WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2012

Hello lovely jolly ladies,

I am sitting in the car watching DD#1 playing soccer. We left the
house about noon today and have not been home since.
We went to a beautiful outdoor mall and got our walking in. Came
back to our town, got a bite to eat. The girls sat in the car while
I went to Walmart to get a few last minute stocking stuffers and candy
the girls want for their stockings. Drove home and DD#1 ran in to the
house to get her uniform to go to her soccer game. It is to far of a drive to go back
home,so DD#2 and I are sitting in the car, as we did not bring jackets
to sit outside. I still need to go to 3 more stores to finish the Christmas
shopping. I might be able to get it done tonight!

I loved all the my fitness pal carols!
Katia -praying for Dan.
Cheryl- yay for you on the loss - that is awesome!
I am on my iPhone so I can't look back at the notes.

Praying for all that need prayers. Praying for safe travels for all of
you who will be traveling over the next couple of days.

Praying that we all take some time during this stressful time of the year
to rest,eat healthy and make good choices!

Today, I am grateful for my friends on my fitness pal!
Blessings to all, LindaS

Thank you all for the wonderful laughs!!! Great songs!!!

Bump - it took a while to read through all the posts! Worked crazy long hours this week, but... the boss gave me Monday off so now I have a 4-day weekend!

Gail

Love, absolutely love, the songs. I'm having such a great time reading them. You gals sure are great. Glad I wasn't drinking something when I read them, it'd be all over my monitor if I were....lol

Ok, it's SNOWING (yes, you read right) right now. Yes, I'm in NC. I wonder if Mother Nature realizes that.

Got up, had a pear, went and exercised for an hour. Did an hour of speed intervals, 1 min @ 4.4 mph, then 1 min @ 5.4 mph. I can't explain it, but the last time and this time I've had a case of diarrhea. Last time I couldn't even finish my workout or stretch, I needed to get to the shower asap. At least this time I could do those things. Wonder why this happens? I'm fine otherwise, I feel fine. Tomorrow...yoga. After working out I went to WalMart. I'm still surprised at how empty the parking lot is. I guess more and more people are shopping with their fingers (Internet). Then I stopped at Barnes & Noble to return one of the DVD's my secret santa gave me. I have an abs DVD that I never use, so I know that I won't use the one she sent me. I will use the pilates one, tho. I bought 2 books (on sale) for Vince for Christmas. Came home and had a chicken patty. Then I went to the mall for a healthy cooking demo. It was given by someone different this time. Someone who works in the kitchen of an assisted living place here. I had to sit thru a sales pitch. They gave us chicken salad, crackers, a piece of pound cake, some sort of cake with cream cheese filling. Why do they give you this stuff? I ate just the chicken salad and tried a bite of the cream cheese filled layer cake. Otherwise, I just threw everything out. I guess some people go there basically for their lunch. I went shopping before and after the demo. Found a few pairs of pants and a sweater. Still need to go back and return one pair of pants and a shirt. I didn't realize that I already had 2 pairs of brown slacks, I certainly don't need 3. Also, there was this really cute shirt in white that I would have bought in a heartbeat but it was too sheer for me. They also had it in red so I got that. But when I got home and looked at the red dressy shirt that I had, I realized that I really don't need two red shirts. Now if it was in another color...that would be a different story altogether. I also bought a wallet, mine is going out. Everything I got was on sale 50% off, except for the wallet which was 40% off plus I had a coupon for an additional 15% off. Wrapped Vince's books, got things ready to take tonight so all I have to do is heat up the cheese balls. But with this weather, by the time I get to their house, the balls will be cold, so maybe I should have them heat them up.

barbie - MORE problems with your bike???? You poor thing

I just made some more chocolate bran muffins to keep in the freezer and realized that I totally forgot to put the timer on, but they don't look burned.

Yippee, hip hip horray, tonight is the last of the holiday parties. It's only from 7-9, so that's good. I'll take some sausage cheese balls and fudge that I made. I'll also take some dark chocolate mint 3Musketeers with me. I'm going to try not to eat much. Will tell you how I do

Lila - I can't help singing along with the lyrics. One is just as good as the next.

Cheryl - congrats!!!! Yay you!!!!! You go girl!!

sylviatx - I totally agree, I would much much rather have just a little of something real good, homemade with real ingredients rather than some lab-made ingredient stuff. It so not worth it. And you know that when stores make up things, they use the cheapest ingredients (lots of mayo, skimp on the chicken) to boost their profits. I just found it really interesting that she didn't serve the homemade bread but she served the box cake mix. Glad you're feeling better

grrrr....I just saw some boxes and asked Vince "what's that". He told me they were Bryan's presents for everyone. I remember Vince telling Bryan that we'd wrap everything. Looks like it's back to finding boxes (maybe I'll skip that part) and wrapping. He also asked me "when are you going to decorate the tree, I've put the popcorn on". I just said "I was hoping you'd help me" seeings how we got the tree up late because of his gout. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't. Why does he put things off until the last minute when I have to do work after he's done with his part? I still have some food shopping to do, cooking, cleaning....and now this. Glad I have yoga tomorrow. I need something to de-stress. I would like to get the tree down early Jan. I suspect Vince will want to keep it up later, tho. I'm going to push to get it down earlier.

Went to the open house. I actually didn't do that badly. Just had water to drink, a few of the sausage cheese balls that I brought, some pineapple, and two 3Musketeer mini dark chocolate mints.

Deb. oh, that must have been so sweet to see the little ones holding hands and singing. Isn't it something how even the older ones are attentive?

Gail - enjoy your weekend

barbie - what wonderful news about Jake!!!!

Don't quite know what it is, but right next to where I got that tooth pulled about a month ago feels "weird". Could it be sinuses since the weather changed so quickly? Don't know. I'm thinking that maybe after the holiday I'll go see the dentist just to make sure that it isn't something that maybe we can take care of before it gets too bad. Could it be something in the gum of where the tooth was pulled? No idea.

Well, everyone have a great evening.

Michele

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That's a cool gift for your son; what kind of helmet did you get him?

That keystroke art is borrowed but isn't it cute?!

Sweet dreams! Been up since 5:30 am which is early for me; much to do tomorrow too :bigsmile:

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Amanda I think I`m a little in love too...Hugh Laurie ! Lucky you!!! Enjoy your day!

Cheryl Great gift for your son! Congrats again on getting into the 150`s!!!

Teri Fabulous art!

Barbie Glad Jake is doing okay!!! Sounds like a wonderful day for you both!

Michele Hope you get your tree decorated! I`m like you, come Jan. I`m ready to take my tree down! Get everything back to normal!

Yesterday I used a new curling iron,and it turned some of my hair PINK:noway: , I didn`t have time to rewash it so I put on a hat and out the door I went, a cute guy maybe 25 or so told me I looked sexy:laugh: ,( you could see a bit of the pink in one curl that was sticking out:grumble: ). I washed it last night (again), and I still have pink in my hair , it`s not quite as bright pink as it was, but it`s still pink:noway: ! Now I`m a bit worried I thought it would wash out, I guess I`ll wear a hat again today and try rewashing it again tonight...I may have pink hair for Christmas:embarassed: . Has anyone here ever had this happen, and if so how did you get it out? I think I`m a bit old to be sporting pink spots in my hair . I have to pick up the turducken this morning, I know the grocery store is going to be packed, and the parking lot is so small:grumble: , I think I`ve recruited a friend of mine to drive me and just drive around the parking lot while I`m inside, I got everything else I needed the other day, so all I have to do is pick up the meat, I told him I would treat him to lunch, his choice! I must go now and see what I can do with this hair!
Hope you all have a fabulous day!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

Good morning dear friends,

It is a beautiful morning at present, the sunis casting a rosy glow on the horizon, every cloud a different shade from coral to lavender blue. The trees are etched charcoal silhouettes against the ever changing morning palate. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, I keep telling myself for the snow is set to begin at any moment now just as I am trundling off to work. We are all still working crazy hours but the good news is that our little accident victim is coming along well and has started the occasional shift.

Now, I would like to thank the universe for sending along yet another couple I haven’t seen in a dozen years. “Kate, wow, you look fantastic! You’re so slim!”…… but could you not have stopped her right there instead of allowing her to continue, ” ‘cuz you were really big the last time we saw you!” (Spoken like a true skinny person who has never weighed more than 100 pounds her whole life…….sigh) But I shall take the surprise look on their faces as a compliment and leave it at that.

I have done quite a lot of walking (Christmas shopping) to counterbalance the sweets that I have shoved into my mouth. My DH has discovered a sweet shop that carries goodies from all around the world and we are systematically and geographically eating our way across Europe in chocolate and candy. Thankfully some of it is quite awful and I can resist but the others…. well, I make him take them downstairs to his lair hopefully keeping them out of my reach. It is easy to succumb to temptation as this time of year is difficult, I lost Dad 5 days before Christmas some years ago and that feeling of despair creeps up on me about this time of year, its a strange mixture of delight and dread.

I am also quite behind in my baking, this is the baking that I am to provide for Christmas dinner but the elves are eating it as fast as I bake it (even right out of the freezer!) I have threatened to skiver them but unless I bake other equally scrumptious treats to fill them up there will be nothing but a plate of crumbs as my contribution. The downstairs is decorated nicely by DH but the upstairs still has a dishevelled workshop appearance. Time to clean up! Only one more gift to wrap but it’s really big, I’ll need the help of my son and we will have to do it while my DH is asleep on the couch.

Well our piggy finally went to market, almost 300 pounds of him, so Thursday night we drove down to Bashaw (a 3 hour round trip), joining other family members, to the cousin who had raised ‘Kevin Bacon’ and four of his siblings for the family feasts. At -28 degrees they could leave the piggy parts out in the truck while waiting for us to arrive that evening. He drove the truck into the garage so we had light and could see which boxes were ours. The truck box looked suspiciously lacking for five 300 pound pigs. Yes, we knew you only got about half the weight returned but when we opened our boxes, we found it hard to explain why one family got 10 roasts and we got three! Odd shaped pigs? There were no ribs, sausage, hawks, hams or lard ……. Our 300 pound pig had been reduced to about 50 pounds. Nothing made sense and the cousin was on the warpath! Put it all back in the truck box and I am taking back to the butchers tomorrow to get him to straighten it out. What a major screw-up! Apparently our messages never got relayed from the receiver to the cutter; the left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing….. but it was finally resolved, extra boxes were found in the freezer and the cousin will be delivering most of our piggy on Sunday as he is coming up to his sisters for Christmas. The butcher will be making our sausage at no cost to assuage the cousin’s temper, sausage which we will get sometime in the New Year. I think the butcher is now on the black list.

I am going to have to schedule time to get back her to read up on everyone's posts this weekend. Hope all is well with everyone.

Wishing you all the very best,
hugs, Kate

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OMG, I fell out of my chair laughing so hard. I love the jingle bells rewrites. :laugh: I have been sooo busy, and have not been keeping up. I vow to be better. The pool is having a contest on swimming starting next year, and I plan to win. DH is taking me to a New Years eve party at the Marriott. A room, dancing, dining, drinking ( I don't do alcohol), and he wants me do dress up. Big laugh on him, I don't have anything to dress up in. I hate buying clothes and haven't bought anything in a year. I will throw something together. Oh well, thanks all for the laugh, I needed it. Tigress

That is exactly how I felt about shopping for clothes for my son's wedding, but my daughter saved me. She found a dress for me online, and then took me shopping twice. It was the most fun I ever had shopping. I found out that shopping is much more fun with a friend.

50+ and hoping to find some friends/support from a group that can understand menopause, diet, and possibly chronic pain...

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Happy that you enjoyed the keystroke art - it is something borrowed; although I recognize the keystrokes from the character map I do not have the patience anymore to do - all the same wishing everyone a joyful day and make a good noise!

Liz, I have one of those fall asleep chairs - I hope you are feeling healthier and pain-free as the day goes on.

Personally, I keep my decorations up until after the New Year typically. I don't usually have them up until sometime in December. Today I am putting the stockings on the mantle. Good thing I don't decorate nearly as much anymore or it would be New Year's :laugh:

This year I am giving my six grandchildren money balls for Christmas - posting a picture below only I did put them in a box to be be opened.

Meg, that is a touching memory of your teddy bear Christmas - ready to make new memories?!

Kate, wish you much success in retrieving your share of the piggies.

Later- off to do some housecleaning and minimal deco.

Welcome csw4!

Just a note to tell all of the amazing and creative pals here that I have not stopped laughing about the wonderful songs you
have created.....:bigsmile:
So I give thanks to all of you...:drinker:

Just putting out some greenery, tree is trimmed, and there is a lot to do, but...I need to see a longtime friend who has come back for a Christmas visit...so, people before presents!

:laugh:
BJ

Janie- Happy to hear that you got the okay to go back to work!

I am among those who are gaining- just a little, but know I will get back on track before the first of the year. I am off from school for a bit, so no excuses for the exercise. Eating has been okay.

I hope you and your family hace a peaceful, relaxing holiday season.

Deb A

Happy Holidays. I started my winter break today. 11 days off. Yahoo!

My husband is so sweet. He was willing to buy me a ticket to go see Holly, Brie and Olivia next week because I was so sad about not being with them for Christmas. But then I looked at how much it would cost and I decided it would be better to fly down for a weekend near Olive's first birthday. It will cost about $300 less and I can then spend money on Olivia! The fact that he was willing to was so sweet but I don't feel right spending that much money for a day or two on short notice. I love that he thought about doing it. And now I am not as sad about not being there because I know I can be there next month.

While on my break I am going to enjoy cooking. I am going to cook the free turkey I got at thanksgiving. I don't know what two people will do with a 20 pound bird but I bet I will get creative with leftover turkey recipes.

Have a great weekend.

Robin, Bodi and Ritter

There made it back before there's 5 pages to read never got time to read them all.

Kate
It's not the pig that you wanted to lose weight. It was you LOL.
Glad you found all your missing meat. It's so darn expensive you don't want to get just 1/4 of it.

Meg
Guess I missed those songs but sometimes they have them in our tops books.

Texas gal
I like those money balls great idea I've never seen any around here.

Janie
Good for you for attempting going back to work. If you can't do it then you can retire. But you will have the satisfaction of trying.

I have so much to do and just don't feel like it. But I need to get going or Christmas will pass me by.
Went and got the rest of the presents today. So that's done but now to wrap them all.

Merry Christmas to all. Not here yet but just in case I don't make it back but I will be here.

Linda C