WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2018

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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Lisa in AR: I love the photos of your new home. It looks lovely and comfortable. I hope you love it there. :star:

    Wendy: It is great to hear that your DH appreciates your cooking. Perhaps being away from his desk will turn him into a happier person. :bigsmile:

    bwvetc: I love, What parents think when you don't answer your phone. :laugh:

    Sue: My German neighbor when I was a child called me Katia. You brought back a good memory of a nice lady. :flowerforyou: (My name here, KATLA, is a mix of my first name and my last name.)



    DH bought me the cutest little rototiller as a Mother's Day present, but it is too big to use in my limited flowerbeds so I planned to send it back. The UPS pick-up store is closed. Some kid learning to drive a car drove right through their front window. Last year, a kid learning to drive hit my parked car in the Fitness Center parking lot. Watch out everyone--it is crazy teenaged driver time in America! It is true in my area, and I'm betting it is true in many other places as well.


    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    OregonMother wrote: »
    Lagopus wrote: »
    We-e-e-ll, I do know enough to correct any Europeans pronounce it as though it rhymes with Kansas, which is most of them. :grumble:

    But, it is the Ar-Kansas river! Fact.

    (ducking before Dana can hit me!)

    Felicia, ex-Kansasan
    Willamette Valley, Oregon

    There is also an Ar-Kansas City, KS just north of the Oklahoma border. :)

    Penny, Arkansas is home to much of the Ozark Mountains, truly a beautiful area filled with lakes, rivers and springs. Love it.

    Janetr OKC
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    :star::heart: :star:
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Well had a nice dinner with eldest son. We went to his townhouse about 5 minutes away, brought empty boxes for him, and picked up him and another big box full of his stuff. Keep this up he will only have his furniture come the end of the month to rent a uhaul for. He didn't want us going into his townhouse, so I'm guessing his roommate that hates us is home. You know the roommate that has been sponging off my son for 2 years now. And he wonders why he gets bad vibes from us! His arrangement to have a couple move in when our son moved out had fallen thru, so not sure what that manchild is going to do! When we stressed to our son once, (when he was trying to tell us his roommate was going thru a rough patch), of all the rent money, part of the utilities, that he could of saved if only his roommate had pulled his own weight. That made him think. In our sons eyes, he was paying the rent anyways, and the utilities came out of his paycheck automatically so what was the problem.
    I made kielbasa sausages and zucchini, and pork pot stickers for son and he inhaled it! For my husband it was 4 pieces of bacon, three scrambled eggs and toast. I had two pot stickers, and three slices of kielbasa. I did good!

    I think I used more plates, pans and items fixing this meal, and had to play puzzle loading the dishwasher!
    Take care everyone!
    Rebecca


  • lilnoramitchellandre
    lilnoramitchellandre Posts: 144 Member
    {{{{{KAY@}}}}} - Losing a grandchild is hard - step-daughter lost her child at the age of 12; awful! Now we have not heard from her in 11 years. Has a child by present husband. Not since Louis' mother passed away. The only way we can look at this 'estrangement' is to tell ourselves they were transferred overseas and their plane went down. It hurt to think she does not want us in their lives when we don't really 'know' the reason ... can only 'assume'; but, you know what that does ... @$$ U Me. One day? But, I doubt it.

    Love the bling on the boot!

    R Can Saw - I sometimes find it difficult not to 'correct' people (Mother used to do it to me all the time, she was English/Lit/Grammar teacher). Then my middle GD corrected her Mother over the pronunciation of "Salmon"; now they have a commercial about "Almonds" ... I'm the guy jumping out of the car - or maybe 'pushed' out of the car. Haven't watched it close enough to tell. English, unless you've grown up speaking it all your life is probably the hardest language to learn correctly; but, I think we say that about any foreign language - even 'sign language. My niece did not learn it until the summer before she went to Gallaudet. BnL just did not want to admit that she was deaf. When she was little her hearing aid was worn on a harness; with earplugs. Sometimes Mother or Daddy would stroll her uptown and someone would stop them to talk; when Lynn got tired of it, she'd just pull the earplugs out and set them on the tray in front of her. One way to quickly end a conversation.

    Rori - How have the volcano eruptions affected y'all's property in Hawaii or have you already sold it. That isn't eve the island where the tourists go to see the active volcano is it? I thought that was on an outlying island. Saw a time-lapsed picture of it - somewhere (today). Nasty looking - like a burnt marshmallow.

    I'd love to have more irises. I have several scattered around in my large bed - wish I had the where-with-all to dig up all plants and plan the layout better. I thought surely they had been killed by all the cold weather we had over the winter; so I really just did not look at the bed much; but, surprise - surprise. Louis moved the farm truck and I bet I had 20 or more blooming. Mostly the white and yellow ones. I still have not seen the ones my BF gave me bloom and not real sure which fan(s) they are. She did say they were late bloomers. I have one pink one, one blue and white speckled one (that hasn't bloomed - or I missed it).

    Well, been off Nexium for about a month - not nearly the heartburn; but, still have to have the tube down the nose and into throat (swallow) ... Brandy is supposed to call Thursday to schedule that test; then, she will schedule a time for the procedure to treat Barrett's Esophagus. UGH! I am sure since they are going to have to put me into 'twilight' I will have to go through that 'clean my body out'. Already I have noticed a change in my BM - and not all that pleasant.

    Had to have a ring and 2 guards cut off today. Louis could not understand 'why I would have needed to do so'. Because, Louis, my knuckle is larger than the base of my finger by at least 1/2 size and I have tried everything to get them 'off'. Finger swelling and worst after trying to get them off. Jeweler said to keep it hydrated and then we can go back and check the size again. Definitely cutting into my finger. Of course, Louis has a permanent indention from his wedding band; and it used to have a pattern. No longer - it is smooth now. Ordered a birthstone ring and it is an 8; but, I will need to have them put that expander in so it will be a 7 1/2 once I get it on. Was going to give the aquamarine birthstone ring that my grandmother bought all the granddaughters when they turned 14 to my oldest granddaughter; I wear it on my pinkie finger; she couldn't even get it on her finger. Too big for a pinkie and too small to wear on ring finger. Maybe one day she will want it. I've come to the conclusion that maybe neither my sons nor my granddaughters willl want anything we have that is so important to me. Surprisingly, my DDnL#1 took a bowl and pitcher I had made in ceramics when I was a teenager when I put it aside to put into a garage sale and hasn't gotten rid of it. There have been other things they have gotten that they either gave away or let the dogs chew up. Suzanne gave me a hooked rug that Mimi made that no longer went with anything in her house. I need to look at it again and figure out where I might be able to use it. Taylor was afraid that Knox would do the same thing that Luna has done to one of the two rugs that Trey and Jennifer got from Mimi. My DDnL#2 has already said that she would love to get Mimi's Hoosier kitchen cabinet; they'll just need to have a wall to put it on.

    Chairs will be going to the Salvation Army, since they are the only charity that actually works hard at finding people who need donations. My BF said she has checked on non-profits and so many of the donations go to 'overhead'. I'll donate to Shriners or St. Jude's; but, other than that - I don't even let them finish their spiel.

    Well, have found a 'shake' at GNC that tastes like the ones I have been getting at the MD's office. Need to find a protein bar that I like. I got 2 protein bars that the guy said was their best sellers; but, it is larger and 70 more calories. I guess I will see if 1/2 of one will satisfy my 'treat' at night. Got 4 flavors (4 to a pack) and it was buy one, get one for 1/2 price. The other day I bought a 4-pack of Protein Premier. Put them in fridge and then opened one - thinking it was vanilla. Surprised that it was actually caramel. I think I was so surprised that I wasn't sure if I like it or not. At GNC - they let me taste one. Normally they keep some in the fridge for people to try; but, he had to give me a sip at room temperature - tasts exactly like thee ones I have been getting, although I have not bought any in several months. For $1 - you can get a full print-out about weight, height, BMI, and %'s of things. I did not have my glasses on, so I did not see that feature and could have gotten that, too. I weigh 20lbs more than BF; but her BMI is way up over mine. We both need to lose a minimum of 10lbs to get down to the weight that would get us back to a normal BMI; but, she doesn't exercise at all. At least I will get up on my treadmill (even though I would rather be knocked upside the head. Can't wait for the pool to be repaired; but, I have said that already.

    Mackla - Praying your DH continues improving and that PT and/or OT will help him a lot.

    Welcome to all the 'newbies'; and much 'love' to the 'oldies but goodies'.

    Lenora
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
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  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Good morning all! Happy Tuesday! A bit sore today; though not as sore as yesterday. I spent six hours total in my yard over the weekend, and I am feeling them all! lol I tried to NOT do much yesterday with the kids, but they wanted a walk so off we went. They were a bit upset that I took them the opposite way they wanted to walk, but I chose the more level path due to the fact that my ankles and knee were twinging from mowing the lawn and all of the squatting, kneeling etc. They still had fun. They always do. We made "discovery jars" as we walked. I gave each of the kids a clean plastic jar (like a peanutbutter jar, with label removed) and they filled it with nature "discoveries", like moss, pinecones, acorns, rocks, dandelions, fairy plants, etc. We found some morel mushrooms along the bikepath! Whoot! They didn't want any, so I got them all! They were small ones, so I am thinking in another week or so there should be some good sized mushrooms in the area. Some rain would help them along.
    Dana, Janet, Lisa, Penny- After a couple of drives through Missouri and Arkansas last year, I was very impressed with the area. Absolutely beautiful country! I saw more of Missouri; only because when we were going through Arkansas we were driving in rain/storms most of the time. But I LOVE the hills, forests, and mountainous region we went through. I remember being just amazed at the sheer force that it must have taken to build roads through that rocky/mountainous terrain!
    REbecca- Is Suki owned by a family in Asia? Those types of bridges are popular in that part of the world. They seem to be into putting a scare factor into their hiking trails.
    Cheri and Beth- lol That graph! My kids always call/text me back; it's my husband! I don't worry that he is dead or injured. I know he is just being a non-social poop and ignoring my calls/texts. As I have said many times before; he was not spanked enough as a child! >:)
    Pip- Your tree and pink snow! <3 Happy birthday Floyd! How did the ride go for Kirby?
    Penny- Love the polar bear mural! I bet it was pretty untagged; but it is very cool after the fact, also. Might have been fun to see a untagged mama bear and a couple of tagged cubs behind her!
    Barbie- Lucky you! Free flowers! I have often seen iris and daffodil growing wild on the sides of the road around here. I always wonder if I could just go and pull them up and replant them in my yard...I probably should/could. The road commission is getting very vigorous with mowing the shoulders of the road. That makes me mad because they are mowing down a lot of wild flowers and milk weed (which cuts down our monarch population immensely). Happy planting!

    Hugs to all of the rest! Machka, as always, a special tight hug for you and your DH! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,380 Member
    ride went well w/kirby KJLamore, says a lot easier going up hill. was about a 25mi round trip
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,380 Member
    Yyuuy
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,624 Member
    Remodeling contractor coming this morning to give ballparks and guidance. Goals for kitchen remodel: propane for Aunt Elsie's stove, vent hood that exhausts to outside, new kitchen and laundry room cabinets with shelves I can reach, roll out shelves and corner lazy susan in base cabinets, replace peninsula with baking center, remove/repair any mold in floor under sink, new double (undermount?) sink and (quartz?) countertops, (vinyl plank?) flooring in dining room/kitchen/laundry with baseboards, repair/replace windowsills, paint, light fixtures. Get rid of electric stove, dishwasher, keep fridge. Explore future possibilities of replacing drivewayside deck/changing slider to new "front" door, replacing and extending oceanside deck to along MBR, with roofed/sheltered area for hot tub, changing MBR window to be french doors out to tub area, changing current "front" door to let in more light, re-pipe house for bathroom facelifts. That's the wish list. The reality is we may need a new roof which will take priority and mean we can't afford to update anything, not even in phases, until we refinance, if we can.

    KJ I really want to be one of your daycare kids. What are fairy plants? Morels, what a discovery!
    Heather have I thanked you lately for the AF beer inspiration? So far my favorite (and least caloric) is Kaliber from Guinness, but both Clausthalers from TJ's are good too. Not a fan of the AF St. Pauli Girl, nor the O'Douls. Haven't tried the AF wine yet. If you'd told me last month I'd be AF 6 days out of 7 and happy about it, I'd still be laughing!

    Enjoy the day, lovelies!
    desismileys_4280.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.

    Monday
    Daily: steps+261. meditate, protein, rx, supplements,log/100%
    Weekly: (new week starts tomorrow/Tues)
    Tumble walk 4 times: 4
    AF days 6
    SWSY 2 times: 0
    T'ai Chi 2 times: 2
    line dance 2 times: 2
    Monthly: Hang up or purge the art 0
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
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  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    edited May 2018
    Osteoporosis and weight?

    I was just thinking, if you lose bone density, that affects your lean mass weight, doesn’t it?

    I was wondering because my mother, who had osteoporosis (she was taller than I when I left for college and considerably shorter than I in my college graduation pictures - but I didn’t get any taller) weighed at the end of her life about exactly what I do now.

    But she was wearing size 14 clothing that I have been giving away. I’m wearing size six or eight. Her body shape was similar (extremely small waist, hips, thighs and later in life stomach where the fat seemed to settle) but I was alway shocked at how little she actually weighed when she was quite well padded (to be polite).

    Could bone density be part of the lower scale weight to ‘overweight’ appearance?

    Rye
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,380 Member
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  • lilnoramitchellandre
    lilnoramitchellandre Posts: 144 Member
    edited May 2018
    Machka9 - Continued progress for DH is very encouraging.

    Michelle - I picked up some Protein Premier (ready made), thinking it was 'vanilla'; poured it in a glass once it got cold and it was caramel. I like caramel; just a little disappointed since I wanted to find something more similar that I have gotten from my Nutrionalist. Yesterday, went to GNC and found some that really tasted the same. Got 4 4-packages (vanilla, strawberry, banana cream, and orange cream. Got 2 protein bars which he said was their best seller. Maybe I will get a chance to eat one (or 1/2 one - they are bigger than the ones I got from Nutrionalist. They are about 4 ounces more; but, with the same calories and more protein. I did not want to buy the powder because any time I try to 'mix or blend it' it always has a gritted taste to me.

    By the way - what exactly is the 'green room'' you are always talking about?

    Where did you get your hula hoop? One bought at any store will be too light and small to ever stay up on an adult. I made mine out of 5 feet of 3/4th inch diameter black sprinkler tubing with one double ended (male) connection, and duct tape to cover. I put about 1/2 cup of water down into the tube, connect the ends together, then wrap it in duct tape. I use the bright colored or patterned duct tape. You should wrap it twice. Don't worry that the duct tape is wrinkled, that is just the way it will be. It'll be hard to keep up at first; but, with practice you will be able to do it with pretty good results. Warning: It WILL bruise your sides ... don't be surprised. Lay it flat when you are finished with it so it won't get lopsided.

    We're having warm weather and dry! We're hoping that they can cut the trees before we lose too many more. I need to get my butt up and finish straightening the house.

    Chow!
    Lenora
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,717 Member
    megblair1 wrote: »
    Hi my friends. Today's my birthday. DH has already called, and guess what??? DD#1 actually texted me to say happy birthday so that made my day. DD#2 has DH's debit card and she ordered me flowers; she doesn't realize it shows up on the bank account right away lol. So I'm waiting for them :joy: Have a great day. Meg from Omaha who is still 39.

    Meg - Happy Birthday! Sounds like it's off to a great start! HUGS <3<3

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    MEG ~ Have a very happy birthday! You certainly deserve the very best!
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