WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2016

Ladies, I'm awake in the night, tossing and turning over DH's family news. I've come into the spare room.
CSSJ09 - Good words and I agree. A lot of processing required for the family. I am hoping that DH doesn't have a relapse over this. He is very vulnerable and sensitive.
Thank you to everyone for your support. It is such a blessing.

Maryam Elizabeth - Sending ((((HUGS)))) for you and your son. :flowerforyou:

So many of us feeling the strain and pain at the moment. I think of you all often. May we all find the inner strength we need to grow through our troubles.

Going to read an improving book now.

Love Heather in the night in Hampshire UK

Tomorrow is my last day with the grandkids. Two of them head back to school in the morning and then the other four's parents return in the evening. A grand day for sure. It's been hectic. Tiring. Fun. Slightly irritating (not used to mess and spilled milk anymore). Enlightening. Exciting. And ..... Exhausting. The four older ones were not a problem but sheesh, the 2 and 1 year old never stop moving!

I told my husband he never better become incontinent because I'm done changing diapers!

Life will go back to normal Tuesday. I'm going for a massage first thing Tuesday morning and then undoing all the relaxing from it with a session with my trainer that afternoon. lol

Too many posts to reply to but welcome to everyone new. Hello to everyone "old." and a howdy to the folks scratching their heads wondering who the heck I am.

Surviving in Houston,
Marcelyn

reading the posts I think we all need hugs!! Group hugs!!

Saw mom today, she hates this rehab facility! Meeting with the doc on Tuesday to discuss her living arrangement. Had tears today thinking she may never live in her home again. Have to look at n for the positive, she's one strong lady. Very strong minded, I always tease her saying it's the British in her. Look at WW2 , thank god for strong will!! Gayle Minneapolis

Ah Dammit ... I just tried to do a 'cut and paste' and lost everything. I guess I needed to keep my thoughts to myself. LOL! I know what happened ... I did not 'disable' my touchpad when I turned my laptop on. Y'all didn't want to hear me anyway. Gave you a break.

Heather - I guess I missed what was going on with your husband and his family. I had about 80 postings to read through and did not see it; just others posting about it. I guess that I ought to go back further than my last post so I won't miss anything.

Walked with DH through our woods out back for 90 minutes at a 'slow pace'. He was looking for sheds and I was looking for 'where he last stepped' and where Cracker was going. She was having the 'time of her life'. Now she is beginning to favor her front paw - I guess the stress fracture when she was just a puppy was bothering her. I was so lost it was unreal. Now I know why he once 'locked me in the house' after a particular bad 'manic' episode. When I realized what he had done ... I called and curse him like a drunken sailor. If there had been a 'fire' - I'd have be a 'krispy kritter'. Did not have the strength to even try breaking any of our double paned windows. All I wanted to do was go out and sit in the sun. He came home and let me out. I don't think I have ever been so mad with him - before or since.

Please keep our DYS and DDnL#2 in your prayers as they 'try to have a baby' together. She's going to a 'specialist'; he put her on a low dosage of thyroid medication and told them to try that for a couple of months before they start with the 'expensive' in vitro fertilization routine. He also told her that she had 2 eggs that were ready to make their trip down to her uterus. I guess that he must have had to have done a 'sonogram' on her to know this. Maybe those 'twins' that I've been dreaming about is not out of the question. She's having to travel to Jackson, MS from where they live (near Natchez, MS) every week to 10 days. I've read before that putting a woman on a low dosage of thyroid medication does help with 'fertility'. She tried the medication; but, gave it up after a few weeks because it was making her hair break off and fall out. She's a cosmetologist and said that it would not be good for business for her hair to not look good all the time. Thanks!

Lenora

Katla - Ooooh dear, DD giving you another worry. Still, if it means you get a visit, then there's an upside. I'll hug you back. ((((HUGS))))

Love Heather UK

I'm off to see my friend this afternoon for window shopping and a free afternoon tea. I will ask DH if it's ok to discuss his family drama with her. I hope he says yes, as I am such a "sharer". :ohwell:

Grits - I don't feel DH would like me spreading his family problem over the internet. Suffice it to say, we both had a pretty sleepless night, but he seems more composed this morning. Thanks for asking. :flowerforyou:

My yoga friend who had a cyst removed from her leg is still having trouble, so she will probably not make it to yoga tomorrow. I hope she can come along to our end of term pub outing (just coffee!!). My other yoga friend is off soon after Easter on her 60th birthday walk to Santiago de Compostela. From the French border, all the way across northern Spain to the the great pilgrim cathedral city. She has 37 hotel rooms booked. The longest day is 25 miles or so. She has been training for months and is very fit. She's also been learning Spanish. A small group of women is going together. It's not a religious trip, but rather a "rite of passage".
I have visited Santiago a few times - it's one of my favourite places. I went on my own the first time for my 50th birthday, but I didn't walk there!

Got to wash my hair now and make myself presentable.

Love Heather. UK

Good morning all! Happy Monday! Celebrating spring today with a Spring into Spring party! Kids come dressed as a sign of spring. I have had baseball players, birds, flowers, a spring chicken, and even a couple of rocks. I dress as mother nature. Should be fun.
I over did it this weekend. I blame the sunshine. It was just too beautiful outside NOT to take two long walks. Plantar fasciitis flare up. I find after I am up and walking a bit the shooting pain subsides; so I guess it is a good thing that I have a job where I am moving all day. I will be hitting the pool more often and perhaps trying to rein in my enthusiasm for spring. On my walk yesterday I found so many signs of spring. The crocus are blooming, tulips are beginning to bud, saw a few green acorns and many, many of the teeny, tiny baby pinecones from the fir trees. I also saw about four nests blown out of trees. And a very pregnant woman jogging with two toddlers in her jogging stroller. Wowsa! That's dedication!

Lisa- So sorry to hear of these losses! And the poor widow of the assistant range manager; to lose her dh and also her home... Praying that you are seeing the end of this.

Heather- Love and hugs to you and your dh. As always your meal sounds divine. I would be in the same boat when meeting a friend for tea before she leaves for a trip. Friend time beats menu items every time! Sounds like she is in for an exciting trip.
Pip- Your less than 8 miles is still awesome! You inspire with your energy and good vibes!
Kim and other ladies- My name is Kelly; but KJ is also okay to call me as it is how I am referred to by my sibs and aunts/uncles. I am also known by "mom", "Miss Kel", "Mrs. LaMore" (which still makes me look around for my MIL), "cabbage" (another endearment from my childhood), and assorted other names which I shall not mention here due to the fact that I don't like to swear. Call me what you like, because I am sure I have been called worse, at one point or another!
Maryam- So sorry for the recent loss of your mother! I lost my mother to cancer 23 years ago. It gets easier to bear, but is never easy to bear the loss. I will be keeping you and your son, Andrew in my prayers! How old is he?
Allie- Tell me again, where (state) you live? Snow?! I hope it's not coming my way! So sick of winter. Is Tom cranky bc you are leaving him to fend for himself? My dh would always throw little hissy fits whenever my schedule got busy to the point where he had to "do" for himself a couple days. He still wakes up grumpy and seems to grumble about things an awful lot. I swear he is going to be the neighborhood "old man" that chases kids off his grass. When he gets like this at Christmas, I call him Ebenezer or Scrooge. I wait for him to burst into the song "I Hate People" from the musical Scrooge.
Sylvia-My heart breaks for what you are dealing with in regards to your son's ex and your son. Hope you get some help in dealing with her.
Katla- Your dishwasher story reminds me of those old top loading dishwashers! My grandmother had one. I have noticed that a few brands are making top loaders again.

Kids arriving! Gotta fly. Love and hugs to all!

Yesterday I got caught up with my bff on the phone, first time i think in 18 years that we've let a month go by without touching base....dont like that feeling. Her son is going through the college waiting game as a music major as well --beth still waiting for college in nashville to let your son know?

I am aiming for a day upright, not coughing too much and eating right, heres to a productive and healing week for all.

Karen from ny

KJ- I am in Connecticut... Tom is just cranky because he isn't happy.. Not Happy because he doesn't love me and would to have me out of his life, but doesnt want to lose someone who can cook, do laundry , mow the lawn and do all the running around and feeding his dad.. unhappy because he knows he would lose more if we split than stay together.. when we got married it was for better or worse, well this is the worse ,and there is no way in Gods green earth that I will throw away 20 yrs of building a life for him.. I still love him, and the pups and he will have to deal.. If he wants a divorce than he has to be the one to file ..and he wont because he will lose to much..