WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013

Hello All,

Just a quick note. I got my pedometer today and am eager to try it out tomorrow. I will just do my normal routine to see how many steps I have been doing and then will find ways to increase it.

My DH retired about 3 years ago and is loving it. He often says he doesn't know how he ever found the time to go to work. He volunteers at church, leads a Celebrate Recovery group two nights a week and helps with the foster dogs. One of the dogs is getting a little heavy so he takes him for a walk around a lake (about 2 miles) 3 times a week if weather permits. He has also taken up fly fishing and asked for a metal detector last Christmas. He loves spending time outdoors. I have about 1 1/2 years until I can retire and am really looking forward to it. We have been married just 9 years so we want to spend time together to make up for lost time. We both love to travel and plan a vacation yearly at a place neither one of us have been to yet. We have a trip planned for Montana next summer.

I tried the plank for the first time and held it for a grand total of 45 seconds. :blushing: Planning on doing each day and hope to see improvement.

Welcome to all of the newcomers and I hope everyone is enjoying their evening.

Tina in Maryland

Just a pop-in to say hello. Hello!!
Caught up on the posts, but no time to respond.

Kate in Brooklyn :flowerforyou:

Gail - you've gotten to the point where monitoring is just second nature to you! congrats! You know, I got an email today about rummikub tomorrow night. The lady said that she was going to make salads (chicken, egg, pimento cheese <weird> and seafood, which usually translates into lots of mayo) she'll have turkey and ham sandwiches on mini croissants (why does it have to be a croissant?) with tomatoes and lettuce (good) and brownies for dessert (mmmmm..I don't know) The first thing I thought of was "is there something fairly decent? Well, the lettuce and tomatoes are.

Liz - glad you're enjoying the cooler temps, we aren't having them. Yesterday they were predicting that the high on Thurs would be 67, but I see weather.com has now bumped that up. A plank is an exercise for your ab muscles where you are on your toes and also on your forearms (or full arms extended), you keep your body in a straight line. You can see videos of it on utube to see just how it's done if my explanation isn't as clear as it should be.n I understand that some farmers even add MSG to their soil so that their crops are sweeter!

Trish and Joyce - oh how I remember the first time Jessica went off to college. She's my first. After taking her to the college, we went to our Lady of (I'm going to misspell this) Chanstokova which is right by her school and went into the chapel there

Cindy - what an adventure you had!

Deb - the man called, he'll be able to put up the baseboards Friday or Saturday. That gives me one week to clean (boy, is the bathroom downstairs a mess but I can't get to it right now). I do hope we have nice weather, at least no rain, but if not, then we'll be inside. Fortunately, our house is large enough. Oh, dear, I hate when something gets flooded. Hope things work out and nothing's permanently damaged.

katla - that's so nice of the restaurant to make you food without sodium or MSG.

Eileen - when Vince retired, I think he expected that I'd change my schedule to meet his. Not going to happen! For 23 years the kids would go off to school, he'd go to work, and I'd have the day to myself. I wasn't going to give up my friends because he retired. One time I said to him after he was telling me how to cook dinner (like I hadn't done it before) to "just go downstairs, just go downstairs". Eventually, he got his hobbies, his trains and computers and music. But at first he really didn't know what to do with himself

Just got back from mahjongg, didn't maj once.

Did the extremepump class today, tomorrow I'll do incline intervals at the Y. I'll ask them if I can do my step DVD there on Wed. a.m. and I'll need to use their weights on Thurs a.m.

Karen - welcome. Where are you going?

KABH - WTG on the plank!

Robin - in some ways, I can't wait for my freezer to die. I really would like a larger one. I know, I know, when we were buying it Vince asked me if I wanted the larger one and I said "no", but now I really regret it. Is yours an upright or chest?

Pat - I can't think of a way to close off part of the house while the baseboard is being put up. Everything is open. Looks like I'll have to clean, clean, clean when he's done.

katla - that is so terrible about the flowers!

Looks like I'm spending too much time at home, the minute I get back, Vince wants my total attention. Tomorrow is going to be "one of those days". I really want to go to mahjongg in the afternoon then I have Rummikub in the evening. There's nothing I can do at home until the baseboard goes up, then I'll have lots and lots to do. Did some shopping today for the social. It's just me, but I want to be sure there's plenty of food so I got chips (fortunately, Vince likes them), pretzels, some Goldfish (Jessica likes them so I'll give her the leftovers), the things I needed (except for one type of cookie) for decorating the cake. Well, off to log my food now.

Michele in NC

I forgot to mention about my most recent NSV, My CPAP straps don't leave much of an indentation on my face when I get up in the morning!!!! I will be so glad when there is no indentation. Of course it could be because I haven't gotten any new straps for over 2 years now. The tubing is broke in several places and it is duct taped to make it air tight!!!! My duct tape is this fire looking tape that some one thought I would like. I put it away because it was so ugly but it has come in handy when the cat tries to chew through my cords and the CPAP tubing.
Joyce

Good morning ladies from a London with blue skies and cooler weather.

We finally have our broadband and Wi-Fi working again at home. My relief knows no bounds! I was beginning to get extremely grumpy about it all.

I'm wearing the hernia belt .... not loving it, but it has to be done for a while. It's not at all comfortable, especially when my IBS starts raging. What an old wreck I am!

Well, I'm at work so I suppose I should actually do some.

Have a good day my friends.

Love to all.
Amanda x

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

I have no time this morning:sad: !!! But I just have to reply to a couple of post!

Katla I had a similar thing happen with an on line florist , it took forever to get them to credit my credit card back:explode: , keep an eye on it. I emailed the company and told them I would never recommend them to anyone and threatened to turn them into the BBB. They got it straightened out after that.

Cindy Funny story, when my youngest granddaughter was about 2, my daughter went out to get the mail (on the front porch) and the little one shut the door, it was locked, my daughter was locked out of the house and had no phone with her, she ran to the neighbors house and called the police dept. they came and tried to break into the house, had no luck and had to call a locksmith, the entire time the little one was standing at the dining room window looking out at them. My daughter was so afraid they would arrest her for child neglect :laugh: . I have an embarrassing story of locking myself out while in my pj`s on Thanksgiving morning one year:embarassed: , but I have no time to tell it now!

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

Hugs,
DeeDee in cloudy gray NC:frown:

Just got back from my morning walk. and yes you better believe I made sure I had my keys today!

My husband was impressed and thought I was very resourceful too. but determined was more like it.

Gotta hurry, I've got to go & pick up my helpers in about 30 min.

Cindy

Just got DGS up from his lunchtime nap. He sleeps for 2 hours, so cue for me to have a nap on the sofa! I think DH dozed off for a bit as well. He has been doing the bulk of the minding, crawling about on the floor today pushing farm tractors back and forward. I just do the Funny Faces sticker book.:laugh: :bigsmile:

We had an expedition to the local shop today, stopping to smell every flower and touch every leaf. Some workmen were digging a hole - great excitement! It's a Turkish community round here so we had a wonderful time choosing flatbreads, olives, hummus, falafels and strawberries for lunch. I had to resist the delicious flatbreads stuffed with minced meat. :sad: The bread is to die for - I had one small piece!

DDIL will be back from work and her scan in a few minutes when we will pack up and run for the trains. Hope to be home by 6.30.
Next week DGS is coming to stay with us so we might get a better night's sleep. Anything less than a superking is too small these days! And I had to climb over DH to get out in the night for the bathroom. Too old for all that.

Katla- I used to be almost crippled in the morning, taking ages to loosen up. Getting up in the night was a major expedition. It is much better now with the lost weight, but I don't exactly bounce out of bed!!!

See you later folks, I'm needed for a round of Old Macdonald.:laugh:

Heather in North London, UK

Hi there, happy Tues!

Just have a sec to pop in, I'm about to start shucking corn and prepare it for the freezer, then tackle the 3 gallons of huckleberries we picked over the weekend on our annual excursion to Mt. Adams in WA. They'll need a quick rinse to remove the few leaves and stems, then a quick dry with a towel, and into the freezer they go. Made huckleberry muffins yesterday, I'll make a batch of jam this morning, too, if I have time before going to work.

Showing huckleberries in my pic, in case you didn't know what they looked like.

The gardens are producing like mad, millions of raspberries, corn, squash, beans, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, greens, broccoli, red cabbage, celery, carrots, potatoes, scallions and leeks. Yikes, I'll be busy for a couple of months!

Needing to restart my Phase 2 plan - the weekend of camping caused me to take a bit of a wrong turn. :blushing: Then I had to go and make those muffins yesterday! Silly. But yummy!! I can have just ONE today, that's it. And no other bread at all.

Good day to all,

jb in Portland