Senior Golden Sneakers..........July, 2011

CALIECAT

Whin I lost another post. I know what I did i forgot to hit the reply button befor I move on to something el I'll do it every time.I wasn't important so will catch youguys in the morning..

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Shirley, how long will you be able to live on that diet? Losing a pound a day sounds like a lot. Are you concerned that you will easily gain those pounds back once you begin to eat meat more often? Good luck on this diet.

:flowerforyou: Deb, it is so good to see you posting here. Hope that you will be able to visit more often soon. Love to read your replies to all of us. You are so encourageing. How do you feel about having a child turn 30? My oldest is in his 40s. Wow, does that ever make me feel old.

:flowerforyou: Jeri, beautiful picture. Thank you for sharing it with us. You look so relaxed and happy.

:flowerforyou: CALIECAT, if you learn any diet secrets from that show please share with us.

Thinking about heading off to shower and then to bed. It is only 8:00 PM but I have to get up at 4:00. I have been using the weekends to catch up on my sleep but just about this time of the work week, I begin to feel worn out.

CALIECAT

Ha Becky I I did not get to see it. we had an constuction accident in our area while it was on and the news came on to tell us about it. A man fell into a 30 in. hole that they had drilled. 60 feet down. so we did learn that the firmen are all a brave bunch of guys. They did get the guy out after about 30 minutes and he seems Ok. . They flew him out on care flight to the hospital. But they took up all of opray show. Did get to see about 5 minutes and seems like it was promoting WW. Which is a wonderful program. They also had a car chase on about the same time but miss all of it. Our TV stations seems to like to get invole in a car chase too and take us away from our local chanels. We seems to have about one a week..

Sandydur

I will reply tomorrow to all the posts that were written today but for now I have two jokes that made me laugh out loud.


For Older People


| While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped
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| at a roadside restaurant for lunch.
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| After finishing their meal, they left the
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| restaurant, and resumed their trip.


| When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly
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| left her glasses on the table, and she didn't
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| miss them until they had been driving for
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| about forty minutes.

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| By then, to add to the aggravation, they
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| had to travel quite a distance before
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| they could find a place to turn around,
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| in order to return to the restaurant to
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| retrieve her glasses.
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| All the way back, the elderly husband
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| became the classic grouchy old man.
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| He fussed and complained, and scolded
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| his wife relentlessly during the entire
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| return drive. The more he chided her,
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| the more agitated he became.
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| He just wouldn't let up for a single minute.
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| To her relief, they finally arrived at the restaurant.
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| As the woman got out of the
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| car, and hurried inside to retrieve her
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| glasses, the old geezer yelled to her,
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| " While you're in there, you might as well
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| get my hat and the credit card."
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| This coming week is National Senior Mental
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| Health Week. You can do YOUR part by
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| remembering to contact at least one
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| unstable Senior to show you care.


I have now done MY part.

Sandydur

TRIP TO ITALY

A young New York woman was so depressed that she decided to end her life by throwing herself into the ocean, but just before she could throw herself from the docks, a handsome young man stopped her.

"You have so much to live for," said the man. "I'm a sailor, and we are off to Italy tomorrow. I can stow you away on my ship. I'll take care of you, bring you food every day, and keep you happy."

With nothing to lose, combined with the fact that she had always wanted to go to Italy , the woman accepted. That night the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a small but comfortable compartment in the hold. From then on, every night he would bring her three sandwiches, a bottle of red wine, and make love to her until dawn. Three weeks later she was discovered by the captain during a routine inspection.

"What are you doing here?" asked the captain.

"I have an arrangement with one of the sailors," she replied. "He brings me food and I get a free trip to Italy ."

"I see," the captain says.

Her conscience got the best of her and she added, "Plus, he's screwing me."

"He certainly is," replied the captain.



This is the Staten Island Ferry."

Sandydur

I lied one more:

After dating for several months, a girl asks her boyfriend to come

over Friday night to meet, and have a dinner with her parents, with

whom she still lives.

Since this is such a big event, the girl announces to her boyfriend

that after dinner, she would like to go out and make love for the

first time.

The boy is ecstatic, but he has never had sex before, so he takes a

trip to the drug store to get some condoms.. He tells the pharmacist

it's his first time and the pharmacist helps the boy for about an

hour. He tells the boy everything there is to know about condoms and

sex.

At the register, the pharmacist asks the boy how many condoms he'd

like to buy, a 3-pack, 10-pack, or family pack.

The boy insists on the family pack because he thinks he will be

rather busy, it being his first time and all.

That night, the boy shows up at the girl's parents house and meets

his girlfriend at the door.

"Oh, I'm so excited for you to meet my parents, come on in!"

The boy goes inside and is taken to the dinner table where the

girl's parents are seated.

The boy quickly offers to say grace and bows his head. A minute

passes, and the boy is still deep in prayer, with his head down.

10 minutes pass, and still no movement from the boy.

Finally, after 20 minutes with his head down, the girlfriend leans

over and whispers to the boyfriend, 'I had no idea you were this

religious.'



The boy turns, and whispers back,

'I had no idea your father was a pharmacist!

fancyladyJeri

MARIE, DEB & BECKY --  I am sitting on a bench on the 8th Avenue Mall in downtown Calgary. It is a pedestrian mall, cars are only allowed at night. It is fairly early so not too many people are about. You can see people dressed in western apparel because everyone is encouraged to do so for the full  ten days of the Calgary Stampede. No suits or ties.  The flowers look like they are part of a tree but actually they are a hanging begonia. The flowers are just beautiful downtown this year.  We were down with my husband's cousin and his wife showing our city off to them before they head home to Nova Scotia.   It was fun, free pancake breakfast, square dancing in the street, native Indian dancing, a hat stomp, people all dressed up, etc., etc.

And thanks for the compliments, I was having a good time. 

momtozmc

Hi Everyone!

I'm so sorry that I haven't been a very good MFP friend! Life has gotten busy with the two college kids home for summer!
Hope all is well with everyone! I haven't even gotten a chance to read the July postings... so sorry!!!!

Trying to keep on the straight and narrow, but it's so hard with the kids home! My daughter is like me... loves to bake so in the past three nights, she has made apple pie, chocolate chip cookies and banana bread! Ugh! And my oldest son 6'2" 250 lbs gorilla, oh I mean, boy in a man body... is not happy with my low calorie meals... so I am making much more rice and pasta... which I can't resist! So trying to run and or walk more!

I will try and be better! Off to bed!!!! xoxoxo to all of you!

L

barbiecat

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: thank you, Sandy, for the great jokes.

thank you everyone for the kind words and thoughts about Haifa.......I know many of you are pet lovers and consider your pets family just like we do :bigsmile: I know you have gone through this sadness.:sad: someone told me that the only way to avoid this sadness is to never love another pet and of course, how could we live without our pets.

:bigsmile: the good news is that we got two offers to buy our house and have accepted one of them and have made an offer on a house that we really like and will know tomorrow if the offer has been accepted.

:bigsmile: Connie, congratulations on getting your weight into the healthy range

:bigsmile: congratulations, Shirley, on your successful weight loss with your new program

:flowerforyou: jeri, your picture is lovely.

:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: more tomorrow, I'm half asleep already.

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: momtozmc, I don't envy you having to feel a 6'2" son. He would certainly need a lot of food.:noway:

:flowerforyou: Jeri, your Calgary Stampede sounds like a lot of fun.

:flowerforyou: Sandy, that one is hilarious. :laugh:

It is finally cooling off a bit here in Ohio. At least until this weekend.

CALIECAT

:happy: :happy:
HA HA HA:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :happy:

sandy you were full of it lAst night. Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been laughing so hard forgot about dear Connie sorry Connie

Sandydur

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNIE!!

Sandydur

Happy Thursday!! :bigsmile: Another beautiful day, but no shopping or swimming, my meeting is today and I am the chairperson. :blushing:

Connie,hope you have a wonderful birthday, come March I will be 70 with you. I like you, find that so hard to believe, but thank goodness we are active and feel good so we can stick around a long time. Where you live and walk sounds so amazing, your description is perfect, thank you for sharing. :flowerforyou: The blog of the girl who went through the tornado in Joplin was heart breaking, I am so happy things turned out good for her but so sad about all the others.

Becky and mom (sorry have forgotten you name) I have 3 sons all over 6 feet and a daughter who is about 5' 10", they all took after my first husband who was 6'4". I myself am 5'4' (used to be 5 4 1/2") and my hubby is 5" 10". When Brad comes here from one of his road trips he eats like a horse, small meals but often. :laugh: I love having him here so I don't mind at all.:drinker:

Barbie, fingers and toes are crossed and of course a prayer for your offer to be accepted. I am so happy you have the frisky poodles to keep you busy and although no one can replace Haifa you can share the love you have for her with them.
My good friend just learned her daughter's 14 year old giant schnauzer has cancer and other health problems so they are letting her go on Saturday. My friend is devastated and can't even talk on the phone, she is taking it really, really hard. Schnapps lived with my friend for many years until her daughter bought her own house and still goes there daily to let her out, so I really feel her lose. Loving our pets is so easy, letting them go is so hard.

Jeri, your profile picture is beautiful, as you are. Where you live looks peaceful and wonderful. Glad you got to spend time with your friends and give them a tour of your city, it sounds like great fun.:flowerforyou:

Marie, I am glad that construction worker lived through that terrible experience. We can never give enough credit to the men and woman who work so hard to save our lives and protect us. And what's up with so many car chases in Texas?? :laugh: When you sign in on face book do you click the save this information button?

Deb, good to hear from you. Coach is a brand name, mostly they make purses and shoes. I did buy two purses since it was such a great sale and basically I got two purses for the price of one. Yikes!! your eldest daughter is young enough to be my granddaughter. :laugh: My eldest son is going to be 48 on the 26th and my youngest will be 39 in November. Talk about feeling old. :noway:

Shirley, good luck on your new diet. My personal choice is to eat what I like, but in control. I really think when I cut down on sugar that did me the most good and counting calories of course.

Phoebe, so happy to see you post with us, keep coming back, we miss and love you.

Gayla, loved your joke. :laugh: :laugh:

My daughter said my granddaughter (21) will be contacting me to ask if she can stay with me for a long weekend in August. She and her friend will be going to Lapalooza in Chicago and need a place to crash every night. :laugh: It will be great having her, so of course I said yes. :bigsmile:

Better get moving, have a great day everyone!!

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I absolutely can not believe that you are almost 70.:noway: From your picture, I wouldn't have guess you over 40.

:flowerforyou: I am not sure which one is Connie, but...HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

I am having the second half of my taco salad. Ate the first half yesterday. I could never eat a whole one even when I wasn't trying to lose weight.

delraybuzz

C O N N I E - - - - You look great at 70!!!

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Have a wonderful day, dear friend!


Hi everyone. Absolutely no time to post, but want to say I'm thinking of everyone.

:drinker: Buzz

CALIECAT

Sandy yep I do click on keep me log in. it didn't help. That and photobucket are the only two I have problems with.

I was just thinking 10 years ago I was just 70. So busy taking care of my mom I did not have time to think about myself.I was sttill pretty active had to be to keep up with her. She love to go. we went to water arobic eating out most days. and shopping. Hair days and nail days. And of course doctors appt.Oh and doggie days.They had to be groom too. She had a small doggie.How fast those years have flew by.As you young gals will find out.
Love marie

barbiecat

Happy Birthday, Connie, I hope you have a great day.......you are so giving toward others, you deserve the best

fancyladyJeri

Blowing in the Wind by FancyLady, on Flickr

Hello all.

Well tomorrow at 2pm I have an appt with my doctor. That's when I'll find out how successful my cancer surgery was. Wish me luck.

CALIECAT

Our prayers are with you Jeri/ We have just been warm about a posible black out during this heat wave. . we have cut off all unecessary electricity till in the morning including my computor. and my TV. Don't want to lose our A/c

Lafla

Happy Birthday, Connie! Hope you have a great day and a wonderful start to a new decade!

Marie -- stay cool. I hope you don't lose your a/c.

Jeri -- another great picture. I will say a little prayer that you hear good results.

Barbie -- how wonderful that the house sold. Best of luck on the new purchase.

Sandy -- glad you liked the joke. I aim to humour.

Buzz-- always nice to see a few words from you. Hope you are feeling better.

Take care and keep smiling. Gayla

viliberty1957

Hello everyone.

Jeri in Calgary....good luck on your doctor's appointment. I have a similar appointment on Monday to see if the three chemo sessions I've taken so far are doing some good. Praying for you and others with health issues. The flower picures are beauatiful.

We live in a tiny house (just right size) in Spokane. When I wake up in the mornings I can open my curtains and look ouside for awhile before I ge up. The fence is about ten feet away and covered with beautiful greenery. Just over the fence is a huge cherry tree that is loaded with cherries. This morning I watched the squirrels eating their fill and darting around in the tree. I'm so thankful for this little bit of nature I can enjoy right at home with the changing seasons. I marvel at God's goodness to me.

I let Mariah water my houseplants with her water pistol today. She thought that was pretty cool. :laugh:

Sandydur

This one is for Jake:: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Wife’s Diary:

Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn't say much.

I asked him what was wrong; He said, 'Nothing.' I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving.

I can't explain his behavior I don't know why he didn't say, 'I love you, too.' When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued to seem distant and absent. Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep; I cried. I don't know what to do. I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster.


Husband's Diary:

A four putt; who the hell four putts?

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Sandy...you always make my day.

:flowerforyou: viliberty1957...your yard sounds great !!! And, I love the idea of giving kids water pistols and letting them water the plants. I will have to try that.

:flowerforyou: CALIECAT, I am with you....can't give up the AC.

:flowerforyou: Jeri, I just tape a prayer, for you, today on our prayer wall at work. We will be praying for you.

I have a friend who is in great need of prayer. She has been fighting cancer for several years. She has had some of the most disfiguring surgeries that I have ever heard of. She is waiting for an appointment to have some spots on her skin biopsied. I really don't know how she can take all that she has been through. Please keep her in your prayers. Her name is Pam.

Sandydur

Happy Friday!! :bigsmile:

Becky, prayers being sent your way for your friend.

Irene, if we all looked at life the way you do and appreciate all that God does for us, it would be a much different world. Your description of your morning was beautiful and for you to be so grateful and unselfish is amazing. I pray your chemo is doing some good and you get good news at the doctor Monday. Your angel on earth is again bringing tears to my eyes, just because she makes you so happy. God bless you Irene.

Gayla, even your responses are funny, you are on a roll. :laugh:

Marie, turn every thing off but the A/C, we will hear from you when things get cooler in Dallas.

Jeri, prayers for you today and hope you get good news from the doctor. What ever God's Will is for you, I know you will be able to handle, you are one terrific lady.

Walked to the Itasca Fest with Daisy last night and she was sure in her glory. People kept stopping me and asking what kind of dog she is and can they pet her. She was so good with all those hundreds of people, I was so proud of her. We didn't stay long since I was afraid security might ask me to leave because she is so big. :laugh: It was a long walk there and back so we burned lots of calories. Today I am sitting for the six year old. I will pick her up from camp at 2:00 where we will go to the Country Club pool where they are having a tye dye party. The lifeguards will help the kids tye dye shirts for fun and of course some swimming. Her parents are going to an early wedding so she may end spending the night. :yawn:

Monday our new casino in Des Plaines opens and I will be there, it is so close to my house it could be dangerous. (jk) I just hope it won't be over crowded but if so I will leave since I am going back on Thursday with my DIL, who needs a day to herself.

Did I mention my computer came? I will be setting that up today and can finally get back to normal. :bigsmile:

Have a great day!!

Sandydur

And they just keep coming!!!!

Catholic Heart Attack
A man suffered a serious heart attack while shopping in a store. The store clerks called 911 when they saw him collapse to the floor. The paramedics rushed the man to the nearest hospital where he had emergency open heart bypass surgery.
He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at the Catholic Hospital he was taken to. A nun was seated next to his bed holding a clip board loaded with several forms, and a pen. She asked him how he was going to pay for his treatment.
"Do you have health insurance?" she asked.
He replied in a raspy voice, "No health insurance."
The nun asked, "Do you have money in the bank?"
He replied, "No money in the bank."
"Do you have a relative who could help you with the payments?" asked the irritated nun.
He said, "I only have a spinster sister, and she is a nun."
The nun became agitated and announced loudly, "Nuns are not spinsters! Nuns are married to God."
The patient replied, "Perfect. Send the bill to my brother-in-law."

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Sandy....love it.:laugh:

CALIECAT

What a caring and loving bunch of Sneakers.

Hope this find you all in a fine spirit this morning. So far so good we have not had a black out yet. hope they closed most of the high rise office bldgs first. Except the hospitals. My daughter would like that.and lots others folks. too.

We know we are in for it for another week. at least.
Love all the jokes.this morning.
Better shut this down and do my part in conserative.
e back on later
LOve Marie

delraybuzz

IRENE and JERI, along with everyone else, you are in my thoughts and hope all the reports are POSITIVELY wonderful!
BARBIE, what can one say about Haifa...so very sorry! As for the house, good luck, hope all goes well with the sale and new purchase!
SANDY, what a story teller you are! You make my day!
MARIE, still hoping for you that heat wave breaks...now, this very minute...or at least very soon!
GAYLA, wish I had time to answer everyone, or at least read every single post. Should I be worried?
Don't know where the time flies, but I haven't much lately. I'm fine, but busy busy...or slow,slow...don't know which. Maybe too many appointments!
Have a wonderful weekend, everybody!
Buzz

fancyladyJeri

I tried to copy and paste to reply and lost it all. So here I go by winging it.

Gayla and Marie -- thanks for your kind words. Alll prayers and good wishes are appreciated for sure.


And MARIE you are so right, what a wonderful caring bunch. Sounds like you'll have a challenging time. Good luck.

CONNIE. I love the jokes. Keep 'em coming. They brighten my day and I love to laugh. Thank you so ,uch for your kind thoughts.
Your dog sounds great. We don't have one anymore and I do miss her. We have a casino close to is too. We go from time to time. I'm never very lucky but then I'm a small bettor. Only once I won about $1,000. Was that ever nice. Have fun babysitting.

BECKY .. Thank you very much. I go in 2 hrs to the doctor. Hope the news is good.

IRENE. ... Thanks so much. I'm sending good positive thoughts your way. Best wishes.


It is absolutely beautiful today.

tlp8rb

Fancy Lady said:

CONNIE. I love the jokes. Keep 'em coming. They brighten my day and I love to laugh. Thank you so ,uch for your kind thoughts.
Your dog sounds great. We don't have one anymore and I do miss her. We have a casino close to is too. We go from time to time. I'm never very lucky but then I'm a small bettor. Only once I won about $1,000. Was that ever nice. Have fun babysitting.

Sandy, I think this was meant for you, not me. I haven't posted jokes. I have two dogs, not one. I live nowhere near a casino, and I'm not babysitting for anyone!!!