WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2016
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Well, it happened. We went to a dinner tonight with his chemistry department and a retired professor and his wife were telling us how one of their dogs disappeared, and they really miss him. Their other dog misses him, too, and they want to get another dog. We were talking about Spot - the dog that hubby hated and was always suggesting we find a new home for - and they wanted me to bring him over do they could meet him. Hubby said no, we don't want to get rid of Spot! Hubby has officially fallen in love with Spot. Hah! I knew it would happen.
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Sylvia - men can be big softies sometimes! Thanks for the laugh
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Sylvia - My hubby is the exact same way, he complains about both dogs and then turns around and spoils them worse than I do. He has trained them well, and they listen to him but they also know he loves them.
I believe my house must be haunted too, funny how that works
Thanks for the smile.
Janetr OKC0 -
Good morning!
Quick pop in. Going to cook mushroom soup for lunch with my homemade guinea fowl broth. Haven't made it for years. Then lamb and cauliflower curry for dinner. I will throw a few peas in for texture. 
My Norwegian film featuring Svalbard where Penny lives arrived yesterday, so I shall be watching that this afternoon while the rugby is on.
Joyce - We have an agreement that the main tv is only to be used when both of us want to watch something. I go to the bedroom and DH goes to his room if we want to watch something of personal choice. It works!
Heather UK0 -
morning friends~
well I am up and dressed.. have just been stuffing my face with junk, not exercising .. and I haven't stepped on the scale in weeks, I have a physical in April so I better get crack a lackin.....0 -
Sylvia, what a mixed message! I am so glad the margins are clear, but know that you dread the return. Our fur babies steal such a part of our heart the short time they are here. Sending lots of hugs your way.0
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Hi, is anyone still on this group page? I am new and am looking for a community for motivation and support. Thanks.0
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My DH had his second orgasm of the week over my mushroom soup. The other was my fish soup. Oh, and, almost forgot, there was another one. :blushing:
I have to say it was absolutely fabulous. The soup I mean. :laugh:
Heather UK0 -
Heather- Omigod! LOL! I think I need the recipe for both your mushroom and your fish soup (I already have the recipe for the third orgasm inducing thing
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DamitJanit wrote: »Just a quick note while I read the posts, to let you know that Mary has once again influenced me. So far today I've done 4 sets of 10 push-ups.
Didn't plan it, they just started coming out of my body when I was doing my moving around? Go figure! So Mary, how many sets are you doing today? I might just have to match you. (And yes, my friends, mine are on the dresser or kitchen counter, not the floor)
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
Well now that is a good idea!! Thank you girls... I am going to incorporate that into my schedule. I am sure I can get a few push ups in in the photocopier run at work.
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Good Saturday morning! I stayed up WAY past my bedtime last night and am a little off schedule. Slept in until 6:30am and got up with the usual "off schedule headache". I hate it. It is like having a hang-over but not drinking to get it! I feel cheated!
I sat down to watch a movie last night and mid movie my older sis called me to talk about younger sis (with cancer). Last Monday, a day after we celebrated her completing a week of chemo and radiation, my younger sister decided to quit her treatment and move in with her boyfriend. She has cut off all communication with family. It is disturbing and frustrating. Talking with my older sister last night about it. We both think this is normal Denise (younger sis) behaviour. We can't really blame it on the brain tumor, because she has made these bad decisions and choices her whole life. I don't think the boyfriend knows what he has gotten himself into. I really think that when he realizes how much attention and care she needs, he will bring her back to one of us. At which point, we are going to take her to hospice. She is not an easy patient and seems hell bent on destroying any relationship she has with any one, on her way out of this world. I am so heartbroken and frustrated. On the upside, I decided not to eat my way through this stress and have channeled it into walking and push-ups (thanks to Mary). See if I can keep the stress weight at bay!
Sylvia-I agree with many of the ladies in regards to the special needs artist. You're co op was started with a purpose and a plan of the type of artist that belongs and shows. I think you made very thoughtful suggestions for helping this young man. Perhaps, they need to find another place in town or nearby to show his work, or perhaps some of your group could help them set up their own program or showings? I like some of Lenora's ideas. Having some local artists work with the special needs or child artists to show them new things. Sometimes a school will open up a room to use once a week after school for programs like this... Good luck! You have a great heart and we know you were trying to help and still maintain the integrity of your co op!
UNfairmeno- Welcome, just join in the conversation. Let us know about your self and what your health goals are for this month. Please sign your posts with your name or what you want to be referred to. Remember to bookmark the page so you can find it easily. Great group of ladies here!
I know I am missing a lot of people. But as I got a late start; I have to wrap up for now and get stuff done! ttyl KJ (Kelly)0 -
Good morning, ladies. I'm knew here and trying to figure out how I can see these posts every day without trying to "find" this thread every day. I'm sure I will figure it out! It looks like just the support I'm in need of. Blessings to all of you!
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DamitJanit wrote: »Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Afternoon Ladies,
Karen, cool new motivation. Wish I had a emoticon for you.
(later) Well I see Barbie does!
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
Did I get them all? ... Good to know it took you all day to write the post and you got in all those pushups... LOL!! I just love all the graphics!!
Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan0 -
Katla, I know nothing about riding, but it makes sense to me that being able to hold your pose on the horse rather than just bouncing up and down would reduce the saddle sores. Be sure to report on how it went at your riding lesson.Pip, great stats Joyce, I watch a lot of TV wearing cordless headphones so I don't bother Jake with the noise and he doesn't bother me with his comments and questions about what I'm watching.Michele, I don't like running but I'll walk for hours...my knees are probably thanking me for that
Brandy and I are both so happy that she doesn't have to wear the cone and the donut collar....we're off for our long walk now. Barbie
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT.
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unfairmeno wrote: »Hi, is anyone still on this group page? I am new and am looking for a community for motivation and support. Thanks.
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Good morning, ladies. I'm knew here and trying to figure out how I can see these posts every day without trying to "find" this thread every day. I'm sure I will figure it out! It looks like just the support I'm in need of. Blessings to all of you!
Traci- bookmark this page by clicking on the star at the top of the page. Then when you click the mfp community tab and click your bookmark star this page will come up. Be sure to look for Barbiecat's post at the end of the month, because she will post the link to the March site! WElcome! Great group of ladies here! Tell us about yourself and your health/fitness goals. Join in whenever you want.
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Well...... nope not going to vent .... DH woke up grumpy.
I hope I can get a walk in before the rain and snow comes. My walking path outside was dry yesterday and it was really nice to walk and not hear the coyotes howling...
Must get to breakfast and doing something productive...like push ups in the kitchen while I wait for my oatmeal to come out of the microwave.. ha ha
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »My DH had his second orgasm of the week over my mushroom soup. The other was my fish soup. Oh, and, almost forgot, there was another one. :blushing:
I have to say it was absolutely fabulous. The soup I mean. :laugh:
Heather UK
Love it!
Cheri0 -
Morning peepheads0
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Morning Ladies,
Heather, so sorry you got attacked by the cheese box. What?? Oh, it was you doing the attacking? That’s not like you so we will look the other way this time. Oh that we could all be as good with our calories as you normally are. I’ve been eating over calories most of the week for some reason. It must be all that d@#$ exercise?
Cheri, good for you on getting your scrapbooking materials out of storage. So what if you had to move them for a few hours? Sounds like a calorie burning project to me. Some time you will need to share some pictures of your labors of love. I love your new profile picture. Thanks for sharing.
Beth, sorry for you if your DH is a “Poor Devil” too. That was my DH’s nickname when he was younger because of the bad luck he had. Lol Glad I didn’t grow up that way and only married into the curse.
Barbie, sorry to hear the biopsy results for Brandy. It is amazing how many dogs get cancer. Yes we all know our fur babies won’t be with us forever and it is still so hard when we lose them. I have a friend that lost her 11 year old Golden Retriever yesterday. She started bleeding and they took her to the vet who found advanced cancer. At her age and with other health problems the decision was made to put her to sleep. At least they didn’t have to plan it and take her in as that is so hard for us. Sending best thoughts for Brandy and (((((Huggs))))) for you and Jake.
Becca, what a good job you did! I can’t remember when I’ve seen the margins so clean. Now there is space for any and all to dump their troubles and rants.
Joyce, isn’t it wonderful to have the pause button on the remote? I use it so often while my DH tells me what the news is before the news man can tell me. Or what the ending of a movie will be before we get that far. (Not that he has seen it but can often guess the outcome). It often takes an hour and a half to get through the morning news. LOL Gotta love em.
Katla, I also hope you don’t have any more problems with the saddle sores. That has to be pretty uncomfortable.
Sylvia,
Thanks for sharing the mirror joke. That same old woman comes to my house too!!
Heather,
at you getting so comfy with us that you now share more “personal” information. Oh yes, and glad the soup was good.
KJ, so sorry about your sis. It is very frustrating when we see loved ones self-destructing.
Traci, welcome. This is a great place for support and information. Please tell us about yourself to help us get to know you and also sign each post with your name and a location, general or specific.
Lillian, as you can see, some days I take the time to do the graphics and some days I don’t. The push-ups I’m making time for and gosh am I sore this morning. I had to start ever so slowly.
Barbie, just this morning as DH kept interrupting the morning news show, we discussed me getting a head set. Then I could quit having to pause the shows.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’ve done either 7 or 8 sets of push-ups so far. I’ll count it as 7 since I’m not real sure. So I’ll do at least 2 more sets sometime today. I hope the warm shower will help these sore muscles. Sometime after noon we are having a new TV console delivered. I bought one online sometime in the past year and trying to save money, got one that is really too small. Will probably try to sell it on Craigslist or at the next Garage Sale. 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
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I've just watched "Orion's Belt" which was in Norwegian with no subtitles. :sad: I understood about 6 words. :sad: The DVD has an English version so I might watch that and then rerun the Norwegian. But then, without subtitles I barely understand French films either. :noway:
Nice views of Penny's Svalbard though. Can't wait for June.
Heather UK0 -
Sylvia: I'm glad your DH has officially adopted Spot into his heart. Love the photo of the two old ladies. :laugh:
TraciJ625: "Good morning, ladies. I'm knew here and trying to figure out how I can see these posts every day without trying to "find" this thread every day. I'm sure I will figure it out! It looks like just the support I'm in need of. Blessings to all of you!"
Look for the blank star at the top of the thread and click on it. It will turn yellow. That bookmarks the page for you and you can always find it again by clicking on the gray star at the top of the Community page.
I'm thinking envious thoughts about Heather's life. Broken bones and saddle sores have derailed some of the better things in mine for too long. I'd like to get back into a happier situation soon. I think DH would appreciate it, too. :devil: :bigsmile:
Riding lesson today! Yay!!!
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
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DJ- Great job on the push-ups!
I have to travel 3 hours to grandsons basketball tournament so, I did Kettlebell swings today.
GobletSquats- 3x7x30
Kettlebell Swings- 22x10x30
Push-ups-9x10
Nice to have some type of exercise done! I have a free day today so I will be eating donuts and Chinese!
Good luck with the push-up challenge!
Have a great day!
Mary from Minnesota0 -
afternoon ladies~
well we went and fed DFIL he basically slept through breakfast, we did get him awake enough that we could spoon wheaties in and get his milk into him.. took his laundry and just finished that.
I cleaned my bedroom ,have boxes, and put stuff in one that I will tag sale,my summer clothes that are 2 small ,I put in a suitcase and put that away, I have 2 corner shelves with pictures and memorabilia that is very precious to me took that all and put it in a box and dusted the shelves and went through my jewelry ,i only wear a few pieces ,and got rid of some and arranged the rest in my jewelry box...I have to say I like the look of clean and tidy...
took a shower and am dressed and Tom and I will leave in about an 1 1/2 hrs to go out to an early dinner and up to the concert in Worcester..I will bring my pocketbook, but lock it except for my cell phone in the car, as we are taking the Volt(electric car) and there is a place to plug it in while we are at the concert..
this thrills Tom to no end finding places to plug in as to use no gas.. a game that pays off I guess.0 -
I didn't read for 24 hours and got 3 pages behind in posts so won't comment.
Went to see my mom in the nursing home on Friday and while there went by her house and cleaned out the pantry. Every single thing had to be tossed as it was all out of date. She had cans that should have gone in 2006. The garbage men will have a job tossing all that in the truck.
Carol ~ Ga
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I think I can get into this feeling good and very pleased with myself. Weight training this morning plus 20 minutes on treadmill to stretch:
Overhead press 3x10x10
Arm curl 3x10x10
Triceps extension 3x10x5
Shoulder squat 3x10x10
Forward lunge 3x10x10
Front Raise 3x10x10
Bent Over Rows 3x10x10
Crunches 3x10x5
20 min. treadmill @ 3mph
Janetr OKC0 -
Love to all, Heather UK0 -
Heather, love the neon hug. Thanks and sending one back to you. Thank you also for the inspiration to start weight training. Jack is helping me with my form and I'm really feeling good and thrilled about actually starting it. Jack is so proud of me, and that's a BIG help. I ordered the book Barbie suggested "Strong Women Stay Young" it will arrive today. Excited to read it.
Janetr OKC0 -
Michele from NC now in FL – Hey, this is typical of this person; so, now she can make up her own stories to tell DMGD. That’s what I hate. One day, maybe sooner rather than later … it’ll come back to bite her on her @$$. But, it won’t come from me. I just needed to get it ‘off my chest’ so I would not feel compelled to say what I really want to say to her face. DH already told DOS how it made me feel; because 'if' I had known about it, I would have been there. She’s been divisive as long as she’d been in the family. Several months ago she wrote me an email dredging up 16+ years of how she feels and tried to blame it all on me. Sure, I was probably wrong in some areas; but, I don’t love one son over the other. I'm tired of her saying it; like I am sick of hearing her say, 'they're nothing but poor, white, trailer trash'. If that is the way she sees herself - fine; but, she had better NOT say it in front of me. I've already warned her, that if she did - be prepared for a 'knockout' (unexpectantly). She’s put me into a situation that I am ‘supposed’ to pick one DnL over the other. Sometimes I wish I had not deleted the email and instead, shown it to my DOS; but, I would have only been more upset if he ‘took up for her’ by saying 'she's just having a bad day'. I don't think I've seen her have a 'good' one. since DYGD was born. DH tells me to ‘let it go’; otherwise she’d make it difficult to see our GDs. I want to tell her that ‘she is biting the hand that helps feed her’; but, that’d go over like a lead balloon. Oh well, suck it up … as they (whoever ‘they’ are) say.
Barbiecat – Love your emoticons; but, my computer’s security won’t let me load any of them. Technicians say ‘don’t do it’, because quite often then carry viruses, malware, Trojan horses, etc.
I got all my clothes into 5 drawers in my dresser; folded neatly - Marie Kondo fashion. I still have a whole lot hanging in my closet. I might take over the other 2/3rd of the top drawer since DH uses all the ones in the lingerie cabinet in the bathroom except the top one; which I will gladly give it to him. That'll make it easier; and less crowded. I'll need to get him to cut a piece of plywood to separate the 1/3rd of it that we use to hold things like books of checks, etc. I know that I should have purged before I started added back; but, I did not do much of that. I need to go through all my clothes and decide which one I need to give away to charity and which ones I might keep to be altered when I get to my goal weight. Tailor will tell me 'if' they can be altered without making it look like they have been. I've doing some serious caloric intake plans for these next week-and-a-half so that 'maybe' I will lose this 5lbs that somehow found me because I had a week of 'grazing'. I even cleaned out our closets (well; I put the clothes that are alike together). I need to clean out the small closet in the other room so I can put all my coats back in it. DH says there are shirts he is hanging on to that need to be trashed (perfectly good, too); I'll let him do that. I don't know why he won't wear them. He wears the same 3 or 4 that he likes. Much cooler. Maybe then I can hang the clothes that will need to be altered on that 'middle' section of our closet. Damn, wish we had drawn them into our plans when we built the house; but, that is another thing I need to 'let go of'. LOL! At least we have other forms of storage. Now, I put some Oxy-clean into my kitchen sinks with hot water to clean it. It works a lot better than sink cleaner. It'll sparkle until I pour coffee into it instead of pouring it down the drain/food disposal.
"Hi" to all the 'newbies' and watch for Barbiecat's link to the next month and remember to bookmark it so you can find it again. She'll post it sometime on the last day of the month.
Happy weekend to all of you! I'm going to try to finish the book I am reading today. Might go outside to do it; it's so nice outside. Cracker has whined for the past 20 minutes because DH left her inside so he can go work on the tractor. He tries to spoil her more than I do; however, he can't keep up with me in that area. She gets 'so excited' on weekends because she gets to stay outside most of the day. We have certainly enjoyed having her; she is such a pleasure. Sitting here, trying to decide if I am going to get her 'clipped' or not during Spring and Summer. If I do, I don't want them to clip her face. Her face is the cutest thing about her. She's finally gone to sleep.
Lenora
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