WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2105

I work on a Cardiovascular floor so heart attacks,strokes , CHF, love it busy place for a small hospital. I am leaving tomorrow for a 8 day mission trip to Cuba so I won't be on for a little while.Have an awesome week everyone:-)

bacon roses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kim ,
It is called GumDropps yes two pps. I found it at an upper end grocery store called Byerly's. I think you could find it at a health food store. The web site for it is www.veriditabotanicals.com. Ingredients are organic Lemon, peppermint, cinnamon bark, rose otto, clove, thyme, lavender, Frankincense &Myrrh. It cost about $14. A prescription costs more than that as does a dental visit. If it works it is worth it.

They also made one for Gingivitis but I like the smell of the Gumdropp one better. I think they put tea tree oil in that one for gingivitis. As I explain below I tried tea tree since I was diagnosed, and it is nasty.

The directions say to add a drop to your toothbrush before adding your toothpaste. You can also use sea salt or baking soda instead of using commercial toothpaste. They also recommend coating dental floss with it.

The Gumdropps is a bit of a strong taste. I am not quite sure I like it. I did notice the taste improved after I used it. It is better than tea tree oil. Another site recommended that. You do have to be careful using tea tree oil because if too much is swallowed it can cause diarrhea. I am glad I found this other product.

I am trying this because I need to do a better job of stopping the bacteria that is causing my gingivitis and periodontal disease. Essential oils are known for their antibacterial properties. The bacteria does not become resistant like it does with antibiotics.

Gave you more info than you asked for. It helped me to think through why and how I am trying this.

I go in again Wednesday and I am going to ask her to check me again to see if there is improvement before she does a deeper clean on the suspect area. They actually have to numb the area before they work on it. Never a good sign.

MNMargaret

Hi I've missed a few days and playing catch up again

So sorry to hear about Mildred beagle, I hope you have a beautiful day today to make some special memories that will help at this sad time

Wasn't feeling too well over the weekend (some sort of bug) but feel much better today althought I still feel a little sniffly and achey.

Frankie has walked in and is now staring at me, hmmm time for breakfast I see, he always comes to "remind" me if I am still sat here at 7 a.m. - yes I know toast is bad forhim but it's only a little slice)

Breakfast calls so I'll say goodbye for now, love to everyone.

Viv in cold and wet York UK.

Hi all!

Joyce- the suite we are in is on the level, thank goodness! Oh, it is so much better than our last place. We are not deafened by the air conditioning and there are actually people around who can't wait to help you. I guess you get what you pay for, but when we buy the holiday we have no idea of the price of each hotel - they are chosen for us. This one is the most expensive I think. Charles and Camilla stayed here 18 months ago, taking over the whole hotel and bringing their own food and chef. The waiter was telling us about it. Apparently he had to strip for security snd even had to take his socks off. There were about 50 army personnel in the street outside and all the road blocked off.
- We've had a very light lunch of tandoori chicken and salad and I only had half a small roll with it. I'm still hungry. But then I'm always hungry. :laugh:
- Our guide gave us a car tour of Colombo so we saw the new and old Parliament buildings, various colonial monuments and visited a very elaborate Buddhist temple.
- Strangely this hotel does not have an alcohol licence (?) but obtains beer etc from its sister restaurant. They are very happy for you to BYO , so we stopped at a supermarket to buy a bottle of wine. The alcohol part of the shop is always in a separate room, like in Scandinavia.
- DH got some money out of the ATM as we want to give our driver a good tip tomorrow and anything left over DH is going to give him to use for his charitable work. He is a Buddhist and regularly helps out at food projects. 10 years ago he was supposed to be donating rice and clothes on Boxing Day right on the coast. He found out he had to work that day, which he wasn't happy about, so he did his charity a few days earlier. That Boxing Day the tsunami hit the coast and he would have died. He showed us the remains of many communities that were just washed away and left with nothing. He is someone we will gladly trust with our money and know he is doing good with it.
- I will try to get a swim in this afternoon. Not the biggest pool in the world, but better thsn nothing. If I plow up and down for half an hour I will have swum half a mile. There are some scales in the bathroom so I might stand on those afterwards. At the moment I am full to bursting with soda water!
- Michele - I think your spritzer idea is a great one. I have been doing that all holiday. :flowerforyou:

Off to the airport tomorrow for the long and dreary flight home. Got to be there three hours before :sad: Must remember to have a cardigan accessible.
So sorry for all of you still getting snow and more snow.

Love to all. Heather in Colombo.

Lesley so sorry to hear about Mildred ! Sending you a hug!!!

DeeDee in NC

Today's jokes of the day:



A man and a woman get in a terrible car wreck.

Both of their vehicles were completely destroyed, but fortunately, no one was hurt.

Thankful, the woman says to the man in a flirting tone, "We're both okay, we should celebrate."

So the woman gets a bottle of wine out of the trunk of the smashed car, and hands it to the man with a smile.

The man almost forgetting about the accident takes a really big drink, and hands the bottle to the woman.

The woman closes the bottle and put it away.

The man asks, "Aren't you going to take a drink?"

And the woman replies, "No, I'll celebrate after the cops leave."




My wife asked for the broom...

And I said, "Why? Are you going somewhere?"

well I shoveled the dog pen and one driveway, and dressed and waiting to take Chester to the vet. from there the refacing guy should be here.. hopefully, they are based out of mass. and dont know how much snow they got,,
left a message to tell them to come a little later so we wont have a conflict with being late at the vet..

Sylvia: Freezing rain is the worst weather I can think of because it is so dangerous. Be careful today and on the lookout for black ice. I can attribute a nasty fall and broken wrist to it, and hope that doesn’t happen to you.

Madierdorf: I hope your mission trip is satisfying and safe.

Kim: The bacon roses are amazing. They really look good! (And make me hungry.) You are probably the best Godmother in the world.

Margaret: Good luck at the dentist’s office on Wednesday. I hope you get encouraging news.

Alison: I think you are getting everybody’s snow this year. I watch a reality series from Alaska, and they’re experiencing a warm winter (for them) with little or no snow.

MammaLauraB & all newbies: Welcome to an amazingly supportive group.

Sylvia: Thanks for the jokes today.



I’m not sure what hit me, but I spent a chunk of time in bed napping yesterday, went to bed early and slept through the night. I may be fighting off a bug. I took some Airborne yesterday and will take some again today. Airborne has a lot of vitamin C and it has been helpful at keeping sickness away when we visit the grandbabies. I hope it will keep me healthy now.

I’ll be off to the gym this morning for core class & yoga. They seem to be doing me a great deal of good and I don’t want to miss them. We have a substitute core class teacher and she really gave us a workout last week.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon


“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison


February Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep.

Today is Southern Maryland’s day to finally get snow. 9 degrees here this am. I’m supposed to fly to Boston tomorrow, so we’ll see how that goes. I wouldn’t worry much about it, but I am taking my elderly father to a funeral, so that complicates travel.

I just had two great days of focusing on planning my eating and cooking healthy stuff. Made my calories goals, and my goals of 5 fruits and veg; and <150 g of carbs.

Margaret – I use a Sonicare toothbrush and it’s gotten my gums in great shape. It feels a little strange at first, but once you’ve used it for a while u can use it on gums too and it does a great job. My dentist recommended it. It might take you a while to get there if your gums are so sore.

Carol – at 41 pounds down you know you have the willpower to keep it going. Sounds like maybe you need to find a way out of that Sunday nite Stewardship meeting (is it part of you work tho?). It's hard to lose weight when you're not happy. My “mommy days” are just behind me too, and I’m trying to focus on getting to a healthy weight for so many reasons.

Today’s reason to lose weight: STOP SNORING.

Cindy
Southern Maryland

Just because

Hey all!

Kim - adore the roses! :flowerforyou: How clever are you!

Thinking of you in the snow!
Thinking of Lesley today.

I had a lovely swim in the pool for 35 mins and a nice bath and hair wash afterwards.
Do any of you feel, like me, that you would be more inclined to go swimming if there were a foolproof method of keeping your hair dry? I do proper swimming with goggles and my face in the water and whatever I wear my hair gets wet. As I am an unnatural blonde with shoulder length hair that necessitates the whole shebang of hair wash, condition, blow dry etc. Such a drag! I would love another swim tomorrow morning, but I can't be bothered with all that business. Then it's sun cresm, then insect repellent, then makeup - phew!

I had a nice, if fattening, crab and coconut soup this evening, resisting the rolls and butter. Then I ordered "black pork" curry as it's a Sri Lankan speciailty. Tasty, but oh so salty! Almost inedible! I only had a tiny bit of rice, pushed the delicious papardoms to the other side of the table and had no chutney. Not fabulous overall, but OK. DH had an indifferent osso bucco. I had a couple of teaspoons of his creme brulee, scraping off the quite unnecessary fruit sauce they had put on top. Don't mess with the classics! They are classics for a reason! We enjoyed the wine we had bought very much, but the alcohol calories were surplus to requirements. :embarassed: Any weight I will have put on is slmost entirely due to alcohol. I started the holidsy being really good, but slipped In the last week. I'm pretty sure it will take me a few weeks to get back to normal, but I'm looking forward to buckling down to the old routine and seeing the poundage off. :bigsmile:

I get my ticker by once copying the code they give you and pasting it each time at the end of my post. I am on an Android tablet and if I don't copy anything else I can just press and paste each time, not having to copy again. Some people do a Word doc.

Love to all. Heather, wishing I had a magic carpet now. :ohwell:

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Cindy - Unfortunately, the meeting is part of my job. There is one particular woman on the committee that I have a problem with--she likes to give lots of orders and, instead of talking to me, she goes behind my back to the pastors if she doesn't like something. I volunteer for the Finance Team at my own church and never mind those meetings!

Selena - Thanks! My saying is that "I am open but not looking" for a man in my life. I haven't barricaded the door but it's not standing wide open, either.

Heather - I totally get it about the hair! I hate swimming caps--they pull my hair and I look atrocious. Then, by the time my hair has been bunched up under something, I need to wash it just to make it look right again.

Back to work I go...

Carol in NC

Edit: According to the radar, I may be heading home very shortly. The snow is not far away.

Lisa in St. Louis MO, where it is snowing and cold! Can't wait for summer.