WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2018

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  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
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    Heather ~ Love the photos! The houses and buildings look so clean and colorful. Must be a lovely town.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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    Michele: I would encourage Vince to see his doctor. DH had TIA problems in the past and they were mini strokes. Eventually he had the big deal stroke and it left him with some permanent visual problems. :heart: RE: Swimming: I prefer to swim on my back, too. As a child I took lessons at the Y and also at the local pool. Both places were focused on teaching the crawl. The local pool wasn't heated by anything other than the sun and the Y kept their pool at competition temperature. BRRRRR! :grumble:

    Heather: What beautiful photos!!! Arendal is charming. I love to see the world through your camera lens! :heart:

    Lisa: I'm so sorry for the loss of Corey's dad. It sounds as though he had a good long life. Ninety-three is quite an achievement. (((HUGS))) for Corey. :flowerforyou:

    Kim from FL: Welcome to a great group. Post often! :flowerforyou:



    I'm on a quest to find a folding dish rack with its own drip tray. We have one for the boat and I'd like another for the RV.


    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,585 Member
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    lilnoramitchellandre wrote: »
    Peach/Carol – Do you remember Diane Harrison? Her sister, Glenda and her significant other, have gone all over the world on cruises … they LOVE it! Been to Italy, Greece, Egypt, China, Australia, Russia, and I can’t remember all the other places they’ve gone on ‘short’ one around the Bahamas and that area and the Caribbean. I enjoy all the pictures she posts on FB. My oldest sister and BnL are going on one to Cuba. It’ll be an ‘educational’ tour – and I think they have to take 2 classes on the cruise for it to be considered ‘educational’.



    Pip – You and Kirby need to be careful. Kirby needs you! You need him. I am glad that you weren’t hurt – scared $#*Tless maybe; but, not hurt. We were turning out on the highway and a trucker had stopped and parked off to the side; the trucker got out and crossed the road and started riding a skateboard … where he was going, I had no idea; he was a couple of miles from the nearest anything.



    Katla – Love the Lucille Ball quote. She was a very talented woman.

    Well, will need to be going to be soon. Just as soon as I hear what is going on … on the news. Got to go have them re-check my wrist; then get my hair cut. YEAH!!! It really needs it.

    Lenora

    actually, i wasn't even scared shitless, i was more pissed than anything. he was coming out of an alley way too fast. i cussed at him when he came back to see if i was ok. i told him, he'll get to where he's going he just needs to slow down and pay more attention
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 9,736 Member
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    Alot accomplished this morning,only blip is Home Depot ,my landlord is over here doing a few things and they were supposed to deliver and install new microwave,they just delivered and didn't install,needless to say Doug taking a ride over there and giving them an ear full,they power washed our building so the windows got done and the patio clean...did some vacuuming and cleaned my closet and set up a tea station in my room...so when I wake up everything is right here..
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,771 Member
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    Lenora - Food Poisoning coming later. I was a waitress for too many years of my life to count. The last restaurant I worked at before it opened had a Food Inspector come to give a talk about food handling. In that presentation we learned that food poisoning takes about 12 hours to develop. He said 90% of the time when they did investigations it was what people ate at home that caused the poisoning not the restaurant meal they had eaten just before they took sick.

    Rebecca - I would love to take a cruise as well. My daughters were both in the Sea Cadet program here in landlocked Alberta. They were blessed to be able to attend camps for a lot of years in various parts of Canada. My eldest daughter was able to spend two weeks on a Tall Ship - The Maple Leaf. She was about 14 and at the age of 29 (how did that happen?) still talks about it as if it was yesterday. She loved it. She slept in a hammock over the side of the boat one night, while they were on the Pacific Ocean.

    Michelle - My best friends husband has been suffering from TIA's for about 5 years now, they started when he was 53 or 54, he has had to change his diet, try to get his blood pressure more under control. He tried to hide them from my BF for a long time until they became so bad he couldn't. They work at the same company he is the Plant Manager and she is the Office Manager, he had one at work and was found on his office floor. That is when she found out about them. They figured he had had about 5 before this. They have told him that these are warning signs. I fear she will be a young widow because he won't take care of himself.

    Lisa Sorry to hear about your Father In Law

    Heather - Thank you so much for sharing the pictures and your adventures on your cruise. I will have to show my grandson the pictures of Arendal. He will be very excited.

    Kim from Florida - welcome

    Kelly - All boys this summer, oh what fun that will be. How many do you keep?

    Karen - what exercises do they recommend for tight calves, I think I am suffering from the same issue

    Rye - I am in total agreement with you about home ownership. I think we did much better renting as well. If something broke we didn't need to worry about the cost of fixing it.

    Tracey in Edmonton
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 9,736 Member
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    Ok now you have me scared....I have owned 2 homes with Tom and we put quite a bit of money into the home here....not so much Florida...
    I will be buying this condo... everything all in all in great shape...and I might have to put new water heater in ,in a few years...no worry about roof...and upgrades maybe awhile down the line,but everything fully functional..never in my life have I been a home owner on my own.. exciting and scary at the same time.
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,370 Member
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    Good morning!

    I just made hummus in the Nutribullet - tastes great but it's a little chunky, lol. I've had plenty of blenders in my life but discarded them for one reason or another. Maybe it's time to look at an inexpensive one again since the Nutribullet is making a strange noise. I started out married life with a basic 2 speed Oster I used for years and think I wore it out. Looks like they are still making them, I like the glass container and heavy base. Any recommendations?

    Lanette
    Cool and overcast SW WA State

  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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    Hello ladies! With all the money we have put into rentals over the years, we could've bought a home, or even built a home! But with the Navy lifestyle of moving pretty much every 4 years it wasn't practical.

    So my husband has been whining about the weather these past couple of weeks. He misses seasons. At least on the coast when it approached summer, it was warm. Here, it's still sweater weather in the house!

    This morning out youngest called from Goose Creek, South Carolina, to inform us that he talked with a detailer (job advisor), and he picked OS, ( Operations Specialist). It's a rate where you work with radar, plotting and tracking air or sea contacts, on a ship. It's the same rate my husband is, so that's exciting! He still has to get his orders, and then he'll report to a school.

    I awoke to vertigo again, and my cold is still lingering. No fun, but once I'm upright, both problems are better.

    Heather keep sending your travel logs, they're so much fun to read!

    Rye, breathe friend, take life is small bites, it's easier to swallow. When you imagine this big thing ie: this darn house etc, things can get overwhelming fast! Know you are doing the best thing, for your best life always. Take solace in that! And girl, vent, no need to apologize we have these screens to protect us from volatile *kitten*. You can yell, scream, and vent here. No worries.

    Well sieze the day goddesses!
    Rebecca
    In cold Whidbey island
    Washington
  • pipcd34
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  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,801 Member
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    Lisa--Sorry to hear about your DFIL. No matter how old we are losing a parent is not easy.

    Heather--enjoying the pictures. Your DH sounds a lot like mine. I will see something I like and since I am a smaller size he always tells me to buy it.

    Rye- I agree about owning a house. I never wanted to and DH talked me into it and we have been here 15 years last month. We have had to replace the furnace and hot water heater last two years and we got lucky when the roof leaked as insurance came out and said we needed to replace roof and siding due to hail damage and they paid all but $500. I was sure happy about that. I would check with your insurance about the roof, you might be surprised and they will pay for that
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    Meg--Safe trip to see DH and be looking for your posts next week.

    My eating is all over the place and I can start out the day so well and then at work I go nuts. Well going to look for some weights when I get off work this afternoon and have a plan written down from the strong women, stay young book.So that is my goal for the rest of June. So get the weights and do the program at least twice a week and get more walking in.

    Blessings, Vicki GI NE
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,292 Member
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    Good afternoon Ladies -

    Barbie - I know that one day we will tire of taking care of 3 1/2 acres. Right now, even though I just spent 3 hours mowing, I wish we had about 10 acres and a tractor that I could brush hog the pasture with.

    Lisa - I'm so sorry to hear about Corey's dad. I will keep your family in my prayers.

    Rori - Thank you for the kind words. You made me tear up a bit. I don't think of myself as at all inspiring. I think of Barbie and Pip as inspiring. You motivated me to push myself this morning. I was running a little late and it was either walk faster to get in a decent walk before the hubs called or wait 45 minutes and start after I talked to him. I got off my butt and got four miles in in 38 minutes. I had time to take a bathroom break and get my breakfast before he called :smiley: .

    Michelle - You are the only one I can think of who likes baked goods and candy and eats them somewhat regularly. I have found that what I call my belly button bulge has increased since I have let processed sugar back into my life after I hit my goal. I am wondering if there is some correlation between that and my bulge? Do you have any insight? Do you find if you don't have processed sugar you notice a difference in your midsection? It's the only thing I can think of that I have done differently since hitting maintenance.

    Heather - I am loving your travel stories!

    Rye - HUGS!!!

    Welcome to the new ladies. Congrats to those with victories. Hugs to those that need them.

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 9,736 Member
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    Hidee ho Ladies
    Wow what a day.. I'm going to sit and having a Truly spiked and sparkling rasberry and lime,it's refreshing...and am.sitting out on the patio with the pooch...I bought 2 of the hello fresh meals from.Stop and Shop won't do that again..didn't know they were 18.00 and 20.00 a piece.. granted it's all fresh ingredients..I am just not used to cooking alot for myself...
    Went and worked at my dad's house with my son for an hour and a half.gosh what a mess...more to do...but that will be another day..did take a nap but still im over 12,000 steps and it's only 5:30 here...boy I will sleep good tonight.

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