WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2014

Good Morning,

Welcome newcomers:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Deedee I know it is hard to pick a paint color. I hope the process goes well for you. It is hard to have your home torn apart. It will be gorgeous when it is done. I am sorry the tooth still hurts. I had a deep filling down last fall, and it did take a while for my mouth to adjust. :drinker:

Cynthia hope your visit to the cardiologist answers your questions. Good news it wasn’t more serious with your horse.

Carol busy time for you. Hope you can get a breather soon.:flowerforyou:

BJ like your suggestion about the paint. Yes good paint is not cheap. For me it also all the time and hassle of painting too. So I like to get it right the first time.

Barbie thanks for the link.:flowerforyou:

Sylvia agree a tiring day for you.:yawn:

Heather glad you had a wonderful time with grandchildren.

Meg my son is looking in the insurance field. He has been fortunate to find jobs, unfortunately his health gets in his way of keeping them. His health comes first without it. it keeps him from living the life he wants.

Thanks for all the uplifting comments on my picture. A great no calorie booster. It was fun to see all the other outfits people came up with for their 70’s look. Bell bottoms ruled the day.

Enjoyed helping out at the Peace Walk at one of the schools I sub in quite a bit. They had many cooperative games they played and a lovely opening ceremony. As a school they made a peace symbol using all the students and staff at Cowern Elementary. One of the most poignant activities is we decorated peace doves and dedicated them to two students who died this year. Jonathan who died from cancer and Mourisha who died from an asthma attack. The doves were hung from a blooming crabapple tree. A reminder to hug all we love.

Today is errand day.
Today I will log what I eat and watch portion size, so I wake to a healthier tomorrow.
2014 word: contentment

Margaret

Katla - you are a knitter! Wow, I am always so impressed by that skill – I have tried, taken lessons even and just can’t seem to get the hang of it.:ohwell: The water rules are crazy - and the fees and charges are enough to make you tremble – they just set up a web link where we can monitor our own water use, the meters are all hooked to a wifi network so within a few hours of using water it shows on a web page; that will help me a lot, I am keeping the plants in the front alive and letting the grass die. With the plan that in the fall I will redo the front in drought tolerant planting, but the back I want to keep looking ok. Not lush but ok… there is some hardscape stuff to do in the front, and I am hoping to do that this summer so it is ready to go in the fall.

Cynthia – take care of your big fur baby (horse) they are all part of the fabric of our families!

DeeDee – you are basically getting a whole new house! Wow – sounds wonderful – you have heard all our paint stories, so I think taking your time and being sure you get the right color is worth it… you could have them mix a color to match something too….

Margaret – I love the idea of a peace walk and peace celebration! :bigsmile:

looks like it will be beautiful weather here today, Levi and I took a long (1 1/2 hour) walk this morning and I am enjoying a slow cup of coffee - I like on at least one day of the week to have a slower morning and have brunch - I can have some of the more calorie high breakfast foods I love and if it is counted as breakfast and lunch it is easier to make work.

Hope all have a great weekend!

Kim in N. California

Vicki, I got as for as 15 on the Janet evonivich books,but oh they are great arent they.. Lula is the best...
If you can get at least one of the books on audio,I listened to one many years ago, the girl who reads them, I think her name is Loralie something, has the voices down.. I had to listen to it with headphones where I worked.. people were giving me the strangest looks because I was laughing so hard :laugh:
I have to get caught up on the books...
hope evreyones weekend is going well...

About the magnesium issue. When my husband had his episode of atrial fibrillation this February, irregular heart rate, They found out his magnesium was low. after several IV infusions of magnesium and the correct beta blocker which is more specific for atrail fib, they finally got it under control. But he has to take a daily magnesium supplement. I know there are several over the counter but the one the doctor ordered was kept behind the counter, Slow mag. I am on a beta blocker for fast heart rate. My particular kind of fast heart rate is called PAT for paraxsysmal atrial tachycardia which just basically means that they can't find a cause for the fast heart rate but have deemed it be be non-consequential because of where the electrical stimulus to initiate comes form the right place or the upper chamber and not the lower chamber. It would be very dangerous if it comes from there.

We went to Home Depot with Michelle and got what we think will work. It's not the way Charlie would want it to be done but it is in her budget and she knows that she needs something for right now to help the drainage issue and then will work on making a nice yard later when she has the money and her basement is dry. Since it is so hot we just bought the material, got it home and will do it when it's a little cooler. Main problem is that tomorrow is her last day of vacation. She needs to get this drainage tubing buried to keep it away from her dogs. Oh the things they can do with anything rubber. She needs to rent a tiller but the ones at Home Depot to rent were to wide. So they are going to try to dig it just using a shovel. But the area it will be going in Michelle has tried to keep it bolstered through the years with rock, and sand. So it's not just digging a trench, it's digging through rock. Both of them are going to have to bite the dust and get up early morning to do it. She works until midnight, stays up until around 3 or 4 and sleeps until noon. So getting up early would be a miracle for her.

Joyce, Indiana

Good evening! I think I may have torn the meniscus in my other knee. Fingers crossed that it is just joint pain--like the rest of my body has today. The last time I did a major clean and purge of my house is when I messed up my right knee. I don't know what I do to myself!

I have almost everything I need to stage the house. Now I just need to get the painting and minor repair stuff done so the remainder of the deep clean can be done! I like the decorating bit. I am thinking of hiring a cleaning service to do some of it. I'm afraid that I am going to injure myself both physically and mentally if I try to do it all by myself. I don't have the money but I can't afford to be sick or injured either. My ex MIL offered to help me and I might take her up on it.

So, my bathroom and hallway are now pale yellow, the boy child's bathroom is gray, and the foyer is soon to be green. The gray bathroom is my fun project! The wall tile is white and the floor tile is white with gray streaks and gray grout. The cabinet is going to be painted a glossy black and I got new stylish knobs and pulls in brushed nickel. I have a red jar sort of thing that I'm going to put black bamboo limbs in to go on the back corner of the counter. I bought a large 16x20 picture frame that is black and has been matted to 8x10 that I will put a piece of red, black, gray, white, and yellow scrapbook paper in instead of a photo (modern art at its cheapest). I have a red rug and gray and black towels. I planned the colors for it and then realized that those are the colors in my son's bedding!

My food and exercise have been terrible this week so Monday is the crackdown! I will food shop tomorrow to be sure that I have appropriate food for the week and pre-plan and pre-prepare as much as I can. Prayers that my knee will be okay for walking!

BTW, I have been getting maybe five hours of sleep on a good night so you can imagine the luggage I am carrying beneath my eyes! I plan on taking more care with that, too, by carefully planning my errands and house stuff so that I have a few minutes of down time before bedtime each night.

Tomorrow is my daughter's 24th birthday and graduate recognition Sunday at church. I put the flowers in the chancel in honor of her birthday and all of the graduates. I actually bought a large pot full of petuntias and some other flower that also has a grass for height in the middle. The plants are my daughter's birthday gift so she will have something blooming on her balcony.

My (sort of) humor for the week has been watching my best female friend and my handyman develop a budding romance this week while both of them were working in the house.

So, now y'all are mostly caught up with my life. Y'all are probably ready for a nap now!!

Carol in sunny and hot NC

Hi ladies. Fun day today. We went to the farmers’ market early this morning. We started with breakfast at my favorite dive café….usually someone gets arrested on the sidewalk in front and most of the employees are either on parole or on leave from the halfway house if you know what I mean. LOL. It’s my kind of place. I do love going to nice restaurants and dressing up, but in places like this the people are real and sincere. I had a breakfast quesadilla and had no idea how to log it, so I’m not sure I got it right, but at least it’s there! Then we puttered around the yard for a while after a LOOOONG nap! I even managed to edit four more test bank chapters and now I am just watching a baseball game.

Kim: now I’m hungry again reading your post about blueberries and red snapper. We hardly even have snapper around here

Alison: that’s right each day is a new opportunity to start anew

Brenda: wow you probably really saved that kid from a bad injury! I used to go to step class (the Y doesn’t have it anymore) and I fell more times than I care to remember. When there were new people in class, the teacher would point to me and say “don’t watch her”! Of course she said it with a smile. It was a contact sport for me!

Sylvia: what a day you had! Hoping hubby’s tests come out ok. Congrats on all those stairs!!!

Bjmcq: Yes I’ve been here nearly 2 years now but on my status page I just hit 5 days in a row again LOL. I would nove to eat more organic but it’s so expensive here!

Nena: what part of TX are you in?

Katla :thanks for the reminder about the new thread. I always forget!

Cynthia: my best friend breeds Arabians and I have helped her many times with colicky horses. And you’re right; it’s always on the weekend or right after the vet went home.

DeeDee: it sounds like you are incredibly busy but you will be glad when it’s over and your house is gorgeous

Margaret: that’s too bad your son is limited and must be frustrating for him.

Vicki: it’s too bad health care is now just the bottom number isn’t it? All those kid activities amaze me…the cost, the time, the travel. I could never do it. I’m not holding my breath for rain; it keep clouding up and then the clouds just fade away.

Renny: are you excited about a new grandbaby?

Carol: I hope you find some time to rest!

Well I’ll take Katla’s lead and say to all you newbies….there’s a new thread starting tomorrow because it is the first of the month! Don’t lose us!

OK I’m off. Sweet dreams to all! Meg from Omaha where I wish it would rain.

Bump

Good eve. Haven't read any posts this wk & not sure I could even find them.

DH came home this afternoon.Don't know who was happier They tried everything to find out why the upper chambers of his heart was beating too fast. They tried diff meds,to no avail.He was in surgical ? Not sure what it's called,where they put a tube down the throat to the back of his heart,then shocked the heart.Didn't work,so they did it again & no dice.The longer we waited,the scarier
It was.

Basically ,they don't know what causes it,nor did anything help.He has my Dr,one we both like.

Has been a long day for sure.Just about bedtime. Too sleepy to write more. Pat in Ohio

Good Morning All, It has been a good 5 days since I've been on here. I hope all is well, thoughts and prayers to those struggling.
Week-ends go way to fast. Friday night two friends came over, we had a work-out session and then sat around and talked for a couple of hours. Saturday DD, DGK's and I went to the Krohn Conservatory to see the butterfly show. The kids are 4 and 2 and they loved it. The loved the butterflies, there were beautiful birds, and a waterfall and cave they could run through. The flowers and folige was awesome and I found lots of plants I want for my yard. Don't know if I can find them or grow them outdoors but I sure would like to try. I ran up to DD's yesterday to play with the kids and give DD a chance to take a nap. She was really tired and is counting days for the new babies arrival. Other than that I cleaned, mowed, did laundry, and prepared for the week. It was actually a very productive and relaxing day.

Carol, I know what you’re going through with the house. I’m thinking of trying to sell mine and after reading your post I don’t know if I’m up for the challenge.

Sylvia, The art show sounded like great fun.

Pat, Prayers for your husband, I hope you find some answers.

Gail, glad the dog is doing better.

I didn't go back to the old posts so I hope all are doing well.
Have a happy and good health day.
Patty, Cincinnati OH

I want to do lower carbs what is everyone doing? I tried really low carbs like 25 a day and that was not going to work, I felt SICK. I think carbs are a killer as I get older. I see a lot of people only do 1300 or 1500 calories. There is no way I can or am wiling to do that. I think 1800 to 1900 is much more realistic for me. Is anyone else doing a higher calorie count and finding success? Thanks..Have a great day!:drinker:

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