WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2014

Hello from Southern Alberta! My name is Debbie and I'm 52 and loving it. Just found your group and read a few blogs....great stuff! I've been on this site for a few months now and am just starting to see some movement on the scale (sometimes in the upwards direction) but I'm told to expect some weight gain as I develop muscle. I love walking and especially enjoy the Leslie Sonsone DVDs her 4 and 5 mile work outs are wonderful. would love to be a part of this fun and vibrant group so how do I join?
Debbie

Alison – that sounds a great treat for your DGD

Debbie from S. Alberta and Cowleyl – you just joined! Come visit and post!

Carolann – good job

Robin – thinking of you, bodi and Ritter

JB – thinking of you and Mariah

Barbie – I read those books by JoAnn Fluke, and wanted to cook everything! They were fun.

Interesting on the graduations – in the SF bay area there are still graduations for pre-school and Kinder. But for the promotion from 5th grade to Middle school and from middle to high school they just call it promotion – no caps/gowns – just a low key presentation for families and then in high school (and of course at our local colleges) the full on graduation.:bigsmile: No middle school prom – there is an end of school dance, but at my closest middle school it is a sox hop. I really like the KISS keep it super simple idea….

Another day of gardening for me… and tomorrow is a garden tour to Napa – I am not working enough this week – but hours of digging really burns calories – I have not eaten them all back; but it is a treat to not even look, just KNOW I have the calories for a glass of wine:drinker: ( I of course logged it all).

Today I had a late lunch with a friend and she wanted to try the Black Bear Diner – I said ok before I had looked at the menu on line..:grumble: it is a chain – not sure where all it is – but OMG the calorie counts are crazy high!!!! :huh: Most everything over 1,000 calories and a huge percentage over 2,000! And that was just a single serving thing… and on their version of a “light” menu section – that stuff was still 600-700 calories just more than I spend on lunch – So after reading everything I ended up with ½ a ham sandwich with a side salad dressing on the side. That was 350 and that was fine; there was one other thing in the 400 range and then over the moon. The sandwich was fine, but really hate to pay restaurant prices for a piece of bread with lunch meat. Man am I being whiny!!! Sorry I’ll be avoiding this place. :grumble:

Off to get some sleep!
Kim in N. Cal.

Need computer help again. As all of you probably painfully know, we are looking for this vacation home. I don't know where my daughter finds all these rental agencies but she does. One of my favorites is HomeAway.com. With that I can set up a favorites list and view it in a complete listing form. Add notes as to what the total price is that the owner has quoted me, what I like about it, distance form home, just little remarks like that. But so far it is the only agency I can find to do that VRBO is another favorite and I can set up a favorite list but I can't view them all on one page and make notes. I have been book marking all of my favorites so I can have quick reference to them but short of getting a pad of paper and pen out how can I quickly make a page where I have all of them listed and make all sorts of notes to compare? I have no idea how to make a spread sheet or page on Word or anything so would have to be talked through that. Thanks. I'm going to have to take some of you with me!!!

Joyce, Indinaa

Good Morning All, So glad we are coming up on a holiday week-end. I can really use the extra day. My yard neds attention, laundry needs caught up and the list goes on. I worked Monday and Tuesday nights and will also work tonight and tomorrow night. I volunteered to watch the grandkids Friday night since my DSIL goes to third shift next week and that's what shift he will probably be on when the new baby arrives. With this being number three I figure they won't have a chance to go out alone for a while.
Last night I did cycling and rope class again, I also did the 30 minute strength & tone class here at work. I'm somewhat sore in the back and shoulders, I'd imagine from the ropes.
I've been practicing my core exercises, making sure my form is right so when I start instructing my ab class I'll be able to show all the exercises correctly. I'm excited about the class. I actually have 38 people signed up but don't expect they will all show and those who do, some will drop out because they feel it's to hard or to easy.
Tonight I have the two high school boys to train and that's it. I will go home afterwards instead of working out at the Y I'll work out at home while doing laundry, otherwise I'll be in a pickle as I'm pretty much out of clean clothing.


Grandmallie, Wow, I bet you are so looking forward to the girls coming, I know you’ll have a super time.

Margaret, Thanks for the info on heart attacks, I have it printed and sitting on my desk to share.

Nena, I love anything cooked on the grill. Hamburgers are one of the best.

Sylvia, Love the slogan and the smaller pants!

Sylvia and Joyce, You are both motivating me, I want to feel that amazement too.

Robin, I’m happy to hear Bodi is improving.


Have a healthy and happy day, welcome to the newbies and prayers to all with struggles and pain.

Patty, Cincinnati OH

Good Morning,

Michele I was sad to see James go. My favorite dance this season was their dance to frozen. I was glad to see Meryl and Mak win. I actually called in and voted for them. They were spectacular.

Have a great day everyone. Have to get ready for work.

Margaret

Hi, Just wanted to say that I watched the finale for DWTS and am truly happy Max and Merle won, they were magical this season. I also love Amy and Derek and after an initial let down would have been happy if they won as well. This season was the best I can remember and I liked more of the celeb's than ever before. I have to say my opinion of third would have been different, but that's just my opinion. Sad to see the season end and wondering if anything will come of Max and Merle now.....
Patty

Good morning everyone!

Last night there was a troubling incident at the oldest granddaughters Girl Scout meeting. They have their meetings at an elementary school where there is a playground on the north side of the building next to the parking lot. Their meeting is over at 8:00, and when I got there at 7:30 they were finished and cleaning up. She asked me if she could go out to the playground and play with the other girls for a little while. So we were starting to go toward the doors to the playground when the leader's daughter came up to us and said, oh no, that is the playground for the little kids. The big kid playground is on the other side. She pointed us toward the doors on the south side of the building. So, DGD and I went out to that playground and she played on the equipment. I thought the other girls would be coming out soon, but they never did. GDG played by herself the whole time. I didn't know what had happened, but thought maybe the other girls parents had come and picked them up already. Then, as we were driving out of the parking lot we saw all the other girls and the leader at the other playground! I was mad as hell! How could they be so mean? Poor Adrienne had tears in her eyes when she told me, that's ok, grandma, that kind of stuff happens a lot. So, I called the leader and asked her why that happened and she told me she didn't know that happened, but the girls told her that we had left. She was just sure they didn't intend to be mean, and that she thought Adrienne was fitting in well. Still, she thought maybe we should look for a different troop. What the heck?!!

Poor Adrienne has a lot of trouble making friends. She does tend to think she knows everything and can be a little bossy, but I thought Girl Scouts would be a good place for her to make friends. So, I'm really unsure what to do next. This was the last meeting before their summer break, but it turns out that they had a two day camp out coming up but nobody told Adrienne or me until I was talking to the leader on the phone last night and she reluctantly told me that Adrienne could come if she wanted to. Now why would I subject her to that for two days if they won't even play with her for 15 minutes.

Ok, end of rant.

I hope you are all having a great Tuesday!

Sylvia

Kim - I'm with you on restaurant food. I can't see any point in going out to have what you could have better and much cheaper at home. We rarely go out to eat and when we do I want to have something I rarely, if ever, cook at home. I don't have a deep fat fryer, so good old British fish and chips is a possibility, or it used to be until I started my "makeover"¡!!!!! These days I either go to a really top end place, about two or three times a year, or somewhere that does shellfish, like oysters, clams or mussels. I rarely cook those now I live in the countryside, but in London I did because we lived in a multicultural area and they love their seafood! I do often cook squid as I can buy that here. When we lived in Whitstable I had oysters every weekend at the harbour, so that kind of spoilt my normal restaurant treat. Now I hardly ever have them so that is something I look out for. If people ask me to go out,, unless I know that the place has something really special to offer, I always say, "Oh, why don't you come to my place!" I much prefer that. I do like a really good pizza though, but I obviously can't have that more than twice a year! By good I mean wood fired oven, very thin crust and it must have anchovies! I once went to a pizza chain with friends and asked for extra anchovies. They said they didn't do anchovies. I nearly fell off my chair! ! ! !
The jist of all this ramble is I hate paying restaurant mark up for inferior food or food I could cook myself. Of course, sometimes you are away from home and you just have to eat something! On June 16th I have an appointment at the hospital knee clinic and I will go into town earlt so I can eat at a seafood chain called Loch Fyne. I will be having oysters followed by mussels. Heaven! My yoga friend could be joining me, but if not I will take a book and just enjoy!

Just finished putting up the runner bean poles and planting the beans. Do you call them string beans? Then we planted two big pots of geraniums, one scarlet and one shocking pink. They are in full view of our living room so super colourful. I picked some broad beans and have blanched them in readiness for a pasta dish of prawns, scallions, garlic, chillies, broad beans and white wine. I buy little tiny bottles of wine when they are on offer so I am not tempted to drink the rest of the bottle. Oh, also parsley and arugula, which we have masses of. We call it rocket. I might be good and have shiritaki noodles instead of tagliatelle.

I've just arranged all the tins and jars we brought back from France on a side unit in the kitchen. It looks very pretty, especially the fish tins packed in Brittany with lovely old fashioned designs and lettering. It gives me enormous pleasure when I look at them, not the least because I am in love with the French language and it is a reminder for me.

Well, now I am going to watch a German film about Hannah Arendt!:laugh:

Bye for now, Heather in flowery and fabulous Hampshire UK

PS Sylvia - just seen your post. My son #1 was not socially adept and I did worry about him. I had to train him how to walk into the playground and smile at people, because otherwise he was bullied. He still struggles with life and I still worry about him. I hope things settle down with your granddaughter. You are doing a wonderful job.