WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013

Joyce - I am so much like you. I'm a visual person. I need to see things, not just tell me. Vince will say something like "oh, give me 1" to 2" rocks". That doesn't make any sense to me. But one time he said "golf ball sized rocks". Now that's something that I can see in my head. Same with lots of other things, I need to actually see it

Renny - how wonderful is it that you made the fish? You know, I bet even if you had had your hubby's bacon and beans, you wouldn't have enjoyed it and your stomach might even have felt "yuk". I know now that bacon in salads, etc. really doesn't excite me one bit. I'd rather taste the vegetables, not the bacon. To me, it doesn't add anything to the salad. And I live in the South where BBQ is king, bacon is on lots, and lots are deep fried. They seem to think (I found this out the hard way) that "a little butter" translates into "we'll use 1/4 pound rather than the 1/2 pound we normally use"

Well, it rained a bit last night so the area behind the equipment pad is going to be muddy. that area is in the shade so much that it's hard to dry out. Anyway, what that means is that I'll go to the Humane Society, then probably get more chocolate chips, go to the deep water class, on the way home stop at CVS and get Vince's prescription, give Loki his med. If we're not working outside until later in the day, I need to go to PetSmart to get Lance & Shadow more food. I didn't realize they would run out so quickly. Tomorrow is the farmer's market and then yoga

Nancy - Lance is one of Jessica's cats. The other one is Shadow. Wish they got along with other cats, tho. Just with each other. Actually, I think (god forbid) if something were to happen to Shadow., Lance would interact more with our cats.

Oh, someone (I don't remember who) was talking about bug bites and itching, I remember I suggested the AfterBite. Another thing you can do, and this is just temporarily, is put your blowdryer on the itch. Get it as hot as you can possibly stand it. When we first heard this, we tried it and couldn't understand why it worked. Then we found out. The theory is that the heat releases the histamines that cause you to itch. So if you need a few hours itch-free (like if you're going to sleep), put your blow dryer on it.

Nancy - honestly, I don't know where I'd find the time to do cardio multiple times a day. I'm lucky to find the hour in the morning. Here I'll say it...but I bet it doesn't happen. Maybe thing'll slow down in the winter. But you know how it goes..the holidays and all will get in the way so I'm not optimistic at all

grandmalle - you are such a busy lady. Could it be that you don't take in enough calories? Why would you need a shot when you don't want it. Can't you refuse it?

jane - good for you losing those inches. That means so much more than a number on the scale

Sue in TX - It's so frustrating when you can't use your glasses. I just went thru that. While exercising, even tho I had them off, one of my lenses fell out. Fortunately, I had an old pair of glasses. Not the right prescription. As a matter of fact, by the time I got to the store to get my glasses fixed, I was starting to have a headache. But they were able to fix them quite well. We think the party was a success. We were surprised at how many people went not only on the slide but in the pool.

Pat - I'm so glad you got to talk to yuour sister. How nice of you to take your friend to the beauty shop! Very sweet thing to do

Joyce - happy anniversary!

Katla - glad you had a good time at the concert. What Labor Day activies do you have planned?

yanniejannie - I'm not sure that I know what the "skinny licorice whips" are. Who's the manufacturer?

sylvia - I'm with you, I so much prefer "talking" to mature women. Hope your son is OK. That was very nice of you to drive him, but then again, I know you wouldn't say "no"

Heather - what WONDERFUL news!!!!

Joyce - so sorry about your sister.

Sue in SD - I so admire your commitment to doing whatever is necessary to get back to where you were. You need to be applauded for that.

Well, this morning started out going to the Humane Society to give them my aluminum. Then I stopped at one store to get chocolate chips, didn't realize that the mini-chips were also on sale so I got those instead. Then went to deep water, stopped at CVS to get Vince's prescription and used my coupon to get him milk, went to the petstore to get Lance & Shadow's food (I didn't realize it went so fast. Me thinks Loki is going in there and eating their food....lol), had lunch then Vince and I worked outside. It's real slow going working at the equipment pad. Guess we were out there for about 4 hours, came in, had dinner, went to Lowe's Hardware to get more blocks (we think we need 7 more so we got 8 just to be on the safe side) and salt for the pool and they finally had Vince's work gloves so we got those too. Now home and just checking in.

Tomorrow is the farmers market then I plan to do some yoga

Love coming in here.

Wish I had more time. Love to everyone

Michele in NC

Heather - what great news! I'm doing a little happy dance for you :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I'm back from the Y. It wasn't too busy tonight so we got a really good tour. Unfortunately they are closing the pool for 2 weeks starting on Monday. hmph, oh well, I can get in 1 aquafit class in on Sunday. They have 2 different change rooms, the regular one and one they call the "plus" room. The plus room (of course you pay extra for) includes your towels, spring water, a lounge, a sauna, a whirlpool, shampoo/conditioner, hair dryers & flat irons. I did the math and it would cost more to have the regular change room and wash our towels. I live in an apartment so I pay for washing & drying. We are going to start our 1 week trial tomorrow morning and then next weekend it looks like we are going to sign up. I am a bit nervous because I don't do well in crowds.

Tomorrow is weigh in day and then I guess we will head over to the Y. My DD is so excited to do this.

I have to get to bed, last night was a rough night.

G'nite and I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.

Sandy from ON

Bump to find my place.

Good Friday evening.

After lawn bowling this morning DBF and I did our grocery shopping this afternoon. I was surprised how empty the store was. It takes us longer to pay on regular Friday's than it did today.

Then I spent late afternoon and some time after supper working on my lace. Almost at the fourth corner and feel that it is going well, so far.

Picking a few tomatoes every day. I think I need to pinch out the growing tips of a couple of the plants as they are so big - covered in tomatoes but they aren't ripening very quickly -perhaps too much energy is going in to growing the plant and making more flowers.

This evening we have had some rain. While I was waiting for DBF to go for supper I used the watering can to water the front lawn which is under a very large tree. It was already raining at that point, and except for filling the watering can I was under the tree and keeping dry. The ground it so dry that the water wasn't soaking in. I thought that perhaps if I wetted the ground, when it started raining properly, that the rain would soak in and not run off. Had thunderboomers and lots of lightning after we got home.

That's all the news that's fit to print. Goodnight all.

well I ended up taking 1/2 a pain pill and that helped tremendously, im up having lemon water and off to the gym...
I will keep plugging along,but just disgusted with myself i am back up at 157 and a few ounces, have been like this for a week or so. I know there are times when this happens ,I guess I am taking in to much sugar and processed stuff, will cut down. and maybe not enough water. The darn scale isnt moving in the right direction:grumble:
cloudy and muggy here today..
anyone hitting the seashore this weekend,think of me and soak it up for me please:bigsmile:

Good Morning, my Friends,

I will warn you right now that my brain and fingers do not seem to be connected today, so the typing may be 'creative'.

Grandmallie- Would it give you a bit of an emotional break if you only weighed yourself once or twice a week? I am glad that you took that pain pill. If it gets too bad, then it takes so much longer to recover your calmness. However, if it hurts, you are still working it too hard, probably.

Sandy- I am so proud of you for going to the Y. The pool will reopen, and you will really enjoy the special services you are going to pay extra to use. It sounds like a very nice Y.

Michelle- When we buy work gloves for Bill, we always buy at least 3 pair of leather gloves because he is so hard on them. Of course, we also have to find the XL ones because his hands are so big! (size 14 ring!) I bet your DH goes through gloves just as quickly as Bill does. That river rock has to be difficult to work with. So, when you get the river rock done, what is the next big project?

Today is a two-meeting day, so I will be out of the house most of the day. That will keep from just sitting and reading. I realized that with the easy access of my Kindle to the Amazon bookstore, I bought & read 22 books in August. I think I need to start going to the library!

For today: breakfast: lite yogurt & blueberries; 1 slice toast w/ Pb2 & honey
lunch: salad (?)
supper: something fishy w/ vegies

I need to go to the grocery store today. My cupboards and fridge are pretty empty. I did go in yesterday to pick up some fruit for my little friend, but I did no shopping for myself. What I did notice while I was there is that almost every other person was buying beer, wine, hard liquor! Not just one bottle but cases of beer, six packs of wine, multiple bottles of booze. I may have even already told you about this, but I am still thinking about it! I guess it drove home the truth about how many seniors become problem drinkers after retirement. I am sad about this.

Ok- I had better get going. Have a great Saturday!

Pat

Hello ladies: I notice several of you are bemoaning the closing of pools for cleaning. Having worked in the aquatics industry I can tell you this is normal. Pools all over routinely close at this time of year for cleaning and repair. And you must remember that water that is in those pools with small additions of course has been there for a year. It is time for a change. And just think how fresh and clean the water will be when they do reopen not to mention more healthy for all those using it. Tell your pool maintenance staff thanks for keeping their pools up to standard.

I have the house to myself this morning. We thought the contractor would be done rebuilding our back porch yesterday but they did not quite get done even though they stayed until dark. They will be back on Tuesday. It will be so nice to have that done.

No special plans for the weekend. Kind of wishing the pools were open myself but it is supposed to cool off here so I am looking forward to that. Maybe I will get some yardwork done.

Sending healing angels to all who need them, and congratulations to those with successes. Sue in SD

Renny – that's awesome that you can have your wine and still be under your calories...that takes planning :happy:

Heather – I totally agree with you, sharing our struggles & our successes makes this a great community of women. I think it offers a support system that is very unique.

Grandmallie – I'm with you on the crowded beaches too. As I get older I find I just like the serenity of peace & quiet. I live minutes from Lake Ontario, not that I would swim in that lake but the beach is really nice but extremely crowded so I don't go often

Pat – Good for you going to the meetings today! Wow 22 books? So now I know who to turn to for recommendation on books. I can read at work when it's really slow (which happens a lot) so I thought I went through a lot of books but no where near 22.

Meg – I plan my meals out on the weekends, I'm fairly sure I could enter all my food for the week in my diary and be done with it. It lets me play with it so I can stay within my goals. I hope you get some rain tonight

Sue – I agree...time to thank the pool maintenance staff. I was just disappointed because I am just starting at the Y and love to swim. Oh well it's still open until Monday so I will try the water aerobics tomorrow and it will be open again in 2 weeks.

Well I did it! I went to the Y this morning, signed up for a 1 week trial and I walked the track and used the stationary bike. My DD walked with me and then went off to use the elliptical while I was on the bike. If only I could figure out how to use my mp3 player :noway: . I didn't have my reading glasses so I couldn't read the screen and couldn't get the music going. Oh well, the bike I was on overlooked the pool so I watched the kids taking their lessons and listen to the music of the zumba class. Tomorrow I will try the water aerobics and I'll sit in the whirlpool, my knees will be happy about that.

We had quite the storm last night, the thunder rattled the windows. Its cloudy today, threatening rain but very hot & humid...ick. This afternoon is meal planning.

Have a great day everyone :drinker:

Sandy from ON

Happy sat.Got some much needed rain last night and today.sun is trying to come out.A lot cooler 80 vs 90+Didn`t get to my friends funeral,hubby working and a 1-2 hour ride.I said my good byes yesterday.
Joyce,so sorry about your sister.
Everyone sending hugs
Luv u all
jane

Good morning ladies from still HOT Nebraska. Does sound like tomorrow it is to cool off and only be 86. I am feeling alot better, I had been worried about a problem this week and it was really stressing me out. Well God answered prayer and things worked out. I just have to work on the waiting on God part. I want things done now. They also brought out the samples of siding so we can pick out to have the house and garage done. I can't beleive how long this is dragging out. Since they can not match the siding we have they have to do the whole house and garage. Been waiting for the go ahead from the insuarance company and got that so hoping it moves along now. Sounds like most of you are busy for the holiday weekend. DH and I are both working this weekend and I am off Monday, but he works so we are staying close to home. We are dog sitting for DS's pug. She is almost 10 and so laid back. Our dog Toby just loves having another dog around. I keep thinking we need to get another one for him, but I want to waite until this Fall or maybe later Just don't feel right about it yet. Can't believe today is the last day of August. I made about 4 1\2 of my 7 goals for the month. I am trying to think about them for September.

Pat- You are a women after my own heart. I agree that grandmallie does a GREAT job of taking care of DH. They all need a kick in the pants once in awhile. My pet peeve is I will get the dishes done and kitchen cleaned up and my DH then thinks he needs a snack. He then dirtys some dishes. Drives me nuts. Congrates on being able to talk to sister. When you said you sang Happy Birthday on her answering machine, reminded me, my dad used to call me every year the day after my birthday( he could not remember it was the 2 not the 3) and he would sing Happy Birthday when I answered the phone. First year he was gone I got so depressed and didn't say anything to anyone, but that day when I got to work a guy I work with sang it to me. He had never done it before or since, but I felt it was my dad remembering my Birthday. You are not werid, I know what you mean about buying smaller size clothes. I find it hard to believe I am smaller.

Michele- love the cake, I wish I could things like that. I have an idea in my mind but what I make looks nothing like it.

Cheryl-- What a terrible thing for you and your son. So glad you found out and are dealing with it. I hope the police track them down. With all these young kids having phones and computers it scares me that people will try and do things like that.

Meg-- hope you get some rain from that cloud. It is so HOT and doesn't sound like we are to get rain for several days yet. Where I work is in the old part of the hospital and they built the tower down the hall from us. Well the heating and air in this part got all messed up with the constuction and so we bake in summer and freeze in winter. They did put a portable AC in here for the summer but will not let us have a space heater as they say its not safe.

Katla-- Glad you had a good trip with DS and DDIL. Congrates on the NSV with plank.

Patceoh- Good Luck on the stress test. The flu shot alread? . The hospital makes us have them or we can not work. They have a nurse that comes around gives them. I guess I don't mind but within a week of getting mine I loose my voice for acouple days. Means I can't work as can't answer phone or page codes if can't talk.

grandmallie-- Great Wal-mart find. I don't have the patience and I don't like to shop. I have a co-worker that is good at finds like that and then she will buy all they have. She is a bit of a pack rat. But I have learned if I am looking for something I ask her first as most the time she will have atleast one. And if she hears of someone in need she will give it all away. She likes the hunt the most.

Heather-- Great new on the doctor. Enjoy your jacket. Please post a picture as since I don't know alot about clothes not sure what it is. I had mixed feelings about giving my bagging stuff away. DH dropped them off while I was at work and that worked. Hope your neighbors are about done with there work. So nice of them to share the noise LOL.

Sylvia-- Welcome. What part of Kansas do you live? DH and I have family in Kansas City and Narka. In fact we have a wedding at Narka. Glad you are getting to spend time with DS and family.

Jane--Hugs and Prayers to you and your friends family. I think when it is people we have grown up with it hits harder as it reminds us how easy life can change.

Sandy-- Fantastic news for DH. Sorry about your glasses breaking, glad that you could get them fixed DH went and had his eyes checked acouple weeks ago and got new ones. Our co-pay was $286. I need to have mine done so working that into the budget for next month.

Joyce--Glad yur deal with your toes came out well. Here they have to send anything that comes from a body to the lab. Seems silly to me, but thats the rules. I don't want needles anywhere near me let alone my feet. Happy 41st Anniversary. That is something to be proud of and I think over the years DH and I have become more friends then before. We love each other just become comfortable and trusting with each other.

Well ladies time to get some work done. So enjoy the rest of August and be checking in tomorrow.

Blessed! Vicki in HOT GI NE