WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2017

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ANNR... that bowl of soup looks pretty tasty! I made White Chili tonight. It's made with chicken and Great Northern beans.

All these cooks are making me

Hello ladies: Very tired today after time change. It always seems to take about a week for me to adjust. Went to church and sang in choir, then to a funeral for a 104 yo lady who died recently. What a marvelous life she led. Got her masters degree when it was not common for women and taught in a college in MN. She was not in the service but worked in a civilian capacity during the war in charge of getting ordinance and supplies to the soldiers. She was with-it and sassy right up to the end.

We had lots of wind the last couple of days and were without power for most of the night. It has been back on since early, about 4:00 this morning and luckily has remained on.

DD and I bought two new blueberry bushes to plant where we think some were but died. We have six bushes that we uncovered from waist-high weeds when we moved in here. We are working on getting them to have berries again. We got a whole six berries the first year and had about 5 dozen last year. The new ones are a different variety so we shall see what happens.

Annieoldie - I had a pulmonary embolus in 2008 and had to get back to exercise very slowly afterwards. I have a Fitbit and started with just 250 steps at a time several times a day and also did stretches. I added Laughter Yoga once a week to that after a while and just kept gradually increasing things then when I went back to work I added water walking and range of motion exercises. I agree with the others, you just have to take it in small steps and be persistent.

Lisa - Congratz on quitting the smoking!!!

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

beth you are one strong woman. Stay strong, hopefully the blizzard will stay south of you and Wednesday will be an easier commute to the surgery. I agree you guys should get an easier generator!

All set for the big blizzard here, at least I get to teach and get to my appointments tomorrow--probably home bound on Tuesday and Wednesday! Also grateful that we don't need to be anywhere and having DD as an extra shoveler is not a bad thing. So much for dreams of Spring

NYKAREN

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Soooo after my soup heaven, I am sitting on the couch sipping coffee, and had my dinner of 3 spoonfuls of peanut butter! This is what I fixed for my guys...
Fluffy tapioca cream!
Becca
Oregon

I sure wish we had a generator. How much do they cost???? We don't have the kind of winters we used to, this year I think we only have had a trace of snow but in this valley we do have a lot of thunderstorms, even our fair share of tornados. So any power outages usually come from the storms. One year we had a really bad snow storm with a lot of wind which with the two houses at the end of our street, there was a huge drift that cut the entrance off to the main street. It has never been a 'let's have a block party so everyone can get to know each other' kind of neighborhood. But that day everyone had to pitch in and dig the entrance out so we could get to work and continue our lives. The people who live on the very end of the street have two big generators and stayed there while most of us had to move out for 2 weeks while power was out. I got to know my daughter real well!!! We went back every day to check on our cat, feed her, play with her and just make sure she was OK.

My daughter has a fit bit and I guess the different Cintas's in this area are having a challenge through their health insurance. She said there was some one who was getting about 50,000/day and was wondering how she got it so she did an experiment with hers. She put it in a sock and hung it up on her ceiling fan. But she forgot about it with all the antics her dogs do. When she remembered it she had 32000, on a non work day. She does a lot of walking at work so that was huge. Now she just needs to figure out how to delete those steps!

Well I had that waffle tonight My weight will not be the same tomorrow morning.

Joyce, Indiana

Hugs to everyone
Paula Y

Finished pg 28.

Joyce- I am so glad that your nephews are in recovery. They sound like remarkable young men.

Beth - "Korean" diet as I understand it features a lot of veggies and eating more fermented food such as kimchi.

Karen in Virginia - Olivia is looking very alert. I am so glad that she is making progress. Continuing to pray for her.

Charleen - Congratulations on being accepted into the quilt show. I still love "Snow Bird"

Katla - Happy to hear that your DH"s surgery went well.

Carol in GA - Suicide is so heart breaking. It is so hard for the survivors to deal with.

SueBDew -I hope you feel better soon.

Sarah - Could your cravings be related to this never ending winter weather? We crave sunshine but we will take SWEETS. Change is hard for people.

Lisa - Your wedding dress is spectacular.

Rita - Such a precious photo. I hope the tooth fairy found him.

It's been a busy kind of weekend. We filled it with visiting, a faulty hot water heater, a flooded basement, grandkids, supper with friends and a movie.

Chinese food is a land mine for No Sugar. Friday, Larry had to fix our hot water tank. He wanted Chinese food so I ordered it. I was able to avoid the sauces.

Saturday night we went to friends. The salmon was so delicious. We took wine and I drank about 8 oz. I was surprised when I plugged in the Moscato that it showed no sugar.

Thank you all for your kind thoughts. I woke this morning with a headache. I know this annoyed Larry as I got very little done. Before we went to the movie DH (doesn't mean dear) informed me that I needed to do something with my hair as I looked like an old hag. Wow! I had already conditioned and brushed it. DD says I should tell him to do something about his wrinkles.
We went to see Lion. It is a compelling story.

DS texted me tonight that she had a very boring weekend. I asked why she didn't call me and the answer was because then I would have wanted her to come over. Nope, I am quite okay with a little distance for now.

Took DGD to buy her reward for reading 7 books and writing them down. I went a little over budget but we found an adorable dress for $20 at Winners. She really wanted cute boots but there were none to be had. The next reward will be when she reads 14 more books. She is such a little diva. I so enjoy spending time with her.

Trying to find a wedding photo to post on here. We will be married for 35 years on March 20th.

Another day

-Sharon in Lethbridge ( it snowed more)

Jayne: Sorry to hear about your dad's fall; a broken hip at 95 is hard!

Lisa: Congratulations on kicking the smoking habit! Having watched my dad have two smoking-related strokes, I am happy when someone I know stops. For some reason, women here in France tend to smoke more than men.

Debbie: Congratulations on the 2000 miles:

Ginger: Love the retaining food cartoon!

Rori: The shrimp cakes sound good.ad

Katla: I spend a lot of time trolling the web for tasty meals. My husband and I were remarking the other night that it is hard to tell most of them are low calorie. He is tall and lean (Jack Sprat and his wife here), so eats larger portions and adds a starch. This recipe for baked chicken tenders was good - http://www.wildeorchard.stfi.re/moroccan-chicken-goujons-with-herb-yogurt-dip. I didn't have the Moroccan spices on hand, so substituted dillweed and garlic salt.

It is getting easier every day to hit the 10,000 steps with my fitbit and I am finding walking up the hill without huffing and puffing quite so badly.

Hope everyone has a great week!

-Leigh in France

Leigh - Oh my gosh, the smoking in France!!! Arrrrgh! It almost puts us off holidaying there. We cannot sit outside having lunch under an umbrella because there is always some wrinkled woman smoking near us. DH hates it even more than I do. The young women also smoke,. They have bought into the myth that it keeps them slim. We love France, but we find the smoking a major problem. In the south of England now you rarely see anyone lighting up, even in pub gardens. I do not know anyone who smokes. I flinch when I see a smoker.
My father died of emphysema in the most horrible prolonged death and my mother died as a consequence of breathing his secondary smoke.

Our weather news has featured your projected East Coast snow storms. I hope it passes quickly and isn't too awful.

The heating guy has ordered a new fan and it may be here by tomorrow. Today is sunny so not too bad, but we have been cold in the rooms without fires. We have hot water. Our boiler is old, but we hope it staggers on long enough for us to move without replacing it. The fan is expensive enough, plus labour. :sad:

We won't be here for the repair man on Wednesday after 10 am as we are going up to London for lunch with DH's younger daughter and two exhibitions at the RA. I am a member, so it's free entry for us. One is America After the Fall, paintings from the Depression, and the other is Russian modernists, which I have seen before. My membership runs out at the end of March so we want to get them in now.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Take good care everyone facing bad weather. Stay in if you can and stay safe!!

Today I work and then have my physical. I am hoping that my numbers are good, at least I will have a bit more information and that's a good thing right?

No gym for the next few days (shoveling is a great calorie burn) but I'm stocked up and ready to shake the daylight savings' lag that I get-I slept only 2 hours last nite!!!!

NYKAREN