WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2016

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Hello everyone! It's warmer here today, but threatening rain. Our yard is already so muddy that when I got home from the store yesterday there were so many muddy footprints on the kitchen floor that it looked like a whole herd of wild buffalo had just stampeded through. Then, I noticed that the buffalo had gone into the living room - which used to have WHITE carpet - and onto the WHITE sofa. Neither are very white now. I'm going to have to call an upholstery cleaning service, but I'll wait till the ground dries up a little.

About wood floors...when we remodeled the main part of the house and combined three rooms into one, we had solid wood bamboo flooring installed. That stuff warped like crazy. It is what they call "cupped" where the edges raise up. So it looks horrible to me. Apparently it was not installed properly - according to the flooring manufacturer. According the the installers, it was bad lumber. So nobody would own up to the problem. We keep saying that we are going to have it sanded down, but we never have. We put dark gray ceramic tile in the kitchen, and that was a BIG mistake too. Spots's first night with us he had a little accident and it leached the color out of the tile. Right in a really visible place too. Now, being a potter, I know that it was a bad glaze and they shouldn't be selling it for flooring, but they insist is is fine. They offered to replace just the three bad tiles. We haven't done that either. If I had it to do over again, I would have gone with vinyl in the kitchen and bathroom and engineered lumber in the great room.

Today our coop group is meeting again, so I'm not going to get much done today. One lady is really pushing us to get things done - which is a good thing - but she apparently thinks we have nothing else to do. She wants to meet again on Thursday.

I got in trouble yesterday. My son called last night during Downton Abbey to tell me that DGD#1 had screwed up. She told me that their bedroom has a bad musty/moldy smell coming from the heater vents and there wasn't anything that could be done about it. So I took her to the store and we shopped for air freshener. She picked one that was a clear square jar filled with slimy peach colored gel-filled balls. We read the instructions and she said she understood. I told her NOT to take those balls out of that jar for any reason. OK, I won't, she said. Well, my son said she had taken them all out of the jar and used the jar to hold something else, and there were little slimy gel balls all over the place. She had given half of them to DGS so they were all over his room too. So, I got in trouble for buying her the thing in the first place. Grrr! Sometimes I think she is 6 and not 11.

I got to the Y this morning and found that there was a man using my favorite piece of equipment. This is a guy who uses it for 45 minutes at a time, so I thought getting there at 7:30 I would beat him to it, but no. he was already there. So I did the treadmill and bicycle along with the weight machines. It might be warm enough this week to walk outside. Fingers crossed.

Gotta go get busy. Have a great day!

Sylvia

Miriam ... I appreciate your education us on the various mental health terms. My older son has a diagnosis but to tell you the truth I don't know whether it's accurate.

Alison ... Yes you do care about Valentine's Day or you wouldn't have mentioned it. And regardless of his romantic feelings, for someone he is "devoted to" he should still do something nice. Heck, I've given valentines to people all over the relationship spectrum!

Heather ... Hope you are able to enjoy your special night.

Sylvia ... I love the platter!

Ok ... Do you all remember my lament last January when my son's wheelchair van was unexpectedly condemned? Well, after a lengthy process, today we picked up our new wheelchair van! Only took a year ... Doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the last one, but that was intentional. Hoping to extend the longevity of this one. Husband is off having it rust proofed as I type!

Beth near Buffal

grandmallie wrote: »

Poor Woody is with our dear Yukon...he was almost 16 but fell down a flight of cellar stairs..just heartbroken

(((Hugs))) I'm so sorry to hear that!



Mary from Minnesota

Beth ~ Congrats on getting the van for your son's transport.

Allison ~ Sorry for the loss of the pup. It is so hard when we lose one.

Proof I was in the pool and the view from my lounge chair.

Peach1948 wrote: »

We have engineered hardwood in the living and dining room and congoleum (vinyl) in the kitchen. Ceramic tile in the baths. I dislike the vinyl because I chose a whitish color and it shows every little bit that gets dropped on it. But, will say that my Shark steam cleaner keeps it pretty clean. My sister just put the vinyl plank flooring that looks like wood in her house and seems to be very happy with it.


Carol

We put the vinyl plank flooring in our Florida room and love it. Most everyone uses this as our main entrance so it gets lots of traffic.

Janetr okc

Janetr you look awesome! Great place to work out and relax!

Stronglifts Workout

Squats-1X5X 65/75/85/95, 5X5X105
Sumo squats-5X5X 95
0HP-3X5X 45, 5X5X 50
DL-1X5X 135

Today I decided to give my body a rest and do a deload. If feels like my battery is drained. Hopefully this will re-energize me!



Mary from Minnesota

Beth from Buffalo~ I guess your right.. and I figure the best thing I can do is give my DSIL a weekend with my brother... he is in rehab down in Florida, and she will be there for a family session and for the weekend. her mom has alzheimer's not horrible yet but enough and needs to have someone there,for meds,insulin and just to keep her on the straight and narrow..
My DD texted me today,I guess I am back in her good graces and it all depends on how clean my father's place is ,if Kyle(her boyfriend) will go there.. so I have to take pictures, and send them to her.. really? this is just stupid... but will do what I need to do, will also take a weekend and go up there and try and clean up some..