Senior Golden Sneakers.....April...We are all young at hear

Jeffrey: Thank you for sharing the website with Diane's pictures and story. She was absolutely beautiful! Faith always sustains us and gives us hope at time like these. However, the absence of that person in your life is always difficult. I find that when a person is suffering....it almost gives you the strength to let go so they can start a new and beautiful, painfree, journey. May the consolation, that only God can give, shower you & your family with peace.
BirdieM

Greetings again from sunny Rhode Island!!! :happy: Hubby and I took a bike ride last night for an hour. It was real nice. :blushing: I don't know much about bike gear,:embarassed: (even though I've been doing it for the last few years....or trying to):embarassed: but....those helmets!!! I hate them! So uncomfortable!! Maybe the one I have doesn't fit right. (It was my husband's). I have very thick hair and a big head!!! :laugh: :laugh: It looks like someone bobbed me over the head and a big blue bump is growing on the top of it!!!:laugh: :laugh: Also, I have a seat that I keep slipping off of. We've tried to reposition it but I have to keep pushing myself up....back onto the seat! Quite a sight, I might add!!:laugh:
But all kidding aside, I have a seat that is in 2 parts (each part shaped like a kidney bean....one for each cheek:blushing: ) so you can seperate them....tilt them etc. It's made especially for women to protect their (privates :blushing: ) from getting sore. Has anyone ever had any experience with this type of seat? I've had it a few years and am still trying to figure it out!:ohwell: Maybe I should just go back to a standard seat...hmmm:huh:
Take care all!!!!
BirdieM

Here is my new haircut, what do you think???

It's adorable!!!!

Hello All,

I am coming to you live and direct from my parents' NEW PC!! Just finished downloading a bunch of updates, and had an interesting problem before rebooting. I was trying to read posts and found I could only see part of each post, so all I got the first time was the top of
Sandy's head!! :noway: The full pic is much better!! :laugh:

Sandy--Like your new "do"

Apparently IE 7 doesn't cooperate very well once IE 8 is waiting to be installed. All is well now. Might pop in later when I am home.

Barb

Just a quick Hi and to tell you, Sandy, love the new cut! It has been a long day, worked and visited too long at the office so dinner was late. Life is good.

take care and keep smiling. I will be back tomorrow. Gayla

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Sandy, when I got my hair cut short after years of wearing it a lot longer, I had some misgivings but time and the encouraging compliments from others helped me get used to it and now I go in to the darling woman who cuts my hair and tell her to "make it cute" just like she always does.........getting your hair cut short is a lot like the "buyer's remorse" we all feel after buying a new car or house.:laugh:

:flowerforyou: no line dance today.....the building is needed for something else.....so I slept late, spent a lot of time talking to Jake, ate breakfast, rode the exercise bike, and now at almost 10:30 AM am thinking of getting in the shower.:laugh:
have a happy day Barbie

Hi everyone! Well, this is a first -- I wrote a long post yesterday and it did show up and then I left the site. Today it is not there. Maybe it was too boring!!! I was telling you about when I got my long hair cut and I think I made a short story long! Bottom line, once it was cut it has stayed short for a very long time.

I stopped Neil's antibiotic as he has had 3 days of intestinal upset and there is only one day to go. I hope I won't regret that decision.

Jeffrey -- I read much of Diane's journal, what a light she was in everyone's lives. My heart went out as she went through the stages of sadness, hope and acceptance. I can see why you loved her so much. Take care.

Marie -- It is the season for renovations, I hope it goes well for you. We will be starting ours after the boat is done and Neil's bed is moved from the family room.

Sandy -- Enjoy the dance tomorrow. I know Bryanna will make you proud.

Barb -- Enjoy your Saturday as well.

Barbie -- How nice to sleep late and have a leisurely breakfast! Enjoy.

Take care all. Keep smiling.
Gayla

:flowerforyou: a week ago it was so warm that I took the quilted lining out of the coat I wear to the dog park and replaced the flannel sheets on the bed with regular cotton ones......since then it has gotten a lot colder....yesterday we had rain while we were at the dog park....the dogs didn't mind, but I had to hang my coat in the bathroom overnight to let it dry.......It's too cold for Jake to play golf or go for walks so he's been getting his exercise playing wii sports----tennis, golf, baseball, and boxing :bigsmile: We watched some DVD movies the last few days so I've gotten a lot of time on the exercise bike...I ride for 20 minutes then sit down and do something else, then get back on the bike for another 20 minutes and so on through the movie.

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I know Bryanna will be great in her competition and you'll be the best cheerleader grandma :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Marie there are new baby cows in the fields that I pass when I drive to line dance two days a week and I've enjoyed watching them grow up.:bigsmile: good luck on your kitchen renovations

:flowerforyou: Gayla, good luck to Neil for a good recovery.

Today is our cleanse day so no cooking, no heavy exercise, and a lot of relaxation.
happy Sunday:bigsmile: hugs Barbie

:flowerforyou:

Happy Monday!!

Competition was great, again we swept the competition, it is quite amazing how wonderful these girls are.

Packing for my trip to Minnesota tomorrow, I can't seem to get motivated but will get it done.

When I got on the scale today I did meet my goal weight, but as I have said in the past it has to hold for 3 days before I change my ticker. :laugh: My husband and I have been walking Daisy for 3 or 4 miles so I think that is helping me a lot. Hopefully, I will walk in Minnesota or use my daughter's Wii for some exercise, although taking care of those boys will be exercise enough.

Have a good day.

Sandy

Daisy loves her walks Marie, she is getting much better with us and not pulling so much. The trainer was here today and is impressed how well Daisy does in just a week and a half. Daisy was at the groomer today and we are talking about giving her a shorter summer cut. It is a hard decision since she is so adorable with her long hair. I think we will try a few inches just to see how that would look. :bigsmile:

I am in the middle of packing and think it might be the first time I am done before midnight. :laugh:

Hope everyone is well or as well as to be expected with all that is going on in their lives. I am going to try to get to Target to buy the Julian Michaels DVD Shred. It is a 20 minute power tape that is supposed to be great. It is free from Comcast On Demand right now but my daughter doesn't have any cable channels. Not sure I will be able to do what she asks with my bad knees but I hear the DVD is only $10 so it will be worth it to try. Summer is coming, the pool is calling.

Talk to you from Minnesota.

Sandy

:flowerforyou: Greetings from the windy west coast.....I looked out the back and saw the trees leaning over in the wind and tried to convince the poodles that it was terrible weather for the dog park......they disagreed......it wasn't all that bad when we got there and we ended up spending about 45 minutes in the off leash area and then walking on leash for another 15 minutes or so....it got warmer and looked like it might rain but it didn't.....when I got home, Jake was eager to go shopping for rhodies for the side of the house.....we wandered around the nursery in the wind until we found exactly the right plants and brought them home......by the time we got home it was seriously raining so no rhodies got planted today but they're sitting in pots where they'll be planted soon.

:flowerforyou: I decided today that I needed to play wii sports sometimes right handed and sometimes left handed so I develop muscles on both arms....I'm not too bad playing tennis left handed :laugh:
hugs Barbie

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Thank you all for your condolences. We appreciated them deeply. I have tried to catch up on everything but I am sure I will miss someone. It will not be intentional!

Diane's funeral went beautifully. My daughters sang "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". It was her favorite song. Not a dry eye in the place. We had a very nice luncheon Saturday after the funeral service. I believe that I was the last one to see Diane on this earth and it will always stick with me.

We had to take Amanda to the airport on Sunday, but Day's mom really messed that trip up. What a jerk! I am dealing with all that now here at home. Sam is graduating in 2 weeks and we will be going to Terre Haute for that on the May 8. Amanda will be home for that too. Fun!

I have started working a little on the flower beds but we have a freeze warning for tonight so I am really glad I am running behind schedule. I will have to cover my Azeala's again. They are just beautiful and in full bloom right now. The yard needs mown but it is cold and windy today so I am doing everything but that, LOL.

Yes, I have resumed my training. I have really upped it now that I am only about 8 weeks out from the first big triathlon. Yesterday I swam 1,250 yd (3/4 mile) then ran for 2 miles, and then did 1.5 hours of strength training. I was really beat last night. Next week I am upping to mile swims 3 days a week. I have not been on the road bike in the past few days but I will make up for that later this week. Today I am going to do all cardio. probably about 4 miles running then 25 miles on the spin bike. My weight is good and still way down. I feel fast and strong. I have been thinking about running another race on Sunday. It looks like a fun little 5k. As soon as the lakes here warm up enough I will start swimming in them in final prep for the triathlons. I am going to enter a few more "tri's" and I will keep you all posted.

That is really about it for now. It has been whirl wind here for the last week. And now the quiet is deafening... I am glad that all is going well for everyone.

Sandy the new hair cut is HOT!

Jeffrey