WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR JANUARY 2019
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janetr7476 wrote: »margaretturk wrote: »
Yes! My plan at 3:00 is to camp out on the couch under a blanket and have football on the TV. I usually have a book or crossword puzzle with me to occupy me during commercials/maybe more
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Kelly ... you continue to amaze me. So very glad you are able to work with this boy with very special and trying needs. What a blessing you are to his family!2
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Heather: Your photos of Brighton make me want to visit there. The chances of me actually doing that are nil—DH will never fly again and I am not brave enough to go on my own. :ohwell: I hope your DH starts feeling better soon.
Michele: My class reunion was a couple of years ago and we went to the informal icebreaker. We skipped the fancy dinner the next day. I saw four or five people I knew personally and a few class “stars” who were in the popular crowd. The graduating class was over 600, I think it was 720 or so. Several people I wanted to see were not there, and a few had already passed away. It motivated me to track down my best friend from Junior High through HS and we met for lunch a month or so after the reunion. She has had some horrible tragedies since then. Her personal health had her in a nursing home for a while and then her daughter was killed in a car accident. I sent heartfelt condolence messages but haven’t talked to her in person since then. My husband’s 50th reunion was totally different. His graduating class was around 100 or so and many of them came to the reunion. It was lovely. I would encourage you to go if you have a few close friends you’d like to see again.
Lisa in AR: I hope you feel better soon! :flowerforyou:
Lanette: I agree with you and Charlie Brown. Having dogs around has made this a better world.
Beth: I’m glad the intermittent fasting is working for you. :flowerforyou:
We’re having a gray morning. It is 42 degrees and drizzly. Being inside and dry is nice and feels cozy. I haven't been to the stable in a couple of weeks due to low energy. I hope I'll feel more energetic in the coming week.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon4 -
I am STARVING today!
That is all.
Okie in the TX Hill Country4 -
Thank you my friends. I know I am doing the right thing, but these are very old friends from school and we have been getting together twice a year for quite a while now. The strange thing is we are getting together in York (a very long distance for me) in April for my Portsmouth friend's 70th birthday/flatwarming. I will be up there for two nights. It is not actually her birthday, plus we already 'warmed' her flat last year. I consider this to be a big effort on my part and I don't even want to go to that, but I am, simply for my dear Portsmouth friend. For some reason they (especially the difficult friend) don't consider that time, at considerable expense, a proper spring "jaunt" because a lot of other people are also invited and my Portsmouth friend will be busy some of the time with them. I see my Portsmouth friend at least once a month anyway. In fact I am having lunch with her next week.
The other friend, who lives in Glasgow, I will invite down for a summer visit with her husband. DH finds them ok. The 'difficult friend' just doesn't get the hint that I can only stomach her in small doses. She is now asking me what hotel I am staying at. :sad: I haven't replied. If it wasn't for the others I would be happy not to see her again. It's not only personal, I have moral objections to the financial dealings of her and her 'husband'. But she is vulnerable and clearly adores me.
She is a good teacher for me in learning tolerance and compassion. :laugh: I can be the bigger person. 
I was going to cook a lovely lamb and bean stew today and went out specially on the bus to buy tins of flageolet, but DH really isn't up to it. I'm going to make him scrambled eggs on toast instead. Silly to waste good food. He seems to have gone downhill today. Very weak. Coughing. Can't breathe properly. Can't sleep. Very fed up.
I am happy to have lentils and wholesome rice. My favourite food with yoghurt and hot pickle. Chopped salad. Yum! I will cook some broccoli for him and me.
KJ - That has happened to me once and I just stirred a new starter tablespoon of yoghurt into it and warmed it up again to incubating temp. Came out great! Or you could use it in cooking dough or scones (biscuits). Or marinating meat esp chicken.
Lanette - He's had the pneumonia jab. I think this bug is one of those viruses that antibiotics don't work for. It has laid low a lot of local people including my son, but my DH does not have age on his side. I think it's just the luck of the draw whether your body's immune response has met this bug before and can marshall a response quickly. Two years ago I had a dreadful cough that went on for three months and he was over his in a month. He says he has never had anything like it before.
Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx
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Almost 6 months at this park and still loving it! So many different people and strange things come through here. Makes it interesting!
I have a new doc who is all into healthy eating as the root of most of our health problems. I like this as I’ve always believed this.
So since December 12, I have been avoiding sugar and keeping my net carbs around 50 grams. Following a high fat low carb regime (HFLC). I’ve lost 10 pounds so far with a calorie goal of 1800! Not hungry and able to add IF at 8/16 with no hunger. So this is my plan for the year and beyond. Eat this way all the time, ignore calories, and the weight will come off and stay off until I get to my natural goal weight.
RV Rita8 -
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stats for the day:
manual treadmill-walk/- 31.41min, 15.50min mi, 154mhr, 2mi= 256c
other- 21.22min- 3sets of 10ea + 7 diff fl exercises in btwn, 119ahr, 146mhr= 169c
arm dip/chinup machine- 17min, 5sets of 10ea, w/3 diff exercises in btwn, 2sets of 10 @ 70#, 1sts 1/2 @70# and 55#, 1st 10 @ 55#, 1sts of 1/2 55# and 45#, 135mhr, 120c
total cal 545
kinda happy of the 45# assist effort. the lighter the weight, the stronger you r.3 -
Next year I will not buy a Christmas cake!! Just had a piece (small) but the calories in it - no wonder I can't lose weight, my food choices lately are not the best, not sure why, but I can't seem to stop snacking.
Heather it's my friends 70th birthday in May and she is planning a trip, Dublin has been mentioned, but my passport has lapsed so I said I wouldn't be able to go. With all the Brexit uncertainty, she has decided to stay in England thank goodness. Liverpool has been mentioned so we might go there, I am looking forward to it (wherever we end up), think we'll stay overnight and travel back the next afternoon/early evening.
I hope you enjoy your stay in York, it is a lovely city. Where are you staying, I think the Hotels are quite expensive to be honest. It has been busy over Christmas, but usually goes quiet until Easter when the tourists start up again.
Viv UK 2 -
Heather: Sending good thoughts for your poor, sick DH. I hope he is getting enough fluids. I like chicken soup when I have a cold. There are loads of articles on the benefits of homemade chicken soup for those with respiratory illnesses. Peter Rabbit’s mom knew what she was talking about. She also recommended chamomile tea. I prefer peppermint tea. (((HUGS)))
Rita: I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying your life and the park where you are hosting.
Have a great day!
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Viv - Haven't booked yet. My friend lives in a new riverside flat. I have been to York a few times and love it. I usually stay at the Grand, but I might choose something less expensive this time. Feeling hard up. I want to go to the Railway Museum. Haven't been for years. I love trains. My house is full of railway posters.
If it wasn't for my difficult friend I might even be looking forward to it.
Katla - He just seems worse and worse. He was even crying tonight, he is so fed up with feeling so weak and coughing all the time. Can't get any rest. I have been giving him soup as there isn't much he fancies.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
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Today was a day of rest. Even though I slept pretty well last night, I took a two hour nap after lunch and feel very much revived.Heather, when I had my terrible cold for two weeks after Christmas, I was so tired all the time and spent lots of extra hours in bed so I know how your husband feels. As a high energy person, I was so discouraged by the fatigue. Barbie from beautiful NW WA 4
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Heather - so sorry your husband still isn’t improving. There is a terrible strain this year going around.
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Viv - Haven't booked yet. My friend lives in a new riverside flat. I have been to York a few times and love it. I usually stay at the Grand, but I might choose something less expensive this time. Feeling hard up. I want to go to the Railway Museum. Haven't been for years. I love trains. My house is full of railway posters.
If it wasn't for my difficult friend I might even be looking forward to it.
Katla - He just seems worse and worse. He was even crying tonight, he is so fed up with feeling so weak and coughing all the time. Can't get any rest. I have been giving him soup as there isn't much he fancies.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
Do you have a walk-in clinic (after hours clinic)?
About 18 months ago, I got like that with a "cold" that was hanging on and hanging on and it just seemed to be getting worse, and I was trying to do homework in the evenings and work during the day and it was all falling apart ... and when I finally burst into tears my husband took me to an after hours clinic. Turns out I had bronchitis. A few days on antibiotics, and I was much more myself.
M in Oz2 -
Hello all! I tried to post a couple of times in the past couple days and I just erased it because I felt it was too long and I was talking too much about the new daycare family! SO...suffice it to say, the past two days with the new family have gone WONDERFULLY! I went from two/three meltdowns on the first day, to one on Friday, then none yesterday! We came close yesterday, but were able to calm him before things got out of control! He actually even sat down and ate meals with us Friday and Saturday, too. Hurray! Thank you for all of your kind words and concerns! I am so glad it has worked out and I don't have to make tough choices in regards to caring for him. Friday we went on another night hike and explored the beach in winter. Found lots of driftwood. Yesterday I got the sleds and snowboards out and the boys had a ball sledding/boarding on the slope behind my house. They had hot cocoa and granola bars for post sledding snack at 6:30pm, so we ate dinner at 8:00. (They did, I ate my dinner while they had hot cocoa.) SO...today is just Trentin. I need to make a ham and prep some fresh fruits and veggies for tomorrow's Mid Winter Luau!
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I can't remember who asked; Machka maybe? I have children in my house from 6:30am-11:30pm about five days a week; then Trentin on every other weekend from 11:30-11:30 and the new boys every Saturday from 4:00pm-11:30pm. I usually have two weekday evenings child free (usually Tuesday and Thursday).
Machka- Love your beautiful vacation photos and your marathon video is fantastic. You must be good at hiding pain, because you look like powerful woman running that last leg of the race! Hope you feel better soon in regards to your root canal.
I don't know how you do it. I worked in childcare for a couple years and was always so glad when 5:30 pm rolled around and I could send them all home.
And thanks!
I am still struggling with both leg and tooth pain. I had to jog for the bus this morning ... ouch!!!
M in Oz
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And I'm mad at my body today.
I was happily counting up toward the 12 months free that designates menopause. I had reached the 5 month mark ... and now I've got to start counting all over again. GRRRR!!!6 -
As I have mentioned before, my husband is obsessed with walking. He walks at least 6 miles a day, sometimes 9. I present this conversation for your entertainment.
Kay: Dave, you really need to do this new walking program your insurance is promoting, you walk anyway, they give you a free tracker, and you can earn $120 in gift cards.
Dave: I’m not wearing one of those things, and I’m not doing that BS. Throw it in the trash. (I throw it in the trash)
A couple of weeks go by. They send him another invitation.
K: I don’t see why you don’t do this. It’s $120 and you walk anyway.
well, you can get the tracker. I’ll wear it just to do my walks, but you are going to have to do all the work to get it, and I’m not doing that every hour thing. (You get 1 point for taking 400 steps every hour for 5 hours. You get another for 7500 steps in a day. So many points per month = $5 in gift cards up to $120.)
I go online, create an account and password for him, order his tracker, and we wait. The tracker comes. I charge it up, download the app to his phone and pair it up.
K. Ok, Dave, it’s ready. Do you want to wear it for your walk? yes, but I’m still not doing that hour BS.
We get back from walking. I start to open his app to see what it gave him. No, let me see if I can do it. If I’m going to do this, I need to know how it works.
Next day. He goes for his two hour walk, sits down, has his coffee, does his puzzles, gets up and heads for the door.
K: where are you going? I’ve got to get my steps.
K did not say, but thought: I told you so!11 -
And my D followed by a colon turned into emojis! What????1
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Kay I love the emoji designated for your husband. In emoji world a colon followed by a D is a and a D followed by a colon is 0
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Great story, @drkatiebug. Men!!! LOL!!3
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drkatiebug wrote: »And my D followed by a colon turned into emojis! What????
Kay, LOL! Men, eh? Love it how they "get it" on delay sometimes. I thought the sad/surprised emoji fit perfectly!
Machka - sorry to hear your "streak" was interrupted. It won't be long now though, and it will be done. I think the end is in sight for you.
Kelly - I am so glad you are able to schedule actual vacations throughout the year. Those are super long days - if you worked in private industry you'd be betting major overtime. Are you able to charge more for the evening kids?
Rebecca - I forgot to tell you how much I love your haircut! And your supermodel hair always looks so nice = great body. I'm jealous!!
Beth - I decided to make some chicken curry soup today. I peeled and chunked up one of those delicata squash and cooked it in chicken broth along with lots of other veggies and it was great. Yes, that little squash was pretty sweet! Cubed up some rotisserie chicken I had in the fridge, added some coconut milk and red curry paste and canned drained chickpeas so now I have lunch for a few days.
All of you in the big chill - please drive safely and keep warm! Astounding the temperature plunging so far below zero for a few days then warming then freezing again. Geeze, hope it doesn't tear up the roads too badly.
I saw videos of blizzard conditions in southern Indiana and elsewhere on Facebook today. Brought back memories, for sure. Lots of fun when you're a kid but when a person has to navigate snowdrifts driving to work and appointments, the fun stops. I am cold just thinking about it.
Lanette
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Happy National Cheese Lover's Day!
"Don't feel bleu, throw a feta or act capricious. January 20th is a gouda day to kummin over and have some cheddar or asiago or... ." I had mozzarella-stuffed chicken breasts for dinner in honor of the day.
Okie - Love those peep-toe pumps! I can't do pointy toes or high heels, but I could probably wear those if the heels are low. I wear platforms sometimes when I'm wearing a dress or fancy pants - low heel but still a little lift. But I don't dress up often, so I'm usually in Chuck Taylors. Or barefoot, since I work from home!
Beth - Great news about your dad being released!
Kim - My mom made me all kinds of lovely things. I particularly remember a red and white velvet skating suit and a beautiful high-necked prom dress with loads of lace trim. Both of those were Christmas surprises. I like to wear jewel tones. I can wear some form of most colors except for yellow.
Felicia - My husband Philip really loves his Fivefingers! I don't like stuff between my toes like that so I haven't tried them.
Michele - Chocolate bran muffins sound yummy! That reminds me, I have some leftover cranberry-orange sauce that needs to be made into muffins.
Skimming through many, many posts to catch up. I'm really feeling the loss of my cell phone - thank goodness my new one will be here tomorrow! I'm actually thinking about finding out how much it would cost to fix the old one just to have a backup.
On the other hand, I got really sick Friday and spent most of the weekend on the sofa so I didn't feel up to doing much with email anyway. I didn't log anything because I pretty much didn't eat anything.
Today I felt up to a trip to the outlet mall to buy some new walking shoes so I'll be all set to pick up my step count where I left off. I have wide feet and very high arches. Much as I love the Chuck Taylors, my tootsies were beginning to suggest gently that maybe I should consider better support for long, serious walks.
Anyhow, when I got home I weighed whether to do some work on getting the front porch put back together or go for a motorcycle ride. I decided on the ride but Red Molly didn't want to start so I had to plug in the battery trickle charger and hope for a ride tomorrow. But I ended up not doing anything productive either.
Thinking of you all and wishing you the best!
-Yvonne in TX4 -
Hi Gals,
My day for food went way way out of kilter! A friend and I went for Chinese (which can be difficult) but I figured I could do this and then she decided to get a dinner combo for the 2 of us that was to serve 6! There was bok choy, sweet spareribs, rice, a broth soup, salt and pepper shrimp, a WHOLE tilapia in a brown gravy with tofu, oysters in ginger sauce, and some other dish it was chicken in sauce… It was good, but way too much, and honestly the bok choy and the salt and pepper shrimp were all I needed. This gal is thin as a rail, exercises like a maniac – not unusual for her to do an hour of bar class, an hour of step and walk 5-8 miles – she also works full time - We both had very small helpings of rice, then I tried everything, just a small spoonful, and had more of what I liked. No dinner for me! Lots of herbal tea to wash the sodium out.
Its raining a ton and windy, this is all supposed to stop by morning, I have a morning and afternoon gardening job tomorrow so hope it does.
Hugs to all! Thinking good thoughts for everyone dealing with the crud.
Kim from N. California
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Awe Lanette, my hair fools you! I think having hiperparathyroidism has made my hair thin, and wiry! I think my hair and nails are just showing the remnants of the disease. But thank you! I had a guy cut my hair. He was a young guy, with long curly yuppy hair! He listened to what I wanted my hair to do, and took his time. I will go back to him next time!
💗Rebecca3 -
Did Wii training games today. The plan for tomorrow is to hold my plank and then take the extreme pump class.
I’m going to mahjongg tonight to the gal whose house I usually go on Mondays since one gal who used to play with us who moved to Charlotte is coming up. Lectored at the church…yuk on Sunday.
Back…found out that the pastor is retiring. Hopefully, the new pastor will be more open to people performing multiple tasks. Like to me, every lector should have to also be an usher (except for the people in the choir). Then we’d certainly have enough ushers
Beth – one time it had stopped snowing, the roads were fine, I went to the Y and they were closed!
KJ – don’t EVER worry about your posts being too long. That family must be really grateful to you. If I were in that situation, I know I would be. Regarding weather: regardless of what they are predicting, I still feel “I’ll believe it when it’s on the ground”. At least most times I hold to this
NYKaren – is all this talk about the temp of yogurt when you make yogurt in the IP?
Katla – hope you’re feeling better real soon.
Made chocolate chip cookies for Vince and to take some tonight
Heather – I hope your husband feels better fast.
Played mahjongg with a gal we used to play with that moved to Charlotte. It was real nice to see her.
Kate – priceless. MEN!!!!
Yvonne – so glad you’re feeling better
Michele in NC
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NYYKAREN I hope you got home safely.
Add - oh I see you did make it home safe and sound. Yay!2
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