WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2013

Sylvia - Good luck! I don't like my turtle wattle either nor my saggy arms, but the I remind myself I am 64 and grateful to be alive after some near deaths. Sometimes I think it is a blessing not to have been born beautiful as I don't think it makes you happy and you mourn the passing of the years even more.

Let us know as soon as youcan how you are.:flowerforyou:

Hi MFP friends! I had a wonderful Christmas with our best friends, DD#1 and her BF, DD#2, and the emergency back up kid.

My DH is the best….we agreed to stick to a strict budget this year and I did. But then I got a digital camera. Then he opened a box of chocolates to him from Santa, and wanted me to have one. I declined, but he picked one out and said “You really should have this”. I was about to decline again, when I saw it was wrapped and shaped oddly. So I opened it up and low and behold…a LeVain chocolate diamond ring! It is gorgeous. How sweet and clever of him!

My huge prime rib was delicious and my two new never-before-tried side dishes were both hits. I didn’t log but was very careful with portions, even having only 1/16 of a pecan pie, so I think I did pretty well.

Renny: Hope all your company arrived safely!

Gail: new baby on the way for your family! How exciting!

Heather: I imagine the baby was over stimulated with all the holiday goings-on. So kind of you to give her parents a break!

Jfenner: I bet you are right about the bras! I never thought of that!

Sylvia: your Christmas day sounds so moving! Hug away~!

Rori: so glad you have been able to enjoy a quiet day after all the stress. My prayers and good thoughts to your and family on the death of your BIL.

Joyce; I’m glad you were able to enjoy your family and you are looking forward to another day of reunion

Grandmallie: sounds like you had a lot of restraint! Good for you! I have not heard the word “lanai” for years and years…since I left Hawaii.

Barbie: glad you got to enjoy a fun day!

Michele: you are so busy; I hope you get some time to rest!

Cynthia: good for you to take time for yourself!

Deb: I have always wanted to try cross country skiing. Tell me what you wear. We are going to buy some good outdoor winter wear and I’m not quite sure what to get. We have the good coats, but what about pants/tops?

Margaret: Sledding! How fun!

Katla: that technology is grand, isn’t it?

Dr.Katie: such a good attitude! That will serve you well!

Jane: so sorry you got a cold for Christmas! Glad you had all your babies near!

Gwen: that is good advice for everyone; move at your own pace!

Well I was taking a little break from the book and now must get back to it. Take care all, Meg from Omaha where it is nice and sunny!

Hello my lovelies

I wanted to wish you all a belated merry Christmas. I wanted to get on before now, but Christmas followed in the way the rest of the year has been. Highs and lows. Christmas eve was not good. My eldest daughter had a miscarriage, she was only nine weeks, very upsetting. We were all excited as we thought that both my daughters would be having babies next year. Not to be. My youngest daughter couldn't come over from Germany as she is expecting our new grand-daughter in a few weeks time. It was the first time ever that I haven't spent Christmas with all three of my children. Still, we spent the day with my darling, darling, darling grand-twins. They are three (can you believe it!!) and were such a joy with all their excitement. Tiring for my poor daughter who at least came out of hospital in time for santa to arrive.

So, a mixture of emotions. To be honest, I've shed a lot of tears over the last couple of weeks, ever since coming back from Germany. My promise to myself for next year is to try to be a little less emotional if possible.

I truly hope you have all had a good time and enjoy the remaining days of 2013. Love to you all.

Amanda x

Sylvia.......my thoughs are with you tomorrow......hope all goes smoothly......

Rori.........my condolences on your loss; buying food was a lovely, practical gesture!

Heather .........glad DGD decided to be soothed and settle down

Barbie..........love the graphics!!!

meg......Diamonds are always welcome!!! Enjoy it!

Katla..........your day sounded lovely

Our day was very quiet........gifts were exchanged, my oddest one was a milk frother........something I never heard of, let alone knew I needed, but DD swears it will change my life (or at least my hot chocolate). The beef tenderloin was a hit. Also had garlic mashed potatoes, cranberry relish, cole slaw,cresent rolls, and peas

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pretty basic and simple. Went to the folk dance get together which was a mistake, whenever I think I'm just about better with this crud, it knocks me down again.........came home with chills/temp and just couldn't get warm.......trotted back to dr. today, now have Doxy for a week. On the plus side, I have no appetite.

Drove over to put out Gwen's meds for the week tonight; they are becoming less complicated again, so maybe I'll be able to turn that duty back to her. Going to take my cough med and conk out.

Best to all,
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic, cloudy and cold!!!

Gail - yea, I have those fruit cravings, too. A friend I have who always sends me a gift (and I her one) usually sent me a bottle of wine. Well, Vince and I aren't big wine drinkers at all so it would just sit on the shelf. Finally, I told her that I really loved fruit so now every year she sends me a fruit tower. This year there are apples and pears. Oh, there are some other things, candies and all. A lot of it I'm just going to donate to the soup kitchen. My stomach feels so "yukky" and I want to get these cookies out of the house. But gotta save them for when Jess and Kris get here this weekend. I'm going to send some home with her and then just have the ones that Vince'll eat. My stomach feels so "yukky". I feel like Cookie Monster at the end of Christmas Eve on Sesame Street when he eats the Christmas tree and then goes "oohhh". Vince loves anything key lime. I'd love that recipe, too

Margaret - that was so nice of you to shovel your neighbor's walkways! Glad you had fun sledding. I haven't been sledding in years and years. When we lived in the Poconos, the kids were really too little, then we moved to Kennett Square where the sledding isn't that great (if at all) and now we're in NC where the sledding is nonexistent unless you go into the mountains.

Getting things cleaned up, Jessica will be back tomorrow, going to have another Christmas with Kris. But this time, I'm going to try to watch it. Well...it happened. I went a bit over 140. Well, I know that'll come off. Made the shortbread cookies that Jessica liked last year. Let's hope she likes them again this year. I personally didn't think they were all that great mainly because it's a mix. Took Denise to the airport. Wish I could see her more than three days out of the year. Jessica went back, left her cats here since she'll be back tomorrow. I'll give Lance his insulin tonight and tomorrow.

katla - technology is wonderful, isn't it? Wish I understood it more, but then again, that's why I have Vince....lol

Sylvia - a grandmother that doesn't hug her grandchild??? When I have grandchildren (in the next century, thank you very much), they'll get so many kisses and hugs they won't know what to do with them all. Good luck to you tomorrow.

Sylvia - I don't like my stomach, wish it was flatter. HATE, absolutely hate, a muffin top.

barbie - how I hear ya about wanting simple eating. I did log my food today, just went over by a little (only 25 cals). Had shirataki noodles for dinner (wanted something plain) and I think I'll have them again tomorrow. Of course, tomorrow night Jess and Kris come here (but not for dinner)

Did an hour of a DVD by Brooke Burke (I forget the complete title). I did it in the afternoon, usually I exercise in the morning. There were things that I knew I could do, but I just felt so "heavy" like I had too much on my stomach, to do it all. Actually, I got that DVD for Christmas so I needed to make sure that it was OK. I one time got a taichi DVD and didn't watch it for a while. There was a pixel problem but because it was so late I couldn't return it. Tomorrow I'm planning to go to the Y and do a spinning downloadable workout.

Meg - what a wonderful gift!!! Glad your dinner turned out delish. You did well having only a small piece of pie

For some reason, I feel very tired right now. Probably because I had that not-so-good foods (pie, cookies). I did find that having nuts is good, especially pistachios in the shell. They take a while to shell so you wind up eating fewer

Allison - drive safely. I'm always sad when I have to leave FL, too. But on the bright side, I'll wave to ya as you go thru NC so that's something you can look forward to!!!!!

Amanda - I'm so very sorry for your daughter. And on christmas Eve no less! Those twins are ALREADY 3! OK - now how in the world did they get older when I didn't??? HUH?????

Michele from NC

Amanda sending hugs to you and your daughter and Rori sorry for your loss

:sick: Jane sorry you have a cold, dreadful things! I have been coughing all night and feel crummy again! Seems there are lots of bugs about - DGS felt unwell on Christmas Day, DS and partner left early to take him home. I think it was mainly the excitement of the day, plus he was up extra early too. He was fine the next day thank goodness.

:flowerforyou: Love to everyone, hope the weather is being kind to you. It's wild and windy here, but we have had it easy compared to people down south - still flooding and power cuts in lots of places.

:frown: I ache with all the coughing, so I'm going to take some meds and go for a lie down - hmm so much for getting steps on my new Fitbit, but hey ho at least I am not eating too much :bigsmile: I've been logging my sleep and if I have set the Fitbit correctly, I woke up 24 times last night - I know I came down to sleep on the settee around 3 o clock and that was when I had most sleep before getting up at 5:15.

:flowerforyou: Have a good day dear friends - Friday I think - I've lost track.

Chat again soon x

Viv in wild, windy and wet York UK

Good Morning,

Amanda Prayers for your family.:flowerforyou:

Viv healing thoughts:flowerforyou:

Something for me today. We are off to do my favorite holiday activity Como Conservatory. The picture of me was taken last spring a this place.

Have a wonderful day.


Margaret

TGIF~~gonna take a rest day.Feel lousy with this cold.
Hope everyone is ok.
HUGS
jane

Riblondie: Welcome! This is a great and supportive group. Thanks for letting us know you're from RI. We have people from all over and it is fun to learn about different parts of the country and world. We also have people with different physical challenges. Persistence pays off. You can change your health for the better.:flowerforyou:

Katla in foggy NW Oregon

Hello all. I'm out of the procedure. It went well, but afterwards, when they removed the sheath I developed a massive hematoma. The nurse told the doctor it was the size of a volleyball. Six people were holding pressure, they were preparing to send me to the OR, the doctor came running, but it started to go down on its own and my hemoglobin levels looked good, so they cancelled the OR. They did a sonogram, so we are waiting for somebody to officially read it, but I heard the sonographer tell the nurse practitioner that it looked good. I have an ice pack on it now and have to lie still for another four hours. I'm purple from my mid abdomen to my knee front and back.

I'm never EVER doing this again. I don't care what happens. This doctor doesn't like to use the magic dissolving sleeve that made the last cath so much better. So, during the procedure he decided he would do it anyway, but where the puncture was right up against the bone he couldn't do it after all. He said don't worry, we have a special team to do the sheath removals, and they're really good at it. Lucky me. I'd hate to see what would have happened with less skilled people doing it.

So, I may still get out of the hospital late this afternoon, but we are going to spend another night in the hotel and drive home in the morning.

I hope everybody is having a great day.

Sylvia

Ps: by the way, they said the sheath removal fiasco was complicated by the amount of loose skin from weight loss. :sad:

Joyce, yes, they were working so hard, and I know it's hard on their fingers too, pressing so hard for so long. They brought in two male nurses because they could press harder, and it eventually worked. But it hurt terribly, and I was crying, which made them feel bad. I felt sorry for them. They were being very professional about it, but I could tell they were feeling bad that they couldn't get it to stop. The nurses here are really great. The nurse practitioner just popped in to say that the sonogram really did turn out well.

Right now I'm riding out another two hours till I can get up and go to the bathroom. I refuse to use a bed pan. That's not fun for anyone concerned. So I'm trying to keep my mind off things till then. I haven't eaten or drunk anything to help avoid the problem, so I'm getting hungry. The iv isn't helping with the bladder though.

I have to wait another week before I can get back to rehab. No, they did not place another stent. He believes the angina I've had is from blockage in the very small areas that are inaccessible. So, he's starting me on a daily med that's like nitro but long acting. He thinks that might ease the pain. In a month I come back to check in.

Joyce, you cardiac nurses are angels!

Sylvia

:flowerforyou: Sylvia Prayers and well wishes being sent your way.

Welcome Riblondie you have come into a beautiful supportive group of ladies

Have a great weekend everyone, Blessings to those in need, congrats to all who are doing so good with restraint on their food, hard to do at this time of the year, but your right I am craving salad and fruit so old habits are changing slowly....

Juanita in Sudbury we now have about 2 feet of snow winter is here to stay:grumble: