WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2014

Happy Sept. 1!!

Welcome newbies, first of all!

Sylvia..............One more idea; if you can take it, maybe you need some oral Benadryl; sounds like you are truly suffering. Blisters? Might be more than bug bites............only you know how bad it is but maybe it warrents a trip to a "doc in a box" type place for a diagnosis and maybe some oral prednisone.

Cynthia..........I feel terrible for your poor dog..........how uncomfortable he must be and you also have to be soooooooo upset and worried. Good healing thoughts to him and calming ones to you.

Michele..........I am beyond thrilled that Bryan called you; may he do it again and again!!!!!!!!

Carol.........Hope things are evened out emotionally for you soon..........major life changes are not easy for anyone and you have had a LOT of MAJOR life events between son going off to college, your job, and getting the house ready and trying to sell it..........any one of those things are enough to trigger distress and depression.

Cindy.............Happy your dogs are so compatible!

Meg..........Does DH's cousin become frustrated due to trouble communicating his wants? Or maybe his inability to do what he once could? Do they see a big potential for more recovery?
Can't believe how low the housing prices are in Omaha............I suggest we all sell up and move there; I ,for one, would kill for a three car garage!!! LOL!

Kim..........I have zero need for anything super dressy. My "best" dressiest dresses are my funeral/memorial service ones and both were bought at consignment stores. I do have some very casual dresses from places like Banana Republic and White House Black Market.....don't mind spending a bit more for things I wear a little more often. Occ. I have a banquet or such to attend; nice pants and top suffice. LOL, right now I'm sitting here in literally shredded blue jean shorts which pre-date DD (22) and a sleeveless tank top from a 5K she ran........yeah, real formal here!!!

Dee Dee..........Sounds like you indulged in some major fun with the grandgirls!!!

Heather...........Oh, Heather.............MY stove needs cleaned too!!! (since you are sooooooo good at it!!)

"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." AA. Milne Winnie The Pooh author

yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic..............hot, hot, hot

Well happy Labor Day to all of us who labor! We had more storms last night and although it rained hard, there was only ½” in the rain gauge. So that’s about 9 ½” this week or so. It is a soggy mess outside. Dh and DD#2 have left OK and are on their way back. Last night they went to the powwow and to the casino for dinner. The cousin is the 2nd chief of the Ottawa and also the gaming commissioner, so he knows everyone. DH said they could hardly eat for all the people coming up to see how he was. It went well except he seemed agitated and once went up to a random table and took a napkin, wiped his mouth, and put it back on the table. The people looked very surprised, to the waitress told them about his head injury (they were tourists). So no hard feelings, which was good! I imagine that could easily have led to a fist fight with the wrong people!

Kim: maybe you can find something that can be taken in easily later. The house prices about made me choke. 500K would buy you a practical mansion here!

Sylvia: thanks for the link! Bug bite cure: Do you have walgreens near you? They have an antihistamine/bug bite spray that works really well. It’s a walgreens brand. Sorry I don’t know the name of it. Also Aveeno with calamine and paroximine if you can find it.

DeeDee: enjoy the grandbabies

Heather: I am not a good “housewife” either….I don’t clean at all (we have a cleaning lady) so having a schedule is the only way to ensure the deep cleaning gets done because she doesn’t do that type of cleaning. Plus we have all the animals and if you don’t try at least to find the hidden hair, pretty soon you have 2 more animals! So are you broiling or baking the hairy bikers???

Alison: you should start drinking LOL. You have the patience of a saint; I would not put up with any of that! Horray for all the wonderful clothes you bought! I bet you look mah-velous!

Anne: oh my! I never thought about urine in pools! Bleh!

Sue: thanks for making me feel better about pools! Sorry about all the waiting time; that’s awful. Too bad they don’t have some kind of pager system so you could at least walk and return when paged.

Rori: have a wonderful trip! I’m glad the cat likes his hotel!

Carol: I sure hope that depression lifts. I remember that awful feeling well. Sending you (((hugs)))

Michele: ok, sure sign I need to read more closely; I thought you said your hubby was mewing and I couldn’t figure out why he would be doing that! I’m so glad Brian called you!

Joyce: hooray for all the smaller sizes!

Barbie: thank you for the thread!

Amanda!!!!! So nice to see you again. We have really missed you.

Denise: welcome to our group. “Bump” just is a way of posting quickly so you can find your spot later.

Cynthia; oh my Benny Beagle and I are sending your pup good wishes for his eye! Even the cats send (((hugs))) for you and fur baby!

Chris: welcome to the group!

Marcia: a hearty welcome to you too

Karen & Discoqueen & Erika &Tidavis: the same to you! It’s good to see some new people….it’s always fun to get to know them

Yanniejannie: you’d be welcome in Omaha any time! AND I have a 5 car garage and 2 spare bedrooms, so plenty of room for you while you house hunt! Part of the cousin’s problem is that he has been way over-medicated since being sent home. They are just now weaning him off some of his meds….the sedatives/anti-anxiety ones to see how he will do. Part of it is just the nature of his head injury. There are 8 stages of recovery and he is in about stage 5 which includes some agitation. I doubt he will get much better, now it’s just going to be small improvements, but those often are very significant. His wife can now leave him watching TV and go water the garden for 15-20 minutes, which is a huge deal. Before he had to be watched constantly, like a toddler. Some of it probably is due to frustration too.

Linder: how did the storms treat you last night? I heard Dennison had a lot of damage, but I don’t think that’s real close to you, is it?

OK I’m off to get my exercise in; today’s it’s the elliptical. I didn’t sleep well again last night, so no getting up early for aqua zumba at the Y. Speaking of toddlers needing to be watched, my dear Benny Beagle has peed in the house right in front of me both yesterday and today. I wonder if he’s upset that DH and DD are gone? Bleh!

OK take care from Omaha where we still might float away!

PS August goal: STICK TO PLAN!!!!! I want to lose 13 pounds by the end of the year!

Hello to all old and new determined ladies,


I just want to leave my footprint for September.

Goals and challenges for September are

Work on finding a solution for my insomnia. The weather frog on TV said that the nights are going to be cooler, maybe that helps.

I entered two challenges on this site:

the walking challenge and I am going for 75 miles and just hoping that I may be able to run a small part of my walk..

the cycling challenge and I am going for 750 miles and trying to improve my average speed

There is no swimming challenge, so I have to create my own.

Obviously I am working on my triathlon skills. I have been putting that off because I hate running, but I will soon be 70 and procrastination will not be my friend.

Hopefully this diversified activity program will help to reach my goal to drop into the 110s.

For my soul I decided to find a glass blowing class. Since years I am fascinated by working with glass and
when I was at Alfred NY I watched the students craft their wonderful creations and was so jealous.. Later I met Chihuly at the Anderson Ranch in Colorado and while I was not so impressed by his personality, I admired some of his installations very much. I never pursued the glass blowing thing, because the local university does not offer classes and because of the equipment required, but now I think I should treat myself at least to a class.

I also will look for some environmental cause I can get involved in. I did my first walk this morning in the nearby park and was appalled about the amount of trash I saw. It is a very beautiful park, which just recently has been redone and beautified and it is really sad to see tons of plastic bottles and other trash in the lake and alongside the paths.

Hope you will all have a healthy month and will find yourself fitter, slimmer and happier at the end of it.


Anne in the Mojave oven

I turn 50 end of September, so I guess I can join...my goal last year was to be fit for my birthday, that goal got de railed. Which makes me reflect on what happened to that goal, how did I just blow it off? Not sure...how do we keep a goal in front of us? I am going to spend an hour each Sunday, reviewing my goals and progress towards those goals.

Goals for Septemebr

1. One hour of peace time each Sunday, to review my goals, and progress.
2. Log all food each day in MFP
3. Exercise 5 times a week
4. Lose 7 pounds this month
5. Be happy

Hello Ann --- I just read your comments about insomnia. It has been an age-old problem of mine that I have finally found "some" help. I recdently began taking Melatonin - 3 g - BUT>>>> not right before bed! I was told that I needed to take it at SUNDOWN because it is a regulator of our circadium rhythms. This has helped.
Also, there is a very good product - Deep Sleep - all natural - that has also helped.
And finally, I have begun to use Lavender Essential oil (and frankincense) on the bottom of my feet nightly.

ALL of these things combined seem to be helping ....somewhat.....
As long as I don't sabotage myself with 1/2 gallon of ice cream and a sugar rush at night, lol....but that's another story.

Blessings from NY,
Liz

I love this group> I tried to put a tracker on my blog but can't figure it out. LOL> Love all the support. Have a good day everyone. I will be sending lots of I am worth it and I am worthy of taking care of myself. :bigsmile:

Hello my name is Zee I'm 56 years old I've been maintaining weight for the past 4 mos
would like to lose 5 lbs this month,
I plan to log more what I eat. I'm joining a online challenge with exercise for each day hoping I would get moving a little more.with bad knees it makes it little more difficult, but I have to try more.
Happy Labor Day all.

bumb back soon!

Heather,

Did not realize that you practice cannibalism in good old England. How do you have your bikers?
Roasted, barbecued , boiled or pickled?


Anne in the Mojave oven

Hello everyone; I've been AWOL because of lots of stuff going on. People who want to send good thoughts are welcome to do that, especially for my dog. He appears to have an abscess BEHIND his eye. That's probably the reason he has been so unhappy and just lying around recently: hoofdpijn. His eye is pushed out somewhat from its normal position, the third eyelid is red and so swollen that he can't see out of that eye. AND...that's the only eye he has any sight in: the other one is blind and this one normally has about 25% sight. So it's very scary. Yes, I have been in close contact with both his regular vet and his eye doctor. He's on strong antibiotics and we're driving 2 hours tomorrow so his eye doctor can make an ultrasound and/or ct-scan. Possibly there will be a drain involved.
I have tunnel vision at the moment and am not thinking of much besides this.

Hope everyone else is doing well.
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Oh there are so many new people!!!!! What opportunities we have to get to know them, make friends and help pass the word along on how successful MFP can be. also the fact that people can respect each other even though we take different paths to the same end point. If only the world could do it this way in politics.

Cynthia, I am so sorry about what you and your poor fur baby must be going through. There is a lot of love there.

Sylvia, please take care, may be time to see a doctor about that soon.

Tldavis in Ky. Where do you live. I live on the other side of the Ohio river in Indiana

Trying to decide where to go to eat for our wedding anniversary tomorrow. Charlie said to day that he is losing use of his left hand. His trembling seems to be a lot worse. He used to be able to stop it at will so he could do something but he is not always to do that now. I reminded him that I am sure when he sees the neurologist that his dose of medicine will more than likely be changed. I am so sorry he has to go through this. I just hope I can give him all the support, physically and emotionally that he has given me through out my years with MS.

Joyce, Indiana

Saw the strangest thing in our garden today. To begin with, DH planted cosmos and marigolds very late and they are just blooming now (and, boy, is he ever proud of them!!). Now, I know that marigolds come in all varieties and shades but one of his is not quite 3ft. high---I'm no giant but it comes to my waist!!! Never ever saw one so tall!!! Today a yellow swallowtail was on the tallest marigold and along came a hummer............the butterfly chased the hummer off repeatedly, something I never would have guessed............and a dragonfly just sat on another marigold and watched, never moved through all the flutterring, divebombing, and fuss. It was quite a treat.

Update on Gwen, for those who remember me writing about her...........she's now completely on her own again, handling her med layout, driving independently, and everything. Such a cautionary example of the wonders of todays medications........and how a good family dr. can untangle it.

Very quiet day here; DH goes back to work tomorrow. My eating the past 2 days has been not so great, but a day or two won't undo all.

Sylvia............How's your itch???

yanniejannie

Welcome all new ladies!

Drama alert~ Do not read any further if you want a drama free day.

I feel the need to connect now; a pox on drama! Tanya caught baby daddy cheating on her and of course came over in hysterics. She texted the other girl threatening her (oh, fabulous move dear mother-to-be who will be fighting for custody). During the most recent fight (yesterday while he was wasted) he said he'd never give up custody of the baby.

Now she plans to move out into a house with 4 guys (oh, another fabulous move). She says she does not have the ability to apply for welfare or housing assistance because like all government agencies, they are open during the day. She has already refused WIC and a free car seat for those reasons. While she was here both boyfriend and other grandmother called her constantly so she finally answered and left to go see what the BF has to say for himself. He didn't even come with her on Saturday to pick up the baby furniture from the next door neighbors; they had to take them to their place since she has a small car.

I have given thought to having her move in here but we always said once you are gone, there is no coming back. Plus then I know she'd procrastinate on getting assistance to get her own place and wouldn't move out at the deadline. Then we'd be kicking her AND a baby out. Plus things are so much better here without her. I hate to say it, but she was totally disruptive.

Poor DH and DD#2 are stuck just north of Rockport MO, going 10 mph in a one lane construction zone that is lasting forever. I just wish they'd get home.

*heavy sigh. Thanks for letting me rant. Meg from Omaha where strangely enough, it is not raining at the moment!

Michele: where did I put those sharp objects a couple weeks ago???

bump..bump..bump

Baking sweet potatos for dinner to go with grilled pork loin and veggies. I've been lurking and working. Started on a Christmas stocking for DS#1's sweetheart. And we've been invited to spend Christmas with their family, too. They've been talking marriage and children and all related topics. So precious to see them!

Gail, metro ATL