WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2015

Can't sleep so here I am. Wow! 240 posts to catch up on. I'll probably just skim right now.

Wed. went to deep water, Thurs did an hour of Jari Love Extremely Ripped DVD, yesterday did an ExtremeCardio DVD for 45 minutes, today did a DVD by Mel B that was cardio, legs, arms, and tums. The plan for tomorrow is to do the Yoga Burn DVD that I have.

Jess is coming down tomorrow, she has an orthodontist appt on Mon. Made chocolate chip cookies, not sure if she's going to see her friend Amanda while she's down here. If so, she can take some to Amanda's son. Also made a bacon cheese bread, gave half of it to a friend who came to have Vince help him with his computer. I'll give the other half to Jess or else half of that to her friend and the other half to Jess.

Been doing lots of stringing of the popcorn for the Christmas tree. We need to have it for our tree (9'), the one Vince bought last year, and now this year he got ANOTHER tree. He's talking about getting yet another one next year.

Had some of the cookie dough (as is my compulsion) but now I feel "yukky". My stomach is just saying "I don't think so". That's a good thing

Joyce - that was so nice of that guy to help you with your battery

Heather - who decides if there is emotional abuse, who makes the final call?

tazgirl - welcome back

Welcome everyone new!

Mary from MN - have a great trip

A friend of Jess' feel that she's a bad pet owner and has asked Jess to take her dog. I know on one hand Jess is concerned that if she didn't take the dog, then the friend would give it to the SPCA and it'll be put down. It is a very well behaved dog. Not sure what she'll do in the end.

Cheryl - wish I had specific exercises for the gut....but I don't. Really, there's no such thing as spot reducing (I'm sure you've heard that). You need to exercise not only your abs but also the opposing muscle group the back. You also need to do cardio to get rid of fat. But nothing seems to be helping me. There is a BMI chart that will tell you if you are in the overweight or obese category. But to be honest, it really isn't that accurate since it doesn't take into account muscle mass. A person may weigh more due to lots of muscle and therefore be in the overweight category but really not be overweight at all.

Sharon - I had quinoa the other morning for breakfast. Good for a change. Thanks for the idea. Tomorrow I'm planning to have egg and egg substitute, but soup for dinner. Sometimes I have soup for breakfast if there's some that I need to finish up

katla - I'm so so sorry for your daughter

Becca - I love reading your posts. How I wish we could get together! Maybe one day.....

Maryann in Michigan - welcome to your new walking partner. I'm sure both of you will get so much out of the experience.

Joyce - take care of yourself. You worry and take such good care of Charlie be sure to be good to yourself, too.

Congrats on all the successes

Alison - when our cat got skunked (twice) the vet prescribed this spray. That was the ONLY time the cat actually let me spray him. So sorry for the way you were woken up. Loved the advice pip gave you

DJ - what a way to ring in the new year. You may not have been all there, but with a hottie!

Sylvia - I can't believe they want you to do a funraiser now after having invested so much. I would ask them for at least something to compensate you

Carol in NC - you go girl! Go for that other job!

pip - exercising while recuperating is really very helpful. I know of a few women who have taught aerobics while going thru chemo and they had a much easier time of it.

Becca - good for you taking time off from TOPS. Things just didn't sound very happy for you there. And we love having you here, so by not going to the TOPS meetings means you'll get to spend more time here, which is a good thing

Sylvia - UPDATE - I'm so glad things are working out for you with that workshop payment

katla - my mother had 2 miscarriages before she had me. I'm sure it's because I'm RH-. Most people are RH+. The first time was probably an honest miscarriage. But my guess is that the second was because she didn't get RhoGam (I don't even know if they knew about it back then). I survived I'm thinking because I'm - and she was probably - too. I don't think this is your daughter's situation since they'd have checked for that before. but 60+ years ago they probably didn't know to.

Tina - I'm surprised that your dh could drive himself to the hosp. I know when Vince has problems (none so far since the operation) he'd drive himself but he wanted me in the car in case he needed to pull over.

Lisa - Vince is a real stickler for saying the exact words that you mean, so he's a lot like you. What a soap opera this restaurant is! I do enjoy reading it tho. I'm so sorry they're letting it go downhill again. I can imagaine that frustrates you to no end.

Mary from MN - beautiful pic

Chris - wonderful your outing with your friends, and even more wonderful that they understood where you were coming from

Lenora when we had PJ (cat), one time we took him to the vet. They were taking his bp. Do you now that he fell asleep on the table?????? Welcome to your new addition! Bonnie and Clyde had different names at the Humane Society but we renamed them. One was buttercup and the other Reese Pieces. Can you imagine someone who retired from Mars having a cat called Reeses Pieces? We need a pic to help us with the name

pip - love your new pic

Brenda from MD - good for you making your reservations now to go to CO. You know that the prices will only go up

pip - I'm just constantly amazed at your dedication to exercise.

Joyce - I don't care for crowds, either. They have an Octoberfest in Hickory. Actually, it's this weekend. I've never gone, mainly because it's so crowded.

Joyce - congrats on pyaing off your car. What a great feeling that is. And so glad Charlie is eating so well.

Vince just got the bill from the hosp for his ablation. $39,000. But insurance paid -- get this one -- 100%

Glo - do you know that my hot air popcorn maker won't start until you plug it in? I don't think my last one was like that

Yes, I've seen DeeDee on the newfeed also

Sue from Scotland - I've had osteoporosis for years and there's really no exercise that I'm not supposed to do. Lifting weights is good since it puts a load on your bones as does any impact exercise. Swimming is low to no impact. Walking is, so are lots of other exercises.

Chris in MA - beautiful pic. You sure are lucky

barbie - happy birthday to Jake

Lenora - it's good to have a dessert that you only have when you go out, but don't have a home as it would be too tempting at home.

terri - I feel for ya. Look into getting a loan. Hopefully you can buy the house and rent to your father

Joyce - never heard of pig brains. Not exactly something that I want to try, either

Michele in NC
who is hopefully caught up for now

I'm from The True North Strong. Canada ❤️

morning friends~
well I stayed up and read a whole book last of the stephanie plum series, now I got 3 out of between the number books, they are small and that shouldnt take to long... think I am going to take my ipad today to use as a camera and we shall see if I can get some good pictures
when we go to Florida, Fall weather is what I will miss the most..

Good morning all.
Joyce
it's nice to see your feeling better and back in your shop.

Terri
Be careful not to deal on this until your sick. Thinks seem to always get fixed with time.

Blueeyed blond
You say Northern Ontaio. I'm from Cochrane if you know where that is.

I'm trying something new Low carbing it's working well on my blood sugar numbers and right now that's what matters most. If weight comes off bonus. Was down 5 lbs at tops last week. And seeing some kind of loss this week. That's on the wii. Will use tops weight. That way won't fluctuate from day to day.

Nice to see you all. For those of you stressing don't it won't fix anything. Go our for a walk. Go for coffee with friends. Whatever but keep the mind busy.

See you all lighter
Linda in Northern Ontario

Hi Linda
Yes I know where Cochrane is. I'm in Barrie ❤️

Hi terry
What's Hogwarts challenges?

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blueyedblonde68 wrote: »

Hi terry
What's Hogwarts challenges?

It's a Harry Potter themed weight loss challenge.

GloworminWA wrote: »

Ha! Yeah, I don't know many normal people, Glo. Not sure what it looks like any more!

Hugs to those in need, backpats to those who triumph, and welcome to the new ones... this place is amazing because these people are amazing. I'm here every day, though I don't write every day.

The DH and I worked on the warehouse the entire day yesterday (we bought an old warehouse three months ago now, if you weren't aware). I hit 10,000 steps and then five miles by about 2 p.m., and took over 15,000 steps all told. I used the gas trimmer to clean up the overgrown spots, and then raked four big lawn-leaf size garbage bags of detritus and dead weeds up, while he fixed the roof--hopefully enough to get it completely dry inside, but at a minimum, at least dry over the apartment area.

The building is completely constructed of wood, with corrugated tin sides and roof. When one of the owners removed the corrugated fiberglass skylight piece above the apartment office area and replaced it with regular tin, they overlapped it exactly wrong, with the lower roofing piece on top, instead of below the uppermost one, and ended up guiding water inside instead of keeping it dry. Then, instead of fixing it, someone put a piece of roofing tin under the massive leak inside the building that was coming in on top of the apartment area. It was apparently meant to serve as a kind of gutter to guide the incoming water over to the concrete floor of the warehouse. The apartment drywall ceiling is literally falling in, as that cobbled-up fix simply didn't work. People do weird stuff.

Anyway, right now, the plan is to paint the outside of the building, or at least the front and sides, next weekend, and I swear I'll post before and afters at that point.

As exhausting as it was, it was just so incredibly satisfying to work on something that is ours. Much as we love living on the ranch, and we do very much, the house we live in will never be ours. Part of my DH's job is to maintain the buildings on this part of the ranch, so he's replaced the kitchen sink, bathroom faucets, and so on. But it's part of the job--I refuse to get attached to a place that is not ours, as does he. You can love something very much while knowing it will not ever be yours. But it makes you long for something that is yours, which is why we bought the warehouse.

Terri - this makes me think of you. I hope you can come to some agreement that helps you feel your sense of ownership again in your house. Feeling secure in the place where you live (or will live someday, like us) is important.

Anyway--finished up the current crop of statistics for the restaurant yesterday morning and sent those off. Too early to tell if the new manager is affecting things, but signs are hopeful. More to do this morning and get sent off, and then five more days work for them. Much of that I have to spend onsite, I'm afraid, but hope to be able to get a couple sets of directions built for creating things in the system, like adding new items and adding discounts. Speaking of detachment, that is exactly what I have to do. His failure or success is in his own hands... I plowed the ground, but he will sow the crop and harvest it.

Time to get to work before I get too philosophical.

Happy Sunday!
Lisa in West Texas

Right after I posted yesterday, I got a phone call informing me that a friend's husband died suddenly of a massive heart attack Friday night. He was one of the group of friends that I went to Mexico with in August. He was 58 and had no health issues. We are all deviststated and rallied around our friend last night.
This reaffirms what I said a couple if weeks ago, do not take your friends for granted, life is too fragile. I am so glad I went on vacation with John and cherish the memories.
I am going to take Jake the rescue dog for a walk now and then meeting friends for an afternoon of thrift store shopping. All very therapeutic.

Love you all my friends
Chris in MA