Senior Golden Sneakers............August

CALIECAT

I lost my post on the above post

Anway I came back to post my Happy star Me and Bubba made it thru dinner in flying colors
i still have 2 -100 SNACKS left Will have one before bed time popcorn and take a yogurt to bedroom with me to eat during the night if I need it.
So far I haven't had to used it. I think it will be pop corn Now

HAPPY ME my third Star.Bubba is watching out for me. See you'al in the morning.

fancyladyJeri

Marie - you are doing great. You deserve those stars.

Becky - back at work - how long were you off? I remember when I worked that I'd get back and after the first few hours it was like I'd never been away. I'd like to keep that nice time off feeling for a few days at least but it never stayed.

Shirley - your weekend sounded like so much fun. I haven't done a corn roast in a long, long, time.


I went to the doctor today and everything looks pretty good with my breast. I still have a bit more healing to do. I got a letter today about radiation and it looks like I'll start that in October. Good news and bad news. I'd really like to get that out of my hair and on with my life but on the other hand I'd sure like to be able to go camping next week if we have good weather. This whole breast cancer thing has stopped us from camping. We have a travel trailer and like to go mid week when there aren't any crowds around.

Good night all. Here's another picture of some of my poppies. Hope you enjoy them.


Poppies by FancyLady, on Flickr

Lafla

Hi everyone. Life is good and we have been busy. No time for watching tennis today! Thinking about you all. Gayla

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Gayla...glad to see you checking in.

:flowerforyou: Jeri, why not get your camping done before you begin your radiation? Enjoy yourself..this weather will not last forever. I started my vacation at noon on the 3rd. Took a jet to Florida that night. I arrived back home on the 9th. Got me a pretty good tan.:laugh: That is I have it after the burn peeled away.

:flowerforyou: Marie, I don't know what you said in your posts but I enjoyed reading them.:laugh: I will be looking for you to be here later today.

The cafe at work is having taco salad today. I will just have to go buy one of those.

Shirley61

Marie: I had the same problem yesterday trying to post. It just disappeared on me.
Very frustrating when you write a long one.
Jeri: Beautiful picture of the yellow poppies. You have such wonderful colors
surrounding you. I have been to Calgary years ago skiing. It is beautiful
country.

Day off today, they called me from work this morning. I am getting a scanner so I
can start scanning files. Lucky me! I guess you could say job security.
They needed my password to get into my computer. Now I have to learn how to use
it and what needs to be done.

Well I finished 25 mins. of doing weights this morning. Now shower and get my *** moving
for th rest of the day.

Have a great one ladies.

CALIECAT

Hey everybody.

:flowerforyou:Jeri your yellow flowers are too pretty for words. Lovely photo. Do hope you get to go camping.

:flowerforyou: Barbiecat was hoping to hear from you today. Hope all is well!

:flowerforyou: Gayla glad to hear from you and that you are all doing fine

:flowerforyou: Shirley your job keeps you busy

:flowerforyou: Phoebe I never know where you are at? Sounds like you are on the road again. Have a wonderful

:flowerforyou: Judy for you young lady its about time for you to get bAck home

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Flowers and love to everyone. What a great bunch we have here.

Sandy is off to the casino again..Wish her luck.

Got to go back to to see if anyone else post last night. I miss more post that away.

Jerry and I went to Walmart to get our weekly grocery. have a diabetic Dr. appt after lunch. I have some questions to talk to her about.

I think I got the happy star off of one of my embroidery site i stole it. and may make a floppy dish of it and embridery on some Kithen towels.To remind me of my goal.

CALIECAT

Look like another slow day here.
Just got back from the doctor office Sent me to get blood work done Know in about week. how everything going. But he approved my diet and said all is looking good.
I think I got a system going on my eats.

Will be back after dinner to post my Happy Star. Gonna make it another day. YIP YIP.

delraybuzz

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Have a great one evryone...

Buzz

pjsatticPhoebeWaleskaGA

Buzz, what a pretty image that is, nice and cheerful.
hope your arm/elbow is mending, good thing you dont talk with your elbow, lol, jk, just had to tease you!
marie, Im glad you are keeping your dr. Appts in this heat. Glad your diet looks good to him too. Jim sees a new dr a week from Friday, sure hope he likes him. If it doesnt work out with this dr, I want to get him on the veterans medical benefit program, and then I dont think it will be so easy to change drs.
We are in Arkansas heading toward home. We will leave again on Saturday. Next weekend, we are taking off, for the docotrs appts and a family reunion on Saturday. It is Jims mothers family, a good bunch of people every one of them. There is so much good food there. Desserts and home cooking. Mostly, I just hope to get a bite of sage dressing/stuffing. We will take a platter of chicken tenders from Bojangles. They go fast, kids love them.
We are grateful for a very good ac in this truck, coz it sure is hot outside, everywhere we go.

Some of you have really gotten a lot out of your summer this year and I am glad for youm :-) it goes by so fast, even when it is so hot, hope those of you in cooler climates are getting ready for a wonderful fall season, I cant wait for that, it is my favorite time of year. Mostly because spring means weeds, and fall means almost gone weeds! Lol, lazy me!
Jeri, here is a hint, Im looking forward to your fall photos! Barbie and Jake, hope you got moved safely.

CALIECAT

Hey I am ready to post my star

Day 4 for me.

judz46

Jake - loved the joke - just got home to freezing weather and 2 days of travelling so will check in tomorrow....luv you guys.

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Judy...my goodness...freezing weather? Where are you??

:flowerforyou: Ok CALICAT...post away.

:flowerforyou: Phoebe...I think your best bet for the family reunion would be to eat something before going and maybe take some healthy food with you. I know, that sort of takes the enjoyment out of the reunion.:grumble:

I heated up a Smart Ones Breakfast Quesadilla but I threw it out. Just didn't appeal to me. Now I have to find something else for breakfast.

I am also looking for some dinner ideas. I will be grocery shopping after work and don't know what to pick up. Any suggestions?

CALIECAT

welcome home Judy, So good to hear from you gain. You get rested up so you can tell us ll about and some slovely pictures too.
Be looking for uyou tomorrow.

I had a bad evening last night. The Doctor gave me cymbalta for my neves damage in my feet nd legs. I got so sick had the runnies and sick at my stomach . however never di d But it felt like I would at any time And still A little bit woozie.. Got to call the doctor as soon as I can. Better wait till 9 Am Don't have any appetite this mornings i am wondering if I got to hot . I wasn't out long but gettin into the hot car about 6 times. Was really hot.
I am going back to bed for I have been up since 1 AM Couldn't ge back to sleep.

Hey Becky I don't feel like talking now.

Shirley61

:flowerforyou: Marie: I hope you are feeling. Its always tough starting on new medication. Please
let your doctor know. There must be something else you can take.

Barbie: Hope all is well with your move. I can't imagine what work it is unpacking boxes.

Phoebie: Sounds like you are having a wonderful summer travelling.

Becky: Tonight we are having salmon, leftover Quinoa with peas & carrots mixed in and
probably a salad. Last night was Swiss Chalet Chicken. That was good too!

Got the new scanner today for work. It is not working yet has to have a download of something into
the computer. Doesn't take up too much room but there are wires everywhere:mad: I also lost
a drawer where I used to put my purse because the plug sticks out too far. Oh, technology don't you
love it. :explode:

<<<What a privilege to share tender words and priceless moments with you.>>>

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Shirley, my supervisor ordered a new label printer. It arrived this week and is at leat five times larger than the one we use now. Needless to say..she isn't very happy.

:flowerforyou: Hey no problem Marie. I just know that you love to be in contact with all of us. Take it easy. Sounds like you are having a horrible time. Let us know what the doctor has to say.

Sandydur

Happy Thursday!! :bigsmile: Another beautiful day which is great since we are going to Navy Pier later this afternoon. My granddaughter has poms until 3:00 and two of her friends are in school. I have some free passes to the Maze so we are going for our last trip of summer, next week all the kids are in school. :ohwell: I went to the casino yesterday and came home with about a $20 win, better than losing. I am still doing well on maintaining and when I remember I try to record my food, always record my walks with Daisy so I am staying on track. My hubby's toe that he hurt on the recliner chair is all messed up. It got infected and the doctor had to do some in the office surgery to remove a part of the infected bone, he is not to do anything for another six weeks including not driving as of yet. He also has vertigo which we went to the doctor and will see a specialist on Friday.
Gosh I love him dearly but sure would like to see him get healthy and mobile again. He keeps saying how much he misses smoking and asks me to buy him a pack of cigarettes but I refuse. :explode: And how is your day??

Marie, so sorry to hear you aren't up to par today and hope you called your doctor. My husband is on cymbalta for anxiety along with other meds but they do not make him sick like it did for you. His son is also on cymbalta for his feet, due to the alcoholism his feet are in really bad shape and they are now going to try blood transfusions to help him. I hope they find the right med for you that doesn't interfer with your diabetes. We hate to see you ill, you are our backbone and our mentor.

Becky, most of our meals are from market day, they are portioned controlled and easy to make, my kind of dinners. :happy:

Judy, so happy to hear from you again. Glad you had such a great vacation but now get some rest.

Phoebe, I am not sure some of our people know that you and your husband are over the road truck drivers. Correct me if I am wrong but you are gone days at a time before heading back home. Your reunion sounds like fun, I love getting together with extended family, I hope you have a great time.

Buzz, hope your arm is better, it sure hasn't stopped your beautiful graphics.

Shirley, you are doing so good on your weight loss journey, keep up the good work,

Gayla, being busy and happy is wonderful, just remember to check in once in a while to say hello.

Jeri, another beautiful picture of your poppies, such a great photographer you are. I like Becky wonder why you can't go on your camping trip before the radiation? Did you ask your doctor if that is possible? Most important is that things are looking good and soon you will be healed.

I hope everyone else is doing well and enjoying the last days of summer except of course those who have started the colder days.

Have a great day!!

delraybuzz

Darn, my post disappeared into cyberspace again! But it's worth repeating as it contained information I just received from the Harvard School for Public Health Newsletter...
Type 2 diabetes
*** A new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers finds a strong association between the consumption of red meat--particularly when the meat is processed--and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The study also shows that replacing red meat with healthier proteins, such as low-fat dairy, nuts, or whole grains, can significantly lower the risk.
Read more at <www.hsph.harvard.edu.>

I know besides my DH, we have several other diabetics on board, and I just received a brochure from Prevention on a book they are trying to push with a diet that completely opposes everything we have learned about healthy eating. It can sure get confusing, can't it?

Using a ThermoCare Elbow 12 hour heat wrap, plus Tylenol Arthritis Tab and I am daring to think it is starting to feel better!

I hope you all are feeling better, or continuing to be fine, and I do keep checking daily and reading your posts.

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Buzz

debzwill

Hello lovely ladies,

Just popping in to say hello. I have been super busy and along with pc problems, I have not been here again for a few days.

Missing you all and I hope to be back properly and food logging in a week or two, after I return from my holiday. For now though I will just keep popping in to read your posts and say hello.

I still find it strange how much I miss you all when I have'nt even met you. I thnk of you all every day.

Just have to say, Buzz I have a customer who loks like your double. I took a double ake when she walked in. I don't suppose you have a long lost sister living in Essex do you ?lol

Love to you all
Deb

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Deb, I have truly missed that silly smiling (?) face. Glad to see your post.

:flowerforyou: Buzz, thank you for the info on type 2 diabetes. I had not heard of the red meat connection. I am so happy that none of my children are diabetic. Not one of the eight !!! It runs so bad in my family. Glad that your elbow is beginning to feel better.

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I so understand your husband. I quit smoking in November. I don't think that I will ever get over the urge to have a cigarette. What is meant by "market day" ? Are you talking about buying at a market on a particular day?

Since my husband and I ride in to work together and our hours are 2 1/2 hours apart, not only do I have that much time before work...he has that much after he is off the clock to wait for me. So, today he drives to the grocery. He choose what dinner would be. And, like usual, we all ate something different. My girls had tacos, I had California rolls and my husband had bison burgers.

fancyladyJeri

Hello everyone

MARIE  I hope you are feeling better very soon. I just had a bout of something too. Bad stomach cramps and running to the toilet.  I didn't get a lot of sleep either. It was either the chili I had at Wendys or something I inadvertently added to my supper last night. I eat gluten free, egg free and dairy free.  Was I dumb enough to use my dh's margarine instead of my own? It really acted like a reaction to milk. 

BECKY and SANDY. I think we are going camping on Sunday which will be before my radiation starts. I sure hope so.   I am trying to come up with an easy menu for us that will accommodate all my food intolerances.  Let's see.    Chili, taco salad, hot dogs, rotisserie chicken, cereal.  Hmmmmmmm

DEB.  I agree with you about missing this bunch of fun people. Talk about nice friends to have in your corner. 

BUZZ. Hope you are feeling better too. And Sandy is right, your graphics are so catchy. 

I went to a seminar about After Breast Surgery this morning.  It was pretty good but in was so tired after my awful sleep that I had to force myself to stay awake. 

We went for a great walk yesterday to a new park that just opened just west of Calgary. Here's a photo. 


Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park by FancyLady, on Flickr

Jake45

BE CAREFUL JAKE!!!!

Older Men Scam
Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and
in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I
wanted to pass it on in case you haven't heard about it.

A 'heads up' for those men who may be regular customers at Lowes, Home
Depot, Costco, or even Wal-Mart. This one caught me totally by surprise.
Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping.
Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't
be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you or your friends.


Here's how the scam works:
Two nice-looking, college-aged girls will come over to your car or truck
as you are packing your purchases into your vehicle. They both start wiping
your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out
of their skimpy tank-tops. (It's impossible not to look).

When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say, "No", but instead ask
for a ride to McDonald's.

You agree and they climb into the vehicle. On the way, they start
undressing. Then one of them starts crawling all over you, while the other
one steals your wallet.

I had my wallet stolen June 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 15th, 17th, 20th,
24th, & 29th. Also July 1st & 4th, twice on the 8th, 16th, 23rd, 26th &
27th, and very likely again this upcoming weekend.

So tell your friends to be careful. What a horrible way to take advantage
of us older men. Warn your friends to be vigilant.

Wal-Mart has wallets on sale for $2.99 each. I found even cheaper ones for
$.99 at the Dollar Store and bought them out in three of their storejavascript:add_smiley('grumble','post_body')s.

Also, you never get to eat at McDonald's. I've already lost 11 pounds just
running back and forth from Lowes, to Home Depot, to Costco, Etc.
So please, send this on to all the older men that you know and warn them
to be on the lookout for this scam. (The best times are just before lunch
and around 4:30 in the afternoon.)

Let's be safe out there.

Sandy, I appreciate your sharing this important warning with me.:bigsmile: so will this be a new weight loss plan :laugh:

Jake45

And they just keep coming................another one for Jake!!
Ed and Linda met while on a singles cruise and Ed fell head over heels for her.

When they discovered they lived in the same city only a few miles apart Ed was ecstatic. He immediately started asking her out when they got home.
Within a couple of weeks, Ed had taken Linda to dance clubs, restaurants, concerts, movies, and museums. Ed became convinced that Linda was indeed his soul mate and true love. Every date seemed better than the last.
On the one-month anniversary of their first dinner on the cruise ship, Ed took Linda to a fine restaurant. While having cocktails and waiting for their salad, Ed said,
"I guess you can tell I'm very much in love with you. I'd like a little serious talk before our relationship continues to the next stage. So, before I get a box out of my jacket and ask you a life changing question, it's only fair to warn you, I'm a total golf nut. I play golf, I read about golf, I watch golf on TV. In short, I eat, sleep, and breathe golf. If that's going to be a problem for us, you'd better say so now!"
Linda took a deep breath and responded, "Ed, that certainly won't be a problem. I love you as you are and I love golf too; but, since we're being totally honest with each other, you need to know that for the last five years I've been a hooker."
Ed said, "I bet it's because you're not keeping your wrists straight when you hit the ball."

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

barbiecat

:bigsmile: I am so glad to be back with you again.

:bigsmile: as good as our plans were to have the phone, TV, and internet set up right away at the new house, an unforeseen problem postponed the TV and internet for almost a week. the Direct TV guy came on Friday right after lunch and told us that he couldn't set up the satellite because all the beautiful trees around our house made a HD TV satellite signal impossible. after mumbling a bit, we drove the the cable TV store and found that we could shift our TV, Phone, and internet to broadband cable for less money than we had been paying before and get some TV stations that Jake wanted (Canadian TV stations and a station that carries hockey games). but they couldn't come and do the installation until today. Now we have to learn all the new procedures for cable TV DVR recording but in time it will be easy and all will be back to normal.

:sad: my "log in" streak on MFP got interrupted so now I'm back to square one. I found that I could use the internet for a few minutes at the library so I started logging in a few days ago but didn't have time to do anything else.

:bigsmile: we love our new home. The dogs love all the places we can walk. Bernie has become more friendly and loving now that he is indoors all the time. There are deer that walk around our neighborhood. I am loving putting things in order and "nesting" in my new house.

hugs to all of you

fancyladyJeri

BARBIE. Your new places sounds wonderful. Did you have to get a new email address too? We've never switched because that is such a hassle. However I am starting to move lots of things to gmail.

barbiecat

BARBIE. Your new places sounds wonderful. Did you have to get a new email address too? We've never switched because that is such a hassle. However I am starting to move lots of things to gmail.

Jeri,
we already had gmail so there was no problem with a new e mail address.....I'd already had that problem when we moved to Washington in 2004. thank you for all the fabulous photos that you post......you have a real talent for capturing beauty.:bigsmile:

judz46

Hi to all you lovely ladies (and Jake) - it's so funny the things we get used to...checking in on MPF every day for one and not having access to the internet was harder than I thought it would be...I couldn't even get onto FB for security reasons, they blocked me. a good thing I guess but did they not know how desperate I was to hear from my friends??[heart]

I was also wanting to hear how Jakes operation on his ear went - 8 hours in surgery which was a major -- that part went OK but he had to be rushed in at 1am Sunday morning with breathing problems - turned out he got pneumonia from the anaesthetic....

Next time I go away I'll have to have a lap top as it was free in your room but about $15 an hour from anywhere else.


Thanks for all the birthday wishes...it was a pretty uneventful day....the hotel had said they had a cake for me (didn't eventuate} and my husband said he hadn't got me anything but he would (still waiting) so the only way to cheer myself up was to?? yep, you guessed it, a beautiful buffer dinner with lots of Thai food that we don't get here so I sampled a bit of everthing...it was superb, ...

We had a few days in Singapore..what a beautiful clean city and a lot different to when we were there 16 years ago...my profile photo was taken on the famous Orchard Road but a few pounds less than I am now...not gonna weigh until Monday so will try and get back into my normal eating pattern.

The pools at the hotels were all amazing and so did a lot of swimming (moving anyway)

Brain is still foggy from jetlag ( worse than usual so at least i've got something to blame it on ) so am just off to get my fish and chips ..

take care everyone and look forward to hearing from you all.

Sandydur

Happy Birthday Judi (Old Tyke)!!!

pinkperil

Good morning Sneakers

I've had a quick read through and see you are all doing alright although I want to know that Marie is feeling better today. I've been busy this week and shattered by the time evening comes so haven't been logging my food. I have been good though and the scales showed this morning that I'd dropped another pound so am feeling pleased with myself!!

Buzz ~ We have been warned off red meat over here for a few years now. Not just for diabetes concerns but heart and blood pressure too. I can happily avoid beef but lamb is a favourite so it's just as well its high price is prohibitive.

Judi ~ I see it's your birthday so hope you have a wonderful day. I love the yellow poppies, they look similar to a variety that seeds around my cottage that I know as a Welsh poppy. I'll see if I can take a non-blurry photo for comparison purposes.

Must go into town to do some shopping and then on to the allotment to cut grass and do some weeding. We are picking runner and French beans now and they taste delicious, so much better than shop bought.

Will do my best to check back in this evening.

Take care everyone
Jackie

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Good morning Jackie. You have made me hungry for fresh garden beans. It has been years since I have had them.

:flowerforyou: Judy...HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Hope it is a wonderful one.:flowerforyou: Are you trying to access FB at work? My employer has it blocked here. Two weeks ago when I went to Florida, the airline offered WI. But, they charged for it.

:flowerforyou: Barbie, is it common to have to get a new email address with a move? I wasn't aware of that. Not that I am planning on moving in the near future...was just wondering.


I see that there are some other early birds here. So, I wasn't the first to comment today.

CALIECAT

Barbie so glad to see you back

jackie good to see you

Judi happy birthday to you

Sandi Happy birthday to you

Judy wonderful tto see you back and you looking stunning in that dress

Jeri another great shot. Thank you for all the beauty

Sandy thank you for keeping up with the birthdays I don't think i even look at them this month. Better do that now.......



That cambalta made me so sleepy yesterday I slept all day and could not not wait till I had my dinner so I could go back to bed. What a lost day. i didn't even post my Happy star and i did earn it so will do it My # 5

I get 4 hearts too.