Senior Golden Sneakers..........July, 2011

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  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Yes, I definately have allergies. My youngest daughter just called to say the her allergies are really bothering her. And, I have the same symptoms. I guess this is better than being ill. At least I won't be infecting others. Well, my alarm has gone off so I have to get back to work. Lunch really flew today.::grumble:
  • KotyTyler
    KotyTyler Posts: 3,739 Member
    Good Morning Girls! I can't believe where this week has gone! Next week is going to be a long one isn't it? All is well here in Vegas. It's monsoon season and we have a tendency to flood easily even with one light rain. Here we're use to 4% humidity and it's been 24% and we are suffering! I have to laugh because with being a native Californian, we had 24% all the time. The only good thing about this weather is that my hair looks 'puffy', frizzy is the real word :wink: , and I'm kind of liking that since my hair doesn't look so thin!!
    Gotta run. Got back from Curves and Zumba and need to have a snack. Take care all and I'll see you soon!
    Koty
  • Jake45
    Jake45 Posts: 146 Member
    Hi all and now for the joke f the week!! (drum roll):laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Brian invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the meal, Brian's mother couldn't help but notice how beautiful Brian's roommate Jennifer was. Brian's Mom had long been suspicious of the platonic relationship between Brian and Jennifer, and this had only made her more curious.

    Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Brian and Jennifer than met the eye.

    Reading his mom's thoughts, Brian volunteered, 'I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you Jennifer and I are just roommates.'

    About a week later, Jennifer came to Brian saying, 'Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?'

    Brian said, 'Well, I doubt it, but I'll send her an e-mail just to be sure.. So he sat down and wrote:

    __________________________________________________________

    Dear Mom,

    I'm not saying that you 'did' take the gravy ladle from the house,
    I'm not saying that you 'did not' take the gravy ladle. But the fact
    remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for
    dinner.

    Love,
    Brian

    __________________________________________________________


    Several days later, Brian received an email back from his mother
    that read:

    ____________________________________________________

    Dear Son,

    I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Jennifer, I'm not saying
    that you 'do not' sleep with Jennifer. But the fact remains that if
    Jennifer is sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now.
    Love,
    Mom
  • debzwill
    debzwill Posts: 169 Member
    Hello Lovely Ladies,

    Just popping in to say Hello. My bed is calling. Had a busy day with the grandchildren today. Off to work to tomorrow then out in the evening with my sisters and a wedding on Sunday, so I shall find it difficult to get on here. Can't wait to get a smartphone, but have to wait til November for an update. Then I can post wherever I like!! Connie sounds like she's having a great time with hers.

    I loved all the jokes on here. Just what the doctor ordered.

    I am trying hard to get back on track and went to Zumba on Thursday eve. I found it so hard. My body felt like it kept running into a wall lol. I will not give up though. I am going to try to plan my food and exercise for next week. I don't usually do this, so maybe it will help. Thanks Barbie.

    You all have a lovely weekend. Love ya's
    Deb.
    P.S my smileys are'nt working so.. xxxxx
  • viliberty1957
    viliberty1957 Posts: 194
    Hello, everyone! I'm still here, just not too inpired most of the time. Chemo does crazy things. Now I am dealing with foot pain as a side effect. It is so painful to walk that my poor (sweet, wonderful) husband is helping me with things. Today he washed the dishes. I don't remember him ever washing dishes before!! :laugh:

    I do enjoy the posts, especially the neat jokes. We're a cheery bunch, and I'm trying to get cheery again.

    I'm on a really healthy strict diet which is anti-inflammitory. At first it was hard for me to eat everyhthing, but I'm getting used to it now. Because there are lots of vegetables and fruits there is lot of volume. Also lots of green tea and water. After a week or so on this my blood glucose is perfectly normal and I've lost a few pounds. Blood glucose will probably go up for awhile after my next chemo, but I think that it will go down again after a couple of days.

    Mariah spends a few hours in the afternoon with me two or three days a week. Our favorite thing to do is: she sits on my lap and we watch cartoons on Netflix while I rub her back. I told her, "Mariah, I spoil you rotten." She said, "Spoiling is good.!"
  • CALIECAT
    CALIECAT Posts: 12,530 Member
    Irene so good tohear rom you. Glad you are stickin to your diet and helping your blood cugar control. It s wonderful that littlee Mariah keep you company for I know you adored her so.And it is good that your husband is helping you out around the house. My husband help me out a lot But dishes he refuse to do. and cook.Take care . I am trying to get invoved in quilting but It is kind of hard with my bad eyesite.But I have discovers quilting vidioes on the internet and i have been reading a lot of it. Till My eyes get tired. Love to you and your family. My prayers are with you to get thru his ordeal in fine shape. How long do you have to do chemo?

    Deb I am rooting for you to get back on track. You can do it , I know.

    Sandy watch it out walking and don't let Daisy get too hot. Or you either for that matter. Bout all I do is go to the grocer store.early in the morning .Walking is complete out till it gets cooler. can't remember when we have had rain. Jerry even built the birds a cover for there birds bath outside.It helps but I know that wate is terrible hot. The water in our cold fawcet feel like it is from the hot water heater.

    All of you sneaker keep cool.
  • Lafla
    Lafla Posts: 685 Member
    Hi everyone. We had a great day, hot but enough wind to make it feel great. Of course it isn't anywhere near as hot as Marie 's heat!, stay cool my friend.

    Jeri -- how are you doing? You didn't miss anything. I actually retired over a year ago but was going back for a half-day each week to see the long term hospitalized babies. I haven't had any babies to see since Feb. so figured it was time to say good-bye and let them use my desk for someone else. If they get a hospital referral I may go back but I don't think so. I am too spoiled now.

    Becky -- get well. So many people seem to have bugs lately. It is so hard being sick in the summer.

    Sandy -- you are doing great with your exercise. Thanks for the joke, very funny and true!

    Irene -- so glad you popped in. I hope the foot pain is very temporary. Glad the diet is working for you.

    Deb -- you will get back on track. We all have moments of weakness and sometimes it is hard to jump back on the wagon. Glad you got your exercise in.

    Jake -- thanks for the joke. Nearly inhaled my water!

    Take care and keep smiling. Gayla :heart:
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,212 Member
    :yawn: we got up at 3 to leave the house at 5 to catch the ferry at 6:30 to be at an all day meeting that starts at 8:30.....there will probably be food that's not so great and not get much exercise :cry: but we'll see some great friends, have two great ferry rides, and enjoy some time without animals.:bigsmile: we boarded the animals for the weekend so the realtor could show the house......what will I do without my dogs to take me to exercise ?:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

    :flowerforyou: after one day of warm weather, we're back to cool, gray, and windy :laugh:
  • KotyTyler
    KotyTyler Posts: 3,739 Member
    :yawn: we got up at 3 to leave the house at 5 to catch the ferry at 6:30 to be at an all day meeting that starts at 8:30.....there will probably be food that's not so great and not get much exercise :cry: but we'll see some great friends, have two great ferry rides, and enjoy some time without animals.:bigsmile: we boarded the animals for the weekend so the realtor could show the house......what will I do without my dogs to take me to exercise ?:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

    :flowerforyou: after one day of warm weather, we're back to cool, gray, and windy :laugh:


    Sounds like you're off to a great start of your weekend! Enjoy!


    Happy Saturday everyone!
  • Sandydur
    Sandydur Posts: 9,331 Member
    Happy Saturday!! :bigsmile: Another great day, will get some sun today, hopefully at the pool. :flowerforyou:

    After waiting for over six weeks for my new computer I cancelled the order yesterday. :mad: They postponed delivery for the third time and when I called to find out why after three of four different numbers being passed down to me, they said they couldn't get my graphic card. They couldn't call me and tell me that???? I was going to order a new card, but when the guy went to transfer me to yet another person he cut me off. Done with Dell. :explode: My son is going to find a comparable computer where I can go to the store to pick it up. :love: I still haven't ruled out a Mac, but I have used a PC since day one and I am afraid I won't know how to use the Mac as far as transferring VHS tapes to DVD. I am a quick learner but a Mac would be double the price of a PC. :noway:
    Glad I have a laptop or I would have been committed for withdrawal a long time ago. :laugh:

    Barbie, my husband woke up around 2:30am and I said to him who gets up at that time? Evidently, you and Jake do but you had some where to go, he just goes to the couch. :tongue: Hope you have a great time with your friends and don't worry about one slacker day. :laugh:

    Gayla, you make me laugh with some of your comments on the home page. :laugh: Without Daisy I am not sure I would get all this exercise in so she is good for my health. Your weather did sound perfect, so I hope you were outside to enjoy. :flowerforyou:

    Marie, your weather is so hot, our weatherman is always taking about it. You stay inside and stay as cool as you can. I wouldn't be taking Daisy for walks in 100 degree weather but after dinner it is about 80 most days. Phoebe gave me a good suggestion to put a cool wrap on her neck while walking or wet her down first, that is not an option because she would be one big mat if I did that. I am going to look into the neck thing, she might really like that. Thanks Phoebe.

    Irene, I probably shouldn't say this but when I read your posts I can't help but tear up :cry: . You are such a fighter and have endured so much, but always with a positive attitude. :love: Your husband sounds like a wonderful man who loves you very much :heart: .
    And I cannot say enough about Mariah, she is your guardian angel to help guide you through this time of your life. The bond between you sounds so incredible it makes me cry. :cry: Your diet sounds healthy and I am glad your blood glucose is normal.
    I wish I could be there to give you and Mariah big hugs but you can hug each other and know one is from me. God bless you Irene.

    Deb, a lot of MFP is mind over matter, if you record your food and exercise it keeps you fairly honest. You don't want to look at those numbers and see you are consistently over, so before eating record your calories to know exactly where you are. Make sense? Never give up, this doesn't happen over night, it took me two years to lose 20 pounds, mostly because I wasn't honest with myself the first year. Once I lost the first ten or so pounds I thought the rest would come off easy so I had lots of cheat days. This January I got really serious and have nothing but success and yes I do have a cheat day now and then, but get right back on track. :drinker: You can do this, just keep coming back. :tongue:

    Jake, I swear we must get our jokes from the same people. I loved this one!! :laugh: :laugh:

    Koty, I have never been to Vegas when it has rained, but I have been in a dust storm, which is awful. My son just got hit with a big dust storm in Phoenix last week, but they seem to be used to them. Come to Chicago where the humidity is sometimes 90%. Talk about sticky and wet. :laugh:

    Becky, sorry about your allergies. As far as I know I don't have any but my hubby and I both take Zyrtec( the generic) every morning because a nurse once told me she took Zyrtec as a preventive. My husband used to get so many respiratory infections and now he doesn't since taking the Zyrtec. :tongue:

    Hope everyone else is doing great, enjoy the day and be grateful for what you have.
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: Sandy, I hope you get your computer situation straightened out. I have had so much trouble with stores and the computers. I am using a Sony Vaio at this time. And, I love it. This is my second one. First one, someone (and no one will say who) spilled a drink on it.

    :flowerforyou: Barbie, I am sorry that you couldn't take the dogs with you. I imagine you will really miss them.

    :flowerforyou: Gayla, my mother-in-law had the perfect job. She didn't even have to have a training back when she started. Her job was to sit in the hospital newborn nursery and hold the babies. And to think...she was getting paid to do this.:heart:


    I mentioned that I think I am having symptoms of allergies. Well, not to sure now. The meds that our company nurse said to get is doing abolutely nothing for me. My daugher, who has the same thing, didn't get any relief from the meds, either. Maybe it is a cold. I am so tired and I don't think we get tired with allergies. I could be wrong though. Waiting for husband to get home with another med for us to try.
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,212 Member
    :sad: Becky, I'm sorry to hear that your symptoms are still with you. I hope you are getting a lot of rest and drinking a lot of water

    :sad: Marie, your weather sounds overwhelming and exhausting. when we lived in a hot climate I hardly left the house after seven AM :laugh:

    :flowerforyou: Sandy, there is an old English sheepdog that comes to the dog park a lot and when I pet him and feel his thick fur I think about how hot Daisy must be in Illinois.......here, the temperature hasn't gone above 75 so far this summer.

    :flowerforyou: Irene, your fabulous positive attitude tells me that you are a person who knows a lot about gratitude

    :flowerforyou: Gayla, I love it when you talk about how much you love living on the prairie. it is so interesting how we all have different passions about where to live. how great that you get to live where you want to be.

    :bigsmile: Deb, having a plan for eating keeps me from getting out of control. Our plan today included lunch at Subway because we knew the catered meal at the event would have too many unknowns and probably too much food......we brought our own snacks so we wouldn't get tired or bored or hungry and grab one of the muffins on the food table...........I took the opportunity to walk whenever I could.......if Zumba is too strenuous, try adding some more walking to your day.,and never, never never give up......slow and steady wins the race.:bigsmile:

    :flowerforyou: Koty, this weekend has started off great.:bigsmile: we had beautiful weather today

    :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I took a vacation from logging food and exercise. I had my usual Isagenix shake for breakfast and snacks of Isagenix bars, Greek yogurt, and a banana, veggie delight sandwich at Subway for lunch, and a moderate serving of one spring roll and chicken curry at a Chinese restaurant for dinner. :bigsmile: I walked over 16000 steps including about 20 minutes on the outdoor upper deck on the ferry between Whidbey Island and Port Townsend.:bigsmile: After getting up so early, we'll be in bed before dark.:yawn: tomorrow I have a long list of chores to do and no dogs to walk :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: we can't pick the dogs and cats up until after 8 AM on Monday.
  • viliberty1957
    viliberty1957 Posts: 194
    Hi! I had a nice laid back day. Went out for breakfast with the "gang" and then spent the rest of the day at home. I've stayed off my feet almost completely and they aren't so painful today. Maybe tomorrow they will be even better. :smile:

    Sandy, I will take all the hugs I can get...even long distance.

    My good friend who has been living in Arizona emailed me that she is moving back to Lewiston, Idaho. That is close enough that we may get to see one another from time to time.

    I first met Joan when she started attending the church where my husband was pastor in Idaho. Then when we started a Christian school in the church she volunteered for office duty. When the school needed an Idaho history course (not available from our curriculum source) I decided to write our own and Joan became my collaborator and typist. What a time we had. I got to travel to Boise a couple of times to do research at such places as the Idaho Historical Society. That was in 1978. We self-published, and it was used in several Idaho Christian schools for a number of years.

    Then when we were in Bethel, Alaska, (Ralph pastoring a church there) Joan moved there, got a job with the city (I was working for the state) and we had several more good years together. I'm so excited to have a chance to see her again. It's been a long time! She is a cancer survivor.

    I appreciate all you lovely people. Thanks for being there.
  • marlouise
    marlouise Posts: 286
    Good morning gals, just checking in, a bit of desk work to do. Not feeling well today. Began my exercises yesterday, all went well, so I will do them every other day until next weekend then I will start them every day as I was doing. Body is not loosing, I think I am swelling up instead. Noticed my left side was larger in the "rolls" compared to the right side. May need to get an overhaul soon!

    Keep well and hard at it...

    Marilyn
  • Sandydur
    Sandydur Posts: 9,331 Member
    Happy Sunday!! :bigsmile: Another hot day, no walk unless it cools down. :noway:

    Marilyn, hope you feel better soon, don't over do on the exercise. What is your doctor saying?

    Irene, you and your husband are amazing people, you have done such good for the world. I am so happy we all got the pleasure of meeting you here on MFP. You inspire our lives and send such wonderful vibes. (((((((hugs)))))) I really hope you get to connect with your friend Joan, it sounds like you are very close. :heart:

    Barbie, no matter where you are you manage to get in some sort of exercise, you are amazing. I presume you are home now but with no critters, does that mean you will be walking Jake this morning? :laugh:

    Becky, if you aren't feeling well by tomorrow, maybe a trip to the doctor will be in order. I do hope you are getting better.
    I will eventually get a new computer, my son knows exactly what I want so he will let me know which to buy. I keep leaning toward that Mac but just don't want to spend that kind of money. :noway:

    Marie, hope you are staying in and staying cool, it is so hot in Dallas. We are in the 90's and that is hot enough for me.
    Thank goodness for air conditioning, makes me think of my granddaughter in Africa with no electricity or running water. I don't know how she does survives. :noway:

    Have a great Sunday everyone!!
  • Jake45
    Jake45 Posts: 146 Member
    Well, there is no way better to start of the week than with a joke, we'll get some walking in today also, Barbie already has, I slept til 7:00 so I'm the late guy. Oh yeah time for the joke. Sandy this is for you since you and I were both born in Illinois, I'm from Waukegan.

    Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Cohen had been longtime close friends. But, being old-fashioned, each went to a retirement home of her own respective religion.

    It was not long before Mrs. Murphy felt lonesome for Mrs. Cohen, so one day she asked to be driven to the Jewish Home to visit her old friend.

    When she arrived she was greeted with open arms, hugs, and kisses.

    Mrs. Murphy said, "Don't be holdin' back , Mrs. Cohen, how do you like it here?"

    Mrs. Cohen went on and on about the wonderful food, the facility and the caretakers. Then, with a twinkle in her eye, she said, "But the best thing is that I now have a boyfriend."

    Mrs. Murphy said, "Now isn't that wonderful! Tell me all about it."
    Mrs. Cohen said, "After lunch, we go up to my room and sit on the edge of the bed. I let him touch me on the top, and then on the bottom, and then we sing Jewish songs."

    Mrs. Murphy said, "For sure it's a blessing. I'm so glad for you, Mrs. Cohen."

    Mrs. Cohen said, "And how is it with you, Mrs. Murphy?"

    Mrs. Murphy said it was also wonderful at her new facility, and that she also had a boyfriend.

    Mrs. Cohen said, "Good for you! So what do you do?"

    Mrs. Murphy said, "We also go up to my room after lunch and sit on the edge of the bed. I let him touch me on top, and then I let him touch me down below."

    Mrs. Cohen said, "Yes? And then...?"

    Mrs. Murphy said, "Well, since we don't know any Jewish songs, we just screw."
  • Sandydur
    Sandydur Posts: 9,331 Member
    Jake.............:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Never heard this one.......:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Shirley61
    Shirley61 Posts: 7,758 Member
    Back from vacation. Doing laundry and gardening today and back to work tomorrow. Great time, visited 3 ports and weather was great, only one night of rain and we were sleeping. ;) Our parties went off without a hitch and everyone commented that we did a good job. Couldn't get internet in several places so my tracking was null and void. Back at it today. Didn't weigh myself until tomorrow. The boat was great and we love it!! We did use our folding bikes twice and walked alot. The bike trails were amazing.
    Will catch up on all your posts later. Glad to be back.

    Weigh in will be on Monday.

    Canada Day was great fun !!
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: Shirley, with a vacation like that I think you must have lost some weight.:smile:

    Jake....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    :flowerforyou: Sandy, how is your day going? I am feeling better than yesterday. Darn, I guess I will have to go to work in the morning.:smile: Still taking it easy, though. As for my computer...came upon another problem today. Tried what I had done before to no avail. So, went to a trouble shooting area and got it fixed. I am learning how to work this new contraptions.:laugh:

    :flowerforyou: Marilyn, do you think you just may be holding on to water?

    I am home all alone. :smile: Am an happy. Doesn't happen too often.
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Sandy, the meds I am taking is the generic Zyrtec. Not helping.
  • delraybuzz
    delraybuzz Posts: 2,779 Member
    Oh, JAKE!...:blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh
    Buzz
  • CALIECAT
    CALIECAT Posts: 12,530 Member
    :blushing: :devil: :devil: :devil: Oh Now Jake:devil: :devil::blushing: :blushing: :blushing:
  • Sandydur
    Sandydur Posts: 9,331 Member
    Welcome back Shirley!!!

    Went to the pool today and it was so hot I actually had to get in the water. :laugh: :laugh: Tried to swim a lap or two but since I am a self taught swimmer I get tired easily and have to stop and rest. :laugh: :laugh: Kicking my legs around a little while sitting on the edge so I burnt some calories. :tongue:

    Time to go to the step sons, will get back to you later.
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Sandy, my parents actually paid for me to have swimming lessons. I am not a fan of water so I am not a very good swimmer at all. So, I can emphasize with you.
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,212 Member
    :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Many of you know how much I love my pets and how much of my day is spent doing things for them and with them. We boarded them for the weekend because we had an all day meeting to go to yesterday and both of our neighbors were involved in the all day neighborhood garage sale. We didn’t want to leave the dogs home to bark all day at the people outside. And a realtor was bringing someone to look at our house. Unfortunately when we board the animals for the weekend, we can’t pick them up until Monday morning. Jake talked me into this plan by saying that we could do things on Sunday that we couldn’t do while the pets were here. So I got up this morning at my usual time (I can’t blame Bernie, the cat for waking me because I woke up at 4:30 without his help today). I got dressed, had breakfast, and was out the door to walk before the sun came up. I walked for two and half hours on the Olympic Discovery Trail. I can’t walk that far away from the house with the dogs in case I need to bring them home quickly. I saw the sun come up over the bay, walked through the campground at the state park while people were still asleep, stopped and danced a bit on the trail when a good line dance song was playing on my mp3 player, and contemplated serious things in my life. Jake and I puttered with little projects together after I got home. It has been a long time since I walked that far on the discovery trail and they’ve added a new porta potty along the way which makes it easier to walk a longer distance. I would have walked farther but Jake woke up at 7:00 and called and asked when I’d be coming home.

    One of the things I’ve been working on is sorting through pictures from the last almost thirty years. I got to see how thin I was when hubby and I met and how quickly we gained weight together.. As successful we’ve been the last two and half years, it took us a long time being “Roly and Poly” before we had the awakening that started us on this weight loss journey. So what I want to say to anyone who is struggling is that is might time awhile, but there is hope for everyone. We are the ones who left the hospital the night my mother died and bought a half gallon of ice cream for each of us and ate all of it before going to bed that night. Our eating is history is not worthy of admiration but the time came when we made a change and it has been working for a long time. :flowerforyou:

    :flowerforyou: Sandy, the only time I like the pool is when it is blistering hot, otherwise it doesn't interest me. I don't like sunbathing, either. I'm one of the people who welcomed the news that too much sun was bad for you. It freed me from trying to get a tan :laugh: :laugh: I'm sorry to hear about your computer problems. We have two computers and when one isn't working we are both slightly crazy.:laugh:

    :flowerforyou: Koty, Jake used to live in Las Vegas and he has told me about the weather. it sounds very weird.

    :cry: Marilyn, sorry you aren't feeling well today.

    :bigsmile: Shirley, welcome back.......not tracking isn't a big thing if you're getting a lot of exercise.:bigsmile: glad you had fun.



    :bigsmile: Becky, I was never a good swimmer even though my mother had my take swimming lessons, get a bunch of Red Cross swimming certifications, and join the local swim team when I was junior high age. I tried lap swimming for exercise a few times and found it one of the most boring things I've ever done. I went to water aerobics once and liked it because of the movement and the catchy music, but I don't want to be bothered with exercise that requires all that changing of clothes

    :flowerforyou: Irene, it sounds so wonderful that you are going to reconnect with your old friend. I smile just thinking about it :bigsmile:
  • Lafla
    Lafla Posts: 685 Member
    A quick good night to you all. All is well and will write a little more tomorrow. Gayla :heart:
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :flowerforyou: Barbie, I had the same thing growing up. My parents had me take swimming lessons and I also got a certificate. But, I almost didn't pass. I was refusing to dive off the high dive and this was required to pass. Well, I finally got up the nerve and did it. Have never done it again since.:laugh: And, I have to agree about the changing of the clothes. Yes, I do change for other exercise classes but I am not changing out of a soaking wet suit.

    Good morning to all. Hope everyone's day is productive and light.
  • Sandydur
    Sandydur Posts: 9,331 Member
    Happy Monday!! :bigsmile: Woke up to thunder and a small power outage for about 5 minutes. It is supposed to clear up and get into the high 90's. No pool today, we have a belated graduation party tonight. I will try to get on the bike since Daisy probably won't be walking me tonight. :laugh:

    Barbie, it sounds like you had a good Sunday and got things accomplished that you wouldn't do with your critters. When I look back at pictures from when I was in my 20's I laugh a lot at our hairstyles. Big french buns, updo's, big hair, false eyelashes....:laugh: I really stayed thin until I quit smoking in 1992, then I gained almost 20 pounds and yoyoed up and down until I came to MFP. I did slim fast and other types of fad diets but nothing kept my weight off until I came here. I have learned to think about what I am eating and even on days that I cheat the calories are always thought about, so I don't get completely out of control. You and Birdie have the most self control I have ever seen and I really admire both of you. :flowerforyou:
    It was my aunt who taught me how to swim since we had a little trailer on a lake in Indiana. She just taught me well enough so as not to drown since my cousin and I almost did by panicking when we went accidentally walked into deep water and were hanging onto each other and thrashing. We finally managed to get back onto the sand that had the shallow water, so it was quite scary. My parents did not know how to swim and we had a boat, they would go in the boat without life jackets and it scared the heck out of me. When I was with them I would worry about the boat overturning and ask myself who do I save? Too much pressure for a kid. :tongue: I do like water today but prefer a pool, love the ocean only because it is rare for me to go in the ocean, but I hate sand in my suit.:laugh:

    With the help of my computer son I have made a decision on a new desktop and will be ordering it today. For those who care I am getting a Lenovo - IdeaCentre K330 Desktop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 12GB Memory / 1.5TB Hard Drive. It will be fast and will have lots of memory for me to put my VHS tapes on DVD. Thank goodness that decision has finally been made. :laugh:

    I might go get a mani/pedi but I am enjoying this nice quiet day at home. Have a good day everyone.
  • CALIECAT
    CALIECAT Posts: 12,530 Member
    Good morning Sneakers enjoy reading about all of your swimming experences. . I never did learn to swim. I learn to float withe my face in the water. Don't think I could survieved long like that. And yes I am terrified of water. I want my feet touching something.

    We have no plans today. Stay in and keep cool in this heat spell we are having. Got to fix me some more beans for a few meals. Will be doing a little sewing later on.

    Welcome back Shirley. Sounds like you had a wonderful trip.

    Sandy. You are always on top of things. So glad to have the prilidge of knowing you.

    Jeri. Hope you get good news today.

    Irene thanks for popping in. you are such a sweetheart

    Buzz, We don't hear too much from you these days. Don't love us no more?

    Judy. i know you have got you mind on your trip and getting into that bikini..

    Barbiecat. You always makes such good time of your free time.

    Gayla I have bought me a pattern for a prairie doll pattern with a bonnet. I have one I bought in an antiqueshop. Made out of old quilts. i have started so many quilts blocks and thought I would used them up. Made me think of you for you always talk of being a prairie girl. I order it on line so should get it this week. I love being able to buy things on line but hate the shipping cost. Walmart did away with their fabric and put inpkg stuff and would have to buy 2 yds at a time. But look like they are bringing it back. They took all the pkg stuff out and got lots of empty sheves now for bolts of fabric. Can hardly wait till we go Wed . for our shopping and see what they are doing to it.

    Becky Good morning to you and look like you have been at MFP the ongest here. I came in Dec 1908 So did Phoebe, Gayla, and Jeffrey. Then in early 1909 came Sandy, Barbiecat, Barbs And all of the rest came along after that. So glad you all did. Becky How come it took you so long to find us. Oh I know you were waiting to turn into a Senior citizen. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I don't think I got all of you but you know how the memory is
    Have a good day.
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    :laugh: CALIECAT...I was here for a while and then went to other sites. Don't know why...this is the best one. Then when I came back I posted about being so old, or something like that. Barbie then told me about this group.

    :flowerforyou: Sandy, that is too much pressure for a child. I feel so sorry for you.:cry:

    I really should get me jump rope out instead of sitting typing.
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