WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2015

Alison ... Go for it! Your current job seems toxic ... And while it's sad, it's true ... It will be easier to work with the guys than a full room of cats.

Janet - I LOVE your quotes! Keep them coming. :flowerforyou:

DH came home in a good mood. He admitted he was nervous about the hospital appointment tomorrow. He has never been in hospital and hardly ever been to the doctor, apart from his anxiety. It was nice to talk to him in a relaxed way again. He read my blurb and we found a few faults, but basically it's ok. I gave him some advice on the pricing of his last book and the blurb he wrote for it which was not good. I think he was grateful. :ohwell:
Miraculously I got a reply to my text to DS#1. He admitted his brain is in a fog and he can't concentrate at all. He is seeing the doctor about adjusting his meds. I said I was fine with the cover I had made. Looking forward to seeing each other on 29th. My heart bleeds for him.

Our dinner was heavenly. Oh my word!

Kim- Vera tonight. Hooray!

Love Heather UK

Janet, I shared your quote on Facebook. I spent more than half my life trying to get over growing up in a disfunctional family. I feel at peace now.

Sylvia, many swear by Avon's Skin so Soft. My DIL tried it on the kids last summer and said it seemed to work.

Happy Sunday ! ! !

Leslie - Hope you had a wonderful birthday.

Avon also has a bug repellant line now. And if you don't have a Rep in your area, you can order online.

Baseball was nice today - about 68 degrees. My son had a good time. He was pinch runner for the first game, and second base or designated hitter in the second game.
But, he needed new pants, compression shorts, and a belt, because he grew another 1/2 inch this past week (total of 7 inches since last summer), so that was a $100 spending trip.

Then DS and DH went for a late lunch at Culvers (after Dad and I split a deli sandwich) and I only had a single lemon ice. Pretty happy about that self-control.

Laptop battery still hasn't been replaced, so log out quick before the whole thing dies. Talk to you all tomorrow.

Hugs for Everyone ! ! !

Terri in Milwaukee

Monday morning and woke to FROST, but it is autumn.
Food = 1565 cals, all healthy
Training: Wii Gold's boxing, JJ's Kick-box boot camp, JJ's Stretch it out, walk 2 miles this afternoon.
Washed all clothes and on line now. Ironing later. Chicken and veg sate in crock-pot for dinner.
Glad Blaize was OK yesterday and he LOVED the beach and sea.
Daughter and MIL rang yesterday
Getting ready for Tom's 98 day challenge in May. need to sort training before then and food

HI!Finally got a minute.Had nightmare movers,not computer for days and buried in boxes.lol
Ill get back,when I can see the light.lol
Miss everyone.
HUGS jane

Hi all. Got back last night about 9pm. Nice weather for the drive, uneventful until we switched drivers in Appomattox where they were having one of their frequent civil war reenactments. The cannon fire did not go over well with Gemma at all.

Quiet day.......did not go to the gym breakfast this morning, slept in. Laundry and dog park and a few errands.......tired, early to bed.....best to everyone.

Cynthia......I thought of you at the open house on Saturday. One of the displays was of horse teeth!!!
Happy (belated) Birthday Lesley!!!!!!
Janet.....Your bean soup makes me hungry for it, I think ham and bean will be on the menu here soon.
Sylvia.......Two summers ago I kept having wasps trying to build behind the little door that covers the gas cap......it was a nasty surprise when I'd need gas; they finally gave up.
Joyce......We were looking at apt. complexes in Blacksburg for DD for vet school; they provide no housing for grad type students. She is absolutely going to have to share. I did not realize your Charlie had quite so many medical issues, poor guy.
Kim........Hope your foot was OK.
Heather.......Glad you and DH are back on good terms again!!! There were beautiful plantings of tulips in school colors in Blacksburg. We are just a tinge too warm for them to do well here.
Carol.......I generally drive manly cause DH hates it and pretty much only knows the way to and from work, he's not what you'd call an explorer and I have to know where every road goes! Your mom looks fabulous n that pic!!!!
Katla.........I certainly agree; she does owe me!!! Off for over two days with two hours notice!!!!!
Toni.......WTG on the compliments!
naiomi........Just wanted to reach out and pet your kitty!
Beth.......I,m sorry you had such a rough week; better days ahead......(((hugs))))
Michele.......I wish I had one tenth of your energy!!!!

Can't go to bed yet.....Mad Men at 10pm!!!!

yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding.

Good Evening Ladies,

Katla, so glad you had a good talk with DH. Men are not so good about sharing their feelings and especially if it’s fear. Hope something can be done to help DS#1. I’m just so impressed that you continue to work on your book with all that’s going on. You’re the bomb. Congrats on a heavenly dinner.

Sylvia, well did you “let them out”? That did make me laugh. I’m surprised you didn’t tell him that you weren’t the one that let them in. I hope your tick repellant works. I can’t stand to get a tick on me! Ewwwww Yep, that’s the problem with woods.

Peach, I know that the Avon works for mosquitoes but never heard anything about ticks. That would be great if it worked for them too. Glad you have been able to let the past go and live in the now. (Hugs)

Terri, I can’t believe 7” in a year? Wow. Now I know where my 3 inches went. Lol

Barbie, I did get my exercise the old fashioned way today. Did most of it in 15 to 20 minute spurts and got a lot done. I am about to get everything upstairs sorted through and weeded out. It feels great. I love your graphics so may use a few, since you were kind enough to share your site. That is when time allows me to explore what all it has.

JJ, welcome to this supportive group of ladies. Please tell us a little more about yourself so we can get to know you. There are a few of us here with back issues so you should feel right at home. Come often and post whenever you feel like it. Good luck with your journey.

Yannie, glad you made it home safely. I laughed that you are tired and will stay up until 11:00 to watch Mad Men. I love my DVR so I can watch my shows when I want to, although I often stay up to watch them. I just don’t like sitting through the commercials so I record them and then fast forward through the commercials. And the ham and bean soup was yummy. Wish I could share it with you.

Rori, happy that the hamstring is better and you are back at it. Good for you on the fresh herbs.

I have my follow up doctor appointment in the morning for results of labs. The only one that really interests me is my A1C to see how my blood sugar has been since I cut my meds in half. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I somehow feel like I have not been eating as good (healthy) as I could lately even though I’m staying under calories. I think I need to take a look at that and plan a little farther out. I’m usually just a day or two in advance with my planning and I know some of you plan for the week. You are all such inspirations to me. Thank you.
I hope you all have less stress and more happiness. Sweet dreams, my friends.

Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.

Janet
Myrtle Beach, SC

Rode our recumbant bike for an hour today. The plan for tomorrow is to do some pilates, hold my plank, and then take the extremepump class.

suebdew - Tell me about how the weeding is never done. I swear, this is the worst time of year, they grow it seems overnight. The other day I put down some weed killer on the weeds that were amongst the rocks, yesterday I swear there were some that weren't there when I put down the weed killer.

The posts were way across the page, so I just used Chrome and they are normal.

Janet - as much as possible, I try to do all my sweets baking in one day. Even if I have to freeze some of it, I'd rather do that. Truth be known, I usually do that type of baking after my weekly weigh in. I know that I'm going to gain, so I have a full week to lose it. Am I bad or what? I like the fact that Hamricks has a decent-sized petite department. Not too many stores do. Belks is pretty decent, but I swear every time I go into JCPenney their petite dept is getting smaller and smaller

Kim - OUCH!!!!

naiomi - I bet you're going to look just fantastic in that dress!

Today I cleaned the tile wall between the spa and the pool. I don't remember who it was, but thank you to that person for recommending the "off the wall" product to me. Actually, the store had this stuff called "spa enhancer" but the guy said it does basically the same thing. As I was trying to gently chip the white buidup (we think it's from the salt), I dropped the tool into the pool. Vince was able to push it up to the shallow end and guess who had to get in the pool to retrieve it? I'll give you three guesses and the first two won't count. Lordy, was it cold! It wasn't that cold when I had to put my hand in the water, but my body....now that's a different story. When he got it to the shallow end all I could think of was "oh no, do I have to bend down in this water to get it". Well, finally I got the tool between two of my toes and brought it up. Then I went to Lynette's office to give her the muffins, I needed to dry my clothes (my shorts, underwear and bottom of my work shirt were TOTALLY drenched) and get some blood back into my legs.

Then I stopped at AC Moore to get the crochet hook and some yarn for the next tree skirt. then home. Made these turkey meatballs to take to my friend, they're now in the crock pot. I didn't realize that they needed to cook for 6 hours or I would have done that earlier. Put the Wet & Forget on most of the deck. Realized I need more so ordered 2 more bottles. Now I know that I need at least 4 jugs to do the entire deck. Anyway, had dinner and made the filling for these spinach greek tarts that I'll take to Rummikub Tuesday. It's from SkinnyGirl and only something like 67 calories for 2 tarts. Oh, needed to run to FoodLion to get spinach. The recipe says you need 15oz and the only package I had was 10oz, I really thought it was more than that.

Tomorrow is going to be a bit of a hectic day. I go to exercise, then count the money at the church, come home and then senior bowling. After bowling I think I'll probably collapse....lol

Alison - hope you get the job! Many times I prefer to work with guys than women. Guys will say right out what's on their mind then move on. They don't hold grudges or play catty games.

Heather - so glad you got to talk to your son.

Sylvia - I do hope you get the info you're looking for

jj - Welcome!

Michele in NC

ATVer wrote: »

Hi all! Newbie allert!
Hope I'm doing this right...

JJ in beautiful Colorado!!!!

Goal for April - lose 4 lbs.
Hike every weekend.
Do physical therapy homework 3 days per week. (back issues...)
Today I'm re-testing my hormones.

Nice to meet you all!
JJ

Welcome!