WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2014

Hi Ladies
Just thought I'll share the link to my blog. Suggestions and insights are "Welcome"
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Anamika703/view/why-do-i-set-myself-up-for-failure-660550
Got to run
Anamika:flowerforyou:

It is 2 a.m. here and she is in surgery. If we had not been friends with her doctor, I swear we'd still be sitting in the waiting room! Katherine still had her cell number from back when she babysat the doctor's kids. After two hours of waiting(after the doctor had notified the ER that we were on the way) I finally used the cell number and called. The doctor called the ER again and things began to move after that. She kept texting Katherine to see if her orders were being followed and, when they weren't, the doctor would call again. I didn't want to do that on multiple levels but our hospital's ER has a terrible reputation for allowing patients to wait until they are so critical that they have to be life flighted out. Since the diagnosis had been made and just needed confirmation by CT scan, it seemed ridiculous to wait until it ruptured to get anything done. Then she got bumped in the surgery queue by an emergency c-section. Arrrgh! Hopefully, it will all turn out okay. Thanks for listening to me vent. Oh, and I get to sit here with the ex...

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Wow, lots of "stuff" going on, sending healing thoughts to all who are in pain:flowerforyou: !

Robin glad Bodi is doing better, hope he'll be getting to come home soon!

Vicki congrats on the new upcoming great grandchild !!!! I'm still looking for a foam broom, believe me with this remodeling my floors need one, I saw one on Amazon but it was out of stock, just haven't had time to go to Walmart and look for one, maybe I can do that this weekend! Have fun on your ride!

Bonnie keeping your family in my prayers:flowerforyou: !

Carol hope your daughter is doing fine now:flowerforyou: ! I have a couple of Dr. friends and the last time my daughter was in the ER from a horrible car crash, I called one and he came to the ER, he's a gastroenterologist, but he had the Drs. and the nurses hopping and we were in and out in less than 2 hours. I just don't understand the ERs, you're there for an emergency and they take so long, and they advertise "waiting time, less than 20 minutes", what a joke !

Anamika I've not read the blog yet, but I will:happy: ! Enjoy your yoga week!!!

Heather Congrats on getting a holiday pound off:bigsmile: !!!

Tile is going up in my kitchen and it looks wonderful !!!! My deck is almost finished and it's so beautiful, I'm looking forward to setting out there with my coffee watching the sunrise ! Painters will be here next week, things are moving along nicely! Now if I can only get rid of all the dust in the house:grumble: !

Hope everyone has a wonderful day! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in beautiful NC:glasses:

Good morning, ladies,

Sunny here and beautiful! Yesterday saw almost 90, but the humidity hasn't set in yet so not as bad as it will become later in the summer. A bit cooler today. My iris are over, peonies still blooming; I do think of Barbie when I look at them because of hers! It's funny, several of you cross my mind daily when individual reminders from what you have posted over time trigger thoughts, for instance, I can't see a sailboat w/o thinking of Katla, the local golfers bring Sue to mind, ...........and the list goes on!

Carol............Sending healing thoughts for your DD...........hope all goes as well as possible. Good thing you had a contact who knew how to get them moving!!! Deep breaths and counting for you!!! After my DD's own incident 2 weeks ago, I know exactly how you are feeling right now.

Anamika............You really "nailed" it when you said that the worry never ends.

Vicki............Lovely way to tell you about the new baby on the way! Congrats!

Bonnie............My thoughts are with you too in this difficult time.

Robin..........I showed DD the pic of you and Bodi; she just melted in ooohhhs and ahhhhsss.........continued thoughts for his recovery.

Dee Dee.........That "waiting time"line for ERs is a joke. Glad to hear your reno is moving along and you are happy with it.

Heather..........That frittata---like all your food

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sounds fabulous. Hoping for the best for your DHs nephew and your own son; it's so difficult to watch them go through these things. About alll we can do is let them know we are here to listen and help hash it out if asked.

Update..........Those who remember my friend Gwen and her seemingly dememted behavior............I am soooooooo happy to report that she is finally herself again!!!! The problem was related a drug

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Amiodarone, Cordarone.........an irregular heart rhythm regulator. FYI..........this drug was made in Europe and used over there and has come to be used here w/o going through FDA testing and approval procedures we have in place because, according to what I've read, the manufacturer threatened to pull it from the US market unless immediate approval was given for it's use. "Although amiodarone has many side effects, some of which are severe and potentially fatal, it has been successful in treating many arrhythmias where other antiarrhythmic drugs have been unsuccessful."..........this is from MedicineNet.com.............so, buyer (or user) beware. ALL drugs have side effects which affect a certain number of people, we all know this, but, after seeing what Gwen went through, and seeing her regulated with another longstanding safer ( for her) drug.............this would be my very last choice (as the review seems to recommend) for anyone I know. But, people don't generally know this and drs. certainly don't let you know either; I had to dig for the info and even her cardiologist wouldn't stop it, it was her family dr. who finally made the change.

Off my soapbox,
yanniejannie

Yanniejannie - excellent news on those meds.:drinker: Good family doctor and good for you for sticking with it. We are all a bunch of chemicals!:laugh:

I forgot to update on my window repair saga - talk about sticking with it! ! ! ! ! :noway: :grumble: :explode: :noway:
Yesterday the complaints woman actually RANG me to tell me she is seriously on the case. I will believe it when I see it! None of her inhouse emails were answered and the paperwork for the repair was missing.:grumble: Today I received in the post one of their stupid glossy magazines in which there is an article apologising for the dire state of the repairs situation. SERVICE PROMISE AND REPAIR INDICATOR - 38%.:grumble: % SATISFIED WITH COMPLAINT HANDLING - 36% :explode:
I have never ever seen such low marks.
So, I am still plugging away.:sad:

It is seriously raining here and I have to go to the post office to hand in the forms for my granddaughter's premium bonds. Also to pick up dry cleaning and go to the pharmacy. Wet, wet, WET! ! ! ! ! :sad: Not looking brilliant for our long weekend, but I am grateful for the rain for the garden.:drinker: Tomorrow we visit the home of the people who rented us the house in France to give back the key and say hello.

Love again, Heather in absolutely sodden Hampshire UK

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Good morning and happy day to all. Sending prayers to all who need some healing, physical or emotional. High fives and hugs all around. I won't be here much today; I need to get some serious work done on the little test bank and then we're out to dinner with friends. Love you all, Meg from Omaha where it's so nice I want to be outside instead of in here!

TGIF!!Hubby bought a lawn mower a few weeks ago,went to use it and it wouldn`t work,put in gas,no go.:sad: :sad:
So I wake up to see my neighbor,on her riding lawn mower,cutting our grass.How nice,hubby will be pleased.:drinker: :drinker:
Meeting with my knitting group for a lunch for our last meeting til the fall.:drinker: :drinker:
Hugs to all who need them
jane

Grandmallie – One of my girlfriends was divorced and had two small children. She lives in MD and their dad lives in MA. Once a month they would fly to MA for a weekend visit. The airlines were very good about making sure a flight attendant was with them at all times. She would see them off at the gate, they would be first on the plane and once it landed, the flight attendant would walk them off to meet their dad. This was before 9-11 when you could go to the gate but now you can’t. The first time she had to leave them at security she was nervous but they had someone meet them at security to take them to their gate. Maybe you can ask the airline to have someone escort them to their connecting gate. Maybe this will help their dad be less nervous about them having to do a connection. Just a thought.

Brenda – I’m sorry you DD and GS is moving. I can imagine that would be hard when you’re used to being close to them. Like someone mentioned, Skype is a great way to stay in touch. My DH’s daughter and family are now stationed in Kansas so we use that a lot. They have 4 young girls and we had never met the last two before we had a chance to visit. Using skype helped all of the kids recognize us when we showed up and they felt like they already knew us. They had lived away from us since they were born so we never really had a chance to get close to any of them. We use it a lot and they love to show us what they learned in dance class or their new dresses, etc. When their dad was deployed for over a year, he left 2 weeks after his last daughter was born, he was able to skype daily so he was able to talk to them about their day at school, help with homework, and say good-night before bed. When he got back, there weren’t any awkward moments because to them he was there every day. The baby knew his voice and wasn’t upset when he held her.

Carol in NC – How is your daughter doing? :flowerforyou:

Robin- prayers for Bodi. Hope he’s able to come home soon.

Joyce – congratulations on getting your vacation home arranged. I like the West coast of Florida as the water is the Gulf of Mexico so there are no big waves and the water tends to be warmer than the ocean. My parents moved to Fort Myers when my dad retired and as a non-swimmer I loved the gulf. :drinker:

Yanniejannie – so happy to hear about Gwen and her improved mental situation. Crazy that none of the doctors would consider the side effect of the medicine as a cause. So far my DH and I have been lucky that we don’t need to take medicine on a daily basis.

Lucy – sorry to hear about the incident with Milo. Not sure what the law is in your area but if the man came onto your property uninvited and Milo bit him while still on your property I don’t see how he could sue and win. We have strict leash laws and if the dog runs off your property and bites someone than you’re at fault but not sure how it would play out if the dog never left your property. Hope the man is reasonable about it and doesn’t try to sue. :flowerforyou:

Rita – Hi, I’ve been lurking a lot lately too. I do read most every day but usually at work so I can only sneak onto the site for a few minutes at a time. The office is quiet today with everyone off for the holiday so I have a bit more freedom.

JB: Praying for Mariah and her family. Added her to our prayer list at church.

Welcome to all of the new ladies :flowerforyou:

We have had some nice weather here lately so was able to get some flowers planted and yard trimmed up. I took Tuesday off work and DH and I took our kayaks out for the first time this year. We tried a new place and ended up going about 7 miles. Hands and arms felt it the next day!

We will be heading to Montana for our vacation on June 6. We are flying to Spokane, WA with a stop at CO. We will rent a car at Spokane and drive to MT. We are going to visit Glacier National Park and hopefully take a day to go Canada to a town called Waterton. From there you can take a boat trip that goes back into the U. S. to the North side of the Park. I think it takes about 2 or so hours and heard the scenery is beautiful. For those that live in the colder parts of the U.S., any suggestions on what to bring for clothing? We’ve read the town we are staying in, Whitefish, can get to 80 during the day and 40 at night but once you go to the Park it is much colder. Trying to figure out what to pack is a challenge as one heavy coat can fill up a suitcase! Hate to pack it but also don’t want to be cold all of the time we’re hiking. Guessing many layers may be the way to go. I always seem to pack way too much and never use about 1/2. Any advice is appreciated.

Oh, a while back someone said they were close or at their driver’s license weight. Well, that got me curious so just for grins I pulled mine out to see what I listed. I burst out laughing at what I had put down. No way was I even close to that…may never be that low again. I had to have been off by at least 40-50 pounds. :noway: I wonder if anyone at the DMV ever looks at the weight listed and questions it?

Ok, way too long, so I’m closing this now
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Tina from MD

Oh, a while back someone said they were close or at their driver’s license weight. Well, that got me curious so just for grins I pulled mine out to see what I listed. I burst out laughing at what I had put down. No way was I even close to that…may never be that low again. I had to have been off by at least 40-50 pounds. :noway: I wonder if anyone at the DMV ever looks at the weight listed and questions it?

Ok, way too long, so I’m closing this now
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Tina from MD

You made me curious, and my musings made me laugh. My drivers license has been off for years. My drivers license is now reporting me 40 pounds heavier than I am. At the time I gave them my weight I "underestimated" by about 30 pounds.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: