WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2016

Marcelyn ~ Good for you resisting the brownies. I am sorry to say that I ate 3 large pieces of pizza last night. But, I did put the left overs int he freezer and did not have pizza for breakfast (love it that way).

Lisa ~ Congrats on the new additional job. You are the busiest lady I know.

Janet ~ I understand what you meant when you said meeting folks in the gym gave you social time with others. I am the same way.

I do not sew at all anymore mainly because I can't see to thread the needle. LOL

Donating blood today at the Elks' Lodge in Seaside (next coastal city south). I even went to the Red Cross online site and pre-answered the questions so I wouldn't have to there.

Husband fell, not measuring his steps from a curb at the Post Office. He went to the pool and just sat in the hot tub instead of weightlifting and walking. Poor guy! Looks like his right leg has some swelling in the knee, but no bruising, or swelling anywhere else on the leg. Gave him some Bayer Back and Body pain medicine and he has a bag of frozen beans on his kneecap.

So I get to drive by myself to my blood donation today. I am still not comfortable driving, nor will I ever be. But I do what I have to do. Thank goodness I live in a small coastal community, and not the big cities! I would be so stressed out!

Wise words Larisa in Seattle!

Ok I finally broke down and shaved these legs of mine. I was HOPING to just have lighter hair from the sun, but nope its still dark hair... I feel 5 lbs lighter....and my legs actually slurped up the coconut oil I put on them. Ok that sounded gross...

Have a nice day ya'll! I shall eat pretty substantially today, because I shall be donating. All good stuff though.

Becca
Oregon

retired2011 wrote: »

Hi all,

New to the post . NY niki where in by are you, I am in my 8 months of year!

Home for me is Western New York ... 12 months a year. And you?

Hi ladies!
I had a lovely light lunch with my yoga teacher, picked out a couple of dresses for the cruise from the ones she brought round and we had a great, long chat. We talked about stuff I have rarely talked about to anyone and not for a long time and it all seemed fine at the time as she was also sharing confidences. Then this evening I think "shame" came over me and I went in for a binge. :embarassed: Oh well, at least I know where it came from, but it hit me like a ton of bricks.
Done now. Part of me wishes I hadn't told her stuff as I rarely discuss it, but I'm sure we can both deal with it. Tomorrow is another day.

Love to all, from feeling bloated Heather UK

Hi gals,

Lisa – organization is so KEY! Love the “new” word whelmed!!!! I might have to steal that to use!

Sylvia – where are you?

Penny – so is there different denominations of churches in your little town? Or maybe Norway has a state church (I should google that)

Chris – isn’t interesting that certain things are not as good as our memory of them.

Larissa - Part of this journey is learning more about ourselves, good job!

Marcelyn – good job resisting brownies is a NSV!!!

Becca – good job donating!

Heather - sometimes sharing gives some weird after feelings, but she will not treat you differently later, and your friendship will be deeper because of the shared sharing.

So have almost whipped the cold into submission, coughing a bit if I am talking too much and I do talk too much! Sleep, liquids, sleep, liquids, repeat! I gardened at a client’s for 3 hours today, and she decided that she no longer wanted her kumquat tree, so it is in my car and I’ll be planting it today. It has lived in a pot, so it just about 3 feet tall and has a small root ball. I’ll be planting it in the ground but keeping it trimmed to no more than 5 feet as I don’t need that many kumquats or the additional shade of a bigger tree.

I did get on the scale this am and it was very nice, but that is probably not real, as 4 days of liquids/sleep is not my real world.

Kim from N. California

Cheri, thanks for the info on the afghan.

Did circuits in exercise class today. I am getting good with the hula hoop. I got bored with it and stopped it on my own since it didn't seem like I was ever going to just drop it. I'm also getting a little braver with the ab bench, but it's still pretty scary. I walked at the duck pond at the gym then came home to find that DH decided it was time to cut our grass. So I got plenty out "my" lawn mower and cut the road side. That was another hour of exercise.

Spent all afternoon planning a mission study with another woman. I'm ready for a little down time!

Hit the treadmill today. NSV for me

Popping in to say hello. I'm doing pretty well on food intake. I haven't begun walking regularly like I want but we're having storms here every evening which makes it hard. I am trying to fulfill the desires of my Fitbit that I walk at least 250 steps every hour. I missed it today but I think my hours overlapped once. This afternoon, I simply didn't have time to move--nearly had an accident because I put off going to the restroom for so long. Really glad I was wearing black polyester dress pants. I put in an extra hour.

I'm tired and plan to have an early night.

Sylvia - I hope you're okay!!

Carol in NC

We are currently travelling. We're staying the night in Bend, OR. There is a lovely stream just beind our hotel room with two bird families, mom & dad Mallard Duck & ducklings plus mom & dad Canadian Goose & goslings.