WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

I am in tears regarding Gloria. I too will miss sharing with her. It is so amazing how much all of you have come to mean to me. My "sisters" from all over the world.

I can't express how saddened I am to learn of the passing of our beloved Gloria. A hard lesson for us all, live life to its fullest and do something every day that makes you happy. Life is truly fleeting.

Chris in MA

Good evening ladies!
You are all so amazing! How you keep track of everyone's name, and what's happening with them....I don't know how you do it, I can't even remember what I ate for dinner last night! What a week this has been! Hubby is getting ready for deer season, so I go with him, setting up tree stands, and game camera's. That man had me climbing up ledges, and walking Rocky trails in the rain. I have three pedometers, and could only find batteries for one, wouldn't you know, the one I have batteries for only registers about half the steps I take. I wonder...is there an app for that?!
I've not been able to drink my 78 ounces of water daily, I'm getting about 64 ounces, but that's more than I've ever gotten before. I have been able to get 30+ minutes of exercise a day, and that's pretty awesome, because I'm a couch potato! I have not stepped on my scale in two weeks, I just keep forgetting, but my jeans are getting a bit baggy!
Barbie I love the new color of your house, and can't wait to see your photos of it all finished! Beautiful!!
Terry Your earrings are beautiful, I love the second one, is that called a helm weave, or Celtic weave? Winter in Vermont, ahh yes I remember last winter well, we lost two huge branch on our sugar maple. I'm sure you get more snow than us here in NH. My mom lives in Saxons River, that's about an hour from me, and she gets much more. We haven't seen a lot of color on the trees around here...yet, but a few swamp maples are all red!
Katla Yes, it does seem like, health wise I've been "circling the drain", but it all happened within the last 20 years. The only heath issues I had before that was 23 years ago I had a battle with addiction....and I won. Come to think of it....I've been with my hubby for 20 years, hmm...
Lenora I was wondering about that. I have a big mug of hibiscus tea in the morning, most mornings I don't put anything in it, so it's just water, and hibiscus. I also like the Sparkling Ice, I love the crisp apple, and black cherry, but the black cherry has way to much red dye in it!
Heather I read somewhere that you should drink half you weight in water daily, but my PCP said if I can get 6 - 8 eight ounce glasses a day, she'd be happy with that. I never was a water drinker, it was coffee, and Monster...yuck! That stuff is like drinking poison!
M in OZ I too, have been dying my hair for years, started when I was in high school, but I stopped coloring it two years ago. I wanted to see what my natural color was....it's salt & pepper. So, I made a promise to myself, when I get my weight down to 150 or lower, I get to color my hair! Hubby even said he wouldn't mind if I colored it lavender! I guess he remembers when I left the dye on to long, and my hair was a dark redish-purple. The kids thought I was a "cool-mom", but it was such a wild color, and when the sun hit it, it was dark purple! My mom's hair is snow white! I hope mine gets that way, then I can do any color!
Janetr Wow! Such talent! Your ornaments are so beautiful! When my daughter as young, we would make salt dough ornaments. Spending hours painting them every night till Christmas, we even got her daddy to paint a few! She is 25 now, and expecting her first child in April.

So, I really had no idea, what you put in your stomach, had such an impact in the rest of your body. I know, you are what you eat, but honestly a goodie once in a while never hurt me in the past. I was feeling really good, had lost some weight, stomach issues are much better, and I've been out hiking every day. I can tell you this, it doesn't matter how active I am, I eat ice cream, I feel horrible the next day. I had a small french fry from McDonald's, two days later I had a big ol' zit on my chin! OH... let's not forget the homemade cinnamon rolls I made for the hubby, Man-Oh-Man....I feel like a slug with no balance! And so, that's where I will start my goals for September.
* Eat more healthy foods, like fish, fruit, veggies, and no more goodies! If I want a goodie, I'm going to have a apple, or homemade garlic kale chips.
* Clean out my closet, those baggy jeans that no longer fit, are going to Goodwill. I can FINALLY get into a size 8!
* Get my butt upstairs, and in bed, with the TV off before 1am!
* Clean & organize my craft room.

Have a wonderful weekend ladies! Tiffanie in NH

It was a good day here. I made chili like my father taught me. I don't get it quite right but it is good enough to eat. He had 3 different soups he made and they are the things I cook that are the best comfort foods. I am trying to teach my son about his grandparents and hope I can tell him enough that he will have some fond stories of them. I will not be teaching him to cook squirrels, liver/onions, or fried tomatoes. We make my grandmother's deviled eggs, and if he ever learns to like mashed potatoes I can teach him those. I wish I had paid more attention to her baked banana pudding and corn pudding but I guess those are so caloric it is just as well.
I am sorry to hear of Gloria's accident. I just can not think of a right thing to say. At church, they say God has a plan but how can such a thing be part of a plan?
I had to laugh at the post about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I never thought much of the Mormons until I married one. And I bet my notions about Catholics are way off, too!
Today, I exercised. You know I try to every day and have been very lucky to have only missed some sort of exercise 1 time in the past 2 months. But today I thought it went well. I walked/almost ran a bit with son at his running group for 50 minutes! Then we went to the Y and I was tired but I did go in water and wiggle around for 30 minutes. The calorie count wasn't much but I was amazed I could do that long of a time. Of course, I glanced in the mirror of the locker room. I look like a chunky barrel on stick legs with stick arms. My bubble has burst.
Almost the weekend! Where do the days go?