WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2019

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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Stunner of a day out now.. got a good bit of food down my DFIL so it makes me happy.. now home sitting out on my patio with Alfie
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,692 Member
    Thank you, Mary. When the exercise gets interrupted the whole thing goes to pot. Today started off badly, but I recovered a bit. Not feeling well helped me not to pig out. DH is not going to cricket tomorrow as it won't be a full day, so he can come with me to the grandchildren for the marathon watching. I have really missed him. Hope I stop aching! I will take a pain killer tonight.

    Sneezing now as well. Grrrrrrrrrr!

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Had a very nice day off yesterday. Now I work today and tomorrow. Not a lot of people around on the weekends so I can get stuff done. I enjoyed my day off yesterday. Went to my Aunt's funeral. It was a real nice service. I am going to write the minster a note about how I felt about the service. Am concerned for my Uncle as he was really having a hard time walking and not sure how he is going to do home a lone. Left my phone number with my cousin if he wants some help. Nothing else I can do at this time, but check in with them.

    Janetr--Very pretty young lady. Thanks for sharing.

    Allie--Take a deep breath and those keys will show up when you least expect. Happens to me all the time, soon as I give up looking things have a way of just showing up.

    Margaret--Keeping you and DS in prayer. I hope you get them to get the educaton they need to deal with mental health issues as I agree there is more of this today then anyother time and must be handled well so that like you and DS do not have to have this kind of trauma to deal with on top of everything else.

    Rebecca--Congrates on getting the house. Very nice and roomy looking.

    Lisa--I have found when riding the motorcycle my fitbit gives me lots of steps. But not everytime. So the times I am riding I just don't count. Very pretty quilt and I can see it will be a big hit.

    Well ladies time to get some work done. Didn't sleep well last couple nights and really having a problem keeping on track today. Take care. The most important thing is never give up!!

    Blessings, Vicki GI NE <3
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,251 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    margaretturk wrote: »
    It is question I will have to clarify with the attorney

    heart: Margaret

    That's another thing ... write down all your questions. You'll think of them when you're shopping, driving, and doing what you do. Have some way of writing them down when you think of them. Start carrying a little note book or maybe you can do it on your phone or whatever. I emailed myself my questions because I could do that with my phone. So I'd be sitting in a lecture, and suddenly tap out a question to myself.

    And I know it's tempting to start sending whatever you've written to lawyers, media or whoever ... but wait.

    I still get caught with this. I write a bunch of stuff, I wait a day, I edit it, and I send it ... and about 30 minutes after I've sent it, I've got an "And furthermore ... " email going. I need to be more patient!! I do wait a day, but I really need to wait about 2-3 days, at least. I need to sleep on it a couple nights and get some good exercise of some sort where I can get away from technology and just think ... and I need to edit it several times before sending.

    I've actually got one going to my husband's back to work coordinator that I've had simmering for about 2 weeks now. I haven't sent it yet because I don't feel I've said everything yet in the way I want to say it.


    margaretturk wrote: »
    I have a niece who is a lawyer in Missouri. My plan is to gather all the writings I have written over the past few days. Then follow M's idea to organize my thoughts. I will send a copy to my niece and ask if she has suggestions for finding the right lawyer here.

    Yes, send it to your niece ... that's a great idea. That will also give you time to think of more questions or a different way to word things.


    margaretturk wrote: »
    I will also use this copy when I meet with a lawyer or lawyers. Again this might depend on where John is on this. His health comes first, but I have this feeling that if he felt he could turn the tables on the police and call them out on their behavior it would give him a healthy place to vent all the rage is boiling inside of him. It could also help motivate him to get well faster.

    Do you have a psychologist you can talk to about this? Hopefully your son has one that he is able to see soon, but do you have one you can vent to and also bounce some of your ideas off?

    Soon after my husband's accident, a friend where I work set me up with the free EAP psychologist. Unfortunately, she and I did not hit it off, but then someone at the Brain Association recommended someone else and she was wonderful. It was such a relief to talk to someone who really understood.


    margaretturk wrote: »
    I feel so blessed to have the knowledge and support of such wonderful woman. With your support and the support I am getting from my support system here. I know I am ready to help make these changes.

    If John cannot be on board with this. I also know a reporter who could help and may have to just write to the Police Chief. I am going to stay away from the reporter until I know what we are going to do legally.

    Be very careful about publicising things if you are going to go the lawyer route ... including on a public forum (i.e. here). That may be a question you ask your lawyer: how much can I say publicly about this?


    margaretturk wrote: »
    First thing first. Getting John to the right help and then getting him well!!!

    heart: Margaret

    I hope both of you can get the help you need. :)



    M in Oz
    Excellent advice. You are right about this forum being too public. You do have to go looking for it but even so. So far I am only sharing story with you, family, trusted friends, and those whose job it is to see that changes are made.

    Your comment about be careful about how to proceed is interesting. I got a sign that said I need to pull back and I will know when it is time to go forward.

    So as soon as I get them loaded I am going to share my Art in Bloom.
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Thanks ladies! I got a nice little cold sore on my lip from the stress of it all. Amazing how your body deals with stress huh?!
    Everyone chill out and sip your favorite thing day.😁
    💖Rebecca
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Home from my evening out..had a blast..was very good at eating had steamed chicken and vegetables,only ate the zucchini and broccoli a few onions and the chicken. Then we walked a little bit.then came over to our local place and they had a drink I had water..we will do it again ..
  • ginnytez
    ginnytez Posts: 1,400 Member
    Busy weekend so far. Spent time with old college friends. It was nice to remember and catch up and laugh. Managed to stay under calorie count. After lunch we went for a walk around local university so got steps in.

    Sorry to hear of your struggles Margaret. Hope you find a helpful resolution.

    Ginny in Ohio
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,191 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    spikeyhair wrote: »
    Did my second 5K parkrun this morning with DS and his wife which ended up being 10k as we walked to and from the park, as Heather would say I was knackered. Went to my knit socks meeting this afternoon learning to turn the heel. Have lost a couple of the extra pounds I've gained.
    DH hasn't been too well maybe some kind of bug?

    Kate UK <3

    Well done!
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,517 Member
    Did the YRG Fountain of Youth DVD. I didn’t realize it was all yoga, but that’s OK. The plan for tomorrow is to do some balance games on the Wii.

    Made some pierogi to take with me to a friend’s house next Saturday. I’ll just freeze them. They take a fair amount of time to make so that’s why I’m doing it now. Unfortunately (for me) not a single one broke!

    Now making this chocolate cream dessert for Easter. I’ll just freeze it and then put the whipped topping on it right before we have it.

    Kim – lovely patches

    M – reading about your day, I’m exhausted

    Lisa – I certainly would bid on that quilt. Did you hand sew the binding?

    Went to the Hickory Crawdads baseball game. Pretty exciting game. I did bring my own food, tho

    You know how very passionate I was about Newcomers? Well, it really surprises me how I’m not feeling that way. Like I told the treasurer if he got any applications to give them to me. Well, at the general meeting he said that he gave them to this other gal who is supposed to be taking over membership but I told her that in the meantime until they get things straightened out, I will continue to do it. I’m suspecting that he gave them to her because Carol (the ex-president) told him to. I asked Sandi (the new membership person) to please send them to me. I haven’t received them as yet. That means that they aren’t on the mail list nor is there a record for their birthday. But I’m really not going to concern myself with it. They know (at least Carol should) that the people aren’t on the mail list. And until I get the application, they won’t be. Maybe Sandi will put them on, I don’t know. Really, I question just how Sandi will work out. Not my problem. The reason I say that I question how she’ll work out is that at lots of times she doesn’t seem to be on the mark. Like she said she got a new gun (Vince does a group for shooting) and she put it in a safe only she couldn’t find the combination so she couldn’t go.

    Michele in NC
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,039 Member
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  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,610 Member
    Heather, hope you can shake off whatever that bug is.
    Rebecca that silent L cracked me up
    Just skimming, too sleepy to eat my yoghurt so will come up short of protein for the day.

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    walk one more step 10/30, 60 g protein 12/30, rx/vits 11.5/30, meditate 4/30, knee exercises 4/30, SWSY 0/30, play with Tumble 9/30, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 8/30.
    Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD!
    04/13 LT: Dog group-Y MT: laundry-Y ST: dog group wording-N
  • lalalacroix
    lalalacroix Posts: 834 Member
    Today was very busy.

    Started with a few hours of work then off to the bus. I spent a couple of hours measuring wood for the side wood paneling. I'm so grateful to be on this project with my daughter and proud of her for undertaking such an interesting project.

    Afterwards spouse and I went on a run. My run was pretty crappy. I'm used to running either on trail or on a treadmill. Running on a track outside was slow, mostly because I think it's just so boring for me.

    Afterwards we had family pizza night which means that I make dough and all the toppings and we all make our own personal pizza. Mine was really delicious and under 500 calories so I was happy about it.

    Off to bed and then a morning hike. Good night all!
  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    edited April 2019
    📙Accountability post for Saturday, April 13th
    ✔️1. Carbs 50g max with no more than 25g per meal. (38g)
    ✔️2. Fiber 25g. (25g)
    ✔️3. Track in MFP. Complete the entry daily.
    ✔️4. Exercise - log 30 Fitbit minutes (31 Active minutes).
    ✔️5. No eating after 9pm.
    ✖️6. In bed by midnight.

    • Overall Feeling: Slept in. High Energy this afternoon.
    • Exercise: Got my 30 minutes. Spent more time sitting today working on computer files.
    • Eating deadline. Late day - but i managed to hit this deadline.
    • Bedtime-Sleep Hygiene. Going to buy an alarm clock and see if i can get up at the same time every day. Start with a late time and then move it up. One thing I’ve noticed... If i don’t get 8 hours of sleep - I’ll crash the next night and sleep in late.
    • Bright Spot today: Nice long chat with my sister (71) via FaceTime this evening. We laughed a lot. ❤️
    • Today I’m grateful for: My sweet husband grilling supper tonight. Steamable packages of frozen vegetables. Mucinex DM for mother’s cough. The FaceTime app. The quart size Ball canning jar lamp my auntie made and I won in our family reunion auction many years ago. I had to take out the dried beans and corn - but it’s a handy receptacle for Mama’s endless rock collection.

    -- Ginger in Texas
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    Sunday -- a nice early evening for a ride

    Distance: 21.10km
    Elevation: 133m
    Moving Time: 1:14:12
    Elapsed Time: 1:14:52
    Speed: Avg: 17.1km/h | Max: 25.6km/h


    Also stopped on the way to where we cycle to pick up a container for cleaning products in the bathroom and file boxes for the stuff in my "nest". Now, everything is neatly contained and gives the impression that I'm organised. :)


    Machka in Oz
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Morning, afternoon and evening, all...

    Heather     - hope the bug takes a hike. Unfortunately, it's one of the hazards of being around the grands, they pick up bugs from school. Last time I was ill with something communicable was when we were living with my daughter, taking care of the grandkids.

    Michele - I don't hand-sew anything, including the binding. Am far too impatient to sew by hand anymore. The entire backing of the quilt will be the dark green, so I'll use it to self-bind the edges by folding it over the front after I've got the batting in and free-motion quilted the whole thing. Requires a bit of pinning, but not hard work. I use batting with wash-out adhesive activated by a steam iron, as well, so I don't have to pin the layers together. It's useful, as it stays nice and sturdy while you're working with it, and then once it's washed, it's quite soft.

    Kim - meant to say earlier that I love the patches. Absolutely beautiful work, but I can see they'd take quite a bit of time, especially for more than 100!

    Raining and chilly here still until around noon--we were lucky to just catch the trailing edge of this storm. Egg (our cat) stuck her head out the cat door and came back in and complained to me about it, with drops of water still on her nose. Not a happy kitty. She's never happy in the morning until my husband's up and around, anyway, which won't be for hours yet.

    So, I'll work some on the quilt this morning. I'll post up pics when it's fully quilted. I only know one free-motion quilt pattern, stippling, and may try to teach myself something more decorative before I pile into quilting this one. It's effectively crib-size, as I wanted it to be either a couch quilt or a wall tapestry, at the buyer's preference, so it's quiltable on my home machine. Someday, I'd love to have a long-arm machine with the ability to set patterns and let it go... but they cost in the thousands, and need more room than I have at the moment. Someday... :)

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    GodMomKim wrote: »
    Hi Gals,

    One of my close girl friends is getting married, I may have mentioned this…. She and her DF (darling fiancé) ride motorcycles and are in a couple of groups so the wedding is a biker’s destination wedding – it’s at the coast down a very winding hilly road, with not much at the end but a couple of hotels and a campground. It is very low key, they invited everyone via Facebook. But as most of their friends are bikers and they put patches on their vests, the “favor” is a patch, a patch that I am making. It’s my wedding gift to them. Originally there were to be 40-50 people, it is up to 120 – well I have been sweating it, as they were taking about 48 minutes each to make – well I have played around with how to do this and lower the time, and finally I am getting them done in 25-30 minutes… lets see if I can include a pic…. they are all a bit different from one another.

    Kim from N. California
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    I really like these! :)


    M in Oz
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,645 Member
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