WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2016
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Lilly may
Enjoy your luncheon and we are in the same boat re=hubbies retirement they fixed his pension to last until he is 90 years old. I don't believe we will have the same needs then. But if I'm fortunate to live that long don't want to try and make it on old age pension neither.
IremicRe
Yes I'm kinda liking this fasting woe. It is great for my b/s. Bringing levels down to a more normal range.
Barbie
I can see you dreaming of dancing when the doctors are working on you. Don't give them a hard time with the hip wiggles when there working lol.
Katla
I know how you love horses but to lease one with foot problems could cause harm to the animal or you. What is the owner thinking time to put the old gal to pasture.
As for me yesterday was a bad bad day. But low and behold wii said no harm done. Now to be supper good today. I'm right now on a 14 hour fast will be eating soon tummy is growling that's good.
See you all lighter.
Linda in Northern Ontario woke up to our first frost this morning.2 -
Cheri1 -
frankiesgirl21 wrote: »20 minute soul bearing rant wiped out by iPad..... Karma hates me.... Today sucks.
Sorry, sweetie, sending big (((hugs))).
Janetr okc0 -
Headed out the door to the last quilt show in the area in a few minutes but wanted to share a NSV moment I just had.
I have nice blouses in the closet, they needed ironing, I took time earlier this month to iron them *all.* Most days I wear a T-shirt so nice blouses are rarely worn.
Grabbed one of the nice ironed blouses this morning to wear and when I put it on it was swimming on me! Not just big, but swimming! I had stopped wearing it (it was my favorite) when it became too tight. Went though all the ironed blouses and found even the smallest sized one was still too big but at least it didn't drape on me like an army tent.
Looks like I really do need to go shopping. Sigh.
Charleen in Colorado (Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to the quilt show I go!)6 -
Charleen This is what we call a "Happy Problem". CONGRATS1 Enjoy clothes shopping or how about a clothing swap with a smaller family member or friend?
I've picked up a few pair of smaller sized pants from my older/skinnier sis that way. And don't forget salvation army and Good Will, lots of good almost new clothes.
NYKAREN
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Wow.... Sitting here with some chocolate peanut butter thingy that a co worker brought. Some healthy type of thing she found the recipe for.... It is so good but honestly so rich that I don't know if I can finish it.... who would have thought that would ever happen.
You know, all said and done the deleted rant didn't matter so much in itself. I was nice to yell at Karma. Thanks all!
Elizabeth-sending good wishes and thoughts!
Charleen-Yea!!! Now the quilt show will be 2x as fun!!!
Tracey2 -
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Mary from Minnesota2 -
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Charleen
To big of clothing wish it was my problem I think I'd wear them just to show how far I've come. Enjoy the quilt show and happy shopping but don't buy to much if your not done losing.
For me I just went 5 hours from my last liitle bit of food and now having a little salad. Going to make a nice supper.
See you all lighter.3 -
Elizabeth - {{{hugs}}} Hoping you get good news from your doctor, but know that we will be here to support you regardless.
Charleen - What a great NSV!
Just bopping in for a quick stop today. My daughter is coming home from college for the weekend as it is homecoming and she wants to help her younger sister get ready for the dance. I think she is a little disappointed that none of her close friends will be home. But, selfishly, I am happy that means I'll get to spend more time with her. In case I don't get a chance to check in, hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Linda/IA1 -
Charlene - Fantastic! I did that once with a favourite pair of trousers. I took them in when I lost weight, then I got too fat for them, then when I lost weight again I excitedly got them out of the cupboard and they were hanging off me! Well done you. :flowerforyou:
Just made DH an Allbran loaf. I have been slacking off making him cakes recently and have been buying them for him instead. Nice to treat him, as Hampshire lost their match and are going down to the 2nd division.
Then I ordered a food delivery for Sunday morning, the first slot they had available. One thing I have ordered is their low alcohol cider. I had a bottle tonight - only 1%.
He has custard tarts in the delivery, so won't go hungry. Got to pick up some emergency food tomorrow as we are out of everything, including milk.
We've been coordinating our calendars. Quite a lot going on. Most of it he hadn't written down. :grumble:
Love Heather UK
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CHARLEEN ~ What a great problem to have!
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Tracy, I have intentionally wrote down big rants and then torn it up. Very good for the soul plus just writing it down sometimes give me insight as to why it was bothering me so.
Charleen, wonderful problem to have! I can't remember when I last went shopping. I think it is because all the wonderful clothing in size 12 is now pushed back in the closet, then I have the 14s I bought and I am now in 16s. I am slowly getting back in the 14s.
I was going to go to my sister's and my favorite store, Christopher and Banks next week. Her birthday was early September and that was when I was really feeling bad plus would have not been able to even walk in the mall without passing out. So we set a date to go next Thursday. But she was wanting a denim vest and found one in a consignment shop but when she went back it was gone. So she went by herself to our store and they had 2 left. She didn't feel she could miss the chance of not getting it. So she brought it over here and said thanks, could you write me a check for $$$$!!!!! I had to laugh. But what she missed out was that I had a coupon that she could have got it for 40% off and my check to her would have covered the entire cost. But I will use that coupon next week and see if there is something that I HAVE to have. When she got over here, she pulled into a neighbors driveway so she could back up and park in front of my house. In the process she packed into their mail box. The only damage we could see was 2 bricks were displaced in their landscaping. Mailbox was intact. But it completely took out the back window of her minivan!!!! She left her phone number in the mailbox, not name, and told them she had hit the mailbox. When the guy came home, he got her note and also saw her car so when he called her he only asked for $5 and said she got the worst end of it. So it looks like I am her driver to doctor's appointments next week. I may be tired of my sister by weeks end with driving her to 2 appointments and our lunch out and shopping. Sometimes we just browse consignment shops. I do want to go to Christopher and Banks. She has a mobility scooter and will use it in the mall.
Heather, if it weren't for the fact that Michelle lives here in town, along with my sister and the fact that this is the place the family comes for holidays, I would move in a minute to where my grand kids are. Well when I think of it, there are other reasons I stay here. Both mine and Charlie's parents graves are here, I hate the thought of moving, I wouldn't want to house search long distance and I like my neighborhood. But I would love to be closer to my grand kids events. Maybe they need to move here!!!!!! HMMM, don't think so and it would be unfair for me to ask. I do know that Michelle was surprised when we didn't automatically think of moving when our Moms died. Our Dads died around the same time and so did our Moms.
Joyce, Indiana
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Got word back from the MS society. Here's a draft of the publication for me to approve. Kirby will now know about this cud he has to approve the release too
At the Bike MS Saturday evening program, a man sitting in the front row, excitedly raised his hand when the MC asked who had been riding for twenty years. “More!” he yelled, “Twenty-three years!” That was Kirby Schlotterback, sporting his yellow “Livin’ the Dream” team shirt and a huge smile plastered on his face. Other than a shoulder compression sleeve on his right arm, he showed no signs of the long road he had to travel to get back to Bike MS this year.
Last November, Kirby was hit by a car while commuting home from work on his bike, landing him in the hospital for more than two weeks. After a several difficult months of healing and rehabilitation, Kirby jumped back in the saddle with one goal in mind – to build up enough strength and endurance to ride at Bike MS. Kirby’s resilience and dedication helped him achieve that goal and, despite some lingering injuries, he rode 59 miles the first day and 26 miles on day two! His wife, Izzy, describes the first morning: “He started out behind me, but I kept looking back to make sure he was still there. I asked him to ride beside or ahead of me. I figured as long as he was ahead of me I would see if anything happened or came up. That’s all I needed to say… before I knew it, he was riding further and further up until I lost sight of him.”
Kirby claims that he first came out to Bike MS “just to get a free t-shirt”, but these days the ride is much more than the giveaways or even the personal challenge. He loves the camaraderie, the support and how he feels when he’s done with the first day. “We don’t know anyone personally with MS,” says Izzy, “but love the idea of helping out in trying to find a cure, whether we knew someone affected or not. As we’ve been telling friends about the ride and wearing the jersey people have come up to us thanking us for our efforts because they have MS or have a family member affected by it.”
Bike MS: Deception Pass Classic is the only organized ride the Schlotterbacks faithfully do every year. And now, with plans to retire to California in the near future, they are still not ready to give it up—they plan to fly up each September to continue the yearly tradition. “We are so happy when we come here,” said Izzy, “I am so glad Kirby has this ride to look forward to. The Society is an inspiration and a great example to other rides and fundraising events.”
Thank you Kirby and Izzy—we’ll see you next year for year number 24!12 -
HAPPY FRIDAY! I'm leaving work in 8 minutes - yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy - @cityjaneLondon that pasta sounded divine! - I think I will try something like that except with corn pasta as opposed to wheat! yum! I treated myself to chicken and mushroom CREAM soup - which I never have cream soup and it was deelish - but NOT later - LOL another hard lesson learned from the stomach/intestinal arena! oh well! - anyone else here a Celiac? or Non-Celiac Disease?1
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Love it, Pip.
Yay, Charlene. This time, buy no-iron blouses!3 -
JOYCE ~ Is there a Christopher & Banks outlet shop near you. I know there is one at the Tanger outlet where I go sometimes but I have never been in the store.
Eating was not good today but probably not as bad as I thought. Had leftover sweet & sour pork over rice for breakfast and it had no added fat and the pork was very lean. Ate lunch at Chili's with our son and family. Had part of a house salad and chicken fahitas without the wrap or cheese. Did put a spoon of sour cream on it.
Finally got the bedroom set from my mom's out of the garage and into the house. It is being stored in the living room until we can find a place to send the bedroom set that is in the second bedroom. We could put it upstairs in the huge bonus room but don't think we could get it up the stairs. Hoping the son can find a place for it in his house.
All the work on the rental house is done and it has been turned over to an agent. I think he has decided to ask for too much for renters to bite. May have to lower the price he set. This house was built in 1975 and has been well kept but not had the baths/kitchen updated which I would prefer to do at some point.
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NY Karen - Unfortunately I have no one I can swap clothes with, no sisters or other family. My daughter's taste in clothes is not mine. She is a college student and is much taller than I am. When I retired I donated almost all of my dress clothes and smaller sized clothes since I wasn't wearing them and wanted to de-clutter the closet.
DrKatiebug - Yes ma'am, no more blouses that need ironing!
I guess I could grab all my super over sized clothes and put them on as a costume for Halloween - 'The Incredible Shrinking Woman!' Come see how she flails about as her monster clothes try to devour her!
Thank you all for the warm words of encouragement, I read often but post infrequently.
I've been listening to all of your recommendations when someone else was facing the same issue and thought I might take a trip to the local recycle store to see if I can find a couple pairs of blue jeans and tops. I don't want to sink a lot of money into clothes right now as I still have a ways to go yet. I had hoped I could hold out till the Christmas shopping season was in full swing so I could catch the sales. I thought that a few new outfits would be a nice reward for sticking with MFP and keeping true to my goal.
Charleen in Colorado (The weather is about to turn chilly, rainy and snowy in the foothills & mountains)3 -
LinCharpentier – I think whatever your size might be; having clothes that ‘fit’ properly is what makes you look best. Trying to fit into something that is ‘too small’ only makes you look like you have stuffed yourself into. Wearing something that is baggy quite often makes people wonder ‘what are you hiding’ or - 'gee, she's big'? I’ve always tried to have my clothes fit whatever size I happened to be. It got pretty difficult to go by sizes; because a pair of jeans at Dillard’s/Macy’s in a size 12; in a less expensive place … would be a 14 – to get the same fit. My DH used to call on several clothing factories; and they decide what it normal and go up and down from there, insofar as what size tag they put in them - randomly. That was an eye-opener for me. I strongly agree, that ‘if’ you are going to go shopping for clothes, and you find something you like, take the size that you ‘think’ might fit and one on either side of that. Then decide which fits you best. I am in a ‘size’ 12 at the moment; but, I do have a few 10’s and a few 14’s in my closet. If the size bothers you that much, cut it out. I had a lot of size 16’s because of working; and I wore them until they were hanging off my hips; got them taken in by a tailor; who told me at the time, that when I lost more weight; he would not be able to cut them down further because it would affect the placement of rear pockets on my pants/shorts. I’ve always worn a “L” in a top; but, now this summer, I found when I bought a ‘L’; I would have to take them to him to get the underarms taken up. Now I am in a “M” … which makes me happy; but, there again, it depends on how it is cut as to what size I wear. But, at the moment, I am consistently a size 12, shoes a size 7 ½ … still the tops depend on how they are cut and if they had sleeves in them as well. Some things are beginning to get looser still, ... thanks; I need that; because it seems like my weight isn't changing; but, the % of fat to muscle is. The shorts that I normally weigh for my weigh-ins are just plain too big; so I have to try to figure what I can wear that I’ll know how much they weigh so I can mentally deduct the weight on the scales as if I was stepping up on at home – butt naked. I have to take off my shoes anyway to set on the scale for a correct weigh-in. I take off my jewelry and glasses off as well.
I think the real NSV was not being able to lift a 40lb of ‘potting soil’; that being the amount of ‘extra’ weight I was toting around. I feel so much better now that I am getting closer to my goal; but, I also find that it is harder to take those pesky few lbs. off!
Joyce – I know how your sister feels, I went to Belk’s and found a nice vest; I should have bought it on the spot; when I went back after eating … it was gone! The clerk said she had just sold it. Now, if I find something I like and it fits me … I will buy it, if I have the money to do so. Oh well, can’t go back in time. When we lived in Macon, my best friend would never buy something unless it was 'on sale'. She'd also buy something, even 'if' at the time she did not have something to wear with it; but, by the end of the season ... she will have found something. I went shopping with her once and he hit the department stores first ...; then to the discount stores to buy something that looked like the one in the department stores. My Mother sewed, we learned to sew; and, one of the things she made sure we 'looked' for when buying clothes is to make sure the 'pattern' match at the seams. I won't buy anything with a pattern if the pattern doesn't match ... such as a plaid or stripe. I know, that is a little crazy; but, I also look at the inside seams to see how they are finished off. Whether they have stitches on the edges and not loosely cut that will fray the first time I wash it.
Pipdc34 – I know that DH used to swim ‘behind’ me when we went diving. Drove me NUTS! I wanted him to be ‘beside’ me like he was supposed to be, that way we could see (together) what was going on
Mmmmm, I thought that Homecoming was tonight; but, DH has not said anything about it; and, he is out mowing the grass. Maybe he thinks it is just too hot to go. Don't know if DMGD is going to the dance or not. Never heard her say. She did break up with #4 (nickname for BF). He did not attend the same school anyway.
Ordered plant to be sent for DDnL#2's grandmother's funeral tomorrow. She said she had just gotten back from the funeral home after fixing her hair. Says it does not bother her to do it for others; but, it was hard to do her own grandmother's hair. Said she will never to another family member.
Her mother is going to stay at her house for another week or so, so that she can get used to her being gone. DDnL#2 was especially close to her; but, said it was very difficult to watch her dying.
Lenora
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I love shopping at places like Goodwill. You can wear the clothes for a month and re-donate them and get new ones! It's so fun and pain free.
Congrats, Charleen in Colorado!
Karen in Virginia3 -
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Evening friends
Tom and I had a screaming match and I hate having yelling matches...
He is accusing me of lying , we got the bill for the kidney Dr,almost 500.00 well that sent him over the edge,but the facility fee is everytime I go it will be that, much, he said I told him it was a one time fee, starts banging and spitting and yelling.. So I yelled back..and then left and went to visit my brother,,,,
He has been good for awhile.. Gonna have a chat with him tomorrow after a good nights sleep0 -
grandmallie wrote: »Evening friends
Tom and I had a screaming match and I hate having yelling matches...
He is accusing me of lying , we got the bill for the kidney Dr,almost 500.00 well that sent him over the edge,but the facility fee is everytime I go it will be that, much, he said I told him it was a one time fee, starts banging and spitting and yelling.. So I yelled back..and then left and went to visit my brother,,,,
He has been good for awhile.. Gonna have a chat with him tomorrow after a good nights sleep
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I got the call this afternoon to tell me that my check in time for surgery on Wednesday will be 10:45 AM with no food after midnight. The doctor has two surgeries before mine so it will be a long time without food...I am so used to eating on a schedule that this sounds like starvation to me. However, in the great scheme of things, this is a small problem...it is what it is. 2
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Allie, so sorry about the yelling match. I guess it wouldn't work to go read his card?????? No I didn't think so. LOL. When I was writing this, i miss spelled card and said cad!
Carol, I will have to google that. Thanks for the suggestion. I just looked and there are two in Ohio which would be the two closest. It is to far to warrant driving to an outlet mall. My husband and I don't have good luck with going together, he wants to go to his own places and not support where I want to. And there is no way my sister and I would drive that. That would be dangerous for all on the road with us. Now if there was an organized bus trip from here it would be nice. Again, thanks for the suggestion.
Pip, such a wonderful tribute to Kirby.
Joyce, Indiana0 -
stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 10.37min, 16.5amph, 147mhr, 2.9mi = 100c
JOG- 50min, 10.16ap, 134ahr, 149mhr, 2mi @ .5incl @ 5.7-5.8sp, 2mi @ 1.0incl @ 5.8-5.9sp, .85mi @ 1.5incl @ 6.0-6.7sp, 4.85mi = 466c
ride gym 2 dome- 5.33min, 15.1amph, 144mhr, 1.4mi = 75c
ride dome 2 hm- 20.20min, 157mhr, 7.6amph, WINDY, 2.5mi = 217c
total cal 8582 -
Barbie: What will be done on your surgery? I'll be sending visions of energy and total healing your way. Agree about the long fasting period. Sometimes the anticipation of an event is worse than the actual experience.
Pip: Even though your wrote it as a tribute to Kirby, you have actually given MS Society an additional gift. Stories from donors and supporters are like gold to non-profit communication executives.
Charleen: Great NSV! Clothes Mentor is a great chain of consignment shops. I think about 40% of what's in closet came from there. I've also inherited from friends and relatives who used to be smaller.
I've had a challenging week with long hours and more stress than usual. Just got back from chiropractic adjustment and therapeutic massage and feel brand new. Bring on the weekend!
Stay well friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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Joyce and Carol, there is a C & B retail store at the Mall of Georgia in Buford. I also sometimes shop at the outlet store near my house that Carol is probably talking about. I don't see much difference in price. You just have to play the game and use the coupons. You can also find good deals online and return to the store if you don't like it.
I used to love C & B but I haven't had much luck there lately.
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