WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2018

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  • KarenUK56
    KarenUK56 Posts: 143 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Hi all,
    Still trying to adjust to 'real' life. ;):*

    DH has been valiantly dealing with estate agents, trying to get some sense out of them. I'm keeping out of it as I lose my temper too easily. Our vendors haven't entirely given up, but they are 'discouraged' as they can't find anything.
    Our buyers still seem to be on track.
    We had a look at properties online yesterday, but there is almost nothing in the area we like.
    We are pretty fed up as you can imagine.

    DH at cricket again. Normally I like having the house to myself, but right now it gives me too much time to think.

    I weighed myself this morning, but I knew it was a mistake as I inadvertantly ate a lot of salt yesterday and hadn't had a BM. :o
    I will weigh again tomorrow and hope my body has settled. I hope I haven't gained too much on the cruise.

    Lots of love, Heather UK xxxxxxx

    Heather:- the house selling/buying business here in the UK is horrendous, isn't it? I was very fortunate last year when selling mine because my buyer was not in a chain.
    Well done to your dear husband for dealing with the agents, I would be like you and get too annoyed.
    On the plus side, you said that you love your current home so that's nice.
    I'm glad you enjoyed your cruise and I enjoyed keeping up with your posts. I hope you soon get back to normal.
    Best wishes
    Karen UK x
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,946 Member
    :)
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Kate Oh dear, so sorry about your toe. Sounds as if your house will be spiffy!

    Rita Your caring, humane approach toward the injured bird warms my heart. <3

    Heather & KateUK I wonder how that house buying system came about? It is fraught with pitfalls.

    Karen in Virginia
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    (((Heather))) I am hoping for the best and happiest possible outcome. It looks like you have to put up with some stress along the way and I hope it is the tiniest possible amount of stress. :heart: I'm praying that your sellers find something they love. :flowerforyou:

    Carol in GA: I gave DD a slow cooker so that she could set up a stew, soup or other delightful dinner when she left for work and come home to dinner. I may have been the only person who ever used it and stopped buying kitchen stuff for her after that. :noway:

    jujubean: Welcome to a great group. :star:

    Rita: I sent your comments about RV Parks to DH via email. He said to tell you, "Thanks! It looks like a very useful list." :flowerforyou:

    5lambert: I'll wager that you will be very happy with retirement next year. When I retired from teaching I had no desire to substitute or to go back to work. :noway: I had a teaching friend, Betty, who liked to substitute in her own old classroom. She loved it, and enjoyed the students and seeing her teaching friends. She lived close by the school. I had a horrid commute, and didn't want the drive. :noway:

    Janetr: I love this quotation, "Your Life Didn't Come With A Remote. You have to get up and change it yourself." Thank you!

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,251 Member
    stats for the day:

    bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.25min, 130mhr, 12.9amph. 1.5mi= 79c
    apple watch- 62c
    SKI MACHINE- 15min, weight loss program, lvl5, 120mhr, .71mi= 88c
    apple watch- 84c
    HELIX Machine- 12min, 115ahr, 129mhr, 63arpm,lvl1, 1.15mi= 87c
    apple watch- 78c
    bike ride gym 2 sumn sta- 50.52min, 124ahr, 147mhr, 14.4amph, 12.1mi= 455c
    apple watch- 470c
    jog sta 2 wk- 5.36min, 149mhr, 135ahr, 9.09min mi, .6mi= 67c
    apple watch- 61c
    jog wk 2 sumn sta- 4.35min, 8.51min mi, 150mhr, .5mi= 69c
    apple watch- 67c
    bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.45min, 8.3amph, 141mhr, 125ahr, 2.5mi= 172c
    apple watch- 147c

    total cal 1017

    one more day to go
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    :)<3:)
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,519 Member
    Did Joyce Vidral’s Cougar DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Low Impact Aerobics DVD.

    A friend of ours is coming here to drive Jess’ car for an oil change. Neither Vince nor I know how to drive a manual. I’m volunteering at the Green Room (last time this season)

    Exercised, volunteered, went to Aldi, and then got dinner ready and in the pool I went. Not for very long, but something is more than nothing.

    Evelyn – now I’m doubly glad that I don’t live in PA. I can see what might happen. The father throws them out (he threw Pete out once before), Denise calls us to take them in, we’d feel bad saying “no” but we really don’t want the dog. But there is no way she’s going to ask to live with us in NC. So I guess there’s a blessing to living in NC

    Suebdew – have fun at the party

    One of the things that I like about Correlleware in addition to the fact that it is light is that you can stack so many more of those dishes than you can of the stoneware dishes. I just wish they’d come in more colors. I don’t know if my dishes are microwave safe or not. Back when I bought them, there weren’t any microwaves!

    Rye – I had completely forgotten that I have those amber colored pots, too. Sometimes I’ll even find my pattern at thrift stores!

    Jujubean – welcome back and welcome everyone new

    Katie ((((HUGS)))

    Just finished sewing cups into my chlorine resistant bathingsuit. I tell you, those suits are great. However, over time the chlorine eats away at the lining and it disintegrates. I need to sew in the bra cups. Well, I’d rather have this type of bathing suit, anyway.
    Michele in NC
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,194 Member
    1056287i3zmwzup2m.gifStats for today:
    *17,000 steps
    *178 minutes walking Sasha and Bessie
    *117 minutes riding the exercise bike
    *60 minutes working in the yard
    *two and half hour line dance class


  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Hi Gals,

    Allie – you’ve got this!

    Cookies – this gal is determined to do it herself, and I think I have coached her in a direction that will work, I worked up a new recipe for her that is a twist on a blondie, and much easier and cheaper than her original plan for cookie number 4 – so there is a brownie, a coffee blondie, a lemon bar and a raspberry bar. All tasty and I think if she can follow directions all should work fine. She had cookies at her wedding and her daughter is “re-creating” her mom’s event… that is really weird to me… but I don’t know these folks…

    Corelle, I too have corelle dishes, I have the white with ivy around the edges



    Smiles

    Kim from N. California
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,696 Member
    Hi all,
    Thanks everyone for your good wishes about the move. <3 I have had a feeling about our vendors and have expressed it to various people and no one believed me. I have a very good sense about people. They live in a lovely house. They are in their sixties. They don't want to move out of the area. They are looking for a 'doer upoer', like their current one was, so they can do it again and make some profit. There are not a lot of those around in that kind of area and, to be frank, why would you bother? :# We need them to make their minds up.
    It wouldn't matter so much to us if there were lots of other properties at our price, but it is a tiny area. We do glance at other areas, and other types of properties, but that area has everything we want. The only thing that the house didn't have was off street parking. We are hoping to get a call back from their estate agents soon, maybe today, with some clearer perspective on the vendors position.

    I am slowly coming to and out of my cruise dreamlike state. The weather here is glorious so that helps. I went running yesterday and managed the 5k. :D It is harder with DH out all afternoon and evening so I am alone with no transport and no one to talk to, but my DSIL rang yesterday and we had a nice chat.

    Unfortunately, yesterday my Sony Xperia decided to pack up. :#:'(:o:#:s I looked on the Internet, but didn't altogether understand the instructions, though I did manage to get it to power off and reboot several times. That hasn't helped. I think the processing instruction app has stopped working. I will take it in to a computer shop in the village this morning to see if a bright young man can help me, but it might be fried. A reset will lose a lot of info, including my notes on my passwords, which I stupidly haven't committed to paper. Grrrrrrrrrr! My photos are saved on a micro card in the phone, which I can transfer to a new one. Next time I will install a notes app that automatically backs up to a cloud as I will, lose some other things like a record of the dates we first saw different butterflies in one year. :'( Actually I may have copied that somewhere!

    I know its a first world problem and nothing compared to Katie's foot (feet!) and other stuff you are all going through <3, but technology is a particular bugbear of mine and throws me for a loop. I'm still not using properly the laptop I bought just under two years ago. I don't like feeling helpless.

    Lots of love, Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,087 Member
    morning ladies~
    bouncy boy woke me up at 5 , and I got up, having my tea and then getting dressed and take the pooch for a walk,
    then taking him down to Toms to stay overnight , between work, closing and wedding tonight and work tomorrow morning, he will be with my other pups and , have a backyard to run around in.
    well going to finish my tea and hop in the shower..
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,596 Member
    GodMomKim wrote: »
    Cookies – this gal is determined to do it herself, and I think I have coached her in a direction that will work, I worked up a new recipe for her that is a twist on a blondie, and much easier and cheaper than her original plan for cookie number 4 – so there is a brownie, a coffee blondie, a lemon bar and a raspberry bar. All tasty and I think if she can follow directions all should work fine. She had cookies at her wedding and her daughter is “re-creating” her mom’s event… that is really weird to me… but I don’t know these folks…

    I did basically that for my first wedding. I didn't want the whole dinner, dance, and drinking thing, I just wanted a 3 pm "coffee break". My mother called it a "tea" on the invitations. But she and I and several other people we knew baked pans and pans of squares which we served with tea, coffee, and a fruit punch of some sort.

  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,975 Member
    I don’t think my pinky is broken! It’s swollen and purple but feels much better today. Yay!

    I’m actually pretty blessed. This mess will be gone in 4 1/2 more weeks. There are way worse problems to have. Just a short while ago I was complaining about too much to do and being over-scheduled. Well, I’ve been given a prime opportunity to rest.

    Have a great day, peeps!
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,313 Member
    Good morning Ladies!

    Hubs is home!!!! Yeah!!! We have a big day planned. We are going to do yardwork :smiley: . I will mow the whole lot and he will weed eat and fill in armadillo holes! The little buggers are destroying our yard and flower beds. It will probably take him as long as it will take me. I get the easy part, drive around and listen to my audio book for 3 or 4 hours. We will head out this morning for a nice drive around the lake and lunch before we start yard work. That part will be fun.

    I picked our neighbors son up from weightlifting the last couple of days while his Dad was busy. The son offered to cut the yard for me. He's a pretty sweet kid. I told him I enjoy doing it, but thanks for offering.

    I weighed this morning and I'm down a couple of pounds after the end of TTOM. The weird part is I look like I have gained a little. My breastbone area doesn't look as gaunt to me (and hubs agrees). I don't know if we are just getting used to my new appearance, or if stuff is shifting into a better resting place on my body. I feel like some of my loose skin is showing signs of tightening up a bit (I've been at goal for about 3 months now). I need to introduce more calorie dense food into my daily eating so I quit losing.


    Have a great weekend Ladies!
    Hugs, prayers and welcomes to the newbies
    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Going to the Dr. this AM to get my meds refilled. Then son and DnL are coming to get a bedroom suit that will go to her mom's house. We will finally get the set from my mom's house back in that bedroom. It has sat in my living room for almost a year waiting for help in moving it.

    Carol in GA
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Okie Maybe it's muscle.

    Karen in Virginia
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,696 Member
    The tech guy in the village diagnosed the problem with the phone. A corrupt micro card. :*;):/ He is trying to download what is on the bad one so he can put back my photos, notes, music and apps on the new one I had to drive a long way to buy. The corrupt card is being very difficult and taking ages to download. It may not work. :'( Anyway I have a working phone even if some crucial bits are missing. I am resigned to losing some stuff as I have copies somewhere in a Cloud, but I'd like my passwords back. :sweat:
    Still it got me out of my post cruise funk as I had to get out of the house and assert myself. Hiding away isn't good for me.
    He is going to phone me when he gets a result.

    DH off to cricket again. I dashed back from the tech shop to make him a mushroom omelette as we are having to have "dinner for lunch" as the grandkids call it. He takes rolls for dinner. :#:*
    That doesn't suit us at all. I like a "proper" dinner in the evening.

    Much love to you all, Heather xxxxxxxx
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,313 Member
    Karen in VA - that would be welcome. I’ve never had muscles :neutral: The muscles that have appeared in my legs have shocked me. I still have fat and cellulite and loose skin, I always will, I know, but there is muscle there too.

    Okie
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,596 Member
    edited June 2018
    Exercise minutes over the past 30 days ... from a MFP report ...

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    And June Totals ...

    2017 Monthly June
    Walking Distance (km): 92.1
    Walking Time (min): 1151.3
    Cycling Distance (km): 164.1
    Cycling Time (min): 512.6
    Stairs Climbed Number: 63.0
    Stairs Climbed Time (min): 50.4

    Totals
    Total Distance (km): 256.2
    Total Distance (miles): 159.2
    Total Time (min): 1714.2
    Total Time (hr): 28:34:12


    Machka in Oz
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,648 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,596 Member
    Today was another day full of meetings and appointments. Seems like that's all I do these days.

    One of those appointments was a Drs appointment for me. I've been putting that sort of thing off over the past 3 months, but recently, I decided I had to start looking after myself a bit more.

    So I had been for testing and it turns out that I've got severe arthritis in my right foot and moderate arthritis in my left foot. I've also got a small extra bone in my right foot!! I don't think it's causing me any particular issues, but the arthritis sure is.

    I'll be going to a podiatrist very soon. I'm hoping orthotics will solve the problem, but my GP mentioned that it is possible I might need surgery on the right one in particular.

    Unfortunately, for the moment, I'm not sure that running is a good idea. Even walking is painful. Fortunately cycling doesn't seem to bother it too much.

    M in Oz
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
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  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,610 Member
    edited June 2018
    RATS I misread steps vs goal Wednesday night and came up short. Foo!
    Hope y'all enjoyed yesterdays' solstice, the sunset last night was stunning.

    Margaret So glad your friend didn't have to be hospitalized. Please let her know that recovery from pneumonia takes a loooonnngg time, and to be patient with herself. Relapses stink!
    Sue in WA thanks for the sink of warm water tip. That makes it easier to flex fingers that trying to do in the air.
    Barbie "usually trail behind someone else and act like part of the conversation" Big laugh-in-self-recognition! Beautiful trail, but I'm mad at the ONP, they told us AFTER we paid the entrance fee that we could not take our dogs on the trail, even leashed. Pfui!
    Michele your pokey snail makes me smile!
    only up to pg 57 but time to get UP and go!
    Evelyn, glad for progress clearing up some issues with OS and DIL. Always more baby steps to take! ;)
    Later, lovelies!

    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
    60 g protein 19/21, meditate 17/21, walk one more step 17/21, knee exercises 17/21, walk Tumble 11/12 times, SWSY 0/6, hang up or purge art 0
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Machka You've inspired me to hold myself accountable with the mfp exercise report!

    NYKAREN
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,251 Member
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