WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY2015

Pip - OUCH oh gosh I got shivers to my toes just seeing that bump sticking up there and picturing that bone in your x-ray. Man I don't know how you are doing it. Does the contraption make it hurt more? (((Hugs))) heal thots.

Barbie - Hooray for finishing the email on your goal list.

Meg in OMG - I'm with you. I am SO over this. Our humidity was down a wee bit today, it helped a little. Hopefully it keeps moving down. LOL it would be quite a quake for Oklahoma to fall off in the ocean.

Pip: Your situation is so difficult and you are handling it better than I would. I hope you are able to heal from your injuries. Is there a possibility that the doctors will re-break the bones so they an be set?

Katla- I will be sending you icy thoughts! Great poem! Fitting with the release of the new Dr. Seuss book!
Mary from Minnesota

Heather, I think that men think being 'sporty' makes them look more manly. I'm glad mine mainly likes golf. It is a gentlemens sport. I think that your 4 day cricket is like our 4 day golf tournaments. Great that your ex is finally saying he will relinquish your legacy but will he follow through with it???

Miriam, the company we chose to go through with comes highly recommended. But as we were reading over the estimate, we see it does not mention grinding down the huge roots this tree has or removing a second trunk from a pine tree we had cut down a couple of years ago. Charlie ha had a bad habit of hiring anyone who is cheap and hired some day laborers that were working down the street. Yep, they were cheap but they did a really cheap job and it was a cash and handshake deal. All three contractors, and I write that very lightly are now in prison because of fraud. He now says I am in charge of hiring contractors. he doesn't trust himself. We gt a bid on the exterior painting and it was $3500. I have no idea what is normal so we will be getting another couple of bids. He is still living in the 1990's as far as pricing. He thinks it is terrible you have to pay more than $150.00 for a good recliner.

Mia, you are going to get that song in my head ow and it won't leave very easily. Leavin' on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again. I think it was a Peter Paul and Mary song or maybe a John Denver.

Pip, thanks for the explanation but just accept the fact that we are still going to worry about you. Maybe he didn't want to do surgery because of your recent, and still ongoing, concussion. Just be very, very careful with those dizzy spells and don't fall again. How in the world did you post from the eye doctor's when your eyes were dilated??? That brace isn't exactly fashion forward! Maybe you need to dye it a neon pink or orange when it is off at night. Ouch, just saw the picture of the bone sticking up. And the ER in Las Vegas didn't see this???? Mybe you could include a picture of the films in place of your payment???

Vicki, from my own experience, your friend may be handling the death of her spouse pretty well on the outside, but on the inside she may be crumbling. I have found that a good sincere hug can help break that barrier that is deep in her heart so that she can really let it out and have a really good cry on a friends shoulder. Believe me, I have been there myself and you feel so awful inside because you can't let it out.

Becca, so sorry your TOPS group didn't accept your idea. I know it meant a lot to you and they not only are not accepting the idea but they are now having a problem accepting you.

Janetr, so scary about the fracking wells that are around the epicenter. I know I don't want it so bad that we feel the results over here in severe southwestern Indiana. I know we are right on the New Madrid fault line and we have never had 'the big one'. But it will come and I don't want some other states fracking to be part of the cause. I think there was an episode on 'The Walton's' that dealt with fracking way back then.

Carol, hugs to you tonight. Hope you can put it all out of your head and have a good rest.

Meg, no, we were thinking that we may have to spend $10,000 for all of our outdoor work, tree, bushes and two stump removal, all exterior painting, two new doors and new windows throughout. And that includes a new patio door in that two doors. I would love to have french doors instead of the patio door but I have never seen screens with french doors and I would love to have m kitchen door open to just screens. As far as importing pictures, did your phone come with a cord that has a USB thing at the end? If it's a i phone or smart phone it probably did. Connect that to a USB port on your computer and the computer will recognize it and will ask you to follow the prompts. Then you have all your pictures on your phone downloaded, and you just go to pictures and select the ones you want here, select open and there it is!

Well my stress over all of this getting bids and everything made me eat pizza. well having Barbie in my head, the stress in my head did not make me eat pizza, I allowed myself to eat pizza. It was a very conscious decision. We were talking about supper plans and had some good plans in the works but I said I wanted a really good pizza. I did have a thin crust but it was sausage. I had about 1/4 of a medium pizza. They cut it into those little pieces so I can't really say how many pie shaped slices that would have been. I did try to eat the smaller pieces though. So I have it in my notes here that now I know why I am not loosing weight, everyone else is loosing some and leaving me any weight to lose. But in reality, it is in myself that I haven't.

My hip isn't hurting much today unless I stand up form sitting awhile or getting out of bed. But after walking a bit I don't look like I have a 'hitch in my get along' anymore. Today we went to Maceys to look for a hat for Charlie, I saw it online but they don't carry any hats except baseball type hats. He is so particular about what hat he wears to Karaoke. He has a nice cowboy type hat but wants another one that he can wear when he sings a lot of Frank Sinatra. He calls it a fedora and I have found lots of fedoras but he wants one with a wider bill on it that he can mold to the shape he wants. MEN! Muggy outside today. The only think I see good about it is that with the steamy sunglasses, I can use my shirt to clean them really well.

Joyce, Indiana

Joyce~ we have a french door and yes we have a screen with it...
Well ladies I did it.. took my 300.00 debit card and joined the new gym.. I need to be accountable for my eating, and getting healthy. and most of the people that were over at the other gym have moved to this one...
look forward to using the massage chairs and aqua massage table.. they have yoga classes, zumba, which I might go to tomorrow morning and stay waaaaay back in the room as I am not the most graceful person in the bunch.
It is supposed to be 95 with the heat index over 100
did 1/2 hr on treadmill and a few of the machines, have an appt with personal trainer next thursday..
cannot do high impact because of the kidneys, but I am on a mission

Joyce we had some exterior painting done about three years ago and it was our upper trim and overhang. It was around $900 for that, so if you are having a whole house done $3500 sounds reasonable. I made sure I bought the paint because I wanted them to use top of the line paint. I did get a discount because I mentioned the painters name, and he had an account with the store. One thing I wish they would have told us is they used high powered sanders for prep work and the dust got all over everything. If I had know that I would have put sheets down near windows and over furniture. We always like to get three bids and then ask to see work they did for someone else. When we hired the last crew to do our roof we did this and are very happy with the result. Good luck finding the right contractors and crew to paint your home.

Lisa love the family pics.

We have not gotten so hot here, but have had high humidity. Today we are getting a break in the humidity and it promises to be a gorgeous day. For those of you suffering in the heat, sending cool thoughts.

I thought it was interesting that my husband was finally looking into air conditioning for our home when we had four days of hot humid weather. We have hot water heat, so we do not have duct work for AC. When we have had hot humid summers in the past I begged him for AC. He was working at the time and spent most of his time in AC. Interesting how he changed his mind now that he is home because of retirement. For me this summer is one of our better ones.

Going to a picnic today. It is a group of teachers I worked with in the past.

MNMargaret

My scale is up somewhere between an half lb and one lb, but I find that when I get back to my exercise routine after a long hiatus that happens. I am eating right and back to daily exercise, so I am not worried.

I am up early and working on some free lance writing jobs. I plugged a workout into the mid-day schedule and hope to take a dip in the pool later since it will be hot, then a bit more work this afternoon.

I don't have time to respond to all of you, but I'm reading the posts. Those who are injured or ailing, I hope you feel better soon. Those on vacay-enjoy!

DamitJanit wrote: »

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

Lillian, no no no. We are supposed to get the weight to go down, not up. That’s a bummer about the animal tracks around your house. Just be careful out walking. Hopefully they are more afraid of you than you are them.

DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

I know!!!! I have eaten bread - this is a NO NO food for me.... it contains yeast, and yes the headaches are back because of it. I am hoping that it is the bread that has made my lower belly swell and tender and not my fibroid or the mass on my adrenal gland changing

And yes - usually the wild animals are more scared of people than us of them,.... unless they have babies, then they are more aggressive.

Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

barbiecat wrote: »

That is going to be me toooo!!!

I am starting August goals NOW!!! All the July birthdays are over. Last one was mine yesterday and DH said - I thought of getting your friend Helen to make a cake...but we would be the only 2 eating it and neither one of us needs it!! Oh he is so thoughtful.... There have been 5 birthdays and 5 cakes.....and 5 parties!!!!!

I have gained 4 pounds this month and I feel like sh*****t, headaches, legs hurt from the sugar, just yuck!!!

So my holidays start today .... nope not going anywhere!! Just staying home, getting back on track!!

August goals
Walk - go somewhere - not just steps around the house ... my dog wants to go up to the lake
Eat right - the headaches will go away.

Getting back on track

Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

I have read for 1-1/2 hours and finally caught up...LOL

Lisa ~ Your daughter and her DH and children are beautiful. I know you must be so proud of them for all the help they gave you in the restaurant. Enjoy your day off... you deserve it.

Katla ~ The poem was very cute. Reminds me of Dr. Seuss's work.

Pip ~ That looks so uncomfortable. Hope the brace works for you.

Joyce ~ Sounds like you are in for a lot of work going on around your house. Good luck. We have a huge (3 story high) maple tree outside our bedroom and I fear it falling on the roof some day. We had our house painted on the outside 3 years ago (needed some rotten boards on one side replaced) and the guy was very reasonable. Only problem was that the screened in porch immediately started peeling up paint and the screen is totally hanging off on one side. So, I will have to rehire someone to fix it.

All of you who keep your grand kids almost every day are in my thoughts. I admire your stamina so much. We kept the 3 and 5 yr old yesterday and by the time I took them home, I was exhausted both mentally and physically. At almost 67 it was too much and I could never do it more than once in a while.

Carol ~ GA