WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2016

Annr wrote: »

I had a tee-shirt once that read "Garden Naked....It Puts Sun On Your Cheeks!"

OMG I have that shirt!

Annr wrote: »

] Funny story....when we used to live in Vacaville (Northern California area) we had a cute older couple. There were no two story homes next to us, so I would do my thing in the back yard. My neighbor Nadine would go out in her back yard, because they had a garden. She would maybe hear my music going and would yell over..."Rebecca are you nude over there?" I would reply as quiet as I could, "Nadine, why yes I am"....(thanks for telling everyone in a megaphone kind of voice...) They were a sweet couple though....and grew GREAT tomatoes!
Becca
Oregon

I think I love you.

World Naked Gardening Day? Um... No, thanks, not for me.

Gardening:
1) No gardens here
2) Even if there were any they'd still be under 2-5 feet of snow

Naked:
3) 2-5 feet of snow

I rest my case.

Tell you what though, a week from Saturday I'll water my house plants in the buff. :laugh:
/Penny at the

On Naked Gardening Day, luckily, my husband is the gardener, as well as our cook. Well, he takes care of our little garden patch. Here at the ranch, the actual gardener is an older Mexican gentleman who's really very sweet, very barrel-bodied, shall we say? Definitely not someone I want to see naked. Ever. Ew. I'd watch my husband garden naked, though. I'd pretty much watch him do anything naked. I highly recommend marrying younger men (he'll be 47 in June).

Woke up wide awake at 3:15. Got a busy, busy weekend coming up. I'll leave as soon as the DH changes out my tire up at his shop (4 hours from now!), and have a lot I want to get accomplished at the warehouse to get it ready for another trailerload of stuff. The DH will come in tonight and stay the night at the warehouse, for the first time! Then an early morning departure (not his favorite thing, but it's a LONG drive) on Friday morning for the DFW Metroplex. Once we get settled in the hotel, we'll pop over to see my sis and family.

Saturday will be changing the storage area to my name, and working to get the van loaded with the breakables or things that need to be secured, even building frames to protect them if necessary, and then anything that needs doing at their house (though it's s'posed to be raining). Sunday morning, early, we'll load the trailer at the storage area, and then back to our little corner of the world. Got my sales tax permit paperwork done this morning! It's finally becoming really real now...

And now to get the laundry going, since we won't be back at the ranch until late Sunday.

Oh, and since this will be my last time near a scale until Sunday night, I'm calling it on my single goal of "being lighter." I'm one pound lighter than I was at the end of March. Happy dance!

I'll probably check in from the hotel, since I'm up at 4 or 5, and the hubby sleeps in until 8 or 9... Have a great weekend, peeples!

Love,
Lisa in West Texas... then East Texas... then West Texas again by Sunday!

Just found out that "peace" in Norwegian is "fred" . Won't forget that one.

Heather UK

Kim in N Cali- Xander is not going to his Prom. He said he just didn't want to. At 90.00 a ticket I guess since he was going solo he figured it wasn't worth it.

Carol in NC- Xan is going to Chowan University in Murfreesboro. Marina was actively sought by them in her senior year so we had already been there and knew about the college before the coach for Mens Lax called Xan. It is a small college but he wants to study environmental science and with the close proximity to the shore, dismal swamp and mountain regions in the state, there is a good program that works with NC dept of Natural Resources and other colleges like UNC to study the ecosystems and the effect of humans, pollution, etc.

Hmmm- Naked Gardening Day? I could participate as we have about an acre that is secluded and surrounded on 2 sides by protected wet lands ( read swamp) that is part of the Maryland State Park system and Chesapeake Bay feeder system... but do I really want eagles and hawks and deer and possibly a park ranger to see me naked???? Probably not.

Penny- the pictures are lovely! But, I hate the cold and snow and anything that resembles winter so I would not do well at all there! But I love the beauty that seems to be everywhere in the Netherlands and had thought I might like to visit there someday until I remembered I would have to fly there and I do not fly. My sister is moving to Stuttgart, Germany in July and she wants me to come visit while she is there but... we shall see

Have a lovely day all!
D- in cloudy but not raining at the moment Maryland

Kim ~ Your nephew sounds like a fine young man and is lucky to have you and your mom there for him.

Lisa ~ Busy weekend for you! Wishing you much success.

D ~ Your hair looks pretty. Actually, I think mine is about the same color. For years I kept mine a dark ash brown and now I keep it ash blonde. Blends in the gray/white very well.

I have avoided the scale for two weeks. Right now I am dealing with swollen ankles...so, I am trying to drink many glasses of water, elevate my feet, and cut down on the salt. My DH wants me to go to the Doc because he knows this can be associated with heart disease, but, I hate Doc visits and will put it off until next month when I need new meds.

Carol

"Nikki – I guess I must be lucky … my deck is about 5 – 6 feet off the ground; and I hang my baskets out a little so they’ll get rain water. 20' off the ground, easily. They have not attempted to climb the stairs. Unfortunately, last year the deer discovered our grapes. Ate every last one of them before we could get to them. We might have to put up some sort of fence around them to keep them out. Talking about your phlox putting out their fabulous display – can you get a piece of plastic and put stakes under it to keep it off them; put bricks to hold it down and get a heat lamp to go under it? My husband puts a heat lamp out in our greenhouse during the coldest times. It does not have a heater – small anyway."

Lenora, before we had a real garden plot I grew vegetables in pots on my deck--that DID solve the deer problem but unfortunately the groundhog had no problem clambering up. It got to where we got cheap lattice board and barricaded the whole thing -- it was extremely ugly. We also set traps. The only thing that really helped was the nice large dog that moved in next door who liked to kill them.

The older I get the more clothes I want on while gardening--with the splinters and thorn scrapes and mud splotches and sweat I look pretty damaged. I had a real pang of jealousy on the way to work today when I saw a woman in a gorgeous straw hat and a fuchsia smock working in her garden. She looked like she was straight out of Town & Country. How long would that smock stay clean, I wondered? But then, she was playing in her garden and I was going to my cubicle, thus the jealousy...

Tried three scales yesterday but do not trust any of them -- 2 jiggley, not-calibrated-recently old-fashioned scales and one digital that is supposed to be brand new but reads 3 pounds higher than the digital one it replaced. Not happy.

Betty

Becca – Our DYS was put through kindergarten twice as well (I asked that he NOT have the same teacher - who 'hated' the boys in her class). His birthdate is 8/31; which is the cut-off date; I wanted him to be the ‘oldest’ in the class, rather than the ‘youngest’ because I wanted him to be a ‘leader’ and not a ‘follower’. I knew he was NOT ready to go to 1st grade. I went to school with a guy who was the ‘baby’ of the class. He struggled to keep up with the rest of us … did not want that for my son. Had to insist that he not be moved up with the nun/principal of parochial school. Threatened to take him out, if she did not allow it to be done; or go to the Diocese about it. “It would mess up their ‘numbers’ … I did not care.” He has always been a ‘leader’ and now that I look back ... 20/20 hindsight … should have done the same for DOS whose birthday was in June. When I was a child, the cutoff date was January 1st. That can be bad, too … DH started school at 5 in Corpus Christi, TX; but, when they moved back to Jacksonville, FL – they would not allow him back in school because he was not yet 6. But, I don’t think it bothered him to start back over the next Fall as one of the ‘older’ students.

I won a T-shirt that read: “I got my All Over at Hallover (sp?; FL)” for a sand castle contest that I did a ‘flamingo’ in it.


Carol in NC – Neither of my sons ‘required’ a car for work; so this won’t work for your situation; but, they both had cars that they paid for. DYS was sort of ‘bad’ in school (actions, not work-wise) and the punishment that worked on him was ‘taking away his car’ and making him ‘walk’ to work. When he was a child, as a toddler, a spanking never fazed him. Only taking something away from him worked. He is also someone who thinks that ‘asking for forgiveness is better than asking for permission’. Even now! But, not quite as much.

I don’t blame you for not wanting to mess up a job you ‘like’ for one you ‘don’t’ because your ‘hours’ don’t suit their wants. Your ‘needs’ are more important. I’d suggest ‘finding another 2nd job that will work around your hours’ that will give you the same and let the 2nd job’s ‘firm request’ go. IMHO.


Michelle in NC – Son has talked about changing out his pool ‘stuff’ to a ‘salt water’ version (when his pump burns out). More expensive in the beginning; but, cheaper in the long run. All I care about is that the pool get cleaned and ‘open for business’ … I’m tired of walking in the grass around the farm.


Ppipcd34 – I could not wear ‘monkey feet’ even ‘if’ I liked them; my little toe curves under the 4th one. I have a hard enough time fitting them into the socks with toes.

Lisa – Is that ½ your age + 7?


Betty – The only scales that I rely on are the scales at my weigh-in and/or GYN’s office. I weighed 159 lbs at the last weigh-in (last Tuesday). Monday I had lunch with several of my HS classmates and their SO or spouses; and then went to one of my MDs and got weighed (at 163) … I always weigh heavier there than anywhere else; but, it is also after a meal (usually a fair big one). So I don’t worry about it. I know I have kept close to my caloric intake; and been walking 45 minutes most days. I’ll be happy when son cleans the pool (maybe this weekend) and I’ll be able to do my ‘exercise’ in it (for a longer period of time). I can’t wear anything ‘nice’ to garden or paint in, it’ll be ruined forever! We have ‘red clay’ in SW GA – won’t come out of your clothes (unless you take it off immediately and treat it with something and wash it right then). I’m bad on ‘white’ clothes; seems like I always drop something on it; mustard won’t come out of anything. If someone has a trick for this let me know.


I could go for the “Naked Gardening” since we live out in the country; I’d only need for DH to get another alarm for when someone drives through the gate. We had one that had a hose (much like old gas stations used to have) where when a car ran over it, it ding-donged ‘inside’. He’d have to make it ‘ding-dong’ on the outside so I could get inside before I came into view. We really don’t have that much traffic down the road; and we are several 100 yards from the road.

As for ‘fish oil’ … make sure you get the kind that is ‘tasteless’ and definitely do NOT get the gummy kind. After a week; I threw those in the trashcan; don’t want to ‘burp it up either.


Lenora

Carol - I used to have horrible swollen ankles when I was big. I do have high BP. (I take medication) Now I am slimmer the ankle problem has gone away.

Linda and other newbies - Welcome! :flowerforyou: Start by logging everything, including sauces, frying oil, mayonnaise etc. Good fats are good for you (avocado, olive oil), but they do have to be counted and can add up alarmingly. Try to pick healthy snacks when you get the munchies, I go for carrots! My DH thinks I'm going to turn into a carrot! We buy big bags of them. Truly seeing where the calories have gone can stop one kidding oneself. :embarassed: Slip ups are normal, so no beating yourself up for being human.

Thanks Penny for the info. :flowerforyou:

Just made a curry with the bits of veg I had left over. So, it's sweet potato and chickpeas, with some chard which has struggled through the winter in the garden. I threw in some cooked lamb that has been in the freezer for 18 months and will chuck in some peas and a couple of tomatoes at the end. Having it with raita. 375 cals each.
Also just made some heavenly mushroom soup for when my DSIL visits Sunday week. It is her very favourite thing.

Gave my cleaner a pay rise today. I picked a moment when DH was in a good mood to broach the subject. Last year he vetoed it, so I'm giving double this year. :laugh: She is worth her weight in gold to me.

Still haven't faced the printer. My school report once said, "Heather must not procrastinate so much." Hmmmmmmmm. ........

Love Heather UK