WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2018

exermom

Did the bonus sections of the Totally Hot Cardio DVD since that didn’t take a long time. Had an appt. with the MD about my trigger finger. He gave me a cortizone shot but I suspect that I’ll have to have the surgery for it in the near future. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Gay Gasper Urban Rebounding DVD

Lisa – that’s wonderful about the house!

Katla – Vince always says to me “never go for your CDL license”. I would NEVER drive a motor home as large as yours

This not being able to use my thumb really s*****. But I know it’s only temporary.

We’re planning to go up to PA to help Denise move this weekend. I convinced Vince to leave there Sun (I really am concerned about him doing too much). Jess called last night and asked that we visit Colby and Shadow. Then we’ll go to a ceramics place, then spend Sun night w/ my cousin’s husband (the cousin I was going to stay with last summer but she passed in the meantime) and get home Monday

Terrill – welcome back!

Where I got the wasp sting is still itchy, but not nearly as itchy and as often as it was. Still feel awkward putting my watch on, tho as I can see that I’m still somewhat swollen

Heather – oh no, bummer….

Rye – I never knew that I was doing a squat incorrectly until a personal trainer watched me and pointed it out. Now I’m VERY conscious that I use the correct form.

Margaret – I absolutely LOVE that turtle. How tall is it? It looks like it’s sitting on some concrete blocks. I’m thinking that you can use taller blocks, can you? What is the “eye” made of?

Drkatiebug – the way you broke your ankle sounds like how I fractured my ankle many years ago. That’s when we found out I had osteoporosis. Do you?

Michele in NC

margaretturk

Michelle I like the idea of making Joe the turtle higher. The hosta has filled out and he is harder to see. His legs are made of wood too. Right now he is not sitting on anything. I am not sure what was used for his eyes. I call him Joe because the person who made him name was Joe.

pipcd34

stats for the day:

bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.27min, 133mhr, 12.8amph. 1.5mi= 65c
MANUAL TREADMILL- walk/jog 26min, 134mhr, 1.57mi= 203c
bike ride gym 2 sumn sta- 50.53min, 128ahr, 150mhr, 14amph, 11.8mi= 469c
jog sta 2 wk- 4.53min, 150mhr, 127ahr, 9.32min mi, .5mi= 62c
jog wk 2 sumn sta- 4.06min, 9.02min mi, 111ahr, 149mhr, .4mi= 50c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 16.12min, 9.4amph, 146mhr 126ahr, 2.5mi= 158c

total cal 1007
no Apple Watch recording

csofled

Good evening ladies!

I been busy settling in to our new home. The lower back is screaming but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!

I will try and read back through to see what's going on.

Take care,

Cheri
almost settled into #homesweetTexashome

kevrit

Traveled all day today. Got to Bluewater State Park in New Mexico but it was full. I called yesterday and they had plenty of spaces! DH got honery and we ended up backtracking 25 miles and staying the night in an RV Park where campers are packed in like sardines.

Off to Arizona tomorrow. Wish us better luck for our next stop.

RV Rita still in New Mexico

suebdew

Lots going on.
Lisa- happy for you and Corey. It looks like you have pecan trees in front of your house. Nice cottage industry. Lol
DrKatie- so sorry you broke your ankle. My DGS broke his foot, Jones Fracture, and has to off it for 6 weeks. He has a scooter and graduated 8th grade on his scooter.
Being an Air Force wife for 24 years, meant many movEs and starting over every few years. Since retirement we have been in the same community for 20 years and have made golf friends, water aerobics group friends, Sunday School friends but no really BBF. DH is perfectly happy at home with his computer but I need people so do a lot of activities like yoga, golf, water aerobics, bridge and book club.
DH is the oldest of 5 boys, two have already passed and one just diagnosed with cancer. He is very upset.
Heather- you and your hubby really take advantages of everything the cruise has to offer. We are suppose to leave July 2 if DGS is able to travel.
SueBDew in TX

coastalgosgal

KarenUK56 wrote: »

coastalgosgal wrote: »

Snowflake, that's a tough thing, to take charge of pills etc. My neighbor, when we lived in Oregon had no structure when it came to pill taking. I felt bad for her, she was in her 90's, so I would fill her weekly prescription container. When I would refill it, some weren't taken, some moved, and the container partitions covered with grease etc. She now has a senior assistance helper come and help her. My father showed early signs of lewy body dementia, and Alzheimer's. He would leave, door ajar, and burners on. It's a sad sad situation. Hugs!
Rebecca

Rebecca:- My dear old Dad has lewy body dementia and Parkinson's disease. He is 91 now and living in a nursing home. It's so very sad, he was such a knowledgeable chap but now he's forgotten all that he knew! He knew all about everything, he would tell us how fast light travels, he knew lots about space travel. When we cleared out the family home last year, we found, and have kept, letters and information from N.A.S.A. that Dad had requested by letter.
My dear parents,(my lovely Mum passed away 11 years ago) kept everything from years ago. It took my daughters and myself and my brother almost a year to go through everything in the house. It was a very emotional experience. I would sit in his chair by the fire and cry.
Sorry;- anyway, he is still with us and I'm going to see him on Sunday, which is Father's Day the UK.

By the way, Rebecca, I love reading your posts. You seem to lead a lovely life on your island with your lovely DH. You make me smile too!
All the best
Karen UK x

Awe sweet friend, lewy body dementia is like seeing death in reverse. My father had gone to have a romantic rendezvous with a lady friend in Palm Springs California, way back in 1997. My parents had divorced back when I was in high school. So while there, and after a round of golf, he had a stroke. Probably a bunch of mini strokes as well, but I remember putting Vaseline on his tongue while at the hospital, then he went to a rehab p!ace still in California, (he lived in Portland Oregon). The nurses there couldn't understand him. All he talked about were, numbers, dates, months. Over and over. I told them, "Well he was a banker". I remember reminding them that just last month he was an active 70 yr old man that had been playing golf.

Being that he lived in Oregon, at a facility there, I didn't get to see him as often as I could. I do remember my visits were profound, and memorable.

One visit I went with my middle sister. We were sitting at a table, another lady was there, the nurses saying she taught Ballet for many years. I asked her if she would mind if I sang. So I started singing my opera songs and my dear father who was now bald from rubbing his head over and over, stopped rubbing and leaned in. My sister whispered to me, "You have his attention". The lady just wept quietly. Afterwards, my dear father ate his chocolate milkshake. Always had to bring him a milk shake.
The nurses said you visited on good day! My father was quite handsome! Him and I on my wedding day.


I think this house chose me. I have been looking at this house for months before it was time to actually look! Some things happen for a reason. I feel blessed.
Hugs friend!!
Rebecca

coastalgosgal

So true some days!!!
Rebecca
Kind of spacey in
Whidbey island

barbiecat

I rarely go to the movies but tonight we saw "Ocean's Eight " It was fantastic. I highly recommend it.

Barbie from beautiful NW Washington

exermom

Margaret – I would think Joe turtle is probably made of pressure treated wood, otherwise he’d start to fall apart. I think he’s cool. Showed him to Vince.

When Vince came home from shooting tonight, he told me that he doesn’t know what he did, but his back is hurting him again. But you know what? He hasn’t said anything about not going up to Denise’s. I really really hope he doesn’t overdo it. He says his back is better than it was than earlier tonight. I don’t know what to make of this

Rebecca – your story of your father touched my heart.

Michele in NC

KetoneKaren

auntiebk wrote: »

Dreamt of my BFF this morning, as she was when she was well and happy. Comforting.

Tracey in AB, please know you did the right thing. Hoping that as she stabilizes she will understand you did not abandon her but set her on the path to recovery.
Margaret you said it better. Thank you!
Kay ((hugs)) how did you break the ankle? If the Dr was so concerned, why didn't ins cover mammo? You don't have to answer, but please don't stay away. Feel free to vent and whine at need
Dana love your happy swimmer smile!
Heather if you'll eat surströmming, can lutefisk be far behind? :noway: Like KJ I draw the line at limburger.
KJ love your walking rainbow and oobleck. Please can I come play at your house?... that is when the girls come back...
Machka I wish I'd channeled you last night. Then instead of playing Spider and FreeCell I'd have meditated, done the knee exercises and maybe even tried to meet my modest steps goal. Must remember I'll "feel a little better about things" when I do!
Lisa Eeeeee! When it all falls together like that it was meant to be.
Karen in VA, have a flowerbed full of Iris plants, only one of which bloomed this spring. It was a Dutch iris, not my fave. Thinking to relocate them all the the edge of the driveway and put something I like better in the bed. Any tips for the great relocation project? Then again I might just chuck 'em over the fence like someone mentioned their friend did awhile ago...

welcome Starsub, ScrapStitching, PastQueenDebra, Terrill from BC!

Time to get down on the floor and meditate, exercise. No excuses!

Thank you all!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
60 g protein 9/11, meditate 9/11, walk one more step 9/11, knee exercises 9/11, 5/8 times walk Tumble, times SWSY 0/4, hang up or purge art 0

Barbara If you have Dutch iris, they may not do great being chucked over the fence, LOL!. Bearded iris, on the other hand, would probably bloom happily with that treatment, as it would leave their rhizomes exposed. Dutch iris roots are little bulbs that look like onions or shallots, and should be planted about 4" deep in a sunny location. If you have Bearded iris, cut or break off the rhizome so you have only the current year's growth left, check for rot/borers, and plant so that the rhizomes are left exposed. I relocated my Bearded iris to a slope. They should do great.

Tell us more about your BFF...

Karen in Virginia

ryenday

I broke the ankle because my foot fell asleep then crumbled under me when I tried to stand. I have a history of injuries to this ankle. It is my short leg, my weak knee, and my weak ankle. As to the mammogram expense, it’s complicated, and they did cover some, but...

OMG- I just did this the other week. Not the ankle breaking part but slam down into the ground as my leg crumbled under me because I had not realized it was asleep. I was saved by my yoga mat which I had lazily not put away earlier. I don’t think I’d have broken anything but probably not have gotten away with just bruising.

Age may play into it some but really it was just careless of me to sit for so long with my legs crossed the way they were. I KNOW my leg is prone to falling asleep like that and I didn’t take care.

Take care of yourself now!

Rye

cityjaneLondon

Michele - I think you were the only one who caught the news about the Hove house. I am still processing the probable loss of it. This is the second house down there that has gone "belly up" as we say.

Dr Katie - That sounds terrible! Many commiserations.

Off on a long trip today. It might be chilly as we are very near the Arctic Circle at the top of the Gulf of Bothnia. Taking my new fleece DH bought me.

Sue - Hope your trip is as great as ours is. Bon voyage! Which company?

Love Heather in the north of Sweden.

Katla49

Michele: I never expected to drive a 31foot motor home, but it wasn't a bad experience. I think we can have some fun with it together. We used to cruise on water in our sailboat, but DH can't do that anymore, so we'll be cruising on land. :flowerforyou: What is a CDL license? :huh:

Rebecca: The story of your dad touched my heart as well as Michelle's. :flowerforyou:

Heather: I also caught the news about the Hove house and simply didn't know what to say. I hope you find something even better, and I'm sorry the owners backed out on the sale.


Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

KarenUK56

Rebecca:- lovely pic of you and your handsome Dad, and what a lovely little story too.
Thanks for your kind response.
Love from Karen UK xx

grandmallie

Katla-CDL is commercial drivers license...
I'm awake and have to get moving..get place picked up before ,lanlord and home Depot people are here.

sammylou1166

Hi Ladies
I hope you don't mind I have been reading your posts and this looks like a great spot for me to be right now. I am barely over 50 and battling with menopausal weight gain, not much but want to get on top of it before it gets out of hand. I struggle with my diet due to being a vegetarian, I also have IBS which makes meal times challenging. To top it all off I live with a lovely man who has a serious addiction to cake, chocolate etc so I battle daily with the urge to eat bad things as there is always something in the cupboards.

My goals for June:
Lose 1lb a week minimum
strength training at the gym twice a week (so far this is going well)
increase my daily steps to 10,000 (struggling with this one as I sit down all day for work)
walk my dogs more often
rediscover my passion for running

Sam UK

LisaInAR

Heather: I also caught the news about the Hove house and simply didn't know what to say. I hope you find something even better, and I'm sorry the owners backed out on the sale. Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

Same here, Heather... But after your description of the chained process in Britain for home sales, I don't see how anyone successfully buys or sells a house there unless it's standing empty! It's hard here in the States... but so much harder there! I can see how you would prefer to just not think about it while you're enjoying your cruise on your favorite ship. Love all your pics and especially the joy in the pictures of you and your husband.

Katie, tremendous sympathy from me, and hope you heal quickly and well. So terribly frustrating when our bodies betray us in that way. Rye, glad you escaped with some bruises and no breaks!

Spent yesterday afternoon talking to home insurance agents on the phone... NOT my favorite way to spend hours of my life that I will never get back. And I'll spend more time this morning. My relationship with GEICO for car insurance outlasted my first marriage, probably 20 years with them all told, and I find it frustrating that, while they advertise home insurance, etc., they always palm you off to a "partner," in this case Liberty Mutual. So, in the end, the "discounts" that are supposedly available aren't, because it's a different company. They want to put an arbitrary replacement value on the home of nearly three times what we're paying for it, and won't budge from that stance. The only way to drop the monthly payment was upping the deductible. Very frustrating. And we have to pay the first year up front.

So, I'll talk to a couple of local independent agents this morning--because Progressive can't cope with the fact that I have no idea if the wiring was ever updated in the house. Short of ripping it down to the studs, I'm not sure there's actually a way to know, and won't lie about it... Blah.

On a better subject, am putting together a letter to my best friend to include with her birthday card... literally the only card I send anymore. The conversations here reminded me that it's time I tell her how much she truly means to me. Thank you for that.

And somewhere in all that, I actually need to get some work done today, as well.

Girding my loins in beautiful Northwest Arkansas--onward into the fray!
Love,
Lisa

okiewoman510

Greetings Ladies -

Katie -so sorry about your foot.

Heather - I can't even imagine the stress of trying to buy and sell a house there. A better house will come along.

Lisa - I recently changed our insurance and had the same problem, finding someone that would insure both our house and cars for a better rate than we were already paying. Several places were cheaper on the cars, but couldn't insure the house so no discount on the homeowners insurance negated the savings on the cars. Good luck!

Sammie - welcome!

I had a tough time getting moving this morning. I told myself to just get started, and as usual, once I got my walk started, I finished it. 9.5 times out of 10 if I just get started, I will finish because then I have 1) my exercise ring closed 2) my move ring closed and 3) my (arbitrary) 10,000 steps in all before I start my day. Now I will cool down, eat breakfast and get my work day started.

My yard guy didn't come Monday, he was going to be 2 hours late so we rescheduled to today. Since I work from home I'm here all day so I won't be waiting on him. I hope he shows up, fingers crossed.

Have a great Wednesday ladies!

Okie in the TX Hill Country

KetoneKaren

Lisa. Telling your best friend how you really feel about her will touch her heart. It touches mine.

Heather Disappointed about your second Hove house. Can only imagine how disappointed YOU must feel.

Sam UK Yep! Just join right in! You have to come here frequently to stay abreast of the discussion but it's so worth it.

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Gotta go work on the horrible weed patch again for awhile today. I seem to remember somebody (was it Michele?) working on some thankless/endless weed, brush, or bramble project a couple years ago. This one has an end in sight, but it's still onerous.

Karen in Virginia