WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2016

heather - thanks for the Bea fix!!!!! she is so cute!

Hi all: Sounds like everyone is anxious for fall weather and routines. I am glad for the cooler weather. We are having guests for dinner tomorrow evening. If the girls come I am sure we will be getting the horses out. Won't they be surprised when they have to work for their dinner. Sundays are hard for me. It seems to be the day I get the least exercise and am inclined to eat the most. Need to figure this out and make a better plan.

Pip - Those nails look ready to ride. Don't they match your bike?

Katla - Glad you had a good trail ride. I hate having to jog to keep up and so does my horse but she is a short-legged little quarter horse and when we ride with tall long-legged horses like my friend's Tennessee Walker we often end up doing that because she just cannot walk that fast.

Hope everyone has a good holiday tomorrow, Sue in WA

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Katla - Glad you had a good trail ride. I hate having to jog to keep up and so does my horse but she is a short-legged little quarter horse and when we ride with tall long-legged horses like my friend's Tennessee Walker we often end up doing that because she just cannot walk that fast.

Hope everyone has a good holiday tomorrow, Sue in WA

I have ridden Tennessee Walkers, about 40 years ago, and know from experience that they are able to cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time. It wouldn't be easy for a smaller horse to keep up. Perhaps your friend could circle around to stay with a pace your horse can manage comfortably part of the time.

Today is a new day for me. It is the first time I've had the energy and desire to go right back out and practice my riding skills the very next day. I think I may actually be ready to set up the lease I've been dithering about.

more goggling... the new mexico #9 pepper was planted in anaheim, ca and sold as an anaheim chile, the same seed planted in Hatch, NM is sold as a Hatch chile; difference is climate and terroir....

skuehn48 wrote: »

Hi all: Sounds like everyone is anxious for fall weather and routines. I am glad for the cooler weather. We are having guests for dinner tomorrow evening. If the girls come I am sure we will be getting the horses out. Won't they be surprised when they have to work for their dinner. Sundays are hard for me. It seems to be the day I get the least exercise and am inclined to eat the most. Need to figure this out and make a better plan.

Pip - Those nails look ready to ride. Don't they match your bike?

Katla - Glad you had a good trail ride. I hate having to jog to keep up and so does my horse but she is a short-legged little quarter horse and when we ride with tall long-legged horses like my friend's Tennessee Walker we often end up doing that because she just cannot walk that fast.

Hope everyone has a good holiday tomorrow, Sue in WA

They do match my my bike

Did an hour of the Hot Body Yoga. The plan for tomorrow is to do another segment of the Tone Trouble Zones DVD, hold my plank, then since the gym is not having classes and opening later, I have a BodyPump DVD that I'll just use their equipment and do.

Joyce - how I hope you're feeling OK so you can get to the amusement park and do everything you'd like to do. I've been reading how much that Icy Hot has helped you. Well, I have this pain in my lower back, right where the back meets the butt. Also, lately my elbows have been hurting. I'm thinking that the elbow is probably arthritis (yuk!) and it seems that one of the side effects of the Prolia is joint pain so I can't help but wonder if that's the reason for the lower back pain. Anyway, we had this Aspercreme stuff that's supposed to be good on pain so I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for the incentive. I really didn't want to use Ben Gay and have that smell. Update: still feel the back, but the elbows are great.

Lenora - when a member of Newcomers passed away recently and I bought a sympathy card, at that time Vince commented that maybe I should invest in stock of some of them. Well, the mother of another Newcomer just passed away. Maybe Vince had the right idea

Lisa - things are really going well for you, I'm so happy.

Let's see, exercised, then (and please don't ask me to explain this one) I asked Vince if he wanted to go to Mexican Train Tues. I really would like to work on the popcorn. He didn't want to go unless I went. Which is strange. He has never had a problem before going somewhere if I wasn't going. He goes shooting without me. Well, for some unknown reason this time he only wanted to go if I went. So....I caved in and decided to go. Had to run to Food Lion to get chicken, hash browns, soup, sour cream and cheese. Then realized that I really should have more sour cream, soup and cheese so had to go back to Food Lion. Made this casserole. If there is any left (and there probably will be), I'll just donate it. I work at the Green Room Thurs so I can run it by the soup kitchen right before then. After it baked went outside and helped Vince take this concrete thing (it was like a slab, it's as if when the people were building this house their concrete truck dumped some concrete there).
We had to strap it to the tractor and then drag it to where we wanted it, then rolled it into the weeds. Then put down some weed killer, then strung some popcorn. I figure if I work at least a few hours every day, it'll get done in a few weeks. I really want to try doing it now because there isn't a lot of wind. Oh, did a load of laundry, rinse out our work clothes. After stringing popcorn made some chocolate rice krispie bars to put in the freezer for Vince for later in the week. I want him to finish the key lime pie and pineapple angel food cake first.

Lillian - so glad the sale was such a success

How sad - one of the trees' leaves are starting to turn. I always love summertime (and my pool)

They are going to have a retirement dinner for this lady from the church. I was thinking that it would be more of a pot luck and everyone would bring something. Then I can really use portion control. But there hasn't been any mention of which food to bring and I'm not crazy about having a full dinner, so if this is the case, I may just give her a retirement card and then leave. Which in the end might be a good thing since I won't have to guesstimate.

Sue in WA - I am one who will be missing the summer (and my pool)

Becca - I just love your openness (school starting...:) )

Michele in NC

So sorry, Kim, My auto-correct changed "rellenos" to "replenish"! I was in a hurry and didn't check... They're great in eggs, too--you can chop up a corn tortilla and mix it with the eggs and chile, a bit of cheese if you want--migas! Yum!!

KarenE

The kids had a great day and really missed my handicap pass to get quick access on rides. They missed some of the ones they always ride because of the 2 hour wait. They have this one ride that even though it has this African sounding name, the nickname is 'the toilet bowl' because that's what the ride is like. It has the swirl you are very quickly swirling around and then you are flushed and drop down into a pool. I will not ride that ride again.

The are so excited they are still babbling!!!!

Michele, Icy Hot has quite a smell, I think it is supposed to be a pleasant smell. I know it drives my cat crazy trying to find the smell.

Joyce, Indiana

Janetr7476 – Have you thought that those ‘earthquakes’ just followed you to OKC? Didn’t want you to feel ‘left out of the shakes’. I think we have a small fault that runs through this area. Haven’t really felt it here (in Dawson); but, quite often when I’d get into bed when we lived in Albany; I felt a small rumbling … DH thought I was ‘crazy’ the first time I mentioned it. Well, I guess he is right about one of those … I ‘am’ crazy! But, like the saying goes … “I don’t suffer from Insanity … I enjoy every minute of it.” Home front is all OK; other than DDnL#1 did not so much as wave to us when we drove into the driveway and they rode past us on the golf cart … she ‘looked’ just did not ‘acknowledge’ us. That’s ok, that is ‘normal’ for her. We’ve gotten past that $#*T!

I think the one and only time I went to OK was when I went to visit a friend of mine (in Norman, OK) while I was a Junior/Senior (summer between) in HS. Date took me to OKC … and I was amazed they had a ‘working oil rig’ on the lawn of the Capitol building.


Lisa in West Texas – Sounds like you have found that ‘first you jump, then the net appears’ faith in trying not to worry about yesterday (It is in the past); and, not worrying about tomorrow (we never know if we’ll have one); and neither should mess up today (our present) … literally and figuratively speaking. Sometimes you get to a point that you just throw up your hands; and, then a month or two later, you go ‘whew, I am glad that we did NOT do that …’; because something better comes along. I felt that way when I passed up a job at the Clerk’s office; expecting my boss to be appointed to a judgeship. He really wanted me to, because of the pay and benefits. He was on the ‘short list’ (3 people). The person first chosen, went home that day with the job; but, something must have happened whereby her husband was not willing to relocate … never did find out the story; but, that led to my boss being appointed as the Federal Magistrate … I just ‘knew’ in my heart that it was going to be … I had prayed about it and felt peaceful with my decision. I did not want to take that position; and, glad that I did not … when there were ‘cutbacks’ … that position went away. Was asked by the Clerk when I applied, that ‘if’ my boss got the job, would I apply to be his secretary? I had to be honest and tell him, 'sure I would … I had worked for him for 15 years at that point in time'. I’d much rather be a legal secretary’ than a ‘clerk’ … Much more fun!


Katla – Our neighbor at the end of the road has Tennessee Walkers … beautiful to watch them prance around. He is often in parades with them around this area of the state. I once took a picture of the 4 of them; backed up to one another’s butts … like they were watching N, S, E, and W. Now I have not been able to find it. I think I lost it once when they had to reset my computer; and, it erased some of the things I had not put into a folder. Have not seen this action out of them since. Neighbor on the opposite corner boards horses along with having a couple of his own. I rode horses when I was ‘in school’. Friend’s father had a stable; and, we’d go out and spend all afternoon on Saturdays riding and grooming them. Was a lot of fun. That would be the ‘only’ way to have a ‘horse’ in my opinion. Expensive hobby and a lot of work.


GodMomKim – Like "Vidalia onions" … only a ‘true Vidalia’ if they are grown in and around that town in Georgia. Sweet as can be; but, I ‘still’ have to sauté mine to eat them, otherwise it tears up my tummy! Otherwise, they are just 'white' onions. They have a flattened look about them with the tops and bottoms being on the yellowish side. You can 'smell' the difference.


Michele in NC – My DBnL ‘still’ reads the 'obits' from the Albany Herald, even though they have not lived there for over 25 years. They both still have friends there. We have a small nursing home/A.L.F. in this little hole in the wall we live near that consists of a ‘used car dealership’, Indian run store and gas pumps, Post office and 2 caution lights, with a speed limit that the big trucks NEVER obey. One week, 6 people here died. He called to ask if I knew any of them. Of course, I didn’t; but, he asked ‘if we were having an epidemic’. They say that deaths comes in threes (3’s). Not sure I believe that … but, it seems so.

I’ll miss my pool, too … still very hot here; but, I am not sure how long DOS is willing to keep it clean after Labor Day. As long as it isn’t growing stuff in it, I will get it in. I will brush down the sides and bottom so that I don’t slip; but, if he keeps up the chemicals … that is not a problem. I use it most of all. Love that kind of exercise. I wear an inner tube that fits tightly under my boobs; so that I don't have to worry about drowning if I have a seizure; it will keep my head above water. I've never worried about it, but, it makes DH happier. Not too thrilled to have to go to another form of exercise; but, I know with the CDs and tapes I bought from you … I will keep busy! Thanks!

Lenora

Michele in NC - thank you!

Heather - what a lovely child! Makes me miss my grands even more.

Joyce - just have this vision of your cat with its nose in the air, running around you in circles, flipping out.

Lenora - finding peace in my life again is perhaps the biggest benefit of all, along with being able to think in terms of years, rather than months or days. Feel truly blessed.

Happy Monday holiday for those of us on this side of the pond.

Love y'all!
Lisa in West Texas

Good morning all,

Nice day yesterday. DS#2 and family came to make smokies and sausages. So got my grand kid fix in. Little Zoey is really cruising around and so happy that she can keep up with everyone. Car seats are installed in my car so I can take them places on the days they will be at my house.

Frost again !!! I wonder what will survive this time. Covered as much as I could last night.

Today, need to do some paper work, a couple of meetings this week with the volunteer organizations that I am involved with. Will need to be prepared for them today because the kids could be here all week. And need to get outside and start the fall cleanup.

Heading for more coffee

Lillian in frosty West Central Saskatchewan

Good morning all! Happy Monday, Labor Day, for those of us in the U.S.A.! I know we have a lot of Texans on this site and last night the Longhorns played my Irish. Exciting game, close game, double over time, but alas, The Irish lost 47-50. Anyway, my dd and her hubby live in Texas (he is from El Paso, but they live near Fort Worth) and got tickets to the game. They were little navy and gold specks in a sea of orange. I am going to try to post a short video that dd sent us. Not sure if the link will work. May take a couple of tries. My daughter is very vocal and I am sure cheered her heart out throughout the game (regardless of the danger from surrounding Longhorn fans), in the video her hubby looks like he is waiting to be dragged into whatever drama occurs due to her boisterous nature! Go Irish! lol
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