WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2016

My lovely DDIL sent through the draft copies of the professional photo shoot they had done when Bea was a couple of weeks old. I've screen swiped a couple of them just to show you.





There are so many and they've got to pick 20!

Love Heather UK

Another cold, rainy day in WI. Finally gave in & took a nap. At least the tulips & daffodils are blooming. They're the bright spots in our yard. Much too cold for naked gardening!

No exercise class today. Gave myself the day off. Maybe will get on the treadmill later. It would warm me up.

Kudos to everyone out there fighting the good fight!

Hey ladies! Good evening! I hopped on this morning but just had time to read. Due to my sore posterier, I have decided to pause in my squat challenge and pick up the last five days when I am feeling not so tender down there. I went to the doc and found out I have my first hemorrhoid. Isn't that special? (Do I get a card and cake for that?) Doc thinks that lifting the bigger kids (I have some big two and a half year olds) may have caused it.
Pip- Love the shoes! I do have a question, do your feet get really wet when you wear them outside on wet days? Are you able to wash them? The uppers look like they may be a washable material.
Welcome all newbies! This is a great group of ladies! Very supportive and very active lives!
Penny and Heather- I am green with envy over the fact that 1. Heather will be visiting Longyearbyen and 2. you get to meet eachother! I will live vicariously through your visit! Remember to post lots of pics!
Marcelyn and the other gray haired ladies-My gray started coming in at about age 45, and I color my hair. Not coming in enough to go all gray, yet. Funny story: When my daughter was born with red hair my DH looked at me and said "Where did that come from?" We are both brunettes with no known natural red heads in the families. He was suspicious that she wasn't his kid. Then his mom came to visit in the hospital and while she was holding Lauren she said "Her hair is the same color mine was when I was young!" Sure enough, she brought in a lock of her hair the next day and it was a light auburn. She had been dying her hair blonde her entire adult life and bc photos were black and white back then, her sons never knew she was originally a red head! Lauren's hair stayed red, just a shade or two darker red now.
Peach/CArol- Wow! Your mother looks wonderful and you really look a LOT like her! Good genes!
My last kiddos just got picked up and their mom had some good news for me. She got a new job and she will be working a 6am-2pm shift. So, although I will have two more at 5:30 in the morning (might as well since I already have the one that early), not having these two boys until 6:30pm shaves a whole hour off my day as the rest of the kids get picked up by 5:30pm! Yea! An extra hour in the day for me!
Oh, and I had a NSV day before yesterday. I was too tired and sore to cook dinner, so I picked up dinner for DH and DYS from Panera and even picked out a dessert for the both of them and I didn't get anything for me! This is a HUGE victory for me; because I love the soups and HELLO a plateful of frosted brownies staring at me?! I came home and had a cup of cottage cheese and an apple.
Meatloaf and mashed potatoes tonight. One of DH's favorite meals.
Have a wonderful night, all! KJ/Kelly

Hi gals,

Lisa – LOL on hubby gardening… If Kitten is replacing words what would they do with a pic of DH gardening naked… add a pic of a kitten? LOL

Penny – I am green with envy indeed and I plan on seeing LOTS of pictures!!!
Heather – I am green with envy that you get to meet Penny and see Longyearbyen in person

Barbie – good deal! I bet you would both play mini golf with a little niece or nephew… I’m glad to hear he watches you perform .

Linda, 247Mama – welcome

Carol – ok since next month is 3 days away… but the first week of next month… I side with DH

Miriam – Oh LUTRDMF (laughing until tears run down my face)

Sylvia – I wonder if you could shop the toothpaste, maybe a Walmart or Costco?

Pip – What is Etta? Or more specifically what does the Etta Auction support, It would be fun to dress up

Annie – Glad mom is doing better – Please get over the guilties!!! And chalk it up to a learning experience.

Heather - Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KJ – Ok PM me your address and I’ll send you a card !!! LOL

Busy day – gardening in the am then errands, and the financial guy – I checked in with him on the repercussions of getting a “real” job - sounds like it will be fine. Now to just land it. I had to smile to myself, I have stressed about the business and finances for months, now that I know if it is offered I’ll take the gardening job, and that will ease everything my phone and email have gone crazy with embroidery jobs… which of course I am saying yes to…

And another of my “pesky” pounds off, 1.5 more to go and I’ll be back to my lowest MFP weight and ready to get the next chunk off. I am finding that the lower stress level is helping with my eating habits, I seem to want less and make better choices without even realizing that I am.

Kim from N. California

Here at the library again. Finally got my Fitbit set up so start tracking today. I decided not to interview for the job as I just could not see myself being happy with it. Still looking for something where I can use my skills and have some fun or at least be happy to go to work each day! I'll find it yet. Have not read any posts so can not post in reference to anything going on in any of your lives. I hope nothing terrible has happened and that many of you are having good things happening. Please know that you are in my thoughts many times a day and I will check-in as possible. Becca has my phone number if anyone wants to check with me. Love you all!


Gloria in WA

ok ladies it is 8 pm, and an hour past my bedtime.. today was a day to say the least ,and I didnt even get 10,000 steps almost,but not quite...
went up to my dads and put shelf paper in the bureau's for the bedrooms and got a piece of plywood to do a couple of projects with.. then came home and walked the dogs... from there I left to go get aunt Margaret.. hung out at her place for about an hour and then took her down to the cancer center which is only about 5 miles from her house... they had to give her i.v. fluids, so we were there for almost 3 hrs, then from there I stopped at the store and got her some straws and cranberry juice.... got her settled in back home and left her place at 5:50 I didn't get home until 7 ,and had to get the dogs outside to do there business, feed them ,give chester his pill, and water the grass seed..
I am exsausted and have a full day tomorrow at work... Tom got down to the house , and is all set..goodnight ladies

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The computer ate my response this morning! Part of my post this morning was to say that it ate my response from last night. I am upset enough that I don't remember what I said.

Joyce, Indiana

Computers actually hate us...I'm quite sure of it.

Did 1-1/4 hr Booya fitness Upper Body Arms, Legs and Butt DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Horizontal Conditioning DVD. I know this one is very challenging, hope I can do it.

Nikki - as for online dating, I say GO FOR IT!

pip - well, everyone will see you coming in those money feet. They are so pretty

Volunteered at the Green Room then Lynette brought me home because Vince was at shooting. I asked her to stop at Bi-Lo so I could get a rotisserie chicken. I told her the last one we had was from WalMart and it was SOOO salty. She said oh, "we like the chickens from WalMart". I tell you, my feet were swollen from all the salt. I had a hard time choking it down.

Then did some more on the power washing of the driveway. Tonight is the last session of Newcomer bowling (for this season). Afterwards, we're going to go to WalMart. Vince wanted to go before bowling, but I need refrigerated items, so we'll go after. Really, this man thinks you should be able to get EVERYTHING in one trip to one store. Doesn't work that way. Not every store carries the same thing.

Larisa - so glad you friend will be joining us

Kim - thanks for telling me that filo will work. I just can't seem to find the cups around here.

D in MD - there's an article in *Consumers Reports* this month about things to do for pain. Love your hair

Linda - welcome!

Lenora - we love the salt water pool. I would definitely go this route again. Did you ever try that Krud Kutter for red clay? I tell you, it WILL get the red clay out, even on clothes.

Cheri - keeping my fingers crossed for your dh

In 2 weeks Vince is taking me to get my hair colored and cut. He'll also get his cut at the same time. I can't wait....I hate my hair as it is. It really needs to be colored and cut. Badly. But there's only so much I can ask him to do. I try to limit my asking, but it's hard sometimes.

mama - so glad LoLo invited you! Nice to meet you

ljdw - I'm thinking that the "baking mix" is Bisquick. But in the end, I had to change to making these chicken pot pies for Mexican Train. You know, I take something but have very little to eat there. I always take a dessert plate and there are so few things that interest me. Mostly deep fried or store bought stuff.

Heather - lovely pics

Joyce - so glad you were able to get that appointment for tomorrow. Please take care of yourself.

Gloria - so glad to see you!

Michele in NC

Michelle in NC - I'll look for that ... I definitely need something to take out dried on red clay. Will it get 'mustard' out of clothes? IF I wear white and eat ... I am going to 'spill' something on it. Grease, mustard, you name it. I love 'white' but it doesn't like me particularly like it. LOL!

Joyce - I hope that nothing I posted (about engineers) was taken with offense. Certainly NOT meant to be. I just had a 'bad' experience with one in TRIG class. He might have been very smart ... he just was NOT a teacher. I've known a lot of 'brilliant' people - whether they have 'formal education' or not. Does not matter. I choose my friends for 'common interests' and I consider all on this site as 'friends ... I just have not 'personally' met you. I only know Carol/Peach because she went to the same HS that I did and was in my middle sister's class. Shows you 'how small' this world really is.

My computer just ate my entire post; maybe it was because I cut it; and did not paste it here, first; before 'not saving' it in my WP program. Oh well. Missed another one of my DYS's antics story.

Can't remember anything else I had typed. But, just 'typing' calms me down a whole lot. You can probably tell I like to type (and talk) from my 'long' posts.

Lenora

Cheri - I know you are proud of your DH. You're right ... most people would have 'given up and thrown in the towel'. My DOS is working with his Dad in his 'paint contracting business'. He really needs to 'find' a job if he is not willing to 'step up to the plate' and take over it if he has to. He was talking the other day when he was driving me somewhere that he and his Dad had talked about taking the 'insurance' test (even paying for the class, if necessary); but, then he asks around and gets told 'it is cut-throat' business'. So that is something else he does not really want to do. He passed his real estate license test' right before the housing market tanked. Right after his boss ran the paint company out of business by taking large sums of money out of it and not paying for the franchise. No wonder the other 3 partners pulled out. At least DH had something he could do to make a living. He wants a job with insurance and benefits; but, he needs to clear what he makes now. DH cannot afford insurance for him.

Ah Dammit - Every time Cracker sleeps on her back and I try to take a picture of it, she wakes up and moves. Not just occasionally; but, EVERY time!


Lenora