WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2017

Joyce - Everything is still pending. The estate agents are talking to each other. All the offers are on the table, but our buyers haven't sold their house . IMHO it is overpriced. We have had a buildings survey of the Hove house. Just the usual problems with an old house, woodwork etc. Just waiting, waiting, waiting. We hope our vendor doesn't lose patience with us. Could take forever.

Our veg curry was heavenly. Tomorrow I'm going to cook duck breast.

I suddenly had the crazy idea of making croissants again. DH and I had huge fun when we made them once before. It takes 3 days as the dough rises overnight in the fridge! I will only have one. I only serve them when we have guests (they freeze brilliantly ) and will take them with us when we go visiting. I think the recipe makes 16 smallish ones. DH is much more accurate and patient than me so he does all the measuring, marking out and cutting of the long triangles. Thank goodness we have a big island unit!!! Will start the dough tomorrow.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Cheri LOL! I had to get out of Roz's suitcase when they weighed it. They weren't going to let her get on the airplane unless she paid for 3 extra bags.

Paula Congrats on your daughter's engagement!

DJ I hope you had fun at the Moose function last night! Was that what the pretty polka dotted dress and clear shoes were for?

Becky Sad about your niece, so sorry to hear about that.

Barbie How are you & the doggies doing? My mom used to eat tamales out of a can when my dad was on a trip, LOL! She gave herself a break from cooking.

Becca You are inspiring and fun. Your hair, your recent weight loss, your food photos, your brilliant son...

Katla I love the colors people put together when they are knitting. What color is the scarf you are knitting? I hope you got to lunge Arrow.

Mae I was under the impression eating shrimp raises HDL cholesterol a lot more than LDL, so overall they are good for you.

M&Ms I can taste the preservatives in them and the quality of the chocolate isn't wonderful so they don't call to me. Plenty of other foods do call to me, though. For example, Michele's Dove chocolates would taste a little too yummy and I would do better to keep them out of sight or not have them around at all.

Penny. God. I am so glad your husband came home in one piece. Next time he should say, "NO!"

Sharon Lethbridge Love the pub and the statue.

Sarah Ontario Wise words for Allie. "Most of the time, how does he make you feel? Is that the way you want to feel most of the time?"

NYKAREN You are one of the most grown up people I know.

Grandma Kelly Laughing, laughing, laughing! I hope little Joaquin can hold on until Grandma gets there to spoil him rotten!

Chris in MA You have had such great success with your weight loss that I am betting you have developed some good techniques for dealing with those social occasions...care to share? They can really trip people up.

Lisa I don't know what makes me quit logging either. It's the one thing that consistently makes a difference in my success.

Heather Vegetarian menu sounds delish. Glad you got your repairs accomplished. Hopefully there will not be a third.

Yvonne That town open house Thursday sounds like fun! Have a good time!

Joyce I know, isn't that something to see some chubbiness on that tiny Olivia frame? She was pretty lean, though not a preemie, weighing in at 7lbs 9oz at birth. She didn't have much fat, though. I don't know how much she weighs now. Tickled to see her at home looking sleepy and content.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day tomorrow!

Karen in Virginia

Janetr I wonder how little Mia is doing adjusting to being home? She is such a cutie pie.

Karen in VA

Loving all the baby pictures.

The little girls are
Showing their stuff! So sweet.

We only got a dusting of snow,along with a couple days of heavy
Wind,bone chillin for sure.So glad I was able to stay in.
Has been 6 wks since I got the "whatever"....now it's hub's turn.He's always been so healthy....
hardly knows how to deal with it.We are both achy & yucky.

BETH,glad the surgery went well for your
guy .
JOYCE,we are having a couple things done on the house,
including new French doors with built in shades.They will install Monday.Have new drapes ready to hang.

DD will soon be in the middle of a huge kitchen re do.They bought a new gas cook stove last yr,but that & the fridge will be the only left overs.

BARBARA & anyone with a recumbent bike......would like to get one.What brand,price,
type? Don't know what to look for. Any advice from the experts will be appreciated.

BECCA,DD washes her hair using water & baking soda.Rinced using vinegar water. A couple times a month,she uses a small dab of conditioner.Has not used shampoo in just over 2 yrs.

DH has basically slept all day & is back to bed now. Good night.

Whirlwind of a day---my eating was out of control!!!. I am heading to bed before more food makes its' way into my mouth

NYKAREN

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

Good Evening My Dear Friends,

Shari, welcome. This is a great place for support and information so come often. My main goals are to stay within my calorie goals and log my food every day. I do try to exercise but don’t set a specific goal for myself. We each do this journey in our own way.

Paula, I do hope you aren’t getting sick. Congrats on your DD picking a guy you like.

Ginger, that is scary about your eye problems. I do hope you can get some relief. (((Hugs)))

Janet#1, after I posted that about your great grands I realized I could have some too. Since my 45 year old DD has no children she just still seems young to me. What fun to have all the grands.

Penny, I know I’d have started to worry if that had been my DH. Glad it all worked out and they all made it back safely.

Leigh, a huge Congratulations on your continued loss. Keep up the great work!!!

Cpopa, you are so right that we can do this if we just set our minds to it. Keep it up.

NYKaren, you go girl!!!

Lisa, I only have one thing to say. “Log your food” no matter what. (((Hugs)))

Karen, Olivia is just a doll. I just want to reach through my screen and hug her to pieces!!!

Heather, bummer about your water leak. I do hope it can be repaired quickly and at little expense. (later) Glad that’s all it was.

Allie, I do hope "he" decides what it is that he wants. All we want is for you to be happy. (((Hugs)))

Joyce, I had to laugh picturing your dog with all those “hidden” treats. Glad that wasn’t his demise.

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.

I have one page to catch up but won’t make it tonight. The bed is calling my name and not quietly. Congrats to all with victories and keep up the good work. (((Hugs))) to everyone and especially those that are having any kind of problems.
Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.

I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

Hello everyone. Just getting on quickly to log my lunch & dinner. Ate too much & feel uncomfortably stuffed. Ugh. Overall for the day, wasn't really too bad, but over the total calories I want to stick to. Plus didn't exercise today, so should've kept it lower. Stayed at work about an hour late to do some stuff & then stopped to get a few groceries & pick up something for dinner. Oh well. Tomorrow's another day.

On a positive note: we had tons of fattening goodies brought in by the Math & Science depts in honor of Pi day (missed it due to snow day) & I chose to not indulge at all- not even one cookie. I just went in while getting stuff set up to put the pie & napkins I brought in, grabbed a mint hard candy & went right back to my classroom. Later, when another teacher passed me in the hall during my lunch period & she was carrying a loaded plate & commented about how we went all out, I still avoided the temptation to go & get any. Instead, went back to my classroom & ate the healthy salad & yogurt I'd brought for lunch while worked on some lesson plans.

Back to school today after 2 snow days. The city where I teach really got hammered with snow. I think they set a record there. Where I live, we're more used to a lot of snow & the roads were plowed really well, but they were barely plowed as I got to the city. Only 1/2 of the lanes were plowed & still lots of snow in the roads, so tough maneuvering. At least not still snowing today. Understandably, they don't have anywhere to push the snow in the city. Plus, they had problems with cars parked on the street, which got buried & plows have to try to get around - they towed lots of them. About 1/2 of my students were absent, so pretty quiet day. Gave them their 30-wk test to start & planned to do it over 2 days, but will need to plan an extra day next wk for catch-ups since so many were out. Haven't gotten much sleep past couple days, so glad to have a relatively easy day at work. Tomorrow they have a 1/2 day, so should get out on time & then plan to go to YMCA to swim or wt machines.

Found out this afternoon that we're losing one of our vacation days in April due to going over the allotted snow days, though. That stinks. Oh well. Sure hope we don't need to use another one.

Thank you for all the kind sentiments about the passing of our niece.

Gotta go try to get some sleep. Will try to catch up with the posts again over the wkend. Forecast is for more lake effect snow on Sat. Noooooooo!


-- Becky (Upstate NY)

Finally caught up. Don't know how I get so far behind.
I also have Macular Degeneration. Diagnosised 15 years ago. I was in a clinical study at UTSWMC in Dallas for 6 years testing the ingredients in Presservision vitamins. I take the vitamins everyday.
The Babies are so cute. My youngest grandchild is now 10 and I miss having a little one.

Becca, sent you a friend request. Your picture was the 1st one! You are number 1.

To all you grandmas of the new babies, I can imagine you can't stop smiling!!!!!

I think our cold streak is ending but we will have rain for awhile.

One of the chocolates our dog ate was the turtles. My Mom, like many older widows, was on a very limited budget but always enjoyed putting a special treat in everyone's Christmas stocking. We have a Libs candy factory here in town and for Mom the turtles were expensive. She didn't want to let anyone know she had them but she didn't drive so she asked my Michelle to go buy them for her. So Michelle did and hid them. well Buddy smelled chocolate and went snooping and found it, tore the package up and ate everyone of them, caramel, pecans and chocolate. Poor Michelle, she just couldn't tell Mom what happened so she bought a whole new box out of her meager salary and hid them up in her closet instead of a drawer. Yes, he got them out of a drawer. Those star bright mints or whatever they are called???? You know the mints that are white hard candy that have the mint wave through them. We had a sealed bag, he opened that and carefully opened up every single mint and ate them. Oh he had a sweet tooth. Needed to go to OA!!!!

Joyce, Indiana

Hey cool with the DD that hasn't used shampoo for over 2 years! Oregon has really great water, not hard water, so I can rinse with just the water and it does the trick. It takes longer to dry my hair though, gotta plan better!
Becca

Hi Gals,

I’m back… thanks for the messages Carol-Peach and Heather… Life here is stressful, and full I have not been able to add in visiting but have logged, and thought of you all.

I read the last 3 pages.. so know I have missed a bunch, but did see a pic of Olivia that looked amazing!

A bit of what is going on – its depressing, and some may take it political – I am sorry, just skip it if I’m out of line….

Work: embroidery is slow so I have added some more gardening in, which is helping me pay the bills, but my body is really tired all the time – 3-4 hours 7 days a week…. The electric company raised the rates by 21% and the natural gas company (cooking, hot water, heat) by 11% last month… crappy timing.

Brother: he’s getting chemo – and has refused to share anything about status, so mom assumes the worst – I had her visit to give her a break from my brother and she is worried and scared and as a result is a horrible guest…Said some things that were pretty horrible

Insurance – I have loved having health insurance, and am sad that it looks like I’ll lose it but I live in one of the areas of the country that insurance is the highest cost due to consolidation of hospitals, and at the current time based on where things stand my insurance will go up $500 a month and have a high deductible. My brother will also lose his health insurance which will be a big family nightmare.

Garden club – my garden club asked me to help find folks to run for officers and I have call 24 people to ask them to run for president and all have said no… I am so tired of folks saying no.

Then the icing on the cake, was I took myself out for a fancy coffee today and have been barfing ever since.. don’t plan on counting those calories..


Kim from N. California

Penny- What a terrible fright for you! Glad that all turned out well.

Kate - Enjoy Spain

Leigh - Thanks for sharing your happy news

Allie - Tom seems to want to keep you dangling. Don't give him any more power. I do get it though because every relationship is complicated and different. Larry and I have certainly had our ups and downs.

Lenora - I didn't know all those facts about the Statue of Liberty. Very interesting.

Michele - Did you find the perfect dress for the wedding?

Pip - That is a great photo of Floyd and Rocky. Rocky looks so wise

Karen in Virginia - Suffering from cuteness overload over here. Awwww.......Olivia.

Patceoh - I have had my recumbent trike for a few years. I love it! It gave me some of the freedom back that I lost when I had my accident. I have terrible balance, a bad back, back ankle , etc. It helped me with all of these things. I can't remember what I paid but definitely worth every penny.

Kim - Chemo is so devastating. Stress for your Mom must be overwhelming. I'm sorry that she was less than kind.

DS was late bringing Harmony. She brought 2 of her "babies". Pumpkin stayed home to look after the rest. She is so serious about all of her babies. Her Daddy lost his patience with her this morning. ( this rarely happens)
He yelled at her and she told him "When you yell at me, I don't feel like part of the family" He is still feeling guilty this evening. He was greeted with a lot of hugs and kisses when he came to pick her up.

I split my time between Harmony and slogging away at our papers. DD came over after her Dr. appointment. I am happy to report that everything came back normal. She says she is feeling better. I think she was stressed and not getting enough sun. She is also back to working out and has dropped over 10 pounds.

We took Harmony and Keira to the Y play centre. It makes my heart happy to see them together. While at the Y we discovered that the Y would be taking over Phase two of the new ATB centre on our side of town. They are trying to raise 6 million dollars. A gentleman from Picture Butte is donating 3.75 million dollars. A couple of years ago this same man donated to the college for their Trade section so that our young men did not have to leave Lethbridge to get the training they needed for trades. It is always nice to hear good news.

-Sharon in Lethbridge

Kim ugh. If I could, I would throw a big bath towel in the dryer and then drape it over your shoulders, give you something for nausea, and then make you a nice cup of tea to slowly sip on. Also a box of tissues in case you needed to cry a little. We love you. We value you. We know who you are.

Katla Sounds as if you had an AWESOME, validating day! Celebrating with you! The colors of the scarves sound vibrant and lovely.

ISFP Gloworm - "selfless, with a rare depth of caring for those close to them". Yep, that's you!

Karen in Virginia