WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2014

Happy Saturday!! Looks like it is going to be another beautiful day weather wise. I am working until noon today and then have DGS's graduation this afternoon. He lives about 30 miles away so planning to ride the bike over. See how my back will handle that.

Welcome to all the new ladies. You have found a very great group and all the support you want. Come back often and tell us about yourself.

Tigress--Good Luck with the implant. Hope you feel better soon.

Sylvia--Sounds like you are having a very nice time. Good for you and sounds like just what you needed to relax.

Michele--Don't be so hard on yourself. You do so well so much of the time and one bad day or afternoon is not going to destory the good. I am sorry Bryan is doing what he is. I pray he realizes that no one can replace mom.

Kim--that makes alot of sense about your body having to ajust. I know I walk different and how I do things are different. Sometimes I have to stop and think about how I am going to do something since I have lost weight. I never really thought about it before, but it's like learning all over again.

DeeDee--the foam in the middle helps pick stuff up and I just love it. It is hard to explain, but it sure makes sweeping easier as it picks it up the first time. I found a coupon in the Sunday paper for the broom and found it at WalMart.

Well I am trainning again this morning. Sure makes for a long day as mostly just sitting watching. Have a great day ladies. Remember we are not in this alone.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE

Good luck on your Zumba Cert! I would love to do Zumba and will soon I hope. It looks so fun! Since last June I gained too much weight way too fast and my knees gave out. I've lost some since April 1st and the my knees are healing, but wouldn't dare Zumba yet. In a couple of months I'll put in my Wii Zumba and start small. Love that you are doing this!

Texasgal: MFP sent me an update that allows my iphone to be a pedometer. It isn’t perfect, and they have to calculate adjustments at the end of each day, but it is interesting. The adjustment adds available calories. I thought I walked more than I do. Luckily, I also do yoga and ride my bike so I get in my share of cardio.:flowerforyou:

Sylvia: It sounds like you and DH are having a wonderful trip. The NSV’s seem to be piling up for you. Congratulations!:flowerforyou:

Robyn in SW VA: Welcome!:flowerforyou:

Michele: Sending hugs and wishes for your heart to heal without painful scars.:flowerforyou:

Robyn7762: Welcome! It sounds like you have some big life challenges right now. You’ve found a supportive group.:flowerforyou:

Heather: Hi back at you! Enjoy your trip.:flowerforyou:

DeeDee: It seems your dog appreciates male beauty. I hope the fellow has a good heart to go with it.:flowerforyou:


I haven’t been able to get through everyone’s posts and DH wants to go out for breakfast, so I’m sorry to those I missed. Have a great day!

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison



May Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least two glasses of water daily.

Hi everyone,

Popping back in for a minute. Just got off the treadmill and am sipping my protein shake. I hear a mockingbird in the tree outside singing his little heart out. Love it!

Kim, what your chiropractor said about the yoga stretches is true, at least for me. I have been doing yoga for years and there is a definite difference in my body on one side vs the other. The left side of my body is much less flexible. You do become more acquainted with those little nuances over time.

Cindy in OK

Good morning!!
Welcome all the new ladies.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Got lots of errands today.
HUGS
jane

Kim, I followed up on your idea and posted an invitation to join me in Yoga class to my friends on facebook. It is a sort of cheating since I didn't contact them personally, but I hope it helps get the word out. One of my facebook groups is made of people in my town. Thanks for your script! It helped set the format and tone. Now I'm hoping more people come to the class.

Sylvia I am sorry about the ticket. To me it seems like bad way to welcome others from out-state. To help our tourism I'd rather see if they can tell you are from out of state to put a notice on your windshield as a reminder to pay. I have gotten two tickets in Iowa because of not being familiar with the area. We also got a parking ticket in Chicago also because of not being up on their system. Frustrating.:grumble:

Today I will work in our garden so I wake to a more beautiful garden.:flowerforyou:

2014 word: contentment

Margaret

Another fun day, but I'm pooped! We went to the last two pottery studios on the official tour plus two that weren't official. It was great! Then we went on a boat tour of the St Croix river. It was beautiful weather. Then we went to the local grocery store and picked up some grub to fix here in the hotel. We have a microwave so I'm going to try making corn on the cob. Never done it in the microwave before. Neither of us wanted to go out to eat, so we are relaxing tonight. Hubby is talking about driving to Fargo, ND tomorrow, just because we've never been there. Should be fun.

I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend like I am.

The joke today was short, stupid, and mean, so I'm not posting it today.

Sylvia

:happy: :happy: did I mention that I told my (4) kids (and their various attachments) I did not want any visits/presents for mother's day?

So.... I did. I am very much looking forward to an unorganized, unplanned day. DH said: do I have to be gone too? I said: You already are gone on Sundays to feed the homeless anyway. So YES, I sure would not want you to stay around on account of me. Begone! I see you every day! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I quite enjoyed going to preggie DD today. I thought we were going to get into (re) organizing the baby room today. I asked her what it was she REALLY, REALLY wanted to get organized. She said: the garage. It is such a mountain of work. So that is what we did. My trunk has a few things to drop off at the sally ann, there are a few garbage bags of ...well...garbage. And really, she was already more organized than she thought she was. I was just there to help her along. And that is important when you're 8 months pregnant.

Renny
Vancouver Island, BC

Did one of the DVD's from that 90 Day Challenge. It was the back & bi DVD. I was surprised that it was as long as it was, I was expecting something only 20 minutes long. But now I really feel my biceps. Guess that's good.

Tomorrow I'm planning to do the Richard Simmons Sweating to the Oldies DVD. Something different......

Oh, is my stomach hurting after those cupcakes last night! I guess I could look at the bright side....all that fat is making my poops softer....lol

Kim - congrats on the loss. I never realized that even a 2lb loss can have such an affect on your body

Robyn - what an intersting story you gave us. I found it fascinating. Big congrats on the quitting smoking. What part of VA did you move to? Jessica (one of my daughters) lives in Reston and I don't find the food there to be very southern. Then again, I guess it depends on what part of VA you moved to. Dementia can be such a horrible thing! I try not to have not-good-for-you foods in the house so when I do stress eat, at least I'm stress eating on decent things. Only that didn't happen last night since those cupcakes were in the house. If they weren't in the house, I probably wouldn't have binged on them. Oh well..... Good goals -- STOP SMOKING!!!!!! If you don't reach any of the other goals, do that one

DeeDee - Noel sure is one smart dog. Have fun at your lunch. You'll make the best of it, I know that.

Gloria - your breakfast sounds delish

Gloria - great advice "if you don't love it, no one else will"

Off to WalMart now. Going to buy some things, I can get Vince another gallon of milk at the sale price.

Cindy - what I wouldn't do to see Derek and Julianne dance! You are so lucky

Terri - hi there. So sorry about your knees

jb - what can I say except that you are all in my prayers

Right now I'm making these sweet potato spice cookies for the gal who does my hair when I go Thurs. I was doing so so good avoiding sugar until last night. YUK
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Today the Wii asked why I had gained weight and I was honest, I said it was due to night snacking. Then it said that at night to have foods that are easilhy digestible like tofu. And the silken tofu has been my latest kick, so I guess in the end it was really a good decision

drkatiebug - should SHOULD be very proud of your hubby for giving up smoking. Vince and I have been talking about what type of landscaping we can do this year. We want to get the landscape lights in the front which means we'll have to dig some of the ground up then put in the wire for the lights. Then put down the landscape fabric and riverrock. We want to also do the riverrock under the deck and finish by the side of the garage. That's probably going to be IT for this year. Next year he's thinking that we'll extend the drain pipes in the front and then hopefully get a lawn in.

What's up with MFP's database? I was trying to input "Taste of Home Sweet Potato Spice Cookie" I got all these hits for Taste of Home. I was only interested in the sweet potato spice cookie -- not everything else. Their sort seems to be off. I honestly didn't feel like going thru the WHOLE list of everything, so I just reinput it and said it wasn't a duplicate. I wonder how many others are going to do the same thing? At least if the items were alphabetized I could skip some and probably wouldn't have had a problem looking for TOH. But I got a hit for *everything*

Oops ! two of the cookies just broke -- can't give those away!

Just finished making some cheese meatballs. I'll take them to Rummikub Tuesday and have some for when my girlfriend from Switzerland comes over

Slyvia - I've never made corn that way. Thanks for telling me about it. What I've always done when I get corn on the cob at the farmers market is put a few ears in the microwave, micro it for a few minutes and then the ears pull right out, no silks or anything (well, I do usually go over it with a vegetable brush anyway)

Renny - you are such a thoughtful person to help your dd that way and to tell your hubby to feed the homeless rather than staying with you.

Child_of_Zagaron - you sound so much like me, don't smoke, lightly (very) drink, but turn to food when feeling down and then regretting it. Oh, boy, can I ever relate!

Michele in NC

Sylvia it is much easier to just put the corn in the husks in the microwave. But I have done the paper towel thing also. I LOVE corn on the cob but it does a job on my colon and since I have finally found a good way to keep myself regular without having to feel I need to give each BM a name since I think I went into actual labor to have it I do avoid corn on the cob. But with summer coming that may be difficult.

It has been a very penseful day before Mother's day. I wore one of my bright colored shirts with some bling on it in honor of my MIL. I had never worn any bling on any of my clothing. I occasionally wear a necklace but that's it. But she loved it and I found that having to buy it for her I was actually wearing a brighter shade of what had been my pastels. My way of judging clothes before I bought it was to look at it and see if I liked it for myself. If I did then I knew it was to subtle for her. So the longer I was the sole buyer of her clothes, the more brighter my own clothes became. She would just break out in a huge smile when I walked in to the nursing home with something bright on. And with a woman who was paranoid schizophrenic and not a whole lot in her life to be happy about for me to get a big toothless smile out of her, well it made my day. Anyway, I find I am missing her more on this Mother's Day than my own. Maybe it's because I know where Mom is and that she is with my Dad and sister. And I don't know where my MIL is. She didn't talk about her religious life at all, not even with me asking. Also I know that very few of her kids may not be missing her. I am also thinking about her daughter. After MIL funeral last September I swore.that I was washing my hands of my SIL. She was toxic, a leech and a parasite. But I know she is grieving her Mom this weekend. I hope part of the grief is because of what she missed out on. She spent a lot of time with her Mom when her Mom lived in an apartment and Karen would beg her for money all the time. She stopped any contact with her Mom when she moved into the nursing home and most of her paltry Social security check went to the nursing home.

I know that potato salad and chocolate cake are on the menu for tomorrow. God give me strength. The cake is from Sams so I know what it is like and the potato salad is my sister's recipe. Grilled pork steaks is the meat so I'll be OK there.

Everyone have a blessed day tomorrow.

Joyce, Indiana

:flowerforyou: Wishing all a Happy Mothers Day enjoy and eat safe.......

Prayers for all in need this day

juanita in sudbury

Good Morning Lovely Ladies,

Wishing everyone a wonderful Mother's Day! As DeeDee said, whether your kids have two legs or four furry legs, I hope you enjoy your day. :flowerforyou:

Cindy in OK

:flowerforyou: Happy Mother's Day:flowerforyou:

My favorite mother's day gift were a pair of pink flamingos from my sons. At the time I was into having our yard look perfect and nothing I considered tacky. When they told me they wanted to give me something I didn't have to water or take care of my whole attitude changed. I proudly displayed them next to our orange garage door. I now have three more pairs to join them . I place them throughout our gardens. One is black and yellow for the Hawkeyes. My son went to the University of Iowa. I now understand life needs a bit of whimsy . Have a blessed day!

Today I will put my flamingos throughout our yard, so tomorrow I will wake to a bit of fun!:laugh:

2014 word: contentment

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Happy Mother's Day to all!