WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2016

Home from a good service a church. The song we sang in choir was 'Come down Lord'. Such a lovely and meaningful song for us today.

Lisa, where is a living room in your apartment. Looks like you are making it a home away from home but you needs a nice cough with somewhere to put your feet up and relax and not to be in bed.

Thanks Penny for giving me a double hug even though one wasn't for me!

I think all my extra water weight is over and I now am left with the ugly realization that the rest of all that weight I have to own until I do something about it.

Joyce, Indiana where the weather is BEAUTUFUL

jmkmomm- that thing that we are using to cook on is something we got a a guys garage sale in the area, pretty cool huh!

anniespruce - that pic of me hugging rocky, that was the first and last fun run that i did with him. he was slowing down and it was a 5k run on the beach. about 1/2 way thru (3.1miles) he was slowing down, and i just kept egging him on, "come on, just a little bit more, come on" we were running but slowly. not everyone ran with their dog and i definitely didn't think we would get anything but we won 1st place in my age group! that was the first year that i had done that run i was soon happy for him! i didn't run him anymore after that but i was so proud of him, i cry every time i think about us doing that. i have run it every year after that. i have always gotten 1st place in my age group since then and i said the first year someone beats me, then i will do the 10k run. last year i got 2nd place so this year i'll be doing the 10k

Crazy busy day at work today. Apparently it is a full moon tonight and there were lots of nutballs and overdoses today. I am sure there will be more tonight and the aftermath tomorrow!!

Sorry if anyone if feeling offended! I do not think the writer was calling anyone here a name...just describing her day at work. If I am not welcome to come here because I do not see this as offensive, I will gladly not write again.

Carol

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Hi ladies, I am new here. Just joined 4 days ago! Still learning all the wheres and whats to everything, but, I am hyped! I'm 58 years old, disabled. I use to be a nurse and ended up with some health issues and injuries. I started my new lifestyle on January 1, 2016 and feeling so much better and stronger. I have only lost like 8 pounds though. I go to the doctor every month so he can keep me accountable and monitor my medications. I am now a Type II diabetic, due to long term steroid use, but, I am off the Prednisone and working on getting off this insulin!! I joined the rec center near me, and joined a, Tuff Stuff aquatics class, which, is changing my life! I have just recently increased my water activity to 6 days a week/1 hour a day/continuous and vigorous water exercises and laps. Now that I have found fitness pal, it's so much easier for me to monitor my food intake and such. I really look forward to getting to know y'all!! Sorry if I carried on a bit much, lol

Karen from NY

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Janetr okc~ Oh I can SO be your little sister Janetr!!!!! ((((hugs))))

Becca
Oregon

Just sharing a view of one of our local apple orchards in full blossom!
Betty ROC

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

Good Evening Ladies,

Barbie, my heart goes out to Jake with his back problems. (Been there, done that) Which vertebrae do they want to fuse? I had S1, L4 &5 fused. I hope it is in his upper spine because that was the most painful recuperation you can imagine. My quality of life has definitely improved but to be honest, I don’t know if I would go through it at this age. Just don’t tell him what I said if it’s lower spine, because sometimes ignorance is bliss. Sending good thoughts and healing prayers.

Katla, so glad you are getting to enjoy your riding lessons and how wonderful when you get in extra time.

Pip. OMG, Yogi was the cutest puppy!!!! All puppies are cute but there is nothing cuter than a lab pup.

Joyce, I know you are anxious about the surgery and wish we could be there with you. Please remember that you have all of these real live friends thinking about you both and wishing you well. So sorry the girls are going to disappoint you again.

Lisa, the apartment is looking good. You have sure made progress.

Heather, that is terrible that the gift certificate didn’t work. Sometimes things just aren’t as easy as they should be. I hope you enjoyed your DB and DSIL.

Lillian, so glad you are getting some rain!

Allie, who gave you hugs and kisses? Tom? See you need to get away more often. Just think if you let him fiend for himself on meals. Lol

Tamyena, welcome. You didn’t carry on too much at all. We love to learn about our new friends. Please sign each post with the name you want to be called and a location, general or specific. You came in on an unusual day because the group of ladies rarely disagrees on anything. Please come often.

CarolGA, I totally agree with you and I don’t plan to go anywhere! I think it’s fine to voice an opinion if someone says something that offends us but I feel like this discussion has gotten a little out of hand. The poster didn’t call anyone a name or direct a comment towards anyone. I think the point has been made.

Betty, beautiful apple orchards. Look like some dandelions in full bloom too.

Today my line dance class had our Spring Fling (party). We all bring food, have music and dance and socialize. It was fun but my hips started bothering me so I didn’t dance too much. I’m looking forward to meeting with the trainer at the gym in the morning. We had just a slight touch of rain the past few days and otherwise beautiful weather.

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

Whoo Hoo ... just found out that the 3 of us and our spouses/significant others are going to get together again this Fall ... can't wait. We have so much fun when we do. We'll have a busy summer and fall. Going to sit back and enjoy every minute of it.

Pip: I understand, that is a great memory. Having a buddy like that is something so special. I had a hiking buddy, Gracie, that I miss everyday. We would take off and go for hours. I figured Gracie went about 4 times further than I did since she would be off in a pasture, racing around hoping for a rabbit, back to check on me, and off again. Never caught one either. She's buried in my garden under some roses. When she died I said that Gracie had such an impact on all of us that it was like the end of an era, the Gracie era. I'm never going to have another dog like Gracie. Now our only dog is a chihuahua, Maggie. I joke that Maggie isn't a REAL dog, just to get a response from the kids. I think she maybe came from that pit in Arizona (the asteroid one). At thanksgiving, which the kids cooked last year, when they opened the oven to check the turkey for the last time, Maggie had had enough. She cried out loud standing and watching them. She was letting them know she just had to have some and right now. All day long, every time they opened the oven, she danced. I know she was thinking "This is it!" until she just couldn't take it anymore.
Congratulations on your runs! Very impressive! When is the 10k run? I can't even imagine that! I think you might be blessed in a special way. I used to jog a little, about 2 miles, sometimes, but nothing like you do.
(shhhh....I secretly love Maggie and she loves me and she sneaks up to my room and we share snacks sometimes, which is a no-no).

annie from wy

I can't imagine running at all. Last night we were watching a Hallmark movie I had on the DVR and at this one point the couple had gotten a phone call and they had to rush to the hospital. They were smooching on the football field. So it showed them racing down this football field. Charlie and I just looked at each other like when was the last time we could do that. Heck, I can't even write anymore. The sermon today was on a passage of scripture that a previous pastor had used. I always take notes in my Bible. At that time I was writing cursive. now I print and after a few sentences the printing is bad. The only thing I write is my signature.

When our girls were little we had gerbles and all other sorts of little creatures. This was back in the days when McDonalds sandwiches were in styrafoam containers. So anytime a little creature died, I had to mummify it in paper towels and we had this one space that we had this little cemetary. I would hate to think what it looks like now if anyone would dig that place up. But to your children it is a terrible loss and it needs to be taken care of. I think there were also some dead fish in there. I wish we had a special burial for that one special dog we had, Buddy a sheltie. But I had thought I had asked the vet to do an autopsy on him but the vet didn't get it that we wanted it so it was never done and he was just put with all the other animals that they put down. But he will never be forgotten.

Do you guys remember a couple of Sundays ago when I had a Sunday school lesson and it was on forgiveness and it bothered me so much that I had not forgiven my sister in law during and after my MIL died? Well I thought that his siblings needed to know that their brother was having major surgery so I put a note on face book to them. I set the privacy up to where it was them only. This sister responded and wanted to know what time and where. So I shall see where it goes.

As far as this weekend goes, my oldest daughter is trying to get off her duties at church. She asked me if I needed the whole family to come or just her. She knows how much it means to me to get my Ellie hugs in. This 9 year old is just the most loving thing and so free with her hugs and just bringing me something as simple as taking a block of wood with a heart on it.But I also know how hard it is for children to be visitors. Christina has not told them what kind of surgery he is having and it might be a bit shocking to them with all the tubes and drains. The 14 year old is old enough to understand but why not keep her innocence a little while longer. Now I am speaking as a nurse and a person who loved everything regarding the human body when I was a kid. I think I did an autopsy on every dead animal I could find or the neighbor kids would bring to me. So it would be interesting for her as summer project to look up ulcerative colitis, medical and surgical treatment. Kids have their electronic stuff to much especially summer. And Michelle will stay with us and be there when her Dad goes into surgery. Her room mate/coworker rides to work with her since someone totaled his car. So she would be leaving for work around that time and knowing her she will be texting real often. I hope Christina can get here Friday evening and stay through Sunday afternoon. I joked with Charlie that the first thing I do when I get home friday night is to open the drapes in his bedroom and open his bathroom blinds. He said in just the way he can, leave my room alone. I want sunshine, he likes the living room curtain open.

Joyce, Indiana