WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH

Good Morning Everyone! I am looking forward to my day because it will actually be a warm day today. Going to head out for a morning walk here in a little bit.

Michelle, I'm afraid you have a problem! :grumble: I can't suggest any products, but I do know that once you get everything cleaned or replaced, you will have to keep the door to that room closed for a long time. I had this issue years ago, two houses ago, in the corner of the dining room and we ended up replacing our carpet. So sorry, and best of luck.

Mrs. Anderson, I love that quote.....I need that quote. Since I've been out of my structured classroom life and into the more free, altho busy, retired life, I've had a bit of a problem with procratination! :ohwell:

Everyone have a great day!

Dee

I'm reviving some WW recipes from the past. I'd forgotten about this one and it's so easy and yummy that I want to share it with you. It's called Vanilla Ricotta Creme - 1 cup lowfat ricotta, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 pak sweetner (I use 1 Tb honey instead). Mix together well. I use 2 Tb of it on a rice cake for a delicious snack.

This can be the base for whatever you want to do with it. I also make Peanut Butter Ricotta Creme by adding 4 Tb peanut butter to the base and mixing it well. For a fruity approach, just spread a Tb of your favorite preserves (mine's strawberry) on the rice cake and put the Vanilla Ricotta creme on top. YUM! Enjoy!

Good morning ladies,
foggy here in the south, have an extra grandchild today. will take them to chick fil a to play later. cant help you with cat problems. dont have any and wont have any because of allergies. my grandfather was a cat fanatic. I remember he had cats everywhere.
self discipline yes that is something I do not have. I have to force myself to do things I dont want to do. I figured out in my old age that when I procrastinate it is because of fear of failure or not doing perfectly. If I dont do it I cant fail. even though I know that it doesnt always help me to do things. My dad is nearly 79 years old and he is a self motivator. I take after him for everything except this it seems. If I have a partner and once I get started I do fine but getting started is the hard part. Maybe I need a new starter LOL

glad I am not alone in this.
misery loves company LOL
have a good day ladies.
vicki M

:flowerforyou: Hello, Y'all, Wow, such a lot new posts today. So nice to hear from everybody!

:bigsmile: Barbie, I Love that dancing cat.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: What fun.

:happy: Marilyn, We seem to have the same tastes in music. ZZ Top is great to work out to, too. Go to you local large store that sells cd's, and you will find a fine selection of oldies, often newly compiled "best of" discs or disc set. Frequently, they have been digitally remastered, as well. And frequently offered at a very nice price.:happy:

You mentioned not wanting to meet up with a fierce feral turkey at 4 AM. Let me tell you about my predawn experience with a BULL! :noway: I was staying at my sister-in-law's house to take care of her when she got home from having surgery. She lives on a small ranch. Let me explain that I am NOT a country girl. One morning , about 4 am, her cat yowled to go out, and would not be ignored. I let her out, and decided that while I was up, I'd move her car so the kid who fed her horses could get in the hay barn. I heard a noise as I got to the car, looked up, and in the entrance of the hay barn, a few feet away, was a HUGE bull, snorting, pawing the dirt, and staring right at me, a poor defenseless city girl in her nightie! I backed slowly away, edged around the back of the car, and made a mad dash for the front porch. At dawn, I called a neighbor who had said "call anytime if you need help". Turned out it was an ex-rodeo bull with a bad temper, but she came over with a little bucket of oats, and lured the beast away like it was a lamb or something. :laugh:

Mrs. Anderson is right! You have to do the things you don"t want to do! I put off trying a program like MPF for years because I knew it would require me to do things I didn't want to to, and stop eating things I wanted to eat. So I kept getting fatter and fatter, and in worse and worse shape. :ohwell:

:happy: But now I have discovered it's not that bad, and you can take pride in your accomplishments, no matter how small. And find lots of encouraging friends!:flowerforyou:

Happy Spring everyone! Flowers are blooming and I am singing...:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

.. sunshine, on my shoulders - makes me happy sunshine, in my eyes - can make me cry sunshine, on the water - looks so lovely sunshine, almost always - makes me high if i had a day that i could give you i'd give to you a day just like today if i had a song that i could sing for you i'd sing a song to make you feel this way sunshine, on my shoulders - makes me happy sunshine, in my eyes - can make me cry sunshine, on the water - looks so lovely sunshine, almost always - makes me high if i had a tale that i could tell you i'd tell a tale sure to make you smile if i had a wish that i could wish for you i'd make a wish for sunshine all the while sunshine, on my shoulders - makes me happy sunshine, in my eyes - can make me cry sunshine, on the water - looks so lovely sunshine, almost always - makes me high sunshine almost al the times makes me high


What do you like to smell? My favorite things are:

My DH, My grandkids, the air after a thunderstorm, fresh mown grass, watermelon, babies and baby lotion, fresh shampooed hair, new Crayolas, leather....spring flowers such as: lilacs......a clean house, clean sheets when I climb into bed and something baking in the oven.

Have a wonderful day today!

SuzeQ.....I'm interested in your thoughts about the raw vitamins......I have used liquid in the past and liked them but at a tad over $100 month, it is a little steep for me....let me know what you think and where you can find reliable sources.

Susan - thank you very much for the info about the OdoBan. Most of the things I can replace, the sheets, mattress pad, one of the comforters; but one bed had a hand-quilted blanket on it. I can't replace that. My aunt who made it died a few years ago. So thank you from the bottom of my heart. How I love the smell of sheets and blankets hung out in the sunshine! Wish we could have a clothesline. As it is, I have to drape them over the balcony of the deck and hope and pray that they don't blow down onto the ground

Mary - have a great trip!

maxymom - I can just imagine you and that bull....lol

Viv - two of our cats had hypothroidism and had to have the radiocative isotope treatment. No problems afterwards. Hope things work out for you.

Went to WalMart and bought a new watch. You know, I think the lady who was at the service desk really wasn't sure of herself, I had the exact same watch that I was going to buy, but I needed to have the band from my old watch put on the new one since they always come much too big for me. She kept telling me that she couldn't do it, that the one that was on the new watch was different. Yea, of course, it had a design. So in the end, I wound up purchasing a $10 watch instead of the $30 one. So tomorrow after yoga, I'll go to this one jewler and have some links taken out.

Jessica is coming down here tonight with her cats. She's going to have some work done on her car, then we might very well go and cuddle kitties at the Humane Society so she can meet Bonnie. Clyde is still skittish when you come near him. I guess the woman who had him before would corner him to show him to people, so whenever he feels in the least bit threatened, he runs. There have been times when he's come up to me and Vince, tho. Oh, did I tell you that for her btdy Jessica is going to adopt the cats? They're going to waive the adoption fees because one of the cats is diabetic and they realize that that involves added expenses. Truthfully, I bet they are just glad to get them adopted, they probably didn't think that anyone would want a diabetic cat.

Played MahJongg today. I actually won one hand! Beginners luck and a lot of jokers...lol

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Michele

Hello everyone. I've been scarce in these parts lately. So many new faces! I've scanned the posts but feel way out of touch. I'm reminded of the Girl Scout song, "Make new friends but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold." I am so fond of all the "old" MFPers and look forward to getting to know everyone new.

Amanda, I'm sending prayers, warm thoughts, and hugs your way. I hope you can feel them. (I empathize about the weather. It's snowing here. Here! This is California and it's already mid-March. Sheesh.)

Birdie, you are doing great to be logging your food and maintaining your weight. You have a heavy burden with your mom-in-law dying and, on top of that, an unemployed husband and tax season. My warmest hugs to you and Amanda both.

I was going to go down to the bay area for the weekend but am staying curled up here at home instead, out of the rain and snow. Time to go snuggle up with the pup. She is delightful. So full of energy. She's having a hard time with the rain and snow. So boring. Actually, she does like the snow but her "mom" doesn't want to spend enough time in it. Can't wait for some sunshine!

Good Evening Ladies,

I know most of you are probably asleep but if you're not and you're out getting your groove on.....Good for you! I've been away from the board for a week and wow things are really hoppin. It's going to take me a while to catch up.

My youngest daughter got laid off, she has 5 children so it was a major crisis...for her, so I played the dutiful gramma and went to help out while she went job hunting. Then my oldest daughter had a consultation with a Dr. to have a cist checked out on her back, good thing I went with her, they did surgery immediately while I played with my 3 year old grandaughter in the waiting room. The next day I had to take that same little 3 year old to a dentist appointment, try explaning xrays and why this lady is trying to push plastic into her mouth to a 3 year old. Not an easy task. On the ride to the dentist my daughter got sick (we brought a bucket) from the medicine she was taking for her back...........can you all see where I'm going with this? This has not been an easy week. I played nanny, chauffeur and nurse. Did I mention that I had to teach myself the Excel program in microsoft so I could put together a spread sheet. Spread sheet???? That's what I do when I make the bed, who knew it was something you did on a computer?

Obviously, I have survived. It's amazing all the little things we do for our children everyday and don't think much about it. I look back only because I have no clue where all that time went. I can tell you this, I called my mother and thanked her for everything. This week has just made me realize that my mother and grandmother both deserved medals for the stuff I put them through. I am so glad my daughters are much nicer than I was. I guess I did OK by them.

Suezzzque....I tried Pandora, it's great.

Birdie....Sorry for your struggles, trust me when I say, WE ALL hope tax season is over soon.

Barbie....Loved the disco cat.

Amanda....Hope all goes well for you.

Lynn....I think I saw you float by, all that juice, it was bound to happen. My favorite smells are: freshly dug dirt, lavender, babies, vanilla and a fire made with Oak wood.

Mary....Enjoy your Spring Break.

Maxymom....The bull story made me laugh.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and manages to stay on course. If not, go for the chocolate!

Lynda

Gonna be out of town through Tuesday. Happy weekend y'all!