WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2018

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  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,313 Member
    Thanks Lenora! You got it right. Heather’s is tomorrow.

    Okie
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Margaret ~ Thanks so much for sharing your home tour. I would love to see inside the old mansions. The only two I have ever seen was the Biltmore house in Carolina and the Flagler museum in St. Augustine. Loved seeing their history.

    Carol in BA
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,085 Member
    Back again~ had quite a scare lol so i did my laundry and dried and folded it and put it in my hamper thing to bring down to my place and when I got back from walking the dogs it was gone, had a panic until my friend Lil said oh thought it was another persons and put it in front of there door.. crisis averted...
    DFIL was having none of anything this morning... madder than a wet hen and he was combative... so didn't stay to long... hope they can get trazidone into him to calm him down as he was being disruptive...
    thank goodness these are few and far between but still sad to see ...with dementia you take the good with the bad..
    working 11-5 today
    Barbie~ thank you again our fearless leader .. xoxoxox
    Heather~ Happy Early Birthday xoxoxox
  • dandl1986
    dandl1986 Posts: 94 Member
    Thanks so much for once again having the reporting page for the month ready to go, Barbie! It really is helpful.
    September was an up and down month for me. I started off the first two weeks of Sept. really making some progress. I reached the 5 lbs lost and I was exercising and staying under my calorie goal. I got to 10,000 steps regularly. I had my appt with the nutritionist and she basically confirmed that I was doing a good job although she wanted to see more veggies in my journal, wanted to see me eating breakfast within an hour of waking, and wanted to see me eating 5 small meals instead of 3 big ones. So far, I have failed on all of those suggestions:( I also met with my doctor. My liver enzymes were much improved since January and my A1C was also much better although still above the 7 he would like to see as my high point. The class on managed weight loss did not happen because the hospital has changed and is no longer offering the class and the nutritionist said my bmi would not qualify me for any bariatric help, so I failed in that goal. I did still get out much more with family to have some fun and DH is actually walking with me regularly now plus walking during his lunch break. I think he wants to rock that tuxedo in May for DDs wedding.

    Then, everything just went south real fast. I broke my 6th rib on the left side and for the past two weeks, I have been doing nothing but laying around, taking pain medicine, and eating what tastes good as the medicine makes me really nauseated. I was at 220 and am back up to 224. I did try to walk for the first time yesterday and made it to between 4 and 5 thousand steps before the pain became too much, so I had to stop. I have not been doing any of the exercise machines or dance videos that had been so helpful.

    My goals for October while I continue to recover are going to be slight;
    1. journal food daily in an attempt not to gain back any more weight
    2. try to walk a little more each day
    3. continue to try and get out of the house and enjoy the fall weather
    4. keep scrapbooking....get cruise book done by the end of the month
    5. continue to work on eliminating carbs to get blood sugar levels down to below a 7 by the end of December
    6. manage wedding stress

    Hope everyone has a really great October!
    dee
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,301 Member
    B)
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,645 Member
    Dee- sorry to hear about your rib! Barbie has great advice and yes, life does deal strange challenges!

    Mary - sorry I'm late but great letter! Will be interesting to see their response. Good proofreaders in this group. B) Don't blame you for wanting to take Shep along! A girl and her dog... <3

    Viv - Leah is a cutie! Hoping for the best with your Dad's doc visit.

    Barbara AHMOD     - hope you are continuing to feel good and your floor exercises go well. By the way, the international broadcast we get with the "leaf" antenna isn't from Canada, it's called "NHK World-Japan". The newscasters speak great English, and there are some interesting gardening and food broadcasts also in English or subtitled. How this station gets transmitted to a repeater in our little county, I'll never know. We sometimes watch the SUMO matches! Rebecca - can you access this? There might be an app for it to view on your tablet.

    Margaret - loved that home tour description. Closest thing I've come to that was touring one of the "Ball" mansions when I attended Ball State U in Muncie IN. So neat to see how the houses were designed back then, and the quality was outstanding. Loved hearing that F Scott Fitzgerald story. WOW!

    Machka     - how thrilling to see your DH's apple tree budding. Now, I'm curious. If someone were to get a dormant tree from the US, would it get mixed up season-wise if planted in your area? Maybe if it's truly dormant it won't care. My gravenstein has a branch that blossoms every fall so there's a mixed up one, lol.

    October goals... keep on with what I'm doing. Lower carbs, a day or two of intermittent fasting per week. Keep on with the 3x per week strength training.

    September was a review of the benefits of lower carb eating and intermittent fasting. So this month, I want to investigate cardio equipment and/or exercises I can do at home when the rainy season hits. Also will be on the lookout for possible new activities/organization I can join and just do my introverted minimal, lol, in case the two I belong to right now aren't for me anymore.

    Before we moved to this neighborhood, I attended a very small Methodist church (attendance around 25 each week, most of them seniors) in a tiny town. Between that and volunteering at the food bank, I had a few treasured friends and acquaintances. I really, really miss that and haven't been able to find a new church home. It might be time to start looking again.

    Happy October ladies!

    Lanette
    Damp and once again green SW WA State
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,945 Member
    lilnoramitchellandre wrote: »
    Trying to lose that final 10lbs.

    Okie - Happy Belated Birthday

    Heather - Happy Early Birthday (I hope I got the right person); did not set up my side-by-side Word; so my short-term memory is being tested! LOL! Going to 'sleep apnea' MD tomorrow evening and guess we will discuss if my husband's and son's desires for me to NOT ever drive again is what is in the cards.

    Lenora

    I hope you get cleared to drive again, I don't think I would handle that very well at all.
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,945 Member
    margaretturk wrote: »
    Goals for October
    Stay on high fiber low sugar diet.
    I maintained in September

    I went on the biannual Summit Ave house tour yesterday. There were twelve homes on the tour. These are more mansions than homes. These are the homes that the very wealthy built around 1890-1920. I didn't take pictures I barely got them all in in the 6 hour time frame they allowed for viewing. They were spread out over a a large are. I must have walked four to five miles yesterday. Many of these homes were three stories too. Not all the homes were open to the third floor but several were. I got plenty of exercise.

    Highlights: One owner was on our Children's Museum Board and when they moved the museum he bought the boat that children played on in the museum and put it in his basement and then had a white and blue theme. It was a delight.

    The room that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote Paradise Lost was on the tour. It was on the third floor of a brownstone. He would go out on the small balcony to smoke his cigarettes. The story was he went running into the street when he finally sold a novel going up to people saying he was going to be a famous author. Once he sold a novel Zelda married him. He was not from one of the wealthier families on the block. You can see the influence of this in his book The Great Gatsby.

    For me one of the joys was seeing all the art work some of the owners displayed. Many you could tell had travelled the world.

    Many were had tasteful displays of antiques too. One of my favorites was a metal doll house like I had as a child.

    One owner had an exact replica of the Downtown Abbey servant bell board. FUN!

    One of the homes a former owner had bought rooms from Europe and had them recreated in her home. One room was filled with mirrors from Italy and beautifully carved doors. One room she had made up tp feel like a castle. She also had a gorgeous carved staircase. You could tell she loved her home and loved history. She felt preservation was important.

    Another favorite for me was the home that was getting new siding. When they pulled the siding off they found boards that made the frame had sign paintings on them. Turns out the home was built from wood that from a skating rink that was torn down. They pulled some of the boards and incorporated them into their entry area. They also made a wall display as an art piece. I particularly liked the one that had signatures of people who had visited the skating rink. This is why I went on the tour because they will soon be putting up new siding and will be covering up the siding they left on the home for another owner to find some day.

    My father did something similar in the sixties when he finished off our screened in porch. He used the wood from a torn down carriage house. If something old has to be torn down I love it when it can be reused into something else.

    Such fun seeing how people blended the old with the new and making them functional living spaces.

    Then there was the home where the third floor was converted into an apartment completed with the aunt who would say, "I am the aunt who lives in the attic."

    This home was not one the tour but for Halloween they had three full size skeletons climbing on their home. Another one not on the tour had rather than cut down a dead tree they had made a live size carving of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and Tigger. Love it!

    It did inspire me to not over clutter my she-cave. For me it is just about right. Now if I want to add something I know something else must go.

    Another favorite of mine was the poster made by the owners children saying Welcome to Our Home. Worthy of framing in my book.

    :heart: Margaret

    That sounds like an awesome way to spend a day. I love seeing how others live.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
    Llll
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,945 Member
    Thanks for the new thread Barbie.

    My September goals were to get back to regular walking and to get back to the pool a couple times a week.
    I was also hoping to be to the mid 170's by the end of September.

    I did get more walking in in September than I did August. August I walked 20.75 Miles and September I walked 30.66. My weight was exactly the same on September 1st as it is today. 180.6, however, if I go by my averages for the month I am down 1.2 pounds...

    My October Goals are:
    Be more consistent with exercise
    Pay more attention to food consumption
    Stay positive and focused even when crafting season starts in full

    Tracey in a light snowy Edmonton again today
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Mary Yay! for getting back together with Shep.

    Karen in Virginia
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Barbie: Thank you for creating our October thread. A new thread is always a gift. :heart:

    Rebecca: I love the Pumpkin Spice gas choice, but I don’t think the cars would be appreciative. :wink: Wouldn’t it be nice to get coffee service at the station when we’re filling our tanks! :bigsmile:

    Heather: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! We’re the same age again. :wink:

    Mary: I’m glad that you’ve decided to take Shep along with you. The two of you are bonded and need one another. (((HUGS)))

    M in OZ: I hope that your dry spring doesn’t lead to a drought. Enjoy the longer days. I miss them already. :star:

    Barbara: I did what you suggested and did give them a password. I hope they never ask for a change. :grumble:

    Pip: I love the pooch nose in fall leaves, too. :star:

    Here are my September goals and comments. They always look familiar because they work so well for me.

    September 2018 Resolutions:

    1. Log every bite and swallow. Done!

    2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on strength and stamina. Done. This has been a combination of yoga, walking & working on physically active projects.

    3. Have fun every day. Done!

    4. Drink at least 3 glasses of water a day. Done!

    5. Monitor sleep. Average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly. Done. This goal has been so good for my health and well-being!

    6. Avoid alcohol. I’ve done a little sipping. :embarrassed:


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    October 2018 Resolutions:

    1. Log every bite and swallow.
    2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on strength and stamina.
    3. Have fun every day.
    4. Drink at least 3 glasses of water a day.
    5. Monitor sleep. Average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
    6. Avoid alcohol.


    "It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches." ~ Alan Cohen

    Oooh a barista right at the pump! Why haven't they done that??? I would so put my order in as the gas was pumping!!!💗
    Rebecca
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    Dee- sorry to hear about your rib! Barbie has great advice and yes, life does deal strange challenges!

    Mary - sorry I'm late but great letter! Will be interesting to see their response. Good proofreaders in this group. B) Don't blame you for wanting to take Shep along! A girl and her dog... <3

    Viv - Leah is a cutie! Hoping for the best with your Dad's doc visit.

    Barbara AHMOD     - hope you are continuing to feel good and your floor exercises go well. By the way, the international broadcast we get with the "leaf" antenna isn't from Canada, it's called "NHK World-Japan". The newscasters speak great English, and there are some interesting gardening and food broadcasts also in English or subtitled. How this station gets transmitted to a repeater in our little county, I'll never know. We sometimes watch the SUMO matches! Rebecca - can you access this? There might be an app for it to view on your tablet.

    Margaret - loved that home tour description. Closest thing I've come to that was touring one of the "Ball" mansions when I attended Ball State U in Muncie IN. So neat to see how the houses were designed back then, and the quality was outstanding. Loved hearing that F Scott Fitzgerald story. WOW!

    Machka     - how thrilling to see your DH's apple tree budding. Now, I'm curious. If someone were to get a dormant tree from the US, would it get mixed up season-wise if planted in your area? Maybe if it's truly dormant it won't care. My gravenstein has a branch that blossoms every fall so there's a mixed up one, lol.

    October goals... keep on with what I'm doing. Lower carbs, a day or two of intermittent fasting per week. Keep on with the 3x per week strength training.

    September was a review of the benefits of lower carb eating and intermittent fasting. So this month, I want to investigate cardio equipment and/or exercises I can do at home when the rainy season hits. Also will be on the lookout for possible new activities/organization I can join and just do my introverted minimal, lol, in case the two I belong to right now aren't for me anymore.

    Before we moved to this neighborhood, I attended a very small Methodist church (attendance around 25 each week, most of them seniors) in a tiny town. Between that and volunteering at the food bank, I had a few treasured friends and acquaintances. I really, really miss that and haven't been able to find a new church home. It might be time to start looking again.

    Happy October ladies!

    Lanette
    Damp and once again green SW WA State

    I watch NHK all the time on TV. There is a show Journeys In Japan, a travel show that's really interesting! I watch their general news all the time. Their weather portion covers the whole world in 5 minutes! Its interesting! Their cooking shows are nice, but I usually have the sound down, because the hosts talk in English so slow its kinda annoying. So I'm thinking its for the Japanese housewife, learning English👍.
    Rebecca 💗
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • Poerava14
    Poerava14 Posts: 1,091 Member
    Barbie: Thanks for getting us started for October. I just can't imagine my life without all you ladies providing stories, pictures, wisdom and support. I treasure and love you all.

    Mary: Cheering your decision to keep Shep, and sending you every good wish that the assessment discussion yields a favorable resolution for everyone involved.

    Margaret    : That tour of mansions sounds ahh-mazing. I also love seeing people used reclaimed wood. What are you putting in your she-cave?

    Heather: Happy, happy birthday tomorrow <3<3<3 Keep on dreaming about possible renovations to your current home. It's a great way to practice creativity, even the ideas never come to pass.


    Intentions for September and report card:
    > Meditate and practice Reiki daily = A
    > Yoga once a week in addition to regular cardio = A
    > Do something fun with DH outside of the house 1x per week = B (missed last week)
    > Start on scanning family album #2 = F (why am I finding this so tough?)
    > Be lighter = C Finished up .5...so basically stayed the same.
    Word for 2018 = Release

    Since there is definitely room for improvement, I am going to carry over these intentions to October. Stay well friends. We can do this!

    Rori
    Colorado Foothills
    cheering on our Colorado Rockies baseball team today!!!!
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,645 Member
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    I watch NHK all the time on TV. There is a show Journeys In Japan, a travel show that's really interesting! I watch their general news all the time. Their weather portion covers the whole world in 5 minutes! Its interesting! Their cooking shows are nice, but I usually have the sound down, because the hosts talk in English so slow its kinda annoying. So I'm thinking its for the Japanese housewife, learning English👍.
    Rebecca 💗

    Rebecca - that is SO cool you watch NHK! Does it come in on your Satellite/cable then? Maybe it does down here but we get neither of them. I think it's funny that my DH tunes in a lot even when the internet is still up, guess he's getting tired of what Sling has to offer. Every time it's on I think of you!

    Don't feel bad, I can see myself doing just what you did with the big trip. Several years ago one of my good friends from Seattle arranged a girl's weekend on Lummi Island for her 65th birthday. I knew many of the gals who responded they'd attend. I agreed to go... then realized I'd be driving up to Bellingham, my car was way past the 60,000 mile checkup, I'd be dealing with the ferry, my own DH was having some health issues. And frankly the last time I was with these gals (her 50th Bday in Seattle) it was drinking, drinking, drinking, noise, rude jokes..... this time there would be MJ involved....NOT my idea of fun. I was sorry to miss seeing her but I came to my senses and realized the "group" wasn't going to be enjoyable for even if we sat around the campfire toasting hot dogs and making smores, lol.

    By the way, I just finished watching a good series on Netflix - "Marcella" - not bad for a detective series set in the UK and produced by Netflix. 2 seasons and worth the time to watch, reminded me a little of "Broadchurch". I don't know how the writers kept the characters straight!

    Lanette
    SW WA State

  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    Machka in Oz - where are you getting that nice tidy tracker for your stats? I wish there were a way to have a multi clipboard!

    Heather in the UK - waiting is the hardest thing of all for me! Between stress and boredom, they're two of my greatest triggers to overeat!

    A BIG happy birthday to you! You're getting to what I believe are the true golden years. I hope your birthday is grand.

    Viv York UK - you can often find balls that light up for a few moments after they bounce at what we call dollar store here in the US. I'm guessing you have something similar there? Kate ❤️ -Isn't playing with our pets fun? One of my cats will fetch now and then / on her terms, lol.

    The giants thing sounds like pure magic. I've seen a couple of video clips!

    Barbara the southern Oregon Coastie - your goals are awesome too. And here again, you have a great tracker sign off. Where are you getting that from?

    Your video of ms. Tumble Tail is just darling! What a funny, sweet little puppy.

    Margaret ❤️ - that home your sounds so delightful! I lived at one point in a third-floor apartment in one of the grand old homes in Columbus OH. It has since been restored, thank goodness. It had lively carved wood paneling going up the entry stairway to the second floor and an immense stained glass window in art deco style of lilies on the land in. I wish the homes in that area would have a tour sometime when I'm visiting back there.

    Lanette - It always amused me when driving my truck at night what odd stations would pop up on the radio. I've been tempted to look for a cheap shortwave radio just to listen in.

    Barbiecat! You're a real wonder keeping up with everything. Thanks SO much for having this page ready every month! And with all you have on your plate, too. Hope you get to shoe shop soon! Wow! Try saying THAT three times fast!

    I'm again setting my goal of logging food AND water every day. I'm falling down on hydration badly. I also want to set a goal of going through my mail every day. It stacks up seemingly quickly. I hate doing it, though. So much junk, and so few really important items besides the usual monthly statements.

    My starting weight for this month is 242.2. I'm down almost 20# from my peak. My surgery date isn't set yet but will be sometime in late November/early December. I'm getting all my food supplies in for the post surgery period. I'll also need easy to take vitamins, etc.

    Sharon in Seattle area
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,301 Member
    hi
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    edited October 2018
    KarenVA, Rori- thanks! I am so excited to see him tomorrow!

    I just got a notice that the assessment hearing is being proposed to be rescheduled due to monies from the state sales tax that they collected. I'm still going to the meeting and presenting my objections however. I will let everyone know how it goes!

    Margaret - I love your she cave!

    <3
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Margaret adore historic homes and mansions, sounds like my kind of outing! Also the she shed/zen den is so relaxing and well appointed, a great little cozy space :)

    Heather hope your birthday tomorrow is a happy one, and that you find a pink bag that "floats your boat" :p

    NYKAREN

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