WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2016

Whoops. For some reason, the web site did not post. http://www.nwf.org/How-to-Help/Garden-for-Wildlife/Certify-Your-Wildlife-Garden.aspx

Mary I'm sorry to hear about your health troubles! I'm glad you have a diagnosis so now you can begin addressing it, and clearly you are a superhero! to be keeping up your exercise program so well.

CSSJ09 (sorry, I don't know your name ) I love the NWF wildlife habitat program. I have a fifth-floor patio garden on the densest-populated block in downtown Seattle, and by following their guidelines, I have flocks of songbirds in my tiny habitat. For all the urban density I live in, I hear birdsong far more than buses. Bless you for joining the 'movement'

Barbie, happy birthday!

Larisa

he was looking for a handout and I got him some cracked corn lol.

I went to bed yesterday evening at about 6pm, listening to some "nature sounds, meditative music", was up at 2:30am for medicine dose, 7:00am for medicine dose, then slept until 1:30pm! This isn't even medicine with a sleep aide, just Alka-Selzer cold medicine generic kind. I have stayed up since 1:30 though, even though I am so wiped out. It's my sinuses, draining and making my throat sore. I ate a nice breakfast/lunch of 2 Kashi blueberry waffles, with blueberry compote on it, and a dusting of powdered sugar, and coffee. Dinner will be a cup of hamburger helper with 1/2 cup of steamed corn. This afternoon I had a flour tortilla with butter on it. Not the healthiest of items, but my taste buds are off. Can't wait to wake up feeling better. Right now I am in a mode of medicine taking and hacking. Shall go to bed early and think healthy thoughts! (((hugs))) to you all
Becca
Oregon

Happy Birthday, Barbie!
Betty

Kirby wanted to show me something in the garage, a problem with my brakes. He said he brought it back from the bike shop. What he showed me was a new bike instead! The newest member of the family, I will consider this an early birthday gift. I know have hydraulic disc breaks like him. Like it's still at the shop getting tuned up so I can sell it

Hello Ladies. Can I join? I turned 50 in Sept and could stand to loose about 35 more lbs. I want out 5 days a week now and eat pretty healthy.

Do you all post your workouts and food issues here or is this more social?

Hi there, everyone! It started out chilly this morning but got so nice outside that we took the dogs out to the nature park to walk tonight.

At the studio today I finally got my compressor all hooked up, all the fittings properly installed, and did the break-in procedure. At one point i noticed that I didnt have one of the regulators open all the way and so it built up pressure when it wasnt supposed to. I clicked the fitting open and thought I had been shot in the chest! All the pressure suddenly shot out from a place I didnt expect. So, I nearly had a heart attack. But it turned out ok. I tested the system by spraying a little bit of glaze, and it seems to work just fine. So, I'm pretty happy with it. It's still awfully noisy though, even being in the next room. Gotra remember to take some ear plugs up there.

I hope you all had a fantastic day.

Sylvia

Happy Birthday Barbie hope you have enjoyed the day.

Anne from Wisconsin

Larissa I love birdies. I have overgrown rhodies because the birds make nests in them and I don't have the heart to trim them back and take away their home. At other times, I feel that I am planting veggies just for the critters. They always eat just as I am ready to pick. This fall, I went out to pick Brussels sprouts and they had been stripped overnight.
CJ

Fanny – My sister had acupuncture when she had back problems and swore by it. She cracked some vertebra in her back and that gave her relief. She was not going to have back surgery or be on pain meds for the rest of her life. She did this ‘jumping on a trampoline’. About 6 weeks ago, she had her foot up on her bed to tie her running shoes; and fell straight back. Her friend tried to get her up and she told him, ‘NO, don’t move me, call the ambulance’! Got to the ER and she had a disk that ruptured; she said they put something in it that they referred to as ‘cement’. They got it off from pressing on any nerves and then shot this stuff into it. She feels much better.

Nccarolb – This last week was college Spring Break and they had been having a lot of problems with drinking, girls passing out (getting raped) … nobody coming to their aid; this year they made it well-known that this would NOT what the beach was going to be known for. They have big paddy wagons, and cells on the beach. This upcoming week is Spring Break for HS. My husband chaperoned our boys and some of their friends a couple of years and then I got sucked into chaperoning for the girls. The boys minded him; the girls did anything but, for me. The next year they wanted me to stay again and I told them, ‘when HELL freezes over’. It was wall-to-wall girls in sleeping bags and on blankets. We’d take their keys away from them and not allow them use of their cars. They were supposed to check in with us every hour. They still found ways of buying or getting beer and liquor. I was never allowed to go to the beach by myself or with friends. I did go once to Jax Bch, FL by myself; but, I had to stay at the same motel where we always stayed for vacation … so the owners were basically my chaparones. I was allowed to date the lifeguards, but, not just someone I met on the beach. The head lifeguard was in his 30’s (at least) and they had ‘curfews’, too.

Heather – Just don’t throw the baby out with the wash water.

Michele – Looks like I will be baking a pecan cream cheese pie this weekend

Heather – Just don’t throw the baby out with the wash water.

Michele – Looks like I will be baking a pecan cream cheese pie this weekend.

I HAD the BEST day EVER!!!!! my DMGD brought in a note and I read it, she then told me to write my answer of the back of it; so I did and out they go I figured she had forgotten to give it to me. It read: "If you had one Easter wish what would it be? Answer the question before you see me!" So I wrote on the back: that I want my sons, DnLs, grandchildren to be safe and happy. Shorty after that the bell rang and there was enough balloons that I 'thought' OMG, I had actually won the Publisher's Clearing House prize. A voice came from behind the balloons and asked me what I saw ... told her that I saw a big bunch of balloons. I actually through it was their sister. Told to ask again and I said a purple hoodie; so she let the balloons rise up and when I saw her I came out of the door onto thee deck and screamed and gave her a huge hug and then saw DnL#2 filming in it. I then turned my head to the end of the driveway and knew they all had come home. DYS walked over to DOS's house and he was on the phone and looked out of the window and saw DYS crossing the yard, he thought "Oh $#*T - is this real?"

Lenora

AAWWW, Lenora, that is so sweet. You raised those boys right!!!! Sorry you had a bad experience with being chaperone for the girls. I did that once. The youth group was going to kings Island, a large amusement park in southern Ohio. It took an overnight stay at a church retreat. Boys stayed in one room and girls in another. I don't think the girls liked me either. I snored so loud they couldn't get any sleep!!!! So next time when I went, I made sure there were enough women as chaperones to stay with them and I took a cabin. That was the year my 'D'H said he would go with me. I know his history of amusement parks. hates the rides, wants to see as much of the indoor shows he can see and will find as many trees as he can to stand under. That is the complete opposite of me at an amusement park. All the roller coasters whether they are upside down, crossways or what. Plus I go an all of the rides in the water park. So I told 'D'H if he wanted to go that he should be prepared to be by himself since I was going with the rest of the group. He went knowing that. But as soon as we got there, the other adults and I were getting ready to go off and he called me back asking what I was doing. I reminded him of the arrangements. I still don't know what he did all day by himself.

Speaking of less than 'perfect' preachers, in my last church, the one I had been to for so so many years of my life, I had a fantastic preacher. Or so I thought. Rumors started going around and one of my friends wanted to 'talk' to me about him. I just told her that when I listen to him on Sunday mornings that I wanted to be able to concentrate on what he was saying and not the latest allegation. He eventually resigned and by that time Charlie was influencing me to stay at home or travel on Sunday mornings and I never developed a relationship with the new pastor.

Sheretaw, We do anything we want to here. Well out of politeness we stay away from overly religious or political talk. But this forum is whatever one wants it to be. If you are more comfortable just talking about your meal plan and exercising right now and don't want to talk about yourself or be involved in any conversation, then that's what you should do. We don't push any agenda. We do like to know what you want us to call you and the general area you live in. Some go specific and some say northwest. I say Indiana. It helps us understand you more.

Going to bed with a headache, do not know what it is from.

Yesterday I did a software update on m iPad. I have done it may times with no problems. I think it was when the kids were here for Christmas that they changed the password on it. I am pretty good about writing down all passwords but i didn't write this one down. So after the update I had to sign back in using my iD and password. OOPS. I experienced terrible assistance from Apple support on line. I had my ID figured out and was trying to remember my password. Didn't sleep well, kept trying to think of the password. I got up about 4 AM and put yet another password in nd I guess I had tried just one to many because I got a notification that Apple was disabling my iPad. But it gave me a different website. So I went to that today and was able to follow the prompts and got it done all by myself! I did not want to have to text my techy son in law and have him help me.

Joyce, Indiana

Rosie I guess the only thing you can do is take care of you & do what's right for you...life's too short not to
Joyce don't you just love it when you win with or without Apples help...I have to say I've found the Genius Bar at my Apple Store at the North Shore Mall very helpful. It was a big learning experience coming from Windows based OS to IOS...now I love my iPad & IPhone.
I'm really enjoying reading the many posts but it is overwhelming to keep up but I'm trying

Rosie - (((((HUGS))))) I'm sure putting it all down in black and white must be a help. It does help in finding out what you really think and feel. Look for support anywhere you can. :flowerforyou:

Joyce - great job on the iPhone. Technology gives me a headache! :flowerforyou:

Grits - You must be very loved!

Raining here today. DH went out to buy the Saturday newspaper, but has just returned, yelling that he'd dropped his wallet and was having to go back to the shop. :ohwell: I hope he finds it! I will go down and make him a coffee for when he returns. Oooops!

Love to all. Heather UK