WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2012

Got up early and went to use the Stairmaster, then had to take a quick shower, home for some breakfast, then to the board meeting of the Newcomers. Came home, gave Loki his med, went to one store (boy, they say they price match, but are they ever pickey) then had to go to WalMart for a few things (at least they aren't as pickey), came home and Vince and I went to a landscape place to look at river rock. He wanted me to see it so that, as he says, I can't blame him if we get it and I don't like it. Ha, it doesn't work that way. Even if I see it, if I don't like it I still say "why did you let me get that?". That's our running joke. Came home, had dinner, then I made cookies for Jess to take with her to Memphis (she's going to see a friend whose birthday it is and we're going to be watching her cats). Now I'm on the computer, in a little bit I'll watch some TV (gotta see DWTS!)

A guy from the pool co. is supposed to be here tomorrow to do a power wash to hopefully get that red chalk up off the concrete. Oh, they sent us an email saying that they had to order an 8' piece of fence and how much we were to pay. Vince wrote back that we aren't paying for 8' since they only needed 5' and to our knowledge it only comes in 6'pieces. Admitted, the difference is about $35, but it's more the principle of the thing! In the end, they agreed to our price. Well, they better because they aren't getting any more and it certainly wouldn't be worth taking us to court over $35.

Tomorrow is Halloween. We usually do a lot of decorating, but we didn't do a thing this year. We didn't expect that the pool install would take so long. Vince hurt his rib the other day cutting out the solar covers. Personally, I feel that if he were in better shape physically, he wouldn't hurt so much. But what do I know???? Anyway, he's not going to bowling tomorrow, which I can understand, he is afraid he might reinjur his rib. I won't go, I told that gal in charge that someone needed to help Vince but the truth is that I really want to be here when the guy is doing the cleaning. It takes soooo long at bowling, I was talking to one guy and he agrees that some of it is because some people are sooooo slow, then there are those who wander around and aren't there when it's their turn to bowl. On senior bowl days I go around 12:30 and many times don't get home until around 4, and I only live like 10 minutes from the alley! I'd probably go but because it takes like 4 hours, that's just too much time to be eaten up. If it was only 2 or 3 hours, that might be another thing. I'm going to ask when we have senior bowling for the summer if we couldn't have 3 person teams rather than 4 person teams. Maybe that'll speed things up a bit. There are some teams that only have 3 people, so is there a reason we must have 4???

I like the river rock that we saw, some of the rock is gray (will match the retaining wall) and some of it is beige (will match the tile).

Tomorrow I'll go to yoga then take the deep water class. Then I'll buy gas (I will get $1 per gallon off and 10 cents expire at the end of the month so I'll buy it tomorrow and fill the 2 gas cans that we have), then stop at CVS to get a prescription for Vince and come right home. Hey, I just realized that I didn't get my circulars today with the items that are going on sale!

FINALLY got to talk to ds. Haven't talked to him in almost 2 months. I don't know what was up with him, but we would call and call, he never once called us back. I'd send him email, nothing. You have no idea how upset I've been. For the past 5 weeks or so I've had Vince call because if the call went to voicemail, I know that I'd break down and start crying. I usually would but at least I wasn't on the phone! For some reason, Bryan has got it in his head that when I cry I'm trying to make him feel guil about his decision to live in France. But all's he has to do is talk to us on a regular basis! That would help me ever so much. But at least I didn' get to talk to him today. It seems he called but I wasn't home, Vince said that we'd call him when I got home (in about 1/2 hour) so we did and I got to talk to him!!!!

DeeDee - Vince has a concealed carry permit, if we go to WalMart at night for one thing he won't let me go alone, and he always carries a gun with him. Even when we're in FL, he has a gun. I know that he's responsible, but you don't know about the other guy. Hopefully, that pound will be gone by tomorrow.

Lyn - it never fails, when you're prepared for the worst, it never happens. Sometimes I'll take my umbrella with me somewhere and someone will ask why I have it, I just tell them that it's my cheap insurance. When you're prepared, you never need it. Glad you didn't lose power

Laura - at "bet you want to turn off the DVD right now" and you really did. Sometimes I feel that way, too. So proud of you, tho, for NOT turning it off. Good wishes to you for straightening out that mess. I know you can do it!

Glad some of you are safe and sound. We just got heavy winds, some cold weather (it barely hit 50 here today) and a bit of a drizzle. Other than that, we fared just fine. But then again, we're near the foothills.

Sue - whenever we go away, I can't get to the commmunities from my phone, but what I do is I sometimes post on the front page of MFP.

jb - isn't it sad how docs are so willing to prescribe a pill for this and a pill for that? I believe that the body many times can heal itself, but all these pills don't let it. As a matter of fact, if you take too many antibiotics, eventually they won't work because your body builds up a resistance to them.

Robin - I will tend to get a buildup of earwax and then can't hear a darn thing from that ear. I have found that using Debrox helps a lot. I used to go and get my ears blown out (all the earwax would get out) but since I've started using the Debrox, I haven't had to get that done. I'd guess that the last time I had to get my ears cleaned was probably around 15 or more years ago.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Happy Halloween!!

I can't believe it's already Oct. 31st already! Where did the month go? Didn't do that good with Oct. goals but I'm thinking up my Nov. ones as we speak! Glad to hear from some of you on the East coast and glad you are ok!!

I'm up so early because I have to take my Yorkie, Benji, to the vet when it opens at 7 so I can still get to work on time! He had trouble keeping his one eye open and it's watery too. Just started late last night. Not sure if the cat scratched him when they were playing or what happened.:frown: Busy day! Vet, then work, pool therapy after work and then Trunk and Treat at the church. My other dog loves to go to that and wears his pumpkin costume (if it still fits :laugh: ). We were good and didn't get any candy we would eat! That's a first! Today will be my cheat day since we are having a potluck and pizza at work today but I will remember moderation! Still love the job and got positive feedback from the temp agency! I feel very blessed lately and give thanks everyday for all my blessings which include all of you here!:flowerforyou:

Gail-The frog cross stitch sounds adorable! I haven't done cross stitch in years, makes me want to start up again!

Linda- Very sorry to hear how much pain you are having! I hope you find some relief soon!

DeeDee- Your party sounded so fun! The girls must have looked adorable in their costumes!

Robin-Hope Ritter is feeling better and hope your ear gets better soon!

Mary-What a great exercise plan! Motivates me to get more exercise in! Love tai chi-I do a modified sitting version of it.

Jb-Adorable profile pic!

Michelle-So glad for you that you got talked to ds! Mine is only in MO-not nearly as far away as yours but he is definitely not a phone person and maybe we have a 3-5 min. conversation every 1-2 weeks!

Barbie-Love your latest graphic!

Lentigogirl-Glad you are ok!!

Time to get going!! Sorry if I didn't respond to you personally but I did finally get caught up reading all the great posts!:drinker:

Kathy

Good morning ladies its a great day to be living and be thankful for all we have and pray for those that was in the path of the super storm hope all has a wonderful day does something to better theyre health and say something to help others stay on the road to health slow and steady getts you where you want to be carol

Oh, Wonderful Wednesday!

Oh Halloween…a day of minor chaos at school. :noway: I won’t say utter chaos, because that would be untrue, they will sit for a few minutes during math lesson with the student teacher.:laugh: I made them “snakes in the sand” (rice chrispie squares with gummie worms) and scabs and gore (blue corn chips with salsa) for a lunch treat. Not great nutrition, but not too terrible. Gotta play along sometimes, right? I’m dressing up as a traffic controller – not too far from reality, in some ways!

Laura, sure hope you got the payroll-mess cleared up. That 30DS workout sounds like a killer at 20 minutes a day! :explode:

Janehadji, sorry to hear you’re still at odds with the husband. You’re taking good care of your Dad, don’t forget to take good care of yourself, too.

Whew, JB, what an effort to get your home routine back – I’ll bet your kitchen smelled fantastic and DH was more than glad to see you! I bought quinoa a while back, still haven’t figured out how to use it. Black bean salad sounds good to me, I’ll do some recipe research.

Jane, Did you get your gym membership? I sure hope so.

Barbie, what a good idea “Find it and fix it” dinners – your omelet sounds heavenly.

Lentigogirl, glad to hear you have ridden out the storm. :drinker: Was your power off?

DeeDee, congratulations on the three pound loss, that’s tremendous!

Speaking of guns…this is Canada, of course, so different context. When we were first married we lived on a homestead in Northern BC. For our first wedding anniversary DH gave me a rifle – (some fancy thing he fancied, I expect) – and taught me how to use it. He figured it would be my last line of defense when the bears came to the door, we often sighted them in the yard. I figured he should have given me a shotgun, I’d have a better chance of hitting something! :noway: (As a side note, since then we have bought works of art on our wedding anniversaries, so we have 30 years worth of paintings, etc. to show for it and only one weapon!)

Gotta go get ready to play along with the ghosts, goblins and ghouls at school. To the despair of my "grew up in the 70's" feminist heart a group of my girls have decided to dress up as Barbie Dolls. :ohwell: Oh sigh.

See you all on the other side,

Nancy

Hi there, good morning, and Happy Halloween!

:flowerforyou: Sending good thoughts to everyone on the east coast! Be safe!

Nancy, here's a wonderful recipe for Quinoa and Black Beans. It calls for onion, garlic, cumin and cayenne, plus a bit of frozen corn and cilantro, Delish!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Quinoa-and-Black-Beans/

DeeDee, big congrats on the 3 lbs!! :drinker: Wonderful!! Oh boy do I know the feeling about MFP recalculating calories. I updated my goals several times over the past 2 years and sadly watched my allowable calories go all the way down to 1200. But I'm used to it now, well, sort of. :grumble: I really have to work hard at staying in the 1200s. I try not to eat back many exercise cals.

More of the same for me this morning, cooking, cleaning, laundry, aerobics and get those doggie boys of mine out for a long walk in the rain. I did a Kickboxing routine yesterday, whew! :noway: Non-stop jumping jacks inbetween kicks, jabs, squats and lunges. I did the advanced routine, and boy is it ever a workout. I might chose something a tad bit easier today and give my sore parts a bit of a break.

Michele, I'd like to give my mom's doctor a piece of my mind, I'll say that much. But I'll keep my cool and continue on with research about Mom's medicines. She takes Lorazepam for anxiety, which I'd like her to discontinue, but she's afraid she won't sleep if she's not taking "something". :ohwell: Not sure if I can convince her to go the "natural" route, but I'll keep trying. The Lorazepam seems to be causing negative side effects (dizziness and tiredness), but Mom won't admit that it's the medicine causing the problems. ACK! :explode:

Alrighty dearies, have a wonderful day!

I'll see if I can find my witch hat to wear to work this afternoon. :bigsmile:

jb

:flowerforyou: Happy Halloween All,

Sue-you enjoy that time with your granddaughter at DisneyWorld:flowerforyou: and we will hear from you when you return.

Janehadji-Sorry that you are in the middle of a "not speaking" time with hubby:grumble: Having seen you and I don't agree with your hubby, but sometimes our hubby's have blinders on when they look at us. You hang in there you know where to find us and to vent whenever.

jb-so glad that your San Diego trip was a success with your Mom. I understand about Doctors not being any help. When my Mom started her downhill turn it was because one of her doctors prescribed Valium for her without checking what other medications she was on from her other doctors and when it was mixed in she turned into a space cadet and it took me several months to figure it out and get her off of it just because a doctor gives medication it doesn't always make it right. :noway: What a workout you had:noway:

Robin-I agree with you about pre planning....if I preplan and stick to the plan I do much better then when I don't:happy:

jane-getting hubby to join the health club....hope you are able to:drinker:

jen-thankful that you came through Sandy unscathed:flowerforyou: from what we are seeing on the news there are plenty of places that were really damaged.

Michele- boy do I understand if hubby would be in better shape things (for you the landscaping) wouldn't be so hard. Hubby was cleaning up the back yard getting it ready for winter and our blower/vaccum broke, granted it was 10 yrs old but still needed it...so hubby broke down and bought an electric one and was really happy with it as it is lighter then the gas one so when he was done his back didn't hurt like years past.. and of course he was so proud that he got it done before our back yard is covered in snow for months on end. I'm just glad it's done so I don't have to hear about it

lentigogirl & Sally-glad you survived sandy:flowerforyou:

Barbie- When we go to Sam's Club we have the samples too and I try to be really picky about which ones I try, sometimes it works and other times I just taste way too much:blushing:

Kathy- good thing we always have another month ahead to get us back on track when the current month doesn't go according to plan:ohwell:

DeeDee- congrats on your #3 for the month. That's really good:flowerforyou: keep it up.

DMoMof3- great post...sure does make a month look better when you see all those happy faces:happy:

Nancy- yep a shotgun would have been better. Girls dressed as Barbie Dolls...only the young Being short I never could have been a Barbie Doll even though I loved mine. I know that my Mom used to dread the days after Halloween because of the sugar high's all her 3rd graders would be on...hoping your 7th graders don't suffer from that high too

Cheryl- 30 Day Shred is set up on three Levels and I'm only on Level 1 and using my smallest hand weights #3. As soon as I'm more comfortable I will up my weights or move to Level 2. Jillian has made it so that even at level one you can make it a bit harder than doing it the easy way which I'm doing right now. One thing I do have trouble doing is the jump roping so for that I run in place otherwise I'm keeping up with her on the DVD...can't say I love it but what I do love is when I'm done and know that I've had a full body workout Hoping your research tells you what you need to know about what's happening with your body.

Welcome Rose:flowerforyou: come back often and let us get to know you.

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Did my 4th day of the Shred and am finding that my stomach muscles are liking being sucked in...who would have thought:blushing: I'm still waiting for it to be easier but maybe I'm wishing for it too soon, it is a 30 day program. Not sure how I will fit it in tonight as I get home about the time the Trick or Treater's start arriving, guess will just have to wait and see:ohwell:

Today is the end of the month and final reports are due in so I'd best get going.

Everyone have a good day...STAY OUT OF THE CANDY:noway: it's for those that knock on the door....drink your water, log your food (and any candy that you pop in your mouth ) and get in some exercise:drinker:

Laura80111

Good morning ladies,

Just read all the posts.Yes, i can post with my left hand! If I have more to say,I enlist the help of DD#2. She is more than willing to help,especially when she is waiting for the computer! ha ha:laugh: :laugh:
Still waiting to hear from my employer ,what occupational med MD to see. They will fight tooth and nail that this is not work comp . They were to provide me with a home ergo eval and sit/stand workstation. This was an agreement in 01-2012,I am still waiting for this to happen.:explode: :explode: Praying that my employer does the right thing! I just want to get back to work!

Happy Halloween to all that celebrate! Keep strong,Linda:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Hi everyone Happy Halloween

:grumble: Can't believe we've only had a few trick or treaters so we have some sweeties left over! I'll have to try not to eat them!

Pleased to hear most of you are okay and the storm hasn't caused too much damage in your areas.

:flowerforyou: Laura I've recently started the 30 day shred too. I'm on day 5 on Level 1 and touch wood even though I'm finding it quite hard I feel a bit more energised. Don't know if I'm feeling more energised so I exercise, or feel more energised because of the exercise.:bigsmile:

Did you say you are on day 4? I know what you mean about her Jillian encouraging you though, sometimes I'm about to stop but she'll say 2 more so I try to keep up with her. The main exercise I have trouble with is the Kick backs I can't seem to get the hang of them, but I do a version of them and try to keep moving. Haven't noticed my stomach muscles getting tighter yet, but thats another thing I have problems with the sit ups !!

:flowerforyou: Welcome Rose this is a great site.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Still haven't logged me food - I should really log everything on the morning, but never seem to have the time

See you on the November thread.

Viv x

It appears that a few gals think I'm not eating enough (as if that would ever be the case)!

A quick check of my past food diary entries shows an annoying problem. :grumble: To explain, I've changed my diary food settings from:

Breakfast - Snack #1 - Lunch - Snack #2 - Dinner - Snack #3
to:
Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner - Snacks

Unfortunately, this doesn't just change your settings going forward ~ it changes EVERY day that you've EVER tracked! After I changed this under Food Settings, I noticed that it shifted all my meals down so everything was off by two meals. For example, when I took out my first 'snack' heading, it shifted my Snack #1 down to my Lunch. After taking out my second 'snack' heading, my Lunch shifted and showed up under Dinner, and my real Dinner and third 'snack' totally disappeared! I can't jump back and forth to see if I'm explaining this correctly because I don't want to lose this message. God forbid I have to try and explain it again! :noway: I'm not sure why this happens on MFP but I wasn't about to go back and move all my individual food entries to their normal place. That would involve going back into Food Settings, re-adding the 'snack' categories I removed, and changing everything one at a time! :grumble:

Just a 'heads up' if you ever decide to change your settings

Deborah:flowerforyou: