WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2016

Anne WI When I first had my knees replaced the physical thrapist that came to the house had me do several exercises with resistance bands. They are inexpensive, very versatile and portable. You could check out YouTube for ideas.

Janetr okc

Hello, my name is Renee and I will be 50 in January. I am looking for support and motivation to get myself back on track to become healthy and release some weight. I live in Philadelphia, PA, single, no children Looking forward to getting to all of you better.

tryingtolive1 wrote: »

Good morning ladies. Need some suggestions for some form of exercise for my mom. She has had one knee replacement and now needs the other one done at some point. She is not a active person and getting her out with me to the gym is not going to happen. The less she moves around the worse she seems to be getting. Need something low impact and she can do at home. Something maybe her and I can do together would be great. Hoping if we work at it together she will be more motivated.

Anne from Wisconsin

Belly dance is fun movement and very low impact. You tube has many videos. The one I like best is called Shimmy. Yep! My screen name comes from the very fact that one of my many odd jobs was dancing and teaching belly dance!

There are also some awesome chair excercise and other knee protecting workouts right on SparkPeople I have not used them, but have a friend who does.

Katy, shaking her booty in New Mexico

Barbie- it is so nice to read your post and see how well you are doing! It is apparent that you are improving by the amount of walking you are able to do. Thanks for being such a motivational leader!



Mary from Minnesota

I made a start on ordering Christmas cards and presents today. Got five presents.
Also got DH some bourbon for our wedding anniversary next weekend. We will be going out for Sunday lunch at a Michelin starred restaurant. His daughter gave us a voucher for it for our joint birthday present. Great idea! Free lunch! Who said there was no such thing!
We will have to get a taxi both ways, so it won't end up being free, but, hey, it's our 12th anniversary.

We've also booked a date with the grandchildren in Hove in a fortnight's time. Just the one day, but we do start pining away if we don't see them. We will stay for dinner and then drive home. We have not been asked to stay the night.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Santeeshimmy - I'm watching the Broncos game. Unfortunately it's looking like the Saints game. Lol. Dyed in the wool Bronco fan. Years and years and more years ago, I worked for the original owner of the Broncos. I'm a Denver natvie, now living in Oklahoma City. Welcome to our group of supportive ladies.

Janetr okc

KJ - while I appreciate and understand your sentiment for the old days....I am just not going to "reward" these people for their "bad behavior" with a plate of cookies to smooth things over. I did nothing wrong asking that young man to please not walk through my site and it is not my job in life to appease these people. It is never acceptable to be mean and nasty to others and to offer cookies would tell these people that I accept their behavior. These people are emotional vampires who feed off making others miserable just because their life sucks and they are miserable themselves. I spoke to my counselor this morning about it and because of my past she agrees with what I plan to do, privatize my home and distance myself from them. She reminded me that they are not the only people on the planet and there are others who would appreciate, respect me and treat me well. So I will just focus on those kinds of people and move on. My life sucks too but you don't see me treating others badly even though all my life others have treated me badly. I may live by these people but that doesn't mean I have to like them, talk to them or involve them in any way with my life. Thanks for the suggestion though, your heart is in the right place.

Sherry in "no more vampires stealing parts of my soul!" Portland

A good Sunday morning to all: Went to church and sang this morning. We had five baptisms so a longer than usual service. Now am at home and trying to decide what we want to do since it is raining and the project we were going to do cannot be done.

Becca - So glad you will have all of your boys home at Christmas.

KJ - That was an awesome plan you had for those brownies.

Margaret - That is one scary neighbor. Glad everyone is safe and hope he learned something.

Katla - Congrats on those new jammies and riding the new horse.

Anne - You might want to check into getting some PT before knee replacement to strengthen and make recovery easier. I did this. The PT can then give specific home exercises for her situation and you could work with her to do them.

Glo - Glad you were able to help your neighbor out, so kind of you.

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

well.. bought another hrm, i am now officially part of the fitbit family. we'll see how this one works. i LOVED my wahoo tracker when it was working, but i dunno what happened but it has been failing me ever since the marathon. i was so disappointed that it didn't work for that. i have an estimate on my calories that i burned, if you know me at all, you know i track my calories burned. i think i should be a tester of these products because i will put them thru the ringer

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Good Evening Ladies, I’m so sorry for such a long post but that is what happens when I get behind. Please read what you want, skip the rest, but know I love you all and appreciate you so much!

Margaret, the Christmas cactus is just beautiful. I love that you share flowers with us!!! Thank you.

Pip, I’m so sorry about Kirby’s problems in the race but think it’s just amazing that he can do it at all after the accident last year. He has come such a long way but I know it has to be frustrating when your mind and body don’t communicate properly. You are both still my heros!!! Do your socks have toes in them? I love all the pictures!!

Sherry, glad you like the new doctor. She sounds like just what the doctor ordered. *sorry, I can’t resist being corny sometimes.* I love your new mantra.

MicheleNC, we are getting smoke from the fires in NC all the way down here. It’s so dry the whole SE may be on fire before long.

Purl, it sounds like you have a good plan so now the trick is to stick to it. Just report in to us each day and know we are rooting for you. You can do this!!!

Allie, about Ray’s memorial; whatever you decide to do, remember it is for the living and not those that passed. It’s so nice of you to want to do it for them (Ray and Ruth) but I can’t imagine that it is expected. When I asked about a possible room where Ruth lives, I was talking about her nursing home and not their house. I just wondered if there were a room where you could do a small memorial and Ruth would already be there so no worry about getting her to it. You just do what you are comfortable with. (((Hugs)))

Kelly, you do know that those greeter jobs at Walmart are in high demand. I think you have to know someone high up to even be considered. But trust me, I know what you mean.

KarenVA, that’s a great window washing idea. It reminds me of the 15 minute rule on decluttering. When we do any job in small batches it makes it so much less daunting.

NYKaren, that fountain should keep the evil spirits away! (Or maybe it is one?) lol

Katy, welcome. You will find this a great place for support and information. These ladies have become like sisters to me and I can’t imagine this journey without them. I actually drove through New Mexico when driving my DD from SC to CA a few years ago. So I know it’s really there. We’re glad to have you.

Allie, so glad you told Tom off. You are so right that you don’t need to put up with being treated like that. Too bad he won’t talk to a doctor about an antidepressant or something.

Katla, how nice to have to buy new pj’s cause the old ones outgrew you. Congrats, my friend.

Sherry, you “ROAR” on, girlfriend! Definitely don’t let those sad people dampen your parade.

Gloria, that is so sad about your neighbors. I have a dear friend that wants to sell her house but it would put her DD out on the street. She can’t afford a place on her own but my friend can’t afford to keep paying for it. Talk about a Catch 2??? I hope your neighbor can find something.

Tere, you are so right about the internet. I feel that we must take it with a grain of salt. I too, read what I’m interested in or agrees with me and skip over the rest. For me, it’s better for my mental health. Plus on FB if I read it all, I might think less of some of my friends? LOL

Allie, since Tom gets to go to Florida without you, could/would you go without him? Like you said, he’s been already! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

NYKaren, beautiful!!!

NCCarol, when are you getting the heat checked???? It IS Cold! Does your oven still work??? They make great heaters. Lol I’m sitting in my little office right now with a small space heater on. (later) So sorry to hear about all the events of late. Hang in there, my friend. It will surely get better! ((((Hugs))))

Anne, good luck with your Mom if she doesn’t “want” to do anything. One of my best friends is overweight and needs a knee replacement and all she wants to do is sit. She knows it would be better to get up and move but just doesn’t want to put forth the effort. It’s a sad situation, just like when I was FAT and wanted to weigh less but didn’t want to eat less to get there. *sigh*

Katla, it sounds like a wonderful riding lesson yesterday! That is just so terrific to get to do that at this point in your life. And good for you on being brave enough to do it. Not sure I would?

Renee, welcome. Please tell us a bit more about yourself to help us get to know you. This is a great group of ladies so come often.

to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

DH rarely requests anything special for meals but today he asked if I’d make my Mexican cornbread. Of course, I will. It has ground beef, onions, corn and cheese in it. Getting out the recipe brought back memories. I got it from a lady that I met in the hospital in Houston many years ago when my Father was there for a few weeks. She had a grandson that was in there for heart surgery so we became “family waiting room friends”. She lived in the area and went home every few days for a few hours and one day brought back a delicious pan of this cornbread. It’s a bitter sweet memory but she and her family were so nice. We stayed in touch for years.
Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you and I hope you all have a Happy and Healthy Day!

Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

Damnit yes they have toes in them

NY Karen What a fun sand sculpture. They did a fantastic job.

DJ I am glad you enjoy the flowers. They do soothe my soul.

Tomorrow i call for estimates on the window. We had an estimate for a different window the same size through Anderson Renewal. $3000 for that window. I did forewarn the owner it will be at the cheapest $1500 and the most $3000. We have big windows in our home that we love but they are expensive to replace. Unfortunately they will have to take the awning on and off to replace the window and that too wiil add to the expense. The neighbor was not intentionally shooting at us. He is a hunter and did not think anything of shooting rabbits and squirrels. He didn't account for the fact he misses and that our houses are close together. He is leaning a very expensive lesson.

Margaret

Toni thanks for the group hug I needed that.

Magaret

Mary from Minnesota – When talking about ‘medical marijuana … since we don’t have it in Georgia, and probably won’t for some time; or at least, I don’t think so. What does high CBL and lower THC mean? Not that I would try it because of the bipolar meds I take, since I cannot take any OTC meds unless the MD says it is ‘ok’.

Heather – I think we are spending out ‘retirement’ as much as we can, we’ll have land to leave; but, 2 sons will just have to hire attorney to do the deeds to separate the 2 tracts we own, and I don’t believe they’ll have any trouble equitably or equally dividing anything else. I won’t be here to see if the squabble; and, I don’t think they will. If I need long-term care (which I hope I won’t have to) then, maybe I won’t be ‘aware’ enough to know it. I’m not worried about the future; lady at the Women's Retreat I attended this weekend who read a quote by Curt Kobain (dead singer) who said that he thought during his/this generation that we would elect an outsider who would change this country [for the better] (that is not a direct quote, just something to the effect). This was done back in 1993. He even said that he thought it would be a businessman mogul, like Donald Trump. That’s a comment supposedly made almost a quarter century ago. Now, of course, the Snopes and TruthorFiction search engines are saying they don’t exist; but, … it is still interesting that they have jumped all over it a few days after the election, nothing about it before. I, quite honestly, do not put much faith in what either search engine says … they are also, political in nature written by someone who has an ‘opinion’. I had to laugh when my sister emailed me (and posted on FB) as a response to something my DOGD said about not worrying about the future, that she did not put her faith in man, she put it in God. Sister said that she was ‘in mourning’ and wore black the next day. But, then she said that she would just ‘wait and see’. Makes one wonder why we are having protests and rioting when we did not have it back in 2008 or ‘12. I’m sure there were some very unhappy people back then, too – but they put their big boy/girl panties on, and waited another 8 years to elect someone that was thought to have no chance. I believe in God and I think he will protect and watch over us; and, that ‘nothing happens’ that goes against His Will, or without His knowledge.

KJLaMore – You used an emoticon that I can see if I am writing a PM; does it down up under the ‘faces’ on the actual thread? That’s wonderful news about your DD and her BFF being pregnant at the same time. Really encouraging that a couple who have had fertility problems were ‘successful’ … I’m praying for the same thing for my DYS and DDnL#2. They are both 38; this is DYS’s first marriage. DDnL#2 said, before her grandmother died a couple of months ago, that she told her that ‘she should take care of that baby boy’. Did she know something that the rest of us don’t … not even DDnL#2? I’m praying for that … maybe her Grannie will have the opportunity to ‘talk w/God’. I went off this weekend (for a Women’s Retreat) and the potty light took me by surprise when I got home. I had forgotten about it. You’re right, the boys would be aiming [no pun intended] to see who could ‘hit’ it, in the dark. But, hey, might be an incentive to train. Under proper supervision. I think it also actually works when the lights are on, just not quite as bright.

Carol – Have you thought that maybe that is why we will have a ‘businessman’ as our next POTUS? On the outside[r]’s chance that he can also make changes to budgets?

DJ and barbiecat – I [and Carol] grew up in a small town [in a county with a lot smaller little towns]. I can remember going up to the Courthouse Square where they posted numbers of ballots, counted by hand, and literally brought to the courthouse to be counted, in locked boxes; and they would count them and mark them, in chalk, on a HUGE blackboard (green actually), from surrounding areas. Election Night(s) were a ‘big deal’ and also a ‘family event’ … I can remember sleeping on the grounds of the courthouse square while my parents waited to find out the results about elections. I don’t know how they found out about state or federal elections, other than, at the time I was young, I never knew our home without having a TV in it. I do remember going to our backdoor neighbors’ house because they got one of the first TV’s and they probably had one of the first ‘color’ TVs. However, I do not think we lived there long enough for me to know. I remember watching Roy Rogers & Dale Evans on our TV, that particular time was MY time to watch TV. I ‘loved’ Roy Rogers … he was my childhood hero, right behind my Daddy. No, DJ, DH was ‘not’ driving. DOS was, as DH has gotten older, it takes less alcohol to make him start ‘feeling it’. He stops at one; but, they are ‘big ones’. Small size is in a big glass.

Margaret – Oh, that is scary that it came though the awning and the window with that big of a hole in the window. In most places it is ‘against the law’ to shoot a gun (even a BB gun) inside the city limits. Your cactus is beautiful. I’m hoping that repotting mine, will make them bloom. Guess I’ll see, if so I will post them. I’ll have to post the ‘strawberry pot’ I just repotted.

Pip – Hope that Kirby feels better after having leg cramps.

Glo in WA – Our DYS’s ‘nickname’ was “Bruiser” because of how he walked and held his arms. He was such a cute little kid, always a smile on his face and into ‘everything’. He had a shirt with “BRUISER” in big white letters across his shoulder blades. He was not ‘fat’, just very stocky. Sorry about your neighbor, especially with 2 little children. I know this has to be upsetting to your boys.

Michele – I’ll have to get my DOGD or DMGD to take a picture of me so I can post it. Then, I will be able to see just how far I have come, so far, from when I started (199lbs.). Before and After (soon-to-be hopefully).
Talking about rioters and protestors; they need to do what they do down in Panama City, FL on Spring Breaks (college and HS) [one week each]; they build or bring in dog ‘cages’ to put them in, about the size of a porta-potty. They get charged with whatever offense – mostly DUI’s … then, they have a DUI charge filed against them, and it is forwarded to the respective location where they live. They get picked up and arrested every day of Spring Break, they have that many charges filed against them. When it ‘hits’ their pockets, or affects their insurance, or puts them on a ‘driving restriction’ … they’ll think a bit more about being ‘publically intoxicated’.

Sherry – That is a great mantra. We’re going to get a subscription to the National Geographic for Children for our DDnL#2’s daughter [DGD#4] for Christmas. She loves to read; and, we think she will enjoy them. I love National Geographic; but, don’t have (or should I admit, don’t make) much time to read through them. But, we have a huge stack of them. I get a lot of inspiration from them for paintings and drawings. Gee, after all that ‘troubled’ neighbor drama, I think I would be demanding a new spot; or move my little house to a ‘new’ place. I don’t think I would let my ‘fur baby’ out in a neighborhood like that, without me going out and standing with her. Sherry if you have access to YouTube; go look up Jeanne Robertson, good clean comedian bases her little stories from things that actually occurred in her life. Very uplifting that you don’t have to listen to any curse words or see dirty gestures. Maybe they will make you LOL! That is good medicine.

Santeeshimmy – A lot of us, open up a word processing program and minimize both of them so that they are side-by-side on the computer screen, so you can run through several pages of postings. One thing you CANNOT do is start posting something and then go ‘back’ to a previous page; if you do, you will lose some or all of it. It you want to go back and forth you will either need to do this; or you will need to actually ‘post’ your comments; then, post another separate one. Also, we like people to post what they would like to be called, and a location – either specific or general, that way we can get to know you better. I’ve been off site all weekend, but welcome … tell us a little bit about yourself … married or single, widowed, divorced, in a committed relationship, hobbies, family, pets, etc.?

KarenE – Cracker is a shelter adoptee. She was turned in as a stray when she wandered into a BBQ party being held in a public campsite. She was estimated to be 4 months old when we got her last October. When she had been with us a couple of days and realized that we were always going to come home and be with her, she got over her skittishness. She went into the crate on command, she’d ‘sit’, she’d walk at the edge of my left ‘heel’, and was easy to potty train. For a while she’d ‘piddle’ if our son or any of our granddaughters came over, she just got ‘too excited’. I finally told them to NOT come off the kitchen floor until she stopped piddling. She still gets so ‘excited’; but, has control over her bladder now. She is so stinky, smelly, spoiled rotten by me (and her Daddy tells her so all the time); and, is such entertainment for me because I am retired/disabled. So basically, we figured that ‘someone’ had just ‘lost her’. Their loss, our gain! I got her on a Thursday, before they were going to have their 4th Saturday Adopt a Pet Day at the tractor company in town. She would have been chosen very quickly because she is so cute. Such an expressive face and she knows how to use it.

Sharon – Thanks for the compliment. My DH is my ‘rock’ … love the ‘daylights’ out of him. Some of the ladies at the Women’s Retreat this weekend said that “Hackshaw Ridge” was an excellent movie. Can’t wait to see it.

NYKAREN – Cool picture! Where is that located? Little Cottage?

Katla – Doesn’t it feel great when things ‘outgrow’ you and you get to go to the next size down or more?

I went to a Women's Retreat this weekend. Great time; and, I won a raffle prize every day; last day it was the 'grand prize'. First night won a pair of earrings, very nice, because I had not put my in before we left home; next night got a 'journal', today the First Prize was a beautiful small cross with a in the middle of the cross. Was told that I could 'exchange it' if I wanted to; but, I can't think of anything better than this. I was so HAPPY!!!!

Lenora

Hi Gals,

Sherry – what a drag! But privatizing is probably a good idea, no matter the neighbors, Do you have a bit of space around your RV? Could you (in time) get a couple of big pots fill them with dirt and plant something like a rose bush or other thorn filled item to discourage the walking via your space? Later So glad you met the nice neighbor – love the idea of gardening and BBQ/fire pit area!

Pip – I think you should contact these companies and offer to be a beta tester you would be great at it, and that way you could always have a new free one to test!

I wrote my Christmas letter today – will take it to get copied in the next few days and will work on the cards. I also found out the holiday boutique that I participate in is cancelled, this is good and bad! The good is I had not gotten enough ready for it yet, the bad is I have a lot of items purchased waiting to be embroidered and this is a $300+ day of profit for me, but the good is I am going through those items to see what can be used as gifts for my peeps… it will end up being a win… just an adjustment.

November Goals:

Write Christmas letter, and have all cards ready to send by Dec1…
Read and report on a book
Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday
Work on water consumption -

Smiles.

Kim from N. California