WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2014

Heather: Thank you for your kind and helpful words. I think you and I have some things in common. Your advice helped me calm myself. I also took something to relieve anxiety. I have never been a person who was focused on buying. Some people shop for fun, and I am not one of them. Buying something as big as a car is something I do as seldom as possible. It has been seven years since we bought my car. I hope any new one we buy will last longer.

Katla

Hello,all,

Dee Dee..........Just rain here (on the coast, near the state line) but VERY windy; could hear it beating heavily against the window several times during the night. DD, however, is coming from the west and not leaving until 2pm in hopes of warmer temps.......they have light snow and sleet and ice; at least they did when she called at 11:30am. I checked out the potential cherry blossoms last week, nary a sign of one. The park near my home has dozens of trees, all lined up and they rival DC when they bloom!

Juanita...........WOW!!! 44years!! Congratulations and happy anniversary! Is anyone else married longer?????

jb.......? I think it was you, anyway, I looked up the flower count you mentioned to get a shot of Spring---gorgeous!

Sylvia.............I hope for the best for your son; I've never known anyone who received a lung transplant (only people in the newspaper)......and all of those stories had happy results. MAJOR congrats on your milestone.........YIPEEEEEEE!!!!!

Joyce..........looked up the heating bills...........dec 140........jan 175...........feb 176 I keep it at 72-74/day and 66/night. Very small house though, about 1400 sq. ft.

Katla.........I agree with Heather, once again.........go for it and let him enjoy it...........and it will be a lot less than an RV in all ways. You could slow the process down a bit with extensive research and lots of visits for test drives if you feel the need........and solicit your kids, friends, neighbors car opinions. Our "newest" car is a 2008. I'm still quite happy with my beloved 2005 PT Cruiser that everyone else in the family heartily dislikes.

Off to do a bit more cleaning and paperwork (mostly bill) sorting,
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

TGIF my friends! :bigsmile:

I heard from my mother. She is relaxing and enjoying her visit with my DB and DSIL. Her DH now has a much stricter 'sitter' and has been relegated to staying home. That is a big relief for my mom so she can relax and recoup a little. She still sounded tired on the phone though.

I go to the DR this evening to get the results of my bloodwork and find out what he is changing with my meds. I am scared and hopeful at the same time. :frown: I have been so tired lately, I hope the changes help.

100 pounds lost! :laugh: That is amazing! I am following my diet plan, exercising more than I ever did and my weight won't budge! Frustrating! :grumble: It may have something to do with why I am feeling so yuk lately.

Congratulations on all the NSV's :flowerforyou: ( I know it means good things but what does NSV mean exactly?)

Prayers and hugs to those that need them and their loved ones.:flowerforyou:

I will end with my favorite saying:
"Never give up! Never surrender!" (From Galaxy Quest the movie)

Rita from CT.

:flowerforyou: sylvia congradulations such a victory, you must feel so proud of yourself and rightly so, enjoy the new and lesser you:drinker:
Juanita

Good morning beautiful ladies. Hope you are all having a pleasent day. I feel I got alot done yesterday on my day off. Spent the morning running from VA office to VA hospital and VA home. Do have a lot of information for my dad. Then last evening I called and he is back in the hospital. He gainned 17 pounds in 2 days. So his lungs are filling up again. They have him on IV lasix and if that doesn't work they will have to transfer him back to North Platte and drain them. He tells me he does not want to do that. So will check on him this afternoon and see how things are going. We are to go to Omaha tomorrow to see our DGD in her school play. Depends on what is going on with dad this afternoon as may be going out there.

Heather--sounds like you are enjoying your new car. Your new bag sounds great. I love bags and the one I have now is bright purple. I love it!!

Have any of you heard about covering your floor with brown paper bags? I friend of ours posted some pictures of their bedroom where they took up the carpet and replacing it with brown paper bags. I don't understand how that would work and how would you keep it from tearing.

Kim--I wear my step counter all day. Good Luck with your company.

Tina--So sorry for your loss.

Syliva--Hope you are feeling better, there is so much crud going around. WOW!! what news about DS. Keeping all of you in my prayers. They can do some much anymore so expect a good outcome. Take care of you at this time also. CONGRATES ON 100 POUNDS!! I hope you do something special to celebrate. You deserve it!!

Katla--Good for you speaking up. I wish I could do that more often. I have a tendancy to not say anything and let it bulid up and then blow up. Not good and I am working on that. Sounds like my DH and motorcycles. He always seems to want bigger and I just want to feel safe when I ride.

Alison--sorry to hear about your friend. Added him to my prayer list. Enjoy your massage!! Sounds like you are having a good day. I tell everyone I can about MFP and all the good people here.

DeeDee--Jake is only alittle over a year old. He just is a pain. Talking about getting him fixed and I understand that will help. My DH puts different fruits in our bullet and most the time I really like it.

Carol--hope you enjoy your weekend. Does sound like you are excited.

Rita--When DH's grandpa wanted to drive one of the boys just went out and unhooked something under the hood. It worked and he didn't drive after that.

Welcome to the newbies. You have found a great group and all the support you want. Post often and get to know us and let us get to know you!

ma--your trainning group sounds like fun. Even a small victory counts. One step at a time one day at a time. Ane we can not cut out everything or we set ourselves up to fail.

Sue--glad to hear you got good news on your tests.

Juanita--Happy anniversary. enjoy you dinner out.

Well ladies have a good evening. I have my friend Lee coming over after I get off work as she needs help doing more paper work for their medical bills. Then this evening we have our monthly CMA meeting and do think I am ready.
Blessed! Vicki GI NE

Vicki...........There was an article in our home and garden section of the newspaper on those paper bag floors and it sounded quite servicable; they got a good review, but I suppose it depends on the individual person doing it and how talented they are. If you google paper bag floors and look at the images you will get an idea and can also see several reviews and tutorials.

So sorry to hear your dad has had a set back.......best to him and your family.

yanniejannie

Just have a few minutes before heading home from work and ready to start the weekend! Weather is supposed to warm up with the sun shining. Will enjoy as much time outside as possible.

Sylvia - Congratulations on the 100 pounds lost!! Can you even imagine carrying around 100 pounds of weights all day? This is a great accomplishment and it sounds like you're close to another milestone - onederland!! Prayers for your son that his operation is a great success and he is able to enjoy his life to the fullest.

Joyce - I'm about to tell you something that should make you very grateful. :laugh: Our electric bill for Feb. was $1,042.22. :noway: Looked up a couple from the past - Jan. $777.79 and March $751.19. Lowest for the past year was $251.07 and that was in Oct. so I'm sure we weren't using a/c or heat. Now, we do have an all electric house and we are also heating a small kennel for some of our foster dogs. They have indoor/outdoor runs with A/C and baseboard heating. We keep the house at 68 all of the time during the winter.

Carmen - Welcome :flowerforyou: What a cute little boy in your profile picture. You have joined by posting to look for us under My Topics from now on.

Jill and Juanita - Congratulations on 44 years of marriage! :drinker:

Alison - special prayers for your friend. Please keep up updated on his condition.

Brenda - glad you're feeling better. Your NY trip sounds fun.

Well, getting ready to run out of here...for those sick - health, for those with victories - congratulations, those discouraged - think on the positive however small you may feel it is.

Welcome to the new ladies!

Goodnight ladies.
Who has a mojo injection for me? I'm kind of stagnating.

Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Congratulations Sylvia!!! 100 lbs is amazing! :happy: :flowerforyou:

Sylvia - yahooo 100 lbs, congratulation!!! What are you going to do to celebrate your amazing achievement? I can't wait to get there.

Allison - your friend is in my thoughts & prayers. Glad you went for your massage and enjoyed it.

Margaret - yes the cardiofit box class was grueling as it sounds but it was fun and the time flew by

Fitdonna - maybe you aren't eating enough. Keep on going, don't give up. It will happen!

Carmenlampman3 - welcome, come back often and post as much as you want.

Carol - your weekend trip to the beach sounds like a little bit of heaven. I hope you enjoy yourself.

I'm tired and sore today. I didn't sleep very well at all last night. I'm not as sore as I thought I'd be after that boxing class. I must be making progress :happy:

Tomorrow is weigh in, we'll see if the extra workout helps.

Enjoy your Friday evening.

Sandy in ON where it's starting to warm up.

Saw this handsome fellow while out for a walk last weekend.

Thank you everyone for all the anniversary wishes, we had a lovely evening and dinner was filling but healthy for once, might be getting the hang of this eating out after all.
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and prayers for those in need

Juanita in sudbury where we have another 4in of fresh snow:sad:

We bought a car and I even like it although I have sticker shock. I feel like the pressure is off at last. That may be the best part. Thanks to those who offered their advice, sympathy and wisdom.

We've made reservations for our upcoming trip to CO and are getting excited about seeing our DD and DGD. I'm still planning on a "Smores" Pizza from Papa Murphy's for her birthday cake even if she also has another birthday cake. I could almost hear DD rolling her eyes when I told her about it.:bigsmile: :glasses: :bigsmile: :glasses:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

Yes, Michelle I did remake the yogurt bedtime snack. I thought I had the mess on the floor cleaned up until I saw the kitchen floor in the sunlight this morning and saw the white splotches. I also found pieces of granola on the floor. Guess it calls for a deep cleaning. But nothing is keeping me from eating that mini meal. I could have 4 meals just like that during the day and I'm not sure when I would tire of it.

My husband is the one who is always wanting to go car shopping. I'm the one loving being debt free. We only owe money on our latest car purchase which I believe is 3 years old now. But he knows what my achilles heel is. You look at a car with all the bells and whistles and I'm all in. But he could care less for them. But he knows what to do to get me involved. We need to get this tree removed, find out what his hospital bills are going to be and then see what out vacation is going to be before we even consider a car. And I would like that to be a couple of years down the road. Our minivan has it's issues but we are used to the issues and it is a 2002 and wouldn't get much in trade in. And it holds the whole family when we go on really short trips. Now to go tot the beach we will have to have two cars. Two many personalities in one car for that many hours. Mainly SIL, youngest daughter and husband. And I get tired of the grand kids on long trips also but I now that youngest daughter will take the opportunity to smoke if she drives the other car and that is hard on me. So I am stuck. The front seat of both of our cars has a lot of leg room but the middle seats are pretty shallow. There is leg room between the seats but the seats themselves don't support the legs. I like deep seats. My oldest daughter says she gets car sick if she isn't in the front seat and my husband...let's just say his controlling personality will let some one else drive as long as he is in the front seat. So I am in the middle. In the other middle seats are snacks, extra toys, all supplies for everyone in the front and back seats. So my job, yep, Mom. That's what I do. I'm the provider for everything. Really restful. And they just keep piling up. They are like rabbits during mating season. I don't know how they multiply but they do and my personal space gets smaller and smaller. I need to fly 1st class and meet them there.

I have been looking tonight at condos wondering if they would be cheaper. They seem to be but I like the idea of walking out of our own house rental onto the beach and not having to drag kids, beach gear, picnic supplies and everything else down an elevator with 10 strangers while I am in my wet swim suit. Plus if you stay in the condo and watch the kids play, you are watching from 11 or maybe even 27 floors from above.

OK, now the heavy stuff. I am really having struggles staying on tract. I am wanting to cheat on my diet, raid the cereal box which is an nemesis, go to the store while Charlie is gone for some chocolate. With my back problems I haven't been to the Y now in two full weeks. I need encouragement. I need some one here in my house to hold my hand. My husband did give me one of his rare compliments today. There was some model on TV and they were talking about how young her skin was at age 50. He said he would like to see if she still looked as good as I did when she is 64. I kind f looked at him and said is that a compliment and he said that I look good for a 64 year old woman! Hey, I'll take whatever I can get. I haven't weighed in days, haven't even taken my blod sugar in the last two weeks. I do try to eat well when we go out.

So until I am rich enough to find me a car with all the bells and whistles, blue tooth, pandora, back up camera, foot lift gate, heated or cooled seats, siri that talks to me and helps me where I am going, push a button and it makes a phone call for me, you will find me driving my 2002 Ford minivan along the streets of Evansville sneaking around to find a bar of chocolate!!!

Joyce, Indinaa