WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2014

Good Morning,

A midst all the glorious flowers each gardener had bits of fun. These frogs are one example.

Enjoying looking out at the garden as I enjoy coffee and water. :drinker: I will shortly be getting ready for church.

Today I will eat more non-fat plain yogurt so tomorrow my immune system will be stronger.

2014 word: contentment

MNMargaret

Hi everyone,

Sooooo behind, still in computer hell. New hard drive is in but it wouldn't take the recovery disks. Took it back to a Best Buy where they made some adjustment to the settings and it appeared to be making progress. Sat there for 3 hours, until they closed. Left it ther in hopes that it finished doing its thing and I will get a happy call this am.

A little heavy on the calories yesterday but sticking with the program.

Have to hit the shower and try to catch up on some of my housework while I wait for my call. Will try to catch up on reading later.

Xo- Gloria in Metro Detroit

Good Morning,

Slow start to my day - I piddle around Sunday mornings reading the paper, clipping coupons, coffee, water and then strip the bed and start my laundry. DH likes to read the paper, watch old movies and play guitar on Sundays. We might go to the pool later or I'll just stay inside and scrapbook. I'm a huge scrapbooker as DH and I travel quite a bit. Anyway, we live in South Florida, south of Miami, just before you start driving down to the Keys and it has been stifling hot as of late. The heat, mosquitos the size of sparrows and with a 60% chance of rain sometime during the day, it can be frustrating living here in the summer, sigh! Not conducive to much outdoor activity but the winter and spring here are FABULOUS! Dry, 70's during the day and 50/60's at night. We can't wait for winter here, haha!

Enjoy your day!

Becky

Kim: The current plan is to fill and flush the boat’s holding tank with clean water several times, in an effort to clean out the system before we delve into it. We didn’t get to it yesterday, and I don’t know about today. Our major goal is to go to Astoria on the coast and get some paint for our son’s boat. The Portland stores were out. Finding a marine plumber is not likely to be easy. Good luck with your own plumber. I hope your day will be cooler. I agree that 90+ is too hot.:flowerforyou:

Heather: I wish I could see the gardens at Great Dixter, too. Thanks for your wonderful descriptions. Congratulations on your wise choice of routes home. :flowerforyou: I consider hauling cans of water around as weight lifting. Thanks for your good wishes on the boat plumbing situation. No progress on that front to report.:flowerforyou:

Yanniejannie: I’m so sorry you are sick and hope you are feeling better soon. It didn’t occur to me to look up Great Dixter online. I’ll do that next! Your neighbor’s DD has a lot of nerve. A card and well wishes are totally appropriate.:flowerforyou:

Margaret: Add me to the list of garden lovers. :flowerforyou:

Renny: Line dried sheets sound divine. I have no yard for an outdoor line. I’d have line envy except I’m happy here. But the smell of line dried sheets is absolutely wonderful.:flowerforyou:

Barbie: 27,000 steps! Congratulations! Counting blessings is a lot more fun than self-pity and complaining. You’re a good woman to stay in touch with your cousin.:flowerforyou:

Michele: Your son is calling with more frequency. Count your blessings. I don’t see why coleus wouldn’t grow most anywhere with enough water in the summer time, but it won’t survive freezing weather, so it is an annual in our area. I tried to overwinter one in the house once, and it got leggy and ugly.:ohwell: :flowerforyou:

Sylvia: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I’m sorry you were miserable on your uphill and downhill hike. Lines and waiting for ferries is inevitable, but they’re worth the wait. Canadian taxes drive up prices, but the dollar is usually stronger so costs balance out. Plus you can get a tax rebate from Canada on purchased items. It takes record keeping to do that and we have seldom followed through. Look for wifi hotspots for communication. The last time we went was several years ago, before DH was diagnosed with MS. We had our phone coverage extended for a month and that cost was worth it for the convenience. I miss going to Canada. :flowerforyou:

Kim: I agree with your comments on “I deserve.”:flowerforyou:

Alison: I hope you enjoyed breakfast at your friend’s house.:flowerforyou:

Carol: Congratulations on getting the “for sale” sign up! You’ve worked hard and I hope you get top dollar for the house.:flowerforyou:


Today is another gorgeous day and we’re driving out to Astoria to pick up paint for DS. I hope we can stop at their Sunday Market and enjoy ourselves just a bit. Astoria Sunday Market is a farmers market plus crafts market and quite enjoyable.

I wonder whether this will be the 500th post.

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



July 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 three glasses of water daily, preferably more!

Sylvia - talking about looking things up on line, you might like Alan Caiger Smith. I'm currently trying to get my hands on one of his lustre bowls.:blushing: :bigsmile:

Heather UK

Go Cynthia!
I was last, last! ! ! ! :drinker:

Three's the charm!

bump!

Ha.........I'm here again. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Lin in Central Iowa

Hello and happy Sunday from Omaha. Did a little gardening today. DH took DD#2 for her first driving lesson. She came home startled that driving would actually be work! The housesitter is coming over later so I can pay her then it’s time to dye the hair again. UGH! Gets so old but I am NOT ready to be grey!

Jane: house hunting can be exhausting. I hope you find something soon! You are so kind to make cards for those kids! Congratulations on a new grandbaby to love up!!!

Cynthia: if you want to feel like Michele, you need to go move 1 million pounds of river rock!

Yanniejannie: I’m so sorry you are sick. I usually stomp my feet when I don’t feel well too! No, I don’t think it’s mean to send that
couple a nice card; I can’t believe the DD would stoop to asking people for money for that trip. I do think that is becoming more common now though. It’s ridiculous!

Alison: enjoy your visit. The pasta sounded great

Heather: I bet you looked mah-velous! I love the idea of a matching dyed lymphedema sleeve! What a great idea!

Patceoh: nervy nellies! I love it!

Renny: (and others)…I agree that we are always grateful about the mammos being routine these days. My mom had breast cancer detected by a mammo when it was very small. I never miss mine!

Barbie: great idea to talk on the Bluetooth so you are not tied to the house. Hope Jake feels better

Michele: more river rock!!!! I bet you have nightmares about the stuff. You didn’t ask me, but we have had trees removed on
some rental properties and they come back after a couple of weeks and grind up the stump down into the ground so nothing will “sprout” from it. That costs extra.

Sylvia: first happy birthday! Second I did read your whole post and I don’t blame you at all. We found out firsthand about gas at high altitude during our vacation. We couldn’t hardly eat a thing we felt so stuffed. I was worried about my blood sugars and then it dawned on me….gas expands! I hope when you look back you’ll have a memory or two that are nice!

Kim: I totally agree with your take on “deserve”!

Lestan: your Sunday routine sounds lovely

Cynthia: I find that the night before vacation starts is the best part!

Carol: sounds like you are having a great time with the house and the excitement of looking at new places

Becky: Key West is one of my favorite places and the only place I have visited more than twice. Last time we drove from Miami…what a great trip

Lin: nice to see you!

Well ladies. I see the housesitter pulling up so I am off. Enjoy the rest of the day. I plan to go to work tomorrow and start up my exercise again, so that I will be ahead at work and healthier…sentiment “borrowed” from Margaret who seems very wise! Take care, Meg from sunny and windy Omaha

Bump!

Hello Ladies :flowerforyou:
Been reading and trying to catch up ~WOW~

A Big group HUG :drinker: :flowerforyou: :happy:

Doing better.Have some great friends in here.

Since so close to the end of July (can't believe how time flies by)
Will make up mine for August .

Still motivated and safe :flowerforyou:

Molly from West Virginia

We went to the Oregon coast to pick up deck paint for our son at a marine supply store. I haven't seen that much traffic on the roads in YEARS! The economy must be improving. There were tons of people with travel trailers, and only a few with motor homes. I am glad to be home.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

Hello ladies. I didn't disappear.

Dee Dee I did look at your pics of your kitchen so far and it looks marvelous.

Kim, I purposefully skimmed over reading your recipe for fantasy fudge. I didn't even want to know about it!!!1:laugh: :laugh:

Last week Kohl's had a lot of shorts.

Sylvia, I read your whole post also and I feel for you. Making the trip just to say you went to Canada is silly. But you were able to make that trek up and down the mountain and that is something.

We had an absolutely wonderful time. Of course we could sit in a room and stare at each other and we would have a good time. The heat index got as high as 103. It was a 30% chance of scattered thunderstorms. The morning was a little cloudy and cool but the afternoon was clear and HOT. I am so glad Charlie never complains about me renting a scooter. But the scooters are one size fits all and the seat gets further and further away from the controls as I get thinner. It is cool enough in the morning that you stay in the amusement park and leave the water park for the afternoon. So the first thing we did when we got to the water park was sit in the wave pool. The rest of the fam got up to the front of the wave pool to get the strongest of the waves. I knew how tired I already was so I didn't do that. My dear husband found a place in the shade. He was in his swim trunks and shoes and didn't get wet at all in Splashin Safari. With my disability pass some one in your party can go to the front of the line by going through the exit ramps to talk to the attendant and get a return time. 2 of the rides gave us a 2 hour wait time. But we just arrive at the written time and just walk on! It is great. I think my fit bit sensed me riding up the ramps because it said I walked 13 flights of stairs!!!!! I know I didn't. I was also able to get myself out of all the rides by myself and not be humiliated by having to have my SIL help me.

I ate pretty decent at lunch. We go to the only place in the park that is like a cafeteria. I had green beans that were seasoned with garlic which I'm not used to but there was no butter. I gave my cornbread to my oldest DGD which was upset that since she is still 12 she could get the kids meal. I gave half my corn on the cob to the other DGD who has 2 empty arms and legs and can eat a horse. I got roasted chicken which I know must have had some sodium in the spices. My husband doesn't like the water park at all. He likes the music shows which my kids do not at all. So when it was really getting hot, him and I left and took in a couple of music shows. They were under a real nice top which made it really nice temperature. I was really hungry so we got a waffle cone. I got a spoon so I could control more of what I ate. He ate the actual cone. As we were leaving the park they announced that they were under a severe weather watch. So I'm glad we left when we did. I didn't go into the fudge shop with my daughter, my oldest DGD did but she will go anywhere with her cool aunt. So I went on ahead and turned in my scooter. By that time my oldest daughter's back was hurting her real bad and my husbnad was walking slow so they caught up with me. We decided to go on out to the car which was in a front handicap space. While we were sitting there waiting for the other 3 elephant size rain drops started landing on the car. Heavy metal trash cans were rolling around in the very full parking lot and the winds were terrible. So we got there just in time and our clothes stayed dry. But the ones in the fudge shop weren't so lucky. they were just as soaked when the got to the car you would have thought they just got out of the pool. Shouldn't have gotten the fudge!!! So all these thousands of people leaving the park were all on the same interstate as us and were all as hungry as us. We always stop at a Wendys:grumble: on the way home but it was so crowded so we just decided to go through the drive through and eat in the car. Well Wendys had had a power surge and all computers were out and they had to personally take the orders and ring them up with a calculator. They thought it was to much trouble to figure the tax so they didn't do that!!!! I was tired, very hungry and gave in and had a single cheese burger and small order of fries. UH OH! But they were so good.

Today we had the birthday party. They love to got o this one buffet and I have a big salad made with onions, carrots, lettuce and 1 egg. Then a spinach casserole and broccoli raisin salad. The salad has some mayonaise because of the creaminess and how sweet it is. Then came home and had a teeny piece of cake and ice cream. So really over yesterday and OK on calories but not so much the nutrition today.

The amusement park was pretty revealing about Charlie. He is slower. You can set the speed on a scooter from anywhere from a tortoise to the hare and I had to set it to the tortoise pretty much all day. Plus when we got out of the two rides he did ride, the log flume and the raging rapids, he had trouble getting of the ride. Couldn't get out of the vehicle. So it really frustrated his manliness. There isn't much at the park he enjoys anyway so it may be our last time we go. I know in the future I can go without him and still enjoy it with my youngest daughter and oldest daughter and family but it wouldn't be the same. But he is not an outdoor person. On all our vacation photos you can see him under a tree or anywhere there is shade. Put that with the fact he doesn't like the rides and the rest of the family don't like the shows it isn't a good mix. He says he goes too watch the fun the family has. But he is so far away from us he can't see them.

Trinity had a wonderful party. In the past it would be my Mom, sister and us and Mom was really missed. But she enjoyed our presents. The jeans my youngest daughter got were slims and not super skinny which is her size but that's the pair that she chose to wear with the jacket I got her.

They all went to church with me and enjoyed the service. They can tell the heart my pastor has and knows it's the right fit for me. They also found out that a couple that is one of their best friends was good friends of our pastor and our chairman of deacons went to the same college as them. . So they enjoyed my church which means a lot to me. They belong to one of these mega churches and mine has 100 members.

Talkative tonight, sorry. Joyce, Indiana

Good evening, all,

First, thanks to all who commiserated with me; I am feeling a slightly better today. The anniversary card is written and ready to be delivered.

DD cooked and made a four cheese ravoli in Alfredo sauce with parmesan, fresh and dried tomatoes and basil, from what I could taste, it was very good. Not much appetite yet, only ate a little, and guessed on cals which I am sure were high(always dangerous!!!).

Sylvia...........HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I sincerely hope today was better than yesterday!

Meg........It's nice to know someone else stomps when ill----I just get soooooo frustrated with illness when it's me, no patience with myself. I had a family friend do most of DD's driver training, her running coach, they were great friends and still are. Her driving attemps were too nerve wracking for me.

Heather and Katla...........Glad you both got home safely despite traffic and slow roads.

Kim......I also liked your thoughts on "deserve".


Has anyone else been following the African ebola outbreak? Nasty disease with a 60% morbidity rate. I've had an interest and been watching reports on outbreaks of this disease since the 80's. The current outbreak now is not looking good ( I believe the worst to date) and has potential to really spread............scary stuff.

G'nite all, another early night for me,
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic