WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2016

evening ladies~ I am just sitting down now ,
Tom left this afternoon from Florida, he is in northern florida staying overnight, he sounds tired.. things that he did down there ,some didnt work out the way he wanted and he is frustrated.
I went up and worked a bit on my dads house..my brother came over and we had to take apart the doors on the fridge that I found and had a hell of a time getting it in, but we got it in.. after it was in and all realized that it didn't come with the crisper drawers, but other than that it is in pristine shape... and works great. so I looked up the drawers, $80.00 for 2 drawers ,, but we got the fridge for free, dad is going to spring for the drawers ,I think because he see's how hard I am working on trying to get the house cleaned up...
Dad confessed to me that he missed a step coming down the stairs and fell and hurt one of his ribs so he laid low this weekend, he didnt want me to drag him to the ER.. he went to the chiropractor today... but he is getting quite a bit unsteady on his feet. and he recognizes that too and will bring it up with his Dr next week..
I will be glad when my daughter gets there ,because she will keep a close eye on him...
Sylvia~ thanks for checking in... glad you have been busy and not laid up somewhere .. I was getting a bit frantic worrying about my dear friend..
i then went up to LLBean and reordered my wicked good slippers And I had a bag that I bought about 15 yrs ago and they only gave me 19.99 for it and I paid twice that, but because I didnt have the reciept they gave me a gift card..

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Good Evening Ladies,

Meg, so sorry to hear about all the problems Benny is having. I hope things improve soon.

Pip, give Floyd a BD hug for me. He was such a cute puppy, but then aren’t they all?

Heather, thanks for the baby pic. She looks so happy!!!

Ok, Ladies, as hard as I’ve tried not to, I’m worried about Sylvia, too. I sure hope she is okay. (later) So glad to hear all is well. Sylvia, please give someone contact info for you so we know how to reach you. We love you, ya know. Busy is good and glad the goods are selling!!!!!

Lisa, enjoy that new job. I know you will do great!

Rori, sending ((((Hugs)))) and thinking of you.

Larisa, good luck on the interview. Keeping fingers crossed for you!

Joyce, all I can say is, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”. 

Allie, I hope you enjoy your time while Tom is away. How much more do you have to do at your Dad’s house. You are such an angel!!!

to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

The handyman came today and got the shutters back up and sanded the two places that I needed done so we are finished with him. Now I have to paint the back door from the garage into the house and the mailbox post. I also need to paint a second coat on the trim over the garage door and then I’m finished for a while. Geeze this house is no even 9 years old and shouldn’t need all this. I guess that’s part of living close to the ocean?? Sure wish I was close enough to see it every day but couldn’t afford the insurance much less the house. Hugs to all that need them and congrats to all that deserve them. I’m only hanging in there with eating. Today I went with a friend to a Senior Citizen Cinco de Mayo luncheon.
I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.

Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

Nikion901 wrote: »

I have collected pennies for about 40 years. It started coincidentally because I often spotted pennies on the sidewalk and didn't want to spend them, then I started to keep the pennies from the change and set them aside also.

I made $3.28 the other day. I was at the quickstop and this couple was arguing by their truck. Seems she had a cup with change in it in the cup holder. He had been spitting his tobacco spit into the cup and so the coins were covered with ewwww spit. She was mad, he told her to just reach in and get the change and she was yelling no and told him to and he said no and then grabbed the cup and threw it on the ground. I went into the store and when I came out they were gone and the money all drippy and gross was there. I paused and looked at it. Did a mental addition and decided that I had changed poopy diapers and done worse so I picked up the change, put it in a paper cup I had, went inside and washed my hands. I went home and rinse the coins off without ever touching them again and dried them and had $3.28 for my trouble. Well worth the effort of not thinking about what was on the coins as I was picking them up.

My brother and his wife use pennies before 1982 in making jewelry. They melt it down. It's legal as long as they don't try to make it into other money or use it as money. Before mid-1982 pennies were 97% copper. Now they are less than 3% copper.

barbiecat wrote: »

I survived the dentist....I go three times a year for a periodontal cleaning and it's brutal but at age 70 I still have all my teeth so I think the stress and discomfort are worth it...I got out early enough to go to the last 45 minutes of line dance practice so I had a fun time to finish my afternoon

Barbie

Ohhh you a brave lady!! I hate the dentist too.... Our insurance doesn't cover dental, so I have been neglectful, I am embarrassed to state. I do really pay attention to my teeth, floss and only have some bit of the roots showing (have had those for years) and so that is the tender part. Other expenses come first sadly.
Good you have all your own teeth:-D

Becca
grinning at you from
Oregon

Today my driving went really well! I know you are all giggling because I am such a chicken with this driving issue.... lol!! But heck...I went OVER a BRIDGE today....well not the huge Astoria-Megler Bridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPCDg_Erqck (that is a video of going from Washington state to Oregon). I am talking about the bridge connecting Warrenton to Astoria:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kVfKi_Vwow


but still, I was proud of myself!
Becca
in Bridge boasting Oregonian fashion

Hi gals,
Janetr – thanks

Heather – cute cute cute

Lisa – great article!

Sylvia – glad to hear from you!!!

Larissa – you’ll do great!

Marcelyn - Russian!!! Yeah for googling stuff! I would have done the same with picking up the change! I always pick up change even pennies…

Barbie – good for you, finishing your day with dancing. Thank you so much for sending the note from Mary along.

Allie – really I am surprised that LLBean gave you anything for a 15 year old bag!

So my hike and breakfast was very fun, I am not a quick walker at all in fact I have been told I don’t walk I saunter, LOL – but I have been trying to pick my pace up as I know I’ll burn more calories in a shorter time – so today’s ” hike” was on a level paved path and I walked with the gals in the front! It was so great! The restaurant we went to is known for it’s blintzes – oh they are not a good calorie choice, I have been good and never tried them before, this time I had them. They were good; but all the sweet did not “hold” me as long as a healthier breakfast would. So I am glad I did them, but won’t need to again.

There is a Thai dish (probably very Americanized) that I love which is basically roasted vegies and tofu chunks with a peanut sauce. I have made it and love it, I put the peanut sauce in the MFP calorie deal and was like that’s not happening – 500 calories for a single serving of sauce. So have been thinking about it for a few days, and tried something tonight and it was great! So 1/3 cup of coconut milk (I had the regular not low fat) warmed in a sauce pan, letting it reduce a bit, add bottled hot sauce to the level of heat you like, then mix in 2 tablespoons of the dry Peanutbutter PB2 – so for 185 calories I had my sauce, and I’ll be trying it with the low fat coconut milk – I just did not have any today.

Kim from N. California

Kim from N. California~ Great use of PB2!!
Becca

Pip, you can't fool me with a / instead of a . I still see you

janetr

Barbie, thanks so much for sharing your email form Mary. So sorry she is still in pain. But just like in Mary's style, she finished her challenge in the only way she can- not only finishing but surpassing it.

Becca, I remember the first time I went over a bridge. Mom said my knuckles were white I was clutching that steering wheel so tight. But there was a huge craft sale on the other side! I was the same way about semis. Maybe a little worse with the semis. But when Christina went to college and it was mainly me who went to see her because of my MS, I had to get used to I-64 between Evansville and Lexington, Ky. i eventually could drive it with my eyes closed.

Joyce, Indiana

Morning all... not insomnia for a change. Came out to the ranch, fell asleep on the couch by 7:30 p.m. up at 3:30 a.m, but that's eight hours. At least I got to see the DH for an hour or so before I went off to dreamland.

Some computer work to do this morning, jump in the shower, head back to town. DH is s'posed to come in tonight and stay through Sunday afternoon if he gets a couple trucks fixed... one must be running Monday. So we'll see. If he comes out, we'll get the bathroom done. If not, it's going to get really interesting, since I'm going to be building tables myself out of pallets. BIG pallets. I've done worse things.

Off to the races, kids.
Love y'all,
Lisa in West Texas

Did 43 minutes of a weight training DVD. I honestly thought it was longer. The plan for tomorrow is to do a horizontal conditioning DVD. I know this is going to be a challenging DVD, lots of work with the gliding disks and I'm not used to them at all.

We have a lunch with the Newcomers. I already know that I'm going to get the blackened fish in a lettuce wrap (I've never tried one) and steamed veges on the side. Just water to drink

Not sure why, but can't sleep so here I am

Rori - I can't believe your boss. Wonder why she's looking? Maybe she needs an assistant for you? How horrible for your niece's son! I'll keep them in my thoughts

Went to WalMart yesterday after the lunch and saw this "non-oil" fryer. But what I've read about it is that it's more of a glorified toaster oven than anything else. I wasn't sure what they meant by "uses little to no oil" but it seems that you put a tiny bit of oil on top of the fries, etc. I was wondering how you cleaned the oil out. It was also stated that it's big for your countertop. Was I bummed to learn this! Anyone have experience with one?

janetr - loved your "raw food" diet!!!!! Thanks for telling us about Terri

Lisa - wonderful article! You've done so very much

Went to the ENT yesterday for my dimished hearing in my left ear. He wants me to go for an MRI of the inner ear just to be sure there isn't a reason there for my hearing loss. However, he feels that something happened when I fell when I had the seizure and this caused the hearing loss (slight).

Lenora - I'm with you, I don't care to make left turns. If there's a lot of traffic, I would rather go out of my way and make a right turn then turn around. If it isn't a busy street that I'm pulling out onto, I will make a left turn, but I do have to say that I make sure I have a clean get out. Hope your ankle is better. What a bummer. Let us know what happens.

We got the new breaker for the pool yesterday. When Vince looked on the Home Depot website, this one had the exact dimensions as the one we had. When we got it, it didn't have those dimensions. However, he's pretty sure he can use it. Only when he went to install it yesterday, it kept on drizzling on and off so we'll probably wait until today to install it. Plus, we're going to go to Aldi so we'll probably get another case of bleach.

Chris - HB to jake!

Sylia - so worried about you. Thanks for checking in. How devistating for those boys! Vince won't let me get Google calendar for the main reason that everything you put on there is out on the net. If you enter something like "going on vac", a hacker could see it and know that someone isn't home and it's safe to rob you. Sometimes he can be a real worry-wort. So glad there aren't any problems from the stroke. Hope your hip is better fast.

Larisa - best of luck

Becca - when Vince first retired he felt "out of place". He was constantly telling me how to cook, how to run the dishwasher (like I didn't know, I'd been doing that for 23 years!). Finally one day I just said to him "go downstairs, do me a favor and just go downstairs". I have a high tolerance for pain, Vince doesn't. So when they prescribed pain pills for me (I think it was about a tooth, this was a while ago) we filled the prescription but I don't think I took one, kept them for Vince to use.

Karen - good luck on your trip!!! You'll need it. I'm not jealous one bit...lol

Pat - yea for loose clothing!

Need to have Vince take me to the store to shop for a dress for the wedding. I have a fancy dress but it's black. Do you think that's appropritate to wear to a wedding in case I don't find one?

DJ - there is this place in Charlotte that sells paint that is supposed to be guaranteed for 25 years. They've only been in business 4 years. Now their ad does say that there's minimum of a $2500 job, but I called and they'd sell me a gllon of a few colors. Of course, it wouldn't come with the guarantee. Well, if it holds for 25 years, it's probably worth it. I keep telling Vince that we should go there and get it before they will no longer sell you a gallon.

Marcelyn - how gross!

barbie - thanks so much for sharing about Mary. So gad to hear things are looking up somewhat for her. So glad things went well at the dentist. Since you went to line dance class, I'm assuming you didn't get any novacane? Give Mary my love next time you email her, OK?

Becca - where we used to live there was a one-lane bridge. Not THAT was fun going over (not!)

Michele in NC
who only has 3 more rows to do on the beaded banner then starts the tapering

Terri, so good to hear from you. Take care, we miss your hugs.

Janetr okc

I've been reading on my cell phone recently, where I can't handle anything but very brief responses. Have to keep everything in my head, and you can guess how well that works :grumble: But I do recall a couple of the things I wanted to say.

GLo - You're more than welcome to come by and share the cool. There's plenty of it up here - at least for our purposes. Sadly not cool enough to form sea ice for the seals to have their pups on and for the polar bears to hunt on, or to keep the glaciers nice and thick. I hear what you're saying about the heat and humidity you have in the offing. Our annual summer visit to my parents in New Hampshire is coming up. I'm looking forward to seeing them and the rest of the family, but I could do without the 90+ temperatures and the humidity.

Becca - I was actually thinking about your husband's knees last week, hoping we would get to see him in a kilt again soon. Sorry he's had a boo-boo with one of them. Send him my best wishes for a quick recovery.
/Penny at the

TGIF for all your working people ... we used to go out as a group on Fridays after work and get hammered!

Sometimes those evenings turned into happy hour - dinner - hanging out at the bat - nightcap ... and a couple of my loves eventually revealed themselves to have an alcohol problem. Both were 'functioning' alcoholics ... until they had that first drink of the day. For one of them it started with his late lunch - about 3:30 PM, for the other it didn't start until Happy Hour. Sometimes, I feel that way about food. It's a thing I've noticed with myself and I've been playing around with restricticing the types of food I consume to see if it makes it easier. Of course, I'm a Diabetic so that complicates the whole matter.

I have noticed that it isn't so much the type of food I consume, but the quantity of it at one meal. Thus, I am now trying to internalize the pattern of cutting my meal portions into half of what I am accustomed to having. What I had was not an ove rabundance of food, it was right on calorie for the day wise, but I'd be looking for something else, something more, to eat withing 2 hours of the last meal ... and I thought it was the carb load wrecking havoc with my glucose levels ... but no, that's not what was going on based on the readings my glucometer provided. So now i am trying to control the cravings by eating less at one time.

So, ... if my total calories were right-on, why did it bother me to want to eat again so soon after the last meal? Well ... because food was then constantly on my mind and fantasies of foods I wouldn't normally eat a lot of, if any, would rise up that wore me down. Eventually it would lead to cosuming twice or 2-1/2 times the calories I usually had and would railroad my weight loss efforts.

Anyone else trying small meals ... but at least 4 hours apart? How's it working for you?
NY Niki