40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

FancyPantsFran

Happy Labor Day Cool Kids

Sorry I haven't popped in that much but things have been crazy with new house renovations and getting boys ready for back to school.

I cant believe that I have a Senior and Junior in High School this year. Now we are going to revisit the colleges my son has the most interest in.

Hope you all have a great rest of the day and talk to you all soon

alf1163

Hello everyone!!! I walked with my son to the neighborhood park this morning. He likes to go there and get on the swings. :happy: While there I did some walking and some body weight exercises using the park equipment. It felt good to break up a nice sweat. Later on my son got very agitated and started being aggressive towards me. There was another parent there of a child with autism and tried to help me. I had to call my husband to come pick us up. He has of course settled down now. I am going to work on some routines for the Zumba class on Wed. No class tonight due to the holiday.

Good to hear from some of you!! Take care!! :flowerforyou:

larrodarro

Good Morning. I have my workout and breakfast behind me.Just have a second though, as I'm having my teeth cleaned this morning. {why do I get early appointments?} Then on to do the week's shopping. I don't have anything scheduled at work until next Monday, so maybe I can get caught up on things around the Larro Ranchero. I will go in to deposit my paycheck, take Margie to supper and tend the lobby plants, but Thursday sounds like a good day for that.

Hope everyone had a good holiday and is ready to get back to the grind.

Larro

KellySue67

Good Tuesday morning! It has been a busy, busy weekend. We had a great time at the fair. Jake lasted about four hours and then was just too tired so we headed home, but it was loads of fun! Saturday we went to a wedding for a dear friend's daughter that was about 11/2-2 hours away from our house. We left the house at 11:00 am and got home at 9:00 pm. We were beat! Sunday I went shopping after church and then yesterday, I spent the day cleaning out my front room as things to donate and other stuff have accumulated there recently. It was an all day job for sure!!

I did get some exercise in there as well. I walked Friday before we went to the fair. I also ran three miles on both Saturday and Monday.

Today I did not exercise. My daughter started a new job this morning and my son-in-law dropped Jake off at the house at 6:30 am as he had to be in to work early today. I got up at 5:30 to shower and dress so that I would be ready when they came.

Beeps- glad to hear that your personal challenge is going well.

Caramel- great job on the Labor Day Challenge!

Larro- I read about your scare with the people that stopped at your house- YIKES! Hopefully the sherrif did take care of it.

Alf- good luck with your MRI. Hopefully it will give you some answers. Sorry to hear about your son getting upset. I give you tons of credit for being a great mom!!

Beeps2011

KellySue, we had a busy weekend, too....and now i am waiting for an electrician to come to help us determine why the two exterior sockets i. Our house ( one out back and one out front) konked out months ago....hopefully it doesn't cost an arm and a leg!

I got my lifting done. At a different gym. Gym has waaaayyyyy more equipment than my regukar gym. I like that!

larrodarro

....and now i am waiting for an electrician to come to help us determine why the two exterior sockets i. Our house ( one out back and one out front) konked out months ago....hopefully it doesn't cost an arm and a leg!

I hate to even ask this, but did you guys check the breaker? Or it may be one of those that have a built in breaker. Now they are required for anything close to water.

Larro

KellySue67

KellySue, we had a busy weekend, too....and now i am waiting for an electrician to come to help us determine why the two exterior sockets i. Our house ( one out back and one out front) konked out months ago....hopefully it doesn't cost an arm and a leg!

Beeps- That totally stinks!! Hopefully it is a quick (and easy) fix!

I was just thinking that I haven't updated anyone on the house hunting situation in a few days- we are still looking. The owner of the house that we put an offer in on just doesn't want to deal and really is asking too much for what is there :grumble: , so the hunt goes on. If there is nothing that turns up that looks interesting in the next month we will probably put off the search until spring. I do not want to be moving anything in the winter time!! :noway:

Follow_me

Hey cool kids! I just wanted to stop by and say HELLO!

ruby70

Hey Kids...checking into to say hello. I tried to read through the posts to catch up since I have been MIA for a while.

Beeps - I am so sad to hear about your lay off from your job. I hope you find something better soon. I always say one door has to close for a better one to open. Way to stay motivated with your self challenge!!!

Kelly Sue - Awesome job on your run and pic you posted. That is so incredible. I love to hear how far you have come and now your running dog gone races!!! That is super cool.

Sederski - I finally made it to the sea caves by the Apostle Islands this summer and did some sea kayaking on Lake Superior. It was breath taking and I will be going back again for more next summer hopefully.

Larro - I have not had a chance to post much but I know we have gardening in common. I have had a super produce summer. I canned 19 quarts of homemade spaghetti sauce, 16 quarts of whole tomatos, 8 quarts of dill pickles. All the tomatos and peppers & pickles came out of my garden. I must of had about 3 bushels of tomatos. I am still giving some away to my friends. It has been a bumper crops this year but has kept me very busy.

Alf - I hope you find out what is wrong from your MRI test. I am very sad to hear you are not feeling well. That really puts a damper on things when you are such an energetic person you are.:flowerforyou:

It is funny to hear some talk about mid life crisis. I am 44 and all of a sudden I am starting to see some things around me that are making me feel my age. It is really weird. We went to Valley Fair and I was in line to ride this crazy ride called Rip Tide and a teenage girl looked at me and said "are you really going to ride this?" I thought Wow I am starting to feel old. But Hell yes I rode it TWICE because it was a blast:drinker:

MaddyT122

Hey, I want to be cool! Just stopping by to say hello. Now, off to the gym.

Beeps2011

Wasn't a breaker...but, i believe the fix was inexpensive! A 20w thing-a-ma-dooey was on a 12w thing. And the line and load were reversed. Get all that?!?!

So, electrician fixed it all up and i will get an invoice this week.

It is fixed....one more thing off the "to do" list!

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caramelgyrlk

Hey kids, hope all is well.

KellySue...I know you will find the perfect house. You needed another day to relax with the wee

Beeps...are you going to join the gym that has more weights? I am happy your electrical issue was minor

Alf..how are you feeling?

Larro..what's happening at the ranchero?

Ruby...glad you enjoyed the ride...lol

I trained with my trainer today and the torture would not be complete without her making me run...lol

Welcome all newbies

Good night everyone

larrodarro

Good evening all. Margie and I got out after supper and clipped most of the gourds. Here is a picture of the dipper gourds. More garden pictures @ http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1417439-a-good-morning-in-the-garden?page=2#posts-21388953.

larrodarro

Oh, I forgot to tell you guys about my sister's little adventure yesterday. She borrowed the tractor to bush hog down at our creek camp. A little while after she left she called to say the tractor was stuck on a stump. I went and got her, but waited until my BIL got in from work before trying to get it off. She did a good job of it. The rear housing was sitting on the stump and the right rear tire was clear of the ground. It was a PITA, but we got it off about dark last night.

KellySue67

Happy Hump Day!! Welcome to the new folks! I got out and ran two miles today and managed to beat the fog that set in just after the sun came up. It is nice and sunny now though- thank goodness 'cause it poured yesterday.

Larro- love the gourds. Some are cool looking! Glad to hear you were able to get your tractor off from the stump.

Beeps- good that your electrical issue was a minor one!

Caramel- How did your running go? Are you planning on doing any more races? My next one is September 20th. I am looking at one in October but am still undecided as the route has not been set yet and there are not too many ideal running paths in that particular area, but we'll see.

Have a great day all!

ruby70

Larro - great pictures of the gourds, they look kind of creepy but cool.

Beeps - Glad to hear your electrical problem was not a major one. I had my washer break down in July and it was a month before the repair guy could finally get it fixed. The main computer board went out and they had to order the part, when the new part arrived that one was bad too! Had to order another one and then finally it worked again. With a family of 3 the laundry mat was tough to get used to.

Caramel - sounds like you had a great and intense workout. I love that your trainer pushes you hard :noway:

KellySue - What type of runs are you doing? It sounds like you are on fire planning one in Sept and Oct. Great Job!

I was so proud of my 13 year old son last night, he is trying to get in better shape and came up with his two week plan last night to avoid all sweets and chips. He made notes on index cards and posted them on the fridge for his plan. He is motivating me too:blushing:

KellySue67

KellySue - What type of runs are you doing? It sounds like you are on fire planning one in Sept and Oct. Great Job!

Ruby- They are both 5k runs. Like I said, I 'm not really sure about the one in October because I walked through the area last month and it was more like a hiking trail than a running trail- lots of hilly, wooded, overgrown areas. If I do it, I may just walk it- still waiting to see the final course. I am also doing another 5k in December- it's huge and usually has over 2,000 participants. It's at night and everyone is given bells to where on their running shoes- :laugh:

larrodarro

Good morning Cool Kids. I have my AM workout and breakfast behind me, and am on the 5th load of laundry.

KellySue, great that you got your run in. Now if you will just make sure you have rings on your fingers to go with the bells on your toes {or shoes} for the December 5K, you will be all set.

Caramel, I got tired just reading about your huge burns this weekend. You are on a tear.

Beeps, glad you got your electrical sorted out. I was an electrician 30+ years ago in my Navy days, but I have always been absent minded, and figured if I forgot an important something or other, I might burn someone's house down. So I didn't go into that line of work when I got out.

Ruby, I can see that you are setting good examples for your son to follow. Well done.

MaddyT, Follow Me, KappaMarc, Moar Musclez's, Fay Twain and anyone else I might have missed, it's good to see you guys.

I may have not said this before, but I have a bad shirt problem. On Monday I cleaned out 20 something 2&3X shirts out of my short sleeve closet. I felt really good about the space I had created, not to mention all the hangers I cleared up. Then yesterday when I walked in the Catholic Thrift Store in Marianna, the lady hands me a brown paper bag and says, "all the clothes that will fit in the bag for $5." I was quickly 2 pair of jeans over the top of the bag, so I got a 2nd bag and found a few shirts for Margie as well. The final count was 9 shirts for Margie, 3 pair of shorts {2 pair of Browning water shorts, and 1 pair of board shorts}, 2 pair of jeans, and 22 shirts for me, all for $10. I added up the tags, and came up with $61.50 at regular thrift store prices, which are cheap to begin with. Then when I got to the Habitat for Humanity thrift store, they had shirts on sale for $1 {regular price is $2.50}. I used much restraint though, and only got 9. Some of the brands were Tommy, G H Bass & Co, Izod, Chaps, Redhead, Browning, Dockers, Wranglers, Salmon River Traders and River Guide Outfitters. I Googled the Browning shorts and they retail for about $40-45 each, so they would have cost as much as I spent. The bad news is that most of the shirts were long sleeve. So guess what I have been doing between loads of laundry. That is right, cleaning out the 2&3X from my long sleeve closet. Luckily there was only a couple of T's, so I will be able to squease them in without too much effort.

Hope everyone has a good day.

caramelgyrlk

Afternoon kids,

I woke up this morning with an intense hunger.

I am back to training for my 5k on 9/14. I admire anyone who lives, breathe and eat running. To be honest, I am really doing it since I find many people have lost weight running. I am almost desperate to lose this last 10 pounds. I gained 5lbs, yet my clothes are looser. I actually get measurements done over the weekend. Perhaps the inches will reveal more significance. It is going to be weird not having boxing tonight, but I welcome Extreme Fit again today. We have a class called metabolic training and I decided to watch these guys for a few moments. When I saw these men and this one woman, do handstands and perform push-ups I was mesmerized:noway: . They had steppers on the floor with 10+ risers on each side and they had to jump that high to do a box jump. Again I was left speechless. The instructor looked at me with such love in his eyes and said "Kym come join us". I laughed and said, no chance :noway: ...lol....Since crossfit is trademarked, the class is very similiar. I seriously aspire to have the nerve and courage to try his class. Your time is also tracked like a 5k race and your reslults are posted. This group take pride in posing for a group photo after each class. I promise you will not be bored in that class. Did I tell you these guys and that one woman have bodies of steel?

Ruby..that was so encouraging and very motivational about your son. I love it.

KellySue--You inspire me more than you probably realize. Awesome job with the 2miles. My next 5k race is the 14th of this month. I am training AGAIN. I really want to be done at 30 minutes or under. I do believe once it cools off, I will do a bit better. Running in the heat yesterday was rather draining. Do you worry about the time when you race or are you more concerned about finishing? I ask because this race on the 14th is for my employer again, and the runners on my job finished the last race 31 minutes and I finished at 39. I was more concerned with finishing.

Larro---You shop and at bargains too, Ladies, it is time to clone Larro. All in favor, say I...lol...If I do not do something with my bursts of energy, I get in trouble, yes even at my age (lol)


If I forgot you, please forgive me.

Have a great day everyone.

KellySue67

KellySue--You inspire me more than you probably realize. Awesome job with the 2miles. My next 5k race is the 14th of this month. I am training AGAIN. I really want to be done at 30 minutes or under. I do believe once it cools off, I will do a bit better. Running in the heat yesterday was rather draining. Do you worry about the time when you race or are you more concerned about finishing? I ask because this race on the 14th is for my employer again, and the runners on my job finished the last race 31 minutes and I finished at 39. I was more concerned with finishing.

Larro---You shop and at bargains too, Ladies, it is time to clone Larro. All in favor, say I...lol...If I do not do something with my bursts of energy, I get in trouble, yes even at my age (lol)

Awwe- you are very sweet! I run just to finish- not really worried about time at all. I am quite slow, but I do the best I can.

As far as cloning Larro- I OR AYE! :laugh:

ruby70

Caramel - you are making me hurt just reading about this class. It is amazing what we can do if we put 100% in. My sister competes in bodybuilding and she started personally training clients this past summer. She is an animal. She came down to my house for a 4th of July party and that morning her and some friends went for a spur of the moment 26 mile bike ride (just for fun she said):noway: Unfortunely I don't think I will ever get there but who knows.

As for cloning Larro - it is a I from me too!:laugh:

annettehangartner

Still have not recovered from the weekend!
Friday: signed up at Planet Fitness, hubs, daughter and myself. Son and his GF already signed up
Saturday: went to the gym and checked things out a bit, got an appointment set with the trainer
Sunday: shopping and Farmers Market, 5 hours!
Monday: trainer appointment, and then did the 30 minute circuit class with him as well
Tuesday: Wondered what color the train was that hit me....but wen to the gym last night and did 27 minutes on the treadmill and all of the prescribed upper body workout
Wednesday: night off of the gym!

Curiousgeorgianna

Good afternoon Cool Kids,
Sorry I haven't checked in for a bit. A little hectic! But mostly good.
Kine, thanks for the thoughts of safety! I recall driving on the Island a bit hairy no matter what you're in! :laugh: I avoid traffic as much as possible to better my odds. And since I'm also a bicycle commuter, I have the instinct to assume nobody can see me, and if they could, they'll try to kill me. I also wear all the gear, all the time. Did I mention it gets 76 mpg?!?
Larro - I'm with Caramel about cloning you. My kind of shopper to be sure! Love how your sis parked that tractor on the stump :laugh: .
Sdereski, I'm glad the house concert was a major success. What a nice treat! PiYo makes sense! They share so much that the combination should be amazing.
Beeps, Glad to hear you had some unstructured time, and didn't have a major electrical problem. The 22km walk is impressive!
Caramel, you mentioned modifying your diet. Is that just for the upcoming race, or in general. What are you thinking? The workout you described sounds scary! Dang! When I was 23 I discovered running, and did live & breathe it. I had nightmares about getting injured and not being able to run. I absolutely loved it, AND I lost weight. I had to pay more attention to eating enough. I was also strictly vegan then, and it's totally doable, but you do need to pay attention to your diet. It doesn't matter that beer, chips and salsa are all vegan
Fay, isn't it the strangest feeling to watch your children progressing through time? My boy is 28, and getting married this month! I swear it was just yesterday that he graduated from HS.
Speaking of kids, Ruby, your son sounds like a really terrific one! How great that he's motivated, and motivating!
Kelly Sue, I love to hear about your runs. When I was able to run, I loved the offroad ones. Maybe you'll like it too. I should correct the statement from "run" to "jog". I was never fast, no matter how many intervals I did. 10 minute miles were my average. By the end of my first year jogging, I was logging about 30 miles a week, running 5 days. Best of luck finding the perfect home for you and your family.
Annette, congratulations on finding a gym, and one that uses trains :laugh: . Glad you're enjoying it.
I do desperately hope that this hip surgery will allow me to get back in action. :ohwell:

My mother was with us all weekend sewing my almost-daughter in laws dress. It was nice to have her about. Since B can't really do anything still, I just puttered about all weekend, and made a lot of food to get us through the week. Cioppino with mussels, crab & fish we caught ourselves; bunny stew with mushrooms and potatoes we gathered & grew; quinoa and broccoli salad; rejuvelac (a probiotic wheat berry drink), caprese salad, and green salad. My plan was good, but we can't eat that much! I'll have to freeze some. I thought about you, Larro, and almost took pictures!

A lot of weight dropped off last week, but I suspect it was fluids releasing or something, since I wasn't really doing much to earn it. At least I'm back where I was before B got hurt. Within striking distance of the 160s!

Happy Hump Day everyone!

Beeps2011

Larro - i like those dipper gourds....whadda-ya do with 'em?

caramel - tape measure going down is a WIN!!

Curious - nice to move down a decade! Go 160's.

Did a 12 km walk today. Lunched with a colleague who is a good networker. Worked all afternoon on private client business.

Tomorrow, I lift!

BOOM!

larrodarro

Larro - i like those dipper gourds....whadda-ya do with 'em?



BOOM!

Like the name suggest, they were used for water dippers. Also called drinking gourds. Margie has a Dremel tool and is going to do arts and crafts type things with them. Or so she says. The ones we grew year before last are still in the barn.

Larro

larrodarro

And you guys really, really wouldn't like more than one of me. Sometimes I'm hard to take in single serving sizes. It's my mind you see. I can't turn it off. Just now as I was logging my supper, I got to thinking about what those cheap shirts were really costing me. {Freakanomics} When you factor in the cost of the house {$210K/30 years= $7K/year} plus property taxes {$2.5K/year} [$9.5K/year] and divide that by 2792 square feet that is $3.40/sf/year. And 22 shirts take up about 2 sf of actual closet space, plus about 1sf right in front that can't be used for anything else. So you are talking about $10.20 per year, just to hang them in the closet. I will not get into washers and dryers &c......

Larro

KellySue67

Larro- You need to find a way to turn that brain off!!! My younger daughter is a very analytical person and does that sort of thing all the time! She's a financial auditor and good at her job- wonder why :laugh: !!

Beeps- great job on the walks! Hopefully something will come from meeting with your networking colleague!

Curious- Good for you getting back to where you were weight-wise. Enjoy your son getting married.

I walked today- I just feel like I need to switch things up a bit sometimes and not do the exact same thing every day. Funny thing is that I walk almost as fast as I run!! I am slow, slow, slow when it comes to running. I really have to pace myself or I end of not being able to breath and then it is just not fun anymore! I'm not looking to win any races- it's all about being healthy and getting stronger.

Have a great day all!

sdereski

Hi all,

dropping in to say "hello".
Got my blueberry picking in on Sunday, and wouldn't you know it, I got lost again! :noway: I walked out and had NO idea where the car was, or which direction I had to go. Luckily, I was on some sort of road, so I started walking and ran into a couple of young men, one being a good friend of my boys. I told them I had NO idea where I was. They asked if I was "with the white car" and if so, I had gone the WRONG way. They were kind enough to drive me back -about a 2 mile drive back to the car!!! Now, how did I wander and get so turned around in such a short time. UGH! That's it!!!! I am not going picking again, unless I stay on the side of the road. Needless to say, I was SO mad at myself.

I had planned Holiday Monday to be a lounge day, but it didn't turn out that way. I ended up making fresh blueberry pie, had a nice visit from my son and granddaughter and to end the day off, my youngest son and wife dropped in for a visit as well. :happy:
It stormed all day, so was nice to have the company. The rain did stop for about an hour while my GD was visiting, so we had a nice walk on the beach. She is just so darn cute! Her imagination is a wonder. So fun.

B&B guests again this week. Both rooms are booked again tonight. Am hoping for a quiet weekend. Am supposed to golf in the ladies closing tournament. Have golfed all darn year and now I am golfing in the closing?!

DH and I did a short walk run last evening. Felt good to run out in my neck of the woods again.:happy:

Curiousgeorgianna

I'm not looking to win any races- it's all about being healthy and getting stronger.

Amen to that!