WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2019

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,615 Member
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    Machka I just added 3 more older works.

    They're really good too ... but I especially like that new one. The colours work for me. :)
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,203 Member
    :)Connie, You are an awesome mom to have created such a safe family for your child.

    <3 Barbie
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
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    Son and children at Six Flags Over Georgia. DnL has to go back to school next Thursday and children go back August 1st.
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    Taking me on the iPhone multiple tries to get in here daily still it gives me all sorts of fun sayings. Pushing star to bypass when I get passed the no connection screens. They hopefully will fix this soon but super glad the food log area works no matter what!

    Apple Pie 🥧 to cut down on sugar never use tart 🍏 apples! Use sweet apples 🍎 the natural sugars sweeten the pie so you can cut the amount of sugar used in the pie considerably! Saves money too!

    Amber Tx

    Term Family - never ending changing thing. Many households for my Daughter generations never had a biological father in the picture so a StepFather to even a grandfather gets the title Dad. Some have a Father but it was arranged older Woman who’s hubby wouldn’t let her have kids so divorced then meets a friend willing to help her IVF a few kids he may or may not choose a title (Godfather,Dad,Moms Friend, or chose to cut ties to let her do as she wishes). You have kids being raised by their parents but we’re not created from their Sperm,egg,or both they used a Donor to family member or even friends. Some Moms are carrying the children for their Daughters so can be multiple choices on where egg y sperm come from then it’s placed in Grandma 👵. Then they decide the names they want for after baby. (Grandma,2nd Mom,Biological Mom,etc) .Laws are still catching up in many states. Friend of mine y her Husband used IVF had a baby son.His ex wife y him had Daughters naturally that were adults by then in their 30-40’s. After his death the courts awarded everything to the ex wife y her kids saying IVF it wasn’t his! That was 20+years ago when IVF was still uncommonly used the young mans of course older than my Daughter now but his Mom found herself penny-less raising a baby her parents lived in another country! Luckily his parents took her in y she found a job scraping by until he was grown up. Surely the laws in Texas have caught up but who knows! Got to have lawyers for everything now of days. He grew up calling his Uncle Dad who took him to all his sports y events.(Too young to remember his real Dad at time of death)

    Amber Tx.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,274 Member
    LuciBThinner wrote: »
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    Testing spoiler with picture of my Florida grandkids. Thanks for the help!

    @pipcd34 Your fur baby is adorable!

    @KetoneKaren Beautiful mosaics!

    The paintings by your brother are amazing! What talent!

    Hope everyone has a fabulous day! <3 to all!!

    Michele in NC - What part of the state are you in? I'm near Asheville.

    Luci WNC

    thanks. she (golden) was a cutie. still miss her, not used to having 2 dogs yet.
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    edited July 2019
    Luci WNC- Can see the picture it’s showing up perfectly! Such cute foto.

    Rebecca-Any more baby fotos? JR loves to look at Athena.He gets a cute high pitches voice yells Baby!!!

    Trying to figure out what to eat I have soup y tuna made so looking like my go-to.
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    My newest Tuna Recipe:
    Tuna- 6-12cans in water drained
    Dijon mustard- very few calories use a lot
    Pepper- few calories I use a lot
    Purple onion- cut finely use 1/2 of an onion
    Lemon juice- few calories a quick squirt
    Mayonnaise- lowest calorie one you can find
    Mix can add celery to substitute salmon for tuna just use less mayo if you do.

    Amber Tx
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,259 Member
    edited July 2019
    Karen thank you for sharing. Gorgeous!

    Luci, Carol, Heather love the pictures!
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Karen in VA - your brother's paintings are absolutely lovely. Intrigued by the mini-mosaics, as well. :)
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,324 Member
    Workoutahloic50 wrote: »
    Rita-I apologize for your actual temps being that hot 🥵,our heat index is supposed to be 114 on Saturday.The humidity hurts a lot of people here and the heat is killing our crops.Storms took out power for some here last night.Its back on now,but some where quite uncomfortable for a bit.Im out in it every day and prefer it to the cold.And I’ve been getting those annoying messages also

    I understand about the humidity! I lived in middle TN for 16 years! Heat and humidity hurts many. Including my arthritis, my DH’s arthritis and the heat makes me light headed and feel faint. Worse with humidity. Humidity is one reason I’m in New Mexico now.

    No need to apologize and I’m sorry if I came across rude. Didn’t mean to.

    RV Rita

  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,324 Member
    Was reading pg 62 and I got a notice saying that Roswell is having a “Turtle Marathon “ in August. Wonder if that has real turtle races or slow people or......ideas?? Gonna have to look that one up! >:)

    RV Rita
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,324 Member
    cmsavells wrote: »
    fanncy0626 wrote: »
    cmsavells wrote: »
    while I searched the world for Dulcolax liquid for my “mother-in-law”.

    Several of you have talked about cleaning around your spouse/partner. As single/never married...

    Connie in KY

    I’m curious how you can have a mother-in-law if you’ve never been married???

    It’s a very long story, but I’ll try the abbreviated version. I wanted to make sure that my daughter would be taken care of if anything ever happened to me. My sister just can’t be trusted, so my very best friend ever did a second parent adoption. He is legally her father even though we never married. His mom is a grandmother to my daughter in every sense of the word. She calls me her daughter-in-law, so I joke that she is my “mother-in-law by proxy”.

    I know some would not agree with the arrangement, but it works for us

    Connie in KY

    What an awesome way to provide for your daughter!

    RV Rita
  • megblair1
    megblair1 Posts: 1,226 Member
    Oh PSS: I organized my shoe closet. I realized I was a shoe nut, but holy crap...115 pairs! :open_mouth:
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Meg #ThatsaLottaShoes
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,291 Member
    My mother just now decided to have fried chicken for the family tomorrow night after my brother's funeral. I guess I could just eat one piece and try to eat something else before or after. It's going to be a tough day, the last thing I need is to eat high fat. The chaos of family is already getting to me.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,274 Member
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  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    Connie KY - Sour Pie cherries are also good for gout .Family member has it in our household.Keeps flare up down.

    Annie ziplock bag of green munchies fits well in the purse goes well with chicken 🍗.Can also tear the breaded coating off if you feel it’s necessary.
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    Found this looks exactly like my 1 finger y 2 tie issue from the pregnancy! I did have vitamin deficiency plus hypertension through the roof so bet this is exactly my nail issue.Cant find cures for it tho! Got healthy diet,not pregnant now, y well I placed tea tree oil on the finger nails today with a top coat of rejuvacote from duri to seal it in. I hate nail polish but if anything works on the nail I can then do the same to the toes! Anyone ever have vertical nail ridges from the bed down? If so did you find a way to fix them or lessen the severity? Got one the groves so deep sometimes it bleeds!

    Amber Tx


  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    LisaInAR wrote: »
    Karen in VA - your brother's paintings are absolutely lovely. Intrigued by the mini-mosaics, as well. :)

    A gazillion times ditto what Lisa said. Absolutely amazing talent.

    Janetr OKC
  • Poerava14
    Poerava14 Posts: 1,092 Member
    KetoneKaren wrote: »

    Here are a few of his older creations:
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    Karen in Virginia

    KarenVA: I love your brother's art. The lady with cat on her knee....is there any way I can buy a print? Those mini-mosiacs are frickin' amazing. Thanks for the uplifting and inspirational photos.

    Rori
    SMILING in Colorado Foothills
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Anniesquats100 wrote: »
    My mother just now decided to have fried chicken for the family tomorrow night after my brother's funeral. I guess I could just eat one piece and try to eat something else before or after. It's going to be a tough day, the last thing I need is to eat high fat. The chaos of family is already getting to me.

    Annie, Good idea! You can handle this. Eat a healthy meal ahead of time, and maybe there will be some veggies or salad you can have on your plate, so you can be social without being awkward. If you feel obligated to eat a piece of chicken for some reason, you can choose a small piece & discreetly remove the skin. Good that you had this 'heads up', especially with such an emotionally-charged family event. Sad time for all of you. Condolences on the death of your brother.

    Karen in Virginia
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Poerava14 wrote: »
    KetoneKaren wrote: »

    Here are a few of his older creations:
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    Karen in Virginia

    KarenVA: I love your brother's art. The lady with cat on her knee....is there any way I can buy a print? Those mini-mosiacs are frickin' amazing. Thanks for the uplifting and inspirational photos.

    Rori
    SMILING in Colorado Foothills

    Rori, sending you a PM.
  • cmsavells
    cmsavells Posts: 257 Member
    Anniesquats100 wrote: »
    My mother just now decided to have fried chicken for the family tomorrow night after my brother's funeral. I guess I could just eat one piece and try to eat something else before or after. It's going to be a tough day, the last thing I need is to eat high fat. The chaos of family is already getting to me.

    I’m sorry for your loss. Family chaos is difficult to avoid.

    As for the fried chicken, grab a chicken breast, pull the skin off, rinse it and it won’t be as greasy. I’ve done this for years!

    Hang in there!

    Connie in KY
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited July 2019
    Rita I was intrigued by the Turtle Marathon, so I decided to look into it. Here is what I found out. Held in Roswell, NM on Labor Day weekend annually for over 30 years, the race is in memory of Liz Mooney & raises funds for multiple sclerosis. The Turtle Marathon started out in 1986, I believe, as a small, no frills race sponsored by Liz's husband, Dr. Richard Mooney, a local OB-GYN, in honor of his wife & to raise money for multiple scerosis research. I don't know how many participants there are now. Liz died in 2011 at the age of 54, but the race goes on, now in memory of her. It starts really early in the morning (0530) to beat the heat. Afterwards people go to the UFO museum before heading home! The finishers receive ceramic turtles, and the signs that keep people on course have turtles painted on them. The article didn't say, but I am guessing Liz loved turtles. It's such a sweet story. <3

    Karen in Virginia
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,531 Member
    Sorry if this is a repeat

    Did the Biggest Loser Power Sculpt DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to take the water class.

    Vince talked yesterday about cutting the grass today. I bet we do. We’re having a pool party for the Newcomers next Saturday. Planning to make “bowling pins” as a decoration. The “alley” will be a yoga mat, the “bumpers” will be pool noodles, the “ball” will be a small beach ball, the “pins” will be empty soda bottles with a red stripe and the inside will be a drop of white paint mixed with water. The guy who is co-hosting is a chemist so he told me how to do it, actually…he’s going to do it. We’re planning to have a sort-of pool party just for the families on my block. I can tell that Vince for whatever reason isn’t crazy about the idea. Why, I don’t know. He keeps coming up with every excuse why we shouldn’t have it. I just think it would be nice to get to know all the new neighbors – there are three of them. I really would like to do it for the entire neighborhood, but there is no way we can handle it ourselves with all those people. Maybe next year if I can find someone to help us. The one lady who used to help with the neighborhood picnic they had many years ago isn’t interested at all in helping. She just wants to come and enjoy herself. That’s what she told me. She told me that I should just invite certain people and no one will find out or get hurt. Not true. I found out and, honestly, I was a bit hurt that I wasn’t included. The second time this happened, I decided it wasn’t worth it to be hurt.

    Soup kitchen tomorrow

    Suebdew – so glad your eyes are OK

    Karen in VA – happy birthday. Another 39th birthday, huh?

    Jennie – you rock not going to the store!

    Cut the grass today. While I was weedwacking it started to rain. Unfortunately, it just made it more humid. I certainly can stand it, but I’m sure the native NCarolineans are up in arms.

    Don’t know why, but I’m yawning so much today.

    Michele in NC
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,531 Member


    Went to the water class today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Simply Gym Ball DVD. This is a new one for me, so we shall see how it goes

    Luci – congrats on the upcoming blessed event

    Karen – Happy Birthday. Love the mosaics

    Connie – Vince had gout and when he did, he wished someone would cut off his toe, it’s that painful. So I totally understand. He now takes uloric to fend off it happening again

    Soup kitchen then I think I’ll stop at Food Lion to get hot dogs since they are on sale and we’ll be having a pool party for our street where we’ll be serving hot dogs and hamburgers. Am trying to think of something that I can have because I haven’t had a hamburger in at least 5 years (they make my stomach hurt) and I can’t remember the last time I had a hot dog.

    Allie – congrats on the capris

    M – was just thinking about Wendy the other day!

    Karen – lovely pic

    Luci – I’m in Newton, just south of Hickory. Downtown Asheville is about 1-1/2 hr west of us.

    The pool was 92 today. No wonder it wasn’t refreshing!

    Meg – never thought of having a sardine like that. Sounds yummy, I’ll have to give it a try some time

    After exercise stopped at Burke’s Outlet. Very seldom can I find bras that I like (wireless) in my size. Oh, I can find them at places like JCP. But they're something like $17. No way am I going to pay that much! But they had 3 so I took them. I also got 5% off today. Then went to Big Lots and got a solar frog for us and something to take to my cousin’s when we go to FL. It was 50% off. I doubt they are going to go much lower since there are so few of them.

    Today at the soup kitchen they were serving deep fried chicken patty on a bun with (now this is decent) a piece of tomato (from someone’s garden) and lettuce along with potato salad (yuk). For dessert they had strawberry cobbler (which was all bread), lemon pound cake and vanilla cake. When I left they asked me if I wanted a chocolate cake. Since I had some in the freezer for Vince, I said “no”. I usually take a bottle of water with me when I leave.

    Connie – I never heard of rinsing chicken!

    We’re going to have a pool party in the middle of August just for the people on our block. I bought the hot dogs today. I thought they had others on sale, but the ones were not the bun length and only meat not beef. So I got another brand (on sale)

    We’re supposed to go to the Hickory Community Theater tonight

    Michele in NC

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