WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

Happy National Pet Rock Day!

Marcelyn – Thank you for sharing the Matt Williams article. It’s good to hear advice from someone who’s been there! Our home in Austin flooded twice, but it wasn’t on the massive scale southeast Texas saw, where whole cities and huge chunks of infrastructure were knocked out of commission. Even so, a lot of his points would have applied.

Katla – The aggravating thing is that we didn’t have a whole lot of flooding in my immediate area. If the storm had made landfall just slightly to the east, we’d likely have had another serious flooding event here, but this time we were safe. Most of us are able to do business as usual, aside from a few minimal effects (branches down, minor street flooding, etc.) but the last thing we need is to be taking senseless actions that make it harder for everyone. There’s plenty of gas, provided people don’t panic and hoard it.

Becca – Congratulations on maintaining your healthy habits in a time of stress!

Heather – Your grandchildren are just adorable. I love the little sheep outfit.


One of pieces of myself I’ve lost over the last few years is the piece that used to do things. I got a little of that back by taking two days off and driving to Nebraska to be in the path of totality for the solar eclipse. That was a lot of driving for a solo trip and kind of exhausting, but I’m so glad I did it. I met up with two very dear friends – one who lives in South Dakota and one from Virginia – so I had good company and an amazing experience. Now I just need to find time to keep doing things going forward. I’ve been hanging onto a lot of stuff I can’t do anymore, and I need to start letting that go and figuring out what I want to do now.

Speaking of doing, yesterday I sat down with Philip and made a meal plan for the week, then we did the grocery shopping. Meal planning is a huge factor in my weight loss efforts – knowing what I’m going to make for dinner and having the ingredients on hand keeps us from going out. So that was a big step forward.

Hope you’re all enjoying the last of the weekend!

-Yvonne in TX

Hi ladies. I've been lounging with a headache, but it's time to get up and get some work done in the yard. We are having dinner with friends tonight then heading to their house for an evening of cards. This is one of our favorite activities. It's still hot here but it's going to be a bit cooler this coming week. Next week is a long one; lots of work activities well into the early evening...I usually try to get out of there around 3 or 3:30, but next week it will be more like 5:30 each night. Bleh.

Marcelyn: thank you for your though provoking post. Being an old trauma nurse I've seen disaster from that side of things but never from the side of your story.

Well off to be productive for at least a little while! Take care, meg from Omaha

Nnn

Beautiful, glorious afternoon ladies. Barbie, I think a lot of the closeness Charlie and I have seen has been because of his illnesses. Somehow that makes you see what you could lose and realize that it is precious to you and you don't want to ,one it. Plus I see his strength and determinedeness, is that even a word, and admire him for it. Stubbornness can come in handy if used the right way.

We had THe Lord's Supper today at church. It's always nice when we do that plus a good time to reflect. My, well it's not mine trio sang this morning. We are all miked and each of us has a strong voice so I hear myself only. But everyone says we are a really good blend of voices. I do enjoy singing in a trio. It always consists of me, our choir director and one of two different sopranos. I'm the lowest voice and I like it that way!

Heather, what is the significance of the sheep outfit on Bea. I love it when you see such an Inness love between siblings. Good parenting..

Joyce, Indiana

Well... lawn's mowed. If you could call it a lawn. It's green--because of recent rains--but pretty sure less than 1/10th of it is grass. Had to strip off my mowing clothes by the washer/dryer and scamper to the bathroom nekkid, as I was so covered with weed seeds and sticker burrs.

More covered with weeds etc. than usual, as I got Corey to get the weed eater engine started for me. It's a heavy sucker, and eats through string, which is good in one way, as you get to stop every ten minutes and replace it. We swapped back and forth a couple of times, so both mowed a while, weed-whacked a while. Finished up this morning, as it's supposed to be up to about 94-ish today. Practically a cold wave!

Now, though, the bones in my right foot feel as if they're grinding together, at the top of the foot and the outside of the ankle. It's what I get for not taping them beforehand--I know better. Now we're sitting in our usual lazy weekend afternoon mode, both with a laptop, tippy-tapping away. It's quiet and peaceful...

Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday, and a lovely long weekend for my American peeps.

Lisa in sunny West Texas

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Tough day today! I am hoping my youngest calls today or tomorrow! I am weepy all day today, am kind of on the edge. I am fine letting my son go, and all that. Its the fact that he's struggling that gives me heartache. They wouldn't fail him, my husband said. They got a good thing! He might lose his Nuclear Field school status, though. The fact is there's more that don't make it through, than those that do. So maybe he doesn't become a Nuke, it doesn't mean he's failed. I am trying to be positive, supportive, but I need to hear my sons voice!
Becca