WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013

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

Good afternoon all,

Made it to yoga, but slept in too late for tai chi.....which really is awesome, given my usual difficulty sleeping! Of course everyone wanted to go to IHOP afterward; think I did pretty well there and by the time we were done talking it was afternoon. Then on to the grocery store.

Have Pandora selecting tunes as I type this---just heard Ray Charles do "Georgia on my Mind"........one of my favs, now it's on Patsy Cline or Brenda Lee; earlier had it on the mid 60's English groups, then Motown........what can I say

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I like it all!!! Now on to June and Johnny Cash.

Michele.......I'll keep an eye out for those skinny licorice whips and let you know; really sounds like just what you need

Heather..........totally agree with you on loving this very special supportive friendly place; and YAY!!! on your clear report!!!

Sandy.........You have to read "The Art of Racing in the Rain"........I've had people tell me it was the best book they ever read; certainly in my top ten!!! Great for you making it to the Y. Hope you continue to enjoy it. YAY!!!! on the loss!!

Sylvia...........YAY!!! on the smaller sizes!

Vicki and Meg...........hope you guys cool off a bit soon

Bye for now
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic............warm and sunny

Well, I have had a great chance to put my new happiness resolution to the test today!:grumble: Next door carried on with the drilling and hammering all day, despite it being a Saturday and glorious weather when you would want to sit in the garden. We went out to shop and they were blocking up our driveway when we got back. Eventually at 6pm they left and then out of my window I saw some people setting up tents in the field opposite. This turned into a full scale party! Music, the lot! It is still going on as I write. I kept on breathing and telling myself about my new happiness and that I was glad to have another chance at life. (It is really helping just writing this) Still feel very wound up, but I hope I'm going to cope and get through the night. Can you believe how inconsiderate people can be! Last year the same farmer let his field out to another party. This is a residential area. Well, I am trying to look at it as an opportunity to practice detachment and serenity!!! I am currently shut in my bedroom with all the doors and windows shut, watching a vvety loud and violent French film.:laugh:
Thanks for listening!:flowerforyou:

At the shop I bought a nice exercise t shirt in a light purple and some new joggers in a size 12 UK! They do create a bit of a roll of fat at the waist, but I hope to lose a bit of that. My first 12s for 23 years! DH bought loads of new stuff and I persuaded him tobuy a medium instead of a large to show off his figure a bit more. He has been lifting my dumbbells! :laugh:

Joyce - hope things get better soon for your sister.

Sylvia - well done on the pants! How great that you are now rocking your smaller body!:flowerforyou: :drinker:

OK , so here's hoping I can take a deep breath and keep counting my blessings. Thank you Barbie for showing me how to track down my August goals. I will post the Sept ones tomorrow.

Love to all , Heather UK

Paula,
I'm new here too, but everybody seems so nice.

My butt hurts all the time too. I need one of those forever comfy cushions or something.

Congrats on losing so much weight!

Sylvia in Kansas

Hi, folks. I needed to come back this afternoon for a bit of imspiration or something. I am just about ready to eat my way through my kitchen. Don't know what the trigger is today, but I needed to put it out in writing.

Sandy- Go to bookbub.com They have books for three types of e readers. Some of them are free, and the most expensive on the site is $3.99. Some of the books are worth reading, some aren't. Great job on the weight loss! Dancing the happy dance in your honor! :drinker:

Sylvia- Size 20 yoga pants! :flowerforyou: That is wonderful! Isn't it fun to find treasures in your own closet!

Vicki- I am right there with you trying to learn the "In God's Time" thing; I am very pushy! I would not care if Bill ate snacks after I cleaned the kitchen if he would only realize that he, too, is physicall & mentally capable of washing them off & putting them in the dishwasher! Of course, he has neither the physical nor mental capability to change the empty toilet paper roll, the empty paper towel roll or put his shoes someplace other than just inside the door! Why do we love these guys?

Paula from California- Welcome! :flowerforyou: Yes, you may join, it's free and it is 'the more the merrier" ! I can not tell you what to do about hard chairs because that particular problem will never be mine! God seemed to pad me a little extra down there cuz he knew what a little imp I was going to be as a child! :bigsmile:

Sylvia in Kansas- Welcome! :flowerforyou:

I have a question for you all. I have to take a salad of some sort to a potluck on Monday. ( There will be two of us there who can not do gluten) I am bored, bored, bored w/ all of the old stand-bys, and you know how much I dislike those nasty leafy greens, do any of you have any suggestions/recipes I could try?

Ok- I am going to go out into the yard and yell at the weeds or something. Take care, my friends.

Pat

Hey all,
well I overate again:grumble: what the heck is wrong with me.. I am finishing the day with a cup of tea, and then more water
Pat- I dont have the recipe but there is a neat salad that I tried at a baby shower,that is broccoli slaw,ramen noodles,sunflower seeds and some type of dressing, but forgot you cant do gluten so thats out, sorry:blushing:
I am sitting icing my foot again,I didnt do a whole heck of alot today, did go to the gym,and did a few things around the house, but this darn heel is so freakin bothersom
I have a feeling that I might have to get a second shot, as much as I dont want to, I have to do something, and maybe get some pain medication too:huh:

Pat(phoo) You might want to try this. I am pretty sure it is gluten-free. Chop up two apples, I like to do one red and one green. Add two stalks of celery chopped. One half cup dried cranberries and one half cup of pecans. I sometimes use the candied ones. Use vanilla yogurt for dressing. Stir it all together and voila! I have taken this to choir potlucks and it has gone over quite well. Sue in SD

Happy dance for Sylvia!!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou: My daughter and I went shopping recently to get me some more size 16, started out in 20s, and the 16s were to big!!!! It is such a wonderful feeling.

Paula I think that is the $64,000 question. I would have loved to be able retain some of my tush but it seems to be dropping more and more. I just buy more pillows to sit on!

I went up to see my sister this afternoon. She has been on the hospital now going on 24 hours and still has not been seen by the on call doctor. She looks good, i stopped by and looked at her heart monitor and this cardiac nurse was satisfied with what I saw except the rate is to low. I thought she was on one of the B/P medicines that make your heart rate go down but she isn't.

Joyce

Hi Everyone,

Today I had a picnic with my 3 ½ year old son at a nearby creek…we ate our lunch on a rock with our feet in the water, sweet! There were no other people and listening to the sounds of the running water was peaceful. We then waded for a couple hours; exploring, going through “tree tunnels” and keeping cool…it is so delightful seeing the world through a child’s eyes. I also enjoy my quiet time…his naptime. :laugh:

Every day when I log my food and exercise, I read everyone’s posts, and although I don’t always have time to respond in writing I “reply” in my thoughts. Keep on posting! :flowerforyou:

I am thinking about my September goals.

Terri, from sunny southern Oregon

Meg - when we lived in PA, the pool there at the Y was usually closed the week before Labor day, too. Not down here (thank goodness). I'm not sure when their maintenance is, but I hope its sometimes in summer so I can use my pool. Now that I think of it, I'm thinking that it's not in the summertime. Not sure why

Sandy - I've been a member of a Y since Brayn was in first grade, and he's now 27. I'm sure you'll do fine. I love water classes at the Y, especially in the summer. One thing I've found, tho is that when I'm sweating, it's hard for me to tell if that's because I'm working hard or if I'm having a hot flash....lol I know that when I'm in the water, many times I push myself, sometimes I even modify the exercises to make them more challenging. Congrats on the teriffic weight loss

Well, off to go into my pool. Later ladies.

grandmalle and Heather - add me to the list of "the sound of the waves is enough". To me, THAT's very relaxing. Guess that's why I love floating in the pool with the waterfall on.

grandmalle - I only "officially" weigh myself once/week. However, I do take the body test on the Wii every day and I can certainly see changes in my weight, one day up one day down.

Pat - after the river rock, we need to work on the front yard. Put in landscape lights, a lawn (the year this house was built NC had a BAD drought so they couldn't put in a lawn), Vince wants to extend the drainage pipes. I really don't like the rose bush by the garage (why would someone put a rose bush there? Roses have thorns, you get a new car and put it in the garage. The thorns scratch). I also don't like the crepe myrtle tree by the garage. I want something that blooms EARLY. I get so tired of winter and welcome spring so I need a sign of spring. Some of the bushes in the front have to go, they look so pathetic. We got those "cheapie" gloves for work, you know, the ones that are 3 to a pack but they are something like $5. They may be cheap, but they are durable (to some extent). I'm not so sure Vince knows how to take things out to the recycling bin. Actually, I know he knows how to, he just continues to put them in the can in the house and waits for me to empty the can into the recycle bin.

Meg - I must have missed something. What happened to your basement?

Joyce - vent all you want to. I can't believe it took that long for your sister to be seen!

Sylvia - You rock, girl! I say to give those shirts away, you don't neeed them.

Vicki - this isn't really a pet peeve of mine, but if I have dishes in the sink that need to go into the dishwasher, Vince will put his dishes into the dishwasher but not the ones in the sink. Maybe he's afraid that they don't belong in the dishwasher. Did that guy at work who sang "happy birthday" to you know that your dad used to sing it to you every year?

yanniejannie - thanks so much for looking for those licorice whips for me. That "ladder" and "steps" are really the hardest parts because the licorice doesn't stay bent over, but if I can get something that'll bend, I'll definitely be using it. Just let me know the manufacturer and any other info you can find out. Hope I can get them by me. Do you know that I can't get black string (shoelace) licorice? I was making something (I think a cat cake and needed it for the whiskers) and couldn't find black string licorice anywhere near here. I did find it in Charlotte, tho. But I'm not about to travel that distance just for string licorice.

Paula - welcome. Come relax with us. Unfortunately, when you lose weight, it comes off where your body wants it to come off.

Pat - at rummikub this month the gal asked me to make a broccoli salad. Actually, if the guy with the great corn is at the farmer's market., I'm going to ask her if I can bring corn on the cob instead. You can get broccoli just about any time during the year, but you can't get corn on the cob all the time. She said that she's planning to make baked ziti. Wish it was something else. I'm not real crazy about pasta. Plus, I know that baked ziti is something quite easy to make. Honestly, I'd prefer to have just a turkey sandwich but I don't want to rain on her. It's nice of her to volunteer to host.

Today started out by going to the farmer's market. This guy with really sweet corn was there so much to Vince's dismay, I got 2 more dozen. Afterwards, I went to CVS and used my coupon then on to the Y for yoga. We returned a table and chars we'd borrowed for the party (that really didn't get used) and I gave them 6 ears of corn. Came home and cooked the corn (so the sugars don't turn to starch) and cut up a watermelon that I got. It's sweet, too. That guy had sweet cantaloupe and now watermelon, but his corn wasn't all that good. Then it was so hot Vince stayed in the house and took a nap while I went into the pool. To me, it's just so very relaxing to be floating around. Later in the afternoon we started working outside only it sprinkled so we stopped, we weren't sure if it was going to rain harder or what. So I went to church so that we can get started early tomorrow. Came home, make more of the chocolate bran muffins. If Jessica comes down this weekend, I do have 2 pieces of london broil that I would like to get out of the freezer and some lobster tails. I'm thinking that I'll make a keylime pie (not good on the calories) and some low fat oatmeal raisin cookies (good on calories). I'm a bit hesitant to make them too far in advance because they are so good that I eat them. I don't want to have the temptation. made some more chocolate bran muffins and just finished making some tomato soup to have

Don't know why, but my eyes are burning me. Going to get off the computer. Hope everyone has a great evening. See ya in Sept (OMG)

Michele in NC

The doctor just now left!!!! After 28 hours of being in the hospital she was finally seen. Ultrasound of the heart tomorrow.

Joyce