WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2014

Hi Everyone,

Quick Hi from windy Nova Scotia! Arthur is visiting us today, so far very little rain where I live but lots of wind! I heard something hit the window this morning and went out to see if it was a bird (didn’t find anything) and I heard a loud crack from a tree so I’m sure that tree won’t make it through the day. I think today is a day for hooking and reading as I‘m sure we‘re going to lose our power sooner or later.

I finally made it back to the pool for aqua fit classes. (I went a couple of weeks ago and couldn’t step down into the pool and they have no railing on the shallow end) I took my cane and a friend and was able to get in using my cane and truly enjoyed the class.:happy:

Hoping with this storm that the humidity will break and the pain in my joints will let up a bit, it’s been almost impossible to walk this week.

My July goals:

Walk or go to the pool at least 3 times a week
Track my foods
Eat more vegetables
Say every day “I will do this”

Cathy in NS

Good morning!

I hope every one of my US friends had a nice July 4th holiday. I also hope all of you on the east coast are safe from Arthur. Today I will workout on the treadmill for about 45 minutes. We are going to church this evening so we can get our packing done tomorrow for our trip. So far I am maintaining my weight loss. Our vacation will be a challenge, but we will walk a lot.

I will be missing you this week. I will check in as often as I can. I wish you all a wonderful week. Be good to yourselves!

Welcome all new ladies, you join just by posting.

Cindy in OK

Still breezy here and a bit cooler with less humidity...........all recovered from the storm. Very quiet day yesterday. May go to a local farm and pick blueberries sometime today. Weeding (endless!!!) and a kettlebell workout for sure. The bush cucumber has many little ones coming and yesterday I had a delicious tomato and bacon sandwich thanks to the patio tomato plant. The new cucumber seeds have sprouted and are about 2inches high, getting second leaves. The mini tomato producers are loaded with small ones and should start coming ripe in about a week.

Heather and Katla.........My DH is one for the old movies, etc. The other day I came in and he was watching one of those Francis, The Talking Mule movies

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had to be from the 40's!

Lesley..........Welcome, your cholesterol issues sound daunting but your life sounds very adventurous!

Karen..............LOL!!! "anything with the word cake in it sounds good"!!!

Kim............Making me hungry for plums and apricots! It's wierd, any fruit with fuzz like peaches, I can't eat the skin, the rest is OK if peeled, but the fuzzy skin just makes my lips itch, no matter how washed it is.

Working (once again) on what I think of as the "tenacious 10"..........those last 10 pounds that keep coming back...........down once more a pound and a half this am

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full speed ahead! Now it's the tenacious 8 1/2. Someone once posted a blurb about maintaining at not necessarily the lowest goal weight you can reach, but the lowest weight you can manage successfully..........maybe my body is trying to speak to me????? BUT, at barely 5ft 3in a ten pound difference is very noticible, both to the eye and in the clothing, whereas, if I had some height, it might not be.................dratted short genes!!!!

Cathyb60.............Good for you for making it into the pool!!!

Welcome newbies!

Stay strong, ladies!!!
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

Yannieyannie: do your lips itch with cherries and apples as well? Then I'll guess you get hay fever when beech trees bloom. :bigsmile:

Cynthia

Katla - a Pom is a British person, probably derived from pomegranate, "immigrant" and the colour of a pomegranate.
A Ten Pound Pom was a Britisher who went out to Australia under the Australian Assisted Passage Scheme after WWII. The long boat passage cost them £10 and they had to stay for a minimum of two years. At the time Australia was desperate to attract immigrants from Britain. DH'S uncle went out in the 50s and DH'S father thought he would never see him again. Of course, as time went on, they were able to make regular airplane visits to each other.

Heather UK

Cynthia..............Cherries and apples are fine; it's only fruit with fuzzy outsides and then only if unpeeled. I do have allergies which play havock with my sinuses in the fall and especially in the spring.

Joyce, you look SO CUTE in your new photo! It's so nice to see peoples faces.

JB, thanks for the info on the pepper seeds. I was not removing them. I thought these would be like the mild green peppers you see canned in the Mexican food section of the store, but these seem hotter. They are long and pepper shaped, not stubby like a bell pepper and the bigger ones are about as big around as my thumb and as long as my hand. I picked them green, so I don't know if I left them on longer if they would turn another color. The picture on the little stick from the garden center shows them green. I found out the hard way about picking the cayenne peppers. I didn't use gloves and then touched my face. I made a nice batch of salsa yesterday using one of the bigger green peppers and one of the cayenne peppers to one can of diced tomatoes (no salt added). The heat was just about right. I made some beef enchiladas with it and they were really good! Hubby said they need salt. I've really missed Mexican food.

My dog peed on my basil plant!

This morning I walked my 10,000 steps in one shot, all before breakfast. Then trimmed my bangs in the bathroom. I think that is "fringe" to those of you across the pond. Had to get it out of my eyes.


Have a great day ladies!

Sylvia

Yanniejannie: then you're a lucky one. I'm allergic to the birch trees (I mistakenly said beech in my last post), but also to fruits with stones (apricots, cherries etc.) and most apples. It's called a cross allergy. Luckily it's only itching. Not dangerous. It's also not a problem if I cook the fruit.

Cynthia

Greetings to all my friends here. We had a quiet fourth of July. I think the thundershirt helped some but Benny Beagle was still pretty nervous. We went downstairs and had bratwurst and watched a movie…Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit. Wow that was one good movie! Benny is not licking the paw as much but it is more swollen. I think another call to the vet is in order.

Jane: I hope you are enjoying all your visiting! I bet the kids loved the fireworks! Keeping fingers crossed that you get the townhouse!

Yanniejannie: so glad you survived Arthur! Maybe your dd can bake with truvia for fewer calories! I too love those movies!

Heather; glad I am not the only fearful traveler around here! How is Amanda? As I recall, you are in contact with her

LKM54: I agree with your attitude about food and love your dogs. Who is the darker one…what kind is he?

Sylvia: thanks for the link. That looks better than the cone of shame! I can’t imagine making one out of a butter tub with Velcro. That made me laugh! Once I made tons of salsa and washed my hands carefully, then took out my contacts. When I put them in the next day OMG I almost died.

Vicki: hope your family reunion is fun and brings back lots of good memories about dad. I think it is going to be clear but hot at least here…in the mid 90s

Joyce Indiana: I am one of those who keep a word tab open while I read so I can respond to each person right after I read their post. I tried taking notes and got confused LOL. I agree….Alison is a tremendously caring person. I love your new pic!

Alison: Read above !!! It takes someone special to have the patience to work with older people and I’m sure you will be a great help to them

Sue: the joke around here is that fireworks season starts in January!

Lesley: what an interesting life you lead! I too have a beagle. We think he is 10….got him 3 years ago from a shelter and they thought he was 7 at the time. He has very few teeth, so it’s difficult to tell how old he really is but he has some grey in his fur.

Michele: it is amazing how some vet meds are so cheap and others so expensive. When Benny Beagle was on ursodiol for his liver, it had to be compounded and was as expensive as gold, ounce for ounce!

Rori: funny, that’s my old taste habits too. I actually bought a box of pecan sandies this year because I saw them and remembered how much I loved them as a kid and thought lite ice cream and then some cookies would be a good dessert for the 4th. I had one and thought “now why did I like those!!!” No taste whatsoever!

Karen: your dinner sounded really grand!

KK: welcome aboard!

Kim: your jams sound fabulous!

Cathy: stay safe in your storm!

Cindy: have a safe and fun vacation. I need to start getting ready too; we leave on Friday but it stresses me out so much I keep putting it off!

Katla: glad your dog was someplace warm and safe for the fireworks. Benny can’t be caged; when he had his gallbladder out he was supposed to stay for three days after. He had his surgery late in the afternoon and the vet called before 7 in the morning and said please come get him. We can’t keep him in his kennel without totally knocking him out. We don’t know about his past, but he is terrified of cages and kennels.

Sandy: fabulous progress~!

Well ladies. I’m off to eat lunch then work on my scrapbook. DH and DD#1 are in the garage changing her oil and hopefully having some kind of meaningful conversation. DD#2 is spring cleaning. All the pets are quiet and sleeping so it is a nice day!
Take care all, meg from Omaha where it is hot and steamy today.

I live on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. When I was in a small village in the Cariboo, we saw only a few large predators in town. But now that I live in a town 10 times larger, we have to look out for bears and cougars through 3 seasons. So much for the safety of civilization!