WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2015

Good Evening,

I have read most of the posts I believe. My heart goes out to you. Keep dry and safe those getting rain. We out here are having beautiful weather. But our area struggles with draught so a little rain would be nice. I am sure. Except it makes my joints hurt.

Last night went out for dinner with some friends. I was suprise after logging everything in to still be under goal. Its good I was certainly stuffed. Sometimes I look at my daily goal its like 1900 something. Seems too much.

Able to take Bella out for a little walk. She sure was excited. Got to spend some quality time with my daughter helping her clean her room.
Lovely time at church. Good to some old friends who were back to visit their parents.

Sorry not longer and more giving. Came home tonight hurting. Took some meds and they are kicking in.

Liz
Caldwell, Idaho

thank you for allowing me to join into this group. I have just started using MFP again after not using for several years. I now have gotten motivated again after putting weight no again. My plan is to take off the pounds in small goals. my first goal is to loss back down to my lowest weight that I have been at in years. I have lost 22 lbs so far. I have another 8 lbs to get to my first goal. really working at it by staying within my calorie allowance. I need to get into exercising but most days my back is just not up to it. I plan on working on this. Even if it is just for a few minutes it will help.

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Hi Teresa and sislee and others. Keep coming back!

Both DH and I had sleepless nights over this party nonsense. We both know it's nonsense and we are trying to get over it, but for DH it has awoken all sorts of issues from his childhood (he was adopted) and he is struggling.
I suggested he write everything down, including all his resentment, and then burn it. Also reserve a certain half hour a day to do the worrying and not think about it the rest of the time. We know it is not our monkeys, but easier said than done. We slready feel much better from chewing it over this morning.

Love you all. Especially the saints. Fortunately for me I am far from a saint, but sometimes feel guilty I am not more of one. That doesn't last for long though.

Becca - our vent and baggage dump is growing with my nonsense! :laugh: When does the bonfire start?

Heather UK

Lillian - Evening went great. DH said he really enjoyed it and then.....the tirade. This time it was why wasn't the living room floor scrubbed better. It was but we did have little people, the dog, etc. who tracked in. He proceeded to tell me that my brothers need to take off shoes when visiting. Okay, first they do and second they weren't here. So WTH? Not proud of my reaction but after all the cleaning, etc. that I did I couldn't just walk away.
I know how to shoot but don't.
75th anniversary. Wow!

Irish Terri - Glad you are doing so well.

Barbie/Joyce - Love that and we all know the dance. Lol

Grits- Looks like I'm not the only one with dishwasher woes.

Katla- Thanks for the kind words.

Mary- It is sad how one toxic person can affect so many. My heart goes out to your DH. Hopefully DD will realize how much they are missing out on.

Michele - Thanks for the info and yes, I play Mexican Train.

Allison - Glad your Father enjoyed his day.
Grrrrr....it is too bad that your good heart is not recognized. Be kind to yourself when others are not.
I feel your pain.

Karen - Doesn't it feel good to get things accomplished? Good for you.

Pip - I love how you support us all. Nothing physical though until you are all healed up.

Joyce - Some of the men in my life vote for the underwear type.
Oh my. You might have to keep DH away from microwave.

Teresa - Congratulations on reaching 22 years.
Grandchildren are just the best. 13? Wow!
Onederland, we will get there together.

today. Good, bad, ugly, fantastic, fun, funk. Yes, I would say I have run the gamut of emotions today. Thank goodness there was a lot of laughter.

Started the day lazily. No alarm, pjs, coffee and Super Soul Sunday.
Then it was laundry, dishes, cleaning, primping.
DD came and picked up some ingredients for DH birthday dessert. Delicious and decadent.
DGD and DGS came to help. DGS did vacuuming because it is something my back rebels against. DGD was dusting and trying to keep the secret. She gave DH a few clues but he did not catch them due to him NOT being deaf. She says "Grandma this is so hard. You know I'm not good at keeping secrets"
DS came and we talked about why I didn't feel "She" would be a guest at DH's dinner party. He said he had a counselling session and the tears started to flow. I have only seen him cry when "She" tried to steal his daughter away. He has always been stoic so it took me by surprise. Then he asked me why I allowed DH to force him into being right handed. I know it irritated DH that DS would switch from hand to hand. Part of this was probably because we had been learning sign language and when a child is very young this can lead to them being ambidextrous. The biological father is left handed as are many in his family. He remembers being "Stabbed in my left hand if I used it" I do not remember this but I did ask DH about it and he said "I never stabbed him just pricked his hand" I believe it happened but don't remember. Jeez. What kind of Mother was I? DS and I had a good cry and a lot of hugging. We went downstairs and did some packing and some cleaning. I told dear son that I was glad that he was going to counselling and really glad that he was finally showing some emotion. My accident knocked out a good amount of my memory and some comes back, some does not. Now my mind is asking "What else did I allow?" DS assures me that I am a good Mom and much loved.
I started having back spasms and had to put heat on. DS and DD went to look at a couch, love seat and coffee table. Leather, look like new. DS bought and had delivered. $300. He says seller might regret when he comes down. They picked up the Chinese food for me. More than I would normally spend but there is no present this year.
It was a gathering full of conversation and laughter. Really enjoyable company.
DH started out so positive and ended so negative. Now he is fast asleep and my blood is still boiling. I keep reminding myself of his good qualities but really right now I want to go in there and slap him silly.
Hugs from DGDs was the best part of my day.
Hoping for better days
-Sharon in Lethbridge.

Lunch at my daughter's went well. DGS#1 was supposed to join us but missed the train. He arrived before we left so we were able to get an update on Fresher's Week. DGD has arrived safely in Cambridge.

USA is so big and you have so many extremes of weather at the moment. Wouldn't it be great if we could share it round a little more? Our Indian Summer has fled this morning, the wind is howling outside, and raindrops are streaming down the windows. On mornings like this, I do not rush to get up, although I did do a Physio session at 7am. I like to get it out of the way when I am fresh. DH has gone off to his yoga, and I plan to sort through my Autumn/winter clothes before lunch. We are off to our 2nd lecture in the Peace Programme after lunch.

Lilian I love that you are making a card. I have been doing the same thing for many years. It's so relaxing. Have a great time at the party.

Sylvia and Beth All those lovely baked goods would be too tempting in my house

Katla What very sensible idea that is. I try to set achievable goals and celebrate every single one. I learnt that lesson the hard way and often rest on the plateaus.

Heather So sorry you got hacked. It's such a bother having to reset technology. I hope it's sorted now. Our planters are still full of colour, but we will have to get our winter planting done soon. I love to plant up with daffs and tulips for a spring explosion.

Michelle We have a really good thrift store in our local small mall. I love browsing there. I'm a great believer in Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! It's because I'm a post-war baby. We had rationing in the UK until I was 6 years old.

Annr Congrats on the loss! Love your experimentation. I must try that it sounds delicious.

Sharon in Lethbridge Sharon, you show remarkable restraint under extreme provocation. I don't know why some people feel the need to put others down like that. That man has serious problems with self-esteem if he needs to behave like that. No real man would be so crass.

(((Hugs))) and prayers to those who need them. Welcome to all the new folk.

Irish Terri

well DFIL is all fed, he was adorable this morning..
I wrote a nasty note ,dont know if I will give it to Tom or not, sometimes it just is better to write it down and stow it away..
tired of being stepped on like a bug, there is so much other bad cr@p going on in the world and the stuff he gets ornery at is just plain stupid.
I did write in the note that ,I dont deserve to be treated with such disrespect . that any man with respect for himself would treat his wife with love and respect, treat her like a queen,do anything to make her happy..
that is not in his make-up it was when we started dating,but he is just getting worse with age..

morning peeps -

annr- congrats on your loss!

damnit - i do have one good hand to beat someone up ya know.

welcome sislee and teresamarie!

grandmallie - u r a good soul. as far as the note, i would "accidentally" leave it out and when he finds it just say, "oops, i was writing my feelings down, i didn't mean for you to see it, oh well, now you know"

I am terrible at taking pills or remember to take them when I should. I bought a multi-vitamin for over 50 women and I am going to try to taken them. I have them in front of my desk. this morning I was really itchy and I was rubbing that area, we were at the gym already. I looked in the mirror and I noticed it was red in a corner and I was touching an exposed part of the would, Kirby repositioned the gauze and added more tape (scotch tape all we had) to hold me over til after class. put cortisone cream around where I needed it and put new gauze and tape on it and not putting the bra strap over my shoulder at all. we will c how the day goes, my hand is tired already from this typing and the work day hasn't begun. I started laying down to sleep a couple of days ago. tweaked the pillow situation and seems to be going ok. I got a followup appointment on the 9th. it will be interesting 2c what he thinks.

hope everyone has a good day, type to ya later.

PIP-I became allergic to adhesive tape and started to get red and itchy around my wound area. I can no longer use certain adhesives. It sounds like you are doing well physically and being able to exercise is a good thing! You are so lucky to have such a loving care giver!

Mary from Minnesota

Did 1 more segment of the ab DVD that I have (about 10 minutes), held plank for 2 min 45 sec, then one hr extremepump class. I do wish they'd start the class on time, not 10 minutes late. I do find that I need to workout some on my own because we don't work triceps as much it seems. The plan for tomorrow is to do these 2 workouts that I found, one for the elliptical and one for the treadmill. Each is 30 minutes. I'll give that a try.

Joyce - I remember my father used the diapers that were like underwear. He was afraid that the tabs would come loose and spill the contents. There have been times when I've burned popcorn in the microwave and the whole house stunk. I would put a small dish of baking soda and water in it. I've also put a small dish of lemon juice in it. Our new microwave has a sensor in it and stops heating when it senses the humidity being released from the food (or lack of it)

Liz - hope you feel better soon, glad you had such a good day

sislee - welcome and wow on that loss. Good idea - to take it slowly. Don't get discouraged if those last few pounds take a while to get off, they will.

Teresa from AZ - welcome! Happy anniversary, too.

Sharon - "nothing physical" for pip. My dirty mind started to wander. Wonder how Kirby feels about this.....lol

Alison - your heart is so very big. Sounds like you wrote a good note there

Carol - stay with us and you'll see a great loss. Congrats on your loss so far

Michele in NC

Janetr - Happy Birthday! Have a great day celebrating!

Mary from Minnesota

Janetr ... Happy Birthday!!!

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With a houseful of cats, I cannot do traditional jigsaws, but I do one or more of these a day. Note that you can set the number of pieces on the puzzle you choose.