WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2018

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  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,957 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    Kylia - congrats on the win and great photos of you and your DH and the grands! Sounds like your plans to let the kids do their thing for Christmas is a winner.

    CJ - ((((HUGS <3 ))))

    Pip - is this a new boss giving you problems or just the regular one being persnickety? I think you said it's kind of different management now with different expectations.

    Heather - thinking of you and your hot weather... ours is coming up. I just checked your weather report - UGH, lol. And am so grateful we get the cool nights in the 50's. Looks like your new place near the ocean will have more moderate temps.

    Carol - how neat for your granddaughter! Can't wait to hear more details!

    Barbara AHMOD - sorry that Tumble is off the feed. My older one does that sometimes too, but generally is starving the next day. Their new favorite treat is carrots! So I cut them up in chunks and keep them in my pocket. They seem to prefer that over anything else. Old Sophie gets her teeth cleaned this Thursday so her crunching might be limited for a few days after that.

    Don't know what my doc will have lined up ref blood glucose tests. I've been keeping track and can get FBS under 100 AFTER fasting 14 hours and getting 3000 steps in. :# Maybe she'll say that's OK! In any case, I am going to try severely limiting carbs after lunch and see if that helps. I actually dug through and read notes I took at the doc's three years ago, I must have had concerns then because she said get a walk in after supper. So will try that as well providing I don't melt in the coming heatwave this week.

    FYI gals, I did an experiment yesterday. Decided to do three 30 second stints of jogging in place, a minute between each stint. Guess how many steps my Fitbit registered? Over 300. Not sure if that's the same quality as doing striding type walking. But it's certainly a good way to raise cardio a touch. Maybe can do that instead of that hot walk in the late afternoon sun. B)

    Rebecca     - your minimalist drive reminds me of a good friend of mine where one thing was enough - spatula, skillet, etc. almost like Maria Kondo's ideas. Me - on the smaller things, I like to keep a spare, especially if they are things I feel will be hard to find or a lot more expensive later. I have Dexter 3 1/2" scalloped/serrated paring knives that I just love and use all the time. Have 2 in use right now and 2 more in the packaging in the drawer. LOVE the jokes and kitty faces!

    KarenNY - My heart leaped at the photo of your daughter off to an adventure. First thing I thought of was it's winter there, lol. What a great opportunity, that's for sure. My DH spent a lot of time in SE Asia during the Vietnam War, and said it's such an eye opener to see how folks live in other parts of the world.

    Waiting to hear the postal carrier drop my books on the front step this morning, anxious to see what the 8 week blood sugar by Mosley recommends. AND with our warm afternoon, I see a couple dogs overdue for their bath. We'll have a wet afternoon.

    Enjoy your Sunday!

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State

    I saw an interview and have read a lot that 30 minutes of activity is all that’s needed and it doesn’t matter if that is all at once or not. Not sure how accurate it is, but it seems to be agreed upon be several.
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,957 Member
    evie1958 wrote: »
    Rebecca and Wendy, yes, math makes about that much sense to me to! Anything beyond the basics and my eyes start to glaze over! lol
    Kim, the wedding cake is quite lovely. And sounds like the price was just right!
    Well, trying to start over, again. My weight loss seems to go in fits and starts, and is most definitely 2 lbs down, 1 up, 2 down, 3 up..... rinse and repeat..... I am really trying to get a handle on my after dinner munchies. They do seem to strike if I am downstairs watching tv, kitchen is just far too close, apparently, and the snacks call me... I am trying to limit the amount of snacks that I like to eat, that does help. If I just have stuff that hubby likes, then I'm not so bad off. Work in progress, for sure!
    Older son, daughter in law and grandson were over for dinner on Monday (our official holiday was Sunday but if you are a Mon-Fri worker, you got Mon off. I got Sunday off, but Monday isn't a day that I would normally work.) Our grandson wanted to go upstairs so I went with him and nobody followed me! For those of you who are new or don't remember, my DIL would always nod her head to my son to go after us, very annoying, I have no idea what she thought I would let happen to the little guy, but we had a bit of a blow out a while back and I tried to talk to them, but had a hard time as the dog and the grandson were demanding attention. Anyway, I ended up sending our son an e-mail (sorry Lisa) and laid it all out and things seem to be changing for the better. It was so nice to be able to spend some time with him all to myself! Not that we were up there for long, but just having them trust me enough to be there for 5 or 10 min. Hubby and I did raise two kids, managed not to kill either one of them, so I think I should be okay for a few minutes with Nicholas. He never seems to eat much dinner when he's at our place, he's a healthy, happy kid so I know he does eat, just not too much at our place. Oh well. He did fill up on some fresh berries that I had for dessert tho! He came and sat on Gramma's knee and had about 6 helpings (of about 2 tsp each)! Maybe next time they're over I'll suggest he sit on my knee for dinner, maybe he'll eat more. I also made cream puffs for us big kids! My mom used to make them all the time, I thought they were hard to make, had only tried them once in high school cooking class. Massive failure. Anyway, I was at my mom's place one time when she was making them and that's when I realized they're really quite easy. I still don't make them often, but they are a nice treat.
    Quiet day at work today. Annoying when we've been almost crazy busy all week. Sunday is usually slower, but today is a bit ridiculous.... only 2.75 hours to go.... Oh well, I've done some cleaning, so that will make the boss happy. Not that she's a tyrant, but I know she does appreciate it when someone else does some cleaning (other than her!)
    Okay, this went on much longer than I had anticipated! Welcome to the newbies, hugs for those needing them and congrats to those celebrating!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island

    It’s nice to see that you are making strides with your son and DIL!
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,288 Member
    stats for the day:

    Rowing Machine- 10min, 107ahr, 122mhr, 61aw, 1697meters= 70c
    Apple Watch- 94c
    Arm-Chin assist machine- 11.54min, 111ahr, 135mhr, 4sets of w/70#, then pushups and squats, 1sts of 10 w/55#, pushups and squats= 86c
    Apple Watch- 80c
    leg extend then to knee- 1231min, 109ahr, 122mhr, 5sets of 10ea, mountain climbers and single leg squats in between= 102c
    Apple Watch- 89c

    total cal 258
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,535 Member
    Did Firm Slim Solutions Yoga DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do some hula hoop, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class.

    M – the time I used the free pick up, the minimum order was $50. It took me weeks and weeks to come up with $50. Well, I do admit that during that time there were things that I had to run to the store for that were less than $50. Using a taxi would definitely cost more than the price of the delivery, so you made a good decision. I was shocked when I called because the first time I received some items that I didn’t want. Evidently, there is a place where you are to mark if substitutions are OK or not. Well, I didn’t know about this button and I was told that if they didn’t have something, I wouldn’t get anything. Well, instead they substituted. I called the company and explained the situation, telling them that I’d return the items to the store. They told me to keep the items but that they’d credit me, they want people happy. It was my own fault! But they also said (and this I can understand) that once an item leaves the store, they can’t put it back on the shelve. So I guess the thought is that since they can’t make a profit, why not make some good will? And this was WalMart!

    CJ – welcome back! We’re here for you to share the good, the bad, and the ugly. I’m so sorry to hear about your husband and your granddaughter.

    Jess has her “white coat ceremony” in early Sept (that’s where she gets her lab coat). We just made our reservations to go to St. Kitt in late August returning early September. I’ll probably wish I could stay longer….lol

    Vince put grout on these tiles and I helped him clean the tiles, then went in the pool. We seem to have a hornet’s nest near the pool so I’ve been killing them a lot. In for dinner, Vince is working on lights around the pool area.

    Alice – welcome back!

    Kim – love how you decorated the cake. I would have thought it would be larger, tho. Good for you that it wasn’t. You must make your own icing. What is your recipe?

    I’m not a big math person, either. The other day Vince was making the holder for the clock that’s out by the pool and he came in saying “I have to find the hypotenuse of a triangle”. I remember finding the hypotenuse when I was in high school and then when I was subbing in the high school, but even then we didn’t use it a whole lot. All I recall is a2 + b2 = c2….I think

    Going to go out and see the lights that Vince is putting up.

    Michele in NC
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    michele - just a box cake mix in 2 8 inch pans; if it had been for me I would have done 3-4 layers so it was taller and easier for guests to see; Only needed to feed 2!

    I use the Betty Crocker Buttercream recipe, cheaper than store, you can control consistency, and if you use real butter it sets up a bit not crunchy or hard but just a bit of a dry outside which means every little bump is not a disaster, I'm a homemade (non-box) person when ever possible. In this case the mom cooked the cake and she needed to use a box (this is the same gal who wanted brown food coloring to make browned butter).

    Kim from N. California
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    DanaReel180 wrote: »
    I took the grands out to the creek to swim again. They wanted me to go in, but without some help I just could not get in. Sure I might have been able to get in, but who’s going to haul me out? I had back surgery-don’t need any accidents.
    Then they called me fat, mean and I broke my promise I would swim. Damn! I went swimming at the YMCA with them all month. I’ll be so glad to be in the car heading down to Florida to let Jess take over.

    Wow. I am not a grandparent, but any kid who spoke that way to anyone would not be happy with their time out/no more swimming result!
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,957 Member
    wildhorsewendy wrote: »
    Michelle, my husband came in the other day and was telling me about his day, trying to mark 120 acres into perfect squares and lines for planting with manuka for the bees to make honey. The maths and procedure was so complicated I said, "Honey, why don't you tell me this later when we're in bed, because it will put me straight to sleep!" LOL. God gave me an extra dose of compassion but he had to make room for it by removing the logical math gene. I don't miss it. I am happy living in a world of close enough, <3 Wendy

    I just read this to my husband, you described us too! Lol
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    CSSJ09 wrote: »
    Dear All,
    I am back. I was so glad to see posts from people I recognize. I wish that I had never gotten out of the habit of participating every day. I would be in a much better place. This time for good. I decided to just read the latest in this thread rather than trying to catch up on the many months I was away. I was reluctant to share as there was nothing good in my life. It seemed like I would be a big burden on everyone else. My husband died. My little granddaughter's cancer returned with a vengeance after only a brief respite. The next generation, has been alternatively in and out of hospital and disappearing for months on end. In all, a grand mess. So I will read what you fine ladies write every day and draw sustenance from that.
    CJ

    This is precisely why you should be here, daily. This is a wonderfully supportive group and I've read some lovely uplifting things. Don't worry about being a burden. Here, that is impossible.
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    klanders30 wrote: »
    Morning. Well I dropped off my baby at the airport :'( Her eyes welled up but I held it together until I reached the parking lot. Feeling blessed that’s she is embracing this semester abroad in So Africa. Her world is opening up and that is a good thing.

    NYKAREN

    Oh how wonderful! She will grow and learn so much!
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    klanders30 wrote: »
    Morning. Well I dropped off my baby at the airport :'( Her eyes welled up but I held it together until I reached the parking lot. Feeling blessed that’s she is embracing this semester abroad in So Africa. Her world is opening up and that is a good thing.

    NYKAREN

    I know that on the one hand it is hard to let go (this from the perspective of someone who lives on the other side of the world from her family), but on the other hand, I'm glad to hear she's doing this. I think all young people, if at all possible, should spend an extended time (at least a few months) in another country or countries.

    Until you're 30, you can get working holiday visas in many countries quite easily. After 30, however, it becomes much more difficult to spend more than a short holiday somewhere.

    And these days, with the global economy, it is a very good idea to have experience in how other countries do things - business practices, customs, etc.. That's a valuable skill for future employment.


    M in Oz

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,724 Member
    Hi all,
    Just about to get up and start my day. Catching the 8.36 to London.
    I really want to see my friend so I will just have to put up with the heat. I will take a bottle of water with me for the underground.
    Love Heather UK XXXXXX
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Lanette and Heather: I gave two numbers for Vitamin D3 without realizing it. I take 5,000 IU daily. My doctor is happy and my blood work is fine. This is liquid in a capsule. I realize that everyone is different. I have a summer birthday and have been told that those of us with summer birthdays have more trouble with winter depression. It was true for me until I started taking the D3. Depression caused by short days and lowlight levels hasn't come knocking on my door in a few years. :bigsmile:

    Katla
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    edited July 2018
    "Katla49 wrote: »
    Machka: The lyrics below are the ones my mom taught me. I hope you enjoy them.

    Today is Sunday,
    Today is Sunday,
    Sunday church,
    Saturday pay day,
    Friday fish,
    Thursday roast beef,
    Wednesday soup,
    Tuesday string beans,
    Monday wash day,
    All you hungry children,
    We wish the same to you.


    Have a good evening.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    That was pretty much it!

    On the up-side ... we all remained slender growing up, and I don't need much variety in my meals.

    On the down-side ... if I ever touch steak again, it will be too soon. Steak was our Sunday meal and I loathe steak. Just about the minute I turned 18, I never had another steak again. And in fact, I don't eat much in the way of meat in general.


    Machka in Oz
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,105 Member
    morning ladies~
    slept like a rock and have the dishwasher filled again..going to hop in the shower and get ready for work.. not going in until 11,but will go walk dogs and feed DFIL, and pay the dreaded tax bills..
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    Monday -- Just a bit of a spin to start the work week. Plus a PR on a sprint.


    Distance: 12.50 km
    Elevation: 65 m
    Moving Time: 30:22
    Elapsed Time 30:22


    ......................... Avg ............. Max
    Speed.............. 24.7km/h ....... 46.4km/h
    Heart Rate ...... 124bpm ......... 172bpm
    Cadence ......... 82 ................. 148
    Power ............ 82W .............. 234W
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,211 Member
    :)Katla, I got a Facebook account a few years ago because my friend in California would suggest that I ask Jake to show me to pictures of her dogs that she had posted on Facebook. It made me feel like a child asking my dad for help so I got my own account. As with all Facebook, it snowballed into too many political statements and sad requests to find homes for abandoned animals. Before I closed my account, I e mailed my friend who posted the dog pictures and told her that I wouldn't be on Facebook and would appreciate her texting me an occasional cute picture of her dogs. She has done that.

    :)Gamliela, welcome. I hope you will keep coming back. Walking is one of my favorite things to do. I have a pedometer and a walking app on my phone and I love keeping track of my steps.

    :* Jake has a doctor's appointment this morning to find out about some odd blood test results. He is nervous. I'm glad I got up early so I can have a really long walk and still get home early enough to be ready to go to the doctor with him.

    <3 Barbie
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Barbie ~ I am wondering if perhaps you did not have your privacy settings activated on Facebook. I seldom get any of the type of posts that you mentioned.

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