WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018

ryenday

barbiecat wrote: »

I don't like daylight savings time. I get up at 4 AM on the western edge of my time zone and go to bed at 8 PM. Thus I lose daylight that is useful to me and gain it after I go to bed.

I’m the opposite. I love the extra time at the end of the day when I can use it. This year’s especially now that I work til 8pm I really look forward to the extra daylight hours in the p.m. I’m one who wish we would stay on it because the early morning daylight is useless to me. I’m in bed til 7am most days, and if I sleep in I’m in bed til 9 ish.

The light later in the day means it will soon be safe for me to walk home from work instead of needing to get someone to drive me because it is after dark.

exermom

Becca - love your posts. You are a hoot

Heather - you got me close to tears

Just made the second batch of icing for my class Tues. Jess should be here tomorrow. Colored my roots now have to go wash it out.

Michele in NC

pipcd34

Oooo

coastalgosgal

Well, my husband was a little weirded out with the fact that someone has sent me a fifty dollar bill, and nothing else.... I'm honored and humbled to know that I have a friend that would do that. You all know, we aren't rich, attend food banks etc, but we are happily poor. A choice to be together, especially when his health can turn on a dime. I know you'd rather remain anonymous, but I need to validate in a text that the money was sent with the purest intent. Not, that I'm sending naughty pics thru the mail!!! Now, I know I'm not, and you know I don't, but he needs to he convinced!
Becca
Oregon

pipcd34

tomorrow taking a lady on a her first ride so I could show her the ropes. we'll see how far she goes

LisaInAR

pipcd34 wrote: »

tomorrow taking a lady on a her first ride so I could show her the ropes. we'll see how far she goes

OMG, Pip, it's a good thing people can't read my mind. I won't even begin to tell anyone EVER what I thought when I read that! Needed the laugh today, though, and I thank you for that!

Still laughing,
Lisa in NC

coastalgosgal

OK, recd message! Read it aloud to husband and he smiled! He still thinks you all are fake friends, being that we've never met. You ladies are the most honest Ladies I know, and he's beginning to understand that. I love you ladies! I will have a couple of hot meals while I'm at the hospital. I have three bags so far! One is my sleeping bag, with a pillow and a blanket. One in an insulated bag to keep in the trunk, getting my meals from. Another bag is my foods that don't need refrigerated. I'm nervous already. I have a pit in my stomach. I know everything will work out fine. I do not do great with change.
Becca
Oregon

KetoneKaren

LisaInNCNow wrote: »

pipcd34 wrote: »

tomorrow taking a lady on a her first ride so I could show her the ropes. we'll see how far she goes

OMG, Pip, it's a good thing people can't read my mind. I won't even begin to tell anyone EVER what I thought when I read that! Needed the laugh today, though, and I thank you for that!

Still laughing,
Lisa in NC

LOL!!!

barbiecat

Today was the day for the last of the errands. Went to Costco, Wal Mart, and the grocery store so the house will be well supplied with everything we need either for the trip to the hospital or coming home. I hope to avoid having to go out a bunch for things I've forgotten. The good thing is that I'm ending my day with over 27,000 steps thanks to all the store walking, dog walking, and walking with a friend after lunch.

Becca, how amazingly thoughtful of one of your friends to send you a cash gift that will be so helpful at this stressful time. My husband asked how someone from the thread would know your address and I told him about all who mailed you photos for your awesome holiday decoration.

All the clocks that need to be set manually have been changed so I can go to bed and be sure that I'll meet my walking friend at the right time tomorrow. We agreed to meet a little later to compensate for the time change.

Barbie

knjiuv

Another cool day for me. Don't get me wrong, I love my sweatshirts but I am so ready for spring. Turning our clocks forward Sunday is one step closer to spring. I hope I am not having the ring expectation of spring. I am hoping my fingers won't feel so frozen but I am afraid it won't make any difference at all. Being a nurse, I'm pretty sure it will be the same. Charlie washed his sheets tonight and wanted help in putting them on. I tried to help him hold it up to see which side went where sinc he as putting it on wrong. I knew what dealing with that fabric was going to do with my fingers but it wasn't going to get done unless I did it. Then he wasn't tucking it tight enough and I had to have him move so I could do it. Men don't like it when a woman has to ark him to step aside so she can do it. But I know how really tight he likes his sheets.

So all this time he is downstairs doing my two loads of laundry.

Who was talking about wanting sugar? I can really eat a big bowl of Life cereal. I love my carbs plus Life cereal is coated with sugar crystals. Yummmmm. But right now the bowl is to cold to hold so I haven't eaten it for quite awhile. Maybe that is why I weigh 196 right now.

Husbands. I think one problem I hav is that no husband can be what my Dad was to my Mom. That is why my two brothers are who they are. Both my sisters and I married dominating husbands. Most of the family only know an extremely dominating husband to my sister Norma. But I live here in town with them. She has had several really bad health scares. The worse was her aggresive breast cancer. He took her to every appointment she had, every chemo. He took care of her all the time she was throwing up her socks. He bathed her when needed. Then came the joint replacements and all the physical therapy. He took her to every appointment again. He made her a cushion that had a removable top for all supplies needed throughout his day at work. He put a hand rail on the stone side of the house. He put up a bird feeder outside the living room window. I see this man an no one else does. They only see the man on holidays who would eat all of the cake if he could. They see the man who just absoliputely has the hugest pile of mashed potatoes on his plate and doesn't care that there are 20 people in the buffet line. He is the man who insists that the football game be on high volume during a Thanksgiving meal. Yes, my dear brother in law has a lot of flaws that most of the family see all of their time with him because it is holiday time when they are here. I see the brother in law between those times.

DJ, it is so good to see you post I miss you. You are my beach connection. I can visualize the beach when I see you post.

I miss church. I haven't been since our Christmas cantata. I had my stroke Dec 26th and I was still recovering from the fall in November with the broken foot and elbow so I didn't drive very well. Well the time change won't affect me tomorrow morning. I do have to remember not to take my calcium tomorrow and Monday for my Dexa scan on Monday. Lab work, mammogram and Dexa on Monday, doctors appointment on Tuesday where he removes something off my back that he thought looked strange. I doubt he will say I have been on Lyrica 3 times a day long enough to know whether it works. I was hoping he would increase it to 4 times a day but I don't think he will. But maybe he can tell me at what point to increase it without having calling him.

Night night good friends and brand new friends! Joyce, Indiana

grandmallie

Evening ladies
I am up late for me...I have really gotten to enjoy Netflix and was watching a couple episodes of the house of Windsor..
My Brother and I are starting to freak out a bit because neither of us have the financial means to do what is expected of dad's estate...
He owned a few fire arms so we will be getting them cleaned up and then I will take them down to the gun shop to see if anything will come from those,still have to come up with 1800.00 to pay the lawyer .and 501.00 to close one of his bank accounts ..this is stressing us both out.. sorry for droning on,I'll put a cork in it now l.
Nighty night.

langman22

Spent most of the day doing my chainmaille. Almost finished with the necklace. It’s really pretty. I’ll post a pic when it’s finished.

DD went out to a concert with a girlfriend. I’m glad she got out as all she has been doing is homework. We watched a couple of project runways which was fun.

My house needs a good cleaning but of course with new jump rings all I wanted to do was jewelry.

Eating still in the toilet and up another lb.

Off to bed and book, Terry

janetr7476

Mia, my great-granddaughter, had her first birthday yesterday. She didn't really care for her cake



But she liked the celery with ranch dressing



Hope you all have a terrific, relaxing Sunday

Janetr OKC

coastalgosgal

Janetr, oh what a cutie!! And loving the celery over the cake,priceless!
Becca

janetr7476

coastalgosgal wrote: »

Janetr, oh what a cutie!! And loving the celery over the cake,priceless!
Becca

Thanks, she's like her grandma, my oldest daughter. She always liked savory/salty better. When the girls were young and we would go out to eat at a Mexican restaurant, youngest daughter and I would order fried ice cream for dessert she would ask for more chips and salsa

Janetr OKC

Machka9

Saturday -- Machka's Birthday Ride

Distance: 303.22 km
Elevation: 2,825 m
Moving Time: 16:18:41
Elapsed Time 18:18:31
Speed: Avg: 18.6 km/h | Max: 49.0 km/h


We decided to ride a 300K this weekend for a couple reasons ... we've got a longer ride coming in a couple weeks and wanted to do a distance in between the 215 km ride we did 3 weeks ago, and that one. We also wanted to do a bit of route checking for upcoming events.

The route is very scenic, rolling countryside with views of mountains in the distance and then as you get into the ride, glimpses of ocean and finally full views as you ride right along the coast. Then back into the rolling countryside with views of mountains again. Lots of different livestock to baa or moo at ... cows, sheep, goats & alpacas. And as night fell, there were all kinds of possums, quolls, mice, pademelon, bats, and dogs barking in the distance. And lots of birds all the way through.

There were also many interesting cars about ... a Volkswagon festival largely made up of the old Kombi (a paddock of them in fully restored condition), old Ford Cortina GTs from the late 1960s/early 1970s done up for a wedding, an MG TD, a fully restored mustang, and many more.

Ride with GPS suggested there would be 2677 metres of climbing ... as you can see, Strava put it at 2825 metres. Whatever the total, it felt like there was a lot of climbing. There wasn't much in the way of really long climbs ... just lots . One hill after another, after another.

Unfortunately, I started struggling with back cramps/spasms very early in the ride. The right, lower side of my back would seize up and then all the supporting muscles, even around the front on the right side would follow suit. Evidently, I really need to do more core work. I dabble at it, but it will need to become a regular thing over the next few months. We cycled up all but 2 of the hills toward the end ... walked those two to give my back a bit of a break.

Our fuel was a bit off too ... we made the mistake of buy a type of cookie that looked good but ended up being so sweet that both of us felt a bit ill after eating it. And for me, it had the same effect as honey ... shooting my blood sugar up, and then dropping it lower than before. I had 5 of them on board, and made it through 3 before I decided they just weren't worth it. Funny thing was, I almost brought a packet of cheese and crackers, and that would have hit the spot. Maybe next time!

Also, it was hot ... unusual for Tasmania. It started cool and ended cool, but the middle bit got up close to 30C. So much of our fuel came in the liquid form. For me that's Coke and Iced Tea, or once, because I couldn't get Iced Tea, I went with a sports drink. I rarely do that but it did seem to hit the spot. My husband usually goes with flavoured milk and Coke. I made it through the last couple hours on the sports drink mixed with a TuttiFruiti slushy we'd picked up.

And the wind ... was actually good for a change!

It was also a fast event. Fast, in the sense that when I looked down at the computer, another 10 km had passed. There are some rides which are really slow ... I look down at the computer and 1 km has passed ... or worse, a fraction of a km. But this one had enough going on to keep me interested in other things.

And today, the day after ... a little stiff and sore in places, especially my back but otherwise, not too bad.


Machka in Oz

Katla49

jill3258: Welcome! All you need to do to join this group is stop by and join the conversation. There is a gray star on the right side of the words "Motivation and support'. Below that there is a headline that says women 50+. Click on the hollow star and it will turn yellow. You can always find us again by going to the star.

Heather: THANK YOU for the triple chocolate cheesecake recipe. I just printed it. :bigsmile: I realize it isn't exactly slimming, but I'll be able to share and everyone I love will be "round and firm and fully packed." Happy Mother's Day! Is seems as though your dear son has found an excellent girlfriend.

Barbie: I love daylight time and wish we had it year round. I don't get up at 4 am & exercise later in the morning than you do. I suspect that is why I don't mind changing the clock back and forth quite as much. :flowerforyou:


Riding lesson tomorrow. Yay!

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

17761776

CoffeeandPie wrote: »

Back on again! Don't know if I need a good talkin' to or a hug - bad sugar day! I have been on the straight and narrow since December but we traveled a week ago and I "let loose" with food choices. I have been struggling ever since. Major cravings for sugar and fat. Stop the insanity!

Brief bio:
I live in Minnesota - so right now that means we are in snow up to our waists! I'm ready for Spring, thank you very much. My husband and I have 2 great kids, both still at home - one in college and saving $$ by living at home in hopes of earning his degree without debt, and one graduating high school this year. We homeschool, so once our youngest is done this Spring it's back to work for me. I'm a little apprehensive about jumping into the workforce again. It's been 3+ years.

Hobbies: camping, gardening, reading, movies, travel (which has been on hold for a few years).

Exercise: walking, T-Tapp

One dog: a bichon-poo named Tucker. He's getting up there in age and getting a bit silly. We love him a lot.

Looking forward to chatting!

Jacque

Where in Minnesota?? Welcome! Gayle Minneapolis

fanncy0626

Beth- Kettlebell- barefoot or weight lifting shoes like a flat bottom Converse.

Machka9

Katla49 wrote: »

jill3258: Welcome! All you need to do to join this group is stop by and join the conversation. There is a gray star on the right side of the words "Motivation and support'. Below that there is a headline that says women 50+. Click on the hollow star and it will turn yellow. You can always find us again by going to the star.

Heather: THANK YOU for the triple chocolate cheesecake recipe. I just printed it. :bigsmile: I realize it isn't exactly slimming, but I'll be able to share and everyone I love will be "round and firm and fully packed." Happy Mother's Day! Is seems as though your dear son has found an excellent girlfriend.

Barbie: I love daylight time and wish we had it year round. I don't get up at 4 am & exercise later in the morning than you do. I suspect that is why I don't mind changing the clock back and forth quite as much. :flowerforyou:


Riding lesson tomorrow. Yay!

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

I also love DST and wish it would stay year round. I think that would encourage more people to get out and exercise after work. Take the kids to the park. Go for bicycle rides. Head down to the beach etc.
When it is dark right after work no one wants to go anywhere.