WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2015

Busy busy busy day again. Took my mom for her doctors appointment - check up for her thyroid medication. ... I think I am going to hide at home tomorrow and maybe Saturday too. Kids and DGK's are coming for dinner on Sunday - everyone is off to their significant others house at Easter....
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So ((((hugs))))) to everyone and goodnight...I am really tired.

Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

Sharon, when and if the big D does happen, please don't feel you have wasted all those years. Look at your children, your dear grand children and all of the other things that have happened in your years with him Wasted? I think not.

Sylvia, I think I have only made one cake from scratch. Years ago I found a cake recipe in a magazine and decided to try it. It was called Mexican chocolate cake and was SOOO good. My husband said it is the richest chocolate cake he has ever tasted. It had kind of a caramelized type icing. I do have a recipe for Watergate cake that uses a white cake mix along with pistachio pudding that is also really good. See, I can cook some things!!! Loved the joke about the camping trip. Shows how we overlook the obvious.

Terri, a refrigerator in the living room, how tempting!!!! LOL

Cynthia, how nice of your Mom to send you that gift basket. Means even more since she is not known for a spontaneous gift like that. Enjoy it

Carol, my mother in law was in a nursing home once, finally convinced us to let her be in an apartment again which meant we had to buy all new furniture. Her dream was always to go back home. But then she finally started to call Pine Haven home. When my youngest got married she was so excited to be able to get out for a long afternoon to go to the wedding, reception etc. The nursing home got her make up on, pretty dress and everything. Her mental health, way crazy, did not allow her to go to my oldest daughters wedding.

Mary, loved your beautiful grand fur baby, I bet that quilt belongs to him/her. It looks like it would be fun to pull him around on the hard wood floor on it!!

Rori, I would love to go to a garage sale at your house. I bet you have some really neat things that could go for a pretty penny at an auction house.

I know I love the start of spring but with it brings the return of ants. I feel so sorry for Melody, the cat. When I got up this morning and refilled her bowl, the water bowl was swimming with ants and they were all in her food dish also. She does a lot of eating at night so I don't want to put them up. I have found that one of the best ways to kill those guys is to give them a quick squirt of my all purpose cleaner. Kills them in an instant. I don't know if it drowns those little buggars or not but it also works on bigger bugs. I used to use the Chlorox all purpose cleaner spray until I found out if I didn't dry it well enough that your clothes got a ever so wonderful bleach line where your tummy met the counter. But I love the smell of things cleaned with bleach.

Some of you were talking of chemo. We have a lady in our Sunday School class that is being treated for vaginal cancer. Like most other chemo patients, she has the port in her chest but she has a continuous infusion of chemo. she has this little bag in a fanny pack around her waist along with a battery operated pump.

Joyce, Indiana

morning ladies~
another night of great sleep.. was much needed..
A living trust is a document that depending on your situation, married widowed single will protect your property and financial holdings against probate,death taxes and will let it flow smoothly to either your spouse or beneficiary..
I dont usually speak up and ask for things in my marriage ,but will sit down with Tom, have him look at the book I brought home and the notes I took, I also made a appt with the attorney for a saterday which is a free 1 hour consultation....
This is something I very much want, because I know what it will be like when my dad passes away..
heavy heavy rain right now and will have to get some dinner together for DH and lunch for me and get dressed and ready for work

Good morning; raining here and temps plunging. No plans so far for the day other than housework. Laundry going now.

Mary.........I totally agree with you on how hard it is to stay on top of this thread!!!! That dog is huge, how old is he? I've bought the coconut oil with the intention of trying it as a mouth rinse but haven't gotten to the point where I can convince myself to actually follow through, maybe your example will be the push I need.......It's not doing me any good in the cabinet!!!

Michele........Glad you are back to your usual nightly posting!!! Wish we had an Aldi here; and Publix too.

Katla..........Very glad to hear you are on the mend! Hope you have a great lesson today.

Rori........Loving your stories!!! What an exciting job!

Janet.......I hope you get to do that cruise with your ill friend. Looking forward to it has to be giving her a lift.

Lillian.........Busy Sunday coming up for you!

Carol.....My mom and I butted heads too for many years. When she was ill with dementia, I saw a whole other person and wondered what all the disagreements were about.

Heather........The first love of my childhood was Ricky Nelson; sure he was going to be my boyfriend if I could just age a little faster! He was followed by David McCallum and many others including ALL the Beatles.

Alison......Maybe I missed something (probably did), but wouldn't it be your brother (not DH) to talk with about what happens when you dad passes?

Gotta go, dryer is calling! Have great days!
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

Good morning everybody! It's another chilly, windy and misty day so far, but they are promising 72 and sunny on Sunday, so we just have to hang in there for two more days.

My son was offered a bigger apartment in his building yesterday. It is three good sized bedrooms instead of the two tiny ones they currently have. And it has an actual living room big enough for a sofa, which they don't have now. It also has TWO bathrooms! And the best part is that this apartment is located in a different part of the building and is completely separated from the rest of the apartments. You have to go through a fire door to get to it and it's the only apartment there, so there would be no cigarette smoke coming across the hall and wafting into their apartment. It has it's own ventilation system! And it's on the second floor instead of the 6th, which means when the elevator is broken he only has to climb one flight instead of six. I sure hope he gets it. He has to go talk to the people at HUD today to see if they will increase his housing assistance to make up for the extra $150 per month it would cost. They have already approved him for a three bedroom apartment, so hopefully it will work out. He took me to look at it yesterday and it's clean and freshly painted and the kitchen and bathrooms look nice and new. The girls would share a room and the little guy would have his own - smaller - bedroom. Now all three share one tiny bedroom. Fingers crossed!

Well, I have to go take my last load of bowls over to the Empty Bowls sale, which is today. It'll be a relief when that is over and done.

I hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Sylvia

Sylvia, fingers crossed that your son get the apartment and the approval for more rent money.

well, I chickened out. I wouldn't say that but I guess I just changed my mind for whatever reason. I was going to ride to work this morning (it's 47degrees, so nice riding weather) but I chk'd my speaker (I play music while I ride not with headphones, just a speaker w/loud music) and I did ride home yesterday but I forgot to chk the battery power that I had left and I chk'd it this morning and it was only 30% :0(. I dunno, depending on the weather when I get off work I may ride home, the music won't last the whole trip some so some of it will be in silence, whaaaaaaa. and no, it doesn't distract me from paying attention to the cars on the road, etc...

someone was talking about coconut oil. I put some in my hair every morning, especially on the tips and on my face and neck when I get home. it's kinda funny because I don't have a usual "beauty" regiment, never have. when I was growing up we used to use palmalive dishwashing liquid for shampoo and never gave it a second thought. when I left the house and cut my hair off (it was long and straight passed my butt) the stylists always said that I had such healthy hair and they still say that but I don't do anything special to it, genes I guess.

this morning I was on the treadmill on an incline and I was listening to some music. usually when I run I have a play list that I call "beat jogging" and these r songs that I listen to that are at the pace that I usually run so it keeps me on the beat. anyway, I was just listening to random songs and you know when you listen to something and it brings u right back to that memory of where you were at, who u were with and what you were doing? well that was happening big time, the music was reminding me of Lenny (the 3rd husband that died). such memories.

Kirby (husband) bought us a phone holder that goes on the bike. I tried it yesterday for the 1st time and I was a bit scared because of the vibration and bumpy roads I thought it may jiggle loose and come off. I have my hrm that is connected to my phone and it is connected to gps so there's a feature that tell you your hr AND the mph that I was currently riding and the average hr and mph for the trip at the time. I use the results from my other app that is running (called strava) but this was pretty cool.

have I typed enough? I think so

Rori: You have led an interesting life. Thank you for sharing some lovely memories of people who I always admired.

Joyce: I agree with heather about ant bait traps. They work, and they aren’t a risk to pets or small children.



I’m out of time to respond. I feel good enough to go to the gym this morning and I’ve been missing it.

Have a great day.

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


March 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.

Afternoon all!
Thanks so much for the welcome back .. It must be way over a year + since I was here! .... Soooo long ago that the weight line on the chart for last year is flat and then dives upwards off the chart once I logged in!
Mary .... I love your little " Furbaby" just love big dogs!
We still have another cat ...a little Himalayan beauty. But ..... She is rather round like the other female in the house!

Life is quite hectic here in North Wales. I have started painting again ( sedentary occupation I know but surely it burns SOME calories!) and I have a few works ready for some local exhibition/ sales.
Go to ..... www.facebook.com/handpaintedbyjdw ......to see what I get up to!

And .... I have some hand painted pigs for a charity auction. Twenty UK artists were asked to each paint two pigs. Sooooo everyone go along to..... swearpig.com .....for details of the charity auction for Macmillan. I have my "MuckyPig" & " PinkyPig"
ready to auction which will be on E.Bay in April. And ....you can see the pigs if you google...
SWEARPIG You Tube!!

I am still keeping busy with my "lightish" housework for others! Three mornings of extra calories to use! It gets me out and about and is so far from the job I had before retirement ....it's great!

Sooo ...I have that Friday feeling.... Will get the paints out, a nice supper and a glass of wine are planned ( wine is part of my 5 a day I gave been told!) and a dip in the hot tub! Heated, I may add, by the sun today ...just love those solar panels!

Happy weekend folks ...it is good to be back!
BFN
Jackie W

Good afternoon everyone!

Sylvia - I really hope your son gets that apartment. :flowerforyou: Your grandchildren really deserve it.

Had a productive day today. I am a "natural blonde" again as, while DH was food shopping, I dyed my roots. Couldn't see round the back, but I did it by feel and it's turned out great! When DH did it I found myself getting annoyed with him for not doing it "quite right", so it's better to do it myself. :laugh:

I have also made a jar of rhubarb vodka with the rhubarb from the garden. Previous efforts have been delicious, so I have made a big jar this time and might decant some into pretty mini bottles for presents. :drinker:

I printed off the directions etc for our cottage in Wales. The computer was playing up so I didn't try to "style" my book. Another day.
Then I bought two summer tops online. Free returns if they are no good and they are 25% off. The bust measurements seemed on the small side so I bought a size up. One has cap sleeves and one elbow length.
Some paper napkins I had ordered for next week's dinner party arrived and I love them. :happy: Then another delivery brought the whales and waves duvet cover I had ordered for DGS' s birthday present. The toy crab I ordered to go with it is fabulous and I'm sure DGS will have hours of fun nipping DH. :laugh: We have also got him a See into Space book with flaps to open. :bigsmile:

Saw an interesting TV programme last night about calories. Two things stood out.
1) Just sitting on the couch and doing nothing the small and slim wife burnt over 200 cals. Her very tall and hunky husband burnt over 800 by similarly sitting still. Waaaarrrrgh! :sad: How unfair is life!
2) The couple who spent the morning doing housework burnt off 600+ for her and 800+ for him. This was marginally more than the couple who did an intensive workout for and hour and a half at the gym.

The moral of the story is, do more housework. :laugh: and the smaller you are the harder it is to lose.
Also on the news was a new report that states that "sitting is the new smoking". Most of us sit around far too much at work. Standing up and walking about more are recommended. Do any of you use a stand up desk? Or a desk treadmill? One of the latter is recommended in Gretchen Rubin's new book, BETTER THAN BEFORE.

Anyway, too much chatting! Got to get the guinea fowl on to roast.

Love Heather in sunny Hampshire UK

Happy Friday ! ! !

We have been busy at work again, so I read all the posts, but didn't have time to take notes. Even so, best of everything to everyone. thanks for the inspiration.

The new co-worker had a reality check when her lipid panel came back, so she set up a MFP account, and was appalled at the results under her food posting. Yesterday she had an apple instead of chips for lunch. Today she is going to the fitness center with me for a 10 minute workout. Baby steps. I'm so proud of her ! ! ! I hope it will do me good, too.

The Spring baseball schedule has been posted. There are times that we have to drive over an hour away for a 9:00am game on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Crazy ! I better pack my snacks the evening before. I hope they cancel the 8-10pm practices when they have such early games the next morning. The coaches should have hours like our kids, so they can see how tough it is to get up in the morning. My son averages 6 hours of sleep at least 2-3 times per week. That's not enough for a 14 y.o. in MHO.

It is DH birthday on Sunday, and he is working 7am - 7pm tomorrow. I wonder if he'll want to do something on his only day off? 1 thing we need to do is shop for cleats, but I bet that doesn't count.

Time to organize and get ready for lunch.

Hugs for Everyone ! ! !

Terri in Milwaukee

I have been back to MFP since Jan (member off/on for years) not really sure how to stay longed into this string. Do we just comment and that is how we get included? Down 20.2 lbs since January - but I have a very long way to go. I'm not so good at getting friends found on here - Ethel Quad Cities, Iowa.

Hi Rose. Just above this thread is a star. When you click on the star, it should turn yellow. Then, in the future, when you click on "Community", then on the star, you will see the group. In a few days (just before the end of the month) Barbie will post a new link to the new thread, then you can do the steps all over again. Glad you are here. If someone else gives better directions, listen to them.

Lunch break was amazing. the new girl talked my ear off, so I only ate 1/2 of my soup. And my supervisor was on the treadmill next to me, so we all started talking and the 12 minutes just flew by. Now, to finish up my paperwork for the week, and stop at the produce store after work. This time I am going to the local Greek store, because of their prices on mango, grapes, and romainne lettuce, plus they always have good prices on Feta cheese.

Ok, new question. I suppose I need to buy a bunch of paper plates and plastic flatware, so we can eat in the livingroom next weekend (while the kitchen floor gets replaced)?

Another round of Hugs for Everyone ! ! !

Terri in Milwaukee

Mary.........Well, I did the oil pulling.....baby steps........just 1 1/2 t. for ten minutes and it wasn't as awful as I expected and my teeth were so smooth!!! Also did the salt rinse then flossed and brushed. Did some more reading on it and learned to spit it out in the trash (I never would have thought of that!!!) so it doesn't block plumbing if it re-solidifies. Empty stomach, so I did it right before lunch. One site said to do a skin test first to make sure of no allergy, but I thought that was a bit of overkill as I've eaten coconut all my life. Will work up to one T. and 20min. Even WEBMD said good for gingivitis and plaque! So, a new habit, I guess, now that I've taken the plunge.

Sylvia.........Will cross my fingers and toes for your son to get that apartment.

pip............YELL all you want!!! Let it out!

yanniejannie

Oh, and as far as confessing crushes on tv personalities in our youth...for me it was Bobby Sherman on Here Come the Brides. Oh, the crush I had on him. And then there was the thing I had for Tommy Smothers. I used to have a recurring dream that he came to get me for a date driving a big pink convertible. No idea where that came from. I had that dream as an adult, too. So my love for Tommy must have outlived my love for Bobby. A sense of humor is so important, you know. Alas, neither came to rescue me from my horrible adolescence.