WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2019

Katla49

Lisa: Your grandchildren are adorable. :bigsmile:

Barbie: Great news from Jake’s blood test results! Congratulations!

Pip: I hope you enjoy your new schedule at work: It seems just right for you. :flowerforyou:

Rita: Glad you survived the heat. When we have 90 degree weather we tend to stay inside in the air conditioned house until evening when it is bearable outdoors. We haven’t had that kind of heat so far this year but I expect it to happen. :noway:

Rebecca: Happy Birthday! Your sister reminds me of my parents in that both of them were also chain smokers. It was hideous for a non-smoker like me to live with, and the end of life for each of them was very unpleasant. Mom, especially, couldn’t breathe. :sad: Luckily you are smarter than your sister and take care of your health.

Lisa: So sorry that your DH is down with a bad cold. Chamomile or mint tea are two of the best cold remedies that I know. :flowerforyou:

Machka: I love the view from the place you stopped to eat. Fabulous! :bigsmile: Thinking about my happy place!

Lanette: Tai Chi in the park sounds like good exercise and good fun.

TerriRichards: Our boat was my happy place for many years, but since DH’s MS has made him unable to go on the docks, much less the boat, I’ve been deprived. The RV is nice but lacks that lovely floaty feeling. One of these days I’ll take the power washer down to the boat and spend a warm afternoon floating and washing topsides. I will enjoy it.


My horseback riding friends are having a work party at a county park today. They’re working on grooming overgrown trails. I may take my rake and help groom the trails. They’re people with land and power equipment they’ll bring along. I don’t have lawn mowers and such, but the trusty rake is a good tool.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

klanders30

Happy Birthday Rebecca, enjoy the time with Athena Rose, she is a beauty.

Right now a new neighbor (behind our house) is tearing down that huge Sycamore tree that has shaded my back yard for too long! They knocked on our door this a.m. to ask permission to pull down our fence and work from both sides, right now, my rose bushes are looking stressed, but fingers crossed, this is gonna be for the better. I am not gonna miss that tree for one second, and it was a pleasure meeting a young family, he's a fire fighter who grew up here and she's expecting their first any minute. The racket is intense but I am reminding myself of the enormous benefit. Fingers crossed that it goes off without a hitch.

A glorious day here and I intend to make the most of it, after the racket subsides that is by cleaning up the backyard.

NYKAREN

cityjaneLondon

I think I'm going to keep the cleaner. DS is now backtracking and saying he doesn't think it was them.
Today I hid the spare house keys and some gold bits and pieces that I have been thinking of selling. There is nothing else to steal, providing I wear my rings when they are around.
I might regret the decision, but to find someone prepared to do two hours just once every two weeks for a reasonable fee is not easy.

Thanks for all the advice folks. I did say to DH how upset I feel sometimes. He was more supportive than last time.

We walked down to the outdoor jazz festival. It was raining and chilly so we only stayed a few minutes. Tried to get a drink in a nearby bar, but were blanked, so I gave them a piece of my mind and walked out.
Wandered through The Lanes, found a nice pub and spent a happy half hour supping half a pint of beer and chatting to DH about this and that. It looks as if our next door but one neighbours might be suitable people to get to know. He talked to them today about Brexit on the way back from buying the morning newspaper.

Making veg curry with hard boiled eggs tonight.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

JRsLateInLifeMom

Happy Birthday

Wondering if baking with sweetnlow tastes good or not??? I like it in tea ☕️.

Hubby found Healthy Choice 100calories chocolate bars y got me more 100 calories Skinny Cow from Nestles brand. He brought home a sonic Reese’s blast had to turn it down ..only ate 2tsp bites 80calories showed him on the app how that little cup 32oz from sonic is over 1800calories!!! He was shocked he tossed them in the freezer were afraid to eat them! Buying lower calorie teas even to everything we can for me. This is permanent since JRs metabolism isn’t fast like his sister we are making changes so I’m the guinea pig 🐷. If it tastes good in the stock piles it goes so slowly we phase out the bad stuff have healthy wonderful choices for him. My old town had great Vegan/Natural Diet store so you could buy rabbit to vegan products even vegetarian ones at good prices.Also had my own animals to garden y farms nearby selling their goods. Now big city no health store in site no wonder San Antonio Tx has a name for being a heavy weight town! Got gyms y pills only 💊 shops. Whole Foods had only 1 or 2 Amazon bought them they changed. It shows Hispanic/white population weight issues since I’m mixed race Im in multi-categories lol. https://www.sanantonio.gov/Portals/0/Files/health/HealthyLiving/FactSheet-Obesity.pdf

Storm coming I think cloudy ⛅️ so expecting internet issues.
Amber Tx

PW - 195lbs
CW - 168.6

pipcd34

lhscapil wrote: »

Rebecca - Happy Birthday! Touching photo of Athena and Aurora



Kate - That street with the umbrellas is so pretty.. Do they actually protect it from rain? You look great by the way. Any tomatoes yet in your garden? That burst of heat (90+ degrees) we had last week was actually good - I think nearly all of my plants have set little tomatoes - I planted 6, mostly cherry type.

Pip - glad you got to change your hours. I always loved the early shift like that. After about 2 pm my brain would go to sleep, but at 6:30 or 7 am, especially before other employees came in, I would get a lot done. Hope you can get some good gym time in. Spending quality time with Winkle is very important for you and her.

Yesterday was the first day of Tai Chi in the park. Actually it was more of an "intro" and he taught us breathing, where to place our feet, how to "walk", and some very simple moves. I'm thrilled because I purchased a DVD several weeks ago that is darn close to what he had us doing yesterday, so I can keep on. And also thrilled that my 2 friends want to keep coming back, it will be once or twice a month.

Better get some stretches in! Have a great weekend everyone!

Lanette
SW WA State

funny, it just worked out that way, they offered if I would be open to coming in earlier RIGHT after we found out about Bullwinkle. I've had earlier shifts before and I like them. we'll see about the gym time that I loose. the only way I'll make it up is if I just ride into work at 5am after my shower and go the 12 miles and count that as the gym time

bananasandoranges

✔️1. weigh in 59.4
✔️2. log all so far
✔️3. 30 min exercise
✔️4. five minutes meditation
-5. Take care of at least 3 shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill, (union work doesn't count)
✔️6. At least 15 min cleaning
-7. At least 5 min day filing
-8. average 1100 calories net

• Overall Feeling : mixed
• Log all : so far
• Exercise :walking around
• 1100 calories net average : so far
•3 Short term writing/admin per week: #
•cleaning : 15 min
•filing no

Grateful :
1.café

JRsLateInLifeMom

PW - 195
Cw - 168.6
Total loss: 26.2 lb

Walking indoors in circles a lot ⭕️.
Normal daily routine (2yr old routine).
1200 calories limit - if I go over trying to keep it under 50calories.
Working on knowing calories,serving sizes, y changing family recipes to food in house slowly.Plus why I eat certain foods 1. Ethnicity/Family 2. Memories attached 3. First Rebellion foods
Cleaning 🧻 to keep mind off eating lol.
Trying to prep lab meals but that keeps falling through so last second viewing stock y execute!
Added weight loss,period,Peri menopause tracker apps to know my new periods that need to poof again! So when they y if ovulation happens I can fight off cravings by knowing their coming preparing.Also ask myself will I regret eating this after my unusual cycle is done? Usually answers no grab something else.
Amber Tx
Trying to take care of myself more By letting Hubby help more.

barbiecat

Happy Birthday, Rebecca. How awesome that you can celebrate with your new granddaugher

barbiecat

I have been thinking about what's my happy place. Right now my happy place is my home, yard, neighborhood, dance class, car. I have had different happy places in my life. Now I'm in a new chapter (inning, act) of my life and the best thing I can do is enjoy being where I am. I watched my cousin (the one in the nursing home that I speak to by phone a few times a week) staring when I began talking to her after my mother died in 1991. My cousin was younger than I am now and she spent a lot of time bemoaning that she couldn't go the beach any more like she did when she was younger. She never seemed to be able to move into the next chapter of her life and enjoy her life in Manhattan and now she's in a nursing home and has little choice or control over her life. I think she missed a lot by wishing too much that she were somewhere else.

Barbie in NW WA (the happiest place on earth)

pipcd34

klanders30

barbie funny how just thinking positive can make all the difference. I am losing my classroom (again) and moved my teaching gear down to the basement yesterday whistling all the way. My principle noticed and remarked, “you seem happy about this” I said, since there is no better alternative why should I moan and groan about it, it wouldn’t improve the situation, he seemed dumbfounded by the remark and said he wished more people thought like that in the building!

NYKAREN

fanncy0626

Rebecca I hope you have a fantastic birthday!

Barbie Great news about Jake!! You have a perfect happy place! And thank you for making this a happy place for everyone!



Mary from Minnesota/ Arizona

spikeyhair

REBECCA happy birthday, what a lovely present, cuddling Athena Rose

LANETTE weather been awful here some tomato plants doing ok plenty of flowers. Re the umbrellas I've added a pic which shows the poster accompanying the installation




Kate UK

1948Peachy

NY Karen ~ I used to hate the constant changing of classrooms. During my 30 yrs, I got moved at least 13 times. Hated the trailers.

Barbie ~ Very inspiring to find happiness where you are at at this time in life.

Carol in GA

cityjaneLondon

Barbie - I too have never been happier just exactly where I am. Our move to Hove was the best thing ever. Running along the prom is supreme happiness to me. And I feel among my 'tribe'. :bigsmile:
It's also the happiest time of my life.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

grandmallie

Heather~ Barbie ~ I admire your spunk and how Happy you are..I will pray and strive to be there soon.. I would love to live near water.. any water.. but especially the ocean..
I got the laundry done and have an hour before I go feed my DFIL.. no big plans... this is when sometimes I feel lonely .. im on my own and all my friends are busy.. so its just me and my furbaby

pipcd34

stat for the day:

spin, single/reverse/crossover- 45min, 132ahr, 160mhr, 107aw, 78ar, 11.2mi= 428c
Apple Watch- 447c

total cal 428

trucker743

Barbie from NW WA, my feeling is that if folks take the time, they find most of us are delightful to talk to. I'm careful not to offer a recitation on that day's particular aches and pains, and not to offer advice unless I am asked or have a strong sense they want like them dancing all around a problem without quite coming out with it. And I am tastefully naughty from time to time.

Peachy1948 (sorry, your name has run off!), /b]thanks for the broccoli tip! I may try that with mixed broccoli and cauliflower. They should cook about the same!

Evelyn, I believe it's the first time I've heard Vancouver Island and gratitude for air conditioning mentioned in the same post.

Michele in NC, your pool area is stunning! That shows a terrific amount of thought and planning. I'm particularly in love with the flamingos!

Kim from N CA, There are units at Costco and other places that are heat exchangers. They have two tubes that go in a frame that fits in a window or door either vertically or horizontally, and they can air condition, heat, dehumidify and act as a fan. They cost a few hundred, but I suspect that Lowes and Home Depot carry them as well, and someone there could advise you as to whether they would work with your electrical system. Mine just plugs into a regular 110v outlet.

Beth, Im so sorry to hear of more possible health woes for you. It wasn't until I got my hearing aids that I realized how much I also was missing the background emotional cues - a sudden intake of breath, a sigh, a Catholic in the voice. I have only moderate loss. I hope the journey back to vocal cues is successful for you and that your rash turns out to be something easily treatable.

I am athe first wedding day for a grandchild today. My DGD Elissa is marrying her love Dakota. She is 25 and they are well grounded. They both have careers and are ready for the next step in their lives. All of my children and grandchildren, who haven't seen me since February, have expressed delight and surprise at my weight loss since then, which is 40 lbs. I feel wonderful, and am hoping to get some lovely pictures today!

Sharon Up In Bellingham For the Big Day

b4leaving

My happy place is with my cats.. anywhere in my house (or on the porch or "catio" in the back). My other happy place is my car. I have always loved road trips and my car is almost like a second home. I haven't been able to road trip in 3 years due to health issues, and now am having issues driving because of eye problems... I have to let my partner drive almost everywhere now and it's a little sad; but I still enjoy getting in the car and driving around.

Today we drove to town and did some shopping/errands and went to lunch at this local Indian food restaurant (that is AMAZING and we're so lucky because we're nowhere near a city so anything other than Canadian/American food is hard to come by!). It was a nice date.

Hope you're all having a great weekend.

Shannon in rural Ontario, Canada

coastalgosgal

Thanks ladies, love you all too!💖