WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2019

Machka9

Today ... some combination of 1 and 7. All while trying to operate coherently earlier in the day.


I’m not sure what this is. So far it hasn’t morphed into a real cold, and I would be happy if it didn’t. One of the things that can happen here is that we can get northern hemisphere colds and flues because of the cruise ships. A whole bunch of exposed people get onto a cruise ship, the colds and flues develop, and then they get off at ports along the way, like Hobart, and spread it all over the place.

We had 3 cruise ships in the other day, and the local pharmacy was packed with people picking up medications of various sorts. I tried to flee but maybe I didn’t get out of there fast enough.

I’m going to try work tomorrow, and hopefully things will go well.


M in Oz

LisaInAR

Machka - kinda loving the cat scale... I woke up, as I usually do, at a 3, and am going to try to make sure I don't get to an 8 until I get finished with my presentation and get back home. It may be horribly manipulative, but I'm going to take my cane with me, as I honestly don't know how I'll do standing up to give the presentation (that part's legit), as I haven't done a lot of standing yet. Really don't want to trip over the carpet and face-plant in front of a dozen people. Also don't want to wobble and have them think I'm drunk at 11 a.m.! If it gets me the sympathy vote as well, I'm OK with it.

As for you, young lady, the fever, chills, and bathroom breaks don't sound like a cold, they sound like influenza. Please take all precautions to make sure you're OK... you've had enough stress in the last year for six people, and stress does do a number on your immune system.

OK... up early once more, so it's time to get some finishing touches on one grant and get it ready to go up for approval. Then I need to get another one along similar lines started. Then a phone call at 7:45 to finish up yet another, and leave for town at 9 a.m. for the grant presentation for yet another. Busy week!

Rori and Penny - just stick your hand up and wave so we know you're OK. You know how we worry...

Love y'all!
Lisa in AR

grandmallie

morning ladies~ I am up and dressed.. about to have my tea.. I am feeling chunky ,but have been following the keto with precision .. think tonight and tomorrow will try 16.8 fasting... have to something to jump start this again...
honest I haven't fallen off the wagon once...
the painter started cutting in and painted behind the fridge yesterday.. its going to be beautiful once its done and will take come pictures...

auntiebk

KL your energizer bunny comment to Lisa made me laugh. It takes one to know one... :laugh:
NYKaren THANK you for the David pics. Is that damage to his foot, or did the artist want to imply feet of clay?
Lanette didn't even get a metal roof estimate, heard they are soooo expensive. Joe thought a metal roof would be noisy in the rain and might rust in our climate. Me, I'd have liked the fire preventative benefit... rust or moss you pays your money you makes your choices...
Allie your dry sink with sand and shells looks like a zen sand garden... all it needs is a tiny rake... Praying your brother and SIL come through this safely and sending you ((hugs)).
tksteps I have never been able to get my iPhone's health app to sync steps with mfp. Gawd how I hate touchscreens.
Janet there are just some things you can't do with Skype...
Vickie prayers for your brother and SIL.
pip too bad you were too sick to enjoy Kirby's breakfast in bed
Sharon "...multiple lions trained to pull" LOVE that image
Kathy in KY Thanks for the info! I'm NOT willing to work full time for a year again for anything, :noway: but would love to learn more about coding. Think the training could be a real benefit for our community of mostly retireds, many fighting with billing offices and Medicare. Will research online options here and suggest to our community college.
Machka hope happy kitty and sleepy kitty help you feel better. Sleep sweet, that's when the healing happens.
Lisa You? a nap??? Brava! Schoolbus yellow? :laugh: ROTFLMAO :laugh: My two attempts and hair color enhancement, chlorine green once, cider vinegar summer orange for another, were more than enough! Driving, walking into Dr.'s office without a cane, 4 weeks til next followup? Standing up for a presentation? You are doing brilliantly! As Cheri in N. IL was speaking of midnight looking like daylight, wondered if anyone's heard from Penny lately . . great minds
KJ Hooray! Tim's snow blowin' is a great validation of the stand you took. Bravissima! Didn't realize Machka's kitty pics were a song, now I love them even more.
Karen in VA ditto your comment to Okie about ultra lazy and not coloring hair. I am also a wimp and have to have the heat turned well up before showering. . .
Beth was glad to hear from you but sorry you worked on a paid holiday.
Katla my Mama permed my fine wavy hair into cotton candy frizz every six months from kindergarten through jr. high. At 13 I finally put my foot down and said NO MORE.
Heather such a scary episode for your brother, then an 8 hr wait in the ER? I'd be throwing up with anxiety in the waiting room!
Carol ditto what Barbie said about fear of the unknown. Lisa's right, information will help you make the right decision.
Mary from AZ good to hear from you. What you said about keeping the level of pain meds up and even in the body making it possible to do the exercises needed for complete recovery... true words!
Rita you are doing great!
Michele had to read your Palladian Blue comment twice to get it... :laugh: what a mental image! :noway: :laugh:
Tracey beautiful invitations! 4 out of how many?
Yvonne for me the dark side is all about the chocolate. I used to drink beer and eat dark chocolate ice cream at the same time. :laugh: Now my beer tastes go more toward the amber and copper, but mostly AF. As for Drink Wine Day, moderation is becoming a struggle. I love a glass of red, but it always tastes like "More!" with predictably dire results for the CICO. Wish I could find an AF red that I liked, So far I've poured 3 bottles down the drain. Snorted my tea reading ". . .Texas went from 90 to 45 like it just saw a state trooper."
Shannon, thanks for the info, fingers Xd that Joe's eye Dr will switch him from Combigan to Lumigan and that he has none of the side effects. For now he's back on the Travatan Z and Timolol Maleate. Say that five times fast. ;{
Betsy hoping your friend's surgery is successful and her recovery quick and complete. Take care!

Welcome TinaDuke, CockneyLady, ChristineCameron47.

Couldn't help myself, had to find it.
https://youtu.be/xckZXMyLQZI

Sleepy now

Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
walk one more step 13/28, 60 g protein 18/28, rx/vits 17/28, meditate 17/28, knee exercises 17/28, SWSY 4/8, play with Tumble

11/28, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 12/28.
Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD!
02/17 LT:SWSY-N , MT: 0 , ST: 0
02/18 LT:SWSY-Y , MT: call Allied Construction-Y, ST: call BrushBusters-Y

KJLaMore

Good morning all! Happy Tuesday! On Machka's "scale of cat", I generally start my day at either a 3 or a 6. Six is my favorite way to go through the day.
Machka- How wonderful that warm kitty/soft kitty is a preschool song! I love that it has history beyond the tv show!
Michele- I kind of laughed to myself as I wrote the Benjamin Moore initials before the color when writing about my bathroom. Yeah, BM and bathroom...lol I picked a nice warm brown for our bathroom about eight years ago and Tim asked me why I painted the bathroom S**tbrown?
Tracey- Oye! Only four done! I would have been tempted to grab them and do them myself (which is how I turned my daughter's wedding into my own personal nightmare). They look beautiful though, and I am sure the business will have them finished in good time!
NYKaren- Your Italian adventures have me swooning! Keep them coming! I am traveling vicariously through you!
Pip and Machka- Hope you both are feeling better soon! I seem to be keeping the "crud" that Tim and Colin have, at bay. Fingers crossed it doesn't go any further.

Kiddos arriving soon, so I better scoot! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)

KJLaMore

Oh HAIR!- I am a brunette. I was born that way, but in high school I did a lot of experimenting with my hair. Streaks, frosts, highlights, (I even had pink hair for a while; it was the 80s, what can I say?!) etc; until my hair was nearly blond. Then I went to platinum blond for about two years. After I came home from Mexico, I went back to brunette and have stayed that way, just switching up the tones and highlights. Medium red-brown after my red haired daughter was born. Next month I will be using a gift card that I got from my daughter for Christmas to have my hair done. I will get a new edgier cut and going to get some "peek-a-boo" color put under the top layer. Blue, green, and purple. lol It will be fun! The gray is starting to come in and that is fine with me. I kind of wish it would come in faster so I could just go with a silver rinse and have color pops go in easier. Pretty sure, gray hair for me means a blank canvas to color on/with.

bwcetc

Allie ... I feel your pain. I've been faithfully adhering to 19:5 fasting and up until this morning had lost 14 pounds since 12/30. Which is pretty good. But the scale was up 3 pounds this morning (so now it's back to 11 pounds lost)??!! The scale is such a fickle friend. You know and I know that weight jumps like that are nothing more than water, hormones, etc. Hang in there! But if you fast ... try pushing it to 19:5. This is considered the sweet spot for fat burning.

Beth

margaretturk

klanders30

barbara from what I’ve read, the David was commissioned to be set atop a building, that is why the size of his hands are proportionally big. When completed people found it too beautiful to place up high and insisted it be where people could view it. In 1991 someone took a hammer and chipped at his toe on the left foot. The tourists grabbed him and he couldn’t do further damage!!!
Here’s a pic of a Bronze sculpture of Hercules against a lion.
Ciao. NYKAREN-Italy

barbiecat

Imagine this with a heavy coat, gloves, hat, scarf, and Yaktrax on shoes. Then add two leashes and two frisky dogs. This is how I spend my morning.

noegrand123

Hi everyone. My name is Holly, have been on MFP for a week. I am glad to find an active thread to read! Will read today to get caught up! Thanks for being here!

pipcd34

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janetr7476

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.

Very true but it's truly magic to hear little gurgles and cooing and now out right laughs. So sweet

Janetr OKC (where we're expecting ice storm in a couple of hours, schools are all closed)

1948Peachy

exermom

Did about 45 minutes of HIIT and then took the Power Hour class. I like that class, I really work up a sweat. The plan for tomorrow is to do a 20-40-60 minute workout on the treadmill (intervals)

Barbara – glad someone got the Palladium Blue (sick) joke.

After exercise went to two thrift stores. Got a shirt, a plate, some tin plates that I know are strong (MIL had some and the place she got them from now uses these flimsy aluminum plates), and decided to try some DVD’s. Thinking that I should go to get some seashells.

KJ – I used to have a brown station wagon and the kids called it the “rolling turd”. No one wanted to be seen in it. Which was good when they got their licenses. I always had a car available to me…lol

Welcome everyone new!

I think a post of mine from yesterday vanished. Oh well…I’ll just start from where I left off.

Michele now in FL where it’s cloudy so I won’t be able to lay in the sun

stltrimom1015

Hey ladies –
Hope everyone is doing well. I think the never-ending winter is starting to get to me. I’m feeling very unsociable, irritable and short-tempered (which isn’t going over well at work). It’s not the cold so much as the lack of sun. Yes, I’m tired of being cold all the time and looking forward to warmer weather, but it’s more the gloomy, gray, dreariness that’s getting to me. I’m taking the next couple of days off work – it’s supposed to be at least partly sunny for the next few days – to hopefully kind of reset and get my mind back to where it needs to be. My eating has been OK (at least I haven’t fallen too far off that wagon) but I’ve pretty much lost any motivation to exercise. I’m going to try to re-find that also over the next couple of days.

Cari – congrats on the weight loss, for both you and your family!

Lisa – glad to hear that your recovery is going well.

Kylia – thinking good thoughts for baby Aubrey.

Machka – glad to hear the hip isn’t broken. Sounds like you’ve got a good doctor/PT.

I’m still about 6 pages behind – will try to get caught up a little later.

Janet in eastern MO

Poerava14

Lisa: Best of luck with the presentation. I think having the cane handy is very smart for many reasons. Sending massive waves of healing energy your way.🖐🖐🖐

NYKaren and Michele: Vicariously enjoying travels with you. It's been a cold, dark, snowy month so far.

I'm 90% over my cold; however, DH now has it, so we are on the soup train for awhile longer. He is in denial that he's sick, but if/when I can convince him to head to bed for a nap, he sleeps for lonnng periods.

Hand update: Thumb is completely healed and there is barely any scar tissue. Pinkie shaft feels the same, with stiffness in the morning, and barely any pain at all once it's warmed up with normal daily movement. I remember accidentally hitting it hard on the kitchen counter, so that's my best guess for how I fractured it originally.

Car update: The little Subaru in the body shop may finally be done by tomorrow. I am now super anxious to get it sold ASAP. We've barely taken out the new Subary due to being home bound with illness and crummy weather.

My 'calories out' count has been low for past 3 weeks. However, the food choices and quantities must have been pretty good because 2.6 pounds are gone during same period. This is a tremendous revelation to me; so now just have to ease back into the gym and keep this good groove going.

On gray hair: I have thick, salt and pepper hair, all one length, that stops about the middle of my back. I didn't like the initial appearance of grays because they looked like little metal springs popping out of my head. The right PRODUCTS have been the key to loving my quickly spreading gray and white streaks. Get the proper shampoo for white, so your lighter hair is shiny. And invest in good serum to tame the kinkiness out. I get alot of compliments for my hair, especially when I've taken the time to use a flat iron to make the hairs all straight, shiny and smooth.

Yesterday I did the taxes online, and just have a couple questions to clear up before hitting send. Today, I'm doing a deep cleaning of the kitchen. Front of the fridge was covered with magnets from my travels over last 5 years. Stripping them all off, and just going to enjoy the plain white front again.

Rori
still SMILING with eyes, heart and lips
in Colorado Foothills

pipcd34

Yesterday no workout, Elite dinner which came to 505 cal I added extra to get me over 1000 so it would allow me to complete my calorie intake.

Today no work out. Drove to work. Started already left at 9:30 I’m home. Laying on the dog bed in front of the fireplace with a blanket and a pillow

Vickil57

At work just wanting to go home and get back in bed, this cold is kicking my ---but we are so short of help and being the supervisor.
'We have almost 4 inches of snow on the ground and they are calling for 5-7 more starting this afternoon. I agree that we have not had a winter like this in a long time.
Wonder how Meg is doing in Omaha, sounds like they are getting more snow then us at this point.
Take care ladies and stay warm and safe.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE

cityjaneLondon

Got ready to go out to Swing dancing this evening. I even taped up my patella as I was anticipating some twisting movements. Walked down there, about 17 mins walk, and no one was there! We wandered up the stairs to the main café and the owner told us they had had to cancel because they had a plumbing emergency and the floors were wet!
Got back home to find I had had an email about 15 mins before we set out. Didn't see it of course.
Oh well! At least I burnt off 100 cals or so.

I've been trying to get to see my cancer friend, but she has got to a stage when she isn't communicating very well. I told her I could come up next week, wherever she is, hospice or home, and she replied that she can't plan that far ahead.
I feel very frustrated, but it's not about me, so I just have to let her do what she needs to do. I would be happy to go up for an art exhibition and just pop in for half an hour, but I'm not the first thing on her mind, I'm sure. She has many close friends and a loving family. I can't help feeling a little shut out though.
I'm currently reading a very good book on my Kindle about the end of life, so I do have some idea about what is going on. Gradually shutting down is part of the process. Hard though, as I am out of the loop re what is happening.

Tomorrow we are off to Petworth House for an exhibition of Dutch Paintings. We will have lunch there first. Should be lovely sunny weather. So sorry for all of you still battling the snow and ice.

Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx