WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2013

HI to all my buddies here~ I had a great birthday. We went to one of my favorite restaurants…Johnny’s…it’s been here since 1922 and has the best steaks ever! Needless to say I wasn’t good on calories with a drink, a glass of wine, an appetizer, etc. But I did cut my steak and au gratin potatoes in half and only had the bleu cheese crumbles on my salad instead of a dressing. We had cake on a pink table cloth with pink cups, forks, and plates, and then my DH opened the blinds so I could see my new windchimes and garden “pretty”. I don’t know what to call it. It has a spike with a cup thing on top. Another pole is balanced in the cup and on one end is a bunch of leaves and on the other end is a dog and cat hugging. It’s really cute but I’m not sure I described it well.

Happy belated birthday Meg. Love the cat and mouse story! x

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Hope this fabulous Friday finds everyone happy and healthy! I`ve got a busy day today and then next week I get to play:bigsmile: ! Of course I`ll probably be playing in the closet, I would love to finish it!!!!

I very much enjoyed all the cat and mouse stories:laugh: ! Great way to start the day off with laughter!!!

Rori Have a fantastic time on your island vacation!!!! I`m just a bit jealous:embarassed: !

Joy Your hubby sounds like a jewel!!! Get better so you can enjoy that cruise!!! So glad for you the MIL is leaving tomorrow!!!!

Have a great day!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in beautiful sunny NC where it`s supposed to be 80 degrees today:bigsmile: :glasses:

Sadly, I got word that I was not chosen to be interviewed in person for the position I was being considered for. Tried not to get my hopes up for it, but the position couldn’t have been a more perfect fit for my skills and experience based on the phone interview. That’s the first response to my 1000’s (literally) of applications I’ve had in a year. Uber-depresssing. Oh well, must just keep calm and carry on


Barbie – I will now think of you and your “salad” dogs each time Dillon rolls in the leaves and grass:happy:

M. – Have a great time in NYC, hope you have wonderful weather to enjoy the city

Sue in SD – How great that your Dr. is going to go to bat for you to get the MRI. Hope you have a great visit with DD.

Jeri / Luckyinlove2 – Welcome! Congratulations on getting on the path to health. You’ve set some great goals. Come back here often for laughs and support on your journey.

Robin – how cool that you can get gym membership via your work, maybe that helps (a little) in putting up with “the queen” :bigsmile:

Connie – what a lucky gal you are, having a husband who cooks for you each night

Katla – Glad you have gotten some clarity re: DH’s diagnosis, it sounds as though this doctor is one of the goods ones and will be on top of his condition

Lucy – My cat used to bring me lizards (or often just their tails). He once left one perfectly placed in the middle of my bed pillow as a token of his affection :laugh:

Meg – So glad you had a terrific birthday and that you’re done with classes too! Yay for Bennie being healed

YannieJannie – I LOVED that book!!!!!!!! I laughed, I cried, I told everyone I know about it too.

Rori – Aloha! Hope you have a restful, rejuvenating vacation

Joy – Glad your hubby has a clear understanding of all you’ve been putting up with. He sounds like a keeper, booking a cruise for just the two of you. Hoping you heal rapidly so you can fully enjoy it

DeeDee – I can just picture you and Noel dripping wet with you carrying her. I had to carry mine last weekend about ¼ way around the lake, he’d picked up a thorn that I could feel but not see - - wanted to log it as “extra” in my exercise diary but they don’t seem to have that particular exercise in the database:bigsmile:


Brooke from Colorado

“Want something you’ve never had? Try something you’ve never done!”

Hello Ladies...
I haven't been in touch with you guys for a month or better so thought I would correct that. I have read some of the latest posts and got a real good chuckle over the mouse in the suitcase story.:laugh: :laugh:
A lot has happened in my life since I last posted here. In mid-April we sold our town house and started a big ball rolling down hill at neck break speed!! We have until June 10 to move out of this house and to get the farm house ready to move in to. So the first thing we did was buy a big storage shed to move all of our nonessential things into. We have emptied out our 3 upstairs bedrooms, the basement, and the garage already. We are now working on the main floor. We take a load with us everyday as we go out to work on the house. The farm house is coming along. We have still to run a water line from the meter to the house (1/8 of a mile) but needs to dry a bit in order to do that. Our 10 inch SNOW storm and no electricity for 2 1/2 days during May 3-6...(never have seen snow in Northern Missouri in May in my entire lifetime of nearly 60 years!!!!)...has put us a bit behind schedule. However, if the rain will stop soon, we will be able to get the digging done in a day or so after it dries a bit. We still have plumbing in the bathrooms and kitchen to do and put down the flooring. A couple weeks or three should get us in the house, if the weather would cooperate!!! I don't have internet at the farm yet, so I don't know how long it will be before I can contact you once we move. I will let you know when we are leaving the town house and eventually I will get back to let you know how we are enjoying our brand new house!!!:happy: Everyone stay safe and happy!!
June from North Central Missouri where is seems to not know that enough rain is ENOUGH!!
P.S. I forgot to mention that my weight loss is still slowing coming down. I made it to ONEderland during the month of April as well as losing my 100th pound. I continue to lose about a pound per week and hope to be in or near the 180's by the end of May.

Hi! Happy Fabulous Friday!:happy: Sunny again here in Portland, and it's going to be a warm one, ahhhhhh!:glasses:

I've been the busiest bee lately, haven't had time for much reading or writing! But all's well, gardens are growing like mad and the yard is already full of beautiful perennial flowers, some have bloomed a month earlier than usual. This morning I'll plant the rest of the annuals I've grown from seed, there are 2 full flats yet. Such a hopeless flower girl :laugh: but I just can't help myself! :flowerforyou:

Another recording session today, I've been helping a student get some of her original music recorded in my home studio. It's painstaking work but I'm happy to be back in the studio since it spurs me on to get back to working on my own songs. I spend all this time on other people's music and my own projects are left on the back burner! :ohwell: I've recorded 2 full-length CDs of my songs over the years, and have enough new songs for another one - just need to find the Start button!

On the weight-loss front, I looked back at my notes yesterday, and do you know, I've lost a full half-pound since last May. :laugh: But yay, I'm maintaining! Still want to duck out of a few more pounds but I'm feeling darn good. :bigsmile:

Everyone have a wonderful day and weekend! I'd better scoot!

jb

Happy Friday!

Well, I FINALLY started cleaning my closet and am happy to report that I'm halfway done! At least I have all the clothes together (over 2 bags worth) for the clothing drive tomorrow. Unfortunately, my side of the closet is pretty bare now. :grumble: Even the tops that are still there are mostly too big so hopefully I'll hit the thrift stores soon. My new favorite pair of jeans are from Salvation Army and only cost $5! My mother kept journals most of her adult life and one neat find was the journal from the year I was born. It was mixed in a bag with old pictures and I didn't even realize I had that one. It was really cool to read about my birth, didn't even know I was a breech baby. Then in the middle of the same journal was an entry about my brother's grade school graduation and how proud my mother was when it was announced he received a scholarship for high school. I immediately called my brother to share (we talk once or twice a month) and we talked for about an hour, so thanks Mom!

Loved reading all the cat and mouse stories! :laugh: I remember living in an apt. with my ex, pre kids, and having our cats being so proud that they could present us with their trophy mouse. It also brings to mind waking up to what we thought was a mouse making noise, but turned out a stray dog we had taken in was giving birth to 6 puppies!! She was soooo skiiny and always hungry but we had no idea she was pregnant! So when we heard the mewling in the dark, we almost bopped the puppies in the head thinking they were mice!!! Our landlord was none too pleased but let us keep them until we could find them all homes.

YannieJannie - I too am an avid bookworm, also mostly mystery stuff. I will have to check out the Art of Racing In the Rain. Just recently discover Jodi Picoult and read The Storyteller which was fantastic! Can't wait to read more of her books!

Ok, what to do first? Back to the closet or off to run errands and grocery store? Guess a good start would be putting down this laptop and getting dressed! Skipped water aerobics today because knee is still not happy but maybe a short walk with my dogs will be the first order of business, now that it's stopped raining.

Toodles,

Kathy:drinker:

jmkmomm: DH has an advantage plan, too. So far it has been pretty good. I expect them to deny because they’ve done it in the past on a medication for diabetes. They came through after the appeal then, and I’m hoping they’ll come through again. On another note, I didn’t know that flying squirrels are marsupials. Loved the story.:bigsmile:

jodios: I’m a long way from maintenance but I put time into thinking about it because I don’t want to turn into a yoyo. Been there, done that. :grumble: Barbie and Amanda are proof it can be done. I wonder how they found their ways to stable positions.:huh: :flowerforyou:

Meg: Good job managing the celebratory meals. I LOVE your cat and mouse story. :laugh: :laugh: THANK YOU!:bigsmile:

Barbie: I laughed out loud at the kitty’s going away gift. I hope the girls didn’t’ have bad dreams about it. :laugh:

Michele: Thanks for the good wishes on the anticipated future appeal. :flowerforyou:

Joy: Your DH sounds like a great guy. :flowerforyou:

DeeDee: Enjoy your closet. I couldn’t spend that much time in mine without developing a severe case of closetstraphobia. Mine is too small.:ohwell:

cityjane: Obesity is often the pink elephant in the room at doctors offices in my experience. I think they don’t mention it because their patients get huffy and find another practice, and also because they have no idea how to help people lose weight without surgery or some kind of medication.:noway:

Brooke: I’m so sorry about your disappointment. I wasn’t chosen for a job long ago, and the one who was chosen quit after a few months. Then I got the job. Actually, I volunteered my way in. The rest of the staff wanted me all along since I was volunteering many hours, knew the job well and got along with everyone. The person in charge of hiring liked her credentials better. She did have more experience. The strategy worked for me and I worked there over 25 years.:flowerforyou:

junerbooner: Congratulations on all of your achievements. I hope you get into your new place soon.:flowerforyou:

jb: Congratulations on keeping it off for a whole year! :flowerforyou: I’d love to know more about your music. Vocal? Instrumental? What genre?:huh:

Jackie: Congratulations on meeting your goal and doing it with a personal best. WTG!:flowerforyou:


Our DIL is here for the weekend. I enjoy her company very much. Our son has been away for work, and won’t be home for a few more weeks. Having her here is a pleasure. I’ve been the only one up for a couple of hours, and we’ll plan our day when more people make an appearance.

Have a great day.:flowerforyou:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

Just got back form the Y and have a question to all of you intelligent women. Is it better if I ride my recumbant bike a longer distance but a lower intensity or shorter distance and higher intensity. On a combination of levels 1 and 2 I was riding a little over 6 miles. On a level 4 I can only get 5 miles in an I am bushed. I am on a pretty big dose of Beta Blocker so my heart rate does not go high. I run in the 40's and low 50's. Today on the bike I got to 87!

Tired, but got to get a shower Joyce in Indiana

Just got back form the Y and have a question to all of you intelligent women. Is it better if I ride my recumbant bike a longer distance but a lower intensity or shorter distance and higher intensity. On a combination of levels 1 and 2 I was riding a little over 6 miles. On a level 4 I can only get 5 miles in an I am bushed. I am on a pretty big dose of Beta Blocker so my heart rate does not go high. I run in the 40's and low 50's. Today on the bike I got to 87!

Tired, but got to get a shower Joyce in Indiana

Wahoo! You rock, Joyce! Verify with your doctor, but I think it is better to go for stamina and endurance with longer duration at lower intensity. When you're ready, you could spice it up with some speed bursts.

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Lin in Central Iowa