WOMEN ages 50+ FOR JULY 2016

Woke up at 4.20. Blah!
It's because I'm getting nervous about this weekend. We are going to DH's aunt's 90th birthday party in Stratford upon Avon tomorrow and staying the night in a chain hotel a bit of a walk from the party. His sister and boyfriend, nephew and family and his niece will also be at the hotel. Almost any kind of social occasion gets me in a tizzy and I hate car travel of any distance, even though I won't be driving. Best clothes annoy me and as for shoes!!! (Can you tell I'm nervous? ) I've been lying awake wondering about what to take to eat on the long journey and how I can avoid eating too much at the tea party. Definitely not my sort of food and 2pm-4pm is the wrong time of day for me to be eating. We have no plans for the evening and I hate that thing where there is a big group of you and no one can decide what to do. Stratford will be heaving with tourists, of course. Waaaarrrrrgggghhhh!
Of course, it will all go swimmingly and I am worrying about nothing, but my last experience of this kind of gathering with the same people was not comfortable for me and I had to leave the group to their dithering and exit with DH. I like to be in charge of my own arrangements.
I must just concentrate on the fact that the party is all about Aunty Irene, who is an amazing woman and a real trooper. We are there to honour her. At times like this I always think of Barbie's quote, "I can put up with anything for a short time that I wouldn't want to put up with for a lifetime." We will be coming home straight away on Sunday as DH has cricket. Hooray!

Thank you all for listening to me vent. I feel sooooooo much better now. :bigsmile:

Got to nip out to the shops today to buy some "hold ups" to wear with my dress. My legs aren't good enough, unlike Chris, :flowerforyou: to go barelegged. Going to wear closed in shoes as well so my toenails don't have to be perfect. Can't face scrubbing up my feet. :ohwell: (not really a summer dress person) I'm going to wear my yoga teacher's "hydrangea " dress. Our room probably won't be ready when we get to the hotel, so I will have to change in the restroom, or wear it in the car for 3 hours. Waaaarrrrrgggghhhh!

Love to all. Heather xxxxxxx

Morning Ladies~
Heather~ sorry you didn't have a good sleep and all will work out.. remember to accept the things you cannot change and the courage to change the things you.. you can do this!!!
I did get 8 1/2 hrs sleep last night and my fit bit surge said I took an hour and a half nap yesterday...
Homer looks adorable as usual.. and I have the weekend off.. DB is up in New Hampshire and will be back this afternoon.. and Sunday is their wedding.... which will be a busy day.. and I will be up there for a week taking care of Faith..
Horrible Horrible news about the tragedy in France... makes me wonder what this world will be for our grandchildren

Happy birthday, Chris! you look very happy, and lovely.

Funny sleep should be on everyone's mind - slept nearly seven hours last night, took a benadryl at 8 p.m., again when I got up at midnight, and slept until nearly 5 this morning--very happy with that much sleep, but am still a little foggy from the benadryl. We finally got cable TV yesterday, enjoyed watching even the commercials after three months (for me) without broadcast TV, just Netflix.

Off to the races, my chickens... y'all have a good day.
Lisa in West TX

KetoneKaren wrote: »

Sleep! so important...here are the OTC options I know about that might help with sleep: Melatonin, Magnesium Citrate, Glycine, Benadryl. I take Magnesium Citrate 400mg plus Glycine 3g at bedtime and it does seem to help. For some reason Melatonin gives me a slight headache the next morning, and Benadryl is drying (plus antihistamines enhance appetitie in many people). [
Karen in hot and muggy Virginia

Thanks for sharing this Karen. Not familiar with Glycine...my cocktail consists of Sundown Naturals Valerian Root 530mg and Vitacost Natural Tranquility Magnesium Supplement 350mg. I tend to get a good 5-6 hours with this combo. My Fitbit recorded a change of "restless" periods for avg. of 15 to avg. of 6. Melatonin didn't work for me and as you said Benadryl is so drying.

Cheri

Thanks for all the good wishes for DH during heart issues. Heart is more enlarged and not pumping as well. Nothing can be done as this is just progression of his heart disease. I feel blessed to still have him around. First heart surgery was in 1985.
Know that sleep is important to my wellbeing. I really need about 8 hours.
Following my eating plan but am not getting enough exercise. Have to get DH to let me go to gym on my own.

Hello Ladies!
So easy to get behind!

Good morning all! Happy Friday! I have to tell you that my heart was just crushed yesterday evening upon hearing the news from Nice, France. France has always held a special place in my heart; so I am not sure if it was knowing that this "special place" was being attacked once again, or if it is just hearing of another attack, after feeling like the past few weeks have been a deluge of violence against others...I don't know. It just tires a person out. I felt like a deflated balloon last night. Had a glass of wine and went to bed early.
Got up early this morning and headed outside for my walk and let the sound of the waves and the feel of the wind on my face blow away the heartache. Anyway, feeling better today. NOT watching the news. Until they have a conclusive report on who the offender was or was affiliated with or better yet; a plan on how to prevent these attacks, I just can't listen to the monotonous drone of facts/rumor/eye witness accounts. EXHAUSTING!
The kids are arriving and it is a beach day; so we will be spending the morning at the beach, they will have pizza for lunch and hopefully nap like champions this afternoon!
I have a family reunion tomorrow with a superhero theme. That should be fun. I am bringing a veggie tray, so that I KNOW I will have healthy options. AFter the reunion, dh and I will be heading into Grand Rapids for a friend's 50th birthday. Another opportunity to find a healthy option on the menu... LOL Kind of looking forward to the ordinariness of Sunday!

Morning, all.

Sadness in Nice.

Here is a happy little story to help lift the spirits. Late yesterday afternoon my 7 y.o. granddaughter called and asked if the dogs were missing her and if she could spend the night. That was an easy question to answer. So we washed one of the dogs and giggled in the dark while she got sleepy. She was up with the chickens this morning asking to go to swim practice (which her mother had excused her from.) So I took her to practice and then she wanted to walk home, so I crept along in the car as she walked home. She is such a goose.

Karen in Virginia