40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

LOL@ Larro He was stomping a piece of wood he had propped up at an angle. So yes he did it on purpose. He was building up a fire in the fire pit to cook on. We often cook out on the fire pit and smoke up the neighborhood.

Ouch.

I am looking forward to a great week. BOOM!

Happy Monday all,

Kate, I chuckled at the pot roast liner story. That's like cooking the turkey or whole chicken with the bag of innards still in the cavity.

Had a lovely weekend, and the weather cooperated beautifully! My granddaughter happily came to dance and did really well. I could stand outside the classroom this time. She also paid more attention to the teacher and not spend all her time watching the other kids.

Did a great 3+ hour hike yesterday. The trail was so covered in leaves, you could not see it. The colours were spectacular! It's a tough hike, with lots of climbing, and believe me, I did work up a good sweat.

Have not been sleeping the best, so am feeling much more tired in the evenings. I fell asleep on the couch at 8:00 p.m., so I was in bed, asleep by 8:30p.m.! That is unheard of for me. Slept great until 1:30 and then was awake for 3 hours. :grumble:

Rainy day today, so indoor workout for me.

Wishing you all a great day.

Good Morning Cool Kids. It was a rainy night and morning, but it has tapered off now. My peas need picking, but I hate doing it when they are wet. I'm through with my AM workout, and am proud to say that when I was lifting, I did the standard reps {for the first time all month}. I will use next month to work on my form, as I was pretty shaky on the last few lifts.

sdereski, Margie has trouble sleeping too. Lots of nights she will sleep in front of the TV until I get home from work, then wake up at 3 or 4, and not be able to go back to sleep. If she ever sleeps to 5:30, her normal wake-up time, it is a big deal.

Kate, when we lived in town our neighbor was a good friend of Margie's. He was handicapped and had to use a wheelchair, but did as much for himself as he could. One day they had a pizza lunch date, and his Mom was gone, so he took the pizza out of the freezer and put it in the oven before Margie got there. When the timer went off and he took it out, they found the cardboard still on the bottom. Needless to say, it had to go back in to cook a few more minutes, without the cardboard.

It just started back raining, so no pea picking for me today.

Larro---As always you are one busy person and you talk about it with such ease and it appears effortless. How were all of the events? Did anything special stand out for you?

Caramel, the one thing that stood out was when the wedding party left on Friday night, they told me they needed to get in at 0800. Because of the teen birthday party I worked until 1 o'clock in the morning, not leaving very many hours for sleeping until I had to get back to work. Then on Saturday morning, the wedding party didn't get there until 10:30, meaning I could have slept a couple more hours. But I have been doing this for 23 years, so it isn't a surprise when that happens. And I do get paid by the hour.

Hope everyone is having a good day. I will leave you guys with a picture of my breakfast. I took a break from my usual nuts, seeds, granola, cereal, Greek yogurt, protein powder.........

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Larro

Hello Cool Kids,

I hope that everyone is doing well. My husband and I pressure washed our house this weekend. Boy was that a job, but the house looks so much better now and that made me excited.

I am going to Denver this coming weekend for one of my son's wedding the following weekend. I am excited about that too! I just hate all the planning and packing. But really enjoy Colorado it is so beautiful. My entire family is going and this will be the first time we have all been on vacation at one time. We rented a house for the week so that we could all be together. There will be four generations all together. I just have to make it through this week at work.

Larro - You are busy as always and have those pictures that make me want to take a bite out of my monitor. LOL!

Caramel - Glad you enjoyed the dinner out. You are always pushing the edge with your workouts. You keep inspiring me.

Kelly Sue - How is the house hunting going? I was wishing that I had a grandson. There is this play for a lack of better words and it is the Marvel charters and it is coming to our town. I would love to go and see it.

sdereski - I love your grandaughter story. I have one the is 31/2 and she amazes me with the things that she comes up with.

Kate - The black liner thing made me laugh out loud. It sounds like something that would happen to me. I can be special like that. I hope that you and the rest of the family get to feeling better soon.

Beeps - I hope that your traveling gets to slow down soon and you can rest.

Also welcome all the new people. I hope that you enjoy the ride.

Hi cool kids! My goal for this week is to get in 4 days of cardio - even if it's only in 20 minute spurts. I managed to get in 30 minutes today and the glass-in-the-foot injury didn't both me at all. It only bothers me when I am barefoot - so I guess I shouldn't go barefoot.

Emmalusmom - I love when my house is pressure washed. I live in North Carolina, and we have to do it about twice a year - lots of algae on the siding!

Larrodarro - that breakfast looks amazing!!!

KellySue - I have to cover up my grays too!!! I think it's cool that you got in some exercise going there and back - I suppose being sweaty wasn't fun, but at least you snuck in some exercise!

sdereski - I love to go hiking. We have some trails about 30 minutes from my house - but it's hard me to find someone to go with me. I don't like going by myself - I kind of a weenie about being out being out in the middle of nowhere alone, just in case a crazy person is out there. lol!

I can't remember who forgot to take the black lining from the pot roast, but that cracked me up!!!!! That is TOTALLY something that I would do!!!

Have a great week everyone!!!

Hi All~

Not my best day today already. For those asking about the house hunting- we will be putting it on hold until spring. The other deal I was waiting for to go through fell apart, so we just have to wait it out because I don't know when it will be finished now and I don't want to move in the winter. My husband had a very difficult night and slept very little so needless to say, I slept very little and did not workout this morning as I was just too tired. We then got a call from his cousin, who he is very close with, telling us that her sister passed away after falling last weekend. Sorry it's not a very positive post today. It is just what it is. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Emma - You grand daughter might love the superheroes too, My daughter would. We're hoping to see it when it comes to town next year.

So how do all you working parents fit in exercise? I am really struggling. I set the goal of 10k steps but fall short every day. I have to eat lunch so limited time to walk at lunch and life blocks other options for walking. I am just starting to work my swims back in rotation but that is only a couple days a week. If I don't walk at lunch, I only get 3k in my normal work day (engineer - sitting in front of a computer all day).

Larro - that looks yummy!

Good Morning Cool Kids. I got my full AM workout in this morning. These days I'm doing 45 minutes actual machine time, so that is close to an hour when you add in phone calls and getting coffee and water between machines.{will be glad when election is behind us. So tired of robo calls from the two parties} I went back to my everyday breakfast this morning. That is two kinds of granola, cereal, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, soy-nuts, flax-seed meal, protein powder, plain and vanilla Greek yogurt, milk, frozen fruit {right now it's strawberries, blueberries and red raspberries}, milk and whatever stir it up {smoothie} I have in the fridge.

One of my Tampa cousins is here to check on the sale of their pine trees. He always likes to go to the Blountstown Pizza Hut when he's up here. Well him and all my crew {Margie, Mamma, Sister & BIL} went last night. I was able to leave work long enough to join them. I had a big salad and a couple of slices. As good as it is, pizza always makes my stomach rumble and tumble during the night.

Em's Mom, pressure washing is a job of work. Last fall I hired my cousin to help me do my house. It was sure nice to get him started, then coming back in for a cup of coffee. I hope you have a good time in Denver. My sister lived at The Springs for 25 years, and her daughter and her family live in one of the Denver suburbs now. Speaking of which, they will be coming to visit in a couple of weeks. My niece is expecting again. I will have another grand nephew soon.

Ruby, glad you got in a good workout this morning. It sure makes me feel better when I get mine in. Hope the 100 day group works out for you. I saw it in the threads, and would have joined if I was still trying to lose.

Kelly Sue, my prayers go out to your family. It is never easy to lose loved ones.

Jett, you can find calorie burn numbers for cutting grass in the data base. I count two thirds of my 'work' work as a burn. If you look at my diary and see 40 minutes mowing grass, riding mower, that means I was on the tractor an hour.

Jennie, wear shoes

Today is my shopping day, so I have to hit the shower and get out of here. Hope everyone has a good day,

Larro

KellySue, i hope you can remain patient....the right house will come along! Sorry your hubby isn't sleeping. That sucks.

Hi ruby!

nick, i usually get my workouts in, while working fuultime, over the lunch hour.

sdereski - looking for work is actually a fulltime job! I am meeting with a former client, today, who has a blackbook I want access to!

larro - one hour in the gym is plenty, actually! Some of my workouts are longer tgese days, but only b/c i am not rushing around! Today i did a 60 minute max-strength class. Good enough!

Caramel - congrats on getting better measurements than you thought! Great mood-enhancer!

Got lifting in on monday, a strength group class today and lifting tomorrow.

I took my month-end measurements today....down 1" on chest and 1" on hips. Everything else is the same....not bad considering my travels/adventures. October means more consistency with workouts and I am choosing to eat less to move scale down. All good.

BOOM!

Hi All~

Well, another sleepless night has gone by. Hubby is still having loads of pain, but they have finally scheduled an MRI for him tomorrow so hopefully we'll have some answers soon. My lack of sleep was added to by my over-indulgence of coffee yesterday. I usually have a cup in the morning before I leave for work and then I get coffee in the afternoon, but yesterday I had some in the morning, I took a cup to work with me, I had some at lunch, and then I got some yesterday afternoon! OOPS! Back to my regular schedule today 'cause I need some serious sleep tonight! :yawn:

No workout today since it is my usually rest day. Hopefully I will be back at it tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great day!!

Good Morning all,

Late night for me last night. I got home around 10:30, which is what I expected. Saw one moose on the way home. Glad I saw him when I did and not when he was in the middle of the road.

Once home, I put the groceries away and did the dishes that were still sitting in the sink. It was midnight by the time I turned the lights out to sleep. Very late considering I have been going to bed at 8:30 - 9 .

Meeting was good, but of course I ate the pizza. :grumble:

It's a beautiful fall day here. The colours are INCREDIBLE!!! I could handle this for the next couple of months!

Caremel - I do have a race planned. Am supposed to run a half marathon at the end of the month. Not sure how I am going to do it as I have not run a step in two weeks. :noway: The plan is to get out there today, but I do have B&B guests arriving. Hopefully, they will go out for dinner early and I can get a run in.

Kelly - certainly hope the MRI provides you with some answers.

Kate - glad people are feeling better in your house. Yes, a trip to the grocery store on your own when you have a toddler certainly can feel like a vacation! :laugh:

Beeps - great job with your measurements! That heavy lifting is working! I do know that looking for work is a FT job. When I was unemployed, I looked at looking for work as my job. :laugh: I know you will find what you are looking for.

Larro - you are so incredibly consistent! Great job!

Since my husband left on Saturday, I have not had one cup of coffee. Have been drinking caffeine free tea. Another way for me to get my water in. I find when I drink coffee, I drink that instead of water. So far, no headache! :happy:

Happy hump day! :flowerforyou:

Sederski - I am glad you had good travels. The colors sound amazing where you are at, ours in WI are not quite there yet as we are behind you. I hope your run goes well today. With B&B in full swing with fall colors do what you can but be forgiving to yourself.

Kate - I am glad your cold is getting a little better. I chuckled at your grocery store story, I can relate. My son is now a teenager but I still find those little alone moments to be WONDERFUL, even if that means an empty house so I can get it cleaned.

Caramel - I am glad I am not the only one that uses Bio Freeze, that had been my friend over the past couple weeks while I was working in our shed.

Beeps - great job on the measurements and the heavy lifting. I think of you when I am lifting... and it pushes me to know someone else out there is pushing themselves too. I hope your perfect job comes to you soon. Stay positive, I know how grueling it can be to put yourself out there.

Kelly - I hope your husband finds out what is causing the pain... no sleep is not fun

Curious - good to hear from you again. so happy your son's wedding went well. Have a blast riding your bike, great news on no surgery for your hip hopefully.

Hi KellySue, caramel, sdereski, curious, ruby70 and larro....larro, I LOVE that photo!

KellySue - I hope relief comes to you and your family.

caramel - GO GET THOSE HEAVY THINGS AND LIFT EM ALL THE TIME!

curious, thank goodness for an alternative to surgery - TAKE IT and RUN WITH IT. BOOM!

I got my lifting in-and-done....that is 3 days in a row and I am SPENT. Tomorrow maybe a walk. Friday I have an all-day board meeting, so no exercise. Saturday = boring ol' cardio.

BOOM!

October is going to be an AWESOME month...I can just FEEL it!

Good Morning all,

Finally got a run in yesterday evening. I managed to do 5 miles, which totally surprised me. Once I got going, it actually felt pretty good. :happy:

My B&B guests arrived, so really didn't get too much done once I got home, other than chat with them. They were easy - no big breakfast, just toast, fruit and coffee. Works for me!

Have a busy day today - need to get home sometime during the day and get the room and bathroom cleaned and ready for the new guests arriving today. Have my Ministry rep coming to visit this afternoon at 1 p.m. and have a webinar at noon. I think I am going to miss part of that webinar. Just can't figure out any other way to get it all in.

Welcome back jonnymann
Beeps - great job on the lifting!
Curious - so glad to see you back and nice to hear that the wedding all went well. You sure were busy!
Larro - nice picture!

Hello Ruby. :happy:

Gotta run! have a great day.