WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2014
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Bump!
Completely snowed in finally took a bath around 4:00 and put my pajamas back on.
Catch up more later.0 -
Here I am sitting in my unofficial office, my couch. My husband keeps on saying the couch is a mess, but it's my office and I know what is where. I do have an office but I use it at the end of the day to slow my brain down. I was surprised, as upset as I was this morning I slept until 12:25! So no shower but he has seen me worse than this before. I fixed my nice healthy lunch, left my laptop at home and headed out. I did miss seeing the specialist, was kind of bummed about that but it's OK. She said that his admitting doctor jumped the gun about discharging him. The purpose of the loading dose of 5 doses is to get a good dose in him and then start decreasing the dose. So she will evaluate him tomorrow and hopefully send him on his way. I did apologize to his nurse and she said she was glad I did question it because he really wasn't supposed to go home. He is still dizzy when he gets up and walks. he can walk further, yesterday it was only a couple of rooms, today he could walk a couple of laps around the unit. But 13 laps is a mile and we have been doing 2 miles before the medicine was started. So he was not upset at me. I left my laptop at home because it's an old model, the laptop itself weighs 6 pounds and then the battery weighs more so it is heavy to carry in and out. Both of my daughters use their tablets as their internet so i figured I could to. I can't access the groups from it though so I did miss that.
Heather what a wonderful NSV for you for your daughter to have that kind of reaction. Sounds like a lot of you have some wonderful Valentine plans. It's always so neat when couples still have that spark. Wish we did. My parents did and my oldest daughter and her husband are hopelessly in love.
So tired tonight that I stopped at Wally world next to home and got me a frozen Smart Ones meal:sad: Will put me a nice big salad and fruit with it. So it's me, the cat and the Olympics
Joyce, Indiana0 -
Michelle - yes it was me that is using gum to cut down on evening snacks. I thought I had it under control but somewhere along the way I started again. Gum really works for me.
Cardio at the gym tonight. I've noticed that a lot of the new years resolutioners have already stopped coming to the gym.
I'm really enjoying the Olympics!
Stay safe & warm to everyone who is in the path of that horrible storm.
Sandy from cold ON 0 -
Hi gals. I don't know what has been wrong with me the last few days but I have missed you. Today was clinical so I got all that walking in plus chair exercises with the residents and I swam for 1/2 hour. Now I can barely keep my eyes open.
Leonard's cousin is off the ventilator and they took both his chest tubes out. He opened his eyes for about 4 seconds today too. They have found a place for him to go to inpatient rehab someplace in Missouri. Leonard is still planning to leave on Friday.. We are going out for Mexican tomorrow; I have my A1C drawn tomorrow so I'm going to enjoy all the carbs in that Mexican meal and have a margarita to boot!
Well I have no chance of catching up here. I'm sorry I haven't been here the last few days to support you all. Take care everyone. Meg from Omaha where it was a little warmer today.0 -
Good evening, everyone,
Yesterday was very busy; did make it to tai chi and yoga last night. Lunch out, then saw "Monuments Men" which my newspaper panned but I liked. Did ladies exercise this am; then tm for about 40min, varying speeds and elevation. To whoever said they read that you can break up your plank into shorter time segments----you made me very happy!!!! Much more do-able!!!
DH's birthday is on Valentines Day and he took the day off, also tomorrow..........We'll go out to lunch to avoid the dinner crowds. I hit a great sale the other day...........bought boots, a jacket, pants, and several tops........so I told him to skip the roses and chocolates. (Which is fine with him!!!) He'll order his own birthday gift---probably something ham radio related which I could never come up with in a million years.
Animika........HI! Good to "see" you!
Carolnc........So glad your DD did OK and is healing. Good luck with your end of this storm.
Joyce..........Hang in there; you've been a super advocate for your DH..........please get the rest you need!
arios.........On hot flashes.......I hate to tell you but I got my first at 42 and 20 years later they still show up way too much but I am determined not to go the hormone route.
Michele.........Another idea is to talk to your local garden clubs and/or the workers with the city botanical gardens and locally owned (not big box) gardening stores Good luck!!
Viv...........Given your DH's symptoms, I can't believe the ER did not draw blood work right there and then.
Jenero...........I'm with you---LOVE it when the days get longer!!
Vicki.......Hoping for success with your dad's surgery.
Amanda...........YAY for being able to ride the tube to work again.
Dee Dee.......Hope you don't get 10 inches; we still have dirty snow around from 2 weeks ago. Snow started here today about 4pm and did change to rain in a couple hours.... Had a meeting tonight but it was cancelled.
Margaret........Glad to hear that your friends DD is home!
Laura.........Sounds like your unpacking is about complete. When we moved here from SC, I immediately got pneumonia--- on the drive here---so DH did all the initial stuff; I swear there is stuff I STILL can't find..........15 yrs. later!!! Kudos to you for those early mornings for exercise! Congrats on losing that pound.
Heather..........Your goulash has me drooling! Super NSV compliment---she sounded really impressed and pleased!! Glad yor ex is OK.
I had a few more notes but can't decipher them!!!
Goodnight
stay safe, stay warm!!!
yanniejannie
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Susieq - welcome! I think we're ALL tired of this snow
katla - since I'm just right now thinking about what kind of ground cover I'm going to use, I'll take your suggestion of the starjasmine/jessamine and ask a friend of mine who is a master gardener (she likes when I ask her things) if it'll grow in this area. Ken is highly allergic to bees so I don't think we'd want anything that attracts bees. Thanks for the suggestion. We don't have any special plans or traditions for Valentine's Day. I wish they still had the Daytona 500 on President's weekend. The stores in the mall used to have such good President's Day sales. Oh well......
RLawrence - welcome! Jump right in
Joyce - you are so very wise, realizing that Charlie will need you a lot when he gets home and at least right now he has someone to take care of him so you can take care of yourself. I understand that schools have a certain amount of snow days built into them, then they can only go so far into the summer, then they have to start going to school on Saturdays. I remember that happened once around here. That's wonderful of you to argued on Charlie's behalf (even if he does want to come home) to be sure that he has been monitored correctly
Heather - what a wonderful NSV! This is just unbelievable. In my email I just received a recipe from Emily Bites where it's wonton wrappers with spinach, chicken (!!), hummus, tomatoes, oregano and basil in them and only 176 calories each!
kayak_kutie - prayers for Sheri. Happy early birthday!
yanniejannie - happy birthday to your dh
Vince and I shoveled for about 1/2 a hour, just about 10' from the driveway. That area doesn't get much sun so it takes a long time for any snow to melt. My plan was to do water aerobics Friday but who knows how the roads will be? I just may do something at home. It's funny, when we were talking about it, it really didn't upset me too much not to go to water aerobics. I had no big problem doing something at home, usually I really look forward to the water aerobics. Guess a part of me knows that deep down inside people around here a) don't know how to take care of the roads and b) don't know how to drive in this. So I know that I'm safer at home. We shall see what happens
Michele in NC0 -
More snow falling on the ice in and around Atlanta tonight - looks pretty though!
Gail, metro ATL0 -
Tomorrow I go to my doctor for a checkup and I'm hoping to hear good news about my overall health from her perspective. I stopped weighing last year but I know I should have lost more weight since I've never missed a day logging here on MFP.
Also, I'm always looking for new friends who are willing to share their diary like I do. I need it for ideas to keep motivated. If you do, feel free to send me a friend request.0 -
Well, I weighed in today and am down 2 lbs. And I went to the y and did 45 min on
the treadmill and a 30 min Sh'bam class. I wanted to get in some exercise before I
Got snowed in. It started snowing here just as I pulled in the driveway. I'll be
Shovelling snow tomorrow for exercise.
Kayak- I live near Hagerstown Md.
Brenda0 -
will be going to bed soon. I feel so un-American tonight! I have the NBC Sochi app on my Ipad and I can keep track all day long on the Olympics. So all the primetime coverage on tonight I have already seen today on my app. So I know all the results. I have so many things on my DVR so I am watching some of those. I'm a bad girl!!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Charlie called tonight. I can tell he is really getting discouraged and I don't blame him. He is used to being the healthy one, a workhorse. He took a walk tonight and walked a full mile but just didn't feel right. He was still a little dizzy but just kept trudging along. I guess if I were there with him I would have insisted that he go back to his room and taken several shorter walks instead of one big walk. But men don't think like that. My main concern for him is that when he goes out and does his Karaoke is that he can get up on the stage and have the confidence to be the entertainer that he loves to be. Right now he doesn't have that confidence.
My brother has a total knee replacement tomorrow. They live in Georgia and because of the big storm anticipated they drove to the city that the hospital is in today. Their oldest son is on his own and it is their younger son that is in the youth detention home due to his extreme destructive behavior. So this little overnight trip was wonderful for them.
My bike looks so loney
:laugh: I haven't been on it for several days now. I guess I could hang some clothes on it!!!!:laugh: :laugh: But my cat does look satisfied. She will look even more satisfied when her man comes home.
Joyce, Indiana where it's projected to hit the 50's next week!!!!0 -
Good morning ladies
Thank goodness the tube strike was postponed. I even managed to get a seat on the tube this morning.
The skies in London are washed clean and bright blue - more rain later.
I'm off to an auction to do some heavy bidding for the gallery now, catch you all later.
Love to all.
Amanda x0 -
Good Morning to All.
It's Thursday, just two more days until the week-end! My test is now scheduled for next Tuesday,, so I am going to keep studying and practicing. Tomorrow night I'm taking my twin granddaughters to the movies, they are 12. Saturday night we are having a suprise party for my DSIL, he turns 30. I'll be cooking all afternoon and then I'll leave the party with my two younger grandkids, take them home and put them to bed. Looking forward to it.
Barbie from NW Washington, instructing line dancing sounds like great fun and a good way to exercise, I’d love to learn.
Michele in NC, It sounds like you do a lot of different DVD’s, that’s good for variety and maybe working different muscles as well. Florida sounds wonderful at this point in the year.
Grandmallie, you sound really well organized, I swear I’m always one step behind.
Susieq, Welcome, I live in Ohio too, I’m Patty and live outside of Cincinnati. I am tired of the snow and cold weather as well.
Heather UK, I haven’t had or made goulash in years, my Mom use to fix it all the time. Memories!
Kayak_kutie, 1 year to retirement sounds wonderful. I know what you mean about feeling cold and hungry all the time, this weather seems to do that to me too. I go home and want to climb under the blanket.
Sylvia, Grandchildren are awesome, I so enjoy the time I spend with mine. I used a sleep machine for years and although it doesn’t look great on you, my sleep was so much better.
Time now to go get my coffee, I've finished my protein shake and other people are ariving to work, so I better get to it.
Happy and Healthy day wishe d for all, Take care, Patty, Cincinnati0 -
Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:
Pat in Ohio
9 hours of sleep, lucky you!!!! I have increased my sleep by an hour, which means I`m getting about 6 hours now, 9 hours sounds divine !!!
Barbie So sorry to hear about your line dance teachers’ husband. But great news on you getting to teach the entire month and maybe more:bigsmile: !
Tammy I normally get warm walking outside because I bundle up so much, I`ve found the colder it is the faster I walk:laugh: ! I`m ready for winter to be over!!!
Alison I admire you getting out in all that snow, I just could not live where it snows a lot:noway: , one day of it and I`m done with it. Will you be moving to FL after you and hubby retire?
Susieq Have you tried any of the walking videos, you could do those inside, or just walk around your house for 20 minutes or so. Sometimes I set the timer and walk around the house and up and down the stairs for 20 to 30 minutes when it`s too icky to go outside:happy: .
Katla I love that you said doing anything together with your hubby makes you happy !!! That`s how it was with mine ! He traveled a lot and usually wasn`t home for Valentines Day. We made the most of the days he was in town though!!!
Juanita I agree…bring on spring:flowerforyou: !!!!
Anamika Are you doing the 5:2 fasting:huh: ?
Laura in Co. Yay for getting rid of a pesky pound:bigsmile: !!!!
RLawrence43 Welcome! Hope you pop in often and chat!
Joyce Glad they got everything figured out about hubby leaving the hospital! You`re being smart to take care of yourself too!!!
Heather What a wonderful compliment from DSD!!! Congrats on the scale moving down:bigsmile: !!!
Gail Hope you`re staying safe! Looks like you got lots of ice out of the storm, ice scares me:frown: !
Carol in NC The snow started here about 1pm yesterday and came down fast! Do you have earmuffs, I always wear earmuffs and the hood of my coat when I`m outside walking! Glad DD is doing okay:flowerforyou: ! How is your son doing:flowerforyou: ?
Kayak Kutie Sending prayers for Sheri!!!
Sylvia Heart shaped meatloaf, sounds wonderful and romantic !!!
Jane Martin Oh dear I hope you feel better soon:flowerforyou: !!!
Deb in CNY They cancelled the Duke/UNC game last night…I had friends that were going, at least they did reschedule it! Duke is a beautiful campus, my daughter thought about going there, but ended up going to High Point University. I don`t mind being snowed in for a day or two, any more than that I start feeling trapped . Think I will work on my closet today since I`ll be home!
Kay I had my jammies on at 7 pm last night, it felt really good too ! Hope you warm up today!!
Sandy in ON I`ve used gum at night too, although I will have to say my jaw gets tired of chewing:laugh: , I switched to having hot tea and it too seems to help with nighttime snacking!
Meg So good to hear the cousin is doing better:flowerforyou: !!! I love Mexican food, and I love a good margarita !!!! Have fun tonight!
Yanniejannie Happy birthday to your DH:flowerforyou: !!! I love a good sale!!! I`ve got my eye on another pair of cowboy boots , It`s taking a lot of willpower on my part waiting for them to go on sale! Dirty snow is rather ugly isn`t it!
Michele You got the 10 inches, I have about 7 ½ in the yard here, more than 2 inches is too many for me:laugh: !
Brenda Congrats on 2 pounds gone:bigsmile: !!!
Amanda Good news for you this morning:bigsmile: !!!
Patty Hope you have a wonderful time with your granddaughers!!! My oldest granddaughter will be 13 in March, the years have flown by!
Not 10 inches of snow here:happy: , 7 ½ in my yard and they are saying we should get another 1 to 1 ½ inches today. It really is beautiful, but I`m ready for it to be gone!!! I will go out and shovel a path for Noel to walk around in soon. She loved it yesterday, being outside romping in it, will be interesting to see what she thinks this morning. I think I will start on organizing my closet today, seems like a good thing to do on a snowy day.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!
Hugs,
DeeDee in beautiful snow covered NC0 -
morning~
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Dee Dee- that is the plan to retire down there we hope in another 5-6 yrs, earlier if they give the DH the boot
in another hour or so Im going to go out and start snow blowing, want to get a head of the heavy stuff, I just stuffed myself with a bacon,egg and cheese on a hard roll and a cup of tea,i know it is high calorie but will burn it off in the next 4-5 hrs
I am not going to freak out ,I will do as Nike says,just do it!!!
right now the snow is coming down light, it is when it starts to change that it gets sketchy0 -
Good morning! I'm really looking forward to seeing the temp ABOVE freezing today for the first time in weeks. But the yard will be a muddy mess, I'm sure.
The kids were so much fun last night! But they wear me out. They stayed till about 7. My son came to get them and he stayed for supper too, so it was a nice evening. He told me about the pulmonary tests he had done, and they sounded awful. They had to compare his lung function to tests that were done last year to gauge how fast he is deteriorating. Next week he goes in to get the transfusion port thingie installed in his chest and then he can start getting the meds that may help him.
DeeDee, I don't know how romantic it will be this year, sharing it with three kids who may not appreciate the effort. My son told me they don't like meat loaf, but I'm making it anyway because it's our tradition. I'll make something else for them. Good luck with the snow.
Meg, glad to see you. I hope things settle down for you sometime soon. Great that you got to swim.
Alison, my hubby doesn't want to retire ever. He likes working and is worried he won't have anything to do if he retires. He has no hobbies, so he would be on the sofa full time watching those screaming political pundit programs. That would drive me nuts.
Patty, I shared a hotel room once with a friend who used a CPAP machine, and it was like sleeping next to Darth Vader. The noise kept me awake, but I'm sure I could get used to it. If it helps him sleep it will be worth it.
Joyce, I hope your hubby gets home soon and can resume his career in karaoke. Sounds like fun.
Bye everybody. Be careful in the snow, ice and rain.
Sylvia0 -
Good Morning,
Welcome newcomers:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Patty Cincinnati congratulations on not having to wear CPPAP anymore. Good luck on upcoming test.
Deedee:drinker: More of a sip today.
Viv hope they figured out what was wrong.
Carol your allusion to Monica LOL.
Katla sound like a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
Sylvia and Joyce I hope your DHs are recovering well.
Carol I am sorry you went through a detached retina. That is why I shared my experience, so it hopefully does not happen to others. If you see massive floaters get to you eye Dr. immediately don’t waste time by going to your regular doctor. I wish your children speedy recoveries.
Deb A. my niece went to Wash U law school and liked it. It does snow in St. Louis, but it usually does not last. This is an exceptional winter there too. What I remember is you go out in the morning needing a coat in Feb and March and by the afternoon you need short sleeves.
I had to skip over anyone talking about food today. My stomach is struggling today. Sipping on ginger tea.
Watched the dog show on Sunday I don't know how they can pick a winner for all those magnificent dogs. What a treat to see such magnificent animals. Went to a good workshop yesterday on nurture your heart discipline. The premise is to have your students reset themselves after they make a mistake. If it is a major mistake your process and repair what needs to be protected or restored. It was a good reminder to step back and let others have a chance to fix the problem. They also talked about shining the spotlight on what is going right with your life. We are programed to dwell on the negative and need to train ourselves to go to the positive.
I loved it when an American gave the Russian a ski to finish his race. I was proud of the
Russia for finishing even if he did come in last.
Margaret0 -
:laugh: <coffee splash on screen>Patty, I shared a hotel room once with a friend who used a CPAP machine, and it was like sleeping next to Darth Vader.
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Sylvia
[Just the way you put it, not the fact that your friend needed it.]0 -
Luke~ I am your father :laugh: :laugh:
the snow is coming down to beat the band now,did the deck and paths for the dogs going to wait another hour or so and then snowblow..
I want to learn sign language, I used to baby sit a young man who is now 32:noway: that has CP and cannot speak , and he just loves me,and I want to be able to communicate with him, so I will look into that.0 -
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Something else to worry about. We got a call from the ENT's office about the sleep study. They wouldn't tell him results over the phone but said they need to see him on Wednesday and discuss ordering the machine. Then five minutes later we got a call from hubby's GP saying that the tests showed something else, besides apnea, and they want to see him on Monday morning. I sure hope it's not AFIB or something.
I'll have to see how many calories I will get from chewing my fingernails over the weekend till we find out what's going on.
I was able to fight off the craving for a marshmallow heart yesterday, but this stress may push me right into the arms of Russell Stover.
Sylvia0
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