WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2016
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Congratulations Larissa on the job!! Way to go.
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Did Kathe Kaehler Basics DVD for an hour. The plan for tomorrow is to do Kathy Smith's Fat Burning DVD.
Becca - you sure are a great baker. To think something like that up! Question: I have a recipe for a fruit bar. I thought I'd be real smart and use only the all fruit spread. Only that wasn't thick enough. It did have good flavor, tho. Anyway, if I were to use jam that has added sugar. Is there some way I can make it thicker but not have all the sugar?
Cleaned for Mexican Train tonight. Vacuumed out the spa and the steps to the pool, vacuumed the house, got the Mexican Train things out, made these lasagna cups for Mexican Train. Vince bought a 8lb bag of ice at McD's, I took the train cake out of the freezer so there is room for the ice. Think I'll go in the pool for a bit now.
I'm back, took a shower, emptied the dishwasher, got Vince's clothes in the wash
Lisa - I totally agree with you. A while ago I knew something was wrong, I didn't know what. How I insisted that I have a bone density scan! Honestly, I think the MD ordered it mainly to shut me up. Was she ever surprised that it came back that I had osteoporosis! She kept saying over and over "we don't recommend that (BDS) for women who haven't gone thru menopause". But I just knew the way my ankle gave out that something wasn't right. So I totally agree with you. So glad you're feeling better
diane - welcome! Scooter is so cute!
Heather - swimming makes me starving, too. I don't know what it is. When I take the deep water aerobics class, I can usually drink 54oz of water. Then I have to come into the locker room and have a piece of fruit, I can't even wait to get to the vending machine -- which is a good thing
Lenora - we haven't seen the snake in 2 days so hopefully it's gone on to other pastures
Becca - in the Navy, does your son get a college education or credit for a degree? I'm surprised that large ladies in a nudist colony had self esteem issues. I remember when I took a belly dancing class. Some of the ladies were BIG but they didn't seem to have any problem at all.
Linda - if that snake was in the house, I would be out of the house --- and fast!
Had Mexican Train here tonight. I realized after everyone got here that the gal who usually has it didn't give me the rotation cards. I tell you, I know that she's somewhat of a control freak. She's probably really upset that she can't host, she always wants to at her house. I remember once a few years ago she had to go to a wedding and people wanted to play so I said that we could play at my house. She didn't like that one bit. This time she just said last month "no Mexican Train for the next two months" instead of "I can't be here the next two months, can someone else host?". Last time I hosted I found out that people keep their dominoe sets at her house. This time she only gave me exactly what I asked for. I totally forgot the cards and she didn't give them to me. If it had been me, I probably would have said something like "thanks so much for hosting, here's the supplies. Let me know if there's anything else you need" But she isn't going to do that, and I know it. Fortunately, another gal plays bridge and she was able to run off the computer the rotation. Actually, I prefer the way she did it, you put your score on the paper instead of on this pad. To me, it was much better.
The gal who ran the rotation cards off for me is someone who likes to be in charge, that's just her thing. She's a real nice gal. It was interesting, she gathered all the papers and divided the money. That's just her thing so I let her do it.
You know, the only dessert we had was the cake I made and then I had some mint M&M's in the pantry that I wanted to use up. I'm going to give the one guy at ceramics some of the cake, some of the lasagna cups that were left over and the rest of the M&M's (to be honest, I really don't want them in the house). This guy and his wife usually come to Mexican Train. She has trouble big time getting around. She needs a knee replacement but she's VERY overweight and she had a heart attack so they won't operate for at least a year. They're really nice people. She's very overweight yet whenever she's invited someplace, she ALWAYS brings a dessert. Every time at Mexican Train she brings a dessert. Really, the only time I've ever was when I brought a pie because it was her husband's birthday and then something for Vince's birthday.
barbie - Bernie is so sweet. What a lovely pic of the lavender!
Tomorrow is the general meeting for the Newcomers, then probably home. In the evening is ceramics. I'm thinking that I'd like to stop at Lowe's foods on the way home and get the items on sale.
Michele in NC
Answer to the 1st question: I would put the jam in a small pot, to warm, then take a container with cold water, and about 3 T of corn starch mixed up. Add the corn starch to the jam mixture until you get it the consistency that you want.
Answer to the 2nd question: Well the Navy does have online classes you can take as you are in the military. Then after you get out the military will pay for college, (at least most of it I am told). Also like my middle son with a aviation electricians rate in the Navy, how many hrs served counts toward the civilian Electricians field. So you can get out and not be low on the pole as an apprentice, but as a layman.
I was one of those large ladies that looked at the Nudist world as liberating. I made sense there, even as a large lady. Some ladies were still so hung up about their weight, and did a lot of comparing themselves with others that weren't as big as them. I do know (because I listened in on a couple of guys talking in the pool) that most men like women a bit on the plump side. I know this because they were talking and a lady walked by that had lost some weight. They all mentioned that she looked better before. They were talking really low, and she didn't hear, or anything. Surprised the heck out of me. Another gentleman told me, (when my husband wasn't around) that he liked my belly. I was like WHAT??!! Crazily, he had a really slim wife, and maybe I was like forbidden fruit kind of thing. I had never had another guy say he liked my belly. *long sigh* See no boundaries...
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I've been on again off again for two years. But this year, this summer, is about me. My short term goal is just to be honest and logon every day. I know if I don't I will stop exercising and watching what I eat. My longer term goals are to stick with the water aerobics course I started this week and to really clean up/clear out my life. My kids have moved out and I am going to take all their stuff to them. I'm also weeding out clothes I hang onto for ridiculous reasons-I mean some of them are now vintage, they're so old. It's just time to declutter physically, mentally and emotionally. Wish me luck.
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Welcome back, Mary!
I'm at a conference Tue-Thurs and am missing my weight training. I did a 5-k at the conference this morning and came in 85 out of 88 runners. I walked most of it. I could not walk as fast as the other walkers. I was in last place a good portion of the way. The thing that saved me was that the last stretch was a really steep hill. I was able to pull past 4 people on the hill. Then when we got to the home stretch, one of them got a burst of energy and jogged past me. I considered it a victory since I was able to complete the whole race without limping and no knee pain. A week ago I couldn't even do my regular walk for the pain. My time was 49:15.
I have been reading but not commenting. Between my sister being in town last week and this conference this week, I'm a little overwhelmed.
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Alison: A $100 gift should be just fine. :flowerforyou:
Irish Terri: You have a very good point. Being healthy is the right goal for all of us. :bigsmile:
Larissa: Congratulations on a great new job!
Becca: IMHO, good health is beautiful whether it is sleek or generous. My mom was always just a bit over weight and I always thought she was the prettiest mom in the whole family. She didn't see herself as pretty though. Sadly, she smoked herself into severe emphysema and that wasn't so pretty. It was a terrible way to die.
My pup had his annual checkup at the vet's today and passed with glowing compliments on his weight, condition, and attitude. He is nine and I hope to have him for quite a few more years.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
Tibetan proverb: "The secret to living well and long is: Eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure..."
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
June Resolutions :
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
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Did Kathe Smith's Fat Burning DVD today. Tomorrow's plan is to do Transform your Body with Brooke Shields DVD
Kim - I'd never heard that about the spools being different, but it makes complete sense. Don't you just hate it when manufacturers make changes?
I just realized that we can't work on the weeds tomorrow (I can) because Vince has a dentist appt. By the time he gets back, I'll probably be ready to quit. Well....depending on when he gets back. His appt is for 11:15, so I'm guessing around 12:30. I was only planning to work until 3, then take a shower (I know that I'll be sweating). We both can work until 3 on Friday, so that'll be a help. Update: it's supposed to be in the 90's Friday and Vince has already told me that he doesn't want to work outside in that heat.
We didn't see the snake yesterday. Yesssss! Or today
Mary - how wonderful to have you back. Take it easy, we don't want to lose you again. I know that you'll be building yourself back up and knowing you, you'll be back to full speed in no time at all.
tjsfriend - welcome! There are lots of retired teachers here.
Karin in VA- you can use fruit leather in fruit bars? I didn't know that at all. The fruit leather will melt in the heat? What a great suggestion! Truthfully, I'll probably wind up just buying the fruit leather. I know Aldi carries (or at least used to carry, I haven't seen it in a while, hope it come back because I'm getting low) this kind of fruit leather that is all fruit. I think I'll try that. Why do you consider yourself a newby? We don't. Before you know it, you'll be meeting people from this thread in person. Mary is the queen (I think) of lifting heavy weights. She'll be back to her heaviest in no time at all.
janetr - that's wonderful that you can help your neighbor while also helping yourself.
Went to the funeral of the Newcomer member who had ALS and passed away. Then went to dinner with some of the other members so didn't get to ceramics. Oh well.....
Lenora - the whole area where Vince thinks that snake was living hasn't been cut down yet. Tomorrow he has a dentist appt so while he's at it I'll probably go in the pool a bit. Then when he comes home hopefully, we'll get some more of the weeds cut down. It just goes so much faster when two people do it. I had to cut the weeds, stop, pick the weeds up and move them to the side. This was if he can cut I can pick up as he's cutting and there won't be any stopping.
Carey - there is this website that I get some of the DVD's from. But the problem is that they changed to where you have to be a "friend" of someone and at the time I joined Vince was having the heart problems so I didn't even have time to "friend" anyone. One gal came down on me real hard that I didn't do this. So I just am able to get a few from there. I have some of the others. Kickboxing just isn't my thing. Probably part of it is that I have such tight hamstrings and can't get my leg up that high.
tshirtartist - what a cute pic!
katla - how I wish there were yoga classes at the Y. They discontinued them. I did a yoga DVD the other day and realized just how much I'd lost in flexibility, etc.
NYKaren - (((big hug)))
Debbie in TX - I hope you didn't get hurt in the fall
Heather - I'm so happy for your son
Larisa - I know you'll do fantastic at the new job. WTG!!!
I got the bisq seaturtle that we got in VA out and I'll probably take that to ceramics on Monday. I'll glaze the inside and then probably work some more on the wolf before I have to leave for mahjongg
Michele in NC
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stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 10.50min, 14.3amph, 127mhr, 2.5mi = 85c
SPIN- 45min, 98ar, 61aw, 8g, 125ahr, 156mhr, 10mi = 321c
ride gym 2 wk, via yakima loop- 1hr 28sec, 11.8amph, 125ahr, 150mhr, 11.9mi = 482c
outside riding round parking lot- 15.07min, 10amph, 106mhr, 2.5mi = 81c
ride dome 2 hm- 19.34min, 7.9amph, 148mhr, 2.5mi = 173c
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thanks janetr you should be surprised, i am1
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11th in the state, 2nd place female still (miles ridden)6
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Pip: You are amazing! :bigsmile:3
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Michele in NC Thanks for the reassurance, but you have to admit this is a slightly intimidating group to join...it reminds me of my mom's "sewing circle" (a euphemism - very little sewing was done, but apparently it sounded more acceptable to the husbands). They met every month for over 50 years, and newbys were always welcome, but there was this core group of about 10 women who had all of this rich history together...it was pretty amazing...I just have a lot of respect for the dynamic you have going.
Concerning the fruit leather, yes you can use the fruit leather in fruit bars but you may have the opposite problem (it may be too "thick" - actually too dry, depending on the recipe), but can be partially rehydrated by dipping into water or can be plumped up with a little applesauce under or over the leather layer. I like it because it has an intense fruit flavor without added sugar. The reason I make my own is because I can control how dry it gets (depending on what I am using it for) and because I can make any flavor I want, no preservatives, organic if I am feeling picky - blueberry, raspberry, strawberry, kiwi, applesauce, peach, plum...yum...yum.
And this summer, if I can keep the birds away, there will be figs! Dancing a little jig...
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Stats for today:
23,000 steps
217 minutes of dog walking
line dance class
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Evening Ladies,
Go, Pip, go.
Heather, so happy for your DS also.
Becca, I don’t think you were whining at all. OMG I’m so thankful it’s something so easily taken care of. ((((Hugs)))) to both of you. I know this had to scare you half out of your mind. “And all shall be well”!
KathyH, welcome. This is a great place for support and information. If you come every day you will feel like you are at home with good friends. It sounds like you have lots of varied interests so you should never be at a loss for things to share. Please sign each post with your name and a location, general or specific.
Debbie, congrats on the weight loss. Wow I thought it was terrible when my DD moved all the way across the country but yours is making a serious move. Good for you on handling it well. That is definitely more healthy for us than getting upset about it.
Katla, I hope you find the clothes you are looking for. I needed some tops to wear out and about. Not dressy but nicer than a t-shirt. I went to Belk’s and hit their sale of buy one get two free. The price was higher than I would have paid for one but getting three was a deal. Now I feel set for the summer.
Lgilchrist, first of all, do you have a name we can call you? On needing more protein, do you like meat? I happen to love it so that’s easy for me. I eat lots of chicken. I often have some (usually boiled) on a salad for lunch. I do eat red meat also but not as often because of the calories. I have roasted veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, asparagus) with my meat for dinner. Don’t get discouraged, just take baby steps to get where you want. Add or delete one thing at a time and you’ll eventually get there.
VickiNE, sending prayers your way. Sorry the report was positive but at least you know and can do something about it.
Jane, what a beautiful baby on your profile picture!!!
Niki, sending prayers and good thoughts for your nephew. I am the same way with size; a 14 in pants but still a large in tops and sometimes an XL. And I was never big up top. Good for you on the 14 pants and on your job.
Becca, some of your concoctions are absolutely ingenious. I’m impressed.
Lisa, so glad you got things worked out with your system. I think it’s so important to know our own bodies and am often surprised at how many people don’t. (((Hugs)))
Pip is random just in case any of you didn’t know.
Heather, so glad you are enjoying the cruise.
Kim, glad you were able to get the embroidery machines adjusted. I can’t even adjust the bobbin on a simple sewing machine.
Mary, Mary, Mary, so happy to see you here!!! I’m so excited that you are feeling so well and we are thrilled to have you back but don’t overdo if the computer isn’t good for you. (((((((Hugs)))))))
Joyce, I’m glad Charlie will get checked out tomorrow. I hope there aren’t any problems.
Tjsfriend, welcome. Please tell us a little more about yourself to help us get to know you. Also please sign each post with the name you want to be called and a location, general or specific.
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.
I have been so busy that I got behind and I can’t seem to catch up. The faster I read, the faster ya’ll post. I love it!!! I’ll get there one of these days but heading for bed now. Tomorrow DH and I are going to the beach. It has been such wonderful weather the past two days with blue skies and low humidity. My kind of weather. I’m sending good thoughts for all of you and wishing each of you a happy and healthy day.
Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
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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
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Michele. Thanks for the concern. No damage. Just really hard to get up.
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DJ (Janet #1) - can I go?? Can I, huh, huh?
You probably won't see this until you are back from the beach (:
Janetr (#2) OKC1 -
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Mary: Cheering along with the others. So happy you are better and back with us.
Larisa: Congrats. I may be in your area towards the end of June. Let me know if you'd like to meet up.
Barbie: I also have an appointment in Chimacum. Is that near you? Love the photo of Bernie
Heather and Penny: Learning so much from you both. Crossing my fingers for spectacular weather and ideal birdwatching.
I'm having a week where it seems like everything is breaking. Had an unexpected plumbing repair in the Hawaii condo and a big fix on our car. Tomorrow Mars the cat has his physical, and I sure hope we don't have any surprises there! Like you, Katla, I really hope to have this furbaby around for many years. He is DH's best friend.
Past my bedtime...signing off.
Stay well, friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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Hi gals,
Mary – so glad to see you, wow has shep grown!
Janetr – not really smell it but taste it -
Heather – what a drag that your island stop had to be cancelled.
Katla – I too love my yoga and think as a beginner you need an instructor – maybe after a year or two I could do some of it at home…
NYKaren – great job! You did exactly right, and I think it was perfect that you told them you get your support away from the office. You are not beholden to them for help… excellent to keep as much as possible these things separate.
Lisa – you sound like the gi upset is history – that is good. And getting a DH fix might be a good idea.
Debbie – take it slow! Getting hurt will make the trip to health even longer!
Alison – NO Tom should not give you any flack or you can just start charging him for the maid jobs $25 for each load of laundry, $20 per meal…. But as for $100 being enough for a wedding gift, that is more than I could afford, and I really think it is the thought and a carefully chosen item, not the $$ value.
Larissa – excellent choice and priorities!!!!
Katiebug – I was just wondering what was up with you… congrats on walking with no pain – the contest should be against yourself – and you came in first!!!!!
Michele – the changes that are made in thread or even in food is enough to drive you nuts!
Pip – you are a champ! The miles you are riding is impressive!
Karen – you are not that new…. I really think when a newbie starts being a regular poster they stop being a newbie as we get to know you.
Working on some “emergency” projects from folks who did not plan for graduation gifts… but a rush charge is always nice extra $$ .
June Goals
1 fun thing a week, graduation, visiting with vickie
Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday
Smiles.
Kim from N. California
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Thx godmomkim ;0)0
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Hi all. Ive been on MFP since before christmas and I am so happy that I have finally found something that works for me. This community is awesome.
A little background on me. I was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver last August and pre-diabetes. I was told if I didn't lose weight and change my life style I would be looking at a transplant in my near future. That was unacceptable to me. I have a husband that I love, a son who Im not ready to leave yet and a grandaughter who is every thing to me. I am only 54 and even tho I was acting and feeling like I was 80, I wanted to fight this with everything I had. I started at 272 and am now down to 185. Was wearing size 24 jeans now I wear 14. Better yet my liver enzymes are normal and my a1c is now a normal 5.4. I have taken up running, yoga and am starting kickboxing next week. I have never been this active in my whole life. I feel fantastic. I walked bloomsday in may which is a 12k, did a 5k the following weekend, have one more coming up in august and went ziplining. I couldnt do that last summer because I was over their weight limit. My life has changed soooo much over the last 9 months and I have to say that the best thing Ive ever done is join MFP. The support and acceptance that I have found here was the difference between succeeding and failing for me. Id like to think that maybe I could have done this by my self, but lets be honest....I couldnt do it before I found MFP. I like reading everyone elses stories and I cheer inside when someone has a good day, or achieved a goal. Its begining to feel like family and reading this thread with old friends and new seems so comforting and comfortable. Its a pleasure to meet you all and I hope to get to know you all better.
Paulina, Addy Washington6 -
I woke up early, so I'm having a chat with you lovely people. Slept fine. I think I'm going to schedule our morning tea for a bit earlier tomorrow. Want to watch the scenery as we approach Svalbard and Longyearbyen. And Penny. :bigsmile:
I'm going to swim first thing after breakfast. That way I don't have to take my make up off again. The showers down there are good, so I wash my hair at the same time. I'm a "proper"swimmer, with swim cap and goggles and put my head under water, but my hair does get wet. It's about 4 strokes across the pool. :laugh:
Hope to do a bit of deck walking as well.
I'm eating great on the cruise, but wine bumps up the calories and yesterday, because of the swell, I did no extra exercise, apart from going up and down the stairs and going to different rooms. I could just about have done chair, or floor exercises, but it was hard to stay upright.
Every public room has a hand sanitiser which squirts out foam when you put your hand inside. This is to minimise Norovirus outbreaks. The foam hasn't irritated my skin at all, so I use it at every opportunity. It's much better than ones I have used before. When you come back on the boat it's the same.
I will be getting washed for breakfast in a minute. DH still asleep. Irish Terry - it's Phil Vickery from This Morning as the celebrity chef today. Talking about all sorts of things, including gluten free and maybe demo-ing. Got to get swum an hair dried before that.
Love to all. Heather, motoring hard towards Penny at the Pole.5 -
Larisa: Congrats on the new job!
Pip: Way to go!
Michele: I'm not into kick boxing either. Apparently my hamstrings are really tight as well. It turns out that I have a severe hamstring strain and possibly multiple tears. I was in so much pain today that I got an appointment with a physiotherapist. Who'd have thought that bending over planting seeds could cause this much damage! Here I thought I'd be good since I'm now getting in 10,000 steps a day. Not so.
..apparently according to internet research walking does not stretch or strengthen hamstrings.
Welcome to all the newbies.
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Well after several tries I am finally at the point where I can post. Can I remember all I read???????? Well I know that Mary is still with us, Heather is closer to Penny, Lisa is feeling much better and wants to snuggle with her hubby, Larisa accepted a GREAT job, some one had to talk to high uppers about a personnel problem and came out shining, you all are talking about fruit leather and i have no idea what in the world you are talking about!
I just know I have been busy. Hey ladies, I don't get busy the kind of 'get busy' some of you do. But I have been busy. I finally got to talk to my sister and Christina. I have tried to call both of them since Charlie came home form the hospital and haven't been able to get them. I don't know why young people, and my daughter is close to 40 so she is close to the age of some of you so I hope you aren't this way, feel the only way of communication is by text, facebook message or face book. I want to hear my loved ones voices. I want to hear the emotions and not just see an emoticon. A year ago I didn't even know that term. Now even my husband does. I think it was on Wheel of fortune one night and he just looked at me and said 'what!'. my oldest grandaughter, 14 going on 24 has discovered the wonderfulness of her cleavage!!!! Bless her heart, she is a full A, should be going into a B pretty soon and I think she is no bigger than a 32 but she now has cleavage. Christina has been invited to a wedding and is not a wedding person because that means you have to wear something other than jeans and UK sweatshirt. So little Ellie, all of her 9 year old social self is going with her Daddy and will get all dressed up. I am sure she will want to wear her tiara! Who here wears one all the time???? have I gone crazy, who is it.
OK, Charlie's appointment. He had this real hard area at the top of his abdominal incision. So after nurse took out staples, and doctor felt around said hard area, he took the blunt end of Q-tip and gently put it in the top and out poured a bunch of stuff that didn't need to be in there. So now I am packing this area 3 times a day. It hurts to know that you are doing something that physically hurts a loved one. But I love doing something that is so elemental in my old surgical nursing care. Well that and helping him put on a new ileostomy bag. I mean, who would have thought that Charlie and Joyce would be doing the amount of hugging, kissing and telling each other they love each other just because he now has this ileostomy that requires me to use a lot of tender loving and totally unconditional care of him. Why would I want some other person to come into my home when I know I am doing that to help him. And I am getting the love from him all through it. But the poor cat. Her world is so messed up. Charlie isn't sitting on his love seat with her right beside him to get belly rubs. The love seat isn't stationed at an L with the couch so she can sit on the big armrests of both and touch both of us at the same time. He is sitting in the recliner that belongs in the man cave and the love seat is in the wrong place. Everytime she tries to get on his lap, we have to gently take her off. I wonder if that is why her immune system is wacky right now and she is sneezing so much. I try to just put her on the arm rest of his recliner but that's not her spot. So he jsut reaches down and pets her head when she wants so much more.
Also went to choir practice and it was so wonderful to be up in that choir loft and singing with that small choir making beautiful music.
OOPS, I think the ground sirloin is still sitting out to thaw that is going to make a meatloaf tomorrow. Gotta go
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Hi everyone. I'm looking for supportive friends and I'm over 50. This looks like a place that might fit the bill for me4
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Joyce - When I read your description of how you are helping Charlie now and how he is reacting, I was tearing up. I'm so glad to hear that he has found yet another way to show he loves you, in addition to singing "your" song at karaoke. But the poor bewildered cat!
The ship that broke down north of Svalbard last week and had to be towed to safety is still docked at the coal pier. It was scheduled to depart with another set of passengers yesterday. It's a pity for the people who missed out on a lot of their cruise last week, but those who were supposed to embark yesterday may get essentially the trip they booked, because a sister ship to the crippled one arrived in port this morning.
I went to choir practice last night and had a great time! This is a between year. We can only afford to do major productions every other year, and we did Fauré's requiem in February. So now we're learning a whole slew of songs from northern Norway. We'll build up a repertoire and have a themed concert sometime in the spring. Yesterday's new song was a stoic and evocative one called "Waiting for a boat" about watching the evening close in over an empty boat slip - empty of both boat and husband. In northern Norway, many women my age can tell of fathers, brothers and classmates lost at sea. It was a hard life!
In a week or two, when the school year ends, our numbers will plummet - both in the choir and in the town as a whole. Even though the summer up here is magical, many families to go to the mainland. Maybe parents feel obliged to make sure their children know certain facts of life: what trees are, that flowers can grow to be quite tall, and that you are actually allowed to pick them! Our strict environmental protection laws prohibit anything that might disturb plants or animals. The other day I heard a big sister scolding her little brother severely because he had picked a single blossom. :flowerforyou:
NYKaren - Good for you for making it through the investigation. Even though I can clearly see the need to answer the question and nothing else, I would have to pinch myself the whole time not to elaborate - especially if I got prompted to say more.
Allie - My guess is Tom will give you flak regardless. Just ignore him. He has no right to complain about how you spend your money, but he has no right to complain about all the other things he complains about either. Does that ever stop him?? :grumble:
Larisa - YAY for a new high-powered job!
I must confess I don't have a formal gratitude list (maybe I should!) but if I did, it would include several of the things that have been mentioned in this thread recently. Or, to be more precise, their absence from my life. I have:
No snakes
No difficult co-workers
No 90+ temperatures
No aches and pains
Okay, I'm not allowed to pick flowers, but I'll do that when I get to the mainland and in New Hampshire later on this summer.
My current bummer is that my North Pole gifs have stopped working. I'll just have to sign off with ordinary words.
/Penny at the North Pole1 -
I'm over 50 and need to lose 80 pounds.I need faith in myself that I can do this and need all the support I can get. I would love to join your group.3
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joyce it is so wonderful that DH is healing and he can accept your loving care, how beautiful
Penny heather have fun together I sense a "conference" post and great pics coming this way
Amidst all of my work drama I forgot to mention a silver lining..I have been working with a 17 year old high school student who is headed to college to become a teacher. She has been my intern these past 4 weeks helping out. To work with this hardworking, focused young kid with great initiative and who DOESNT HAVE HER PHONE IN HER HAND EVER!!! gives me great joy. Friday will be her last day but I will be attending her graduation as an invited guest, how lovely!
Have a great day everyone. NYKAREN3
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