WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2016

Becca, I am with you on movie houses. I hate the surround sound. That's why it is hard for me to go to different places Charlie does his Karaoke. Some places are so proud of the excellent sound systems they have fro their singers. And the singers love it also! But my MS hates it and it makes me exhausted. It is just such an overload. Our senior price here in town is $7.50 to see a movie and it just isn't worth it. It was pretty much impossible when Charlie had his ulcerative colitis but now that problem is over so he is wanting to go to movies. He loves the sound in his man cave pretty loud also. DirectV has a lot of music stations and so he puts his 60's rock on that decible level. I am also with you on how did we did get this age. Charlie got his invite to his high school 50 year reunion. 50 year????? How did he get that old. I have never gotten any invite to any reunion at my high school so I will bever get a reminder how old I am!!!

Have enjoyed watching all the Olympics. One of the favored in the 100 and 20 meter breast stroke is Lilly King. She is from here and we are so proud to have an Olympian from here. I would imagine when she has her final swims, all the sports brs will be packed plus a lot of private watching parties.

Charlie and I were doing our normal Sunday evening of getting the trash ready to go out. And he found some suspicious brown stuff in the hallway and blamed the cat on pooping on the floor, something she has never done before. Now our previous cat did. But then he kept on seeing it. I thought I had smelled something on him so asked him to check himself. And oh boy, did we have a problem. With ostomates, some one with some kind of ostomy, it is called Code Brown. It took quite a while to get that taken care of and cleaned up. Our poor cat. She usually likes to be in the bedroom with us when we change his bag. She sits right beside me on the floor. But she didn't want to have anything to do with this. Charlie gave her a couple of Temptation treats to make up for us blaming her.

I think both of us are finally getting our strength back. I looked at our calander for the week and it is empty except for my stress test on Wednesday!!!!! It has been awhile since it has been that empty. It looks wonderful. He is wanting for me to take him to Karaoke Wednesday night. He hasn't been in quite a while. Michelle was over here this afternoon and mowed our lawn, trimmed and then picked up lawn clippings. She then went around and was going to empty all trash cans into main trash can. I stopped her on that. We need to be doing that. I don't know what I did to deserve a daughter like her.

Joyce, Indiana

This is my first day on site. It took me all summer to get exercise, water, food, and sleep under control. Now have a more orderly and comfortable life. Now if they would stop making peanut butter it would be a perfect world.

Did an hour of Leslie Sansone Walk to the Hits DVD. This is a fun DVD, not as much like her others. The plan for tomorrow is to do another segment of the 10 minute yoga DVD, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class.

I'm not going to bother to log today. There's just too much going on. With Jess here I have no idea what we're doing for dinner. Lots of other things happening.

Jessica found a mouse in the pool, took it out and brought it up on the deck for me to give her washcloths to dry it off. After seeing that snake, I think I can handle a mouse....lol

Did a load of laundry then iced the cupcakes that I'll take to bowling tomorrow. Then worked on the weeds for 2 hours, made Vince mashed potatoes to have later in the week, then made him a banana chocolate bread (which is in the oven right now). My cousin from VA called and we talked for a few hours. It's always nice to catch up.

Miriam - how scary! I can understand how you must have felt. Jess is severely allergic to coconut, even if it's in the air. One time we were out and this lady bought a box of coconut macaroons, opened the box and offered some to everyone. We, of course, didn't take any but as we were leaving Jess turns to me and says "ma, I can't breathe". Here's me thinking to myself "I have no idea where the nearest hospital is, I'm even in a different state. I can't drive her car (it's a stick and I don't know how to drive a manual). Lord...help her" We just sat in the parking garage until she could breathe. It WAS scary. So glad things worked out and your gd is OK. That was very nice of you to donate a bottle of Benadryl to the first aid station. I'm very surprised that they didn't have any. She has had to have her seat changed in a restaurant because the person next to her had coconut shrimp or because the way the air currents were she would breathe in coconut from someone else. Congrats on your NSV

Karen - welcome!

Kylea - boy, you sure have had a tough time of it! Welcome! What kind of business do you have?

Lenora - I know BB&B has a website. Jess' friend was registered and I found what I wanted to get her. The only thing is, when you use the website, you can't use the 20% off coupon.

katla - that is exactly what I do...log on my phone (or tablet) when we are away but use my computer to post here.

chimera - welcome!

MsLady - welcome! what are you studying?

Cheri - so glad you made it safe and sound. Thanks for checking in

janetr - you should definitely go to the place with your pt. You'll be a great inspiration to lots of others.

Joyce - that is the senior price at our movies, too. However, there is one day when all the movies are $5. Maybe you have that near you? The movie places really don't advertise it much

Michele in NC

Pip: I'll use the name you prefer. Pip suits you well and your given name is lovely, too. My DH has MS. I appreciate all that you do to help fight the disease. :flowerforyou:

Cheri: Three cheers for making it to your new residence in Texas. When your things catch up with you, you'll turn the new house into home, sweet home.

Sue: I haven't found the Olympic horse events so far. I want to watch. Perhaps I can find a schedule on line. We don't have a regular schedule in the paper. too many different cable and satellite possibilities., I guess.

I'm going to see if I can auto record Olympic Equestrian events and then head to bed. This evening I watched bike racing and swimming.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

Good Monday Morning!

My Sunday exercise was cleaning up the Shelby GT for a car show and walking around to see all the beautiful cars! Water and food were easy since it was so hot. But I am much happier when it is warm!

Michele in NC- My family owns a lawnmower sales and service dealership. Things are slowing down with the drought here in OH. My DH's father started it in 1967. Upon his passing, we took over.

SugarDarlin_ When I fell last Spring, they too thought I tore my meniscus. MRI revealed arthritis and fluid. PT was a big help. Something about hips. I was really surprised by that. But most of the exercises were designed to strengthen and loosen my hips as they are the support for the knees. It took a several months but definitely helped! Ice and exercise still help on bad days.

AnnR- Personal acceptance is the hardest. I struggle with that daily. I was always tiny (100#) until I quit waitressing and turned 35! Then I went to 150#. Have struggled since then. Upon turning 50, it seems to want to settle in the belly-ugh! Now, I accept that 100# is way too thin especially at over 50, but not happy with belly. What helps me is picking out clothes that I feel fabulous in. Some days that means six outfits til I find one I like! Good luck with DH procedure today.

Joyce_ Since my daughter has moved back closer to me it has been a blessing for her help especially with errands
and housework! My DH is legally blind, I work 50+ hours a week. I love the extra help. Allow her to do that for you.

Lenora- Pyrenees are great herders. That is what they are bred for. Mine is just a lazy house mutt

Gotta get ready for work! Have a blessed day!

Kylia in OH

Actually, finding time to exercise isn't due to luck. It's commitment. Scratch that last request and please send me good commitment thoughts!

Cheri, so glad you made it safely to the big star state. I remember one move where the Uhaul trailer got a flat tire. In the middle of New Mexico. Uhauls do not have spare tires, so I had to sit in the car while my former husband hitched a ride to town (this was before cell phones) to call Uhaul, and then wait hours for them to actually show up and change it. So I was a bit concerned for you!

Janet, it is a great feeling to be a role model for others. A lot of my work involved being a role model for clients with mental health disorders that you can take back control of your life and to not give up and give in. Because of stigma, most people that do well do not tell anyone they have a mental illness. So most people, when they think of someone with a mental illness, think of the homeless man under the bridge. Even staff were surprised to learn that I had a mental illness because they often had that misconception too! But what was amazing was that I was always learning from the clients too! Over the years I have had dozens of people tell me that just knowing me, and what I was able to accomplish (owning my own home, having a job, going back to school as an adult, raising a family), helped them to overcome suicidal thoughts. Those four areas are where a program called Psychiatric Rehabilitation focuses (housing, jobs, school, and social). So as I was helping to implement this program around the state of Iowa, I was able to show clients that having goals in those areas was realistic. Anyway, I wandered off topic a bit (not enough coffee!). I just wanted to say congratulations and enjoy the experience!

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conniehv40 wrote: »

I am 54 and struggling with alllllll of this. I am going to try and read more of these wonderful posts. I am certainly a lot more motivated at the end of the summer than I was at the beginning. My snacking is the one thing I am attacking.
August goals:
log in to mfp and really read and research
drink a lot more water
cut my snacking by 99%!!!
Thanks everyone

You can do it Connie. Focus on healthy eating. Grab those veggies for a snack and keep your proteins up and track, track, track. I have a small kitchen scale and am measuring everything right now. You won't have to do that forever, but it is a great way to start.
Keep things simple. If you think it is not healthy, it probably isn't.
Also, don't be afraid of being hungry. You won't die. I promise. LOL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM !!!!!!!!!!

Today heard a news item about a big study on calorie intake. People have been typically reporting on surveys that they log and eat 2,000 calories a day. When properly, scientifically checked those people were actually eating 3,000 calories a day. :sad:

Been out to buy kid friendly food. Lots of strawberries grown in the next lane to us. The grandchildren are arriving around 9.15 tomorrow. We've hidden the resin animals in the garden and DH is working out clues. Just got to make up the beds and darken the windows. I've made some orange juice ice lollies.
I have to nip out to the dentist after lunch tomorrow, but I hope DGD will be asleep then.
DS and DDIL have booked to go out to a smart fish restaurant in the evening and the new nanny is babysitting Bea. We could have had Bea, but I think it's a bit early and a bit too much work for us.

DH has been learning Spanish on Duolingo and he can now understand me a little when I talk to him. That makes me happy. We often use French phrases, but he has never understood any Spanish. Now all I need is a German to talk to! :laugh:

Love Heather UK