WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2018

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  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,347 Member
    yo peeps
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    edited April 2018
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    Barbara AHMOD - World T'ai Chi day! I took it years ago and wish I could take a class again. I have friends who will be having a session today (albeit soggy) in the park today. If I hadn't been on the run all week I would have driven in to town and joined them, but I'm kinda pooped. Enjoy the fresh air and peaceful movements!

    Dana - great photo of your parents. Can see the genes that made you a cutie! Sales tax on food is rough, especially for folks on limited incomes like some seniors :( . In WA State, there's no tax on most foods purchased at a grocery store, but fast foods and of course booze and a few other items are taxable. We pay high property tax and gasoline tax, but so far no state income tax. Hoping it stays that way for a while. This state still has a lot going for it!

    Lenora - thanks for popping in! Love to hear what's new with our resident semi-legal analyst, lol. <3

    Rita - I thought of you yesterday after my allergy shots. I'm now on the "big doses" and although I didn't have any allergic reaction, both of my arms ached for an hour or so afterward. Maybe the serum was cold or something. Ick. But, it's helping! I shall persevere!

    Katla
    - great getting handwritten thank-you's! Kids/nieces/nephews sometimes have no idea what it means to aunts/uncles/ us older folks to get a handwritten note. I'd be happy with even an email of "thanks" from these now-adult little rugrats without the prompting "did you get the gift I sent?" As kids, they dutifully sent thank-you's under their parents (my sis and bro) watchful eye. So now I just send checks for birthdays and Christmas with a joyful heart. Took me quite a while to remember to express gratitude and be thankful and I still forget sometimes. :( So I remind myself that it's not intentional.

    Rebecca
    - way to go you shopper! So glad Lee can eat "normal" foods! Does he have to take any kind of supplements to help with fat digestion since he's also missing his gallbladder? Thanks for posting that map - nice walk to the beach. Enjoy it, Island girl!!

    OK folks, time to get busy. Have a great Saturday!

    Lanette
    Drizzly, cool SW WA State

    See thanks, there are still things more I needed to buy, to restock my larder! I think I ate half my spinach last night! I should really just admit I have graduated to the large plastic bin of the heavenly green leaves!!
    This is what my husband takes:
    Prograf for anti-rejection
    Azarhioprine for anti-rejection
    Levothyrozine for thyroid
    Calcium carbonate for his bones
    Vitamin D for his bones
    Magnesium oxide supplement
    Multivitamin supplement
    Aspirin to prevent clotting

    It's 7 pills in the morning, calcium 3x a day, Prograf 2x a day, and I'm pill queen!
    I have been filling his big pill container for 4 years now! Seems like yesterday that he got his liver!
    Rebecca
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    edited April 2018
    So this morning I drank my orange juice ( with mango juice in it), and added 1/4 tsp of turmeric in it. My MIL takes turmeric and cayenne pepper in juice every morning and swears her arthritis has cleared up. I have been feeling aches in my joints so time to start now huh! It was good, and good for me!
    Rebecca
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited April 2018
    Teri Seaton: Welcome! :smiley:

    Lenora: It is so good to see your post! Yay!!! :bigsmile:

    Barbie: Paperwork is not my idea of rest. You are amazingly productive! :star:

    Allie: Your DB and DSIL can take a flying leap. You have taken care of everyone in your life for years, and they are totally out of line. Don't let them bully you any more. You deserve every good thing that comes your way. :star::heart: :star:

    Pip: Congrats on being debt free!!!!! :bigsmile:

    Lanette & Rebecca: I've been without my gallbladder since 2001. I don't take any medicine or vitamin especially aimed at it. My diet here as recorded on MFP is usually around 30% fat, some times more and sometimes less. Yesterday was 30% carbs, 33% fat, and 37% protein. I do take lots of vitamins, but I don't focus on dietary fat as an issue. I haven't had any issues with feeling bad or negative health outcomes with this general pattern. There is a lot of support in the aging brain sites for the consumption of healthy fats. This probably should exclude stuff that comes from the deep fat fryer at certain fast food places. :wink: Everyone is a bit different and it takes effort to sort out what things end up making you feel good and what things end up making you feel awful. We are our own science experiments. :heart:

    There is a new restaurant here in town that DH wants to see. I expect we will go this afternoon. It is on a rooftop location with a fabulous view. We don't know whether their menu fits our various allergies. We will soon find out.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    "Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, "I'M POSSIBLE'" Audrey Hepburn
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    :)

    Anyone familiar with the Carb Manager App (for Android)?

    Cheri
    in sunny College Station, TX


  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,287 Member
    Busy last couple of weeks we were out of town in Chicago and two birthdays and a flower show when I got back. We also had mice upon our return. I figure they came in because of our massive snow storm. Just starting to feel as if I caught up some.
  • klanders30
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  • coastalgosgal
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  • pipcd34
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  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 866 Member
    Wendy, very inspiring story. Thank you for sharing.
    Dana and Machka, keeping you and your loved ones in my thoughts.
    Pip, congrats on being debt free! I too am fortunate enough to be debt free and it is such a nice feeling!
    Heather, sounds like the flu to me! Hope it's short lived! Trying to send positive "buying" vibes across the ocean for you!
    Rye, I have to say I think the comment "insufficiently nasty" is a compliment!
    Allie, I think you need to cut your sil out of your life. I do understand that you want to keep your brother in your life, but if all he's doing is causing you grief and anxiety....... Maybe they both need to just be ignored for awhile. Don't answer the phone when they call, don't listen to any messages they leave, "hide" them on Facebook, if you use it with them.
    Oy! once again I have read far too many posts to comment on more than just a few. Please know that I do chuckle at the funny stories, ooh and aah over the babies (human or not!) and think of you as I read your trials and tribulations and cheer when you have victories!
    I have given up on the weighing in only once a week, I was hoping that would keep me better on track, but it wasn't so I'm back to everyday. Haven't been doing that long enough to know if it's making a difference or not! Will find out Wed on the "official" day.
    My son was "not happy" with our decision to not want to bring Mil and Bil to the wedding and to ask someone else to do it. I was hoping that he'd understand us wanting to enjoy the day without having to babysit two people who don't like crowds or changes in their routines. Sigh. Oh well, it is what it is and we will soldier on. On a high note, I recently found out that our younger son will be moving back here! I'm very happy that he'll be so much closer, that we'll see him more than once a year and that he won't be moving back in with us! That may sound terrible to some, hubby and I both love the boy dearly but neither of us have any desire to live with him again. He is a good kid, but he's loud and just seems to be a large presence in any room, even tho he's not a big guy. Well, he's tall, but he's like hubby was at that age, a stringbean.
    Welcome to the newbies, hugs for those who need them and congrats to those celebrating.
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island where it's raining today (grrrr.... I was enjoying the sunshine! lol)
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Sue: We went to a new restaurant in town that is close to home. The people are nice and the view is spectacular, but the food is not a particular attraction. It isn't awful, but it isn't special, either. I would happily go there for a glass of wine and companionship. We both saw friends & acquaintances there. :heart:

    Rebecca: Your DH is passing along good information about vodka and turmeric. He isn't silly. Tell him thank you for the information. :star:

    Heather: I hope you are feeling better soon. Thank goodness this didn't happen during your upcoming trip. (((HUGS)))

    Wendy: Thank you so much for telling us about the amazing recovery of your neighbor's daughter. We need a bit of good news now and then. This put a smile on my face. :bigsmile:

    Lenora: I love seeing you post again. I will probably say this over again for weeks. :star:

    Lanette: I hope the gallbladder woes evaporate in the mist. (((HUGS)))


    We're having a good day today. We went to a new restaurant and enjoyed seeing the view, we got some needed shopping done, AND we had a call from our son. WIN, WIN ,WIN!

    :heart: :bigsmile: :heart: :bigsmile:

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • TrishasTime
    TrishasTime Posts: 588 Member
    Morning everyone

    Barbie
    - Hope Jake was cleared of his post surgery restrictions

    Leonora - Hi and thankyou. Iam from Perth Western Australia

    Michelle
    - Hugs - watching children leave to live their dreams is very hard

    Felicia
    - They look so happy together which is all that counts

    Machka9
    - I am doing the "Mothers day classic" which raises funds for breast cancer in a few weeks. It is 4 km run/walk and I will walk. Not done one for 4 years and then I used to run - perhaps one day again

    Kylia - Over here in Perth, it is more of a rental market than a landlords market. Where a renter has 6 - 10 houses to choose from. People are dropping rents and introducing 1 week free etc

    Okie - Love it - Now that yo have re-found them, will they be calling you. I know anything like that in my freezer would

    Heather - I think your stats are wonderful and I do not think you need to explain yourself. The fact that you are doing it is terrific I hope you feel better soon

    Dana _ Nice picture of your parents - they look happy

    Mallie Glad you sorted it out with your brother

    Pip _ Well done - I imagine it is such a relief. I am determined to be like that before 60 as well

    Rebecca
    - They sell turmeric here in containers that you drink straight away and market it as it helps with arthritis, so I will be keen to see how you get on

    It is Sunday here. Nice sunny weather. Jess the wonder dog and I will take a walk soon and leave Pola at home. Pola was out all day yesterday working the sheep with DH - so I will leave Pola home with DH

    Take care every

    Trish from OZ
  • langman22
    langman22 Posts: 786 Member
    Hi ladies,

    Pip, Snoopy dance for you being debt free. What a great feeling.

    Heather, hope you feel better soon. Still enjoying your book.

    Allie, glad you patched it up with your brother. Keep the SIL are arms length. She sounds toxic.

    Was a slug all day and just ate and watched tv. My eating is out of control. I think I’m more nervous about the MRI results than I think. Tuesday I’ll know the results.

    Well ready for bed. I’ve been doing sudoku in the evenings before I start to read. It seems to be helping with concentration.

    Hugs for those that need them. Welcome to all newbies. Congratulations to those that are rocking it.

    Terry in VT where it is finally spring!
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