WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2017

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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,517 Member
    Did about 30 minutes of training games on the Wii. Really didn't have time for much more than that. The plan for tomorrow is to do a bit of pilates, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class.

    We had our Easter dinner last night. Jess wanted ham. Honestly, I can feel my ankles swelling from the sodium (my imagination?). I'm thinking that if she wants a ham next year, maybe I'll get a fresh one.

    We looked at cars for Jess. She needs a new catalytic converter and even down here it would be $1600 and her car has 300,000 plus miles on it. She test drove 3, decided not to rush into buying one. I think that was a good decision.

    Jess and Colby left early this morning, then Vince and I went to church. Came home and I started weedwacking then used the lawn mower. Then did other things outside. My pool is getting clearer all the time, Rover is certainly doing his job.

    Chris - the gal whose house I play mahjongg at on Mondays is birthday tomorrow so I'm going to make her some chocolate covered strawberries.

    katla - can your daughter place her phone in rice. Wonder if that'll help some. So happy for her FIL

    Jess was saying how she really needed food so when she called to say that she got to her place safely, she asked me not to put things for her in a paper bag. The reason? The bag broke because there was so much in there!

    Carey - I can't get over that you are still having snow! Our pool was 77 degrees today

    Purl - so glad you had such a good time in Mexico. My eating hasn't been all that great today. But certainly better than yesterday. So I'm getting there. Loved the horses on the beach

    Lenora - am I remembering correctly? Did you one time tell me that your husband is in construction? Or did you say that he's a painter?

    grogers - loved the pic. That reminds me that tomorrow I want to go to WalMart to get candy on sale 1/2 price. Vince wants chocolate bunnies, I want to get some mints, and maybe Starburst jelly beans for Vince.

    Vince likes these brownies that I made. If he ever knew that there was cream cheese in them......

    Sarah - so sorry about the UTI, but the spa sounds lovely

    Grandma M - welcome!

    Off to make the chocolate covered strawberries!

    Michele in NC
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,247 Member
    Nite peeps
  • DamitJanit
    DamitJanit Posts: 1,329 Member
    Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

    Good Evening My Dear Friends,

    Carey, that’s how many of the charities here are. And like you say, when they sell things the prices are outrageous.

    Margaret, thanks for your prayers. I am always thankful to have someone pray for me, over me or have their prayers surround me.

    Allie, you know we are all with you and support you in your decisions. I’m sending prayers for you to have the strength to act on your decisions. I know it’s not easy. ((((Hugs))))

    Penny, what a cute picture of you as a child. I took a look at your webcam again and OMG is it bright there! How can you sleep??? LOL

    Heather, so glad you had a good time at the cricket match. The pictures were great.

    Mia, your bottle tree is stunning. You are so talented.

    Sarah, glad you enjoyed your unplugged weekend. What a treat!!

    GrandmaM, welcome. It sounds like you are off to a good start so keep it up. Come here often for support.

    Janet#2, Mia is sooooooooo cute. I just want to wrap my arms around her and smother her with kisses. So glad she is doing well.

    pretty-pink-welcome-smiley-emoticon.gifto 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.

    We had a pretty low keyed day today. It was absolutely beautiful weather but I stayed in as usual in this pollen. I woke up last night to go to the bathroom and then sneezed for about ½ hour. Ppffttt I have a busy week with meetings, getting things ready for house guest and getting ready for the cruise. I’m getting excited.

    Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.

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    DJ
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    edited April 2017
    Wow, I kind of was MIA this weekend. Lots of pages to read.

    Sharon in Ethridge, when I read about your employee problem and you said something about PIP, I thought you meant you were going to send this person to Pip! LOL

    We used to have wild rabbits make nests in our back yard. You have no idea they are there and then you run over it with a lawnmower. Anyway, about the same time we had some sort of lawn chemical done routinely and we had no idea that as an added thing, the rabbits never came back. But the neighbors got them every year. So it had to be whatever was in the lawn care. I think it was Chem Lawn.

    Had a wonderful Easter service today. We have had about 6 days of wonderful sunny weather. Perfect if our painter had been available. But NOOOOOO. So storms were predicted for today. But they held off until late this afternoon. And it has stormed and stormed. back to church. Wonderful services. I will really miss singing the choir music we did. Our church, back in it's day, used to be bigger and had a bigger choir. They, just like my old church I went to had a Christmas and Easter cantata. My present church does just the Christmas. But I love Easter music so, so much. I was talking to our choir director today and she said that the pastor wants to preach on Easter. So when I talked to him and told him today, he said he would think about it which I interpreted as, yes I am telling you I will think about it but the answer will always be no. So I told him that it would be cheaper for the church since we have all the older music books and there is no better message than the Easter cantatas. I think the answer will still be no.

    I didn't get to see the birth of the baby giraffe but I saw the video. He is so precious. I know by listening to the vet that the sire is only that. But there so many moments that first day that were so precious between them. Maybe for Oliver the little one was just an oddity.

    Hugs to all but several of you are always on my mind and in my prayers.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • Marcelynh
    Marcelynh Posts: 974 Member
    For those of you that express shock or something at 13 grandchildren ......that's nothing. My 13th was my moms 107th grandchild. No kidding. She had 42 grandchildren. 53 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. She's only 83 so she might see even more! Needless to say she doesn't even send out birthday cards. In those 107 there are no name duplications except three children named after their grandparents. Kind of amazing.

    We have never all been together at one time. Now that would be wild!

    Marcelyn
    Happy in Houston with 13 and not looking to beat moms total.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Michele: Our daughter put the phone in rice yesterday. Her dad knew about the treatment. I don't know how long it needs to be there, but I sure hope it works. :bigsmile:

    Marcelyn: What a fabulous family! You are a lucky woman. :heart:


    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

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

  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Katla – I’m not positive that replacing the SIM card will work; but, at least she would know what to ask about when she takes her phone in. Sometimes knowing what might be the problem saves a lot of hearing ‘well, you should have purchased insurance’ (so they can upgrade you in a phone and plan). It is like dealing with DirecTV; ‘if’ you tell them you are going to go to DISH and/or vice versa – they get pretty reasonable about giving you a better deal.

    My BF does our taxes; and, she usually has filed for extensions every year. We’re always the ‘last’ one she does. Drives me ‘crazy’; but, she was a former IRS Agent, so she does know some tricks and tips. I’m just glad we don’t have to ‘go it alone’. She went back to work a couple of years ago for a CPA; now only works 3 days a week. But, we still haven’t done much ‘hanging’ around together. I think she is just happy not to have to ‘go anywhere if she doesn’t want to’.

    I do a ‘lot’ of praying to “St. Anthony” to find things for me. LOL!!!! I can look all over the place, sometimes will call Louis to ‘ask’ if he can remember where ‘he’ saw them last. I get totally ‘blind’ when I try to find something and can’t. Leave the room, come back in, and there they are, like someone has come in and laid them down. If whatever had been a snake it would have bitten me.

    LOL! I think DMGD’s boyfriend was planning on getting her a ‘baby goat’ (maybe a miniature one); but, her Daddy told him ‘no way’. They don’t need another animal to have to take care of. He had fixed up the fence/pen for it; but, I think he thought better of it.

    Penny – Seeing you and your sister with little ‘kitties’ reminds me that Mimi always gave us ‘kittens’ for Easter. Sometimes at Christmas. My parents did not seem to mind; but, they were 'our' responsibility. Oldest sister got to the point, very early on in life, that she did not care for them. Middle sister always had a cat; one she named after her boyfriend’s mother, “Dorothy”, which was also the name of the woman who lived across the side street from us. We always thought that she would poison our cats. She’d come outside and call the cat, “Here, Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy – when she was outside in the yard; then when she would turn around; she’d say, Here Dorothy, here kitty, kitty, kitty!” Seemed like all mine got up in the engine of the car; or Daddy would back over them if he did not kill them by turning the motor over. But, one I kept inside so he would not kill her. Black cat, green eyes – named “Kissy Kat” because she would ‘kiss you’ (on command). She ‘loved’ water and when I was in the long 6’ claw foot tub; she would jump up on the dresser and then slide down the back and get in the water with me. She'd even lay down in it, too. She disappeared when she was 3 or 4 years old; so she probably got poisoned by the neighbor lady. All the 3 cats we’ve had since we were married (1st one was because DYS wanted a ‘kitty’) and the subsequent 2 have lived 15 or more years each.

    Mia – Where did you get those ornaments for your ornaments for your bottle tree; do you blow your own glass?

    KYKAREN – We had a housekeeper who cooked the ‘middle of the day’ meal; which we’d eat leftovers the next day or two for supper. When I was little (or even older) on Saturdays she made my favorite – Southern Fried Chicken or Chicken and Dumplings (thick ones she cut out of biscuit dough). I never learned to cook them. Told me to let the chicken rise to the top of the grease before turning it over. I never could do it like she could. When my DOS was little ... he 'loved' "Stuffy Fried Chicken" (his name for Kentucky Fried Chicken). Daddy would get her to make an extra batch of biscuits on Saturday so we could split them and toast them on Sunday mornings before church. My mother’s biscuits were hard and flat like ‘hockey pucks’. Nannie-L said it was because she ‘handled them too much’. Thank goodness for Pillsbury Grands frozen biscuits (or alternatively) Mrs. “B’s” Biscuits (also frozen).

    Diane – I missed our DYS when he went to MSU (2 states away); he got a job in Missouri; transferred to TX, came back to LA; and, has never been east of the MS River since. But, he has never been happier either. Now has a ‘family’ and we just ‘love them’. Wife of 2 years; and, 11-year-old 4th granddaughter. So now they are 21, 16, 11, and 10.

    Karen from Virginia – My DOGD gave me a pair of ‘flamingo’ slippers that she found at Wal-Mart. She and her boyfriend were shopping for groceries when she saw them and told him to buy them and she’d pay him back. She knew that if she went home and came back – they’d be gone (and they were). Cracker has gotten hold of the several times and I had had to put the stuffing back in and sew them up. I even put some extra stuffing back in so the necks would not flop over. She looks at them every time I wear them; but, she knows she’ll be ‘in deep doo-doo’ if she tears them up again.

    Sarah – Hope the herbal tea helped your UTI. At least you are much more relaxed, so it was definitely worth it. I can remember years ago Louis and I went on a Marriage Retreat through our church. Totally cut off and unplugged. Had to write letters to one another. We did ‘cheat’ a little and watched TV and napped some. I think what happened when we got home is something that I will always get ‘kidded’ about.

    When we walked in the door that Sunday afternoon (before we went to pick up the boys) the phone was ringing. It was my Daddy who asked if I had talked to my oldest sister and I told him ‘no’. He said, ‘Mama died this morning’! I got hysterical; then, he realized why … and then he said, ‘NO, … not your “Mama” … “YOUR
    Grandmamma” … MY “Mama!” We always had called our mother “Mama” and he had never referred to his Mama as anything ‘to us’ other than ‘your Grandmamma. He called her “Mama” when he was talking directly to her … but “Mama” was ‘our’ Mama! It’s funny now; but, it took me a couple of hours to ‘settle down’.

    Grandma M – Good for you! Especially quitting the smoking! You Rock, girl!

    Lanette – We see a pretty good number of rabbits out here; but, Tux usually takes care of them. Sometimes he will present parts of his ‘kills’ to our back doormat to let us know that ‘he is doing the job he was hired/rescued to do.

    I’m a ‘spicy’ eater; DFnL got me started on putting ‘hot sauce’ on just about everything I eat. My mother could make the best ‘salmon patties’. I think my DMnL’s were better; because she took them time to pick out the bones. When mother made them, I always got at least one little round piece of bone. UGH!

    I had a friend whose neighbors never had any of their cats ‘fixed’ so they’d come over to her house to find shelter for their kittens. She would pick one she really liked and adopt it; but, then find homes for the others. Her grandchildren would give them to their friends. Then she started paying to have the ‘fixed’ (when they really could not afford to do so). Here, if a feral cat is ‘fixed’ they notch one of the ears. Her middle grandchild (of that family's child) used to 'baptize' them in the cooler. We went out to sit on the carport one day and caught her doing it. Dunking them 3x ... 'in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy "Ghost".

    Michele – We don’t cook Easter meal; we would if DYS and his family came to visit; but, do have a fresh ham for Thanksgiving (even ‘if’ they don’t come home). I cook it the day before; and, we have sandwiches the night before, the day of, and until it is gone. I also make soup stock or vegetable soup with the bone. Boil it until the meat comes off and then we let Trey have the bone for Luna. She’s the biggest dog, so we don’t give it to Cracker for fear they’d fight over it and Cracker would come out on the losing end. Actually, if the guys kill a deer with a small rack (which is rare); that is good for them to chew on.
    Louis is a painter (house painter); I am the ‘artist’.

    Joyce – It is a shame that your pastor/preacher won’t allow the choir to sing on Easter; but, wants to preach instead. Growing up Baptist we either had a ‘pastor’ or a ‘preacher’; but, rarely one that was both. Or ‘good’ at both, maybe I should say. Not until the one that came and became friends with my Mother and Daddy. He left right before my Mother passed away; and, came back to give her Eulogy along with the current preacher. He really said a good Eulogy for my Dad; referring to “Wings on High Places”. Good book/story about how you are always looking up at the mountains and something will pop up in the most unusual place on your way up; then you get to the top of the mountain and see a ‘higher’ mountain; but, to get there you have to ‘gone down in the valleys’. In most Southern Baptist churches a 'committee' of members go out to 'pick' a 'new' preacher/pastor. I don't know how we got the one we had from the time I was old enough to go through GAs (girls) and for boys (RAs); but, his only redeeming factor was that he was a 'good' pastor. Such is life!

    Lenora
  • SSC1958
    SSC1958 Posts: 411 Member
    Sharon: Glad you only had a dusting. I spent an hour shovelling snow today, but then the sun came out and melted all the ice on the sidewalks.

    Michele: I'll trade you... I could handle 77 degrees and a pool :)

    Becca: Love the pic of you and your sis :)

    Marcelyn: I'd need genealogy software to keep track of 107 grandchildren!


    Carey - Northern Alberta
    "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." - William James
  • dreamwriter
    dreamwriter Posts: 610 Member
    Eyes are not going to stay open to post. That will have to wait until tomorrow. It was a great day.
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3
  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited April 2017
    danareel6615 wrote: »
    Lisa,
    Where in Arkansas are you planning to move to? We moved from Austin to Hot Springs!! We love it. Mild climate and the people are so friendly! I like the woods but town isn't far off with a lot of shopping and great doctors and a large hospital. The cost of living is much lower too. Our house here would be triple the cost in Austin and the taxes 5x more!!

    Dana - Actually, we'll be up near the Oachita National Forest a week from now, and will do some driving around scouting out property while we're there. The property values are exactly why we started thinking about Arkansas more than a year ago. Then last year, we drove up the west side, from Mena up to Fayetteville, and across the northern part as far as Mountain Home. That pretty much sealed the deal. My husband is looking for lakes and mountains and rivers, and me, I'd just like to live among trees that are taller than I am. You wouldn't think that would be too much to ask, but for those unfamiliar with West Texas, all the trees are mesquite or cedar in this general area. The tallest things around are what I used to call "rocking horses," the ever-in-motion pumpjacks.

    We took off Thursday and spent the night down in New Braunfels (between San Antonio and Austin, for non-Texans), and just as a funny, I checked property prices along the way through the Hill Country. Insanely high. Beautiful area--but wow. The bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush are in full bloom at the moment on every roadside, so it really was a lovely trip.

    Got some writing to do before writers' workshop tonight, and won't have to write a last editorial for the paper, as I agreed to keep writing them once I'm done being editor. Do need to start putting together my second book of columns, though. So far, my working title is "She's Thinking Out Loud Again." :) The first one, of course, was "She's Thinking Out Loud." If I write long enough to get a third one put together, it will be "She's Still Thinking Out Loud." Might as well stay with a theme! :wink:

    One more paper to put out this week - then a week-long driving vacation, with two or three nights at our daughter's in Louisiana, then up to Arkansas for some property searching, then back to the desert. Then May 1st, the new job begins. The CEO and her assistant are supposed to drive over from El Paso to meet me in person, now they've hired me. One hopes they won't be disappointed. :)

    Off to the races, kids.
    Love y'all,
    Lisa in West Texas
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Morning Ladies~
    Went to sleep at 6 last night, was mentally exsausted...woke up at 8:45 and didnt get bacl to sleep until after 10 or so,flipped and flopped.
    Thanks for all the love ladies... you know I guess it is like an alcoholic you have to just get to a low point to dig yourself out.. yesterday morning was it...
  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited April 2017
    Heather - thank you! It's been nice to have this space to express all those dreams. As the newspaper editor in a small town, I haven't been too forthcoming with those who know me here, for pretty obvious reasons.

    Allie, my dear heart - It's why I haven't been too verbal about all the happenings since you found out Tom had a girlfriend. You had to come to this point in order to make the change, and I'm so sorry it feels like the lowest point. I've said more than once in the past that, until I looked at him and thought, I'd rather die alone than live with you, I wasn't ready to go. It turned out to be my highest point, instead of the lowest--but it's always hard when love dies in front of your eyes. You are stronger than you know--and there will be some tears yet in your future. But you can do this.

    Lisa in West TX
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Lisa~ thanks for the encouragment.... the girlfriend thing has fizzled out from what my friend Jim says he works where Tom does.. I woke up yesterday and started to put english muffin in toaster for Tom , and he flipped out started throwing the towel in the sink and I asked what was wrong and he just started yelling shut up just shut up. now poor Taliah was sleeping so I told him to shush and he told me not to shush him and he was a jerk the rest of the day , I stayed quiet until he got up from a nap, went into the kitchen and said I am done.. hope you have fun in Florida ,I am tired of the emotional and verbal abuse and will not take any more of your $h--. and I turned around and went in my room and took a nap..,then he came in and asked if i wanted to take a ride to the shore.. well I took the ride because I will never refuse a ride to the beach,, but I didnt say anything to him..
    I think he finally gets it!!! Like Barbie said, I have done everything I possibly can to save this marriage.. with no return from him...done.. finito
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,247 Member
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  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Janet Baby Mia is so precious

    Becca love the pic of you and your sister.

    Heather insightful and sobering message about exercise and maintenance. THis is where I tend to fall down, I don't have trouble losing #s, just maintaining, and the key is exercise as you said.

    So this is my last day of vacation before heading into the busy season (8 weeks of BUSY). I'm looking forward to enjoying today to get things checked off and top of the list is exercise! I have some research for DH, gotta find him a new heart doc, then lots of quick things to accomplish like errands and housecleaning. All in all, I kept to the goals I had set out for this vacation--to enjoy and celebrate the season and clear the decks by spring cleaning, all while keeping the exercise up and the overeating down--mission accomplished.

    It is important for me to set myself up with successful strategies as I head to busy end of school year concerts, interview committees, recruitments, etc. with lots of healthy make ahead meals, positive clothing choices and of course that great stress buster---EXERCISE!!

    Cheers, NYKAREN
  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    Allie, you deserve better, and I hope you can continue to believe that, because it's the bedrock truth. Hang in there--you've done so much for so many, reach out for support to those you love in your area, too. There's no such thing as too much support... and you have a lot here, as well. Will be thinking about you.

    Time to go wake Corey - he's going into PT in Odessa, taking my truck, and I have a whole day stretching out in front of me to do only what I choose to do. I love him dearly, but he's been home now for two and a half MONTHS, and I've missed my alone time more than I'm willing to admit. One more month until they do his X-ray, and hopefully release him back to work.

    Have started another painting, this one of a cathedral window quilt hung over a rocking chair. The initial sketch is done, but dang, there are times when I despair of ever getting perspective right... hopefully will learn to have a little perspective about it. :smiley: Trying not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good, or at least good enough, anyway.

    Weight is steady, staying right where I was at the beginning of the month--hurting too much for cardio, but may go lift weights and do my flex work. No swimming pools available here, so no water aerobics...

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in West Texas
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Allie ~ Tom sounds a bit like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. After being nasty all day and then wanting you to go for a drive with him. Stay Strong is all I can say.

    Went to church on for the first time in a long time with son and his family. Enjoyed the sermon so much but the music was VERY loud. Then we all contributed food for lunch at his house, dyed and decorated eggs, and had an egg hunt for the 5 & 7 yr old. Very enjoyable but we were really tired at the end.

    The Pom went to the vet on Saturday and they could not say why he was having messy poop and vomiting except he probably had eaten something that disagreed with him. One shot and 3 prescriptions. He did better on Saturday afternoon but is still not eating very much.

    Mia I love the glass decorations for your tree. You are so talented!

    Janet ~ Mia looks very sweet!

    Becca ~ That is a great picture of you and your sister. You both look so happy.

    Food ~ I wish I could experiment more with cooking unusual foods, but, my hubby is a meat and potatoes man and dislikes spicy food. As a result, we have lots of simple meat dinners with pasta, rice or potatoes on the side. About The only vegetables he likes are green beans and salad.

    Carol in GA
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    (((Meg)))
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • princessagb2013
    princessagb2013 Posts: 3 Member
    Hi All -

    Thank you for your warm welcome! I am looking forward to getting to know everyone and to start being involved in the more personal 'discussions.' For today, however, I am going to just say wave hello and hope everyone has a great Monday.

    Technically, I have today off work, but plan to go in for a couple of hours. I have a couple of things on my todo list that if I get them crossed off, my week will be significantly less stressful. I also have a few items on my todo list here at home that I would like to take care of.

    Managing stress is key to my success so I am really going to focus on managing my life to make it less stressful. I have also planned out my food (and entered it) so I am off to a good start in that regard.

    Happy Monday!
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Carol beautiful family <3

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