WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2017

My son is a manager at a hot wings cafe and has planned to be very, very busy tonight. Just hoping they make a bundle.

Pip Oh I hope you won't be too stiff and sore tomorrow! Did you just nonchalantly get up and continue on the treadmill like nothing happened?

Marni Angry Yoga is right up my alley. I am afraid if I develop dementia and become socially disinhibited I will swear like a sailor because even though I am outwardly civilized I have potty mouth in my brain. Must. Keep. Exercising.

Carol I bet he will make a bundle! Gotta have wings for Super Bowl!

Karen in Virginia

Did 1 hr of a pilates DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do another segment of Pilates Slim and Lean DVD, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class.

Went to Bi-Lo this morning because they advertised that their meat was on a weekend special. Well, it turns out that it realy was on sale all week long. I was disappointed. Put ribs in the crockpot for Vince for later in the week, now making a sweet potato for myself

Welcome everyone new!

partaz - when I go to a cycling class, I hate when they have just blacklights and loud music. That's one of the reasons why I do the downloadable workouts.

Marni - I couldn't get the angry yoga to open for me .... boo

Leigh - glad you are here.

NancyD - we own a condo in FL. Last year (or maybe it was the year before) the water from the toilet of the people above us came down into our condo, the whole ceiling in our bathroom came down, the vanity was warped. I didn't realize this, and to me it's a stupid rule, according to FL law they are not responsible to replace our vanity -- we are. The condo assoc was responsible to replace the ceiling. This has happened before (the water from the toilet has come down into our bathroom). What is their incentive to solve the problem? We'll be leaving for there in a few weeks -- can't wait to go

Heather - I hope you have better luck than we did getting insurance to pay for Vince's hospital stay when we were in Switzerland.

PHXLoser - congrats on the loss. Is there a special reason you can't eat much?

Lenora - how I wish you were closer to us! Ever since they moved Mexican Train dominoes to the location at the airport, we haven't gone. I know Vince misses it and so do I.

pip - of course you continued working out after losing your balance -- you're pip and that's what you do. Reminds me of the commercial on the SuperBowl of a hippo falling off a treadmill, only he didn't get back on it.

lacruiser - I don't have an instant pot either, but I love my pressure cooker. The meat comes out so very tender, and hard boiled eggs are quite good

Made ribs for later in the week and the weeks afterwards. I had to get 2 packages, I thought I could only get one. I'm not crazy about freezing them so I'll just make them in the crockpot to freeze after they are cooked

Joyce - congrats to your daughter

Michele in NC

LOL!!! – I ‘used’ to be a ‘door slammer’; in some cases, still am … took after my Daddy, living in an old house, he did not think a door was ‘shut until it was slammed shut’. Front door stuck; so he’d slam it, walk through the foyer, through a set of French Doors, to the hallway, through dining room door, slammed both; and, into kitchen through a swinging door. I guess I got my ‘door slamming’ from him. The guys think I always ‘slam my car door’.

I think I have what others have been saying they have. Chills, fever, body hurts, headache, non-stop sneezing, and nauseated. Made sleeping with C-pap a bit irritating; but, have to wear it so I won’t stop breathing. Scared my DDnL#2 to death when I stopped breathing for a full minute. Haven’t eaten much today. Just don’t feel like it. At least the new book I started is interesting.

DOGD called today – Made an 86 on one test; and 96 on another, still waiting for her ‘genetics’ grade. Said that they are teaching Knox, her lab, to have a treat put on her nose; and, working towards her flipping it and catching it in her mouth. She said the second she turned off her cellphone camera, she turned her nose to the side and it slid into her mouth. Well, maybe she has been watching the lab on TV.

Knox is about a year old, I think; but, like a 2-year-old everything goes into her mouth. All legs and gangly when she runs. Loved the snow and ice they got this year; did not want to come in. Said she’d slide everywhere and acted like she enjoyed it.

I am way too claustrophobic to live in a ‘tiny house’ but, it is interesting to see how some of the people make the best out of the space they have.

GO FALCONS!!!!!

Pip – I did one of those “Taylor Swift” moves on our treadmill, got stuck between it and a dining room chair; and the belt tore up my wrist … burns that wiped off 5 layers of skin. Then I would get ‘looks’ because I had to ‘bandage’ it. You’re lucky you didn’t lose your balance. Figured you would have continued exercising.

Lenora

Tired. Happy day spent in the glass studio.

Marni I can't open that link but veggie Boboli pizza sounds yum. I'm doing the keto challenge with Mary so the only pizza I will be eating for the next 3 weeks will have cauliflower crust...

Peach1948 wrote: »

Pip ~ The buttercups are blooming here.

My daffodils are up and budded, should have blooms soon.

Janetr OKC

miakoda40 wrote: »

Tired. Happy day spent in the glass studio.

Would love to see some of your new creations. Maybe share us a picture when you have time? Please

Janetr OKC

Marcelynh wrote: »

janetr7476 wrote: »

My daffodils are up and budded, should have blooms soon.

Janetr OKC

I'm planting tomatoes in the garden. Not pretty flowers but tasty.

Marcelyn
Houston

Oh wow, no such progress here. I'm thinking the flowers here still have a chance of freezing. They're fairly protected by the patio and a big tree. Time will tell.

Janetr OKC

Margaret: I suspect you are right that a healthy gut provides a lot of immunity.

Barbie: The Super Bowl had an amazing ending. I was actually glad that we watched. Pro-football is not usually of interest to us. I like high school & college football well enough but I haven't gone to a game in person since my college days. I'm not fond of crowds in the stadium or on the freeway. :noway:

Keri: Welcome to a great group.

Joyce: DH is diabetic and measures his blood glucose several times every day. 98 is close to perfect (100).

DJ: Thanks for your good wishes. Our snow has turned to slush or rainwater by now. I hope that we don't have any more snow or ice between now and the surgery early Wednesday morning. I think of asphalt in a whole new way thanks to you. I may be changing the spelling from time to time.

Pip: Of course you got up and kept going after losing your balance on a treadmill. I think of you as a real life Wonder Woman. Sorry to hear about the scrapes. (((HUGS)))


It is only 8:45 here and I feel like it is past midnight. I don't know where my energy went today. I do know that I over-ate & I'm about to go pedal some calories away before bed.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

"Normally I'm quite normal . . ." The Gods Must be Crazy

We have hellebores and snowdrops out in the garden.
I'm sad that we decided not to fill our pots on the patio with spring bulbs as we usually do. We thought we would have moved house by now. Usually we would have the mini irises blooming and the crocuses waiting to bloom. We have loads of daffodils in the actual garden, but the pots were gorgeous with daffs and tulips later.
We have a viewing on Wednesday afternoon.

My friend emailed me so I have booked a lunch at the posh gastro pub on Tuesday. Yoga in the morning. I will have to get a taxi there, but she will bring me back home. Haven't been seeing her as much as usual as she currently has a job as a divorce lawyer which is four days a week. She is nearly 68. I will miss her sooooooo much when she moves to York in May/June. That is the other end of the country. I will take the train to see her, but it is a long way and expensive.
I usually have two starters at this restaurant/pub. Lovely, light food. I will have a spritzer, which is why I'm not driving.

I was very bloated last night so I have temporarily resumed the Mexican pills. Feeling better this morning.

So sorry to hear of all the crud going round over the pond. Don't know anyone over here with it, but we are waiting to see if there are any repercussions from the sneezing man sitting next to DH on the plane.

Yesterday DH moved all the logs from the front of the house, where they have been since we moved in six years ago, into the back garden. They are set up in front of the compost heap where we hope they will make great bug storage for overwintering insects.

Huge hugs for those suffering from colds/flu. :flowerforyou:

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Morning all,

KJ - My DH is also American. In fact, we ended up here thanks to him. He had studied in France in a junior year abroad program and had a yen for travel. His last year of grad school, he won a fellowship to work for a year with one of the United Nations agencies in Geneva, Switzerland. I only went over for six weeks because I was working, but when they offered him a short contract afterwards, I decided to join him and quit my job. We thought we would be abroad for a couple of years; never dreamed that 33 years later we would still be here.

Nancy D - I envy you your accent. Mine is really bad even three decades later. There is something about my ear. I lived in New York and North Carolina, two states with heavy accents and never acquired either.

Lenora - Pitegny is the name of the small hamlet where I live. When I joined an on-line trivia team years ago, I chose it for my user name. Over time, friends there have shortened it to Pit. I grew up playing cards with my family - bridge and pinocle. My husband and sons are not card players (except Poker), but they all play cards with me for my birthday.

Cheri - sorry about your pain. I saw this clothespin reflexology tip about using clothespins this morning. Might be worth a try. You could always say that clothespins are the latest earring fashion.
https://www.littlethings.com/this-pain-relief-method-is-as-simple-as-putting-a-clothespin-on-your-ear/

Barbie - love the skunk and dog graphic

PHXLoser - caring for an elderly parent itself burns a lot of energy!

Marcelyn - I am envious of your YoYoMa concert. I love the cello in general and him in particular. His Silk Road collaborations are amazing. One of my playlists is all cello crossover music, with cello in rock and folk music.

Becca - love the hug story. You definitely raised a really caring son.

Hope all of you with colds will feel better soon!

Morning Ladies~
Tom and I didn't watch the game at all slept through it..working 8:30-5 today.. and I have an appt thursday with the kidney Dr that I will have to reschedule because we are supposed to get a god size snow storm and I don't want to be driving into the city in that..hopefully they have one next thursday..
no news to report..