Senior Golden Sneakers - February 2011

In keeping with the theme of the day.....

"Hot Town, Summer in the City...Back a my neck getting dirty and gritty!" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Maybe if we all send the Weather Channel and email with old songs of summer in them we can thaw out the deep freeze!!

Phoebe,
Glad to hear you are staying safe on the road. If you ever find yourself headed north, there is a big truck stop (Jubitz) within driving distance of where I am. Maybe we can cross paths. It would be fun to meet another MFP'r.

Marie, I am glad you are staying inside. Sorry that Jerry has to wait longer to see his doctor, but that is better than breaking anyone's bones falling on the ice.

Elli, I am glad you are enjoying the newest addition to your family. I hope the weather is improving for you...can't quite recall where you are, but I think you have mentioned winter weather.

Lynn, Enjoyed the little trip down memory lane with you and Anne Murray.

Marilyn, I am not sure when you have time to sleep, but I wish you well in working through the challenges you mentioned. Good luck with your exercise program.

Life around here is about normal. Bradley was put on a special diet to maximize his kidney function. First I tried the kibble, to which he turned up his nose. Pepper, who is on ANOTHER prescription diet (which he doesn't particularly care for) thought Bradley's kibble was delicious-but the vet says it is not something he should be eating.:ohwell: So then, I tried the canned version of Bradley's prescription food. He started ignoring it after the second can. Mai Li, on the other hand, who is only mildly interested in the food she is supposed to consume, thought it smelled heavenly, and was more than happy to "take care of it" for Bradley.:grumble:

So, I asked the vet if there was anything else I might try for Bradley, and he suggested a third option, which I tried yesterday. Bradley likes it.....so far. So problem solved, right?

If only it was that simple....You see, Mai Li and Pepper are also VERY interested in it, and neither will eat their own food until I remove the temptation of Bradley's. Also, if I don't watch Mai Li, SHE will be more than happy to eat Pepper's food as well as Bradley's!!:mad:

Ahh yes, another fun day at "the zoo."

BFN

Barb

summer time time time..............and the livin is easy................fish are jumpin and the cotton is high.................

Colorado Barb. One of my dogs got a weird stomach infection and the vet had me cook him chicken and rice - it wasn't too expensive and he got well real quick. don't know if that's an option at Barb's zoo!

When i left the gym tonight the thermometer in my car said 34! it feels like a heat wave!!!!!!!! Really NICE! Supposed to get up in the 40s for Saturday! yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hope everyone else is doing all right.

Barbie - after i said you were my role model i looked at some of your menus - you and Jake have made the isagenix your lifestyle huh? I don't think i can do that - i like food too much - cooking AND eating it!

Phoebe - i'm so glad your plan is working for you! That's part of the secret for us i think - find a plan that works for us and stick to it!

Have a great night all.

elli

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Sandy, the video of Daisy in the snow was fabulous……Brandy and Sasha would have loved to be playing in the snow with her.

Today it warmed up to over 40 degrees and we had a bit of rain so maybe the groundhog was right and winter is almost over (at least in NW Washington)

Elli, thanks for posting on my profile that I was turning into Jeffrey:bigsmile: …..Wednesday is my big exercise day with line dance and then a four mile walk with my friend, even without going to the dog park I burn a lot of calories especially when I can ride the exercise bike a few times.

With all the cold and snowy weather, I wasn’t surprised to find out today that a friend of mine who had moved from Southern California to Minnesota had decided to sell her house and move to NW Washington. She said that she was too old to get used to that weather.

Phoebe, good luck on your new eating plan……the first days are the hardest until your body and your brain get used to it.

Gigi, you must be thrilled at the idea of going back to Mexico with all the nasty weather you’ve been having.

Marilyn, glad to hear from you again.

Marie, you are right to stay home when the roads are so icy, I thinking good thoughts for Jerry when he finally gets to see the doctor.

Buzz, I’m glad to hear that you are seeing better, even if you are looking worse

Jake has been working like crazy packing and cleaning the house so we can list it and get things going to sell it…….I finished the income tax today, made copies of everything I’m mailing to the accountant and tomorrow will put it in the mail, then I can start helping with getting the house ready……we found a house that we like that we will be able to afford, now we just need that one buyer to come and buy our house.

We woke up to 6 in. of snowt his morning. Beautiful but We had enough of winter. We are surpose to get another spell next week. The schools here has been close for four days. The kids will have a lot of make up time. Probale cut into their Spring break.
We are stayin cozy and warm. We are having pancakes and sausage for breakfast. this morning. Jerrry is out shoveling snow so the postman can get to our porch to delivery the mail.

I don't think I am going to take picture of the snow. Maybe Jerry and Sammy will.

AGood morning sneakers!
we see sunshine. And we hope you all get a taste of it! Marie, just stay warm and don't let Jerry over do it. Supervise from inside though. How is Sammie handling snow? We are going to make a quick trip back to calif and then we will go home. We hope! Take care

Gigi You made a good choice Leaving for Mexico. Have a ball.
Phoebe you better stay in Calif. till this past.

Alice went into work this morning but It got a lot worst since then.w orried about her getting home this afternoon Don't know about Kathy yet. .It started snowing again here. We have been below freezing since Monday night Or My grandaughert that is here to cover the Super Bowl She is surposed to go back to St.L ouis Tomorrow. She may have to wait a day or two.

See you later

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Just a little story. I bought the Zumba dance for my Wii. I usually work out in my bear feet so that's what I did. First of all, it's harder than it looks but fun......It was really hard to do on the carpet. So I asked my husband about getting a little piece of linoleum to put down and then I could do it in my socks. Then I got to thinking about how we went to my grandsons birthday at the bowling alley and we were dancing around on their carpet, hmmmmm....Then it hit me, I was bowling so I had on bowling shoes, very smooth on the bottom! So, I asked my BH if he would look for my bowling ball and shoes (from like 25 years ago)....OMG, he did it and he found them. They need an insole but hey, I can do that! Later today, I'm gonna try that Zumba again. I hope I don't slip and fall on my behind!!!

Hey Connie, You are poetic in your philosophies. I am from Kentucky, by the way, I was born in Louisville. Live about 70 miles north of Nashville...in Southern Kentucky. April 4 is my birthday. :bigsmile:

Well we are under a winter storm watch for tonight with 2-3 inches of snow...we narrowly escaped the snow the last storm..we'll see about this one, I suppose.

Let me tell you about my night and day. My grandson(6) has an extensive dental procedure done this am that had to be done in the hospital. He was put to sleep. My granddaughter spent the night with me. She will be 4 next week. It was her first sleepover, ever. She was very excited to be coming to Grandmother's. She was packed up with her sleeping bag and backpack, 2 blankets and 2 pillows, teddy bear, Mr. Moon and a flashlight, from the time she was out of bed yesterday and was aware that she was coming here.

She arrived about 8:30. She wanted to take a bath here so we did all of that. She put her pj's on and we had to have a snack, drink bedtime story ..etc...She was so excited she just couldn't go to sleep. We had Mr. Moon's picture on the ceiling and a flashlight, flashing on and off every few minutes. I rubbed her back, her head, and scratched her back. We sang "me and my teddy bear" several times.
This went on to about 12ish. She finally went to sleep The sleeping bag, flashlight, 2 blankets and 2 extra pillows were all in my guest bed with me. By the time 12 got here, I was wide awake from singing, scratching, rubbing, and having the flashlight shone in my eyes:noway: So I was wide awake untill 5 am. COULD NOT go to sleep:noway: ...there you are knowing that at 7 or so am...this is little curly-head,coppertop will be awake and expecting you to be smiling and ready to do whatever Grandmothers are expected to do.
Well...thank goodness for the other DIL, who came with the 3 year old little boy!:flowerforyou: We fixed smiley-faced pancakes and bananas, strawberries,etc. Having another child to play with gave me a small break.
Now, back to the grandson who had a dental procedure, before coming to my house GD and GS were having a conversation about dying. My Great-Aunt died last year and that was the first the two were aware of anyone dying or what it might mean. So the two were discussing what dying was about. DGS told DGD that Aunt L was in Heaven. DGD said, "will she open her eyes." DGS said, No, but she can see anyway." DGD said, "That doesn't make any sense.":happy:
After surgery, when DGS was in recovery. The nurse came out to get my DS and DDIL and she was laughing. She said DGS opened his eyes in recovery and the lights were bright and she had on white. He ask the nurses..."Am I in Heaven?"" That thought that was very funny. They had never had a 6-year old to do that one before.:laugh: :laugh:
I decide to unwind and get on the pc for awhile...:yawn: I am going to have to crash for awhile. To be honest, I hope I cn even remember what I ate today...I have had 2 hours sleep in 48 hours.:yawn:

welcommmee all you newwbiies:yawn: :yawn:

Have a good one:flowerforyou:

I just came across this group. Can I join? Is there an age requirement to belong? I am 59.

I just came across this group. Can I join? Is there an age requirement to belong? I am 59.

v yla Welcome to our site. Love having you.

I just came across this group. Can I join? Is there an age requirement to belong? I am 59.

v yla Welcome to our site. Love having you.

You are just the right age!!

Happy Birthday to Buzz husband

I've been doing some research and went back to the beginning of the Senior Golden Sneakers (I think) and I've been trying to compile a list of everyone who has posted in the past year, their age and where they are from.

Many of these folks posted once or twice and thn disappeared. I think some of the younger folks got to us by accident, posted once and then didn't return. Others posted quite bit and then also disappeared.

I went back to the beginning and reading through the posts over a year's time is so interesting. It's like a microcosm of life with illness, accidents, achievements, losses, family crisis, bouts with mother nature and all the other things that make life, life.

Some of the posters above are just that - the posts on which our fence is built. Others are like me - rails spanning a distance, hoping to become posts.

Good Morning Sneakers~

Yes, I'm still lurking on this thread but I'm afraid this will be my last post. First, I would like to preface this by saying that you are a nice bunch of women and you have a remarkable long distance relationship with each other. You support one another wonderfully and I do believe you truly care what happens in each others' lives. However, I would like to comment on Connie's post because I believe I can shed some light on why some try to join in, but eventually leave.

I found MFP on January 3rd of this year and excitedly joined. I've been battling my weight for many years with no success (I've had a VERY tough eight years for several reasons I won't get into at this point) and thought that finding friends and support would help me realize my goals. When I joined this thread I thought I I found the people that would help me and encourage me to keep at it each day. I immediately had 11 women (and one creepy guy) ask to be my friend and I was thrilled. For about the first 1 1/2 weeks, when I'd post my foods/exercise I'd get a couple of encouraging comments, then everyone went away. That's okay. Everyone is busy doing the same thing I'm trying to do.

When I would post here, I'd get no responses. I posted that I had lost 25% of my goal and I was so excited! This was not easy for me to accomplish and I couldn't wait to scream it to the world! But there were no atta-boys, no WTGs, no WOOHOOs, no keep-up-the-good-work. But, there was plenty of talk of sports and weather. That's when I made my food and exercise loggings private and decided to try this on my own. It's a battle, and I do believe I'll win in the end, but it's very slow and difficult.

You have to understand that most of the people that join this site do so because they have been unable to lose weight on their own and need help and encouragement. If they don't get it, they try to find it somewhere else. Trying to lose weight is frustrating enough without trying to find support where there is none. I must lose the weight and gain a lot of strength, not to fit in a particular size, or to look good in a swimsuit, but to SAVE MY LIFE! This is very important to me.

There were two of you that wanted me to post a photo of myself (which my husband is completely against), and maybe that would have made a difference if you all could have "seen" me. Perhaps I'm not old enough; I'll be 57 in a few weeks. Maybe this community has grown so large that it's too difficult to keep up with everyone. I don't know.

Again, I want to say that you are nice ladies, but I will be saying goodbye. I must find a place that offers me the encouragement I need.

Viki