WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2014

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Good Morning to All, TGIF. I am booked this whole week-end but am looking forward to it all. My sister and I are going to see God 's Not Dead.
My car is in the shop today getting tires, two of them are really bad and I've been pretty nervous about driving it. Hate the cost though.
It is raining here but will hopefully clear up this afternoon.
Yesterday we had exercise class outside, we did a lot of lunges and my knee is really sore, I shouldn't have done them I guess. My trainer/boss at the Y yelled at me for it. No lunges or squats. There are other ways to work your hamstrings and quads.

Sue TX, Congrats on the golf tournament!

Heather Hampshire UK, your plans sound wonderful , I bet you have a great time.

Gloria Detroit, I hope you get the school you want for your boy.

JB Portland, The shake sounds good, I have been making them this week with a container of lite Greek yogurt, strawberries and ½ scoop of protein. My fav so for was strawberry and blood orange yogurt.

Joyce IN, Sounds very frustrating. I hope all has worked out.

Sandy ON, I took it hard when my oldest turned 30 and in Sept my youngest will, where does the time go.

Carol NC, Have a wonderful and relaxing time at the beach.

Michele NC, I have a Bob Harper yoga dvd I am going to try out. I think I’ll try it tonight as it looks like there are no local yoga classes available in my time slots.

Saundra, Welcome and Yes you can do it, taking one day at a time.

Grandmallie, I had a head ache this morning, right between my eyes. I am at work and luckily it has eased up. We have rain here and I think that contributes.

Bonnie NC, Wishing you the best on your ride. I just got an email this morning about a charity ride here in Cincinnati. I plan to sign up for it, it will be my first.

I guess I should get back to work, my headache has eased up and I am now listening to classical music. It calms me. I love music of all kinds. Some, of course, more than others, but I can listen to almost anything.

If I don't get on this week-end everyone have a happy and healthy week-end, take care of yourselves.
Patty, Cincinnati OH

Hi all!
I am with the grandchildren so can't stop. Gorgeous!
Love Heather in gloomy London UK

CyclingBonnie - Very funny!

This morning has been spent catching up on drafting work that I didn't do yesterday. Boring! I had a bisque kiln running yesterday so I unloaded it this morning, now need to glaze some stuff and fill the kiln again to run tonight. I only have a week before our group show in Joplin, so I have to get some stuff finished!

I'm not feeling great this morning. My joints are in total rebellion. It rained yesterday, so that started it, but today is clear and warm. Hopefully that will clear it up soon. Also, I'm getting some hay fever. AAAH, springtime!

I feel like I'm having a total meltdown. I haven't been to the gym much in the last month, and the last three days haven't even logged my food. Gotta regroup and get back on the horse.

Speaking of horses, here is the joke of the day: (Remember that an antarian is a clueless person.)

:happy:

One day an Antartian decided to face her fears and go riding on a horse.

It was easy for her to get on and she was doing just fine until the horse started to go faster.

She started slipping off the saddle. She couldn’t hold on to the horse and her head started hitting the ground.

She was almost knocked unconscious when the Wal-Mart manager came out and unplugged the machine.

:laugh:

Sylvia

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Another gorgeous day; I'm thoroughly enjoying eating and sharing the strawberries. Drove Gwen around doing errands; I certainly wouldn't refuse her, but this was all stuff that her sister could have easily done for her when she was here............oh, well. Refilled her med strips and there was a day when 2 of the evening pills were not taken...........but all in all, she's much better with that aminodarone leaving her body; it's just taking forever! That's one drug I'll not be taking!!!

Meg.........Yay for 12,000 steps! I snorted when I read what you wrote about the BF; I suppose he's never heard of condoms? Why is it always on the female? Nothing changes.

cyclingbonnie...........Great joke. Been there on the dementia with my mom for 4 yrs; she died 10 yrs. ago........those with "Sundowners" are especially difficult to cope with. Was in Asheville last fall for a long weekend. A branch of my dad's family moved from Pa. to the Asheville/Hendersonville area in (I believe) the 60's...........thought of looking them up, but, wouldn't you know it, the name is Smith. The kids were roughly my age; some older and some younger.

On the babysitting..............I have quite a few (very worn down) friends who do it every day and weekends; some drive hours weekly

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mainly, as far as I can see, to enable their own children to maintain a "lifestyle" (childcare is expensive).....one (mid-60's) has even moved to another city at her DH's insistence to essentially become an unpaid maid and babysitter for a son with four young kids and a daughter with two. Believe me, this was NOT the retirement she had in mind. I am sure I will love my grandchildren BUT I won't be doing any of that. Ever. Occaisional visits and a few days vacay now and then at nana's will do.

Going to a Broadway play that's in town this weekend; Sat. night. Tai chi and yoga tomorrow morning. Also need to finalize beach trip plans for next weekend.

yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

Cadoro03 – welcome

Anamika – how weird that a hair salon in a humid location would offer a procedure that would be ruined by sweat or dampness:noway: …. Is it possible to stay in air conditioning all the time in Mumbai?

Yanniejannie – well the new restaurant sounds like it won’t make it if your review is typical.

Gloria - Hope Aaron can get into the school you like.

Eileen – Congrats Grandma!:flowerforyou:

Meg – great NSV! And it sounds like we will be able to use the big G word (grandma) when the time comes…. Congrats for getting your head around it.

Barbie - Listening to ll Divo is a great idea; I just turned them on.

Saundraschult – I have not had the same problem, but I will say that this is a long term journey; and you probably should not judge it for a number of weeks, so much easier to say than to do. Hang in, come in often and we’ll cheer you on! Give yourself credit for all you have done!

Mimi – excellent job! Nibbles are the hardest for me too….

Alison – enjoy your time with hubby away, and don’t beat yourself about the junk food – you’ll be back on track…

Bonnie - Wow; MIL and a new puppy - glad you are going out to ride, enjoy!

Looseseal – hope you feel better.

Lis – welcome

Carol - I am so envious.... have a great time. :glasses:

I had a great time last night at my Gourmet Group; but eat, drink, oh my! I have done pretty good the last few times we have gotten together - but this time was awful - just the drinking alone was crazy - a cocktail (with cream), most of a bottle of wine, and frangelico in my coffee. and the food!!! I can't list it all but it ended with a strawberry rhubarb shortcake with a HUGE amount of whip cream and I ate it allllllllll....... so I did not log - I couldn't even figure out where to start! and I am taking a week off from the scale; this am should have been weigh and measure - I knew that was depression waiting to happen; so I'll have a good week and get on the scale next week.

It is raining here today - Yeah!! we need it so bad, we start mandatory rationing of 25% below what you used last year... and there are fines and higher pricing out there - and I already think I pay a lot for water. It's about $250 every 2 months.

Work is calling me... better go!
Kim in N. Cal.

54 year old mother/grandmother here from Newfoundland, Canada!

Looking for support buddies that will help kick my behind into gear if they ever see me slack.

Shena

Happy Friday!! :laugh: Going to be another beautiful day! Again I am walking home from work. Yesterday was my day off and I did get alot done, but I overate. Seems lately when I am home all I want to do is eat.:sad: I have to get back on track. DS called this morning as DGD wants to go garage saling. I told him I could go in the morning till noon, We will have a good time and that hopefully will keep me away from food.
Monday moring starting at 5am the hospital is selling employees fitbits. It is part of our wellness plan and doing different things gets money off our insurance. I work that day and get up at 4:30 so going to order from home. The most I would have to pay is $50. So hoping I can do this before they run out as they have a limited number.

Patty--sounds like you have a busy weekend planned. Have fun. Congrates to DD.:flowerforyou:
Sue--Congrates on winning the $80. :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Barbie--Sorry to hear about the dance teacher. I can understand why she is scared. Sometimes I just want to put my foot down and stop the world to give me time to catch up
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Jane--I did and called the doctor and they did a D&C. Have had no problems since.

Eileen--Congrates on the new grandbaby. Are they not the greatest!!!:flowerforyou:

Joyce--I completely understand no wanted to deal with a new computer or the price. I am still trying to figure ours out and sometimes I just lose what I am doing and can not find it again. I play acouple Bingo games on FB and they will just stop and I can not get out of them or anything and then I end up having to shut down the computer. :mad:

Cindy--enjoy. I love going to live concerts. The energy is fantastic.

Sandy--hope your mouth feels better soon. I understand how you feel about DS turning 30. My DS will be 40 Nov 24th and I am already depressed about it. I feel like I am not even 40 so how can he be???:sad:

Meg--congrates on the NSV. We did get alot of rain, but over in Doniphan they got enough hail to cover the ground. Sure has made things green. I know it will take some getting used to being a grand parent. I know when our first GC was due HD kept saying he could not be a grandpa. He was really upset. After Jessica was born she had him wrapped around her finger. To this day she is his favorite. Everytime we have one due I just keep telling myself God knows what he is doing and all children are gifts. Hugs!!

Love the jokes. you both have some good ones.:laugh:

Allison--I know what you mean, I have been down alot lately and eating alot of junk. I called the doctor today about going off my Wellbutin as feel it isn't doing anything. But then I got panicky thinking about it. When the office called me back he wants to see me next week so glad to have an appointment to go in and talk about things. Part of it is me as I do not like having to get meds thru the mail. How dumb is that? Congrates on not eating the chocolate chip cookies. When I have the dough at my house they never get baked. So stopped buying that.

Bonnie--hugs and prayers for you and all you have going on. Hope you enjoy the ride

Well DGD and GGS walked home from work with me. It was a nice walk and now have to get myself ready as going to a salad supper with a friend at some church. Kay asked me acouple months ago to go and I had forgotten about it until she reminded me. Not overly thrilled about going, but said I would. Have a nice rest of the day. Remember we are in this together.
Blessed! Vicki GI NE

I'm home after a lovely day. Too tired to write anything, but will catch up tomorrow.:flowerforyou:

Heather UK

whew it's been a very long week. Work has become very busy and I love it. I hate getting bored so busy is great :happy:

My jaw is finally stopped aching but the fixed tooth is very sensitive. I almost jump out of my skin if I accidentally touch it with a spoon. I've been through this before so I know that will dissipate soon. For now I'm just careful.

I haven't done my new thing for exercise yet this week. Maybe a DVD, I'll have to think about it some more. I'm thinking about getting DD's bike out of storage and maybe going for a ride. I haven't ridden a real bike in many years. I wonder if I have the balance to do it :laugh:

Somehow along the way I've gained a few stray pounds. I worry that it's self sabotage, getting close to 100 lbs so I have to make sure I don't hit that goal. In the past when people started noticing the weight loss is when I started eating more. I see it now and hopefully I can fix that part me.

Welcome to the new ladies!

Sandy from ON

That is so wonderful that a hospital will go to that length to encourage wellness. I wish they did stuff like that when I worked at a hospital. They did have wellness fairs and you went through all these health checks, if you participated you got a discount on your insurance.

Garage saling!!!! Sounds like so much fun. And the exercise and bargains. Sounds wonderful. Good luck finding the bargains.

I think I got my computer issues resolved. When you use Chrome, Adblock is purchased through the google chrome store. It very easily downloaded.

Joyce, Indiana

Amanika - so glad that I could be of help to your mom

Joyce - I love frozen grapes. I like them unfrozen, too. But when they are in season and real sweet, I put them in the freezer. Yum, yum. I'm like you, I love my fruits. If you were to give me a choice between a piece of pizza and a nice juicy peach, I'd honestly prefer the peach.

saundraschult - welcome! Congrats on giving up the cigs, that's a wonderful step. How neat you do the tapes with your sister on speaker phone. I bet that's great motivation. Keep up the good work. Even tho you showed a gain right now, sometimes it just takes our bodies a while to get caught up.

mimi - you look younger in your pic right now that you did previously.

cyclingbonnie - great joke. I think I heard it somewhere before, but it was great reading it again

Alison - feel better, hun

Bonnie - As another workout junkie, I feel your pain. In some ways, I'm actually wondering how I can get even a little workout in while my friend and her husband from Switzerland are here. Isn't that sad? I know I should be spending time with them, but maybe early in the a.m.? My heart goes out to you taking care of your mom. Demential can be so hard. Good luck on your ride. I know you'll feel so much better when you're done. MIL had "sundown". She'd be fine when I'd go to see her during the day but by the time Vince went after work, she'd be a totally different person. That was the first time I'd ever heard of sundowning. It was difficult, especially for Vince

looseseal - feel better fast

Heather - enjoy those grandchildren. I know you will

Sylvia - take care of yourself

Lis - you're more than welcome to join. I like to bake, too

Shena - welcome

jane - congrats to hubby

Cindy - enjoy the concert

Well, Steve came here. When he said he'd be here in time for lunch, I was thinking 1-1:30. Well, I got back from the deep water class and Vince tells me he called and said his GPS says he'll be here in an hour. Thank goodness I'd done some of the prep work yesterday so all I had to do was put the rolls on a platter (I'd cut them apart already), put out the onion (I'd cut that up), needed to cut the tomato and wash the lettuce, put the dressing on the coleslaw, and get the veggie tray ready. I did buy a veggie tray yesterday, and I know they sell it in a tray that you can (supposedly) serve it in, but I would rather put it in a tray of my own. To me, it just looks nicer. So did that, had a chocolate bran muffin, read one of the papers (they didn't come until late this morning so I didn't get to read them both before I left for the Humane Society and then class) and Steve was here. Didn't know what time he was staying until so I didn't plan any dinner. He left around 5. I gave him 3 of the key lime cupcakes, I have 4 on a plate for the place where I take the extremepump class and 4 for the Y and the other 2 for Vince (he sure doesn't need 10). Steve left around 5. It was nice to see him. He keeps asking us to come to his house in Colorado (we'd gone to his house in PA). While we were having "lunch" (late), Jessica called and said that she and Kris were thinking of coming to CO in late August. Hopefully, that'll be incentive for Vince

I'm planning to do the Personal Training with Jackie Warner DVD tomorrow.

Vince's stomach is still upset. I can't help but wonder if he's not making more out of it than it is. Maybe it just seems like a lot to me because I don't get real sick very often. He seems to always get things.

Michele in NC

Just a few comments and then off to bed. It's been a long week! Thank you to all who gave your support regarding my son, school and baseball.

Sylvia … how did your appointment with the lung specialist go? You may feel like you’re having a meltdown, but I’ve been watching your ticker … and it’s moving and moving in the right direction!

Drkatiebug … I too have given away my larger clothes … absolutely terrified of growing out of the smaller clothes becauš I only buy a few for each size change. You know what to do and you’ve done it before … don’t despair!

Yanniejannie … I gave my son a hug from you! I told him it was from “yanniejannie” … that elicited a smile ... I’ve shared all the positive feedback and it has been reaffirming to him!

Kim in N Cal … I think you’re right on about the logging and weighing of food! When I’m diligent, the weight comes off … when I’m not, it doesn’t! And weighing is crucial in my opinion.

Michele… would you explain again what the green room is? Our pool cover will be on a lot longer yet ....

Joyce … thank you for the story about another young man who made a choice. Shared it with my son.

Cindy … nothing remains by the road long where I live. Once my friend and I walked by what appeared to be the contents of someone’s home at the curbside on trash day. We found an antique mission-style china closet that my friend refinished and is still using. Turned out the neighbors were hoping others would see things to take. And nothing metal lasts by the curb … scrappers are always on the lookout.

Alison … my son has chronic migraines with and without eye disturbances. Today he had both vision loss and the severe pain. Another missed day of school, but this evening (maybe since the weather front moved on) is feeling much, much better. Hope you feel better.

Carol … I am just plain envious that you are at the beach … enjoy just “being.”

Meg … you may be cranky tonight, but you are also funny! Sorry your daughter didn’t think so!

Have a great weekend!

My appointment with the pulmonologist was a total waste of time. This doctor is about 14 years old, seems like he's recently out of osteopath school, and doesn't seem to have a clue! I think I knew more about the condition from using google than he did. Firstly, the main thing he wanted was for me to take a pulmonary function test - AFTER making sure my insurance was good for it. When I said no, he actually seemed heartbroken. And it all seemed to be about the dollars he would be losing out on. FINALLY he listened to my lungs and said they sounded clear. I knew that. He asked me about my asthma and I told him my only symptom was a little shortness of breath especially at bedtime, when I'm trying to go to sleep, and sometimes I have to prop myself up so I can get a deep breath. I swear, his beady little eyes lit up, and he said maybe you have sleep apnea! I said no, this is when I'm AWAKE. He seemed to lose hope, and I told him I would call for an appointment if I ever feel I need it. One other thing though, is he told me I needed to give up pottery because of the dust. That may be the one thing he's right about, but I am not going to rush into anything.

It's scary that this is the doctor who is treating my son. I may be totally wrong about the guy, but I certainly did not have a good impression of him.

I'm going to try to get an appointment with a specialist in Omaha or St Louis. I checked with KU Medical Center and they don't have anybody who specializes in it. That would have been closer. If I'm going to do that lung function test, it's not going to be at this hospital.

I'm listening to an audiobook now that's called "the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon" by Alexander McCall Smith. It's really good. I love the narrator. There was a bit about mashed potatoes that made me laugh out loud. I won't tell you what it was, in case any of you are reading it, but I highly recommend that series about the Number One Ladies Detective Agency. I think they made a tv series out of it, but it was a network we dont get here.

Well, back to my book.

Goodnight ladies.

Sylvia