WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018
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okiewoman510 wrote: »Machka I swell up with bug bites too. Hub can take a bunch of bites if he hits a hive of fire ants weedeating and just itch a little (he now wears jeans and boots to weedeat, it only took two hits from the fire ant piles to teach him that lesson). I can get one bite and start swelling up. Benadryl orally and cream usually helps some for me.
I've been alternating between Telfast and Claritin for the past 36 hours or so. Plus tea tree cream. Most of the bites have eased up, but there are still 3 or 4 giving me trouble.
Small side effect ... antihistamines make me sleepy, and I suspect that taking them every 6 hours or so gave me a very deep night's sleep last night. So deep I slept through my alarm this morning! But fortunately, only for 10 minutes.
M in Oz
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Good morning all! Happy Tuesday! OF all of the thoughts to wake up to; I woke this morning thinking, "Yea! It's trash day!" lol Yes, Tuesday is trash pick up day at my house and I am pretty sure it is the favorite part of the kid's week. They love our garbage man and the big truck with the mechanical arm that empties the bin. He seems to enjoy the kids at the window, all waving frantically and clapping and yelling. It is quite a sight to behold.
Thank you all for your sympathetic ears and kind words about the passing of our young friend. DYS had a few of his circle of friends over last night after he got home from work. I stayed out of their way, but was relieved to hear them all retelling stories of high school/college goofiness, theater productions, choir memories that they all shared with this young man. It was so good to hear the laughter with the heartache. I talked to my son when he came upstairs, later, and we said that THAT is what his friend would want them to remember and to keep with them. Not his illness. Not his death. But how he lived his life.
Laura-So sorry to hear of your loss! Sending good thoughts of comfort and peace to you.
Rita-I missed your birthday! Happy birthday, dear friend!
WEndy- I love Imagine Dragons! I don't mind rap. In fact, when I was running, I found it easier to run to than most of the music that I love. The music that I love tends to have a slower beat and I have to fight the urge to "dance" to it. And I usually end up slowing my pace to match the beat (not good). Rap tends to have a faster back beat so that you can take it at a slower pace, or you can use the back beat and go faster. I can also, easily, tune out rap and let my own thoughts take over. I have had Eminem's, Lose Yourself, in my playlist for YEARS. I also find Black Eyed Peas, Pump It, to be a good one to run to. HOWEVER, Pump It does have "booty shakin'" potential.
Machka - Ouch! Omigosh! You have my permission to smack anyone who says "goodnight, don't let the bedbugs bite!"
Heather-I can't believe Bea is almost two! That went fast! I am sure she will love having her OWN baby! I just went through my kitchen last weekend and purged a lot of stuff that I just don't use anymore. Stuff I have saved in case we have a party. lol In the rare occasion that that might happen, I figure I will just borrow from family and friends, whatever I need. That crystal punch bowl with matching plates and cups had to go!
Janet- So sorry to hear about your granddaughter! Cutting is such a scary, but sad thing. I think for most kids it is a physical manifestation/release of pain that they can't talk about. Pain they can control to block pain that they can't control. Cutting is another one of those things that seems to have reared it's ugly head only recently. And again, I can't help but wonder if it is another effect of the disconnect that kids have due to social media/technology and less "face to face" interaction with friends/people. So sad. Prayers for her!
Well, kids will be arriving shortly. I have one family dropping early this week. All good, they will be picking up earlier as well.
ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)3 -
OOoops! Janet just realized it is Sue's granddaughter! Sue- thinking of you and your granddaughter!1
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Sue and Janet - cutting is such a hard thing for our generation to deal with, as it seems so foreign to most of us. My son's symptoms of what the military medicos decided was Borderline Personality Disorder showed up with cutting. I asked him why he did it, and he said it was to do something to get through the numbness - that when he's cutting, he can feel something. It is so scary for those of us who love them.
Lisa in NC for now...5 -
HAPPY DANCE!!! Tuesday is my weekly weigh in day, I am down 2.2 pounds this week bringing my total loss since January 2nd to 20.2#. It so encourages me to stop and think before I put something in my mouth. The late night snacking has happened only 2 or 3 nights in that time because I'm really able to stop and ask myself what do I want the most.
Janetr OKC6 -
Sue, Janet, Lisa ... I am so saddened to hear of this kind of pain in our young people ... really, what have we collectively done wrong ... what have we missed in raising this generation? I am inclined to agree with Kelly that the disconnect brought on by social media is partly to blame...
Carol, Michele, Evelyn ... My son has shared a house with "the roommate" for the last 8 years, so is very familiar with this man's Eeyore mentality. Both of these young men (in their 30s) have physical disabilities and are in wheelchairs. It is difficult for them to see potential in their physical surroundings... they tend to only see the obstacles... which is fair, because they face them everyday. The very lovely apartment had a tight corner leading into the bedrooms, the one bathroom needed to have a cabinet removed to allow a toilet transfer, a shower needed to have doors removed ... they saw problems. My husband and I saw a call to a carpenter. Additionally, they are leaving a 2500 sq ft fully accessible ranch home in a beautiful sidewalk community and moving into a 1000-1200 sq ft apartment who knows where .. it's definitely going to take some adjustment. But that's life! And they are both adamant they want to experience "real" life not a State run home! So, they'll get their thinking in line eventually.
Mary ... today I'm getting my kettle bell! One question on the directions you shared ... when you say repeat the pattern each week .... do you mean going back to day 1 at the same times and repetitions and following through again each day?
It's supposed to snow again this week! Still have snow on the trees so hoping it's not much. My YS flies home Friday for Spring Break and I'm hoping he won't run into travel delays ... he has a layover in Baltimore before heading to Buffalo. Stocking up the kitchen in preparation of his return ...
Beth near Buffalo
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Beth More snow for us as well Will probably spend the day tomorrow deep cleaning my stress away! Too many snow days this year, I lose my April vacation, but that's okay with me, we never go anywhere at that time of year. My DD is heading home this Friday by car, so hopefully all will be cleared out by Friday. So excited to see her again!!
Oatmeal for breakfast, lentil soup for lunch, I'm back on my maintenance diet. NYKAREN6 -
okiewoman510 wrote: »[
Marcelyn We have the same tree situation here. I am lazy though and would mulch the spring leaves also if the mower had been running Saturday.
Okie in the TX Hill Country
I definitely mulch and compost the spring leaves and everything throughout the summer. I have a three compartment compost bin I built and it works wonderfully but these dratted live oaks just don't decompose do they! Hopefully it won't rain until tonight and I'll get some more done. Wet leaves don't blow and I use a blower to get them corralled into a big pile to bag. If they are wet I end up raking them out of the grass instead of just into the bags.
But it looks like rain.....
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It's Tuesday, ladies!
Rye - thank you for asking about my recovery. Back walking with my "pressure" insoles and I think they'll do the trick. I've been really massaging and rubbing the sole of that foot for the past week - doing my own reflexology - and I think that helped. I had to smile at your "hippie" childhood memories and favorite songs. Still play Joni Mitchell's "Blue" album from time to time.
Evie and Michele - I looked up TRX. Wow, that looks like it would be very good but I think I'll stick with my dumbbells and ankle weights. I don't recall seeing it at our gym but they might have added it.
Becca - those houses are thrilling!!! Your son is the best! I like that bee/pollinator poster you put up for Wendy.
Katla - I am looking forward to the time changing this coming Sunday! My brain never changed from daylight savings time last fall so I've been going to bed at 7 or 7:30 pm and getting up at 4 am! Soon I'll be back to normal.
Laura - you are so kind to attend that funeral; glad you had some fun time with your daughter. Am I the first to wish you and early HAPPY BIRTHDAY ?? Tomorrow is your special day!!
Wendy - Husbands are from Mars. Sometimes we wish the teleporter would just send them back there for a while to think about how they might take the time to communicate with their precious wives better. Glad you got some thistles eliminated and wonderful running in with your pups.
Janetr - good for you on the weight loss! Very inspiring!! Happy Dancing with you!!
Joyce - great Glam shot! The paparazzi will be hiding in the bushes and behind your garbage can hoping to get a glimpse of you!
Carol - sorry your poor Pom had digestive issues. Hope he's doing better. Was there a reason you switched the food?
Our older dog has that sometimes. Glad we have huge brown area rugs in the living room. Sigh. Our dogs were on Zignature dry dog food and I've been reading that mini schnauzers are prone to pancreatitis so need lower fat and protein. I bought some Royal Canin Mini Schnauzer crunchies and have been mixing it in 1:2 with the Zignature. The dogs love it and there's actually less poo produced.
Going to be warmer and sunny today - I'm going to dig out my seeds and get some flowers, brassicas, lettuce and tomatoes started on the heat mats in a few days, just need to do some planning to keep deer, bunnies, and dogs out of the garden. Still have carrots and red beets in the ground so need to get them dug up and see if anything is salvageable. Wish we were still on the farm - the rams loved it when I mucked out the garden and tossed things over the fence to them. They even liked stale muffins and day old bread. My stinky boys, lol.
Have a lot of seeds/seed heads I picked from the wildflowers last summer and will toss them back under the powerline. Hopefully some will make their way through the grass and do their thing. DH didn't mow back there last summer so it's a jungle I'm afraid.
OK, sun is coming up and I need to get moving -
Have a good day!
Lanette
Sunny SW WA State5 -
drove today, so no bike riding..
got the chk and will b getting off an hr early so i can deposit it... one step closer to financial independence!6 -
Machka: It sounds like you are beginning to feel a bit better. Hooray for Telfast and Claritin. I haven't heard of tea tree cream. :flowerforyou:
Lanette: I would love year round daylight time. I don't expect that to happen, though. :ohwell: We've had lots of digestive issues with our dog & he's been through a lot of medications. We're currently feeding Purina Beneful kibble mixed with finely chopped boiled chicken breast meat. He is getting along extremely well with this. We put about 3 tablespoons of chicken into a cup of dog food. Sometimes we're a bit more generous with chicken and sometimes a bit stingier. We don't actually measure the chicken. I just eyeball it.
I am planning to go out to the stable today and work with Arrow. I want DH to go along and he doesn't want to. We'll see how that goes. I am reluctant to be alone with the old devil because he has a tendency to act out by bucking and kicking. We work that out on the lunge line before I ride. I don't worry about the ride, but I worry about the lunging time. I'd love advice from any of you who are experienced horsewomen.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe
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stat for the day:
Spin bike- 56min, 92aw, 85ar, 125ahr, 156mhr, 13.2mi = 456c
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Sue I am sorry to hear that your granddaughter is cutting herself. (((Hugs))).
Janet That is encouraging to hear that your granddaughters were able to stop cutting. And congrats on your Happy Dance!!!
Kelly This is for you and anyone else who needs a little joy today:
Karen in Virginia11 -
Allergies really acting up today. Up most of the night coughing with congestion and asthma attack. No walking today. Yoga later.
Thank you all for the birthday wishes!
RV Rita in Columbus New Mexico5 -
Sue - thinking of you and your granddaughter. I think there always have been such issues, we just didn't hear so much about them, it was very secret. Thank goodness people are more wised up nowdays. I used to know someone who pulled out and ate her hair.
Yoga this morning. Then this afternoon was "big shop" day, so off we went to stock up on groceries. I bought all the stuff I needed for cooking Sunday lunch for my stepdaughter and boyfriend at the end of March. Triple chocolate cheesecake in the IP. DH didn't even know what Oreos were! I'm also doing Italian meatballs. Haven't decided on the starter.
I went into the next door store to look for an outfit for Bea, but failed to find anything that wowed me. I ended up buying the most fabulous silver patterned baseball cap for her - very sparkly! She will be quite the thing on Hove seafront! I also needed briefs and a tight camisole (I wear it instead of a bra) and, of course, had to reward myself for all my running success with a new pair of leggings and a short sleeved running top.
Now all I've got to get is DDIL'S birthday present. Might resort to a sportswear token. She is just getting back to running after her umbilical hernia operation.
Making lamb and flageolet stew tonight.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx7 -
Very busy but fun day today! I already took Shep for a walk. Now I am going to swing my kettle bell. At lunchtime I will be going with the ladies to the Japanese restaurant where they will be cooking our food on the grill! Love that fatty protein! After that we'll be going to the Goodwill! That has become one of my favorite stores since I have found that a lot of their clothing is brand new! Then I'll pick my husband up from physical therapy and we will go swimming and jump in the hot tub! We feel like a couple of little kids again being able to go out and play with our friends!
Beth- no, when I say repeat the pattern I mean repeat the weekly ordered for the other weeks which is the very first swing on the first day is not what you did for these five and six but what you did for days three and four and then you and wings to that every two days. Do the first two weeks and if you get to choose text me. Reread it and see if you can write out the next two weeks. You will eventually get up to The three sets of the goblet squats the amount of squats never changes and 22 sets of the Russian kettle bell swings.
Notice you did what we call a deload and started the week doing 2 less sets then day 5 & 6. This is the pattern for the next 3 weeks. 4 total weeks.
Good luck!
Mary from Arizona2 -
Hi all you wonderful ladies,
Machka, I hope you are feeling better by now.
Sue, how sad about your DGD. I am so glad that they acted on it immediately and she will get the help she needs. (((Hugs)))
Becca, I like the first rental better. Seems homier. Your son is so thoughtful.
Marcelyn, better use some gardening gloves next time you rake.
Laura, Happy Birthday girl!
Joyce, love the glamour shot! I got to try that.
Beth, our snow storm is coming Wed night through Thurs. I’m sick of snow and ready for Spring.
Janet, WOO HOO! Snoopy happy dance for your weight loss.
Wendy, husband can really be a pain sometimes can’t they? ((Hugs))
Carol, hope puppy is doing better.
Pip, Yeah on the check!
Karen, thanks for the “joy”. Made me smile.
Rita, allergies are awful. Hope you can take something for them that will help.
Heather, double stuffed Oreos…terrible for you but oh so good. YUM!
Can’t get warm today. Just turned the heat up here at work. DD comes home tonight. I’ve missed her while she has been house sitting for her dad.
DD just called and while going up our dirt road, she hit the bottom of her car and now it is making a noise. She must be at school at 3 so not sure what she will do. Life isn’t going well for her lately.
Well back to work, Terry5 -
Noshing on high-protein chicken salad my husband made for me, with chopped roasted chicken thighs, boiled eggs, chopped celery, capers, a small amount of light mayonnaise, wrapped in a romaine leaf. I do much better with veggies that I can eat raw - still struggle to get cooked veggies into me. My stomach says I'm hungry, but my tongue says they're nasty... *sigh*
Back to work, no rest for the wicked...
Love y'all,
Lisa in NC6
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