WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2014

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: I have been going to bed earlier and earlier since I started MFP and started looking for more ways to be active. Walking early in the morning has been good for me and my dogs because there is no traffic either vehicle, human, or pet. In order to have a longer time to walk, I started going to bed earlier. I read in bed and the earlier I get there, the more I can read. I love to knit and in warm weather I knit dishrags with cotton yarn.

:bigsmile: Everything I do well today having to do with health, fitness, and weight loss, I learned a little bit at a time….taking baby steps is the best way to acquire new habits, behaviours, and attitudes that will last forever.

Thank you for all you share and all I’ve learned from you.

Barbie from beautiful sunny NW Washington

:bigsmile: 24,000 steps today including an awesome line dance class

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bjkidfun

Marking my spot

strassenkoenigin

Sylvia

I am so sorry to hear about your son and your health problems. It sounds like a dream situation to me, your own studio, a gallery and a son who is a welder. One of my favorite artists is Niki de Saint Phalle, who for many years cooperated with Jean Tinguely who welded a lot of the frame work for her art. I learned welding at the university and loved to work with steel, but never had the space and money to get the equipment to work in steel. But I know that without money it is difficult to keep going. It is no wonder that so many end up teaching to survive.

Is your kiln in your studio? This is one thing I learned that you should not work in the same room where you fire.

Also the very fine clay (silicone) dust is dangerous and difficult to avoid, though I personally do not know anybody who is a ceramist who has suffered health issues because of it

Have you tried to find a ceramic artist you can share the studio with? You are not old and your health may be fine, do not give up on it. Maybe somebody young who can handle a little bit of the hard work?

A few years back I would have loved to do something like this, but now it looks like I am tied to my house here and I am ten years older than you.

Anne

janemartin02

Welcome any new ladies!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
hugs jane from IL

terewilliams

Its my turn to rant!

Its after 11 pm I should be asleep! :yawn: Instead I am fighting the urge to stuff my face with whatever I can find because I am so keyed up!:drinker: After 9 years Storm decided he could jump the yard fence and went after the rooster. :explode: After chasing him down which wasn't too hard because he does obey - Thank God! - I had to go talk to my neighbors who don't speak much English and explain to them that they must keep the rooster (which they are not supposed to have:noway: ) penned up because Storm hates it! The SO is in full Marine fury but took a sleeping pill and went to sleep after making a vow to shoot the rooster if it come over again! I needed this like I need a hole in my head! Hopefully we will wake up to a quieter day tomorrow!

I needed to rant! Thanks for reading!:flowerforyou: Perhaps a cup of tea and to sleep hopefully!

Tere in RVA

exermom

Did an hour of speed intervals on the treadmill today. Tomorrow I'm planning to go to yoga and then take the deep water class.

Tomorrow is the last day of the senior bowling at the one alley. Next week we start at the new alley. Yea! To me, there are only 3 people on a team, the equipment is much better so you don't have all the scoring etc problems. So even tho we start at the same time, we're out by around 2:30. There have been so so many times when there's something that I've wanted to do, but couldn't because the whole day is taken up with bowling. I don't want to be inside all the time. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be pretty nice and if it were totally up to me, I'd blow off bowling and go in my pool.

barbie - did you have to get a special holder for your phone or do you just carry it with you?

Joyce - Buddy sounds like a real special dog. Thanks for sharing about him with us

Cynthia - I'm with you, I'm grateful for my knowledge of typing. It's amazing when I see how my kids use the hunt-and-peck method, even IF they go fast. But they can't not look at the keys.

Alison - Jessica does some cooking for herself and Kris. But they also do go out to eat a lot. I know Denise has started cooking on her own, too. She used to buy a pizza and we explained that if she'd buy one at the grocery store and bake it herself, how much money she'd save. I absolutely LOVE the heiroloom tomatoes in a tomato sandwich

Rita - hope your shoulder is better soon

Sylvia - your grandkids are so lucky to have such a wonderful grandmother

Shani - we're so glad you found us, too!

DeeDee - tomorrow is the last day of bowling at the old place, and I can't wait! We went to the organizational meeting yesterday for the new league and then bowled 3 free games. I really liked it. Not only was the equipment decent, but it didn't take forever to get those games done. Especially in summertime, I like having time after bowling to go in my pool or whatever. It looks like we might be changing the Newcomer bowling to Thursday nights. See, when you start up a new activity, the rule is that you are to do it on a day when there isn't a conflict with any other Newcomer activity. Well, they didn't do that when they started having the evening Canasta on Wednesday. Bowling had already been established. Actually, it's been established even before they had Game Night on Thursday (the third Thursday of the month). So I don't see a problem changing the night. Oh, one lady sent Vince an email when she'd heard we were asking about changing the day asking if it would interfer with evening Canasta or Game Night. vince just wrote back to her that bowling was established before either one of them, and in his opinion a different night should have been chosen for evening Canasta. This woman can sometimes be a real pill. She's the lady who always has the Mexican Train at her house. Well, one month she had to be away so she said "there'll be no Mexican Train next month". Well, a lot of people wanted to play so I said that we could play at my house. She didn't like that one bit. I wasn't trying to take over, just that people wanted to play, I had the room, so I didn't see any problem at all. But she was so peeved. It appears some people leave their Mexican Train sets at her house, but did she offer them to me? No. On another subject re: painting. There's this ceramic place near me. I really want to paint some animal figures to put out by the pool next year. You just pay for the item, they provide the paint (good, since I don't have paints).

Meg - I've never had a cat hair stuck in my foot. That's strange. Glad you got out, tho

Things have been a bit hairy. So sorry if I don't respond to as many as I would like to.

Exercised, then stopped at Bi-Lo for items on sale, home and went in the pool, then senior bowling (yea, no more that alley -- at least for senior bowling), home and went in the pool. Vince had an attack of tachacardia which lasted for about 3 hours so it was off to the hosp. after he'd had it for an hour. They finally gave him some denizene (?sp). I never knew there was a drug to bring the heartrate down. He was finally down to the low 80's. Didn't get home from the hosp. until around 9. I was starving, had dinner, now to get things ready for tomorrow. Vince goes for his second surgery. He was concerned that if they kept him in the hosp he might not get to have the operation. But he will.

Did about 55 min of yoga today then an hour of the deep water. I'm planning to do Tony Little's Body Express DVD tomorrow, not sure, tho, when I'll be able to get to it since we have to leave the house around 7:30.

Rori - I buy lots of things at the end of the season. You can get some really good buys that way. Tell me more about the different things you can do on a treadmill. You know me...I get bored easily so I would definitely like to know of some new things. So far I haven't heard the kitty yesterday and so far not tonight. Vince said that the food dish was empty, but it also may have been another critter that was eating the food. If we don't hear it any more, I'm just going to hope that it found its way back home. To be honest, there was a part of me that was beginning to soften. But then I'd constantly think "can I give it the proper care that it needs? We already have 4"

Zenzen - welcome

Alison - you are such a good warm-hearted person

Sylvia - what a good deal on that tablet! Yes, it does seem silly that the store won't match their online price.

Carol in NC - I would say that I'm probably a little anal about exercising, or maybe it's that I'm addicted to it. But see how I have to somehow work in my exercise tomorrow? Good for you telling that woman what was on your mind! Many times at night I get things ready for the next day, (get breakfast made, things I need for my exercise, my clothes set out, etc), I also sometimes do some sort of craft (which also helps to keep me from munching). I'd LOVE to take that class at coursera in September. But everytime I try to log in, it tells me that my email and p/w don't match. I've tried emailing them but get no answer. Get no answer either when I email them asking for my p/w (maybe I mis typed it)

craftergin - welcome. Do you do crafts? What type? dh had gout a while ago and he takes Uloric. Yea for your rheumatologist for directing you here

Patty - any idea how I can get coursera to answer me?

drkatiebug - I can just see your dog with that chicken in his mouth. He was probably so proud of it, too. A bomb threat! That's something!

Monika - welcome! You joined by posting. We're glad to have ya. Good for you needing a new wardrobe! So sorry to hear about your friend's accident. How does his family feel about you being his legal guardian? When I'm reading the posts, I have notepad open and type my response as I read the post then go on to the next one. At the end I just copy & paste the whole thing.

Tere - was that machine you used an adaptable motion trainer maybe? Your salt shaker has an uncanny ability!!

Pearlie - where in the South are you? I know what you mean about the food down here, that was one jof the hardest things I had to get used to. Even now I'm not used to it.

Anne - loved your phases

Tomorrow will look for recipes to try. Hopefully, we can do them on the grill sometime this weekend

Alison - so glad SIL came up with that plan and that you don't have a problem with it.

Kitty - how long would you be in South Africa? I love belly dance, just wish there was a belly dance place near here that had hours when I can go. I would like to be sure I'm doing things properly. then I'd probably do some DVD's. I took a belly dance class years ago. One of the things that impressed me was that the women in the class were so comfortable with their bodies. And let me tell you, some of those women were BIG. There was also a sort of sister-hood

Michele in NC

strassenkoenigin

Tere It is only 9 pm here

I had to laugh reading your story about the rooster. I live in an area where nearby people have horse properties and keep chicken and roosters. There is one rooster, who is very busy crowing at the strangest times of day, which I can hear in my garden. One day I met the owner and asked him why the rooster does not crow in the morning like he is supposed to do. It turned out that he was a stray. Obviously people do not only leave their cats and dogs behind when their houses get foreclosed, but also the rest of the livestock.

So now this family has a lonely rooster, no chicken. Maybe he is crowing for a hen?

I personally do not mind the rooster because I grew up in the country and heard roosters every morning. I also got really fresh eggs.


Your story also reminded me when I tried to explain to my Cuban neighbor, who speaks practically no English, that she cannot take her dog every morning to the neighbors lawn and let them poop there. Try to explain that in sign language!!

Anne

Karen_Reinvented

Hi, I'm new here (found this thanks to Joyce (jmkmomm?) Breezed through some of this thread - what a wonderful bunch of ladies. I'm going to spend a little more time reading tomorrow, but I thought I'd introduce myself, but keep it short and sweet for now.

My name's Karen. I'm 55 and live in (usually) sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, although I'm originally from Chicago, IL . I'm a mom of 3 - 2 amazing sons and an incredible daughter... and proud grandmother of 8 (split evenly down the middle - 4 girls and 4 boys). I have just over 100 lbs to lose, and while I've done it before (well, 85 lbs actually), I'm determined to keep it off this time. I realize having a support system is essential, so I hope I'll be welcome here to support and be supported!

That's it for now, but I'll check back in frequently!

jmkmomm

Karen_Reiven, so glad you could join us and I am so glad I had a positive influence on some one!!! I'm sure we will get as much from you as you get from us

Pearlie, my husband and I eat out every single evening. We have all of our other meals as home, plus any snack. I love all the info you can get on the internet and I am so used to saying, no cheese, croutons, spices, etc. All I have to do is just go in a place and some of them know my order by heart and they know how to fix me up right!!!

Today was our 'Old nurse's lunch for the month and the one who chose this month chose Cheddars. I have found out there that you can order off the childs menu. So I ordered the grilled chicken strips, no spice rub on them and steamed veggies which was carrots and broccoli. The kids menu comes with a drink so I did have my unsweetened tea which is very unusual for me. Before I started my diet we went to cheddars all the time. Even though I can eat pretty well there, my husband can not at all so it is a no no place for us to go to. He also loved Beef O'Brady's and Bandannas bbq and those are off our list since I just refuse to go. For his birthday he wanted the ribs so bad at Beef O'Brady's but they are so fatty he didn't enjoy them. I was so, so glad he was disillusioned by them. I used to love the potato salad there.

Well I didn't write any notes about what people wrote today so I don't have much to say!!!!! Sadly I don't even know how to put anything on windows and keep a second open tab!!! So I use old fashioned pen and paper!

Joyce, Indiana

grandmallie

good early morning ladies,
bounced out of bed at 2:30 this morning, slept great for the time I did, im dressed and ready for the gym even though I am icing my heel,will see what I can do there today..
yesterday was a terrible,horrible,no good, very bad day(does anyone remember that book?)I just ate all sorts of bad bad stuff,including chocolate chip cookies and I had the jitters the rest of the afternoon and evening, I guess that is what happens when you put that amount of sugar in your system after not having it for awhile.
let me tell you it wasnt pleasant.. so no more of that:noway:
did go to the jewelers yesterday and had some ring guards put on my rings, I feel naked without them,but dont want to have them sized just yet..
also I have my moms engagement ring that I lost the diamond out of, but had another ring of hers that I had a diamond taken out of,it will cost about 225.00 to have a new 6 prong and diamond set in it..
texted my daughters boyfriend, and just threw it out there that it would mean the world to me if Tracy had it, if he was toying with the idea of asking, told him no pressure ,just throwing it out there.. havent heard anything, probably scared the daylights out of him:laugh:
having my warm lemon water and icing my heel..

CynthiaT60

Good morning everyone!

Just scanning this morning.

Sylvia: would it be possible to install extra ventilation? Wearing a mask might also be good (not that that's so much fun). I threw pots for a year after my husband died; I had wanted to try it for a long time and as someone else said I found it good for the soul to get my hands in clay (just as it's good to work with large animals). Got annoyed with the teacher's "airs", though, and quit.

Had a fun time last night messaging with one of the lovely ladies in this group. :bigsmile: Love the contact with you all.

Hope everyone has a good day!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

moeggep

Hi to All,
Went to my DD house last night to spend some time with the 3 little DGB's. They are so much fun.
Work both jobs today, I am personal training the 76 yr old that started before, quit because she wasn't losing weight and is now back because she has lost all the mobility she gained from working out before. She is having a hard time getting in and out of the car, she is tired all the time, has to pull her legs with her hand to move them and hopefully she now realizes the benifit of working out. She want to lose weight but doesn't want to change her eating, she thought exercising twice a week would do it.

Not much longer before I pack my bags and head for the Cayman's. So looking forward to this vacation. Haven't had one since 2001.

Carol, NC: Do look for the Nutrition class, I think it will be a great way to educate ourselves in our battle against the pounds. Maybe we will even get a chance to work together. My only other suggestion for things to do is find a charity you might be interested in helping. My daughter works in a nursing home, actually several of them and people volunteer there. Maybe to take the residents walks, take them to events like bingo night, paint finger nails, things like that. I love to listen to some of their stories and they love to talk. There was a retired madame and one of her girls in a previous nursing home I visited, they were so ornery and funny, and what stories they told.

I need to go start the coffee, I'm at work and am starting to fall asleep at my desk. Need caffine! Was able to skim through posts but no time to reply. I don't know how you all keep up.

Good health to all,
Patty Cincinnati OH

gmom316

Good morning to everyone!

Just a quick pass through while I sip my tea before I have to go to my new outside the home job. Really like it so far. Looking forward to being off tomorrow so I can get my cleaning done, go to Zumba and relax a bit before Aaron gets back from camping. Also have some work to do for my inside the house job/biz.

Eating great, except for the pile of wine I drank last night:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: , but not exercising enough this week. Think it's going to be an egg sandwich breakfast today:sick:

Wishing everyone a great day! Will be back later....

xo- Gloria in juicy Metro Detroit

lkellandmay

Just found this group and am wondering if there will be an 50+ September 2014 group....
If so please let me know.

Akinom523

Good moring,everyone!
Only lost a miserable .2 lbs since yesterday, but it could have been way worse. Dinner with the girlfriends is always dangerous. I was able though to exchange the 500+ calorie Margarita for a couple Bud Light. And I had shrimp taco. Phew!
Too tired to go dancing afterwards, so I came back home.
Like Gmom316, I'm not exercising enough either. Just walking my dogs and a walk at lunch time.
Have fun in Cayman, Moeggep, sounds like you more than deserve a vacation!
You have a good day too, CynthiaT60.

I presume I will learn your names better over time!

Wishing everyone a great Thursday! If you stand on your toes, you can see the weekend!!

margaretturk

bump!

moeggep

FYI:
To Carol NC or anyone else interested there is a class on Coursera called Nutrition, Health and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights.
The courses are free to take if you want to take without getting credit hours and this one starts on 9/15/14. It is a seven week class.
coursera.org There are many other free classes as well on all kinds of subjects.

mollywhippet

Good morning! Yet another beautiful morning here in the armpit of Kansas. But we are expecting another 100 degree day and about 90% humidity, so it will be pretty miserable this afternoon.

This morning as we got to school we had a full bag of trash. I was throwing it in the trash can by the door of the school and one of the girls's teachers from last year came up and said that she had heard all about us walking and picking up trash and thought it was a great idea. My granddaughter told her that if everyone who walks to school picked up a little trash we would have a lot cleaner town. I was so proud of her.

I got a very strange e-mail from my son's ex-wife asking for my help in getting him to let her see the kids. It's a very long rambling letter full of blatant lies and attempts at manipulation. It's ironic that she would ask that of me after keeping the kids from me for SIX YEARS! I have not responded to her e-mail yet. Of course I can't say what I really feel, that she and her mother are evil and not a good influence on the kids and that if I had my way they would never see them again. That every word she says is a lie and I would sooner believe the kids than her. That she has done everything possible to undermine my son's attempt at giving them a better life. That she has been playing mind games with the older granddaughter and making the other two feel unwanted. That her family is reckless with the kids safety. That she and her family are unstable and completely dysfunctional. That I don't trust that she is off drugs. That I cannot forgive her having put those kids in the situation that she did, living with a violent drug dealer and a mother who tried to kill a man. That I think she should be trying to grow up, get a job and be responsible rather than mooching off her folks. (She is 36 years old, for pete's sake!) That I think it was a horrible mistake to let her see the kids at all after what she did. That I wouldn't spit on her if she were on fire. I can't say any of that because I'm not that kind of person, but I sure want to be sometimes. I know you all think I'm a horrible person now, but hopefully I got all that off my chest and can deal with her a little more rationally now.

Well, I have stuff to do. Gotta get busy.

Have a great day everyone!

Sylvia

yanniejannie

Good morning, all,

Hi, slept pretty good and my lungs (so far) seem a bit less gunky today. Have an awful taste in my mouth from the inhaler, though.

Beth..........Wow---a 12.5 hour trip??? That's too much in one day for me! Glad you and DS had fun and ate mostly well!!! Times to remember.

Lesley...........Hope you are improving.

Sue..........You might look at the ingredients in "Mojo" bars by Cliff.

Tere...........If the rooster is illegal, why not make a call to animal control?? I'd be real hesitant to confront a stranger and they (animal control) get paid to do this; it is their job. My feeling is that Storm was there first and shouldn't be made so agitated by something that is illegal in the first place.........and, BTW, neither should you and your SO either! He's just acting on his instincts and also might get hurt going over the fence.

Patty..........Glad your 76y.o. came back to you; sounds like a stubborn woman! Hope you enjoy every second of your vacation when you get there!

Good days to all!
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic...........cloudy and humid...........

PS...........Sylvia..........You don't HAVE to respond to that email at all...........copy it and/or just forward to the social worker, case worker, or lawyer.....or judge........

nccarolb

Patty - Thanks! I was looking for that course last night and couldn't find it. I guess I was looking in the wrong place. I've now signed up for three classes: The Fiction of Relationship (starts beginning of September), Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights (starts mid-September), and Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World (starts in January). I'm excited! I truly think I could be a professional student. :bigsmile: And, in case anyone hasn't checked it out and is wondering, these courses are offered through Brown University, Vanderbilt University, and University of Virginia respectively. If these work out well, I may actually take some classes that will teach me something that might make money!

Once I get moved, I plan on checking out the community college classes offered here. I know that I want to take Conversational Spanish, Shag, and Calligraphy. There are also lots of art related courses and photography in addition to classes that are "practical." I don't figure there's any reason to take those until I am moved because I would end up missing classes.

I would like to share something from a devotion I read this morning. I'm going to leave out the religious stuff since I know many of you are not into that and just quote the parts that hit home with me.

"Sometimes it's easier to close ourselves off in fear, isn't it? Physical or emotional problems, work, finances, growing older--all challenge us. Sometimes we cut ourselves off from life trying to save it. Our world becomes smaller.

Is playing it safe worth it?

...though life is changing, you're not through. Get up! Make your bed! Get out! Embrace life! Live in awe...And, if we fall, let us fall moving forward...filled with hopeful expectation."

I have been trying hard to overcome the paralysis of fear in my life and grow old with no more regrets of letting life pass me by because I'm afraid to try something new. I thought maybe there were some of you who could get something out of it, too. Just a little story...When my ex left, I was so scared that I literally couldn't see straight. Just over a year later, I planned and executed a solo trip to Tulsa, OK to meet up with online friends and attend a concert. I got on an airplane for the first time in over 25 years. I spent the night alone in a hotel. I changed planes in Dallas-Ft Worth -- TWICE! I discovered that I absolutely love to travel!! I had never dreamed I would enjoy traveling! I've since flown many times, put 1,000 miles on my car in one week, spent a week alone in an isolated mountain cabin and hiked on my own, and took my daughter on a cruise to Canada for college graduation. Now I'm working on the paralysis of fear in finding a new job and the reality that it may take me to a city/town where I know no one. I'm also working on the fear of poverty/working until I die on the job as a result of the divorce. I needed the boost of courage that I got from this devotional.

Rambling done...

I supposed I ought to get to work now. It's time to write my paycheck and heaven knows I need it!! Have a great day!


Carol in hot NC

cityjaneLondon

Good afternoon from Hampshire where it looks as if it is about to rain. (DH at the cricket)

Sue - I used Vagifem when I was on Arimidex and found it great. The oncologists seemed to think it wouldn't hurt, even though my tumour had been oestrogen sensitive. Before that I was getting cystitis every time we had a romantic moment which was very off putting!

Sylvia and Anne - I'm sure I've said this before, but my father was a keen amateur potter. He so admired Bernard Leach and all that school. He started learning in his 40s and took exams. His best pot, which I still have on my kitchen windowsill, was in an exhibition at the Town Hall. He then taught an after school pottery club at the junior school where he was a teacher. They had a small electric kiln. I have never made pots, but ceramics are one of my major interests.

Well, I am exhausted! This morning instead of going on our machines we decided to power walk round the lanes.. My knee held out and I took pain killers for my hip so I got round without too much of a struggle. My weak ankle can feel it though. But it only used up 236 calories!:sad:
Yesterday, after a lot of discussion with my friend, I decided to retype my old novel. I bit the bullet and upgraded my Word 2003 to the newest Word 2013. Cost money of course, but now I have a new tenant I have a little rent coming in. Of course, the download got stuck when the wifi cut out :sad: :sad: and I went to bed fuming. This morning I was all ready to ring the help desk, but it was all fine. I typed a title page, a very short intro and a few paragraphs. Thought it wasn't too bad.:blushing: Then I did something idiotic and lost it all.:grumble: :noway: Never mind - I was really just testing it out. Lunch was late of course.

After that I thought I would make the Cauliflower Cake that I made before. It's for Saturday lunch so people can just grab a piece before they leave. DH is going to rush off to the football so they won't stay long. It looks great! I also boiled up some giant couscous, quinoa and brown rice together, which will be a base for a salad with the bbq. Then I made a Baba Ganoush, an aubergine dip, which I have never made before, but love when I have it in restaurants. It tastes divine! I know DH'S daughter loves it as she always orders it when we go to a Turkish place. I cheated by adding a tiny drop of my hickory smoke drops. Made all the difference.:bigsmile:
Then a mountain of washing up because DH isn't here.:grumble:
So now I am sitting down recovering.:laugh:
One bed is made. Two others to do. Our own bed to change. Mostly clean and fairly tidy. DH will help in the morning. His sister arrives for lunch and the others arrive by train at 7pm. The patio was brushed yesterday and we bought more charcoal.:bigsmile:
Looking forward to it. Cocktails at dusk!:laugh: (see my profile photo of my friend and I enjoying our daiquiris! )

I am feeling quite excited about my typing. It's nice to have a more flexible Word system and I can see what I've done in Read Mode, which makes it look like a book. I will probably get a few paperbacks printed. My friend always sends her writing to Kindle so she can proof read it as a Kindle document. She says it helps her judge it better, so that is a great idea for the interim stages before I put it on for real.
It has been years since I got excited about my writing.:bigsmile: My friend has just finished her own memoir and is entering it into a competition. I hope I will get inspired to carry on with mine.

Love to all. I can't eat so much today becsuse my walk didn't burn many calories so I will have to see what I can do with shiritaki noodles. :laugh: I feel Asian soup coming on.

Heather in now sunny Hampshire UK

Katla49

Anne: I have lost the weight and am working on maintenance, so I go up and down a little. My skin is either shrinking a little or I’m getting used to it. I need to stay at a healthy weight more than I need to shrink my skin or plump up to fill it out again. Vanity surgery is not part of my picture. I can’t imagine living in the desert in the summer, and would be making plans to move to a cooler climate if I found myself there. I live in Oregon, in a climate with wet winters. My cousin has become an Arizona snowbird and seems to enjoy the lifestyle.:flowerforyou:

Sylvia: I didn’t like Woody Allen’s early work and haven’t seen anything he’s done more recently. I’m a fan of Marvel Comic Movies, much to my own surprise. I also like the Star Trek movies with the new cast. The kids are great, but the writers aren’t as good as Gene Rodenberry. :ohwell: Congratulations on returning to your pottery studio and working. I hope it was a pleasure and didn’t bother your heart or breathing. I’m thinking about the email you got from your son’s ex. I think I’d save it in a file in case there are more, and not respond to her. I don’t know whether I’d tell the DS about it.:flowerforyou:

Dr. Katie: A bomb scare in a grocery store??? What a day! I’m glad everything turned out well. I wonder who would want to disrupt grocery shoppers--a disgruntled former employee?:flowerforyou:

Lesley: I wouldn’t want to put up with bad behavior, either. Mom always said, ”Never say never.” She thought it invited the very thing you want to avoid. Maybe your DGD will grow up someday and can be welcomed again.:flowerforyou:

Barbie: I also knit cotton dishrags. I love them! I find that knitting takes up the nervous energy that used to be spent on snacking, which is a huge plus.:flowerforyou:

Tere: I hope your neighbor will keep their rooster in a pen. It would be bad if your dog killed it in your yard. It isn’t just the mess, but also the precedent for your dog’s behavior, although I don’t think it would be fair to condemn a dog for guarding his own property. Yanniejannie has a good idea.:flowerforyou:

Michele: I agree with Vince regarding the evening canasta, but have no experience with the kinds of social activities that seem to fill your days. What do I know? You seem to live in an amazing place.:flowerforyou:

Karen: Welcome!:flowerforyou:

Gloria: I’m happy that you’re enjoying your new job. It sounds like things are moving in a good direction for you.:flowerforyou:

Carol: I love the quotation and agree wholeheartedly. Thanks for sharing.:flowerforyou:



Our neighbor is having hip surgery today, and I hope it goes well. His wife has a daughter who lives nearby to sit with her during the surgery. I would have gone with her if she’d needed the support. Years ago my husband had neck surgery and I went alone. The surgery went on MUCH longer than anticipated and I was a bundle of anxiety by the time the surgeon came to talk to me. All was well, but they’d had a bleeding problem that slowed things down. I wouldn’t wish sitting and waiting alone all that time on anybody. We went with DDIL when our son had surgery. No yoga today because the teacher has a conflict and I’ll be in CO soon, so it will be a couple of weeks or more before I get to go again. I did download a yoga app that someone recommended and will see whether I like it.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison



August Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!

janemartin02

Have a great thurs!!
hugs
jane

Cindy781

Hello Ladies!

I missed checking in yesterday. Hubby and I went out and I didn't have enough time in the day! Today I lifted weights and then got on the treadmill. I will work on my drawing this afternoon.

Diane, thank you for checking out my drawing and for the compliments. I am working on one of my Grandmother. I will share when I'm done but I am far from that now!

Yanniejannie, yikes! I hope you feel better soon!

Beth, glad you had a good trip.

Barbie, fabulous stepping!

Joyce, your Buddy reminded me of all of my special pets I've had. Our little old pug girl is declining and showing all the signs of doggie dementia. She is 15 now. She has a strong will to live and still enjoys getting love and her kibbles. We are planning on getting Maltese for our next generation of fur babies. I've seen a pup on the rescue site in Oklahoma City that pulls at me. It's hard to decide whether to go for it or not, he is very cute.

DeeDee, yes! I get lost in my art. It is a wonderful escape. Time flies by, I put soothing music on and go! Love it! I hope you get back to painting, it such a healing experience. Whatever medium you choose.

Welcome everyone new. Someone asked if there will be a thread in September, yes, we are here each month.

Hugs to all,

Cindy in OK

jmkmomm

I will write more later, just wanted to tell Akinom that since this is such a chatty group the thread ends at 500 posts and then Barbie opens up a new post. Many months we have August thread #1 and thread #2. At the end of psot 500 she posts a link to the previous thread.

Joyce, Indiana

grandmallie

afternoon chica's~
well had a wonderful time with my friend Doris, we just have so much fun together, she is like my second mom, and we love to do alot of the same stuff...went to a couple of thrift stores, I am looking for inexpensive clothes,went to this little senior thrift store and they always have a little something to buy. I bought this really cute sheath black dress with red and yellow poppies on it, and it is by some high end designer $5.00 , and a cookie tin for 75cents.. trying to find something to keep my DFIL cookies from going stale..
poked around Christmas tree shop,and walmart,went to Savers which is like goodwill or salvation army thrift stores, found a real cute dress, but it was 7.99 a little to rich for my blood:laugh:
I am waiting with baited breath for the labor day sale at Goodwill, I will be in that parking lot at 7:30 in the morning waiting for them to open at 8... everything is 1/2 price..
went to Panera for lunch and had from the take 2, tomato and mozzrella 1//2 i wanted the panini,but they gave it to me on chibatta, and 1/2 strawberry chicken lemon poppyseed salad, without the poppyseed dressing and a small glass of water, they give you either chips,bread or an apple with that so took the apple.. was just simply delish... and at least I know its fresh..
then came home did a load of laundry,got the DH dinner and lunch together and now sitting down.. now my fit bit says I only did 12 active minutes but when I was at the dealership this morning it said 37,so I dont know what gives but have close to 12,000 steps in today, while my car was getting worked on I walked around the parking lot for exercise:bigsmile:

Akinom523

Thank you, Joyce!

:happy:

margaretturk

Good evening friends,

Heather excited tor you to take up the pen again.

Cindy art is a wonderful way to get caught up in something larger than yourself. Art makes your heart sing as Matisse would say. We had a great exhibition of his work in the fall. He worked in so many different medias.

Quiet here. DH went down to help his sister. I stayed home to help our son. Both are doing better. Thanks for the prayers. DH lasted actually two days before he got upset with his sister. She is the oldest and likes to be in charge and tell others what to do. DH does not care for that.

Still struggling to get those couple pounds off. It is a combination of the stressful last couple of weeks and now it is humid and I retain at least a pound when it gets like this. Things are settling down and haven't had any more problems with the neighbors.

Today worked at cleaning the house, so tomorrow enjoy a clean house.

2014 word: contentment

MNMargaret

megblair1

Holy cow. I can’t believe how busy I have been the last 2 days. Sorry I haven’t been here to support you in a couple of days. Today I went to work late and didn’t get much done. I left early to get the grocery shopping done then I did that ladder workout on the treadmill. I can’t believe I can actually do it! I even ran some on the danged thing! I also have over 11,000 steps already

I finally finished my photo album from our trip to Niagara Falls 4 years ago! Now I’m inspired to get more done but I see creative memories is in bankruptcy! Gaaaa I’m also working on our taxes finally. I think next year we will try to do them on time and see what happens to our cpa. He may keel over.

Gloria: I love my wine too but find that if I drink much after dinner I can’t sleep. And that goes for all alcohol, but a glass with dinner leads to great sleeping

Kit: congrats on the weight loss! That’s a nice start

Joyce: my hubby eats pretty healthy but I wish he would exercise more. He does some and does say very active in the evening, so at least that’s good. Glad you have been feeling well

Rori: wow I never thought about the motel kitty leaving his hair in my foot! Could be since he and it were both black. My cats are black and white, but more white than black, so it could be theirs too. That was just so weird!

Diane: someone at work just told me about that TV show. Now they are starting to bring me stuff for DD#1 and baby…isn’t that nice? When we adopted them, I was given a shower that was unbelievable. Literally everyone who worked at the college came, including people I didn’t know. I work with some amazing people!

Zenzen: welcome to our group!

Shani: I have a swim suit with criss-cross straps and OMG is it hard to get into! I usually put it on sort of sideways!

Cynthia: yes a cat hair! I think I said something worse LOL. The CD cabinet turned out beautifully and looks really great in our art deco media room.

Carol ;so sorry you have been struggling with depression but glad you are doing better. You should be so proud of your self for overcoming your fears after the divorce! That is fabulous and inspiring!

Craftergin: welcome to the group. I’m going to check that site out

Patty: glad you are back safe and sound

Vicki: sorry to hear about the bike problems. Yes we got some rain over the weekend and some more this morning. There’s more in the forecast too.

Heather: hooray for jam that sets!

Monika: you joined by posting! Welcome to the group Wir konnen zusammen Deutsch sprechen! (We can speak German) Well at least that’s what I think I said! Email if you’d like to help me practice my very rusty German

Yanniejannie: who is being vilified in the news? Sorry to be such a dumbo, but I can’t think of who that could be. Speaking of college tuition, thank the Lord that one of my benefits is free tuition, room and board in over 600 private liberal arts colleges across the country. When you adopt kids at the ages of ours, there’s no time to save for college!

Pearlie: nothing wrong with quick and easy. I plan my menus for a week then grocery shop. Sometimes on weekends I make a couple meals for later in the week.

Alison: you are such a kind person I know you will be amply rewarded in heaven!

Dr Katie: a bomb threat! Omgoodness! Glad no one was hurt

Beth: glad you are home after your trip

Sue a massage….ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Molly: I agree it will be a sad day when you have to give up your art!

Tere: breathe!

Michele: I’ve thought about joining a bowling league, but they usually last forever around here!

Karen: welcome aboard

Sylvia: sending you hugs and good thoughts for when you think about your son’s ex wife and all the fall out from that

Well time to go look at the taxes and pretend to work on them! Take care, Meg from hot and humid Omaha

gmom316

Usually 1 or 2 glasses will result in good sleep for me, even right before bed. 4 large glasses (i.e. a bottle), on the other hand, resulting in an all day hang over. :ohwell: Just took some Aleve and will be in the bed shortly. Good work on the treadmill BTW:drinker:

I have started making photo books. Walgreens just had a 75% off sale so I did a the "grandma book" I've been working on for Aaron (all pics of the 2 of them) and a Florida trip book. I only have about 74 more to go.

Thanks Katla (and everyone for the good wishes), I'm trying hard and I do seem to be getting tossed a few bones.

Looking forward to Zumba in the am. My bad *kitten* instructor is back fresh from national convention so it should be extra fun.

Stick a fork in me..... see ya'll with much fresher eyes in the A.M.

xo- Gloria in Metro Detroit