WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2016

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  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Good morning all! Happy Sunday! I have been having my own personal pity party this weekend. Time to get over it and move on.
    Sherry- Don't you dare stop posting! Your humor and outlook on life as you get used to your new digs and lifestyle keeps me smiling! So happy for you and proud of all of the strides you have made in this journey! 3 pounds lost this week, bad neighbors and new neighbors, old friends coming to the rescue, med/dispensary wins...Yea, YOU!! B)
    Michele- I was the one asking if you had done Beachbody work outs. I have a niece that is a Beachbody leader (she sells the dvds and products, but also acts as leader and accountability person for her clients) I am thinking of giving it a try.
    Karen- Sorry about the row with your partner. My dh and I go through the same thing here. I shop on Saturdays and fill the fridge and cupboards with veg, fruit, and other healthy options. He shops at gas stations through out the week filling his cupboard with chips, chocolate, cookies etc. Then he complains about being tired all of the time and not feeling well. *sigh* it is a battle. I feel like I am in "constant vigilance" mode as I walk past his cupboard. And if I try to advise him on his food choices I get "Stop acting like my mother!" Believe me, if I were his mother, he would get the spanking of his life!!
    Beth- Missing you, my friend! Hope all is well with your family!
    Barbie- So glad you are able to lead a class again! How do you feel the day or two after? Feeling okay?
    Heather- Wow! That is great service on the floral delivery!
    Lisa- So...you married a southerner! LOL! Does he have an accent?

    Finances. Ugh! All of our money always went into a joint account. When the budget is tight, there is no allowance. Things have eased up a bit this year, now that we have paid a lot of debt down. Because I have my own business. I give my DH a projected income for each week/month. We have agreed that any extra money made, from taking part time kids (this is usually before and after school children) is mine to spend or save as I please. That way it doesn't take away from our budget or savings. I don't think he realizes how much I actually make weekly from part time kids. Last year's part time income was about $5,000! This year should be the same. LOL! If he knew this, he would want me to give it up. But...this way I can get my hair done, buy that extra pair of running shoes, get a piece of clothing or two, purchase supplies for special activities and crafts for my daycare, buy a gift for a friend, and afford to have DD and her hubby come home as a "surprise" for my DH's birthday (last June). I figure with what he spends on gas for the car, coffee, munchies, burgers when he goes to visit his parents...it all evens up. If I have to give up my spending money, he has to give up his. He is a spoiled man who wasn't spanked enough as a child. (Yes, I have told him that.)

    It's been VERY windy here on the lake the past couple of days! Yesterday morning, as I was coming home from grocery shopping, a tree fell right in front of the car in front of me. No impact was made and everyone was okay. But the tree went across the whole road. Not very big around, but too big to drive over. Along came four runners, one stayed on the shoulder of the road and watched traffic the other three jogged into the road and moved the tree and brush/limbs! LOL! Gotta love runners! OUt in the sleet, snow, and high winds getting it done and helping out motorists in distress! ANYWAY, the wind put a damper on running errands, and getting some outdoor things taken care of. I DID get my faucets drained and covered for winter. I noticed my rose bushes bloomed again (November in Michigan, insane) and were covered in ice. It was 70 degrees on Friday and the kids were playing outside without coats, and having popsicles as a treat. Saturday morning 30's and snow!

    No wind today (well only 15 mph winds). Going to see if I can get my windows sealed for winter, and get the snowblower ready. I also need to move my PInterest projects to the shed until spring.

    Gotta get busy. Love and hugs to all of you! <3

  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,321 Member
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    karen in va. Check the website for the museum before you plan your trip. Due to the crowds they have timed tickets (free) but they may be booked through April. Some folks were even scalping free tickets!!!! We spent 5 hours there, probably due to the crowds, but still felt like there was more we could have seen.

    Got in 3.5 miles on the treadmill today, woot! As re would say ;)

    NYKAREN
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Becca – Happy 18th birthday to your son!


    Heather – Happy Anniversary to you and your DH! We have a ‘date night’ tonight and looking forward to wearing new dress, colored stockings, and, new short boots. I might see how a belt looks with new dress. I might wear my cowboy boots instead. I’ll just have to see what looks best.


    Sherry – I intend to run fast and make those 3lbs give up and go away by the next time I get weighed-in. So disappointed; but, I was not surprised, given that the weekend immediately preceding, I had had a lot of good food.


    Sharon – Microblading sounds expensive and a little painful.


    Lisa – My DH brought in a lot of debt that his ‘ex’ had run up; pretty much the same way. I did not have any debt to speak of; just my car. We’d argue some about credit cards; especially, when DH would bring them out, when he had the cash in his wallet to pay for something. His habits have changed a lot. I cannot even imagine paying off $115K in 3 years. I have about $7K, not counting my car; and paying the two I have is sometimes mind boggling; but I see them coming down, and, one I don’t use (unless it was for an emergency); the other I only buy my clothes with. I've had to buy a pretty good many because of my weight loss; but, that is okay, I still try to keep it under $900 - $1000; and, hopefully before I need to buy Spring clothes, I will have it paid off totally. But, I have to consider what the minimum payments would be. Yeah, besides student loans, you cannot bankrupt against taxes owed, or child support. Sometimes that is what actually makes a couple have too much debt. I think my DDnL#1 has opened up a lot of credit cards, using my son’s income as a part of applying for them. He cut them up once and told her NOT to get anymore; but, since I check their mail on occasion, she hasn’t obeyed him. Bill here, bill there; and, she is supposed to be paying ‘her’ bills out of her check. I know when I start getting calls from credit companies, she has put my name on the application as a way to get a message to them. I have told both of them to ‘never’ use my name that way, because I would start giving their cellphone ###s to them and let them call them that way. DYS does not have any, doesn't want any. He has 2 from his bosses; and, he can put gas in his vehicles using them. He pays his bills, DDnL#2 pays hers. She went through a program about 'how to become debt-free' was going to 'loan' it to DOS; but, decided against doing it when I told her she might not ever get it back from them. I'd like to borrow it myself; but, I am not sure she'd even loan it to me. Gee, maybe I could burn the CDs to a 'new' one and copy anything in the form of a book. I know somethings they come down to 'borrow' I usually have to go down and get it back. To borrow something, to me, means that you come down to get it, use it, then bring it right back. And, more importantly, 'ask' beforehand. I cannot tell you how many times I went to get out the vacuum cleaner, only to find it gone. Now, they have finally bought their own, to vacuum up hair from 2 dogs they keep inside ... long a lab that sheds like crazy. When I would get the vacuum cleaner back, the bag would be full and the hose would also be full. It is somewhat of a pain to take it apart to be able to 'blow out the hose'; but, I have to do it so it won't burn up.

    We help DOS pay tuition for the private HS that 2 of our DGDs attend; then, I give my college age DOGD $50 a month for gas or buying her ‘special’ healthy foods. She’s paying her part of the lease on the house; instead of letting her BF pay her share, giving her the money she gets to go towards ‘groceries’. I can see both sides of the story as to why she doesn’t want him to pay; while he is planning on working for a year after he graduates until she graduates before applying into school to become a PT – I think she is afraid they might break-up; then her lease portion would then be her responsibility. She isn’t very happy with the set-up; the lessor is trying to increase their rent because of the 2nd pet in the house. Her Daddy told her NOT to sign anything until she sends it to him to read over. They are already paying the price of having a pet in the house as it is. He just can’t change the lease on a whim to add an additional $60 a month to their lease. At least, that is their story and they are sticking to it.

    Just heard a ‘shot’ – hope that means that either DH or DOS shot a deer. Certainly need the venison in the freezer.
    Got to get my butt in gear and take my meds, make the bed, clean out the kitchen sink and I really need to start de-cluttering my house. DOGD is going over to her other ‘Nana’s house’ to help (or do it all) to get ready for Thanksgiving. She is getting paid $150 for it. She has so many tchotchkes hanging around, it would be an easy job. I’d like her to come down and help me; but, I certainly cannot afford that amount for her to do it. I need to get a box and put things hanging on my kitchen countertop in it and then ‘go through’ and throw out what is ‘not needed’. It is the catchall and I hate it, always makes the house look more cluttered than it is anyway.
    Just heard another shot; maybe both got something; although the last one could be over at Randy’s place. Looking forward to what they might have shot. They’ll have a time bringing anything back because of the gas line being put in. They have a berm of soil stacked up high (about 10- to 15-feet); then they’d have to crawl under the pipes that are sitting up on boards about 4.5 feet high. I guess they had to walk down the easement a pretty long way to get to a point where the soil was not stacked up.

    Lenora
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,202 Member
    :) I have a lot of time to read, partly because I don't have a full time job and don't do much cooking or housework and partly because one of the secrets of adulthood is that you don't have to finish every book you start. Someone recommended "The Five Love Languages" and I got it from Paperback Swap and read just enough to get the idea and now I'm moving on to something else.... It's not that cold, but Jake loves a fire in the woodstove so he just built one. It's very entertaining but will result in the bathroom being cold when I go to take my shower later.

    :)Heather, Happy Anniversary...I hope you enjoy your fancy shoes and fancy meal and the celebration of your marriage.

    :)KJ, I'm feeling OK after my return to sort of teaching my class, but I had to remind myself yesterday that I'm not completely healed and that I still have to take it easy and spend more time sitting than I want to.

    petting-poodle-smiley-emoticon.gif Brandy says it's time to go for a walk...we don't care that it's still dark outside.

    <3 Barbie
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    Good Morning!

    So very glad the hubs and I dug thru our unpacked boxes and dragged out our "light" winter coats! Need those this morning as we go shopping for our turkey, a roasting pan and some"hearty" bread for the hubs. To bad we didn't think to locate the extra blankets for out beds! Improvised last night but will have to find those-back to those boxes! Not looking forward to that at all! Plans for a long walk or the gym in the works. Enjoying my coffee and toast at the moment. I have a Pocket Letter due in the mail tomorrow for its recipient so will finish that up later. Gotta let the dog out and greet the hubs from his cocoon of slumber!

    Later ladies,

    Cheri
    in chilly TX
  • santeeshimmy
    santeeshimmy Posts: 29 Member
    edited November 2016
    As the cold rolled in and the wind picked up, so did this head cold!
    Ugh
    I slept most of the day away yesterday. This morning I'm a tiny bit better. May make it to the bike for a few minutes.

    Needless to say, I've only skimmed the 61 posts I missed yesterday. Hahaha

    Money issues are the pits! We have a household acct and a credit card. The acct is almost always empty and the credit card is full. When we moved into this house every single appliance decided to go belly up, so on the credit they went. DH is the one who gets allowance. I do all the books and he tends to be the spender. So it's best I do it.

    STOP stressing out about the holiday. Clean the kitchen and the toilet, and no one cares about the dust. If they do, so what? Remember they love your company more than an immaculate house or that there will be so much food. And if it is too stressful assign dessert to one or two you can trust, regardless of what hubby wants. We all need to keep our sanity and enjoy these days too!

    ....I got on the scale Friday. What a mess.

    Katy, trying not to sneeze in your direction in NM
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    <3<3

    Kate UK
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Heather: Happy Anniversary!!! :heart:

    Sharon: It never occurred to me that foot cramps could be related to acid reflux. Thanks for the tip. I've been having a lot less acid reflux symptoms since I started taking probiotics. I will definitely continue to take them indefinitely. I also use Braggs Organic Vinegar regularly, but not daily. It is full of good probiotics, too. :bigsmile:

    Karen in VA: Our Thanksgiving assignments are cake and pie. We volunteered to bring deserts that I can eat. I'm lactose intolerant and can't digest real butter so our desserts are made with oil or margarine. I imagine they won't be the only pies and cake on hand. :smiley:

    Cheri in TX: I'm glad you're enjoying TX, coffee & toast. :heart:



    DSIL's good friend asked me to look for an old grave in a nearby cemetery. I assume the person is a family member of hers. She wants a picture of the grave. Right now it isn't raining, and I hope it stays dry for my search a little later this morning. One of my neighbors has family members in this cemetery & I plan to ask her advice about how to search.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison


    November Resolutions :
    1. Log every bite and swallow.
    2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
    3. Have fun every day.
    4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
    5. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
  • anniespruce
    anniespruce Posts: 9 Member
    Haven't logged in for a long time, but have enjoyed reading everyone's posts. I am stalled out on diet. Keep gaining and losing the same 2 lbs every week. So reset my daily goal percentages today. I had to laugh the other day - our dog is on a diet because the vet said if she doesn't lose, she's going to have problems with her knees soon. That's a big reason why I started dieting - to be kinder to my knees and ankles (which I lost in CO somewhere and I've never seen them since).

    My Thanksgiving plan is to eat a LOT of meat, so I'll be too stuffed and only want a little of the bad stuff (bread, potatoes, gravy, pie, corn), all that bad carby stuff.

    The good thing is my granddaughter and son (we all live in the same house) are all on diets, too, so no one wants a lot of bad stuff lying around (we throw it away, just dump it, get rid of it). My daughterinlaw is trying to gain weight, but she can only eat certain foods, none of which I want.

    I've lost 53 lbs since April 16th (I go from my highest weight, which I was a few months before I started this diet). I have 18 more to go. But I am wearing some jeans I found in a box in the basement, so I didn't even have to buy new!

    I only want to buy new jeans when I get to my goal weight. I had been wearing my very baggy jeans, but one day at work, walking to another building, I thought I was losing them, they were falling off! But it was only my panties falling off inside my jeans! Wow! That was a great (and horrifying) moment, clutching everything until I could get inside the building bathroom and haul them back up!!!

    My granddaughter is doing great (just had 16th birthday party!). She's lost 35 lbs. She wanted an english tea party for her birthday...(well, I tried to upload a picture from the decorating phase, but the system won't let me). It was very nice with family and friends, some of them big guy friends. One of them, contemplating his dainty china teacup, leaned over and said to another "I'm scared!"

    gracie
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,712 Member
    Hi all!
    We had a lovely time at the fancy restaurant! :D Even with our voucher it wasn't cheap! Ouuufff! But we did have a LOT of super drinks, including champagne. :D We complained about the way the partridge was cooked, so we got free desserts. We chose a selection of English cheeses. :) Yeah! I will post a pic of us from my phone.
    I wore my new heeled ankle boots and a pencil skirt, plus my new winter coat got it's first outing. I am blessed to have DH as my second husband. We have our moments (!!!) but generally I am a very lucky woman. <3 We make an excellent team.
    Our money is our own in separate accounts. Only our state pension goes into a joint account. We pay for our own holidays, hair, teeth, presents etc. Household bills come out of the joint account. That means DH pays much more than I do for major bills like house improvements. He has a bigger income. I have savings from my first marriage settlement which I am spending fast on holidays etc. I wish I had a bigger income, but I expect to spend all my money before I die.
    The only problem with this arrangement, which works well, is that I have no access to DH's money if he were to be incapacitated. I am having trouble getting him to agree to Lasting Power of Attorney. I have mentioned it again, but I think I will have to get all the forms and just put them in front of him. He is very independent and quite private in some ways. I did get him to make a will. :)
    Tomorrow we are off to London to have lunch with his younger daughter and then go to the Abstract Expressionism exhibition. :D<3 I am taking up a prize winning bottle of olive oil for her Christmas present. Very pretty bottle. Lunch will be pizza :s , but they do a 500 calorie one with a hole in the middle filled with arugula salad. I have a 25% off voucher. B) Lots of walking and we will be exercising as usual in the morning.

    I have noticed that my aches and pains are a bit better recently. Wonder why. The only difference is that I am using D3 drops.
    I also noticed that my bad knee, which has always been distorted and ugly, is looking a lot more like my other knee.
    Could both of these improvements be due to the wonders of regular, vigorous exercise and weight training? :*
    I am now reading THINNER THIS YEAR, which is mainly about nutrition and the wonders of our digestive system. Amazing stuff.
    At the fancy restaurant I had no bread, butter, potatoes, crackers etc. Yes, yes, too much wine, but the food was healthy.

    Love to all. Heather UK
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited November 2016
    Thanks for feedback, all of which was quite helpful <3

    Heather Here we can become a "signer" on another person's checking and savings account. My mom had me become a signer on her account when her health began to fail. I was the executor of her will, and did have power of attorney for her estate, but I could write checks out of her account to pay her bills while she was still alive even without the power of attorney. It was a simple matter of going to the bank together and signing a bank form, & didn't require an attorney. I don't know if you can do that in England. It was the first thing she wanted to get done when I came to stay with her a few weeks before she died.

    Concerning your aches & pains, I feel certain your exercise & weight training are largely responsible. I do know that Vit D made an incredible difference in my joint aches and stiffness, so perhaps that is a factor for you as well.

    Can't wait to see the pictures of your Anniversary outing. Especially the heels. :)

    We are going to the movie Incredible Beasts and Where to Find Them with grandkids and other family, 7 in all, this afternoon. 3D! Should be fun.

    Karen in Virginia
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,268 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,529 Member
    Did an hour of pilates following the CD for the Wii. The plan for tomorrow is to do another segment of the Butt Lift DVD, hold my plank, then take the extreme pump class.

    Made the sweet potato casserole. Fortunately, I didn't have to bake it. I'll bake it when I get there. Then made the corn muffins. Now everything for Thanksgiving is made.

    Carey - thanks for the link. Vince has tried EVERYTHING but to no avail. That stupid cursor still freezes up. Maybe Windows 10 will do an update and address this problem. Well, I can wish can't I?

    Heather - happy early anniversary (actually by now it IS your anniversary). Your lunch sounds fantastic. You and the hubs look great in that pic

    Lenora - I usually take things to Jess' that I like since I know that I'll be bringing it home. Others might like it as well. When I get it home, I usually portion it out. I'm very paranoid about putting my feet down on a surface that I don't know. Like I try REALLY hard not to put my bare feet on the gym floor. I also try to always put shoes on when I'm in a dressing room at a store. So it goes without saying that I would never go from one department to another in my bare feet. You are a hoot about those 3 lost pounds (running so they don't catch up...lol). Vince likes to have something sweet for dessert. To me, a wonderful dessert is a nice piece of fruit. He thinks I'm crazy. That's the way I was brought up. I don't think I had pie/cake for dessert until I met him.

    In a sense, I'm bummed. Late Friday night I saw a pair of pants on the Belk website and if I ordered them I'd get $10 off. The only problem was that I wasn't real sure they'd fit. I should have ordered them and if they didn't fit returned them to the store. Well, hopefully, they'll have that special on Black Friday. I'll take my laptop up to Jess' so I can buy them if they're on sale again. Fortunately, it's not something that I absolutely need.

    Sherry - the only reason I have a tablet is because it was given to me for free when we upgraded our phones. Afterwards, we found out why it was free. It didn't get good reviews at all. But it works for my purposes. Just logging and checking email. Works for me. Three pounds is three pounds. I wish I could lose (and keep off) three pounds. The only time I ever lose that much is when I go overboard at holiday time, gain quite a few, then lose most of it. What makes you think you've worn out your welcome? You know, there are times when I've gone for a while with no one responding to me and I've written my feelings. You should see how many people responded! Then, when I wasn't able to be on for about a week, my inbox was just overflowing with people wanting to know if I was OK and why I hadn't been in.

    Just talked to Denise. She said she was going to Pete's for Thanksgiving. So I said "oh, he's not working, then you can come to Jess'" She said "no, I'm going to my high school reunion" It's as if when Vince told her that Jess MAY not have Thanksgiving she said "oh goody, now I can go to my high school reunion", so she rushed to buy her tickets. She said to me "what, was I supposed to put my life on hold until Jess decided if she was or wasn't going to have Thanksgiving?" Yes, because they probably didn't need a final count until a few days before the event and Jess is her sister. I offered to reimubrse her for the tickets, but she wants to go. I told her there would be many more high school reunions. I don't know what the draw is to this one. To be honest, I never even went to one of mine. Well, my high school is no longer in existence.

    We don't do allowances, either. All the money goes into one account.

    Gloria - oh, I do hope you get that job. I don't think I could live with a controlling person, either. As a matter of fact, I know I couldn't. Ken and Lynette have a weird relationship. He doesn't want her to go places. One time he said to Vince "can't you just forbid Michele from going", then he said "no, you couldn't". He knows me well enough that there is no way I would take something like that. No way at all.

    I have about two credit cards. Another one I just keep in my jewelry box since I never use it. I also have about 3 store credit cards, mainly because I get a discount if I use the store credit cards. that's about IT I do have one debit card that I use when I go to Aldi since I can get money with a debit card there. I have to see if I can get money on another one of my credit cards, then I can just get rid of that card.

    Cheri - that is so nice of you to offer your FitBit to someone here. Something like that really isn't a motivator for me, but I know it is for some. I've offered DVD's to people here because I know that we're all trying to get fit and I just need to make room for new ones....lol Pretty soon I may have a few more to give away. I only ask for the cost of the postage, which is usually less than $3.

    Kim - welcome! I like your attitude toward life

    Katla - I agree with you, Becca IS an awesome mother. OK, sometimes a bit off-the-wall, but awesome just the same.

    KJ - you might ask your niece if Shawn T is on some of the Beachbody DVD's. I really liked the ones I had. Vince is always complaining that I feed him "healthy" food. If I left the cooking up to him it would be hot dogs, frozen pizza, spaghetti and for a change of pace, take-out

    Michele in NC
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,096 Member
    afternoon ladies~
    I am home and exsausted.... the place was crazy crazy busy... even though we got there at opening.. I spent every bit of money I had.. it was almost 40.00 for breakfast for the 3 of us.. and i got inexpensive stuff.. then It was 150.00 bucks for what I bought .. and most of it was for Tracy, I bought myself one small thing and got my DSIL her candles, so stopped and gave her those early one was for her birthday which was Nov 5th and the other for christmas..
    Homer not eating or drinking, have him tucked in next to me on the chair.
    I am feeling very very depressed and don't know why..Oh well will putt on through..

    Heather ~ Happy Anniversary to you and yours xoxoxo
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    edited November 2016
    Welcome Sue from Becca across the pond (in Oregon). You are gonna love it here, you can throw all your mental baggage on the white part of the screen here. We have a BIG broom and sweep that up daily, so no worries! You can rant, rave, brag, boast, cry, and we will support you unconditionally. We are like shrinks but without the large bill at the end of a session..
    Becca
    in grey (or is it gray) rainy Oregon
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    edited November 2016
    Sherry, I understand about being a bit tentative about releasing feelings publicly. My husband will cuss me out royally and will not hesitate in calling me every name in the book. So I do keep to myself here at home and feel it a bit difficult to let myself make good friends at church or even with a group from work that we get together with each month. I feel comfortable talking to my girls because they grew up in it. So don't you dare leave. Others will learn from you and you don't even know about it. Also Iove all the different Tiny House shows and I love to read of your living in your small RV and how you find peace in that. There are so many of our women that come and go and it's like a member of our family is gone. I'm not sure if you have seen us write that we miss Miriam or Sylvia. But we miss people when they are gone. They made an impact in our life and we miss them.

    Lenora, you mentioned to Katla about hcg and it might be a high blood pressure pill and was a kind of diuretic. HCG is a pregnancy test! I don't think any of us have had that for awhile. I think what you are talking about is HTCZ short for Hydrochrolothiazide.

    Church was good this morning. Our pastor usually sticks to his regular script which is taking a book of the Bible and going chapter by chapter or this month verse by verse until the book is ended. But this morning it was a good Thanksgiving sermon, the choir has been working on a real nice anthem called Thank You which at times is quite repetitive so there was a time the congregation sang with us then we finished it up. The youth choir sang and we had two of the young men played the guitars. Our annual Thanksgiving meal is tonight at church. I almost had Charlie convinced to come but today he is saying no. When he was sick with his ulcerative colitis and didn't want to eat before he went out for Karaoke on Wednesday nights I went to church for their weekly Wednesday evening meal and I miss that so.

    Heather, that is a way to keep you business! And to think of the guy who got flowers who didn't know you. He might have really needed it in his life at time. I if anyone knows me, I never think anything like that is coincedence. God is in control.

    Barbie, I have never read through the book of the different love languages, my daughter and her husband have been through the whole study and have helped me understand Charlie a little better. He has a love language that he loves to give. He can't say those words of love but he will do all he can to take care of your needs. It is within the limits of his daughters and grand kids, occasionally other people but that's how he sees loves. When we were much younger in our marriage I would come home from work he would have written a poem and left it for me. Last Christmas when Michelle was warning him that she and him WERE going to go out and shop for a Christmas present for me since it had been several years he thought about what he wanted to buy and drew a picture of a necklace he would like to have been made for me. that roughly dry on a spare piece of paper is so precious to me.

    Forgot to put my stories about allowance. My parents didn't have much money at all. Like I have said before Mom loved to can and Dad always put as large of a garden for Mom to use. He have her a $50/2 weeks to do grocery shopping. And she knew that anything left of that money was hers. That women could go to a thrift shop and immediately see an outfit or a crowded Goodwill rack and what I would see a very crowded bunch of mish mashed clothes, she would find some thing wonderful. What we did for my part of my paycheck was this. I made a good salary and could always freely buy anything I wanted for me or the girls. But we never wanted our girls to know that Mom and Dad are a money tree. I also worked a fair amount of overtime and all holidays were time and 1/2 same as my overtime. So when our checks came in I took all my overtime money, divided it in 4 ways since I wanted the girls to know part of your pay check was taken by taxes etc. So that left 3/4. I part was mine and both girls got a part. They helped me figure that out each paycheck so that they had to use their brains to see what it was, your budget might be different week to week. I opened up bank accounts in their and my names so they had to use a bank book. But they knew that money was their own and they got to decide where it went. If they spent it the moment the got it yet wanted to buy something a week later, if it wasn't in their bank account they didn't buy it. Christina, the older one would go to the mall and it was gone in a minute. Michelle was a different bird. We would go down one mall, and then back the other way. Go to the other mall and it was the same way. She really had to buy something use that money. The big things like a new winter coat we bought. Before we started system, we bought Christina 4 cans of hair spray, 6 pair of light panty hose and 6 pair of light black hose. She was so hard on her hose and could use a can of hair spray in a day. So she really had to learn to save up on her allowance she got from chores. But we all enjoyed it when we went to the new system of using my overtime money. As a household budget, we only counted regulr paycheck money since that was the only thing that we knew would be consistent.

    Joyce, Indiana, chilly but beautiful blue skies.
  • santeeshimmy
    santeeshimmy Posts: 29 Member
    edited November 2016
    Well I've gone and injured my back. Not sure what exercise will do. So I'm taking today off and will see how it feels tomorrow and will try to take a walk at the very least. Sigh

    Katy
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,046 Member
    Hello all: Been reading but not posting recently. So much going on for everyone. We are having just six for Thanksgiving but that is also my DH's birthday so he picked the menu. Ham for us with Boursin potatoes and green beans. Pumpkin pie for the birthday guy and I don't like it so that is fine. Doing my water aerobics three times a week still. I like that it burns a lot of calories.

    Barbie - Glad you are getting those walks in with Brandy and that you are starting to dance again.

    Heather - Happy Anniversary!!

    Allie - Hope Homer comes around for you.

    Welcome to all who are new.

    Everyone take care, Sue in WA
  • marylmarvel
    marylmarvel Posts: 7 Member
    Hello. I am a 58 yr from ND. In need of losing at least 30lbs and having a hard time getting back into exercising and tracking.Hoping to start again tomorrow and to set my willpower high.
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Hi Gals,

    Sherry – while I do not respond every day, or even read every day I love reading yours and others posts… do not think we are upset or bothered, unless of course we tell you so, this is a pretty direct group and really other than politics we are pretty non-judgmental and even then the judgement is this is not the place.

    Finances – I’m single -- I earn it, I spend it, Levi(the dog) spends it, I save it, I worry about it, I suffer over it, I only have to answer to my accountant and I pay her… Upsides and downsides…

    KJ – so glad about the tree not hitting anyone and folks there to help.

    Barbie – so excited to hear you are back teaching – “it’s modified light duty”

    Heather – have a great time tonight

    Cheri – what’s a pocket letter?

    Michele – what high school does their reunion on Thanksgiving? That seems really weird.

    Tere – sorry to hear about FIL and that you DH is suffering so….

    Marymarvel – welcome, why wait till tomorrow? Sooner you start the better you are!


    Yesterday a gal friend and I spent the day in San Francisco wandering around, we toured the Fairmont hotel, grace cathedral, walked down to China Town and visited the fortune cookie factory, and had lunch. A nice day; and this week will have 3 days off! Saturday, Thursday and then I’ll take Saturday off – a big change of pace for me. This gal friend is good for me to spend time with as she LOVES to each but mostly reasonably plain vegetables… so I eat what she eats too.

    I have a small freezer in my garage, and I need to defrost it, but have not taken the time, last night I dreamed about it! The ice came out of the freezer door and froze the freezer to the car!! So today I decided that I need to start by looking at the freezer in the house (top of the fridge) and figure some meals from there so I would have some room to move stuff in and into a cooler while I defrost the outside freezer - there were lots of little bits and pieces – well I decided to make soup; I’m not a good “throw it together” soup maker, I can do that with other things, but soup is harder for me… but it’s simmering on the stove and I think it will be ok, some frozen corn, pearl onions, 3 green beans (?), spring garlic, parsley, 10 meatballs, water a couple of bell peppers from the fridge that needed to be gone, water and then I decided the broth was too thin so added a small can of tomato paste… It should be enough for 2 big or 3 reasonable sized meals and that will be perfect as then it will be thanksgiving…

    Off to deliver some embroidery to a local brewery (I’m their embroider)

    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 rainy, cool N. California
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,712 Member
    Welcome Sue from Tamworth. I have been on here over 4 years now and lost 57 pounds. I have been at maintenance for coming up 3 years now. :D
    Not only was I obese, but I was almost crippled with joint pain and a bad knee. My life has been transformed by exercise and healthy eating. And, as anyone on here knows, I LOVE my food.
    Good luck on your journey.

    Heather from Hampshire UK
  • GloworminWA
    GloworminWA Posts: 704 Member
    Sharon - I love the idea of the Thanksgiving journal - I may start one this year. When my mom was alive we all held hands before eating and said what we were thankful for. I don't know what my sisters and cousins are doing this year - they are all in CA. I am still hoping we skype so we can see each other. I've never heard about 'silent reflux' although when I was diagnosed I never realized I was having reflux as I only had the bad aftereffects but not the heartburn. Interesting that it could cause cramping. I'm going to have to look that up on the internet.

    Katla - sports teams use rubbing alcohol on cramping legs as it is a liniment and helps with muscle cramps and/or muscle pain. I've never tried it as walking or getting in a nice warm bath always relieved it. If you want to limit bananas here is a list of high potassium foods. "Potassium is the third most abundant mineral in the body and is a required mineral for the function of several organs including the heart, kidneys, brain and muscular tissues." I did read that low magnesium plays a role in whether or not your potassium levels are ok.

    Top 10 Potassium Rich Foods List;
    Avocado, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Coconut Water, Kefir or Yogurt, White Beans, Banana, Acorn Squash, Dried Apricots and Mushrooms.

    I got this tip on FB one time. Company coming and don't have time to do the cleaning you think you should? Put get well cards out on your mantle or table so people are amazed that you were able to pull the dinner together even though you had been sick. . . lol

    Off to get DGS#1 clothes for his concert on Tuesday.

    Gloria in WA



  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,268 Member
    stats for the day;
    jog- 9.38min, 6.3sp, 9.38ap, 152mhr, 1mi = 100c
    other- skip/sidestep, etc..- 25min, 166mhr, 219c
    total cal - 349
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