WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2017

:sad: :sad: :sad: Can't sleep. Got the twitches. :sad:

Heather UK xxxxxxx

I am happy to report due to exercise I was able to stick to my calorie count today...though my food choices could be better...huge problem of mine.

I like the pictures of the shoes for bound feet, I love reading books about that...I would always cringe!

Cathy~UP of MI(snowy)

Awe lovely pic Rori and Janetr! Just love you two!
Glad you had a good visit!
Becca

Annr wrote: »

So I have to brag.. My dear youngest son came home from school today and handed me an award he won. Who has the highest GPA in the Senior class? Yep that's my son! Woohoo!! He rec'd a 4.33. I can't say enough amazing things about him. OK my gushing is done.

You have every right to be a proud Mama. Good job!!!

Janetr okc

Good evening everyone! I truly enjoy reading your posts and celebrating your successes! WOW…I missed a few days and don’t think I will ever get caught up!

Rori and Janetr…you ladies look absolutely stunning!

BarbaraInSarnia…welcome! Right now I’m having a ‘love/hate’ relationship with the scale! We had a get-together with family and friends over the weekend and I’m thinking that “Weigh-In Wednesday” ( A “Biggest Loser” thing that we started after the holidays at the school where I teach) is going to be ugly!

NYKaren…the pictures from Morocco are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!

Allie…Although I don’t know you personally, I am thinking of you and sending prayers your way. I understand a little of what you are going through, thanks to my first marriage. Stay strong!

Karen in VA…Olivia is precious! What a beautiful little baby! Oh goodness…those eyes!!

Chris in MA…Yikes! Those shoes for bound feet were painful to look at! LOL! I wear a size 10, so I’m thinking that in addition to binding my feet, they’d probably half to cut half of them off!!

Cathy in snowy MI…I’m hoping to retire at the end of next school year as well! What grade level do you teach? I teach a self-contained special education class. I have 2nd, 3rd, and 5th graders. They are quite a group! Love them to pieces!

Annr…Congratulations to your son! That’s quite an accomplishment! Wishing him the very best in his future endeavors!

Joyce, Indiana…great picture of you with your siblings! I would give anything to have brothers and/or sisters! I’m very thankful that I have several “true-blue, life-long besties”---we have literally known each other since birth, grew up together, and still remain in close contact with each other! These 3 ladies and myself have been through it all together! They’re the closest thing to sisters that I have!

Wishing everyone a wonderful evening! Safe travels to all who are travelling, hugs to all who need or could use them! Cheers to all who are meeting goals! To all (myself included) who are struggling right now…stay positive! We can do this! Thanks to all for the motivation and good thoughts!

jbrinker, I would give anything to have friends life that. I am a preacher's kid and moved around a lot. I know I had 3 friends in high school but I don't remember their names. Every summer when we were kids we went up to Minnesota to spend the week with his parents. Our cousins were always there. I remain friends with them but not close like my siblings are.

I don't know what keeps April the giraffe from just popping. To me she looks like women do when they have triplets. Can you imagine being pregnant for 150 months????? 9 was hard!!!!

Joyce, Indiana where I am again hooked on watching this poor animal pace her stall.

Marcelyn: Where did you find the wonderful crab? I need him for my new mascot.

Joyce: You are not any sort of stupid, plain or fancy. You are a bright woman with a curious mind. If you don't like The Mist you can turn it off.

Meredith: I'm glad you're past the tough times and finding your "sea legs." Good luck with the move. I hope you're happy in your new place once you've settled in. :flowerforyou:

pitegny: You and I are on common ground when choosing food. I have been feeling great & my doctor is satisfied with my health. I don't show her my menus, though I would if she asked.

Heather: Sleep well. Good sleep helps fight off illness. I hope everything goes well with your house sale. :flowerforyou:

Karen: I'm glad your partner's surgery went well and that Katie and Olivia are both improving daily.

Sue: I hope you enjoy the WA State Horse Expo. You will be missing some of the worst NW freeways outside of those in Seattle/Tacoma by avoiding I-5 in Portland. I'm curious about the Vancouver event and will see whether I can find information on it. :bigsmile:

Becca: Congratulations to your awesome son on a four point plus GPA! WTG!!!

JanetR & Rori: You two look wonderful!!! :bigsmile:


I have been eating too many treats and am up a couple of pounds, so now I have to take myself in hand and do what I know is right. I'm still below the goal that MFP set for me in the beginning, but at the moment I'm just barely below. I want to be back at the lower edge of my safety margin. :grumble:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

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

Back from our trip to Saskatchewan. Spent the evening skimming through the posts.

Kelly - I am glad you have family with you to celebrate your sister's life. Thanks for the photo of Mama and the future grandbaby.

Karen in Virginia - Continuing to pray for Sweet Olivia. Speedy healing to your partner and I'm sure you will be an excellent nurse.

Beth near Buffalo - I am sorry your DH is facing more surgery. I hope they can alleviate the pain without diminishing his mobility. Backs sure are tricky things.

DJ - Glad that you enjoyed The Legends Show.

Leigh - It's great that you enjoyed your wine get away. Isn't it nice to have a cute Doc?

Allie - Grrrr.....is right! It sounds like he is still trying to control you. I know you are trying to work things out but please take care of yourself first.

Katla - I'm sorry about the loss of a horse. There is just something so special about horses.

NY Karen - It's wonderful that you went to Morocco and enjoyed it.

Chris - The shoes are stunning. The poor Chinese ladies, their feet must have hurt.

Heather - Sorry to hear that there may be some problems with your buyers. I hope it works itself out soon. Hope you feel better soon.

Friday, I was at work at 6 a.m. I had a little pity party because I could not last helping put up the sale. It is not something I am expected to do but I sometimes feel like I'm not pulling my weight. I know that isn't true but....there it is.
We left for Kindersley in the early afternoon and it snowed off and on the whole way. The diesel is rough for me to ride in but we were taking some things for Larry's brothers. Tonneau cover , etc. I was almost in tears by time we pulled in to the Boston Pizza in Kindersley.
My steak was terrible, I sent it back 2x then just ate what came out the 3rd time. Still not good. They removed it from the bill. I would much rather have enjoyed my meal and eaten at the same time as Larry.
Larry's brother looked terrible. He has lost so much weight. He eats standing up. He is either standing up or laying down. No sitting for him as it is too painful. He asked me if there was a private MRI clinic in Lethbridge. I was surprised to find there was when I googled it. He has a few questions before he makes an appointment. Waiting to see when we have guests.

DD is really working away at the public submissions. The current one she is applying to is for the city of St. Albert. Carey, you might be familiar with this. The sculpture is dedicated to the couple that when missing from there. It will be called "Darling" and will need to incorporate their love for nature, each other, family and community.

Ryan, our oldest, is in Mexico. Ryan's Mom decided to take her whole family to Mexico to a private resort called Taninah. It looks beautiful. I hope that spending some happy time together will bring them all some peace and healing over Steve's suicide.

We stopped and had lunch with our nephew who is an RCMP officer. We talked about all kinds of things including mental health issues. He is the same age as our boys. It was a very nice visit.

Our son, Jason, has expressed interest in getting tested to see if he can donate his kidney to his Uncle. I'm not sure how he will afford it if his benefits don't cover it. He is determined to do this if he is a match.

Back to work I go
-Sharon in Lethbridge

Kate UK

Becca Great news about your son!
Janet, Rori Gorgeous pic
Sharon Love hearing about that part of Canada, my old stomping ground, names of towns that are familiar warm my heart. Sounds like you have a lot going in. Hugs

Woke up feeling dizzy and nauseated. I suffer from vertigo so it doesn't take much for me to get spinny. The problem is when I get a vertigo episode, the effects take months to slowly disappear. My last serious vertigo attack was last July and it was finally going away until this morning. Uggh! Glad to be going to work soon as my mind will be occupied on something else.

Sarah, Ontario

Hi all,
Just been hearing my DDIL on the radio this morning on BBC4, Woman's Hour. She was talking about the anxiety some women have around their replacement on maternity leave. (She is a clinical psychologist) She didn't tell me she was on. She only got to say a few sentences, but it's good to be asked. She is building up her profile on Facebook and Instagram. All a bit lovely and pastel for me, but I am pleased for her.

I did not get to sleep before 1.45. But eventually did make it. Very uncomfortable head with the cold and the house preying on my mind. Haven't heard back from the estate agents yet. Hope DH will deal with that as he is much more diplomatic than me. I don't have a good feeling about our buyers. My instincts are usually right.

Didn't go to yoga as I am still coughing and spluttering, but sent messages and managed to do my exercises on my machines, very slowly. I do love to eat, so I need the calorie deficit. Nice to have that in the bank. Now I just want to feel better and stop waking the village with my sneezing.

Rori and Janetr - Great photo! What fun to meet up!

Just made arrangements to meet up with my old school friends group in London in April. Some of you will remember that one is "difficult". She took ages to reply to group emails, so we were worried. Anyway she has agreed to the meeting, but seems ultra stressed with far too many commitments. I always stay in a nearby hotel, rather than in her apartment as I can only take her in small doses, and I only stay one night. The other two stay with her for two nights. That would be beyond my tolerance. I disagree with her lifestyle choices and her choice of husband very intensely. Difficult to listen to her talking about it. :sad: Because we share so much history I love her in a way (like family), but I cannot spend much time with her.

Lots of love, Heather UK xxxxxxx

Greetings Lovelies!

It's a sparkling Tuesday morning, although a tad chilly! I'm not feeling great today, so my exercise will have to come from walking the dog as I'm not in the mood for anything more energetic!

Must remember to do my shopping (online) and get the new reading group books (Amazon) this afternoon.

Lenora - I forgot that the American version of a waistcoat is a vest! When my son was about 4 years old, I remember struggling with him to get his jacket on before we went on a walk along a very windy beach in France. He was being particularly stiff and not helping me at all. "I do wish that you would cooperate!" I said, feeling very much aggrieved. He turned his gorgeous big brown eyes up to me and said - very sweetly - "I don't even know what cooperate means!" "It means help, Darling, help!" says I, all the more exasperated. "Well why didn't you just say that, Mummy?"

Out of the mouth of babes, eh? I've never forgotten that lesson in plain speaking!

Heather - I do hope your house move goes well. But if your current buyers misbehave in anyway, they were never right for you, anyway!

Dear Lanette - I am most definitely not Superwoman! In fact, I'm feeling particularly fragile today. But I can always take a nap this afternoon if the mood takes me. Definitely lucky there! And you're right - I do laugh and giggle a lot!

Becca - Gush away - your son sounds like a wonderful, sensitive human being. I was very touched with what you wrote about how he coped with your husband's illness.

Happy Tuesday all!

Yinka in Worcestershire, UK

Good morning!

It's one slippery morning here, at least on our deck.

Sue in WA, I was surprised to hear about all of your snow yesterday.

Barbie, hope your drive to the ferry terminal is uneventful and Jake's doc appointment goes well. I remember the climb from the waterfront up to "pill hill".

Katla - did your egg lady show up OK? Ours delivered 2 dozen last week and will be dropping off 2 dozen more this morning. DH is waiting for me to make pickled eggs but I think they are too fresh to hard-boil so may have to buy a dozen from the store. I found a great way to peel them on the internet last month - put an egg, after it has cooled, in a pint jar with about 1/2 inch of water. Screw on the lid and shake it HARD for about 15 seconds. Unscrew the lid and as if by magic the shell has disconnected from the egg...no more leaving part of the egg attached to the shell. That might do the trick with fresher eggs and I'll experiment with one.

Becca, what a wonderful story about your son and congrats to him on the 4.33! I'm sure you will both miss him greatly when he moves on with his life.

Heather - sorry you are under the weather. What a thing to happen with your house sale-hopefully this is a minor bend in the road and will be resolved successfully. We gals do tend to have better intuition about things. My DH normally stays in the background but when I need the "big guns" he comes forth with intelligent and rational conversation, lol.

Janet - Katie and Olivia look great. Continued prayers they'll both be home soon.

Rori & Janetr - great photo! Fun times indeed. You both look fabulous - right there is some gorgeous grey hair!

I've been skimming the posts for the past few months. Has anyone heard from Penny at the North Pole?

That's the quick and dirty so far! Hello to new folks and waving at those of you I've missed

Lanette
SW WA State