WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2014

Oh for goodness sake, I'm SO behind, as in 9 pages:ohwell:

Busy week, some internet service provider issues and, quite honestly, if I put the Hay Day pipe down, I'd have more time to be here.

Have been sticking with the program, just not logging, reading chatting. Going to do better with that next week. Will try to skim later.

Hope everyone is well and sticking with their plan.

xo- Gloria in jungle like Metro Detroit

Tere~ Goodwill, Salvation Army, Savers.... all sorts of good finds... good luck.. I get those calls too.
on my second cup of tea, load of laundry in the dryer, will take the puppies for a walk around the block, and then off to work..

Good morning friends! I think I'm back on the horse. It's just barely 9am and I already walked my 10,000 steps. It feels so good! I walked the kids to school then came to the studio, turned on the AC, grabbed a water bottle and hit the rails-to-trails. The only problem is that now I'm so sweaty I need another shower. My feet are not itching one little bit. They don't look great, but I don't care about that.

I tried to sync my fitbit but can't get it to sync for some reason. Uusally I do it with my ipad and I didn't bring that to work with me this morning.

Km, maybe you could come up with some kind of name that makes you happy, like CaliforniaDreamer, or FairyGodMother or something fun. Or something to do with your work or some other interest. Something that lifts your spirits every time you log in.

Heather, those cookies were adorable, as was the pic of the little guy. He's a doll!

Tere, good news about the daughter getting a job. Have fun finding clothes!

Well, I have a ton of drafting work to do so I'd better get busy. Have a fantastic day!

Sylvia

Hello, ladies!

Kim,
How about LovingKim?
You need to love yourself before anything.

So I went to that party last night and I did dance a lot, so it's not a total loss from the cardio point of view. I had a few pretzels sticks and a small handful of peanuts and a couple light beers, but managed to stay away from cake and cookies.

Just checking in, got to get some work done here.

Happy Friday all!

You all are awesome!!!!!!!
Good morning ladies,
I wish I could get more personable with everyone, hopefully eventually I can but I'm still
in a fog which makes it hard to comprehend what I read. I hope I'm making sense, anyway
I do want to to thank everyone for your concern and comments, they have been very uplifting.
My depression is improving. I have been suffering from clinical depression for over 18 years
but have been able to lessen the dosage of some of my meds last year mostly because it was
causing wght gain and minor health issues. I was doing well until things beyond my control
started happening not once but 3 times since December. I have an appointment with my
Dr tues so I'll see what he thinks I should do. Plus Monday my husband is having a colonoscopy,
He's been having issues with his stomach. Most of what I'm dealing with now is not about my clinical
Depression but about things beyond my control. Does this make sense? I think I better stop now, thanks for
letting me get these emotions out of my head.:ohwell:
Brenda from Md

I'm drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water a day, cut out salty high calorie salad dressings and added two 45 minute sessions of exercise every day except Sunday.

Dropped 4 pounds overnight! Yes, most of that is water but it's gone anyhow!!:drinker:

Hi again,

I forgot to mention that I uploaded the photo of my Grandmother that I am drawing now to my profile page. I think this was taken in the late 1950's or maybe 1960's. She was born in 1899 and has dark hair in the photo. She is wearing saddle shoes and they were popular at that time. I am improvising on the barn a bit as I can't make out a lot of detail in the shadows, but I do have her and the cow done and am pleased. I have about 27 hours in and estimate that I am about 60 per cent complete. It's funny that this photo has been on my shelf for years and I have seen so many new things in it I never noticed before.

I will let you know when I post the finished drawing.

Hugs,

Cindy in OK

I'm late today. Went up town for coffee and was gone like two hours doing this and that. Got my vegetables for a meat ball stew. Grandkids wanted spaghetti and meat balls. I told them that's not good for gramma's diet. So they settled for stew. Only because they like making the meat balls.

Didn't get much sleep last night tired today so it's going to be a good long nap I hope. Hopefully I can settle in with the CPAP machine.

I took down a few notes and read from where I left off last night but just to tired to concentrate right now.

See you all lighter
Linda In Northern Ontario.

Cindy - love the photo! Aren't those old photos so evocative!

Heather UK

bump!

Greetings from Omaha where once again it is soggy! We got about ½ “ of rain last night. There was an article in the paper about how all this rain has taken NE all the way from exceptional drought to a few areas of moderate drought and a few places where it is abnormally dry. Quite the change!

I went to low impact aerobics this morning! I am so proud of myself for not just rolling over and not going. It was a blast. I have about 6 more weeks where I can take Fridays off so I hope to take advantage of this. My lipid panel yesterday from the employee health screen was great.

Well Omaha has its very own Ebola patient. There are only 4 biocontainment units in the country, and the biggest one is here, so after the 2 others went to Emory, this third one came here. Apparently he got in around 6 a.m. and was driven to the hospital with police and fire escort. Nothing like drawing attention to the poor guy!

DH’s little chat with DD#1 and the BF went pretty well last night. The bf was totally surprised that we knew about his drinking being the main reason he didn’t show up to stuff…too hung over. He did agree to call the neighbors to apologize for them having to take the furniture over themselves. So we will see how it all works out.

MA: I too find it interesting to hear what is going on in the other’s lives, especially those living abroad.

Tere: yes electrolysis would definitely work for you and those pesky curly, ingrown hairs!

Yanniejannie: well we got the car and it will do the job for a few years while DD finishes high school and college. I do hate to see
the old infiniti go however!

Linda: hope that wii did smile!

Brenda: so glad to hear today was better

Sylvia: many of my students do end up at that specific hospital which is where I worked for 19 years prior to going to the college where I work now. There are lots of people all up in arms about an Ebola patient coming here…they are ignorant and think now everyone here will get it…but I am pretty proud that we have the ability to care for him here.

Margaret: that’s the problem with those books….they all are inconclusive and contradict each other LOL

Diane: I’ll have to read that man’s story

Kim my mom was a horrible cook but one thing she made that was good was stuffed manicotti! I’ve seen your picture …how about prettykim?

Alison I so hate it when I drink too late at night and am up all night!

Well I’m sure I have missed some of you but it’s time to defrost the freezer. Can’t wait to see what’s buried in there! Take care, Meg from Omaha

Just popping back in to share my granddaughters good news. She was chosen as one of 15 to be in a choral group in the city school system. They are from all the 5th and 6th grades in town and will meet at the middle school for practice, so she gets to ride a bus with the others. She auditioned and they gave her the news today. She is so happy! Singing is her favorite thing to do, and she has some self esteem problems because of her weight, so this will give her a nice boost. I'm so proud of her for even trying! She really does sing like a sweet little angel.

Sylvia

Not sure where this will land as I'm on the 3rd page. Laser work went ok,a bit shorter than 1 st eye. Have to go in Thurs for exam.Need new glasses,then,fingers crossed....no more eye probs :noway: Thanks for the good wishes.
Meg,it's a mix of age & hormones keeping the kids riled up.Sometimes I think they like living that way & the more it drives parents batty,the better they like it.:sad: At least she got the baby furniture....very nice of the neighbors.

Peace in the home is a wonderful thing,Hope you can get thru the turmoil.

Today it was 92* & very humid,but looking for a cool spell ...aaah it sounds wonderful. Bought a frozen turkey breast,so all set for lower temps.I'm craving a big pot of beef-veggie soup.Used to bake a lot,but that went the way of the other goodies.

Will catch up tomor. Have a great wk end everybody. Pat

Greetings from the desert. Escaped to the movies again today. Saw a movie called “The Giver” with Jeff Bridges and Merryl Streep. The movie is based on a dystopian novel I have not read yet , but will now.

Overall the movie looked good, but as a big fan of dystopian literature I suspect that the book is better than the movie. But the portrayal on screen of a future world where everybody is happy and the whole life is regulated by the government was quite interesting though like always in the movie, not really shown in enough details.


Sylvia

Congratulations for your granddaughter. I hope you can help her with her weight problems so that her self-esteem gets better..
You are my hero because you walk your grandkids to school. Every day when I ride by the zillions of parents who chauffeur their kids to school I think of you and your walking with your grandkids and picking up the trash.
One of our TV channels here has a program where you can nominate an outstanding citizen, who does good things for the community, I would certainly nominate you if you would live here.


Meg

Please send some rain my way. I have not seen rain in a long time. Even if it rains here, it always seems to happen in a different part of town.

Try not to get sucked into the drama the parents- to- be are creating. Keep your clear head and stick to your rules. They need rules, they have no idea what they are facing.


Carol

I was struggling with your class Fiction in Relationship, maybe it is Relationships in fiction? Would you mind telling me the name of the French novel? I am always looking for something new to read , as I grew up with French I probably read it already and may even own it..


Monika

So you think you can dance? I remember long time ago I went to a dance hall in Lubbock , Texas, and brought a whole group of German tourists with me. They loved it. And I organized that they got a quick lesson in two step. I was never good at it, I do not follow directions well.


Brenda

I struggle with depression. I had horrible side effects from anti depressants and do not go near them any more. Weight gain was only one of them. I have a feeling that they just throw these anti depressants at you and wait until they find one which sticks. I have not met one person yet, who did not have undesirable side effects and many say that they do not really work. Therapy would be so much better, but nobody seems to pay for it.


Everybody, keep up the steps, the planks, the downward facing dogs and have fun..


Anne in the Mojave oven.