WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

sisterdisco66 wrote: »

The boys are doing well. Getting settled into thier new home and schools. They lost so much. Not only my Mom, but we had to rehome thier dogs and birds. We will give them a goid life, but everything right now is still so raw. Hopefully time will heal.

Welcome, Patrice. I am especially happy to hear that the boys are settling in -- so many changes for them to process. I will continue praying for them and for the rest of your family.

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon

1100m freestyle swim, 20minutes kick drills, 2 aqua-fit classes.

They changed the schedule for Sunday, so I’m not sure how it’s going to go. Ce la vie I guess or que sera, sera? Something like that.

My swims 3 or 4 x a week are good (great even), but I wish I could find something to do the other days. Something I like, obviously, and something that I’m not going to be likely to hurt myself. And something that doesn’t cost money. Quite discouraged in my searching so far nothing works. Swimming 6 days a week would be great if I could schedule transportation - but that isn’t on the horizon anytime soon. Maybe if the weather ever drops below 90° I can walk til I figure out something.

Ophthalmologist appointment tomorrow. Ophthalmologists tend to be ultra-conservative and ever so cautious when they see me (with my history, it is understandable) so I expect my 8:00 am appointment not to be done til lunchtime.

Best wishes to all.

Rye

Good evening all,

Patrice, welcome. I'm new to the group but still felt your mom's loss. I got to know her just a little but could tell she was an amazing person. So glad you will be joining the group.

Kayla, great news!

Allie, of course he is getting grumpy, ithe is starting to really realize everything he is going to have to do himself now. Oh well too bad, so sad.

I'm one of those that also wait to enter my weight into MFP until I have hit that weight at least 3 times.

Well off to bed and read. First day back to work after vacation is exhausting. Took most of the morning to finally get through all the emails.

Terry tired in VT

suebdew wrote: »

Welcome Patrice. Glad you've joined us and gaveus Information about the boys.
Katla- great new about your bone density. Keep doing what you're doing.
Cowboys playing so have to sign off.
SueBDew inTX.

Sue I think the Cowboys forgot to show up.

Janetr OKC

Joyce, my dear, I can answer a few of your fears. For a diesel truck, 300,000 miles is like 30,000 to a gasoline engine. Diesel engines regularly last more than a million miles. That said, they need maintenance, etc. too, and need to have been well maintained. And there are ways to tell through CarFax and other resources if a car or truck has been in a flood. I'm married to a mechanic, and as long as the Ford dealership doesn't have anything at stake, they have no reason to be dishonest. The rest, perhaps someone else can answer.

Lisa

Patrice, So nice to meet you! I have tears because your Mom was such a dear lady, and knowing you can check in with us now and then is like getting a part of Gloria. Click on us anytime!
Hugs from Oregon
Becca

Patrice: Welcome! Your mom was a treasured member of this little sisterhood. We can't wait to get to know you better.

Katla: Fantastic news about your bone scans! Thank you for again reminding me about celery. I was foraging for something to gnaw on out of sheer stress and frustration. And, fortunately, I had intentionally left washed celery spears front and center in the fridge after reading your recent post. Gnawed to my heart's content.

The property title issue is turning into a total drama. A defunct former mortgage servicer apparently dropped the ball somewhere. Today I was told it could be another 5-6 weeks to resolve. Sure hope this doesn't blow the sale altogether. I keep telling myself "Well, you're not in Key West or Puerto Rico, so quit bitching." I just want it all done already.

I've got organic milk turning into yummy yougurt in the IP. Stay well friends. We can do this.

Rori
Colorado Foothills

130 posts! I honestly thought I was just on.

Welcome, Patrice! We all loved Glo. So happy to have you here.

DJ, I am sure glad you didn't get run off. You are one of my favorites.

I can't remember who asked me about the resident troll I was joking about. I can't remember his name, but he sent private messages to several of us. I got two, both of which I promptly deleted. I hope nobody thought I was serious when I was saying that I bet y'all were jealous that he liked my smile. That would really make me pathetic!

Somehow I must have missed a post by Michele. I knew she was sick, but did I read that it was cellulitis? That's some scary stuff!

Machka, I google myself frequently just to see what shows up. When I google drkatiebug, my posts from this thread pop right up first thing. That's one reason I'm so adamant that I don't want my real name posted on here. There is one other person with my name who is a book author, but the vast majority of hits on the name are me. It's not a common name. At one time, I had a bit of a professional presence online and didn't want people who googled me for professional reasons to see that I was an active member of a weight loss board. Maybe I'm weird, but I want to keep personal and professional separate. I'm fairly careful, even on FB, to keep my personal opinions to myself. I now have a professional presence of a different sort based on my volunteer efforts with my church, so I have to be very careful not to be controversial. Given the current hot topics on FB, I am struggling with this conviction.

I, too, miss Sylvia and wonder about her, her son, and the grandchildren. I miss Miriam as well. Another person I miss greatly is Carol from NC. I look forward to getting to know the new folks.

K

Marcelyn - What a delightful story. I love the wisdom of your father. What a great man. Are you parents still living and still in CO? I was born and raised in Denver, didn't leave until I was almost 49. I truly thot I could not live any where else. I've been in Oklahoma now for 16 years, after living in both So. California and Dallss and I still sometimes look around and say why, of all places, Oklahoma lol

Joyce - Your daughter will be fine. She an intelligent woman with a practical head on her shoulders and everything will be fine. Prayer for her and leave her in God's hands

DrKatiebug - I also miss our three friends you mentioned very much. I often think of them and truly hope all is going well for them. I also miss LoLo in Seattle she had great stories to tell. I've been wondering about Dorrie in Las Vegas, she reminds me of LoLo with her independent spirit. I hope she rejoins us when her life settles back down. It sometimes boggles my mind that we can care so much for someone we've never met in person and then miss them so dearly when they are gone. They all take a little piece of our hearts with them.

Julie - How did your day go? Did your pre-planning help out? Hope is was a great day.

Like e Pip I'm actually a bit surprised at the scale. Finally, I have started moving in the right direction. Our bariatric dietician has a 5-part series on her web site entitled "Getting Back on Track". I watched it and it just hit home. I'm close to the five year anniversary of my gastric by-pass surgery and weight loss of 125#. Watching the videos it made it clear to me that I had strayed much further than I realized from my eating habits post surgery. I've gone back to really monitoring all carbs, carefully measuring portions, including protein. I some how had decided as long as its protein it must be good for me. I also bought the Isolate Zero protein drink Dr Katiebug told us about, you mix it with water it has no carbs and 90 calories. It truly helps when I'm hungry and definitely ups my protein intake. Fifty percent of my daily intake is supposed to be protein. That's hard to do for me.

I read everyone's post daily even though I don't respond to each one. I love keeping up with you all and being allowed to part of your lives. I'm still working away on Christmas ornaments, keeps my hands busy. I may have to sell them at a Craft Fair, perhaps next year, I'm getting so many

Love you ladies.

Janetr OKC

Michele – IF your leg starts to ‘swell’ get to the ER or call the MD to see you immediately. A knot plus swelling is what happened to my DDnL#1 after having a baby and being sent home the 2nd day (one night in hospital; then a full week). Louis was put in the hospital that same week because of a ‘kidney stone’ he could not pass and the ‘only’ way they allowed her to go see him (one floor up) was to wheel her there in a ‘wheelchair’. Because of that, she was told by her OB/GYN that she was NOT to get pregnant again. Trey had the surgery; twice … still had sperm swimming around. The first time you would have thought he was going to ‘die’; the second time, he was back at work in 2 days. LOL!

Sharon – The more you try to catch up the ‘more behind[er]’(slang) you will get’. When I got back from vacation (5 days, 4 nights) … I was taken to page 43. Started reading and responding. Lost it; and when I opened it right back up there were 46 pages. Started responding again … lost it again. Went in and the page was on 57. I just gave up and started at 57. I’ll ask someone to ‘bring me up to speed’ with what is going on.

Joyce – I always find it so funny that Albany puts on a ‘big deal’ around Mardi Gras; but, the timing is all wrong. Mardi Gras is the last big ‘throw-down’ Tuesday partying before Ash Wednesday … so it changes dates as does Easter. They always throw this big street party and the Catholics or any others that do the 40 days of Lent just don’t go. We have never been. But, I don’t much care to be around a bunch of very drunk people and having to walk blocks to get there ‘through the Hood’ … a lot of crime around it as well. You have to stay in a big group if you go. My DBnL has a ‘handicapped’ sticker and after this weekend and my ‘falling out spell’ he said that I should check into getting one.

Broke my big toe a week ago and it was difficult to walk on the beach with my Crocs on, so I took them off. Orthopedist said today that I shouldn’t be so hard on my toes. I told him that ‘nothing’ would make me ‘forget’ my broken little toe or the pain associated with it quicker than dropping a huge, heavy glass mug on my big toe. I have not seen that much blood except for a cut on the head. I pushed down on the nail and it continued bleeding … had blood everywhere. Put Peroxide on it, then cleaned it with Betadine, then an antibiotic cream and kept it bandaged, changing it all the time when it got wet. He told me that was the best thing I could do. Might save the nail; but, there again, I should not be surprised if I lose it. More than 2 years ago the Podiatrist cut out an ingrown toenail and it has just about grown out to look like a ‘normal’ toenail. Now … here we go again.
Fall Festival at the school is in October. Grandparents have to run the Cake Walk. I actually sold my Cream Cheese Pecan Pie … on the way to put it up for winning. I got about $25 for it and a promise to bake Louis a pound cake.

Machka – I’ve done it … sort of ‘freaky’ to find out what all is online under our names. But, public records are open. The only things you are not supposed to be able to get into are ‘criminal records’ and ‘adoption records’. Was really ‘entertaining’ when I started looking up what Louis’ daughter was doing with the money she ‘basically’ stole from her Nana by pulling a POA off the Internet and had her to sign off on it … every paragraph was ‘checked’ … which if anybody knew what they were doing they would have seen that it was illegal. By the time we could get down there to get the things we got (and didn’t get things that had been written down and attached to the Will … because she ‘got them’ beforehand. Very hurtful and we have not ‘seen or spoken’ to her since – 10 years! Louis has specifically written her ‘out of his Will’ and I don’t know if the Probate Court is still going to contact her; but, I have a brand new $1 to add to a letter and tell her to ‘not spend it all in one place’. She has NO claim to anything we have. I have attempted to contact her 4x in the 10 years because I would ‘like’ to have some pictures of Louis growing up and I would like to have a painting I gave to my DMnL as a present that did not get ‘signed’ … I would send it right back … if she sent it to me. The last time, I contacted her husband (who we had liked). No telling what she told her side of the family. But Hell would sooner ‘freeze over’ before contacting her. To Louis, she is legally ‘dead’.

Carol – We did have a good time; but, it is obvious that Suzanne’s husband is suffering some side effects from the stroke he had last October; but, he is determine to NOT give up a lot of things. It just did not seem the same when Gene was unable to attend. Surf was quite rough; so we did not go in; but, it was warmed at this time of year. The Gulf gets warmer much earlier in summer; and you don’t want to go there during August because of the seaweed. Tommy was like ‘small child’ pulling pranks on us that were not all that kind.

Allie – The hardest thing to do is learn what the meaning of ‘NO’ means and you do not owe the other party any explanation. If they ask ‘why’ the turn it back on them by asking ‘why do you want to know? Don’t let anybody ‘guilt-shame’ you into doing something for them, especially TomCat.

Katla and Meg - I enjoy being friends and chatting with both of you. Not getting far fast; so TGTFN, off to get some ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ; making well too many typos,

Lenors

Okay. I couldn't possibly respond to you all so my responses are few and random.
Still trying to get life back on track.

Penny- I'm so glad you are safe. Scary storm!

Sue - I'm so sorry about your horse. It is never an easy decision to make.

Machka - Awesome loss.

Josephine. Sounds like you ran into a very rude "gentleman". Why was he asking all those personal questions? Please be careful.

Pip - 5 lbs? That's fantastic.

Patrice - Welcome. Thanks for the update on the boys.

Shower was a success. Little girls loved staying in the fancy hotel with their Grandmas. We managed to get in a swim.

After rowing and running on Sunday ... I discovered I have hamstrings today! Never really noticed them before.
Ouch!
DOMS.

Fortunately, I walked 6 km yesterday and 4.5 km today to help stretch things out.

M in Oz