WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2016

Joyce I am thinking Michelle could be enlisted to return the big recliner to the mancave to release you from your trap. It reminds me for some reason of when I had 4 large cats who would arrange themselves on and around me no matter where I was, on my recliner, in the bed, wherever, and I would be like Gulliver tethered down and unable to move. 70lbs of cat. They have all gone on to kitty heaven.
I love the advice to Allie. Very creative thinking!

Kim Your camping list is intriguing. Such odd amounts. 1 orange for example. I was fascinated!

Concerning the home schooling info, that is an encouraging bit of information. I already do know one like-minded brilliant progressive mom who is successfully home schooling her son. I passed the info on to my daughter-in-law who was appreciative. It turns out that the home schooler referenced is married to a musician who likes and plays the same kind of music my son does, so it would be a good match, with common ground already established, if my son comes around to the idea of looking at home schooling. My son is a good person but is somewhat rigid in his thinking. It's lucky he loves his wife & children beyond measure which makes up for the angst he causes them by being a horse's patootie.

Pip! You're there! 5 miles to go. I think I shall make another contribution to your campaign in honor of little Superman.

Becca We took advantage of free lunches from school for a few years. I should have applied for food stamps, too. Those days are past, and I was fortunate enough to be able to give my mom a chunk of money when she needed it in her later years. It feels really good to give money to your parents, so your boys are lucky to have this opportunity to do it.

I love the photo of your dad and sisters. Are you on the right in the pink & white striped skirt? Lovely.

Allie Pandora and breeze sound so lovely! I reread my post from this morning and it sounds a little overboard to me so I am apologizing to you for trying to tell you what to do. I hope you have a nice weekend!

NYKaren What a relief for you, your husband, and your daughter! I am sure she is relieved and a little bit unsettled by the decision you & your husband have made about not bailing her out. She is in a safe place to practice being an adult. That's a big gift you gave her.

MightyLoLo

We trimmed the Zoysia back from the curb and used the chunks to fill in some bare spots. Then planted Lantana which I do so love. Wrists & hands are talking to me. Then, since I worked until very late last night and was too wired to sleep well, I took a long nap. And now I feel great! Grandkids are at their Nana & Poppy's house celebrating Poppy's birthday and Father's Day.

Just hanging out now in my post-nap state of bliss. It's a good day.

Missing Vicki from Grand Island.

Karen from Virginia

ketonekaren- thank u so much for your support., my heart, sore legs, and sore *kitten* also thank you

In the future what I would love to do is scan all the photos I have onto a USB,and give the paper ones to my brother.that way I will have all that I want to take with me to Florida,and not all the boxes to take with..I have also picked the few antiques that I will take ,my brother has first dibs and then the rest estate sale..now mind you this isn't for a few years.

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

Good Evening Ladies,

Beth, so happy for you that the scale had not gone up. You know that life throws us curves but you know what to do and that we are with you for this “start over”. Staying healthy and eating right is just like growing old….”It Ain’t For Sissies!”

Linda, so sorry about your DH’s parents. It’s a hard way to see them go. (Been there, done that)

NYKaren, it is so exhausting to have heated discussions like that with our kids. It’s not like anyone ever wins and sometimes you feel worse than before it started. Maybe you can at least suggest that she budget her money to have some left for the end of the semester? They do know “everything” at that age so it’s hard to get them to take advise. Good luck.

micheleNC, I’m glad your bug bite is better. (bet ya can’t say that 5 times, fast! LOL) I’ve been through menopause for years and I occasionally still have a mild version of a hot flash. When I weighed 50 pounds more I used to sweat (not perspire) all the time. Funny I didn’t realize it was related to being FAT. I know that’s not your problem.

KarenVA, you said to Pip, “You are 75% done and still have half the month left! You have time for a little R&R if you need it before the last push.” We aren’t sure that Pip knows about R & R. Or especially the “rest” part of it. She has been known to indulge in a bit of “recreation” from time to time. I hope your alien son will come around on the home schooling if that is what ya’ll decide would be best.

Heather, I agree with Katla. It is so nice of you to take the time and trouble to share your journey with us each day. We love it, in case you can’t tell.

CarolNC, I had horrible leg cramps last night also. I think it had something to do with the line dancing yesterday but not sure. I have the bar of soap under my sheets and they have normally been better lately.

Re, I did get my screen name from Rocky Horror plus I joke that my Dad used to say that to me all the time.

Joyce, so sorry you and Charlie are still having bag problems. I can’t get over how lucky he is to have you and that you know how to take care of things. Can you just imagine if someone like me was trying to handle all of that? I’m sending good thoughts for you to get it worked out quickly. ((((Hugs))))

Tracy, welcome. This is a great place for support and information. Come often and join right in.

Katla, how cool that you got to work with the horses in the ring that way. Glad you enjoyed it.

Joyce, if you have a big weed, you do know you need to dry it before you smoke it!

Allie, that is a terrible situation at work. So how long has this guy treated you like this? I’ll certainly keep my fingers crossed for you. ((((Hugs)))) [later] I just read CarolNC’s post and think I like her suggestion the best of all those I’ve read. “Alison - You are truly in a rough patch. I don't know that I would have the guts to do it (and, I guess it's obvious that I don't), it sounds like you need to flat out ask him to calmly, without patients present, tell/show how you can better assist him with patients. As annoying as it is, it makes the other person feel better about themselves if you "assume the blame" when there is a problem.” Because the sad truth of the matter is, he is full time and if it came to replacing him or you, they would probably/possibly chose you. To them it’s a business and not a family.

Lisa, I’ll be thinking of you and your DH over the next few events in your lives. ((Hugs)))

Heather, the galley tour you did is something I would have really enjoyed. I know what you mean about the last day of a cruise or any vacation but then it’s always nice to get home.

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.

My friends, I had to really read fast to get caught up so didn’t respond to many that I normally would have. I don’t think I told you that we are bunny sitting for a few days for our next door neighbors. They have two of the flop eared rabbits with a huge bunny condo in the end of the family room. They are fun to watch but often just sit and look at me. It’s almost like taking care of cats but you don’t empty their litter box, ya just change it ever two or three days. My neighbor is in Charleston for surgery. They recently discovered cancer of the lymph nodes. That sounds really bad but they seem to think with surgery and radiation they will be able to control it. He is only in his early 50’s and a real health and exercise fan so this has been a blow.
You are all wonderful and some of you have had some real victories. I salute you.
I read this today and immediately thought of sharing it with you.

A Good Life is when
You assume nothing,
Do more, need less,
Smile often, dream big,
Laugh a lot and realize
How blessed you are.

I hope you all have a Happy and Healthy 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

DJ Myrtle Beach

"KarenVA, you said to Pip, “You are 75% done and still have half the month left! You have time for a little R&R if you need it before the last push.” We aren’t sure that Pip knows about R & R. Or especially the “rest” part of it. She has been known to indulge in a bit of “recreation” from time to time. barman.gif I hope your alien son will come around on the home schooling if that is what ya’ll decide would be best."

Yes I only just posted that about PIP and now she is 95% done with her race. She is a phenom!

Karen Virginia

Karen – I love lantana too, does it overwinter in your climate? So the shopping list is for 18 pages of recipes, and there are 4 groups of kids, so some times they all make the same thing, some times 2 groups do one recipe and 2 groups do a different recipe at the end of the day we taste everything – the team that cooked talks about the cooking of that recipe – hard? Easy? “got ya-s”? and we rate the item. So the orange is for one day in the intermediate group I am doing a zucchini bread cook off.. (I got 2 HUGE zucchinis on my porch from the zucchini fairy – so I started looking at the zucchini bread recipes I had and decided each group would do a different one and the orange is for an orange-zucchini bread…

Allie – I think the idea was not that you let Dr.S work on you, but that then you would have a scheduled time to talk to him. I truly do not blame you for not wanting that person providing you dentistry.

I have a couple of favorite chili recipes and my vegie one I have not made in a long time as the calorie count is high, but I really wanted it – as this coming week is supposed to be hot and I like it on a salad with a few tortilla chips as a “taco salad” quick, filling, good just what I need after a day on my feet at camp. So I pulled it out, made some very simple changes (cut the oil from ½ cup to 2 teaspoons, used ½ as much cheese) and went from 563 cal. To 250 !!!! yeah!!! Tonight I had it on a baked potato, but on salad next week. Tomorrow I will BBQ some chicken so I can have cold chicken on salad too.. I am not as good as many of you on planning meals but with camp and my niece here all week – I need to have it together.

Pip – does Kirby always work weekends? I don’t remember hearing that before…. But it may not have stuck.. LOL


June Goals
1 fun thing a week, graduation, visiting with Vickie, working in Eden garden,
Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday


Smiles.

Kim from N. California

Barbie prayers for Jake.

Karen love the Lantana.

Went and helped with a Pond activity at our local Nature Center. I decided seeing a pond filled with water lilies in bloom is on my bucket list. I do not have a bucket list per say. When I experience something magical I add it to my bucket list. I didn't bring a camera I plan to go back tomorrow to take pictures I am not sure it will do it justice.

My project today was to make a fairy garden for my garden. I got the idea from a friend on Facebook. Lenora of course it had to have pink flamingos.

I think it was Karen, or was it Virginia, or was it Karen in Virginia????? Anyway someone was trimming zoyjia (SP?) grass and putting it somewhere. So I can trim around my sidewalk and then take those trimmings and plug them into places that need grass like my areas that have green weeds so we just leave it alone????? That would be a wonderful idea.

So let me get this straight Allie. One time you were having some tooth work done and this awful dentist was doing it. While he was doing it, he was going in and out of the room and you had to get up and get another dentist to finish????? Is that what you said and meant? If so, that may be why he has such a difficult time around you. In your eyes, he is a failure. And I didn't mean for you to put yourself on his schedule under a differnet name to actually have something done. I was just suggesting you do this so that he was stuck in the room with you and another assistant and he was forced to talk to you.

I would imagine by the time Heather reads this, she is home. Oh but what is she going to do????? She can't sit still, she can't sleep since she is all hyped up still. Hope you and your hubbie enjoyed it as much as we did. And we didn't have to pay for it and all the clothes!

I sure was hoping that this hole in Charlie's bellie that I am packing would be all closed up by the time he sees the doctor on Wednesday. Charlie got a really bright, and I mean really bright, flashlight for Christmas and I tried to look in it to see how much more we have to get filled in. I'm afraid it won't be all filled in. That means more packing 3 times a day. We don't mind it but i just want it to all be done so that he can feel like he is more on the road to recovery. One less dressing on. He still wears his diaper because of rectal drainage. Well it's not rectal because there is no rectum. The one thing he is so upset about is that the one thing that has not healed and is bothering him the most is his butt. The poor guy has no butt crack. And it feels like it is tight. Just think if your butt cheeks were pulled together how tight that would feel. That's what he feels mainly. A guy has to have a butt crack you know!

Joyce, Indiana

Margaret- nice job on the fairy garden!

Michele - interesting about the urine!


Mary from Minnesota