WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

First off - Laura - I stopped coloring about 5 years ago. Decided that since I was a gramma now I could look like one. :laugh: Anyhow, I also have blue eye, which I have always considered my best feature. I tend to lean toward the brown/sandy beige tones. really makes the bue pop.

Interesting few days. Yesterday I found out that two people I knew died over the weekend and they were both in their 60's. UGH! Then one of my best friends called to tell me she wouldn't be coming to quilt camp this weekend because her cancer is back. She was declared clean 10 months ago. My DIL called to say that afternoon pre-school has been cancelled and we will all need to look at changing our schedules to figure out how we can get London back and forth to morning school while dealing with Jenson (1 yr old too). DH watches the kids on Wed and her mom on Tues. I think we came up with a plan that will work.

There was other stuff going on all day and I was happy to say goodnight to it all.

I'll be gone for a few days and may not get to post, tho I do take my ipad to camp. It provides our music. I love to play "oldies" while i sew. The ipad also has a Zumba work-out loaded if I feel so inclined. It should be nice out and there is a gorgeous lake at camp so I think I'll just go for a couple of walks.

My food has been okay, tho I admit all I wanted to do yesterday was eat chocolate...

Have a great weekend,
Gini

Dear Ginib - WOW 107 pounds, that's awesome. I'm a quilter too. What part of the world are you in?
Candace

Thank you ladies for the advice! It helped a lot!!!



Laura

Hello to all. I have discovered that I really like Jillian's whey protein vanilla mixed with fruit and a 1/4 packet of instant sf pudding. (less than 200 calories) It has become an afternoon treat to look forward to, and is distracting me somewhat from the mindless stuffing. Need to workout before I begin the endless stack of paperwork. That will make my second time this week, so I guess I really need to step it up. Take care all!

Oh am I bad! I got my hubby's birthday and my brother in law's birthdays mixed up ( 3 days apart). Turns out today is his birthday! oops! What would you like for your birthday dinner dear?? Oh don't know...

Just after I put a peach and raspberry crisp in the oven (because the angelfood cake pan is in the flood bins in the garage), he comes home with an ice cream cake as big as a hockey arena! There will be more dessert than is safe in this house and he has decided to bring up the deep fryer and make supper... deep fried everything!! Oh that brick wall is looking so much taller...... help!

No he doesn't do veggies so its my job to make the salad.... a big salad.... a really big salad! Definitely walking tonight!

Amanda, very inspiring pictures! WOW! Look at you now!

Wishing everyone courage tonight!

Kate

Good early evening ladies:flowerforyou:

Welcome to all the newbies:flowerforyou: , come back often and chat with us!!!!

Lila I am so ready to power shop, as soon as I get to my goal!!!!!

Barbara I love the idea of prepping food for exercise!!!

Linda SundanceB take time to take care of you!!!!

Viv glad you're getting back on track!!!!

Kate I thought I had all the ingredients for my "cold aid", I forgot the ginger , I knew I should have written it down!!! I will get it this weekend though!

Carolyn I have a tempurpedic matteress, I LOVE it!!!!!! It really does make a difference, it's well worth the money!

Michele congrats on getting great concert tickets!!!!

Lentigogirl sounds like you had a fabulous evening!!!!

Laura80111 welcome back, glad you had a fun trip!!!!!

Meg hope your health screen results are fabulous!!!! I took Latin for 3 years too, I remember, pulchellus puella, pretty girl, and auris, ear:laugh: .

Amanda wow you look amazing!!!!! You remind me so much of a friend of mine that moved to Flordia a few years ago, think I'll give her a call soon.

Jb wow you look amazing too!!!! What a fantastic life journey you've had!!! Your back yard is beautiful too!!!

Well ladies, I have to go now and finish my dinner, tonight it's salmon and asparagus and a salad thrown in for good measure.
Will try to pop back in after dinner!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

:flowerforyou: Dh and I are celebrating 26th anniversary today...I told him every day is full of bliss! LOL! One can at least always hope!

This has been a rough week..my brothers friend lost his battle with west Nile virus and a friend of dd lost her3 month old baby, my heart breaks for both families...there don't seem to be words for these tragedies, just try to find and keep faith that God has a larger plan.

I'm sorry but not feeling creative for my post tonight..will try tomorrow

Hugs, high fives and prayers we need them all

Jen

Jen - that is awful, blessings to the families!!!

I don't know if I ever get all of you and your stories straight...this is a BIG group, but I can see the camaraderie and that is really nice!!!

I hope everyone's week back to September has been within your goals, it is tough to get back again into the swing of things. I got my fitbit in the mail today, and maybe I am just tired...but I feel like I need a course....how can one button do soooo much??

Two VERY long days at work, I am off to sleep!

Good night, everyone

Karin

wow - tiarapants - there is hope to do IT after 50...my birthday pictures are also...well, actually....I would only allow for people to take them with me hiding behind other folks....191 pounds is amazing, congrats!!!

Jen,sorry to hear about the losses.
Happy anniversary.
Have a good night all.
Feel lousy,going to bed early.
HUGS
jane

Liz - I've had some recipes that made it into the trash. I usually take it right out to the can by the street. Something inside of me hates to waste food (I think that's a throwback to my parents who grew up during the depression when NOTHING was wasted) so I'm always afraid that I'd eat the not-good stuff just so I'm not wasting the food, only I really don't want it on my waist so in the garbage can it goes. Or else if it's just an appearance-type of thing, I will donate it to the soup kitchen.

The guys were here putting in the spa. They ran into a bit of a problem. Technically speaking, you're supposed to keep it away from the power lines by 5', ours is more like 4'. Our state just makes the rule of 5', some states it's less. Our installer feels confident that there won't be any problem, and if someone wants to really challenge it, they'd have to dig up the electric pipe and I don't think they're about to do that. The guys didn't leave here until 7:30, but there is water in the spa. No one will be here tomorrow. They want the pump to run for a while and water to sit in the spa so they can check for leaks, etc. Some of the guys will be here Sat. to check the lefeling, etc, and then Mon the electric co (hopefully) will be here to do the bonding inspection and then Tues the guy and the man who will build the retaining wall will be here. Wed. they're planning to put in the footers for the retaining wall and then build it. Vince and I have an MD appt (with the new md just to talk to him and then probably have our records transferred) Wed. but that's not until 1. He'll probably get started building the wall early Wed. and there's not much we can do during the day Wed. The talk was that we would be talking the concrete Thurs or Fri and then early next week pour the concrete. But that's a big IF. They worked late tonight so the guy bought the workers pizza. The one worker's wife and I went and got it since it'd be like 45 minutes for it to be delivered plus it was cheaper for me to pick it up. I did put it on his credit card, tho. Fortunately, I'd just bought some soda so I gave them an ice bucket, cups, they had the pizza, and so on.

Right now I'm making these cherry spice brownies. There is no way Vince'll eat them with cherry in them (he's so pickey) so hopefully I can give them to the guys.

jb - I love TSO. Vince likes the fact that they're a rock band but quite technical, too. We built a 2-car detached garage. One half is where he keeps his Outlook, the other half is a music studio for him. The upstairs is his train room. Now I'm getting my pool. I find it so relaxing to just lounge in the pool, now with the sound of the spillover from the spa, it'll be even more relaxing. Looks like we won't have time to look at the tiles today, but no one is going to be here tomorrow so we'll most likely do it then. What an interesting post. So sorry to hear about your husband, but glad that there's someone new in your life.

Tomorrow I'll do a spinning downloadable workout, go to mahjongg, then get my hair done, then on the way home stop at a store to get the things on sale.

Amanda - when I saw those pics, I had to do a double take, I couldn't believe that was you!

Gini - I'm so sorry for everything you've had to go thru lately.

Welcome everyone new! Come back often so we get to know you better.

Jen - happy anniversary! So sorry for your losses

Micki - what a walk you had!

Remember the branch of the Y I was telling you about where they fired the one gal who taught the deep water aerobics? Well, I can't quite explain it, but to me it feels like it's lost something -- a feeling of warmth. I used to get the feeling that I would (and did) stay and talk to people, read a magazine. Now I don';t feel that way. They used to have a community bulletin board, but now it's gone. If the Y is about the community, this just seems strange to me. I feel like "come here, work out, then leave". It doesn't feel inviting any more. That's not to say that I won't go any more. I just called to see about getting my CPR recert (especially now that we have the pool), I was told that there is a CPR for the lifeguards coming up (but that's more involved), they are going to have a recert in Jan and supposedly this new guy is going to let me know about it. The gal who did it for me last time they don't have doing it any more (she's the daughter of the gal they fired). I don't know how he'll be. The gal they fired was very accommodating, she'd have a class for only 2 people. Would he go out of his way for a member, or only do things "by the book"?

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Just marking a spot to find everyone.
One day at a time.

Good evening all, this will be a short post tonight. I read all of the posts but frankly am a little too tired to do much except mark my space.

It's been a very hectic week, municipal government is back after summer hiatus - with a vengeance. Feel like I am dragging myself around, tired enough not to even want to eat. Spent a couple of hours in the car going to Nelson and back for environmental meetings, at least it was a beautiful day for a drive - saw some deer, such graceful creatures. Seeing wildlife always makes me smile.

Amanda - the photos are incredible, you have the same beauty, just more honed now.... My daughter is also a Latin scholar - is just starting her PhD in medieval studies, codicology, in Leiden, NL. Seeing we don't get Latin in school here at all, it's been 5 years of extra study in order to get to the appropriate level for her studies.

All the talk of matresses and the sleep benefits have convinced me. That will be my next major purchase. I've wondered about the Temperpedic or any type of memory foam. The commercials all sound too good to be true.

Michele - I am in awe of the energy you bring to every day.

I am looking forward to the weekend - my closest sister is coming to visit with her grandchild so I'll get to be a vicarious grandma. They're from Vancouver Island so it's a long trip, 12 hours including the ferry. They're coming for my birthday on Saturday so that is going to be a one of those "free" days a la Meg.

Tomorrow is going to be a very short staffed day at work and also agenda day so I'd better go and get a good rest.

Good night ladies and sleep tight

Lila

missed a few weeks hope this finds everyone doing good my goals for september are to be a help to others who are losing weight on here and drink plenty of water keep my logging up every day and to lose a few pounds bye the end of this month and to feel healthier and happier and move alot more til we meet again carol