WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2016

Anne - Vent all you like. (Hugs) :flowerforyou:

Penny - thanks for the pics. I will always have your home deep in my heart, DH saw one blue whale, but the Orca team on board have had over 20 sightings of blue whales. What a job they do, out in the cold all day. They are passionate about their work.Every day they post their sightings . My favourites are the white beaked dolphins that follow the bow wave.

Tonight we had another dancing session. The resident pianist is very good and can play almost anything. Only a few of us get up for this late night dancing, but the gentlemen hosts are there, shepherding old ladies round the floor. I must say that in freestyle DH is a lot better than the gentlemen hosts. We danced past midnight.

Tromso tomorrow.
Love to all, Heather xxxxxxxxxx

Anne from Wisconsin. I am with you. I have family members that are gay, including (probably) my eight year old grandson. It breaks my heart that people hate! My mother's cousin was gay, had a long term "friend" but they could never show affection in public or live together way back then. I hope things are improving for the small minority that are born this way, into ALL cultures, and then things like that shake my hope for tolerance. I fear for my grandson - it seems that males are even more bullied than women. Although all are. All we can do is try to educate the misinformed, hope that religions stop preaching intolerance, and support those who are gay.

Heather, you posting of your gentlemen hosts reminds me of the one cruise we took. There was this little old lady, sounds funny to say that now, that was always dressed to the T's. She had the best seats and the BEST looking young man with her. He treated her like she was the most precious jewel. I finally asked a staff member and they said she was a very frequent cruiser. She hires through a gentlemen escort service, no not that kind, but these hunks that don't have much money work for this service nd escort little old ladies on cruises and other vacations and treat them like they are the queen. It becomes a lucrative career for them and they travel the world and meet rich old ladies. I am sure some of them make their way into women's wills.

We finally got out to eat tonight, went to Cracker Barrell. It was noisy enough in there that if he had passed some gas and other stuff, no one would have heard it.

JOyce, Indiana

Joyce, Indiana - … but, the smell might have had to been blamed on somebody’s turnips.

Having a family member who is gay and having had a gay couple as friends while at art school; I just cannot understand the pure evil of others who are not tolerate of something that, more likely than not, they’re born to be. Not enough known about it; but, it is not necessarily something you’re born with nor is it the environment you grow up it. … It is just; well, it is what it is; and, why do we have to feel like it is necessary to judge them (or anybody). The unnecessary death of “The Voice’s” Christine Grimmy (sp?) is also something that was totally stupid beyond belief. Also in Orlando, FL
Makes you wonder if you want to go out to anyplace ‘in public’. But, to NOT do so means that the ‘enemy’ wins.

Lenora

janetr7476 wrote: »

CJ wrote "Total- 21.4 miles. Not much by most of your standards, but a start." Not MUCH, oh my, by whose standards??? I think it's absolutely GINORMOUS I'm impressed.

But at the end you wrote "Now, please find your largest hammer and pound this into my brain. I do not want to let you down." I understand your thinking here, but sweet lady you need to put yourself first and above all not let yourself down. (((Hugs)))

Janetr OKC

Janet, you are too sweet. CJ

stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 9.55min, 15.5amph, 143mhr, 2.5mi = 88c
SPIN- 40min, 93ar, 53aw, 6-10g, 152mhr, 8.2mi = 312c
ride gym 2 wk, via yakima loop- 56.56min, 12amph, 142mhr, 11.4mi = 472c
ride round parking lot 14mph winds!- 8.55min, 9.9amph 118mhr, 1.4mi = 50c
ride dome 2 hm 14mph winds!- 19.47minm 7.8amph, 147mhr, 2.5mi = 185c
total cal 1107 FRICKEN WINDY!!!!!!!!!!

Evening folks. Another lovely day in the Caribbean. Four dives today which really burns the calories. I eat like a horse when diving like this. Lol. Just can't keep eating like this after I get home.

Marcelyn in the Honduras.

JANETR YUP

godmomkim - yeah, we all know thats not gonna happen ;0/

bwcetc wrote: »

Photo of my son and his prom date. I do not like his beard ... And complained nonstop about it ... He shaved it off AFTER the prom ... Smh.

Beth near Buffalo

So nice when the kids get all gussied up. They look soooo sophisticated. It was a shame that the drama ruined it for him.
CJ

Stupid NBA games. The Bachelorette wasn't on tonight. Yes, I'm a Bachelorette and Bachelor fan (don't judge me

Did 1 segment (about 10 min) of a Butt Lift DVD, held my plank for 2 min 50 sec, then about 50 min of the extremepump class. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Jeanette Jenkins Cardio Sculpt DVD

Dawn - one other thing I found, after I had been measuring my food, I was sort-of able to eyeball it. But I didn't constantly depend on eyeballing it, when I'd come home I go right back to measuring. It's just so easy (this is human nature) to continue to "enlarge" the portions

DrKatie - is your paper delivered in the early morning (when it's dark out)? Ours is, and I'm sure the reason the paperdelivery person put them on our mailbox is so that he/she can tell where the mailbox is in the dark/fog. Let me know what the people who have theirs in a brick column do.

Becca - don't worry one bit about commenting to each of us...we totally understand that it isn't easy at all. We love hearing your updates and am keeping praying

Lisa - I usually check in here a few times during the day and just keep an ongoing post. When I don't, I usually feel somewhat overwhelmed. But then again, there are times when I can't check in for a week or even a couple of days. That's when I usually skim and maybe make short comments to people

katla - good luck to you with the vinegar. Sure hope it works

tamyena - welcome to a great supportive group. I also love working out in the water. I just don't think I could do it more than once/week, I just get too bored too easily....lol

Lisa - that mirror is really lovely. You have such good taste

katla - I am not good at deciding what colors to paint the ceramic pieces. The idea for the colors for the worm came from someone else. She had made it those colors and I copied it. I usually find that I need to work from a picture, I'm just not good at picking out the colors. I did that once and to this day I'm disappointed in the outcome. Actually, Joyce gave me the idea of the red finernails on the turtles!

Exercised, then went to the Salvation Army. They had this lightweight (sometimes you need lightweight down here) 3-piece suit, (pants, jacket, and a skirt <which I'll probably never wear>). It was a petite size -- you don't find them very often. It must have been worn only once or twice. It does have the shoulder pads in it, but I know that I can cut them out. It was marked $7.49. I got it for...get this....99cents. Yes, you read right. Came home, got dinner ready, then went to senior bowling. Lousey day. came home, had dinner, then ceramics. Took my seaturtle to glaze the inside and put my name on it. Then worked some more on the wolf for Jess.

There was a lady who came to ceramics that had a kitten and was giving the rest away. Vince knew (I was at mahjongg by this time) so he called Jess. She really wants two of the kittens but her bf said "no". She was so upset, she said "oh, this isn't over"

Took some of the brookies to mahjongg. Even Vince said that the brownie part is more cakey than brownie-like. I looked at the recipe and it calls for 2 eggs, next time I think I'll make it with only 1 egg and see how that turns out.

Jess has a dentist appt tomorrow. We're trying to convince her to either switch to my dentist who has office hrs on some Fridays or else to continue with the dentist she has (the one Vince goes to) but to make the appt on a Monday so she can have a 3 day weekend.

Miriam - passing you a tissue

Beth - good looking son

stumplovingly and Linda - happy birthday!

Anne - I have some friends who are trans. To me, they are the most wonderful people I know. I would much rather have a couple who truly loves each other and stays together thru thick and think who are trans than a straight couple who get divorced at the first little disagreement. When I asked Vince if he wanted to come with me when I went to see them, he said "no, that just isn't normal". I'm the Catholic and it doesn't bother me.

barbie - prayers for Jake

I picked up my mermaid tonight. I'm posting a pic of it.

Michele in NC

Linda- Happy Birthday! I hope you have fun celebrating!

Stumplovely - Happy Birthday! I would also suggest adding weight training. I do Stronglifts. I also recommend the Kettlebell because it can be done at home and burns 20 calories a minute compared to most aerobic exercises burning 8 calories per minute. Weight lifting specifically heavy ( what is heavy for you) also burns between 15-20 calories and there is the added benefit of the muscles doing what is called an after burn. They continue to burn calories hours after the workout is done.

Michele - the mermaid is gorgeous! How big is it?

Have a great night everyone!



Mary from Minnesota

Michele, I am looking at that mermaids hands and in awe of how well you did her fingers! I was going to comment on your others. I really liked the belly of your little turtle. Looks like you could rub it and he would just curl up in your lap like a cat. HMMM, I have no idea why I said that.

Meg, so glad to see you again.

Well I think Charlie is back to his normal self. He can use the 'parachute pull' on the recliner in his man cave so maybe I won't have to watch Fox news all the time. Also he has found his cussing voice back. As a passenger driver I just have to tell him to zip it. I am driving and if I don't pull into a parking spot just the right way and have to back out and redo it, then it's my parking and not his. I drive my speed, I pull out into traffic my way....cautious. Just zip it Charlie! If he isn't careful I'll slip some of his Lortab into his food.

Joyce, Indiana