WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER
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Hello all,
Taking an easy day today, we went to the dollar theater and are otherwise just hanging around. We thought it was going to snow, but it rained instead.
Hope everyone is doing well heading into the weekend.
Jeannie0 -
I hope you all won't mind, I need to rant a bit andn I need some advice - I am struggling to get myself into the Christmas spirit and I just found out that my DIL has decided that when my son gets home from his tour of duty next month, she has booked a trip for them as a family and they are leaving for Florida, so they will not be here for Christmas :grumble:
Oh Cathy I feel for you.... I'm afraid I don't actually have any advice.... but I am feeling your pain
.... I have 2 sons but they are only 18 and 20 so I am yet to encounter your situation..... but as a mother of sons i know it is on the cards..... you sound like you are doing everything right..... I know your son is away now but perhaps if you can get a message to him personally and just explain it as your have here.... it sounds so reasonable.... and particularly as your other sons would like him to come as well.... could one of them contact him directly to ask him to come and explain how hurt you are??
I really hope you can get to see him over the holidays...... but if not rest assured you are doing the right thing by not causing any friction within the family..... let him know how disappointed you are but wish him well and hopefully he will "get" it and make time for you next time.... maybe even get in early and get him to commit to you for next christmas.
I look forward to hearing from those who have already experienced this situation.... I'm sure it is a common experience for all mothers of sons.
Lisa
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Had a nice Thanksgiving.Cathy I do feel your pain.When my son was in Afghanistan,he wasn`t married.But I know the worry you are talking about.He is now married.I have a wonderful DIL.We do get to see then regurlary.They work out the holidays.I think ,I would try to email him or whatever and try to voice how you feel.You are his mom.I know you don`t want any friction,but there should be someway to work it out.How about another day?We often celebrate on a different day.It`s not the same,but you would be together.
Good luck.I hope something changes so you can see him.
HUGS
jane0 -
Hi Ladies:
I hope you all won't mind, I need to rant a bit andn I need some advice - I am struggling to get myself into the Christmas spirit and I just found out that my DIL has decided that when my son gets home from his tour of duty next month, she has booked a trip for them as a family and they are leaving for Florida, so they will not be here for Christmas :grumble:
Love, Cathy xx
Cathy, I am not near in the category you are describing, but I am familiar with sons. I have 3. And 1 daughter. The reality is that sons are (read: "have to be") committed to being with their in-laws, just as daughters are committed to be with parents. Seems to be a fact of life. Last year we did Christmas differently thanks to DIL, this year we are doing Christmas no matter what and no matter who shows up.
I feel for you and love you to pieces!
Renny0 -
:flowerforyou: Cathy, I have a friend who does a big holiday celebration early in December that takes the place of Thanksgiving and Christmas and it's attended by nearly all of her kids and grandkids and other family members. She says that it solves all the problems of family members torn between two sides of the family.
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: our Thanksgiving was great:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: even with an almost two hour drive each way in the rain to get there.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: I was bad about portion control but did not eat pie, potatoes, rolls, or gravy. :bigsmile: we joined a friend's family and there were a lot of people (the group was 20 adults and 2 toddlers) we didn't know.so we were thrilled with the subject matter of dinner conversation
instead of leaving everyone to make conversation with the people around them (and possibly having some people left out), the hostess started by telling everyone what she was thankful for this year and then we went around the table and each person shared.......since there had been a lot of drinking of wine and beer before dinner there was a lot of laughter and interrupting but it allowed everyone to be included in the conversation and made the focus on the real reason for the dinner. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:0 -
@cathy...i am sorry your are going through this...i feel your pain i have 3 sons and though none are married , i know that things will change....i like the idea that someone else posted, about doing a celebration after you son and his family get back form their vacation, sometime in january with all your kids and grandkids....i also think that you should let it be know that you are disappointed, but being careful not to cause issues with your DIL....i am sorry,.. enjoy what you can with the family around you:flowerforyou:0
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I think I have recouperated from Thanksgiving. It was a great day and everything worked out well. We had dinner later in the day so I had plenty of time to get ready (that was nice, no 5 am turkey call). Yesterday, we spent time putting away the dishes and extra platters and pans! We did not go near one store (well, Home Depot because our toilet handle was broken on T'day).
Cathy....I feel for you about Christmas and your son's trip. I loved reading everyone's comments with suggestions.
We struggle as a family with our holiday celebrations. My parents have passed and all of my cousins' parents have also. We are a small group and it has been difficult to figure out what works best. We just keep trying.
I am looking forward to getting back on track. I've got a crazy week coming up with some celebrations and a Girl's Night Out so I need to really stay on my toes.
I hope you all are enjoying this weekend!!
Sally0 -
:happy: Robin You are so resourceful! Bet it made a great dinner table story.
:brokenheart: Cathy having no children, I hesitate to chime in, BUT
I would NOT go directly to my son, but only to the DIL who made the choice. I'd ask to DIL to seriously consider making time for a family celebration on their way back from FL THIS year. That's not unreasonable. You and your other sons deserve it. I'd also ask if you could count on her for a Christmas celebration with her and your son and all your sons on the even years, and an early Dec get- together on the odds. (great idea Barbie.) This would let the other sons schedule time with their inlaws too. Have the other sons been deployed? IF so they might understand DIL's need to take your son to FL for R&R, and so be flexible about postponing family celebration this year. Hope it works out with a minimum of pain and repercussions.
Barbie roundtable gratitude sharing? How appropriate! How much fun!!!
:flowerforyou: Sally Keep on trying. It's just Joe and me, and he works 3-11 Thanksgiving, so I just please myself. I do roast a turkey, make stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts, but no rolls, mashed white potatoes or pie. Joe'd be as happy with a sandwich or going out, but I love turkey (he doesn't) and leftovers. My SIL invites me every year, but with 10 grandbabies under the age of 9:noway: that's just too much for me. Rotten auntie would rather nap.
Looking forward to Michelle's next poste, she's such a champion shopper, bet she has some great brags to share.
Retirement practice yesterday went a little better. Stayed away from the shops til after 6 when I had to go to Wal~Mart [shudder]. Needed a cheap halogen desklamp to see those teensy numbers in the Great Checking Account Reconciliation and Desk Clean-off project. Only minor progress there, at least it's begun! Got plenty of veggies, adequate protein, but fell down on the fruit. An hour's Dixie-walk turned into almost two as the sky went from blustery to blue.
Beer Friday's pint was a 22 ouncer :drinker: but stopped there!
Today's plan:
Walk at least an hour while the pups are at the groomers, get those fruits and more veggies in. Tackle the laundry mountain. Post all the receipts on the desk. Prep the impulse-bought white pumpkin. Bake some and make batter for more cookies for church tomorrow. Watch an hour of anime with Joe.
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Hi Ladies:
I knew I could count on you for some common sense ideas
Guess what, Barbie, we tried, right away to do a family Christmas, earlier or later, but no, my DIL, says she is "too busy" and cannot make it to anything, so there goes that idea. We also have a family Christmas with some of my siblings and she says she also cannot make that either, so there is just no way around it this year!!! So frustrating.:frown:
There is an old adage - a daughter is a daughter all of her life but a son is a son until he takes a wife. That is certrainly happening in this case. But, as I said, I have to zip my lip, my other sons and my husband already do not care for this girl and so I do not need any more problems to occur; my son does not need that in his life. He thinks I really like his wife (my DIL) and I do really (mostly) so I let him think that all the time and I don't want him to be upset and think I don't like her as he knows his brothers are not overly crazy about her
It will work out, I feel better about it already, I had a good cry after I wrote it all down yesterday to all of you (but while I was in the shower so hubby would not know how very upset I really am - as I am playing it cool with him because as I say she is not one of his favourite people anyway)
Again, my Friends, thanks so much for listening, it means a lot and sure helped!!
Talk to you later.
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I am going to have to bag on my marathon. I am very upset about this but I haven't run 4 weeks and I still have headaches so I don't see how I can be ready to do this race by next Sunday.
I am also worried about The Goofy Challenge in January. If I can get back to running this week, I should be okay but it's not looking good for that.0 -
:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: my weight has been creeping up in spite of my usual good exercise…..I have been horrible about portion control and have made some bad choices and have been to too many dinners that offer too many opportunities for bad choices…I get up each day with a new resolve… ….my thin jeans feel snug maybe because of the leggings I’m wearing underneath them or maybe because of a few pounds of padding that I keep pretending are water weight.
:bigsmile: DH came back from his retreat with rave reviews for the breakfast they served---steel cut oatmeal with toasted sesame seeds, cut up apples and bananas, walnuts and raisins. So for lunch I cooked oatmeal and he went to the store for the rest of the ingredients….tasty and healthy but higher in calories than I would have wanted.
:bigsmile: We won’t be doing any shopping except for the regular items we need (groceries, pet food, etc)…what a relief to not be influenced by all the hype and advertising.
:flowerforyou: My friend with the apple trees called me today to tell me that she a has another tree full of apples and hoped that I’d want them. My freezer is so full and I have no more empty containers that I declined the offer. DH was relieved that there would be no more applesauce cooking.
:flowerforyou: Barbara, it has just been the two of us (and pets) for years…..sometimes we cook a turkey for us, sometimes go to a restaurant, and sometimes go to see a movie. We are thankful every day so even though we love Thanksgiving, we don’t need a holiday to express our gratitude for all our blessings. And since we’ve been eating healthier, we don’t need a day devoted to eating.
:flowerforyou: Cathy, I’m sorry to hear that the problem is your DIL not just one of scheduling:sad: :sad: ……that is a much trickier issue to solve. You are so right to not tell your son how you feel about his wife. I admire you for being able to do that
:flowerforyou: MacMadame, I am so sorry to hear about you not doing the marathon:sad: :sad: :sad: …..I know how much you love your running……I wish you better days and no more headaches
Barbie from NW Washington
November goal
walk for at least an hour every day with the frisky poodles no matter how cold, wet, windy, or snowy
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"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT."
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Hi everyone, and all the best for the rest of the month of November!
I had to check back here as I had forgotten what my goal for November had been. Plenty of minor ones, like staying on calories, drinking my water, etc...and I've gone Ok with them, but I think I could have done better. But my weight loss goal was 2 kgs in November, and I've only lost 1 kg, so looks like I'll have to blitz the next few days....lol. Never mind,
I had one week with no loss and I think that shoock the results up a bit. My next weigh in is on Thursday, first day of December I think (close to anyway) and I don't think I can lose a kilo in a week, but I guess the best I can do is stick to the regime and get the best loss I can manage. I'm still happy with my total loss to date on MFP though, and only have 4.6 kgs to goal. Little tricky to do too much at present as I've just had surgery so no exercise for 2 weeks for me. I guess you just have to deal with the circumstances you are given though, and do what you can!
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While I have not been logging, I have been lurking and so now and then catching up on all the posts. I had lunch with oldest son the other day. His third child (and therefore one of our granddaughters) has her 10th birthday today and I am xtremely sad that he nor we get to see her thanks to DIL. BUT, I DO have many other blessings. And that is what I want to concentrate on.
I focus on the positive.
Renny0 -
We had a nice Thanksgiving. Went to VA to Jess's place. Had WAAAYYYY too much to eat Friday. But I did walk on the treadmill for 45 minutes at 3.5mph and 1% incline. I just woke up early. It started out decently, I kept to veggies. But by the time dinner and dessert (especially) came, forget it. Denise has started in with the "I can't find anyone to work for me on the 26th (Dec). I'm seriously considering calling her boss and asking him to let her have that and a few other days off since I only get to see her once/year. He's always been very nice to us and I do think he'll do it for us. Jess invited Denise to her place (again!) and again "I can't find anyone to cover for me, everyone wants to go shopping". Yea, right. I just don't want to spend a full month crying my eyes out, crying to Vince, he shouldn't have to deal with all that, I do want to see her, I really do.
While we were in VA got an email from Newcomers where these people are selling some Christmas items. Now, they know that we decorate BIG TIME, they've seen them. I THOUGHT we were friends, and I would have thought that they'd ask us first before putting it out to the general list. I honestly don't know what's going on. I've been getting these weird feelings, maybe I'm overreacting. Vince called the hubby and left a message on his cell phone, giving Vince's cell phone # since we weren't home. Never got a call back so Vince called again on our way home today. Bob told Vince that he'd left a message so we thought maybe he left it at home. But when we got home, there was no message.
Couldn't get the farmer's cheese that I need to make the pierogi at any store around here so on our way home we were going to stop at this place in Greensboro. Only to go there we'd have had to take 95 and get on the Beltway (yuk!). However....as luck would have it, had to do some shopping for Jess and looked in the store for the cheese. They sell it! So I bought it up there, put it in the cooler, and brought it home. We didn't have to go out of our way to go to Greensboro. I'm hoping to write out the cards tomorrow. I can't believe that today is the first Sunday in Advent! I guess that means that I really should get a package together for Bryan.
Desiree - wish I could say that I didn't go back for second helping for Thanksgiving dinner...or dessert for that matter. I'm starting to get stressed, especially over Denise. Guess at dinnertime I must have had almost a full bottle of wine. That's not like me. But I did find these chips, they are dark chocolate and mint, so some are black and the others are green. I really want the green ones, but I bought them and I'll probably pick thru for just the green ones to put on these cookies I'm going to make for us (that Vince won't eat but I will so that's ok).
Brought a pumpkin pie home from Jess's. Her roommate got it for free from her company, Jess doesn't like pumpkin pie, no one ate any so I'll donate it to the soup kitchen.
How I wish we were like the Canadians and have our Thanksgiving in October. It's just too much, Thanksgiving and then Christmas.
While we were at the hotel, there was a hockey tournament going on. Lots of families from Canada.
Cathy - you don't sound at all like a ***** to me. I totally understand where you are coming from. I'd love to see Denise more than 2 or 3 days/year. She spends every holiday with SFB's family, oh, I won't even go into it. We're paying for her college, but she can only handle one class/semester. By the time she gets her Associates degree, that'll be another 2 years, then her Masters. She's going to be going to college until she's 40! What she should do is live on campus, we'd pay her living expenses (room and board) and get her education in a few years rather than a few decades. I can go on & on, don't want to bore anyone. Like Cathy, one of these days I'll "let it out".
A friend told me about using these bags for the turkey, that it comes out really juicy. So I bought some. Then...when I get to Jess's I read on the box "do not use in countertop roasters" which is what I brought with me, left my roasting pan at home. So I'm just going to return the bags. The turkey did come out quite good in the roaster, it was so done that when we took it out of the roaster, the meat just fell off the bone. I'd brought up my electic knife, but didn't even need a knife! My turkey baster developed a crack. Well, I guess it was about time, it was pretty old. So I've put that on my expanded Christmas list.
McMadame - I'm so sorry for you, I know how much you love running. But you do need to take care of yourself.
barbie - when you stay in hotels and have their breakfast, what do you find are good things to have? the last few days I had egg whites, one day I had 1/2 of a bagel and another day I had 1/2 of an English Muffin. I should stick with the English Muffin and forgo the bagel. I did bring some small boxes of Special K cereal with me (only 90 cal) and had some milk (skim...one day I had to ask for the skim, there wasn't any out)
Here's wishing everyone a great evening.
Michele0 -
Well now I'm annoyed because not only will I not do the marathon, but they won't give me my money back! I paid extra to get in using a charity slot too because all the regular slots were full. Grrrrr.
Cathy - can you talk to your DIL and son *together*? I realize they are in different geographical locations but maybe you can use something like Skype. It's quite possible she is filtering what you are saying so that your son doesn't know what is going on at all and, if he did, he might have something different to say about it. He might not. He might be really gung-ho for the FL trip. But he may also think it's perfectly okay with you or that you didn't even invite them.
Barbie - one thing to be careful about when your weight starts creeping is that you aren't over-counting your exercise. I see that all the time in my newsfeed. For example, I see people saying they walked for 30 min. and burned 200 calories but walking a mile burns 50 net calories and there's no way they walked 4 miles in 30 minutes!
The other thing, and this is one that I do, is not forget to count things. Like I suspect I had an uncounted protein bar yesterday (but I'm not sure) and I know I had a mouthful of granola that I didn't write down. It's like I don't want to admit I am eating as much as I am!0 -
:bigsmile: Michele, I don't have any really great thoughts about hotel breakfasts.....usually I bring my Isagenix and have a shake in the room. Sometimes,I ignore good sense and eat the hotel breakfast
at best, I'll have a hard boiled egg, raisin bran with yogurt instead of milk, dark bread toasted, and a banana which ends up being too many calories----sometimes I have peanut butter on my toast which is really a calorie disaster.
:bigsmile: MacMadame, I share your outrage at not getting your money back for the marathon.:explode:
I appreciate your thoughts about over counting exercise and under counting food........I know that I have begun to eat things that I would never have eaten a year ago and have been much too casual about portion control or measuring what I eat.. I am so glad you are posting again.......I have learned from you and been encouraged by reading what you write. :explode: :explode: I went back to my bad old eating pattern last night…….I went to a potluck planning to eat nothing and ended up in line and eating fried chicken and considering going back for more. It wasn’t as bad as it could have been (or as bad as it was before MFP) but it scared me a bit. Today we are doing a cleanse day. I hope it will help me get focused again. My weight has gone up and it will take at least a week of healthy eating to figure out how much of it is water weight from too much sodium and how much is actual poundage that I need to get rid of. It wouldn't have been so bad as an isolated event but I've been to too many "eating events" since September and I sense that I'm gradually going back to some old unhealthy patterns.
:flowerforyou: It is raining today and there are lots of birds in and out of our yard so Bernie is standing on the window sill watching them. He has gotten happy with all the attention he gets as an indoor cat, but he loves to look out the window. I have already walked the dogs for 90 minutes and they've had lots of chances to sniff around and bark at the birds.
Barbie from NW Washington
November goal
walk for at least an hour every day with the frisky poodles no matter how cold, wet, windy, or snowy
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"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT."
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Hello Dear Ladies,
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and weekend after with both sons and family. We still have our DIL and grand daughter until this Wednesday, so we are in heaven. I am SO so tired, but we had a wonderful time. I didn't do too well with my food and drink but hope to jump back quickly.
Cathy: As a Mother of 2 sons, I feel your pain. I admire how you are handling things and hope that it will all work out for the best. You are wise not to go straight to your son...hopefully DIL will come around in time. You are doing all the right things and I'll bet it will pay off. Take care.
MacMadame: So sorry!!!!
I am about to fall asleep but wanted to say hello and am thinking of you all. Take care Kackie 0 -
Hello Ladies
I am doing my pre-colonoscopy ritual today .... you all know how much fun that is! I will be glad when tomorrow is done with.
My DD#2 and I went up to South Bank to the German Christmas market on Saturday - on the whole it was great fun. Unfortunately my daughter is going through a crisis in her life at present - after 11 years of marriage and 8 failed IVF attempts she has resigned herself to the fact that she is unlikely to ever become a mother, the one thing that she has always wanted. In an attempt to bury her pain she is throwing herself into her career and is probably going to go and work in Germany from January. This is the death toll to her marriage. Her DH is our wonderful 'other son' and we adore him as if he was one of our own and it tears me apart to see the distress that they are both in at present.
It is so hard to want to protect the ones we love and be unable to take away their pain.
I won't write any more at present as the tears are already rolling and I still have to look after my grandtwins.
Love to you all.
Amanda x0 -
Hi:
Just got back from walking the dogs with my husband.
We met with the Dr on Friday. She said there is nothing to do but keep Mama comfortable and happy. Since she isn't in any pain she advised not telling her yet. When she does start having pain then bring her to the office and she will tell her. The Dr also advised against bringing in Hospice too soon so we will wait a bit long on that front too. She said Mama could leave us in maybe 3 months time. So for now we will spend as much time as possible with her. When she needs someone full-time I will probably go and just stay.
I'm having a hard time staying on track with my eating. I did pretty good on Thanksgiving but after talking with the Dr on Friday the emotional eating began. I didn't even weigh this morning.
Housework is calling me.
Cindy0 -
Cindy - my thoughts continue to be with you and your family.
I am back from my weekend in Texas. We had a great time. I helped my daughter get started on sorting and packing. She and her husband are on their way to Arkansas today to find a place to live. I hope they are successful and find a good home. They left the baby in Texas with his other grandparents to make the trip smoother, but my daughter was not looking forward to not seeing him until Wednesday.
We got home last night, and my youngest daughter is here to visit. It was her birthday, so it was a treat to be able to give her a birthday kiss in person. It was a rare day for my husband and I as we got to hug all three of our daughters and all three of our grandsons in the same day!
I totally fell off the wagon nutrition wise over the last week. Back at it today, as I have already logged most of my food for the day.
I had probably better get back to work. Have a great Monday!0 -
:flowerforyou: Just saying 'HI' and looking forward to being normal for awhile before Christmas week gets here. I have a grandbaby due Dec. 13th and will get to see her at Christmas! Drinking enough water is still a challenge for me. Have a great afternoon!! :flowerforyou:0
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Did an hour of training games on the Wii today (Sun). Tomorrow I'll take the extremepump class.
As barbie says "the temptation to quit is greatest right before you succeed". Hope this means that I'll succeed, but I doubt it. I can't wait for these holidays and all the baking to be over! I just cut up the magic cookie bars for the lady.
Just got back from looking at the Christmas items those people from Newcomers had. Now I really think that the reason they didn't ask us first had more to do with the fact that they're feeling somewhat alienated from people who they were close to in Newcomers and they just didn't want to impose on us. I know, that doesn't make a lot of sense. But deep down inside, I don't get the feeling that they were trying to hurt us. I think they've just been hurt by others and they just didn't want to do the same to us.
Cindy - ((((hugs and prayers)))))
I'm just constantly amazed at how when you've been eating healthily, you feel bad when you're not. Like I made this sweet potato casserole. I brought it home with me because I knew that no one else would eat it. What I should have done was given some of it to Zac's mother to take home since she's diabetic and she likes sweet potatoes. But I brought it home. It has sugar in it, and to me it's a bit too sweet. But I'll finish it up and probably never make it again.
Did an hour of the extreme pump today (Mon). Tomorrow I'm thinking that I'll walk on the treadmill backwards. Another thing I want to do is to give the people at the Y some corn muffins. I made them for Jessica, I think I was about the only person who had any. I don't want to have them any more, so I'll give them away. Gave some to the people at the bowling alley today.
Hope everyone has a great evening.
Michele0 -
Cathy, I do understand your pain. We do holidays on different days: one day with one part and another day with the other part. As far as Christmas goes, we use to do "Little Christmas" on January 6th. Your DIL might have a good reason to her for what she is doing. Good luck,
Our weekend was quite, but too short.
I have to work late every day this week, but some how I am going to stay back on track with exercising everyday just like I use to.
Jeannie0 -
Monday came quickly after a busy weekend. Thanksgiving was nice and yesterday we had an Open House at the yoga studio so it was nice to get back to my regular schedule today. Even doing well with my food choices over Thanksgiving and the weekend, my weight went way up ...and then I found out why. I called my GYN doc and made an appt....my body is just doing very strange things so it will feel good to get myself checked out. I am feeling very motivated right now so I will roll with that!!!
Barbie…. You teach me so much with your words and actions. Really looking at what I do and honestly facing the tough situations takes courage…You are so good at reminding me to stay honest with myself. Thank you.
Cindy…. Hugs to you. Such an emotional roller coaster you are on, my prayers are with you...0 -
good morning ladies.
I will be glad when this season is done. "nuff said"
Amanda, I am sorry for your daughter and the struggles that we have when we love our kids significant others and we can see the end near. It is hard. Just be glad that she is trying to cope with the loss of a dream in a good way by working instead of turning to drugs or alcohol or other things. I feel your pain.
Cindy - hugs to you.
I am having a tooth extracted to day and readied for an implant. I am nervous but it has to be done. Wish me luck.
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good morning ladies.
I will be glad when this season is done. "nuff said"
Amanda, I am sorry for your daughter and the struggles that we have when we love our kids significant others and we can see the end near. It is hard. Just be glad that she is trying to cope with the loss of a dream in a good way by working instead of turning to drugs or alcohol or other things. I feel your pain.
Cindy - hugs to you.
I am having a tooth extracted to day and readied for an implant. I am nervous but it has to be done. Wish me luck.
Hope you all are having a great day.
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Hello everyone, Hope everyone had good Thanksgiving. And is doing well? Been absent for a couple of weeks.
Last week was a rough one. I just can't have any sweet,crunch stuff in the house. Thank goodness the pumpkin cheese cake is gone.
I gained 4 lbs last week. But I'm now back to the grind stone. I know I will slowly get rid of it. I even put it on my ticker.I know that this is all my fault. And I will have to look at every day.Hopefully I have learned from this. I tell myself everyday I can't gain this weight back. I didn't reach my Nov. goal .So I've decide to Make my goal for Dec. is stick to the plan. And be at least 6 lbs less than now.
Which is 165.
Joyce.0 -
HI!all.
Cindy Hugs to you.such a difficult situation you are in.prayers for you and your family.
Working on getting my back stronger.the pain is minimal.Doing exercises at home.
Have a good night.
HUGS
jane0 -
:flowerforyou: Cindy, my thoughts are with you. Take it one day at a time and make the most of each moment.
:flowerforyou: Sally, thank you for the kind words…..I gain so much strength and motivation from all my wonderful friends on MFP.
:flowerforyou: Robin, best wishes for a speedy recovery from your dental ordeal.
:flowerforyou: Joyce, I’m in the same boat with you----too many treats and now it’s time to get back to my good habits….glad you got the temptations out of the house----if it’s in the house, it’s in the mouth.
:flowerforyou: Jane, you always have such a positive, upbeat attitude. You inspire me.
:flowerforyou: Yesterday we went to the Indian restaurant for lunch----they have a buffet ( not an easy place to practice moderation and healthy eating strategies) to celebrate an event that happened weeks ago and Hubby chose this week for the restaurant meal I’ve been promising him. The food was fabulous----certainly too much sodium, but I was good about portion control so that is a step in the right direction. Today I fixed broiled salmon (the fish hubby caught recently, yams, and salad).
:flowerforyou: I think I found a new friend to walk with. My Wednesday walking friend is still gone on her month long RV trip so finding someone new is very exciting……yes, I know, I have those frisky poodles who would walk all day if I wanted to, but it’s not the same as a person to talk to.
Barbie from NW Washington
November goal
walk for at least an hour every day with the frisky poodles no matter how cold, wet, windy, or snowy
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OMG!!! I just logged my food for the day. I don't believe how much over I was!!!! Can't wait until I finish this sweet potato casserole.
Did an hour on the treadmill backwards, 3mph, 1% incline. It's truly amazing how much you sweat! Then we had a Newcomer board meeting. I can't believe the way they voted for these cheese trays! Vince was the only person who voted against them. We're talking about feeding about 24 people, it'll be lunchtime so not much is going to get eaten. Yet, they approved spending money for two trays! I can't believe the gal who is one of the cohosts for the holiday social. There are 5 (yes, you read right) couples cohosting. When we had it at the house, we only had one other couple, in retrospect I probably should have had two, but that's IT. Not 5. Then she's asking things like about the electricity, she asked if the social committee supplies extension cords, hot plates. What does she think? We've hosted socials, just one recently, she could have asked me, I would have told her that they don't supply them, that she'll have to bring her own extension cord. That's what I had to do when we had the evening meeting. Is she expecting that someone is going to do all the work and she just take the credit. She was asking about setup and cleanup. They have 10 people - 5 couples cohosting. I think they're in pretty good shape.
Then played mahjongg. I maj'd three times!!!!!
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. First water aerobics, then senior bowling, come home for a few hours and then Newcomer bowling. I'm planning to just have soup for dinner.
I can't get over how much that sweet potato casserole did me in yesterday, so I just threw the rest of it in the garbage.
Starting the stress eating. Denise called today. Originally she was going to fly (why, I don't know, but that's her choice. Actually, the truth is that SFB probably wants the car to go to work but she won't say that.), she would pay her airfare and 1/2 of Melanie (the cat's), today she asked if she didn't bring Melanie, would we pay for 1/2 of her airfare? Honestly, Vince doesn't like feeling blackmailed. So we suggested that she drive to Jess's (in VA), leave her car there, since Jess only has an Elantra and it really isn't big enough for 3 cats, 2 adults, and luggage, we'd pay for Jess to rent a car. This way Denise wouldn't put as many miles on her car (which is one reason she told us that she doesn't want to drive down here but wants to fly. Like I said, what she told us), Jess wouldn't put as many miles on her car (she has over 100,000), we'd get to see Melanie (truth be told, we really don't want Denise to leave Melanie with SFB, we are quite certain that he's the one who abused Lexi and let Melanie out where she was hit by a car). When Vince told me this, and I'd gone over so much on my calories for the day, that I just said "oh, what the heck, I'm way way over as it is" and had some cookies. Well, I threw out the rest of that casserole, and now feel "yuk" for having those cookies.
barbie - I'm really liking that book "the 12 Commandments". Any other recommendations?
At the Newcomer board meeting they were saying about how they should really have input from the social committee. I understand if the head of the committee can't make it, so I'm thinking that perhaps next year I'd go on that committee. Probably makes a bit of sense for me, anyway, since I'm hospitality. Besides, one of the couples on the committee has told me that all's they've done this year is to wrap silverware. Another thing is that Vince is making up a projected expense report for the first 3 months of the new year. This way we would know if certain expenses will be incurred like renting the airport. We know that it'll be rented for Jan, don't know about Feb, we know it won't be in March. I think on his projected expense report he added in that we would be spending the rental fee and if we don't then that's more money. But it would be nice to know for certain.
Hope everyone has a great evening. Don't know exactly why, but I can't sleep.
Michele0
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