WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2016

Rosie

Baby blanket stitch is beautiful. My Mother knitted all 6 of her grandchildren 2 blankets apiece. All I have is one that has a huge hole in it where my son would stick his finger through the hole in the pattern and twirl it around. Maybe I can figure out what I can make out of it.

Barbie – Glad your DH is out of the hospital and doing most of the things that are his norm.
That’s what I need … a good pedometer to carry around with me … one that actually works.

Mary from Minnesota – If I tried to do any type of squat I’d find myself on my back. No balance whatsoever.

Joyce, Indiana – I think the ‘greatest compliment’ I got from DDnL#2 was that ‘she knew he had been raised right’ because he opened all doors for her, walked next to the street, said yes and no m ’ham or sir and when he asked her for her hand in marriage; he first asked her Daddy. That is something that I had told him that he ‘needed to do’. He said, ‘why? She’s already been married before.’ … BECAUSE it is the ‘proper thing to do’. He told our DYS, ‘as long as you do NOT hurt her’. His FnL is a great help to him when he needs something built or welded, and helps fix all the ‘big road equipment’ his bosses have bought over the years. They love DDnL#2 because they know since she is a ‘local’ girl; they don’t have to worry about him going somewhere else to work. They are great to him. Five of them, and they run it like a ‘business’.

Michele in NC – I go ‘barefooted’ a lot; except in the early Spring when the stickers weeds are in the grass (more stickers than grass in areas); that is why getting a pedicure makes my feet so tender; they take off that hardened skin until it is soft.

Re in TX – I know my DDnL#2 said they had to cut off all the sheetrock in her house; up to where the water came in; just to let the studs dry with fans going, so they would not mildew; that is what a lot of people did in Albany several years ago when I ‘think’ it was “Hurricane Inez” that came up through the Gulf and stalled over SWGA/SEAL/N-NWFL for 10 days steady raining. The called it the 500 year flood because the rivers, creeks, streams rose higher than they had in several 100 years (since they had started keeping records). We ended up staying an extra week on vacation (at my sister’s in Miami) because there wasn’t any place to cross the Flint River. We were finally able to cross over Lake Blackshear; and, the water was all the way up to the bottom of the road trestle; a week, exactly, we crossed back over the same bridge and the lake was totally empty. A dirt damn had broken which caused much of downtown Albany, GA to flood. I called my boss twice a day to make sure our house wasn’t flooded. We lived on a short 1 block road; the two intersections were flooded by not our home. Thankfully!

Michele – It was like ‘Christmas’ to open the DVDs up! Haven’t been home long enough to play any of them yet. Next week maybe.

Pip and Re – I’ve never wanted a tattoo; but, there have been times when I have wanted to tattoo a set of lips just inside my butt cheeks, so that when I have to go get a pelvic, it would be visible to the GYN … that way I could tell him to ‘look at the tattoo and do it’. In other words, “Kiss my @$$!”

Charleen – I rarely sell my paintings, most are given as gifts to friends and family. I have done a few ‘on commission’ … but, I tell them ‘up front’ that I cannot work under a ‘deadline’ … did enough of that at ‘art school’ to the point that I put my paints and brushes up for a LONG time. Louis found them while I was pregnant the first time; after losing that pregnancy; I put them back up; and, only took them down about 15 years ago. Painted a turkey for my oldest son for Christmas; then he remarked that ‘only REAL artists drew with pencils’. That pissed me off so much that I took lessons to learn how to do it again; then, the next Christmas he got his favorite subject (turkeys) in pencil. He has NEVER made THAT comment since. Last Christmas I gave him one done partly in graphite pencil and the other in colored pencils. I am very proud of both of them. Oh, by the way … you can put me on the list of receiving a quilt any day.

Lenora

Re in TX~ YEP, I made that!! Oh and the other two on the left from him.... lol!

Becca

stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 10.18in, 15mph, 124mhr, 2.5mi = 70c
SPIN- 47min, 81r, 61w, 9-12g, 129mhr, 10.5mi = 249c
ride gym 2 dome- 5.31min, 11.4amph, 126mhr, 1mi = 39c
ride dome 2 hm- 17.41min, 8.7amph, 158mhr, 2.5mi = 200c
total cal 558

Charleen Do you know much about the history of quilting? I read somewhere that during the civil war when slaves were using the underground railroad to escape to the North, that sometimes, the points in the patterns on the quilts were used as guides, and the quilt themselves signified a home where they could seek food, and shelter on their journeys North. Just can't remember where I saw/read that at. Beautiful quilt. Reminds me of my grandmother's house.
Iremia-thanks for the advice and instructions on how to use the recipe thingamajiggy
Oh, and can someone PLEASE clue the rest of us in on the acronyms. Someone posted the answer to the DH a few weeks ago, but you all use sooooo many more, it sometimes difficult to decipher

Can anyone tell me some foods that are good to eat that will help with inflammation such as bursitis, etc.

Melanie, LOL is laugh out loud or laugh a lot. LMAO is Laughing my a** off. Daughter in law is DIL so DDIL is Dear daughter in law, OGS would be oldest grand son. With using that you will be able to figure out others. Oh, CICO is calories in calories out.

Joyce, Indiana

fanncy0626 wrote: »

OWWWW!!!! I dropped a large heavy metal skillet on my foot! It hurts almost as much as the 35 lb plate I dropped earlier this year!!



Mary from Minnesota

Oh no! I hope you heal quick!!!


Kim N Cal I can't help but think that there is something about your kettlebell routine that just isn't adding up. With the amount of bending, squatting, hiking, etc that you do with all your gardening and other activities...kettlebell swings with 1lb weights should be a breeze for you, I would think...maybe Mary could help? Because your hips and core are probably stronger than 90% of us on this thread, I would imagine, so I am befuddled as to why the 1 lb kettlebell swings are tough for you.


Melanie I am not overly fond of the acronyms, personally, but they are apparently the accepted shorthand in these forums. The ones I understand are DH Dear Husband, DS Dear Son, DD Dear Daughter, DSIL Dear Son-in-Law, DDIL Dear Daughter-in-Law, OS Oldest Son or Other Son, DFIL Dear Father-in-Law, DDnL#2 Dear Daughter-in-Law #2, DGD Dear Granddaughter or Dear Goddaughter, etc...you get the drift...

Karen in Virginia

Karen - it is my right arm, which has had a muscle injury - bicep most likely - while I do have insurance it has a co-pay and high deductible ( big improvement of 4 years without health insurance) so instead of going in I have been working with a friend who is a physical therapist, and she says no tear, probably just a strain... and to go s l o w...

Thanks RE in Texas i'll try to remember that!
Kimso every ingredient I use, when cooking, I need to enter it as the complete recipe and let MFP calculate the calories for a specific portions. I"ll try that right away...thanks