Senior Golden Sneakers -April 2011

Just bumping to get it in my topic. Thanks connie for getting us started for april

Hi everyone - hopefully I'm allowed to log in here as it's already 1st April - thought I would catch Jake out this morning and tell him it was 8am and he was late for school but he was already up and dressed by 7am...still quite dark at that hour of the morning so I'll be quite glad when daylight saving finishes tomorrow...we are having lovely weather again now so will get out in my garden and enjoy the sunshine....will catch you all later.


The Italian Secret to a Long Marriage
At St. Peter's Catholic Church in Boston, they have weekly husband's marriage seminars.

At the session last week, the priest asked Giuseppe, who said he was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same woman all these years.

Giuseppe replied to the assembled husbands, 'Wella, I'va tried to treat her nicea, spenda da money on her, but besta of all is, I tooka her to Italy for the 25th anniversary!'

The priest responded, 'Giuseppe, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please tell us what you are planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary?'

Giuseppe proudly replied, "I'ma gonna go pick her up."

For Jackie and ALL of Us

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

-- Joyce Kilmer

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: did you think we'd really wait until April to post on this page :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Cute Barbie!!!

i will post this month Birthday now before it get to page 2 If anyone else has a birthday in April lets us know so we can add it to this.

Lynn......April 4
Barbs----April 6, 1954
Dee (Grandee) - April 8, 1947
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LOOK 3 in one week. Big celebration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bump

Marie: Throw that man of yours down and plant a big wet one on him....that will speed up his recovery for sure !! :blushing: And congrats on your loss...that plan is working, keep going :drinker:

Connie: What an inspiration !!! I have at least 3 different sizes in my closet and I hope to get to each one of them..

Jake & Barbie: How fabulous to hear a man refer to his wife like that! You hit the husband jackpot and you are both such an inspiration. :bigsmile:

Since there are already so many good jokes today, I'll skip mine. I lost the other lb that I had gained during my short binge. That's over and I'm movin' on. Not upwards and onwards....downwards and onwards...:happy:

I would like to hear about what everyone is doing to get fit and lose weight. What's going on in that area? Is anyone having a problem? Please share and inspire :flowerforyou:

Just a note from Jillian Michaels:
JILLIAN'S TIP OF THE DAY

Where's the Cardio?
It's a common misconception that the secret to weight loss is to do endless cardio. Don't get me wrong, cardio has its place — but by far the most effective form of exercise is a regimen that combines cardio with strength training. Strength training burns intramuscular fat and helps you maintain metabolism-boosting, calorie-burning lean muscle. Focus on circuit training, and think of cardio as "extra credit" toward weight loss.

Maddie

:drinker: :drinker: Bump

Well...Happy April Fool's Day!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:
I can't play a joke on you but I can post a joke....

The weather was very hot and this man wanted desperately to take a dive in a nearby lake. He didn't bring his swimming outfit, but who cared? He was all alone. So he undressed and got into the water.

After some delightful minutes of cool swimming, a pair of old ladies walked onto the shore in his direction.

He panicked, got out of the water and grabbed a bucket lying in the sand nearby. He held the bucket in front of his private parts and sighed with relief.

The ladies got nearby and looked at him. He felt awkward and wanted to move. Then one of the ladies said: 'You know , I have a special gift, I can read minds.'

'Impossible', said the embarrassed man, 'You really know what I think?'

'Yes', the lady replied, 'Right now, I bet you think that the bucket you're holding has a bottom.'

Now that would be an April Fools Joke to play on someone:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

This is the only April 2011 thread. , I see.

Hello Sneakers! Or maybe I should say 'Hello Losers'. Jackie, Maddie and Marie!
Congratulations to you losers! Lol, the only time it feels good to be one!

Marie, I'm so proud of you! You really stuck with it this month, and you are being rewarded with weight loss, and overall better numbers. So glad for you. I hope Camille is able to read the posts here to see your success. Did you email her?

Maddie, see, your little donut sinkhole wasnt so bad! It does give credit to the idea of mixing up calorie intake. GOOD FOR YOU!

Jackie, you are so active, compared to me, wish I could swim and garden with you! Congrats on that slippery pound disappearing!
It sounds like your spring is our spring too. Is that right?

Sandy, while I was sleeping, we passed thru Tucson. Id like to say I thought of you, but I didnt! Lol! But I did think about how we almost bump into one another in this country. So glad you are soaking up some sun. I wasnt expecting it, but the thermometer registered 101 when we went thru Palm Springs CA. This morning. Whew!

Elli, Even on a good day, Im not coordinated enough for Zumba! I think it would be fun to shake up the routine with a dvd of it. Id be too embarrased to go to a class. Your weather is zig zagging like ours in GA. Too cool to harvest early strawberries, they say. I could have told them that! Its too soon to plant above Atlanta for at least another couple weeks. But people plant anyway, and lose crops to frosts.

Buzz, you are smart to enjoy the vitamin D in such a nice climate, before it gets too hot and mosquitoes move in with their whole clan! I know, the tornadoes never really stop threatening us, just be prepared. We saw a lady in a restaurant the other day, she had a paperback and a portable radio with her. I watched her lean towards the radio to listen to weather updates, and then peak over the top of her book to look out the windows at the sky. I wondered if she had been thru a serious weather event to make her so cautious.

We have just arrived at our destination, it was a hard run to get here. Hopefully, we will get a little break tonight. A hot shower and a good meal sound good right now. A good meal would be just about anything I can eat with a knife and fork, versus grab and go foods.

Now where has Barbs gotten to?

Thank Irene for dropping by.




Maddie I love this so I copy it and sending it to Irene for she loves to quiltThanks Hope you didn't mind.

Hello Deb and a nice big welcome to you. You did come to the right place. So glad to have you joing us.
i am Marie from Texas. I have a lot of issue to make me retain water plus I just plain old eat to much. I didkkeep in under conrol lat month Planning on another good month.
Be lloing forward to hearing more from you.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Have a good evening.

Hello Everyone,

I hope you don't mind but I thought it might be nice to join you ladies. You all seem to have a lot of fun on here, but also give each other a lot of support, which is what I need .:blushing:

Welcome, I am a relative newcomer too and I have been made to feel very welcome. It's a very fun group.