WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2017

I on the other hand will watch every award show ever, except for the cma awards lololol

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

Good Evening My Dear Friends,

Allie, so sorry to hear that Tom is back to his old ways but then I guess that is what will probably always be the case. Please always remember your worth and the love you have from this group of friends. My question is, Why does he get to decide who will pay what? You could choose what you want to pay and tell him the rest is on him but I know you don’t want to start a war. (((Hugs)))

Cheri, thanks for sharing some of what you are getting from your program. Much of it we know but I for one can always use a reminder. Like, feel free to hit me over the head with some of it. It is so wonderful that your hubby is doing it with you. Even the hair color part. Lol

Ginger, I love your Bingo Cleaning Game. What a clever way to get moving and get things done.

NYKaren, thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures. You know many of us live vicariously through our friends, so feel free to post more pictures and stories about the trip. Glad you are home safely.

Katla, the medicine didn’t have anything to do with your bone density test did it? I hope you pass your test. Lol

to any Newbies. 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.

Was watching the Academy Awards and falling asleep so off to bed and will see the rest tomorrow.

Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

Rori: I'm glad you liked the recipe for diable. :bigsmile: We got it from Sunset Magazine in the early to mid 1970s. It can be used on lots of things but we've always used it on salmon, and I believe the magazine featured it with salmon.

DJ: I take medicine to improve my bone density because I broke my left wrist in one fall on ice, and then my right wrist in another fall on ice a few years later. Bone scans showed I needed to take medicine. I also do regular weight bearing exercises including yoga, walking, cycling and horseback riding. I'm not sure when I'm supposed to get my next bone density scan, but it will likely be within this year. I've switched doctors since my last one and need to ask about it.


The last movie we saw was the most recent Star Wars. We don't plan to watch the Oscars. At this point DH can't see well enough to bother, and I'm really not that interested. One more eye surgery and new glasses should make a huge difference in his life and the motivation to watch movies.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn

Allie, Sending love and want you to know that we here to encourage you and cheer you on no matter what YOU decide. It is, after all, your decision. Hope you are not feeling as if you are being attacked from every direction. Big (((hugs))).

Janetr OKC

1:00AM; Louis is so asleep, he gets to sleep in his chair until he decides he wants to 'get up to go to bed'. Cracker still asleep; but, got to let her out for a few minutes before she goes back to sleep in her crate.

Night all! Maybe I should have said, "Morning all!"

Lenora

Well, Girls,

I got caught up with you while I was doing my PT stretches... now I am tucked into bed and ready to sleep the sleep of the pure at heart.

Love you!

Re in TX

GLO love the bears

Kate UK

Loving the pic of Olivia and her dark eyes.

I am giving myself an officially sick day today. I have cancelled my hygienist appointment and I'm not doing my exercises. Didn't sleep hardly at all, last night. Sneezing fits, running nose etc etc. :sad:
I think a duvet day is in order. Luckily I have just downloaded a new book onto my Kindle - AT THE EXISTENTIALIST CAFÉ - FREEDOM, BEING AND APRICOT COCKTAILS. I did a Masters in Philosophy and was always crazy about Sartre, De Beauvoir etc (all that Paris café stuff) and this is written in a very accessible, sometimes funny style. It kept me up half the night anyway, so I shall be reading that. The other book I am reading is THE ANCESTOR'S TALE by Richard Dawkins. Fascinating and one of my very special interests, but I got bogged down around 1,000,000,000 years ago, so I am giving my poor brain a break for a while. :laugh: I do also read detective series like sweets, so it's not all brainwork. My other thing is psychology, biography, popular science and my "improving books" . :bigsmile: Sometimes I get to read a proper novel, but that's not so often these days. You'd think with all my "improving books" I'd be perfect by now, but the fact that I still need them shows that I am not. One day, perhaps.
I have been looking at books about Narcissistic Personality Disorder, so I can diagnose Allie's Tom with that. Lots of books on Amazon for downloading.

Well, now I am officially sick I shall content myself with reading and naps. I am going to make Spinach and Feta Pie for dinner though.

Lots of love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxx

 Good morning. Whew- Got caught up on posts. Lots happening. My surgery went well and I'm back to work today. Just can't bend my finger yet, so typing is slow going

Chris in MA - I will keep you posted on how it went as the swelling goes down and healing occurs

Lenore- I'll ask my beautician friend if she thinks she can lighten my brows without causing a skin reaction (my allergies worry me).  I've never heard of brow mascara- will look that up. My brows are very thick, as is the hair on my head.  Not sure if I can wear it, again my allergies. I can only wear Bare Minerals makeup - other types of make up cause a reaction. I use DHC line of olive oil cleanser, mild lotion toner and pure soap. That line is the only one I've found that works without triggering an allergic reaction

Beth near Buffalo -steamed Brussels Sprouts, doesn't sound good to me either. My DH loves them, but the only way I can eat is roasted with a bit of olive oil, lots of garlic cloves and alot of crushed red pepper flakes. That method makes Brussels sprouts delicious. If DH wants them made a different method,  he orders at a restaurant.

Allie- my thoughts and prayers are with you. Such a difficult time for you -reminds me of my first marriage. I'm glad you have a support system here. Bless you

queene in PA

Have just returned from eye appointment, I could have had my surgery this week but will be at my daughters then I go on holiday so will have operation on 31st March

Kate UK

Happy Monday! Comments on some of these posts are from a couple days ago when I started this. Most recent first:

Our local news TV stations went away when we ditched satellite TV a few years ago, so can’t watch any awards shows, tho could probably find them on Hulu or one of the other internet channels. Even when we could I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Going to see if I can find the Grammy’s one of these days tho. And want to find Lady Gaga’s Superbowl performance too.

My dining room table has seed packets all over it. I’m going to start several flats of herbs today, some for me and some for the Master Gardener Plant Sale. Borage, Hyssop, Mexican Taragon, various Yarrow, etc. Maybe some red Poppies. Our greenhouse plastic skin is “shot” from the cold weather, not sure if DH will feel up to replacing it, but will start things that are cold hardy and I should be able to keep them alive once they’ve sprouted by stashing them in the potting shed on cold nights. Once these little guys have sprouted, tomatoes come next in a few weeks—they are tender and I’ll have to baby them under grow lights in the garage. Then squash in mid-April. Hope to have lots for the sale.

Good news on the glasses with frames made in China – I pulled them out of the “Lions Club” box and have been wearing them – no problems with irritation behind the ears yet – crossing fingers! I’m guessing the hair dye was just making my skin more sensitive when I was having trouble.

Karen in VA – Olivia looks good and thriving, thanks for keeping us updated – sounds like things are improving slowly but surely. How is your partner doing after the shoulder surgery?

Chris, that shoe museum looks like a lot of fun! Thank you for posting those photos. They should have put the high heels I wore when I was in my 20’s and 30’s – at WORK every day next to the bound-feet ones in the bordering on torture category. They are the reason I only wear sneakers today with a wide toe box. Of course, I was a bit lighter then. They made me nearly 6’ tall!

Katla, hope your bones are doing well. I worry a bit about broken wrists/arms/hips as I get older. Both mom and her dad had broken hips - as they aged, they just sat around a lot which didn't do them any good. I have really teeny wrists for some reason, compared to the rest of me, lol. Hope they are like iron! I think they X-ray them when they do the DEXA scan and I need to get that done this year.

Leigh, you go girl. Doing the happy dance for you. If you go to Paris they’ll be grabbing you for the runway for the next fashion show (wink)! Could you remind us again what “plan” you are on? I love to hear people’s success stories and how they did it. Very inspirational.

AND, glad you had an enjoyable time in wine country and good for you not overindulging. Small portions of lots of goodies…we all need that from time to time. Sorry to hear your tendon is acting up. Interesting info about volunteering at the National Forest Service Parks and getting to stay there…. I’ll file this away for future reference!

NY Karen – LOVE the Morocco photos. The Camel, the photo of you and DH atop the “dune”, the food. I could almost smell it. What a great opportunity, a lifetime of memories there. I want to hide in your suitcase if you ever travel like that again. Or maybe a BIG steamer trunk, lol.

Heather, good day to baby yourself. Those books sound interesting and I’m going to check at the library for them. Spinach and Feta pie – yum! Take care!

SueBDew, can I pitch a tent in your yard? LOVE pecans and they are so expensive up here. Filberts do well in our area if we beat the birds to them, and there are some folks with good English Walnuts - black walnuts too.

Barbiecat – hope the pain meds are helping Sasha and get her back to good health. Your “grey” is very becoming!

Joyce – what a nice photo of you “sibs”, and what a record! I am the middle kid and went grey early. Older redhead sis is still pretty dark, blonde younger brother has always been fair. Between the three of us we have over 120 combined years of marriage…. Not sure how that happened, we’ve all had some pretty rough patches.

LIBBY – WELCOME!

Mary – good for you finishing the keto challenge and I bet it will help keep the weight off. When I got to goal on WW a few years ago, I did OK until I started back in on the sweets, chips, cakes, beer, etc and the weight starting climbing back on. If only I had stayed off that stuff. Staying on the low sugar-lower carb will have to be a way of life for me this time to stay at maintenance I think. Last night I had a couple cups of Trader Joe's Kettle corn - first "added sugar" snack I've eaten in weeks. It was yummy. I could have demolished the whole bag but decided to grab 1/2 oz of cheddar cheese before it got out of hand, ate it slowly - then off to bed.

Wishing you all a great week!

Lanette
SW WA State – where it snowed but didn’t stick yesterday.

Good morning ladies! Happy Monday!
Allie-Thinking of you. I admire you for wanting to be fair and wanting to work things out! But I think it's time to toss this one back. Keep your lawyers close and remember; due to the fact that he feels he owes you no fairness or love, you owe him nothing.
NY Karen-Love your Morocco pics! So beautiful!
Karen- Baby Olivia is a stunner! Hope her mama feels better soon!
Carol-The cabin scenes in Road to Perdition were filmed about 1/4 mile down the beach from my house! That was an exciting happening in Grand Haven/West Olive!
Kids just arriving now. Late start, but nice to have a little more quiet before the chaos begins!