternoon, didn't do so great. Next week is our last week of bowling for the summer, I signed Vince and I up for the winter league. They asked that you bring a snack in, I'm thinking that I may bring grapes. For the last 2 years I brought shrimp, they went real fast.

Meg - what a wonderful NSV and you had such a good way of dealing with it!

Michele in NC

yanniejannie

Just checking in...... have spent time with my friend who lost her son (42, car accident)......services on Friday; he has 4 kids........just a truly awful situation. Helping where I can; mainly getting word out and giving details of the service today.
Everyone is kind of numb or dazed.

Did read a couple pages here..........congrats on NSVs and pounds lost........have not logged or kept track at all; will resume when things get better.

Thanks to everyone for the kind thoughts.
yanniejannie

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: This has been another one of those lovely warm days full of things to do outside along with my regular line dance class but no time for the computer.

:bigsmile: Jake fixed a great lunch----Simple Truth organic veggie pizza with extra veggies and a beautiful salad.....I worked in the yard for awhile and we spent part of the afternoon with a good friend and a consultant talking about the possibility of turning her property into a lavender farm.

Barbie from sunny and warm NW Washington

“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”