WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018
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Janetr - that's fantastic news about your DGS! Congratulations
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Just checkin in with you...
Becca pets are good for people! I wouldn’t know what to do without a pet.
You look gorgeous in the app and thanks for your compliment! Who would know I’ll be 69 this coming Sunday!!
Katla thank you for your compliment too!
Carol lovely photos of your family! Love them. You look great!
I had a busy three days, I’ll have to catch up with y’all later!
Have a good evening!
Dana in Arkansas
The backyard at our house:
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Janet, that's terrific!2
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Janetr - so pleased for your success! You have worked hard. And for your grandson! I wonder if I'll be around for Max's wedding. I would be I my 90s, but you never know!
Katla - Since my son's shock I have been giving alcohol a lot of thought. I was not a heavy drinker, but found, on the days that I did drink, that I sometimes drank a bit more than I had planned, or wanted. I read some good books on my Kindle, one is Alcohol Explained by William Porter. I have a couple more I'm reading now. This is my 7th AF day. DH is drinking his customary Pernod each night (2 units, and then he can stop), which I thought I would miss like crazy, but I'm not.
In fact I am feeling very joyful about it. 
One thing that makes it easier is the delicious AF beers I am enjoying, plus the imitation "gins". I have just ordered an AF vermouth to try. This makes the drinking very enjoyable as I am loving the flavours. I am not a fan of sweet drinks, and I already drink loads of British tea. This drinks have that bitter hit that I like. I find myself feeling guilty for having one before 6 o'clock. :laugh: They feel like a treat. I will probably have an occasional glass of really good wine in the future, but I am no longer interested in normal, or social, drinking. Information is POWER!
Going to do a run today. Aiming for 35 mins and see how I feel. (I always do my morning 600 calorie exercise session, this is a "bonus" ) I might press on and finish the 5k.
I looked up on a website how to calculate a good time when it's adjusted for age. A good time for 5k for a 25 year old is 25 mins. I was delighted to see that a good time for a 68 year old (me) is 44 minutes. I'm not much outside that, so something to aim at next week.
Who would have though that I should be doing this, a beginner runner at 68, who always said she couldn't run because of a dodgy knee, hips etc. Actually I find it easier than walking!
Still fiddling with my memoir, but on the last "snagging".
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx14 -
Hi ladies
I am still out of town for a few more days. I will be afraid to step on a scale when I return. I seem to have contracted a nasty chest cold with a very sore throat and headache. I’ve got extra blankets now from the nice front desk lady, but am still shivering. I am now officially 60 years old. I just learned today that my dearest friends mother is 67. I really don’t feel this old...
I get to go spend time with my 3 year old granddaughter tomorrow in Calgary. I have not seen her since September. I may post pictures7 -
I keep forgetting not to post smiles faces!!
Love everyone’s pictures. I miss my dogs. I will be glad to get home on Friday.
~Laura~4 -
Have read up to pg 21. I will catch up again.
Trying to find a way to put up with "HER" for my son and granddaughter. SHE makes me dizzy with all the senseless chatter. I have lost it a couple times lately. It seems she does nothing but b**ch about my son and complain about everything from the time she gets in the car. I have pointed out that we are not alone in the car, Harmony is listening and that no matter what Jason is my son. I doubt he can ever make her happy no matter what he does. He works too much, sleeps too much, doesn't help enough, doesn't make enough money, is taking every Thursday to go to NA, pays too much attention to Harmony rather than her, the list goes on and on and on and on. I have tried setting boundaries but that is only a word in the dictionary to her. I don't think she hears anything anyone else says. I have put it to her that even though I am not going to a job I still have things I need to do.
Still trying to figure out my next best move. I dropped off a form for the doctor, requested an ROE from work and will fill in my EI application tomorrow. Follow up Doc appointment on the 19th.
Another of DD's paintings has sold. She was very surprised as it was one of the higher priced ones. I was not as it is stunningly gorgeous.
Hoping for a bit of a thaw this week.
-Sharon in Lethbridge, Alberta9 -
Kate UK 3
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Hi Sisters, well I have been to the tramping club meeting and I have booked myself onto the next hike, which is in two days time, Saturday. It is to the "Mangaweka Boulders" which is some big round rocks apparently and if the weather is warm enough we can swim in the river when we get there. Should be fun. I'm looking forward to tomorrow and a day out with my daughter, so heading to bed now. Wendy
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As I move into a busy and rather stressful month/several weeks ahead ... somewhat out of my comfort zone ...
Machka in Oz11 -
Right there with you, Machka. I look at the spring ahead of me, and my mind just boggles at how it will all happen. But it will. Nonetheless, has me highly distractable at the moment, continually trying to remember what I was doing...As I move into a busy and rather stressful month/several weeks ahead ... somewhat out of my comfort zone ...
Machka in Oz
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Happy belated birthday Laura!
Happy Birthday Machka!
Okie
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Happy birthday to all the birthday girls! Getting older doesn't always suck. I've never been happier or healthier.
Just printed out 32 pages of my memoir for DH to read. Partly for editing and partly to see what someone else makes of it. Nervous.
Jessamy decided she wanted Nike vouchers for her birthday - Phew! - so I've ordered that. Delighted to get her something for her running, which she adores.
Salmon for dinner tonight, rubbed in lemon and smoke drops, in a Chipotle paste, with mushy peas, and asparagus. New potatoes for DH.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
HI! Will catch up later. Been crazy two days!
Kylia in crazy life Ohio4 -
Morning Ladies~
snowing lightly now ,but will get heavier as the day goes on... working 9-2 today then will be home with my pup, and Dan staying overnight... going to hop in the shower in a few minutes...
Happy Birthday to all of you celebrating... mine is at the end of June...5 -
Thanks ladies for your kind words. My 24 year old grandson was sexually abused by an older neighbor kid from the time he was seven. By the time he was a teenager he could not deal with the "guilt and shame" and no amount of counseling was getting through to him trying to assure him he was not to blame. He got into drugs early on to numb the pain. He's been in and out of drug rehab since he was 16. We can only hope and believe that this time is forever. He's been clean now for almost two years.
My daughter was 16 when she got pregnant with him. I was 43 when he was born and pretty much raised him his first four years. They lived with me of course. His birth father was killed in a car accident when grandson was six, he never knew him. Life is not easy nor fair, we all have our own demons to deal with. I pray he has made peace with his.
Janetr OKC
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Thank you Janetr for sharing that. I am sending him good thoughts.
I'm clearing stuff out and found this HUGE pot I got as a wedding present from my Glasgow friend in 1970. I haven't used it in years as I don't give big parties any more. I was going to give it to the charity shop, but my cleaner said she would love it. Also gave her a pinny and an address book. Here she is.
So happy for it to go to a good home.
Love Heather UK XXXXXX
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Working today!4
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Trying to find a way to put up with "HER" for my son and granddaughter. SHE makes me dizzy with all the senseless chatter. I have lost it a couple times lately. It seems she does nothing but b**ch about my son and complain about everything from the time she gets in the car. I have pointed out that we are not alone in the car, Harmony is listening and that no matter what Jason is my son. I doubt he can ever make her happy no matter what he does. He works too much, sleeps too much, doesn't help enough, doesn't make enough money, is taking every Thursday to go to NA, pays too much attention to Harmony rather than her, the list goes on and on and on and on. I have tried setting boundaries but that is only a word in the dictionary to her. I don't think she hears anything anyone else says. I have put it to her that even though I am not going to a job I still have things I need to do.
-Sharon in Lethbridge, Alberta
Sharon ... this is not a good situation ... we had a family member who did the same thing ... note the past tense "had." The relationship ended badly and left repercussions that continue to this day. I often wonder if we had been more persistent in showing our loved one how toxic his girlfriend/then wife was if it would have changed things. Probably not, but how I wish we had tried harder. Hugs to you.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ALL of OUR MARCH LADIES!5
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