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WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018
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stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 8.09min, 143mhr, 11.1amph. 1.5mi= 93c
apple watch- 63c
SKI MACHINE- 10min, 6-10incl, 15-30resist, 116astrpm, 119ahr, 149mhr, 1.66mi= 155c
apple watch- 135c
LATERAL MACHINE- 15min, 119ahr, 139mhr, 63aw, lvl6-7, 10w1.66mi= 118c
apple watch- 109c
fl exer- 1.40min, 5sets of 10pushups 119mhr= 21c
apple watch- 22c
bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.35min, 128mhr, 16.3amph, 1.5mi= 56c
apple watch- 51c
Bike ride puy 2 wk- 18.10min, 11.6amph., 145mhr, 3.4mi= 181c
apple watch- 141c
bike ride wk - sta- 3.13min 8.3amph, .4mi= didn't record
Apple Watch- 14c
bike ride dome 2 hm- windy, 20.44min, 7.5amph, 152mhr, 2.6mi= 198c
apple watch- 151c
total cal 8363 -
Allie ... I'm glad the divorce is finally settled for you. Praying you now find the enjoyment and peace that you so much deserve.
I have been overloading on sugar and today I pledged to go just today without processed sugar. And I can say I successfully did that ... no sugar ... but sadly, I found myself overeating everything else ...
So tomorrow I need to pledge no sugar AND stay within calorie goals ...
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Rye - we're living in a mixed household at the moment - two large dogs, and two chubby kitties. Ordered a $20 thing from Amazon called a Door Buddy door latch. It's hard to explain, but it works really well. It keeps a door open enough for a cat to get through, but the dogs can't. Allowed the cats a safe space (the garage) where they can go and their litter box and food are out there where the dogs can't get to those either. It's made things significantly more peaceful. We were also able to put it up high enough that the three-year-old can't get in the garage, either, which was a bonus. My daughter's cat will allow the German Shepherd to haul him around by the head - never hurts him, but when he's tired of it, he goes in the garage. My cat, Egg, won't tolerate him, but figured out the escape hatch very quickly, spits and hisses at him, and then goes and curls up in the garage and goes to sleep. Much less stress on all concerned.
Long day, three more to go... traveling all day tomorrow, working all evening, then the main event on Wednesday. Thursday is just meetings all day and recovering in between. Friday I'm back across to NC.
Love y'all,
Lisa in EP for now, NC Friday, Arkansas in mid-April7 -
Lanette – I’m totally convinced that I didn’t need the root canal that I got. Now I really regret not getting a second opinion
Beth – congrats on the No Sugar. It’s amazing how we get used to something. Now I really couldn’t care much for sugar. Not that I don’t crave it, just not as often. I do find that I’d prefer to have sugar in something like dried fruit.
Michele in NC5 -
Caregiving is not for sissies. Today I took Jake to the doctor get his stitches out. She said the incision looks like it's healing well. He is restless and wants to be stronger right away, but the short trip was really tiring for him. He took a 3 hour nap after lunch. I am happy that he's doing well. I have huge admiration for those of you who are caring for someone on a much more ongoing basis.
Barbie 9 -
I am so inspired by how much so many here have endured. Health, divorces, illness, children, jobs...I look at the 17 year-old faces I teach everyday and just wish they'd never grow up. Yet, I know it is my charge to equip them with as many life skills as possible where possible. They have no idea what is around the bend. And still neither do we. Don't mean to be melancholy but sometime awe sounds like that. You are all awesome.
Caroline in Tennessee11 -
Allie Yay! Congratulations on getting that behind you. If my mom was still alive, she would say: "Go forward with a fierce heart!"
Karen in Virginia6 -
Dear ladies,
My spinach story:
I remember when I was doing Jenny Craig and my deal was to make a bed of spinach for every dinner. And it worked out great until one night I had no spinach. I cried!!! I'm looking in my frig just boo hooing and my husband comes into the kitchen thinking a disaster has occurred. I just cried" I Have No Spinach!!!! He looked at me like I had just turned into an alien.
The End
Haahaa
Becca12 -
Caroline, you teach 17 year olds! What an honor. Yes, it is your responsibility to give those wonderful young people those life skills. I admire you but would not want to be you at all, I would have no patience for them at all. Having 2 teenagers at the same time in my home was almost to much at times and they were my daughters.
Kylie, I love your floors and you did a wonderful job. You should be very proud of yourself and I hope your next renter appreciates it. I also just admire you to,
Well we have been busy today. Charlie was on the phone with his niece as to how he could help but not do it all. Then he called the funeral home to set up a time to go in and give them a check. So I got the idea that this was a perfect time for us to do our funeral pre-planning. Charlie doesn't do to well with spur of the moment spending of large amounts of money but this was the perfect time. Karen died with no planning and her family not only had to decide what tondo with her remains but pay for it also. So now both of us have our funeral plans made down to the flowers and songs sung. Our only problem is that Charlie doesn't want to be below ground and I suppose I want a traditional burial just because that's the way it is done. I have never thought of a crypt. I have seen them and your casket is in what i perceive as a drawer. I suppose we could have adjoining drawers. I just always invisioned our children coming to the cemetary like I do with my parents plots. They have a lovely headstone with a Mr and Mrs on it. It is under a tree and we hear the birds singing and see the nice green grass. It is such a nice pastoral place. I just can't see going to a wall of crypts and k owing that you are there talking to your parents. The director and myself tried to explain that with the embalming process, your body is dead so he doesn't have to worry about being buried underground in a vault and then finding that he is alive and there is no way of letting people know. I suppose I will be the one to give in because I want is together. So now we need to move forward in getting those and also making our wills.
So my mind just can't concentrate on anything right now, like I don't know what Lenora means about our names. I assume also since I can't concentrate and my mind is al befuddled, I shouldn't make my will.
I am proud of my husband and his brothers,, they have all taken care their sister. When their sister initially went to the funeral home, they made some initial payments but left a good amount to be finished. So all three brothers have finished. And one of my SIL even personally bought an urn for her. I didn't know you could buy an urn on Amazon. I just hope that since the brothers did do all of this that the niece doesn't see this as a constant source of money when she has a strong. Karen could really come up with stories when she would ask for money. When Charlie called his niece Brittney he did tell her that that is want family is for, when you need help, family comes through. I cringed when he said that.
My brain is empty tonight so I will just say goodnight. Oh Allie, I am so glad it is now over. Sleep,well tonight
Joyce, Indiana7 -
Michelle that story with the dog really spooks me. Glad you had the intimidating gentle giant by your side. I’d love a dog, and a really big one at that, but honestly don’t know if we’d make good and responsible dog parents. And we are afraid that a dog ( any size) would freak our kitties.
Does anyone have/had a mixed household? Feline and canine? How did you manage it?
Yes. We have always had a dog and a cat. Currently, our cat thinks she's a dog, so they get along swimmingly. Lol
Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon4 -
Congratulations Allie!:drinker:
KJ - what fantastic fun!
Tired now. Bed soon.
More possible titles - Eyes of a Child.
Patterns.
I Am, I Am, I Am.
I quite like the last one. All would have a subtitle. Like - A father. A daughter. Innocence betrayed.5 -
I meant to post that last post last night, but it only went through just now. Can't have pressed the button properly.
Off to yoga now.
Heather UK xxxxxxx6 -
I like the last one too, Heather. With a judicious choice of font it can be tweaked in directions ranging from desolation to triumph over adversity.
This is unrelated, but it reminds me of a cover of The New Yorker that showed forms of the verb To Be on parade through the streets of the city. My parents have it framed in the loo at their cottage.
An assertive "I am". A joint, emphatic "We are". A timid, sidelined "Am I?" A dejected "I was".
Must run. Heading to mainland Norway later, and the grandkids are joining us out on the island for Easter holidays. Will be busy!
/Penny at the
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morning ladies~
Slept ok now that I am single ,I am worried about how I will budget and make ends meet and be able to buy the condo...I know I Know.. will just give it to the universe and to the good lord and he will provide that is for sure
will take it a week at a time..
today I am working 10-6 and will go walk the boys and feed my DFIL(ex) as usual that will never change..9 -
Joyce – when you think of it, Jesus Christ was laid to rest in a crypt of sorts. It was a large rock with a boulder in front of it. So should you be laid to rest in a crypt, you’re in the final resting place like Jesus.
The 6” cookie cutter came in the mail yesterday. Why they don’t do better packaging, I don’t know. It was probably manufactured in a perfect circle, but it came in an envelope (not padded) and I’m sure in the transport to our house, it probably got something put on top of it or whatever which is what caused it to be slightly bent. In the end, it’s not that bad and can be bent backwards. But from the reviews, some people’s can’t be
Michele in NC
who is off to do her HIIT now
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Good morning! Happy Tuesday! I wrote a post last night on my phone, which I HATE to do because it always seems to vanish and Lo and Behold...No post. So...from memory:
Allie- SO Happy you can move forward! A new day, a new beginning, a new YOU! Sending much love your way!
Rye- I grew up in a multi pet household. Our dog was a malamute/shepherd mix and he was very good and tolerant to all of the other animals (I speak mainly of the cats and the birds; the gerbils and fish didn't get out much). The cats were good with our dog; but would gladly have eaten any of the other pets. Our dog was an outside dog. He would curl up in a little divot that he dug out in the side yard, tail over his nose malamute style, and just let the snow cover him. In the morning my dad would open the door and call to him; the dog would stand up out of a pile of snow, shake the snow off and come in. Once in a while the cats would go out and not come in when we would call them (they were free-rangers), in the morning, they would be snuggled in next to the dog, nice and cozy, and would come inside with him. You just need to watch them closely when you are introducing new animals. Our dog was wonderful, but he would do funny things when new kitties arrived. Once he was sniffing a new kitten curiously, then turned around and sat on him. Another time (same dog, different kitten) doggie picked up kitten, carried him down the stairs and put him in the laundry basket?! He was never violent with any of them; but I think initially, he just wished they weren't there.
Trish- Love your fur babies! They are beautiful!
Heather-LOL All of the titles...how to choose?! I am glad this is your dilemma and not mine. All I have to add is; this is your story, so go with what your heart tells you.
A little achy this morning from shoveling and hauling sand to the back yard sandbox (at least THAT is full now). Need more coffee. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)8 -
Kate UK 2
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Allie, what helps me the most with budgeting and living on a very modest income, is writing down everything I spend. It helps me see where my money is going and helps me decide which expenses I could have done without. It helps also, to wait a day to buy something so you have time to think about it. I frequently ask myself "How could my life be better with less?" Good luck on this new chapter in your life.Joyce, even if your brain in fuzzy, you can still begin making notes about what you want to include in your will. Don't make it final until you feel better but at least you'll have a start.Heather, I am no help with the title. They all look good to me. Barbie 5
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Kelly ~ I got a happy laugh reading about your dog and the kittens.
Carol in GA6 -
Allie, you did it! You should be so proud of yourself. I’ve only been with you on this journey for a little while, but I feel you have gone through this with dignity. I’m so happy for you. After all you have been through, the money thing is minor. That will all work out I’m sure. One day at an time.
Terry6 -
Yyyy0
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OK folks , I think I AT LAST have a title.
We were chanting our Sanskrit in yoga and the repeating line meant ME I AM. Light dawned! I think that's it! Subtitle as before. A lot of the book is the child's struggle to be here in the moment.
The group went for coffee in the pub and then DH and I went food shopping.
I will curry my sprouted beans in a moment to have with sea bass and broccoli and then I hope to get on the recumbent bike for a bit to earn a few more calories. There is a new series on daytime tv at the moment called "Holding back the years" which I rarely see, so I can catch up with that.
Still got to find a good home for all my loft books. I reckon there are 80 books about relationships. :noway:
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx6 -
Budgeting one thing I do is ‘virtual shop’ I go to a site and add everything I want to my shopping cart. But I don’t check out. If I go back in a couple of days I usually don’t want to really spend my money on much if any of the stuff I put in my cart the other day.
I still have the satisfaction of ‘shopping’ but I get less junk and save my money. lol8 -
Happy dance this morning, down another 2.5 pounds, only seven to go to get to my lowest post op weight. I'm not planning on stopping there though.
Heather, I love your final title. In my opinion "You've come a long way, baby". You are truly an inspiration.
Janetr OKC10 -
Happy World Theater Day!
"The theater has been one of the most popular forms of entertainment since the Greeks, and the acting industry today is a hard but potentially prosperous career. If you have ever been in theater or seen a live show, you know how fun theater can be."
Wendy - What an interesting challenge, to make learning to ride safe for someone who processes information differently! Hope the lesson goes well!
Allie - Congratulations on having that behind you!
Betty - Glad you are still hanging on. You're in my thoughts.
Michele - Loved your plan for the flooring! Be sure you service something nice and stain-inducing! My Irish Wolfhound had the same effect on people as your Sheepdog. He was obviously very friendly, but nobody in their right mind would try something with 150 pounds of dog standing right by my side. I love Luna, but I do miss having a giant dog.
Rye - I've had dogs and cats together for nearly 40 years, including a regular parade of foster greyhounds fresh off the track. In my experience, only a small percentage of dogs can't learn to be cat-safe (at least with indoor cats). I know some cats never learn to be dog-safe either although all of mine have been good. I don't take Luna with me when I stay at my sister's house because one of her cats is a total butthead and terrorizes the dog the entire time she's there. Anyhow, I do it by making sure the cats have the advantage and not encouraging them to be "friends." It's cute if they cuddle up on their own, but I'd rather have safe cats than dog-and-cat best buddies. I make it clear from the beginning that dogs are not allowed to mess with cats in any way, and if there's a scuffle the dog is the one that's going to get in trouble. (The cats know this and take advantage of it sometimes by deliberately antagonizing the dog.) I give a sharp verbal correction if a dog shows undue interest in a cat. Sadly, neither the dogs nor the cats can be trusted with the birds unattended, so the parrots only get supervised free time.
Trisha - Gorgeous dogs! You've got your hands full there (in a good way) with such a high energy breed!
Lanette - Sometimes my teeth get that way, where I have sort of a non-specific pain but I can't pinpoint it to a single place. Sometimes a bite adjustment helps. I wear a bite guard at night to which reduce night-time tooth grinding, and remembering to consciously relax and massage the jaw muscles now and then also helps.
Lisa - Oh, I'll have to check out the Door Buddy! There are times when it would be useful to be able to keep the dog out of a room while allowing the cats to come and go.
It's a grey day here. Nice day to sleep in or spend the day reading (neither or which is in the cards). Tomorrow morning I leave for the probate hearing so today will be spent getting as much done as possible before my time off.
-Yvonne in TX7 -
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Barbie - Allie, what helps me the most with budgeting and living on a very modest income, is writing down everything I spend. It helps me see where my money is going and helps me decide which expenses I could have done without. It helps also, to wait a day to buy something so you have time to think about it. I frequently ask myself "How could my life be better with less?" Good luck on this new chapter in your life.
Good point, Barbie! We were living on a very modest income several years ago and recording EVERY expense was an eye-opener. After a few months, I was able to forecast recurring monthly expenditures and gave myself and DH good discretionary allowance which was used for gifts, books, clothing, etc. But it set a limit.
It made it easier for me to tell people who wanted me to purchase items from their Pampered Chef and similar parties, "Oh shucks, I already blew my budget on things like that for a couple months." I will admit I still go overboard at Christmas but again, I budget for that or at least try to.
And, budgeting protected savings. Big expenses like car tires, car repairs, etc. are paid from what we have in savings and I no longer have to dip into it to buy groceries!
Allie - good luck, I know now you have all kinds of expenses that you really cannot control right now but once it gets smoothed out you'll be good to go I know. I also believe the universe provides!
Rye - love your idea about putting items in the cart on Amazon and but giving it a few days. I was going to buy a couple 8 gig thumb drives a couple days ago and did just that. Then I rummaged through drawers and guess what - I found 2 of them right off. Felt good to delete them from the shopping cart.
Cats and dogs.... we've had some that get along very well and some that didn't. Most recently, we moved here with a couple little older mixed breed doggies, then got a kitten who was murder on them! Would attack and scratch them and I swear sent them to an early grave. THEN I brought home Sophie the schnoodle when that kitten was nearly full grown, and the tables were turned. Sophie terrorized that cat big time! Didn't mind the claws and would jump on her, sit on her, pull on her tail. Finally, they would relax together on the sofa - not exactly cuddle, but really liked each other. We'd take Sophie on a walk and the cat would follow along!
Turn clock forward ten years. Enter Rosie the mini schnauzer pup. Kitty and Sophie are now "elderly". Rosie lives to torment that cat -she's more "terrier" than Sophie and is pushy, yappy, and snappy. I think the cat loves it but doesn't tolerate it for long and certainly doesn't sleep next to Rosie on the sofa, tho she might at some point.
Here's a photo of Sophie as a pup and Kitty taken about ten years ago:
OK ladies, time to suit up and get a walk in!
Lanette
Drizzly SW WA State9 -
Here's my son's cat and dog. Dog weigh over 100 lbs and cat is 15 yrs old.
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coastalgosgal wrote: »Thanks Barbie! You're amazing! And.... I love ya!
March Goals
-log my food daily
-drink 64 oz of liquid a day. (Wine doesn't count... Jk!!)
-exercise nightly
-read daily
Get beads every week! Each bead is a lb lost. When I lose it, I put it on a bracelet!
Tonight I'm kind of hungry! I got this!
Becca
Oregon coastie with the mostie!
Just starting my plan and was trying think of some good goals to start with. Using yours! And I love your bead and bracelet idea. That is awesome! Thank you!5 -
Wow!
After a discussion with my yoga pals I went online and found an Oxfam shop that specialises in books and music and they also put specialist books online. I rang them and told them what I had. They do have someone who can collect them, so he will phone me to organise that. We sorted out two large boxes of self development, one box of theatre and four big boxes of hardback biography.
I found I didn't mind letting go of them if they are going to a good home. :bigsmile: They are now waiting in the garage for collection.
Thanks Janetr- I like it.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
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