WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018
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I've just received this from DDIL.
Heather UK xxxxxxx
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Heather, that is the sweetest pic
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Janet- Sending much love and hugs your way!
Cheri- Happy birthday, friend! Hope your day gives you many wonderful moments!
Rita - I have a mammogram today, too. They don't bother me (uncomfortable, but not unbearable); but the past two times I have gotten one, I have gotten called back because of "suspicious shadows" and it always ends up being fibrous tissue. My insurance won't pay for the second mammogram unless there is a problem. This year I am going to ask them to take a couple extra pics of the suspicious breast (Sounds like a mystery novel; The Suspicious Breast) so that I don't have to come back for a second mammogram. *sigh
Heather- Thanks for the arch band support info. I have ordered some on E-bay (new). Good for you on the walks before and after your nice meal! Stretch out those yoga muscles!
DJ- Hello! Nice to see you posting! How are you? Hanging in there with your daughter?
Barbara-It's funny how nicknames and untruths stick with us. When I was in grade school, the kids made fun of my laugh (I cackled), so I "learned" a new laugh. Then in middle school my sister's friend told me I had big ears (untrue), but I kept them covered by my hair after that. In high school I was made fun of because I was SO flat chested (didn't go through puberty until 17). Then a move to Mexico gave me an eating disorder when a friend told me I was fat (size 8 and 5'8?!?). I would never want to go back to any of those ages, but if I could only give the younger me a little more self-confidence and self worth....impossible dream. *sigh The only thing that is left for us to do, is move forward from where we are now! Give the past the finger and just move forward.!!
Rye- LOVE Clueless! Gets me giggling every time!
Carol- So, what kind of soup are you making down south in freezing cold Georgia?
Pip- Nice pic of you and your sis. I see a bit of resemblance; but not a lot. I come from a family of six kids. Some of us look alike, others not so much. My older sister and I are like the same face and body but with different coloring (I am dark hair, dark eyes and she is blond blue eyed). Our personalities are very different, though. I look like and am most like my older brother. When I was in middle school, my friends would come to my house for the first time and see a picture of my older brother on the wall and say "That's a weird picture. When did you get that taken?" it was the 70's and his hair was the same length as mine. lol
Day 3 into my high protein meal plan. I am SO sick of protein; but I will get used to it, again. I have been making a "layer" bowl for my past couple lunches. A layer of shredded and cumin spiced chicken, a layer of refried beans, a layer of guacamole (homemade-without mayo), a layer of cheese (1 oz shredded), some pico de gallo, and a bit of hot sauce. I did not buy chips, because I didn't want to be tempted by the crunch; but DAMNED if my DH didn't buy some and some other crunchy things that he knows that I love. In his defense, he doesn't know that I am back on my meal plan. Since he had his dental work done last week, he has been on soft foods and eating and sleeping when he wants, so he is just beginning to become aware of what is going on in the house. I will have to put a sign on his cupboard though. For my own sake. Just to remind me of what I want; not what I want NOW.
Oh, DD asked me to sign up for an app called Marco Polo. It is a video messaging app. She has been sending me little 30 second videos of Joaquin talking, standing and moving around things, eating, feeding the dog...I am loving it! Just have to get her to NOT send them to me at 11 at night. I hear my phone ping in my sleep, and there is NO WAY I can get back to sleep knowing that there is a little video of that baby.
Here you go Cathy and Suebdew- In honor of the two ladies that were with me when Joaquin had his first blueberry! We have created a MONSTER!!
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Heather- Edie and Bea! Absolutely adorable!!
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janetr7476 wrote: »My oldest sister passed a couple of hours ago. She was the oldest and me the youngest with four sisters in between, she always called us the "bookends". She's enough older than me that she was more like a second Mom to me. I was only 5 when she married and 6 when my first niece was born.
Janetr OKC - heart broken
Janet, I am so sorry for your loss.
Katla1 -
Janet R - I am so sorry about your sister. My heart goes out to you.
Heather - The girls are just adorable, and Bea in that tutu is a treasure.
Kelly - LOVE the Joaquin pic!
And it tells of who we are that we can commune with the grieving and celebrate the joys as well, in just a few posts. It's all about love, in the end, isn't it.
Love y'all,
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janetr7476 wrote: »My oldest sister passed a couple of hours ago. She was the oldest and me the youngest with four sisters in between, she always called us the "bookends". She's enough older than me that she was more like a second Mom to me. I was only 5 when she married and 6 when my first niece was born.
Janetr OKC - heart broken
So sorry for your loss, Janet!1 -
Cheri Happy Birthday :flowerforyou:
Janet Sending prayers!
Loving all the pictures!!!!!
Heather sorry the showing fell through. My friend who owned her home for forty years just sold her home. I know it is a relief when it is done. Margaret 1 -
Janet My heart goes out to you, so sorry for the loss of your oldest sister.
Katla I'd be happy to share, it is from New York Times, one of their most requested soup recipes
Red Lentil Soup with Lemon
3 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp salt or to taste
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
pinch of cayene or chili powder to taste (or you can leave it out)
1 quart chicken OR vegetable broth
2 cups of water
1 cup red lentils (sorted/cleaned)
1 large carrot, diced
juice of 1/2 lemon, more to taste
3 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro (or leave it out if you hate cilantro)
Procedure:
==Heat the oil, add onion garlic and saute until golden, stir in tomato paste, and all dry seasonings and saute for 2 minutes longer
==Add broth, 2 cups water, lentils and carrot. Bring to a simmer, then partially cover pot and turn heat to medium-low. Simmer until lentils are soft, about 30 minutes. Taste and add salt if necessary.
==Using an immersion or regular blender, puree half the soup. You can leave it somewhat chunky.
==Stir in lemon juice and if you like, cilantro, serve with a drizzle of olive oil if you like.
I've varied this soup today by adding spinach leaves before they spoiled and it was really good. It is a basic recipe that can be adjusted and still seems to hold up! Hope you enjoy.
NYKAREN
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Yes, Lisa, Life, Death and All That. Love you ladies.
Heather UK xxxxxxx2 -
LisaInNCNow wrote: »Janet R - I am so sorry about your sister. My heart goes out to you.
Heather - The girls are just adorable, and Bea in that tutu is a treasure.
Kelly - LOVE the Joaquin pic!
And it tells of who we are that we can commune with the grieving and celebrate the joys as well, in just a few posts. It's all about love, in the end, isn't it.
Love y'all,
Lisa
Lisa you are so right its all about the love, sharing and caring, no matter what the situation may be.
Janetr OK
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Thank you ladies for the love and support. I'm blessed with so much love and caring from each one here.
On a more positive note, I've lost 7 lbs since the beginning of the year. Got myself back to eating how a post-op bariatric person is supposed to eat. Which is VERY low carbs and high protein and drinking all my water. I ramped my exercise routine back up to pretty much every day and alternating cardio and weight resistance.
Thanks again for the kind words, thots and prayers.
Janetr OKC10 -
Cherie ~ Happy Birthday
Janet ~ So sorry for the loss of your sister. Hugs and Love!
Edie, Bea, and Joaquin are the Cutest!2 -
The kids are such a lesson, aren't they. Joaquin with his blueberry face and Bea with her happy tummy. Being in the moment. Priceless.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
Cheri, I some how missed that today is your birthday, so sorry. I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating you.
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Janetr--So sorry to hear about your sister. I lost my younger sister 13 years ago and I still find myself wanting to call her. Hugs
Karen-- I take a large zip lock bag the first of the year and all year I put in whatever has to do with taxes. Then when tax time comes I just take the bag to the place that does them.
On the subject of shoes. I take my shoes and socks off soon as I get in the door at home. I can not stand to have them on.
Weather here is to be up in high 40's next couple days. have a meeting tomorrow in Kearney but only till noon.Then DH and I are off Friday, both work the weekend. Looking forward to getting out to do something.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE4 -
Rye, good for you for looking taking care of your MIL.
Karen, boy you are on a roll with good things happening. Take care on those roads.
Heather, yes, it’s been a hard week for DD. I’m glad she is with us so I can keep an eye on her. The boyfriend she had before this was physically and verbally abusive so at least this one was a step up. I told her that what he was doing to her was emotional abuse and very disrespectful.
Carol, I love the potato soup my DH makes.
Heather, after all your work and they cancelled. Well better for it to be a better time for you. cute girls.
Allie, will be sending goo thoughts your father’s way for tomorrow.
Katla, glad you are feeling better.
Cinnamonhu, Wow great job exercising. Glad your dog is doing better.
Janet, I’m so sorry to hear about your sister passing. Of course you are heart broken. Sounds like she was an important person in your life. (((HUGS)))
Off to pick up DH. Terry in VT
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Janet, so sorry about your sister.
Cheri, Happy Birthday Hugs to all on this thread. You add so much to my life.
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KetoneKaren wrote: »Cheri
Cheri - I remember the photo of you and Karen taken a few months ago. You both looked in your mid-20's as I recall. So which birthday is it for you? 27?
Hope it's a wonderful one!!
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Cheri - I also missed your birthday post. Better late than never. HAPPY BIRTHDAY,!!!! :drinker:
Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
Cheri, happy birthday!
Janet, condolences on the loss of your sister. My family, too, experienced a loss today. My mother”s youngest brother died at 79 of lung cancer complicated by pneumonia. I could not drive up there to sit with the family because of the weather. This is in addition to the other brother (widower) who is bedridden in my mother’s house with totally dysfunctional children. This is taking a toll on my 85 year old mother. At least this one has a wife and daughter and son-in-law who are not dysfunctional. I will be able to visit tomorrow. Things are warming up here, thank goodness.
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Cheri: Happy Birthday!!! 0
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Hi Gals,
Joyce – ((((((((((((hugs!))))))))))))))
Pam – good job on working on the declutter
Heather – keep looking forward – the viewing is the first step to the end goal, so a bit of a pain, but potentially so worth it! - * Later – see it got changed! Oh what a cute cute picture
Terry – what a great mom!
French onion soup – is a favorite of mine, and so easy, low calorie and low cost!
Janetr (((((((((((((((hugs))))))))) so sorry to hear!
Cheri – happy birthday
Katiebug (((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))) sorry to hear of the passing of your uncle, and the strain on your mom.
So it’s official, my yoga teacher is giving up our class, and we will get a new teacher on March 1st; additionally they are changing the time and date – so from Wed. 5:30-6:30 to Thursday 4:30-5:30. The date and time are not convenient for me or for about ½ of the class members, but the city doesn’t care. I did take the new instructors free demo class and it’s far more about the spiritual side of yoga then then stretch/balance side of yoga, and that’s not what I was looking for. So I have to find something else, I really work harder in a scheduled class than I do on my own, and was lucky to find this class as the time/date/location/cost were all what I needed. The cost is getting in my way in finding something to replace this. This class was just $4 per hour, and most exercise, yoga or anything else seems to run between $10 and $30 per hour…but I have just started the search. Gym membership is crazy here, either high monthly or high joining and all of them seem to require that they can take the monthly charge out of your bank account, so they want all the access – I have had bad experiences and am not going there!
Smiles
Kim from N. California
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Jantr - So sorry for your loss. My sister is now the Matriarch of our family and I have enjoyed having her come down to help me purge my house. Has made me feel so much better about the way it looks and is easier to do it.
Sharon - Talking about your sleep patterns and not being able to sleep when you should and sleeping when you shouldn't ... have you talked to her MD about possibly runnng a 'sleep study' to see if maybe you have 'sleep apnea' I know before I got put on a Cpap my sleep patterns were all over the place. If I fall asleep without putting it on, I know it.
Plus, I cannot take my bipolar meds at 5:00pm because they make me sleepy and by 7:30pm ... I am a goner (which means I wake up the crack of dawn. So I started taking them when I take all the rest of my medications.
My MD ordered a MRI without contrast because I have had a 'crushing' headache for about 4 days (maybe 5); and, when I went to talk to him about my labs, I felt like someone had beaten me with a wooden baseball bat. He did a lot of pressing on my belly and I able came off the table. He has ordered a sonogram on my liver and pancreas (which sort of concerns me).
It seems like I have so many MD appointments all the way through mid-March. Louis said this afternoon that he was going to buy some duct tape so he could fix me from falling apart.
Finally, I will be getting my hair cut on Friday.
But, other than that ... feeling a lot better and getting better and better every day.
Margaret - Where do you buy your 'tart cherry juice' ... is it in the 'juice section' of your grocery store?
Have a wonder evening and rest of the week.
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Katie, sorry to hear your family’s loss. (((HUGS)))
Kim, hope you can find a yoga class that works for me you.
Cheri, Happy birthday. 21 again right?
Joaquin looks good in the color blue. Lol
Well once again it is the end of the day. Thank you all for sharing and enriching my life.
Terry grabbing for my book in VT2 -
Janet- Sending much love and hugs your way!
Cheri- Happy birthday, friend! Hope your day gives you many wonderful moments!
Rita - I have a mammogram today, too. They don't bother me (uncomfortable, but not unbearable); but the past two times I have gotten one, I have gotten called back because of "suspicious shadows" and it always ends up being
Pip- Nice pic of you and your sis. I see a bit of resemblance; but not a lot. I come from a family of six kids. Some of us look alike, others not so much. My older sister and I are like the same face and body but with different coloring (I am dark hair, dark eyes and she is blond blue eyed). Our personalities are very different, though. I look like and am most like my older brother. When I was in middle school, my friends would come to my house for the first time and see a picture of my older brother on the wall and say "That's a weird picture. When did you get that taken?" it was the 70's and his hair was the same length as mine. lol
Day 3 into my high protein meal plan. I am SO sick of protein; but I will get used to it, again. I have been making a "layer" bowl for my past couple lunches. A layer of shredded and cumin spiced chicken, a layer of refried beans, a layer of guacamole (homemade-without mayo), a layer of cheese (1 oz shredded), some pico de gallo, and a bit of hot sauce. I did not buy chips, because I didn't want to be tempted by the crunch; but DAMNED if my DH didn't buy some and some other crunchy things that he knows that I love. In his defense, he doesn't know that I am back on my meal plan. Since he had his dental work done last week, he has been on soft foods and eating and sleeping when he wants, so he is just beginning to become aware of what is going on in the house. I will have to put a sign on his cupboard though. For my own sake. Just to remind me of what I want; not what I want NOW.
Oh, DD asked me to sign up for an app called Marco Polo. It is a video messaging app. She has been sending me little 30 second videos of Joaquin talking, standing and moving around things, eating, feeding the dog...I am loving it! Just have to get her to NOT send them to me at 11 at night. I hear my phone ping in my sleep, and there is NO WAY I can get back to sleep knowing that there is a little video of that baby.
Here you go Cathy and Suebdew- In honor of the two ladies that were with me when Joaquin had his first blueberry! We have created a MONSTER!!
I’m the youngest of 7, mom and everyone said. I didn’t look like anyone else except for a uncle that I never met I am very different in personality than the rest3 -
Kim, I am so sorry about your yoga class. I know how much my dance classes mean to me and I'd be so sad if I couldn't go anymore. I hope you'll find something to fill the gap. 2
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Happy Birthday Cheri. Hope it was a good day.
Janet’s- so sorry to hear of your sisters passing.
kJ. That’s my boy!!! He loves those blue berries. What a cutie.
Heather- cute picture of your grand girls.
Will call library tomorrow to see if they want the books. Saw retina specialist today and no shot in eye so that was good. He said the macular degeneration is getting closer to the central vision. Have to take advantage of everyday to see all I can. Hopefully it will be a long time before it gets to the center.
Suebdew in Tx6 -
Katie, so sorry for the lose of your uncle. That's a lot going on for your Mom to handle. I hope she does well. My sister was 81.
Janetr OKC0
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