WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018

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  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,978 Member
    Here’s a better picture of just the taupe with the white subway and the marble accent.

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  • langman22
    langman22 Posts: 786 Member
    drkatiebug wrote: »
    All right y’all. I know there are tons of people here with opinions, so I’m asking yours. I have been to two different tile places looking at tile. I have one more to visit on Monday. Both options that I am showing you match the countertop, but the taupe one with brown undertones brings out the darker flecks in the granite more. But the one little tile in the accent of the gray option matches the granite exactly. On the other hand, I’m in love with the accent tile that matches ojapae989xon.jpeg
    the taupe. The hexagon will go on the floor, the subway on the shower wall and around the garden tub. The accent will go wherever accents go.....the thing I can’t decide is whether I want the hexagons and subway tiles to be the same color, in which case I have to go with the gray, or whether I like the taupe well enough to live with a white subway, which is in the picture but barely. The granite is in the middle. Ignore the shadows from the lights.

    I like the taupe for a kitchen as the small grey squares look more like something for a bathroom to me.
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,830 Member
    pipcd34 wrote: »
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    Yogi when he was a little fart

    This just cracks me up!

  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,830 Member
    Drkatiebug ... I am horrible at making choices like yours! We are looking at wood laminate flooring. I came home with 13 samples,,

    Janet ... thinking of you. 10 pounds is great!

    Allie ... praying you through this time ... hugs ...

    Beth
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,978 Member
    Langman, I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. This is for a bathroom, not a kitchen. The hexagon is for the floor and the subway for the shower and tub surround.
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Well guys, I am still alive. It's just that my iPad wasn't. It wasn't holding any charge at all. Sim did what my daughter has always said. If your iPad is acting up, power off and power back on. Well first of all you have to get enough charge in it to power off. So after plugging my charger in many outlets, I finally got 10% charge and last night I powered off and on. So the morning it was 100% charge!!!!!!!! I was jumping for joy! So I fm ally got to,e to read. Guys, I a, not embarrassed to say I usually sleep until 11 AM. I really feel good with 10'hours of sleep. I go to bed around 11 and it does take awhile to get the brain asleep.

    Had my first OT appointment today and have a set of excersise for my left arm to strengthen it. My grip strength and wrist strength was way off from my right and left. So I had to get a 1 and 2 pound weights. And a good squeeze ball.

    Although I don't use my Silver Sneakers program card, we get it on our Medicare Advantage plan. Ours is Inited Health Care through ARRP, It is more than a gym plan, at our Y, the Silver Sneakers also has a group that just meets for fellowship and they discuss things that affect seniors. They have special speaker come in and give talks that are appropriate to the group. The Silver Sneakers website has a list of all gymn that accept your Silver Sneakers card. I believe Planet Fitness accepts it. We really need to get our membership at the Y. Both of us need it. Our other Y here in town has a special boxing program specifically for people with Parkinson's. But it's downtown, hard to get parking, further away and just another reason for Charlie to say he doesn't have a problem.

    I had another drop in my blood pressure while I was standing yesterday. I was at Sam's picking up my meds. So I called Dr. C and he made another change. I really needed to do laundry today but since we were out all afternoon, it wa tonight that I had. Y laundry ready to go downstairs. With my left arm, it's hard for me to take it down there so it's another task Charlie does for me. He doesn't want me to do it because he doesn't want me to do it and get all dizzy again with him gone. Yes, it's Karaoke night again. Wednesday and Firday night. Well I got the first load down there anyway. Yep, I'm a bad girl.

    I wish Michelle had gone to vet school. It was her goal as a child. She has always had an interest in animals. When we had our shelty, she was the only one who could take care of him if there was something wrong. One time he ran out into the street and broke his leg. He had dressing changes and other injuries and the dressings were painful. But she always had a way with him. When she had her boa, th boa got pneumonia and she had to give him shots in his muscles. Where in the world do you find muscles in a boa? The whole thing is muscular. It how do you learn where to give it? But she did. But she didn't concentrate very much in high school and barely graduated. So there went post high school anything. We have a technical school here in town that has a vet tech degree that o k ow she would love. It it doesn't fit with her full time evening work schedule. She has tried college but did t have the stick-to-it to do school and work. So right now she is content to just be an animal advocate and foster and jade her three beloved dogs. When one dies, she fosters another and she knows she is always a foster failure which means she goes ahead and adopts the dog she is fostering. My sister in law used to be a secretary at a vets office. She was there long enough, they let her sit with animals when they were coming out of surgery and other jobs in the surgery area. This led to more and more jobs back there and eventually she was a vet tech. It didn't have any certification. She really enjoyed it. I know that is how a lot of vet techs get their job. Michelle also really likes working so the exotic animals like snakes, sugar gliders, etc.

    The tearing in my left eye is driving me crazy tonight. I have rubbed my eye enough that I gave myself conjunctivitis. But the tearing started after the stroke.

    Our weatherman said that dreaded 4 letter winter word last night. Might happen next week.

    Drinking calories. There is a drink that I do like. V8 makes a vegetable fusion juice that tastes like grape juice but is mostly vegetables. I do like it. Sometimes I liked it a bit to much and drank to much of it. A.though I do love a good OJ, I also love a fresh orange. Same with a good Apple. Nothing like a good GALA Apple. But I also love my sodas. I love Sprite and Coke but when I drink a coke I make it about 2/3 diet and 1/3 coke. That isn't possible for the Sprite because there aren't any self serve areas that have the diet Sprite. It's the same with Pepsi. I do love diet 7 Up. If I don't have the ability to be at a serf serve, I order in sweet tea and put sweet n low in it. Problem with all this is the caffeine in the coke and tea products. The Sprite and 7up is fine but the others aren't. Catch 22.

    Ok, gotta go, enjoying figure skating. Can not wait until the Olympics!

    Joyce, Indiana.
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,548 Member
    Kittywh - welcome to a wonderful group. You'll get lots of encouragement here

    Heather - your party sounds lovely. So glad you had such a great time and thanks for sharing it with us.

    Terry in VT - how interesting. I didn't realize the vonTrapps settled in VT!

    drkatiebug - personally, I like the second (the one on the right) better. I think the other looks so "boring" like any other bathroom tile. Plus, I tend to prefer to contrast something rather than trying to match it.

    Joyce - Jess called today (I wasn't home). Vince said that he thinks that it's just now starting to sink into her what all this means. She was saying that maybe she should wait and go to NC State. Hopefully, Vince talked her out of it. He told her that this has always been her dream. If she doesn't seize it, she might not get the chance at NC State and always regret her decision. I think he was able to talk her out of it. It is a big move, the airfare is something like $1,000 so to be honest, I'm not expecting her to come home much. Jess went to a vo-tech too and absolutely loved working with animals. So sorry about your eye. Do you have medicine for it?

    Michele in NC
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,448 Member
    Terry in VT - I had no idea the von Trapps were a real family! Wow! To be my age and just now find out is a bit embarrassing. That is so interesting though. I'm going to have to dig into that more.
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,244 Member
    :) I taught a new dance to my line dance class today. It was a pretty easy dance with very catchy Irish music. Everyone seemed to like it and most learned it fairly quickly.

    :) Jake went out to lunch with a friend so I had the house to myself for a few hours to ride the exercise bike and watch figure skating.

    :)Heather, you look fabulous in your Sound of Music outfit. I'm glad it was fun for you.

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,345 Member
    stats for the day:

    bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.52min, 146mhr, 11.4amph. 1.4mi= 95c
    apple watch- 73c
    manual* TREADMILL- walk/backwards, 38min, 135mhr, 2.11mi = 281c
    apple watch- 276c
    bike ride gym 2 dome- 6.35min, 13.5amph, 125mhr, 1.5mi= 73c
    apple watch- 50c
    RIDE BIKE PUY 2 SUMN STA- 16.44min, 133mhr, 10.9amph, 3mi= 144c
    apple watch- 115c
    jog sta 2 wk- 5.12min, 137ahr, 147mhr, 10.18min mi, .5mi= 63c
    apple watch- 55c
    jog wk 2 sta- 4.53min, 10.40min mi, 143mhr, .4mi- 57c
    apple watch- 53c
    bike ride dome 2 hm up Mst- 18.45min, 7.7amph, 154mhr, 2.4mi= 198c
    apple watch- 143c

    total cal 911
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,708 Member

    Hi Gals,

    Heather – have a great time! You look adorable

    Allie – thinking of you!

    Favorite Song of Music song Do Re Me

    Joyce – glad you are ok

    OConnell – There are some good books about the von Trapps - I read one called Maria and really liked it.



    Smiles

    Kim from N. California
  • langman22
    langman22 Posts: 786 Member
    drkatiebug wrote: »
    Langman, I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. This is for a bathroom, not a kitchen. The hexagon is for the floor and the subway for the shower and tub surround.

    In that case I think the one on the right is a more up to date tile for a bathroom . The other one is pretty common.
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    langman22 wrote: »
    drkatiebug wrote: »
    Langman, I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. This is for a bathroom, not a kitchen. The hexagon is for the floor and the subway for the shower and tub surround.

    In that case I think the one on the right is a more up to date tile for a bathroom . The other one is pretty common.

    And I’d go for the one on the left - it feels more traditional and classic. The modern one on the right might be trendy - but modern trendy often seem dated quite quickly.
  • langman22
    langman22 Posts: 786 Member
    Joyce you bad girl. Next time you have to go down sit on your butt and go down. You can slide down what you would carry or toss it down the stairs first. Better than falling and ending up worse than just dizzy.
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,978 Member
    ryenday wrote: »
    langman22 wrote: »

    In that case I think the one on the right is a more up to date tile for a bathroom . The other one is pretty common.

    And I’d go for the one on the left - it feels more traditional and classic. The modern one on the right might be trendy - but modern trendy often seem dated quite quickly.

    Y’all are really helping. LOL. Interestingly, to me I see the predominant tiles as exactly the same, just different colors. My dilemma is whether to go with the subway tile matching the floor tile or being a different color. I guess either of the accent tiles have the potential to look dated, but I don’t see either as particularly trendy, but what do I know? I just know what I like.

  • langman22
    langman22 Posts: 786 Member
    drkatiebug wrote: »
    ryenday wrote: »
    langman22 wrote: »

    In that case I think the one on the right is a more up to date tile for a bathroom . The other one is pretty common.

    And I’d go for the one on the left - it feels more traditional and classic. The modern one on the right might be trendy - but modern trendy often seem dated quite quickly.

    Y’all are really helping. LOL. Interestingly, to me I see the predominant tiles as exactly the same, just different colors. My dilemma is whether to go with the subway tile matching the floor tile or being a different color. I guess either of the accent tiles have the potential to look dated, but I don’t see either as particularly trendy, but what do I know? I just know what I like.

    Always go for what you like. You are the one that has to live with it. Lol
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,776 Member
    Katie - I'm not a fan of brown, but I think you use brown a lot more in the US. I would just go with your heart. :D I just hate those decorating decisions. Nightmare!

    I slept pretty well. The hotel is absolutely quiet. I haven't heard a sound! I've had my first cup of tea and will have another before I go down for breakfast. Maybe poached eggs, Becca!

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • KarenUK56
    KarenUK56 Posts: 143 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    karenwatkins22 wrote: »
    Hi ladies, quick question!
    Does anyone know if there is somewhere on MFP to find your performance summary by year please. I have last year's and would be interested to know how it compares to previous years.
    Thanks, if anyone has the answer.
    All the best
    Karen UK

    On the laptop/desktop version ...

    See where it says Reports at the top. Go there and start clicking various options. The ExportData link might do it, but you might need Premium.


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    Machka in Oz

    Thank you, I'll have a look.
  • KarenUK56
    KarenUK56 Posts: 143 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    :) I taught a new dance to my line dance class today. It was a pretty easy dance with very catchy Irish music. Everyone seemed to like it and most learned it fairly quickly.

    :) Jake went out to lunch with a friend so I had the house to myself for a few hours to ride the exercise bike and watch figure skating.

    :)Heather, you look fabulous in your Sound of Music outfit. I'm glad it was fun for you.

    <3 Barbie desismileys_1848.gif

    Barbie, I wonder if you do some of the same dances that we do in my class? There must be thousands of them. If our teacher teaches a new one that I particularly like, I find it on YouTube and practice it in my kitchen at home! Back in the summer, he showed us a new dance which I looked up and practiced until perfect. When I went to class the next week, it turned out that there were two dances to the same music and I had learned the wrong one!!
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Going to Chinese restaurant tonight to celebrate DSIL 80th birthday. Don't eat much Chinese so any suggestions for healthyish eating. Won't have much for lunch but bound to go over allowance or should I just enjoy and start again tomorrow HaHa

    Kate UK
  • KarenUK56
    KarenUK56 Posts: 143 Member
    spikeyhair wrote: »
    Going to Chinese restaurant tonight to celebrate DSIL 80th birthday. Don't eat much Chinese so any suggestions for healthyish eating. Won't have much for lunch but bound to go over allowance or should I just enjoy and start again tomorrow HaHa

    Kate UK

    I think I would enjoy it and start again tomorrow. Chicken with green peppers in a black bean sauce is very nice and (I think) not too high in calories. I have a Chinese takeaway very rarely and that is what I always have. Maybe have it with bean sprouts instead of rice or chips.
    Hope you enjoy whatever you decide to eat.
    All the best
    Karen UK
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    Rest day today. Relaxing morning and early afternoon ... and then we went into the city to the botanical gardens where we attended a performance of Aladdin. It's sort of aimed at kids, but we enjoyed it too. :)

    Then we wandered around the city, had fish and chips on the waterfront for dinner, and a rather expensive frozen yogurt for dessert. 2.5 km walk in total.

    Machka in Oz
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,978 Member
    Prayers for you today, Allie. Until you experience the death of a loved one, you don’t really appreciate the power of comfort received from the folks who do nothing more than to show up for you. I’m glad you got to experience that comfort at your father’s wake.

    Heather, the current hot color in decorating is definitely gray. Beige and browns that were hot ten years ago are starting to look dated. I’ve never been a fan of beige or chocolate brown for decorating, but I like the grayish taupe tones of the dark tile here. The white subway won’t ever go out of style completely.

    The good news is that I have one more tile place to visit on Monday. Who knows? They may have something that blows me away. The thing that will probably drive my decision more than anything is the contractor. The only one I’ve found so far willing to do the job would require me to go with the gray since it’s their tile.

    No matter what I choose, it will be an improvement over the dirty white with teal green accent tiles that I have now. That color is so dated that it is actually back in style!

    Another full day of Lay Servant stuff, today and then tomorrow I’m going to really step out of my comfort zone. I am delivering a sermon to a Hispanic congregation in our community. Do I speak Spanish? No! I will have to remember to say a sentence, wait on the translator, then say another.
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited January 2018
    Katie I like the grey tile. Your bathroom will be so nice!

    Sharon Jheri's fish is so beautiful. What a talent!

    Penny <3

    Lisa Congrats on the sale of the warehouse. What a relief!

    Heather You've been busy! Burns night and Sing-Along photos both very appreciated. So much FUN! You looked adorable for the singalong. Re Burns night: I had to enlarge the photo to get a good look at the Haggis... :|

    Address to a Haggis

    Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
    Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!
    Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
    Painch, tripe, or thairm:
    Weel are ye worthy o' a grace
    As lang's my arm...

    Allie So glad the wake was wonderful. Thinking of Janetr as well.

    Kate UK What did you end up choosing at the Chinese Restaurant? Chicken and Broccoli is a relatively healthy choice at the restaurant we go to.

    Getting ready to go to work this morning. Have a nice weekend, friends!

    Karen in Virginia
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    drkatiebug wrote: »
    No matter what I choose, it will be an improvement over the dirty white with teal green accent tiles that I have now. That color is so dated that it is actually back in style!

    That's funny! As I was reading through, I was thinking that for a bathroom, I'd go for a blue or a blue-green colour. :grin:

    I like a beach-look in a bathroom ... pale sand, aqua, shells, etc. But unfortunately, my current one isn't anything like that.

    M in Oz

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