WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2016

Sorry for all the double posting stuff. Computer was acting like it wasn't positing at all!

Good morning...

I have been here, reading posts. I am working really hard on purging and keeping a shinny sink. Feels good when you pass through the kitchen in the morning and everything is clean.

Rained again last night so it is going to be a slippery commute to town today

Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

Happy Monday ! ! !

Lenora – rah-rah ! for drinking more water.

Sylvia – what a strange and scary story about the school mixing up your DGS for another child. That was a stressful day for you. I hope you are refreshed now for another.

Michele – I thought of you when my DD texted singing the praises of Aldi. It is a 30 minute drive for her, but it’s good to read her excitement about saving money on groceries.

Allison – I would be worried about Tom’s symptoms, too! Hugs and Prayers ! ! !

To paraphrase Jeff Foxworthy ; If you live where someone stole $50,000 worth of cheese – you might be from Wisconsin. I love my cheese but $50,000 worth? I don’t think I could eat all that in my lifetime if I tried. People can be strange ! Plus, the news said yesterday that there were large cat footprints in the snow leading up to a deer carcus, so I guess the Milwaukee Mountain Lion was hungry again. If it is really out there I hope someone catches it soon.

Thanks for all the prayers and positive thoughts for my DD and her friends. A Walgreens gift card that I ordered arrived yesterday, and I mailed it to her right away. The only instruction is to take the kids shopping for cereal or such; the kind of meals or snacks that most people forget.

When I programmed my fitness tracker on Wednesday I made my goal only 5000 steps, because I wanted to succeed, and I did. So I increased the goal for Thursday to 6000 steps, and I reached that. Now today I have it set at 7000. I’m worried that I won’t succeed today, because my left foot is having a flare, and I’m not a big fan of purposely inflicting pain. We’ll see how it goes. I still plan on using the bike and handbike. But there is so much about this thing that confuses me. And I feel like I shouldn’t have to reboot it every day. I will have to read the instructions soon, so I can get the maximum benefits from it.

I still did not read back to what I had missed, but sending lots of Love and Hugs to Everyone ! ! !

Terri in Milwaukee

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Hi everyone!

This group is so active and supportive of each other and I have hit and miss the reading then run out of time to write something. I have not been able to keep up but look forward to getting to know everyone better!

I have been focusing on eating better and drinking water. It is really hard for me to get the water in but I continue to be mindful. Dinner is the difficult meal for me. We are meat eaters and my DD is semi-picky, so I haven't changed things up yet. So far, I watch what I eat during the day and try to be very aware of portion control at dinner. So far, so good. I have been exercising using the Wii Dance every other day and next week I will start doing the Wii steps on the alternate days. We have two family weddings this year, my sister's in June and my older DD in October. So my goal is to look and FEEL better for those events.

to all whether you need it or not!

Denise from small town IL

I'm dying laughing here. Better get that cat blessed before it gets warmer out.

nccarolb wrote: »

I think I am going to start a blog entitled "Church: From the Inside." Today, I walked into the building and was be-bopping my way down the hall to my office and, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a package on the porch of another entrance. As I said mildly insulting things to the unknown delivery person for his stupidity in leaving a package with no one to sign for it, I proceeded to go pick up the package from outside. However, as I got a little closer, I realized that the package was actually a 'ball' of beach towel. Oh dear God, I thought, someone has left a baby on the doorstep! Then I read the note attached. "Pastor ______, please bless my cat. He hit a car. His name is Christmas." Holy crap on a stick! (That's not really what I said, but, you know, church and all.) Someone has left a dead cat on our doorstep with a plea for a blessing. I could go all mushy here but, well, that's not my style. WTH am I going to do with a freakin dead cat?!?!

To be continued when aforementioned pastor gets here and sees the frozen dead cat on our doorstep.

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

Good Morning Ladies,

Katla, cute breakfast of Cadbury eggs.

Mindy, congrats on the undies fitting! Hang in there. We are all with you.

Linda, glad you are feeling better. Keep it up.

Vicki, NE, congrats on the van? I think? Not sure how happy you are about it. I do know what you mean about a car payment. I try to avoid them at all cost.

Pip, watch your mouth, Girl!!! And the kids, too!

Carol NC, congrats on all your numbers being good. My thyroid meds have been lowered since I lost weight but that is the one that I’ve been on for years and don’t expect to get off of. A big hooray for the weightloss.

Allie, great news from your brother. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Mindy,. It certainly sounds like you got a lot done yesterday. Good for you!!!

Karen, your DH sounds like mine. Don’t ya love ‘em? I was always talking about things going on with my friends here and telling DH stories and that is when I came up with the name “fat chat”. Then one of the ladies here suggested we were cooler than that and called it “Phat Chat”. I just love all of you ladies but not enough to give much of a response on my phone. I only record my food on the phone when I have to. Give this gal a computer, no matter how small.

Sylvia, sorry you had to drop everything to go get your DGS but glad he wasn’t sick afterall.

Katla, glad your riding lesson only got moved and not cancelled. I know how you love it.

micheleNC, I heard some ladies talking at the nail salon the other day that said we are going to be getting an Aldi. I’m so excited if it’s true. I have really missed it since we moved from Charlotte.

Jalapenotech, welcome. You joined by posting. Pretty easy, eh? Now please tell us about yourself so we can get to know you. You said you had been morbidly obese and need to lose 15 lbs? Does that mean you have lost a lot of weight already? If so, a huge congrats! We also ask that you sign each post with the name you want to be called and a location, general or specific. Come often and join right in.

NJ Linda, good to see you. Even if you can’t catch up let us know how you are. Sometimes it’s just impossible to read all the posts unless we make it a full time job. Lol

Heather, so glad you finally got the phone mess straightened out, even if it took way too long. Hope the ear gets better soon and sorry to hear about your brother. You take care. (((Hugs)))

Karen, if you take “One step, one bite at a time”, you will be successful. Good for you and “You Go Girl”!!

Allie, you are such an angel to help with not only DFIL but Faith as well! I hope Tom is okay and the bleeding isn’t a sign of something. Men can be such &*(%’s about not going to the doctor. Ppffttt

Chris, I hope whatever is going on will end well. Sending prayers your way.

NCCarol. First of all, I didn’t get a double posting from you. Strange about the cat. I’m interested to hear more.

Sylvia, I hate that you used thickening shampoo all over your body!!! Maybe you need to get some steel wool to scrub it off??? I guess I’m just a selfish bi**h too because I would not rearrange my day for DS again. Two times of changing your plans for him to no show is enough. How are the plans for the coop going? Will it be at your studio?

Denise, it sounds like you are moving along in the right direction. Remember that many of us have to take baby steps but as long as we get there, that is what counts. Keep it up.

Betty, you do look different but glad you are still with us.
to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

I think the rain has finally stopped. We should get near 60 today and the sun is shining. Woo Hoo I have a charity event at the Moose on Sunday and have to take a dessert. Yuck. I may make oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries cinnamon chips. That is a bit dangerous because they are my absolute favorites!!! But then I’m thinking of just buying the ingredients and making a Dump Cake because it is soooo easy. Then Monday I have to take a snack to the meeting and may make a Spinach Feta pie because I’d gladly bring home leftovers from that. Every day I’m making a few more preparations for the cruise. Some of my panties have just gotten too big so might need to buy a few pair before I go. 7 days but who’s counting?
I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.

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.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

No coumidin or blood thinners.in good shape... He has to make the appointment, I told him I'm not nagging or being a haunt,but this is NOT normal

Sylvia, laughing at you showering with thickening shampoo. Maybe if you shower with Dawn dish detergent next time it will reverse the effects. It's supposed to dissolve fat.

Carol, you win the prize for the weirdest story ever.

Dr Katiebug. Thanks for the good chuckle! I'll have to pick up some Dawn right away!

Terri. Great effort with the increasing steps goal. I did a similar thing but only set the goal for days that I work as I easily get 7000 those days but my off days I'm a slouch and need to work on that. Something you can do is put the wristband on your ankle I had to use a twisty tie bc my ankle is just a little to big when you stationary bike and it counts one revolution as one step!

Universe. My girl is Winnie too! But she is a corpulent 125 lb chunk. She has joined me dieting and moving more for three weeks now and I am thinking of taking her over to the vets for a reweigh. She should only weigh 80. She is fed what my other dog gets but hunts at every opportunity in the kitchen or kids rooms for anything she can devour. Even a bag of strong cough drops is not safe.

The lamb last night was UNREAL. It fell apart to the fork and was super yummy. I went over my calories last night bc I have a second helping but was SO worth it!
Yay! My daughter just came out of her room and wants to walk the pigs so ta ta for now.

Chris. Sending prayers, positive vibes too.

Boston Mindy

Allison ~ I bleed profusely with the slightest scratch and if I hit anything end up with the under-the-skin bleeding. I don't take any medication that would cause this. Just think I have very thin sun damaged skin.

I found Richard Simmons on Youtube and am trying his Dancing to the Golden Oldies. I'm so out of shape that I could only follow along for a short time but will keep trying to do a bit more each day. The only problem with these is that you can tell that they were old and don't come through clearly without skipping.

Carol

miakoda40 wrote: »

Carol - How sad about the kitty. Rather funny at the same time. They could have just left a note asking for prayers. They didn't have to leave the body. I've said a little prayer for the kitty's soul.

I've got a bad case of the blues. I just want to crawl into bed and cry. Nothing specific going on so I'm guessing it's just SAD rearing its ugly head.

Mia in MI

Mia, hang in there and don't let the blues keep you down! Hugs!
Betty

Stronglifts Workout

Squats-1X5X 65/75/85/95/105, 5X5X 115
Sumo squats-5X5X105
0HP-2X5X 45, 1X5X 50, 5X5X 55
DL-1X5X 140



Mary from Minnesota

My son has a little red collapsible shopping basket that has recently bit the dust. I tried fixing it but it was just a bandaid repair. I had been looking at those shopping baskets online, including one at Amazon that looked very good. It was heavy duty and could hold 150 pounds, which is a lot of oxygen bottles. But, it was $79, so I didn't order one. Then Monday I got an e-mail from Amazon saying that item's price was currently $32! And it had free shipping. So, my little fingers found the one-click ordering button. Well, today (Friday) it arrived. I thought that was very quick. I went home and got the box off the porch and spent a few minutes putting it together (the instructions were hilarious). Then dropped it off at their place. I'm really happy with it. It's much sturdier and bigger, too. It's hard for him to carry groceries and things up to his apartment, so a rolling cart is a necessity.

Tonight the kids are coming over after school and staying for dinner. It's such a beautiful day, they can ride their bikes and play outside. So, I'm going to the store before picking them up.

Have a great afternoon!

Sylvia

Dear All,
I have been following along for the last few days since the last time I tried to post (very long with lots of replies) the whole thing got wiped out. Anyway, please know that I wish I could answer each individually but I am not sure I can keep up. What an active group.

Carol- I can't even imagine the shock of finding a cat wrapped up on the doorstep. The note's handwriting looks like it was written by a child. I may be a hopeless softie but, I think that this was a very loved furry sibling and that the child wants a blessing for it as for any other family member. Many of us have lost pet family members and we know just how hard it is on us ( Allie-my thoughts are of you and Woody) and for children, this may be their first experience with death.
Kimses Good luck on the interviews. I am sure your experience more than makes up for any temporary enthusiasm that a younger person may have.
DJ- I am really impressed by all the little moving flowers, faces and animals.
Mindy- I laughed about the undies. Do talk to your lender. I think that you might be surprised at the numbers of solutions that the mortgage company may have.
Katla- I am so jealous about the riding. I haven't ridden much in the last few years because I felt that I was too fat. In addition to the wonderful things that horses do for my disposition, the exercise is great. I can finally fit ( who am I kidding- squeeze ) into my winter riding tights. Stretch fabric is a wonderful invention. So signing up for riding at one of the local stables (with indoor ring) is on the list for the next week. I would love to take a riding vacation in Ireland or England. I have a lot of practicing to do and weight to lose before I can even think of that.

Substitutes for spinach and cheese In the Balkans, the filo dough is really just a plain, no fat container for the goodies inside. Note that American commercial puff pastry such as Pepperidge Farm has butter or oil in it. You really do need to get the real filo dough. Instead of spinach, you can use any vegetable that tastes good wilted. Chard, turnip greens, scallions and beet tops come to mind. In Europe we buy plain spinach pies without cheese in the frozen food section of the grocery store. I imagine that you can find frozen pies in any international food store that has Greek, Eastern European, or Turkish food. Instead of making large flat pans of vegetable and cheese pastry, you can cut up the dough and make little baskets for any kind of vegetable and sautéed onion mix taking care to wilt or steam the vegetable before mixing. Crushed walnuts added to the vegetable and onion mix add a bit of texture to the filling. You also can layer the veggie and onion mix on top of several sheets, roll the entire thing up and cut into pieces before baking. I did this with the last of my garden's Brussels sprouts and the leaves from the stalks just the other day. Use olive oil instead of butter to coat the dough for added flavor, fewer calories and fat. If you do not want to use Greek feta cheese, you can use Bulgarian Sirene (brined goat or sheep cheese), or kashkaval, a hard sheep or cow cheese. It is also made in Turkey (Kaşar). Be sure to get the kinds made with vegetable rennet. American alternatives to these cheeses include Farmer's or cottage cheese. If you do use a brined cheese, do not add salt to the vegetable mixture.

I love the animal pictures. I took Bullwinkle's hint last night and decided that it was time for bed.

CJ