WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL

Update: DH is trying to arrange a flight to Holland, but air traffic to Europe has come to a halt as you may have heard. Thanks to the volcano eruption in Iceland. Made arrangement for #1 son to come and take over the shop for a bit, #3 son to help with the flock of birds, and daughter and everyone else will be here for me to handle things at home base. Everyone's offer to help is greatly appreciated. This is when a family pulls together no problem We are here for each other.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Thanks to everyone for all your good thoughts and prayers. You are wonderful. :flowerforyou:

Rebel

I have been really busy for a couple of days, and just read through the posts. I don't have time for individual responses, but wanted to say howdy to everyone, tell the newbies welcome, and tell everyone else that I read your posts and I'm thinking of you. Have a great Friday tomorrow!

Does anyone know anything to help this girl? My heart goes out to her.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/91592-important-question-about-cancer-and-healthcare-please-help

LaurelFisher – Congradulations! That is awesome.

Thanks for all the well wishes for my DD and I. They are greatly appreciated as are all the prayers sent our way. I do believe it all helped.

Renny – hugs to you and yours on your FIL.

Rj- being a grandmother may sound scary, but I’m sure the pleasure will out weigh the pain. Lol

2201953 – You just did join. I believe a belated happy birthday is in order too if 2201953 is also your birth date.

Viv – good luck with the dog walking/exercise routine. If you (or anyone else) are interested I can try to copy the interval post op training I got for my DD into the forum. It will give you an idea on how slow it can be starting out or starting over from not being able to do anything.

Allison – give your dog a hug from me and mine (dogs that is).

BabyBlueBarbie- welcome and that's a nice account name. I hope you keep posting with us.

I know I missed people but it is 11:16PM and way, way past my bedtime. Good Luck to all for a good Friday!

Jeannie

Allison,

I got worn out just reading about everything that was going on with you. So glad your dog is going to be ok. Did they figure out what it was that she ate? Thank goodness my little piglets only eat food, so far, although Mai Li (my Lhasa Apso) does like to shred paper and nibble it.:noway: Maybe she needs more fiber in her diet?:laugh: :laugh:

Congrats on staying the same. Under the circumstances, THAT is an accomplishment.

I read everyone else's posts and after the day I had, which ended with attending a dinner meeting, followed by a trip to Costco and the grocery store for my mom, I have concluded that I am toast for the rest of the night and it is time to go to bed.:yawn: Even the doggies are already asleep.

Welcome to babybluebarbie--Yet another Barbara on here. Let's see, with me, Barbiecat, and Auntiebk and you, that makes 4 of us. Is there anyone I have overlooked? Pretty soon we might have to start our own thread!!!

Renny, I am thinking of you and yours. It is bad enough having to go through a family member's health crisis without having to deal with a volcano at the same time. Let's hope that mountain in Iceland decides to settle down soon.

Something that brought a smile for me tonight was the local weather person who accidentally referred to Iceland as "Ashland" when describing what was going on.

Take care all.

Barb

Barb, golden retriever Scout ate a big plastic washer that had been part of a super-duper dog toy called a Busy Buddy that you put edible rings on. She had managed to unscrew it, and, once in her system, it began catching grass, plastic, and bits of foam out of stuffed toys. She is a giant garbage disposal and chews on everything. When she was younger she focused on corners of wooden cabinets and furniture, but now she is more interested in toys, paper, and what she can grab off of counter-tops and the stove, like butter sizzling in a skillet or the stick of butter from which the butter pats came! Right before I started writing this I was working on today's funeral service and had my back to her, and in two minutes she had eviscerated a formerly intact toy and taken out the squeaker! arghhhhh

:flowerforyou: Only time for a quick Friday Morning Hi!

Only down .2 of a pound but at least it's going down Hoping for a good weekend, as it's that two days which seems to get me every time:grumble:

Welcome to the newbies:flowerforyou: This is a great place to be.

Must get back to the papers, only have a half day of work and boy am I glad for that:bigsmile:

Let's all continue the good fight against those excess pounds:drinker:

Laura

I'm using an unfamiliar scale, so I'll take just 2 of the 4+ lb loss that it shows! I feel like I'm back on track (and seeing it too, which is nice).

I mentioned before that I'm visiting my daughter in Pasadena. She actually outweighs me by 100+ pounds. In one way that makes it easier (she'd like to get back on track too) and, in another, harder (she's not there yet). She is being supportive and, really, I couldn't ask for anything more.

Yesterday was a lazy day following, for me, an amazing almost 4 mile walk :laugh: the day before. Today I'm going to see if we can't get a temporary gym membership. I'd like the exercise and it might make a hit with my daughter.

Good luck to all of you. It's great to be part of a group where you can share your successes as well as your struggles. Hopefully more of the former!

-- Mimi (I'll start signing off with Mimi instead of Mary to differentiate from the other Mary on here)

Afternoon everyone,

It's a beautiful day here in NC.

I'm going to be doing some gardening this afternoon.

My son helped me upload some pic's of my doggie. His name is Bandit and came to live with us 2 1/2 years ago when he just showed up and never wanted to leave. I really believe someone just came and put him out in our neighborhood. We live just far enough out of town for the city folks to think they have made it to the country and they seem to think this is a good place to abandon their animals. But in this case it was a good thing for me because I couldn't have asked for a better animal. He was completely trained: sits, lays down and comes when you tell him to. He even will stand at the door and wait until you tell him he can come out. And he loves to fetch! I just cannot understand why someone would give up this dog.

Well I hope you all have a good afternoon and great weekend.

Cindy

Jeannie - dh laughs at me because I don't use an electric can opener. Had one, gave it away. I would prefer to use a hand crank one. The other reason is if you have an electric one, you need to leave it out on the counter. A hand-held one you can put in the drawer.

Laura - oh, do I ever know how long it takes to catch up. Catching up for the last two weeks took hours. Not sure that I read each and every post thoroughly, tho. I did my best.

Barbie - do you ever have problems finding pants/shorts to fit you? That's one of my problems. If I wanted a size 10 or 12 -- there are loads and loads of them. Then you might find 2 size 8's. Many times that's where it ends. Sometimes I can find a 6. If I'm REALLY lucky, I can find a 4 -- which is the size that I need. Then add to that the fact that I need a petite size, and the choices go even further down. I guess on the bright side, that's less money I can spend...lol

Why is it that unless you log your food that day, it doesn't register? Like I logged my food while I was away, yet those numbers don't show up on the reports. If you add something to your menu the next day, will that be included in the total figures or just what you logged that day?

Congrats Terri on those capris. Doesn't that just feel wonderful?

Mary - that's great. Wish I could swim that far!

Randy - better get down to see a shuttle launch fast. Remember, they'll only have a couple more launches and then no more.

Jackie - I have a fear of swimming, too. I know it's because when I was very young, I was in the ocean and the tide pulled me out. I was so disoriented! Whenever I can't touch the bottom, I get so afraid of being disoriented again. So I totally understand where you are coming from. At the Y here they have these flotation belts, I always wear one when I'm in the deep water. I know that I can't sink because that belt will keep me afloat. I just can't get over that feeling.

Clothing sizes have definitely changed over the years. At least 15 years ago I bought a pair of size 10 shorts. Really, they are a little big on me but I can still wear them. Recently, I bought a pair of size 10 shorts (Liz Claiborne) and they almost fell off me! So I just donated them.

Barb (weaklink) - Slow and steady wins the race, and you're doing just that!

Jackie - I don't like to wear tortous (sp?) underwear. I figure "I am who I am, and if someone doesn't like it, they can just look away". I would rather be comfortable.

Kathy - of course you can join us! Don't even think twice about it. Welcome to all the other newbies.

Jeannie - how wonderful about your daughter! I'm so thrilled for you and her.

Well, Monday I did one of my downloadable workouts on the spinning bike for an hour -- mainly because I wanted to see this one guy at the Y near me. He's quite friendly with a lot of the members and I wanted to give him a printout of the letter I was sent saying that they were reversing their decision and will continue to provide soap. I'm assuming that means just in the shower area, Tues I did 45 min of pilates (I forgot that the fitness classes were being held elsewhere while they repaired the floor) and then 30 minutes of toning, yesterday (Wed) we had a meeting so I did 1 hr of the hula hoop on the WiiFit, today I did Jillian Michael's No More Trouble Zones DVD and tomorrow it's supposed to be nice weather so I'll do the water aerobics class, then Sat. yoga. That's all I have for right now. Update: it's Friday and I did the wataer aerobics. In a way it was good to be back in the water. They didn't have any water classes in FL, probably because the only pool they have is outdoors. I think they were going to start up their classes again in a week or so. Tomorrow I'll do some yoga and I'm thinking that Sunday I'll do a pilates DVD.

I'm supposed to read a book to the 4 year olds and then talk to the executive director of the Y about "my continued participation on the Board". What I want to focus more on is the fact that I was "told" I needed to buy those tickets, not that we're talking a lot of money, but being told you have to do something. Now had I been "asked", that would have been a different story. Then I need to get the oil in my car changed (I even have a coupon for that).

Well, I'm still on the Board. I explained that it's not the fact of the children's fund that I have a problem with, it's the way in which it was handled. I also explained that I'm not totally new to nonprofits. I was sec'y of a nonprofit for about 3 years. When dh was transferred and I left them, the founders came to me and said "what are we going to do without you, you did such a great job of getting us organized". Organization is one of my strengths, fundraising is definitely not. So the executive director said that he was going to put me more into organization (like they evidentally need to do some organizing when they get the pledge cards ready) so that I'm comfortable.

Oh, how I know how hard it is to stand by while someone is hurting themselves. I remember when FIL was sick, he was on dialysis. His routine was get up, eat breakfast, go to dialysis, come home, take a pain pill, lay in bed, get up, eat lunch, take a pain pill, lay in bed, get up, eat dinner, take a pain pill, lay in bed, One time I said to him "dad, it would probably help if you walked some, even just around the living room". His answer to me? "I don't want to talk to you about exercise". The next month his M.D. told him he should be exercising, so he started walking around his block. Only too little too late -- his muscles had already atropied.

Denise, hope you get to Rome -- even if it is a bit later than you expected.

Rebel - hugs to you

Hope everyone has a great day and weekend!

Michele

-- Mimi (I'll start signing off with Mimi instead of Mary to differentiate from the other Mary on here)

Mimi/Mary - It's okay, I just take all the complimentary things people say about you and pretend they are for me! :laugh:
Congrats on the loss - Mary

:flowerforyou: Good evening ladies, I like this picture much better. LOL
:sad: Hubby decided Chinese Buffet for Dinner. So I guess I'm doin the 4 mile tonight.
:noway: I have a baby shower for my DIL tomorrow and a dedication ceremony for my grand daughter on Sunday.
:bigsmile: Please pray with me. "Dear Lord, put your arm around my shoulder and your hand across my mouth, when I am tempted to eat ANY of the tasty little morsels that I KNOW I don't really need this weekend". In Jesus' name I pray.
Love((( Hugs))) and Prayers for all, Rose
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

:flowerforyou: Michele, I've had a hard time finding pants that fit. There is one store in the next town 30 minutes away that has some Levi's in size 4 but nothing smaller and only a few styles. Fortunately I'm fine if I have a few things to wear and a working washer and dryer.......If I lived near Nordstroms or some other high end store there might be more choices, but I wouldn't be able to afford them :laugh: I love hearing about your varied workouts, you do so much fun stuff.



Actually, the truth of the matter is that I have a short attention span and do different things because I get bored!

Bummer....I've been looking for a nice dusty rose top to match this jacket and pants that I have. I found a really nice one, and I think the lighter color would match. But they didn't have any small petite size in the lighter color, and the medium is much too big. The only reason I can get away with this mfgr's small petite is because it has a cap sleeve. Otherwise, for a sleeveless shirt, I have to go with a mfgr who tends to cut their clothes on the small side. Problems...Problems.

Michele

Good morning and a hello to all the new gals!

Well, I dug a great big hole for my blueberry plant, and got 5 rows of green beans planted yesterday:flowerforyou: but one of my favorite earrings fell out of my ear in the process:sad: It was one of those kinds that has the really long back but I guess it just worked its way out with all the bending over I was doing.

Today should be another pretty day here and I haven't settled on what I'm going to do exactly.

Well, just a quick check in and to read the posts.

BBL

Cindy