WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2015

Janet - yes, I did mean two spaces after a full stop (period). I'm keeping them if it doesn't look too strange as one space still looked weird. Proof arrives on Tuesday.

I spent this evening creating an Author Page on Amazon. I chose that photo of me in NYC that I posted on here last October. Having problems with some of the books they are listing, a couple are not mine, but at least there are some of mine on there. I wrote most of them a long time ago and most are remaindered. I am trying to sort it out.

I played around with bookmarks, but I am not a graphic designer! ! ! :laugh: Will have another go when I can take a photo of the cover to put on there. The professional sites are just about navigable. There are templates on Word, but ink is so expensive.

All this computer and marketing stuff is new to me. I never worked in an office, so even word processing is at a very basic level. Never done spreadsheets. :blushing: I am muddling along in the dark! :laugh:

Heather UK

Sylvia - sending you lots of love.♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥
You are amazing! ☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
So sorry you had such a scare!

evening ladies~
home for the weekend Yahhhhh..
DH will be on his way to Florida a week from now ,so will have some quite time where I dont have to cook alot...will still take care of my boys and the house and all and of course DFIL..
I am thinking maybe next Sunday of taking my dad up to the New England Air museum and out to lunch...he was an avid pilot all his life up until he had to sell his share of single engine plane.. when I was 15 my DB and parents flew around the us for a month in that plane.. it was a real experience...
I spend so much time with DFIL that I dont spend enough time with my dad... so that will be the plan...
Sylvia ~ you are a God Send to your son and grandchildren they are so lucky to have you...

Today started off cloudy and turned sunny. My crown is fixed. DH's dentist was kind enough to see me (mine is closed on Fridays). He spent most of my time in the chair admiring the work (two weeks today) by the surgeon on my neck! His wife has had several of these type surgeries done. Wanted his name. Turns out we know several people in common. Dreading the bill as our change in insurance companies by DH's company put us in one they don't have a contract with; a "little" detail DH did not tell me. Didn't tell me in the office until I was leaving; I guess they thought DH would have mentioned it to me (which makes sense). Arrrrrrrrgh........

Mary.......DH had asked his partner and got the "it won't hurt" rather tepid response on the oil pulling so I asked him and he was a lot more in favor of doing it.

Tina.......So sorry about your friend; will keep her in my thoughts. I think I saw the other story on the news........awful.

Kim.........Absolutely thrilled for your breakthrough!!!!!! YAY, for the feeling it gave you!

Sharon.......Good thoughts for ALL your stressful areas. You deserve some kind of medal!

Carol.......Glad you had a good time out!

Sylvia.........You deserve a medal too!!!!

Heather .........Kudos for sticking to your plan!

Vicki........Enjoy your salad dinner!!!

Good evening (or night) to all.
yanniejannnie
mid-Atlantic

OH, Beth!!!!

Good evening,

Janet the reason we are not charging the brother for the removal of his stuff is he did check on my mom almost daily for three years if he had not done this my mom would have had to go into the nursing home sooner. It costs $8000 a month. So I told the brother who is organizing the clean out the other brother is going to go through enough trauma just seeing his stuff go, and he did save my mom money by delaying the nursing home. My problem with it is it made it difficult to go through my mom's house the was I would have liked to go through it. I hope he was not too difficult during the clean out. I was not there because I live 500 miles away and was only told about this final clean out once I was there a couple of weeks ago. Communication is not a strong point in my family. I have mixed feelings about not being there. I sensed the brother who is organizing the clean out felt he had enough with dealing with the older brother and the clean out. He had just sold his business of forty years and the two buildings that went with it, so he is in super clean out mode. He is right that is the frame of mind you need to get this job done.

I also am the two spaces after the period generation when I remember. LOL

MNMargaret

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

Good Evening Ladies,

Sylvia, how scary about your son. I know that had to scare you and the kids something terrible. I hope he’s okay. And looks like you ended up helping clean the apartment after all. You are so wonderful. I hope he appreciates you. ((Hugs))

Heather, I think you are doing a fantastic job in figuring all this out. Especially not having worked in an office. Don’t let it get to you; one step at a time.

Allison, it sounds like a great outing with your Dad. You are a God Sent to DFIL.

Yannie, so glad you were able to get the crown taken care of. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you on the bill.

Beth, too funny! And how appropriate for the recent discussions. ROFL

Margaret, that is nice that your brother was there to help with your Mom. I know this is all hard on all three of you. It will be nice to have it behind you and be able to put the house on the market.

My back finally got a little better and I got a bit more done in the house. Most rooms are thoroughly cleaned and everything put back into place. Late afternoon my back started yelling at me again, so haven't done much since then. Think I'll take a pain pill and go to bed early. Plus that way I won't keep thinking about nicotine.


I hope you all have a wonderful evening and wake up tomorrow with a smile.


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

Quick hello...I've just about caught up.

I echo Heather's sentiment about all of you, she said it so well I won't try to elaborate, but that's what makes her a great writer. Looking forward to the book Heather.

Interview was a cattle call this morning but I didn't expect much, so there wasn't any disappointment. It was nice to get dressed up this morning though and I was pleased with how I presented myself. I haven't felt this much confidence in a long time.

Going for a walk in the woods tomorrow morning with a good friend and our dogs. The weather is supposed to be warm and sunny and I am looking forward to it.

My DS will be 32 on Sunday which I find amazing since I'm only 39! Where did the time go? I definitely weigh a lot less today than I did 32 years ago when I was pregnant!

I double space after a period; absolutely hate cilantro; my salad green of choice is spinach.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Chris in MA

Did 50 minutes of Jillian Michaels Burn Fat Boost Metabolism DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do one of Bob Harper's Inside Out DVD's

Volunteered at the Green Room. I was thinking that I'd need to go get my passport renewed, but when Vince took it out of the safe he said to me "do you realize that you have one more year on your passport?"

Tina - how scary, glad they caught that guy. Prayers for your friend. Could she maybe have had a stroke or something?

Sylvia - I'm just so afraid that the head of the praying mantis is going to be streaky, and I can't repaint it again. I should have put the glaze on it the last time I was there because whatever happens is what's to be.

barbie - probably the reason I didn't notice your diary is because for some reason you don't come out on my homepage.

jane - how sweet of you to make that blanket

pip - if you want to make your dairy public, first go to the "home" tab, then the "settings" tab, under "diary sharing" click next to "public", and I guess there is some sort of tab about "save settings". That's IT

Heather - for the most part, I drink water. I sometimes add that "true Lemon" powdered lemon (doesn't add any calories) for a bit of taste. I'm not a coffee drinker, I may have it once or twice a year if someone else makes it. I will have my tea without sugar or creamer. Sometimes I've found almond milk to be a good addition. Almost never drink sodas, and never diet sodas.

Kim - so glad you're feeling better now

This morning I was getting prepared to make a chocolate chip banana bread for Vince, but you know what stopped me? Well, for one thing he has other things to finish up (like brownes, some Starburst Jellybeans that he loves, some angel food cake from a friend) but the thing that made me decide NOT to make it was the fact that I knew I couldn't resist having some of the raw dough and my official weigh-in is tomorrow. What a reason! So I cut up some apples to put in the refirgerator to hopefully get some of the liquid out of them to make an apple pie

I want Vince to go with me to get the hay for the grasseed we need to plant. I asked him when I got home from the Green Room (also stopped at Bi-Lo and Food Lion for items on sale) and he just said "later this afternoon". Well, how much later????

Sylvia - did that printing place REALLY think you were going to order from them again???? I ordered a chlorine resistant bathing suit once from this gal at the Y. I assumed she checked the company out. After having lots of problems I found out they were rated "F" by the BBB. I think they finally sent me a bathing suit (not chlorine resistant) just to shut me up

terri - yea for you doing the plank again! You're getting there! Oh, I meant to tell ya, I wasn't at the bowling meeting the whole time, but my team came in first for the seniors. Really, no help from me. but I did get a trophy out of it which is sitting on my mantle

katla - Oh, I'll post pics of the "pool critters". Like I said, I just hope and pray that the head of the praying mantis isn't all streaky. Then again, if it is, that could be a sign that it's homemade and not store bought. Maybe that's how I will look at it. I suspect this snail will take me most if not all of the sumer to do, mainly because I will most likely only be able to work on it on Tues and Thurs when it's raining. Then again, Vince might really want to work on his tree stump (I honestly was surprised that he wanted to do it) so we might wind up going more often. Have you ever seen that show "Forever"? It's about a guy who lives forever

Janet - when I do my plank, I have this hand-held timer (actually, I originally used it in the kitchen to time things cooking) and I put that on the floor below my head so I can see how long I've held my plank. Since you don't, I bet you hold it longer than you think you do. The next time your dh tells you a short joke, just tell him that "short people are the first to see the flowers grow and the last to feel the raindrops fall"

We finally got the hay. Actually, they didn't have any more bales of hay but he took us around back. There were a few partial bales. He said we could just take them since he only charges $5 for a bale and it really isn't worth it for him to rebale that hay and he can't sell it. So in essence, we were doing him a favor by taking it.

Sylvia - how scary to walk in and find your son on the floor. and then for him to have a seizure! My heart goes out to you

Vicki - DeeDee popped in a while ago. I know I've seen things from her on my homepage. Don't worry, I'll be posting pics of my "yard art". Praying the praying mantis doesn't come out streaky.

Margaret - I'm sure your mom really appreciated your brother being there for her.

Michele in NC

I want a shirt with this on it.

Sylvia.........I love that saying and use it on my daughter with great regularity. First heard it used by my friend who does marathons.............a wise, wise woman! Hmmmmm.......if I had it on a tee shirt, I could just stand in front of DD and point to it, not even have to open my mouth...........

Michele, and Katla, Forever is on ABC. I watch it all the time. Of course I love any kind of doctor or mystery show.

Sylvia, I was wondering how your son was going to clean his old apartment. I would think some kind of agency could help him with that or the expense of getting it done.

I bought a Fit Bit flex tonight. I got the blue one because I thought it wouldn't show up to much. I don't want a bright one. I don't want a bracelet. Is it really waterproof and I can wear it in the shower??? I bought it because I can't find my charger, I have a suspicion my dear fur baby has eaten yet another fit bit product. I am going to try to figure out how to change from my one to the flex on the computer. Going to Christopher and Banks fashion show tomorrow. I have looked over the spring line up but nothing really sparks my pocket book. I am hoping that I see something tomorrow I like. And no, I am not in it. I waited to long to send my name. Well, that's me.

I have read all the comments since I last commented yesterday but anything i would say, some one else has already said it.

Joyce, Indiana

Naomi - Great picture! You could market that!

Sylvia - I was thinking the same thing as Joyce. It can be a huge hassle applying for things, but surely a disabled man should be getting more state help. Over here we do not have very good "joined up" support, but it is there if you know how to navigate the system. (That is a job in itself! ! !) Heavy cleaning is not on, for him or for you. Thank goodness he finally got the better apartment ! ! ! Has he applied for everything he is entitled to? I have no idea what the US system is, but there must be some kind of "safety net". LOVE the proposed T-shirt. :flowerforyou:

I got through yesterday with my calories under and with only one drink. :drinker: Having promised you guys was a HUGE help to me. :flowerforyou:

Now to have breakfast and get on those machines. I PROMISE I will do my 600 calories!

Heather, alone in Hampshire UK :laugh:




Oh my word, just looked at my email. Those Amazon guys are amazing, even if they don't pay their taxes :laugh: They have already responded to all the changes I wanted to make to my Author Page. (It takes a couple of days to take effect ). I have a couple more changes I want them to make, but I had no idea it would be so easy and I would get a personal response from cyberspace! ! ! Check out my photo etc if you would like to see a work in progress. :laugh: Go to Heather Eyles in Books and click on my Author Page. Glorious NYC!

One more thing - today I won the Euromillions lottery draw. :drinker: £3.20 ! ! ! ¤¤¤ ~

Hello everyone!

Sylvia: oh my goodness; I’m so sorry about your stress. Hope your son is OK. THANK YOU for the circus/monkeys pic! Maybe this is my new motto!!

Alison: nice plan to go out with your dad. Will you enjoy the air museum too?

Yanniejannie: glad your crown is fixed and glad you got a compliment on your surgery!

Michele: always impressed by how much you do!

Joyce: you can wear the FitBit in the shower, but I never did. It’s hard to get the water out of the space the tracker fits in. I just put it on the sink during the shower, and then put it on again afterwards.

We plan our work seasons every summer, and had scheduled a free week this coming week. We've had to work very hard to KEEP it free, but now we're here and it's nice weather. We'll be visiting friends a couple of hours away later in the week; otherwise just trying to relax a little. Unfortunately, the builders were in the apartment above us this morning and I just freaked out. Drilling and cutting in the concrete floor all week for weeks on end, and then on Saturday? Uh-uh. Apparently they were "just" removing some wiring, so no drilling, but heads will roll if someone does this kind of thing in the weekend again.

Thanks for all the support after I gave the people in the meeting the e-mail middle finger. I really appreciate it. You know what? Not one of them mailed me back. BTW, I have been working in my new job since late March, overlapping the two so the old job can be transferred properly to the people who will be doing it after me. I like the new colleagues and the work so far, so that's good. It was probably time for a change; just too bad the process went so badly.

Enjoying my guy's presence; he was gone for most of the week and I'm sensitive to the feeling that I am the only one fighting my "battles". It's good to have your partner around and in your corner!


Hope we all have a good day.

Cynthia :flowerforyou: