WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

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  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Patrice We were crushed when Carol posted the news about Gloria. Thank you for joining our group! Look forward to getting to know you, and to updates on the boys.

    Karen in Virginia
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    edited September 2017
    Surgery went well, patient feels terrible. Poor thing, I think she thought since it was laporoscopic that it would be as painful. We'll it's still painful. She's here sleeping since if we took her home she would have 2 big boxers wanting her attention and jumping on her. One of her boxers has severe seperation anxiety unless he is kenneled. Her room mate can put food in his kennel if needed. She fed them both before she left so he is OK but he will eventually need to be let out. Kevin can open the kennel and stand back since he will run but he can't get him back in. So I guess we are going to have to assist her with that this evening.mshe does have friends lined up to go over and help if needed. She didn't think she would need to but she may. And she will feel better tomorrow.

    Ok, now I can finish my post. Christina called, she's the one who checked he big truck out in Florida. She didn't go into all the things wrong with truck but it is being sold as is. As a 2004 truck I would imagine it would be. Her boss called her as we were talking and she had to gang up. But I was afraid to leave my post and come back to it. I didn't want it to go poof.

    Can we ever vacuum up all our pet hair? I was brushing Mozart yesterday. I usually put everything off the brush in this one place but I was wondering if I could twist all that fur and eventually have enough to make anything with. It's a pretty light good clot and would look lovely.

    Charlie is getting ready to start pacing. We go to Teaxas Roadhosue on Tuesday nights and he always wants to be there by 5 PM. But we still have a snoozing daughter here's t home. He was actually wondering if we should wake her up to see if she wants to go with us! Next time he has surgery I will remind of him of how you feel.

    See you later Joyce, Indiana
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,261 Member
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  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,655 Member
    jmkmomm wrote: »
    Surgery went well, patient feels terrible. Poor thing, I think she thought since it was laporoscopic that it would be as painful. We'll it's still painful. She's here sleeping since if we took her home she would have 2 big boxers wanting her attention and jumping on her. One of her boxers has severe seperation anxiety unless he is kenneled. Her room mate can put food in his kennel if needed. She fed them both before she left so he is OK but he will eventually need to be let out. Kevin can open the kennel and stand back since he will run but he can't get him back in. So I guess we are going to have to assist her with that this evening.mshe does have friends lined up to go over and help if needed. She didn't think she would need to but she may. And she will feel better tomorrow.

    Joyce - it took me about a week to get enough energy back that I could make it all day. Thought if I had it on Thursday or Friday, I'd be back to work on Monday. I think I made it half the day and took Tuesday off and was grateful I was only working part-time. Hope she has a pillow to put against her tummy in case she needs to cough... and milk of magnesia to help with the constipation. She may have shoulder pain for a day or two as well.

    Good thing she has helpers lined up: it's OK to ask for help for this!

    And I hope this surgery has solved her problem completely!

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    So (I shall refer to boot camp son as Nuke son, since he's graduated boot camp now). Nuke son called this morning, and he reported to sick call early this morning. Course to report, he had to walk 30 minutes, on his hurt feet, and terrible cold. He sounded upbeat though. He recd meds, and they ordered an x-ray on this chest. His heels are healing well.

    Becca
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,091 Member
    home from work, check the carpets after they were cleaned still a stain on it, but hopefully the dining room table and chairs will cover it. said it should be dry tomorrow but we shall see..
    talked with our friend the electrician and he will come install the outside light and 2 gfi with the nightlights..
    well so I talked to legal assistant, and if they hadnt heard from Toms lawyer by tonight,that moneys will be paid for legal fees she will file a contempt of court and he will have to pay that too. Karma is coming back to him in the form of the attorney he hired, she doesnt know her *kitten* from her elbow.
    well I am off to sleep, been up since 4, and I am sure will be up early tomorrow..
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited September 2017
    Heather: We have a plumbed refrigerator and having the water and ice delivered from the door is nice. Having a soggy floor because something froze up and caused the whole system to shut down and melt is not nice. Right now we're waiting for the refrigerator repair place to come and unlock the wheels so I can pull the thing out from the wall and vacuum under it. That caused the trouble in the first place. Now we know enough to realize we need to vacuum underneath it regularly. :ohwell:

    Wendy: Thanks for your research. We're still waiting for refrigerator our repair guy. If he doesn't show up, I'll have a starting point for a "do it yourself" project thanks to your sleuthing. :flowerforyou:

    MissWandalyn: You've found a group that is very good at support. Welcome! The motivation to change really needs to come for within. You are the one who will be making choices, measuring portions, and moving more. This program works because it gives you the tools to count calories and keep track of what you've been eating. The social support you will find here is amazing and empowering. :smiley: To find us again click on the blank star at the top of the page. It will turn yellow to bookmark our group. Then all you need to do is click on the gray star to find us again.


    We're still sitting at home waiting for the refrigerator repair guy. I am eager to learn how to do this for myself so that I can clean behind the refrigerator whenever I take a notion.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,526 Member
    Meg - so sorry your FIL had a stroke. hope it wasn't real bad

    Carol [ things seem to be going from bad to worse for you. ((((HUGS)))) I think I'd be beyond tearing my hair out.

    allie - love, love, love hearing all about the trials and tribulations of Tom. He deserves what he gets

    Drove from NC to VA today. Tomorrow Denise has the final fitting (phew!). Jess has a concert at 8 so I told Denise as long as we leave by 5, we're OK. I'm going to video on my phone how to bustle the gown just in case Jess forgets (although she'll say she won't)

    Michele from NC now in VA,
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Allie: Since you are leasing for now you probably should document any stains or problems with dated photos before you move in to protect yourself, or the owner could try to require you to replace the carpets & whatever. :star:

    Michele: (((HUGS))) Protect your heart the best you can. Good luck to Denise. :heart:

    Meg: (((HUGS))) for everything you're dealing with. You need a good support system. We're here for you, but I don't think we're enough. Do you have local support, too? :broken_heart::heart:

    The refrigerator guy was here. He unlocked the wheels and we vacuumed behind & under the fridge. He had a neat tool that helped. I think we can do it on our own if necessary but his price was low enough that we'll likely call him repeatedly.


    Yoga tomorrow and maybe Arrow. I'll call his owner after yoga and see whether it is a good time for her.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    wildhorsewendy wrote: »
    Today, if the rain stops, I am donning my bee suit and going out to make queens. First, I have to search through the hives and try to find the queen. Then I 'give her a holiday' and move her into a small 'nuc' hive next to the main hive. The main hive panics, because their queen is gone, so they are more willing to make a new queen. Then I have to graft eggs into plastic cups about the size of a thimble, and I hot glue these cups onto a frame which I put back into the hive. This has to be done quite quickly so the eggs don't get chilled. I use a tiny grafting tool that looks like a crochet hook but it has a tip that you can push down to move the egg gently into the cup. If you flip the egg which looks like a c shaped grain of rice, you will sufficate the baby princess. Grafting eggs reminds me of the game of Operation. You have to have a steady hand, intense concentration and not touch the sides. I am actually paranoid about bugs and can't stand to have them crawling on me, so getting over my terror and repulsion of bees was a BIG thing for me. I still take major precautions to prevent getting stung but I do get stung every now and then. I do enjoy making queens because it's like playing the lottery. You never know whether the bees will co-operate and feed the eggs so that they grow into queens. Sometimes they feed heaps of the eggs, sometimes only a few, sometimes none at all. Many factors affect the success rate. Weather, food supplies, disease problems, phase of moon and the way you hold your tongue while you're grafting! <3 Wendy

    That's really interesting.

    My husband works in orcharding, and of course bees are very important for that, so they bring in hives each season and I have learned a few things about bees, but had no idea about all that. :)

    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    skuehn48 wrote: »
    Machka - Exactly what is VPN and is it worth $40 a year? As I recall you had something on here about it before.

    VPN is virtual private network.

    Each of our computers has an IP (Internet Protocol) address that is linked to some information about you, such as your location. When you log into a site like this, it makes a note of your IP address. That's fine for most of us, but if, for example, you were banned here, and then tried to log in again with a different name, moderators could check the IP address and discover that this different name is the same as the person who was banned. Incidentally, creating a second version of yourself on a site like this is called, "Creating a sock puppet".

    However, if you were to log on through a VPN, the VPN makes it appear that your IP address is different, from a different location. So you could create as many sock puppets as you want. Trolls use VPNs for this purpose. People who want to access sites they probably shouldn't be accessing also use VPNs.

    Another area where VPNs are used is to get to sites you can't access from your current country. For example, if you were living in the US and you wanted to see a full series of TV programs put out by BBC (in the UK), you may be able to access them just normally, or there may be a block on people outside the UK accessing those programs. So, if you were to go through a VPN, you might be able to access those programs because it could appear that your location (identified through your IP address) is in the UK or another country that can access those programs. I know of people who use VPNs to be able to watch sports events which are blocked in their area for one reason or another. The VPN you might be looking into, which is charging $40/year, is likely one that will allow you to access sites in other places that you would not otherwise be able to access.

    I use a VPN through my university. The university has a local network (LAN) which can only be accessed when I am at the university, on the university computers ... unless we use a VPN. So students and staff are allowed to use a particular VPN which we download onto our home computers, and through that we can access the university's local network, which contains the software I need to use. This means I can do my assignments at home rather than at the university ... much more convenient.

    So there are good and bad sides to VPNs.

    M in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,261 Member
    stats for the day:

    wahoo not working- only apple watch, except for last 2

    bike ride hm 2 new gym, new route- 7.51min, 139mhr, 11.3amph. 1.4mi
    apple watch- 73c
    ROWING MACHINE- 15min, 56aw, 101mhr, 2461meters-mi.
    apple watch- 130c
    floor exerc- 30min, 3 sets of 10ea, single leg toe touches, ceiling to fl single leg touches w/5# weight, hamstring leglifts, push-ups, all 4's elbow to knee, reverse bicycles, leg lifts, pelvic lifts, crunches, sit-ups w/10# ball, on butt-knees to chest, on side, leg lifts, l shape, on side, leg lifts, to back, on side, leg lift, inner, ball balancing alternate legs, 130mhr
    apple watch- 168c
    bike ride gym 2 dome new route- 6.03min, 14.4amph, 131mhr, 1.4mi
    appple watch- 46c
    ride bike puy 2 sumn sta- 15.22min, 147mhr, 11.9amph, 3mi
    apple watch- 117c
    jog sta 2 wk- 5.18min, 145mhr, 9.49min mi, .5mi
    apple watch- 54c
    jog wk 2 sta- 4.36min, 10.07min mi, 148mhr, .4mi = 56c
    apple watch- 51c
    ride dome 2 hm- 18.57min, 8amph, 151mhr, 2.5mi = 185c
    apple watch- 140c

    total cal 829c
  • tonizach1956
    tonizach1956 Posts: 1 Member
    Hi Everyone, New to My Fitness Pal BUT not to needing to lose weight. I am on this journey again! Barbi, I want to use your word of 2017 as mine, "BALANCE"! I just cannot find the meaning of that word....I'm a work in progress:)
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,198 Member
    tonizach1956 wrote: »
    Hi Everyone, New to My Fitness Pal BUT not to needing to lose weight. I am on this journey again! Barbi, I want to use your word of 2017 as mine, "BALANCE"! I just cannot find the meaning of that word....I'm a work in progress:)

    :) Welcome...I chose "balance" as my word for 2017 because it was a quality that I wanted to cultivate. By being aware, I can use balance as a way to help me make decisions about my life. I try to stay in the moment and be mindful of the actions I'm taking.

    :) Barbie from NW Washington.
  • mepeiffer
    mepeiffer Posts: 105 Member
    Katla - Hope your test came out well – glad it improved -

    Felicia - good vibes coming your way hoping you are feeling better. Great picture that is awesome love the zoo.
    Nice being 20 lbs down is great

    Michelle NC glad it isn’t a blood clot –

    Terry VT – ((((hugs))))

    DJ – sunshine coming back to you.

    Pipcd34 - congrats on the loss

    Becca wow what a wonderful picture of the flowers and the bike!!!

    Patrice – good luck on your journey Time does heal and it is a step at a time.

    Tere in RVA - uplifting thoughts to you and DH

    Joyce - I am with you why the need to go elsewhere unless there is a reason for a specific kind of truck.

    Rori – Hope the sale is complete soon.

    Sue in WA - what a wonderfully cute picture

    MissWandalyn – welcome here for a great support team.

    Tonizach1956 – balance is really hard for me when you get some tips send them my way.

    Hoping that I can start to focus and to really lose weight not just yoyo. I have a lot going on in my life right now with teaching three days a week and that is after my regular job of a web support specialist during the day. Trying to eat more because I seem to not eat during the day and then eat it all in the evening and then I comfort eat because I like the crunch and it is comforting. Thank you all for your support.

    Elaine in Iowa

    252/226/213/216/199-
  • DamitJanit
    DamitJanit Posts: 1,329 Member
    Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

    Good Evening Friends,

    MicheleNC, glad it wasn’t a blood clot. Take care.

    Patrice, welcome, welcome, welcome. Yes many of us have known and loved your mom for a long time. I still can’t get over what a tragic accident. I do hope you will come often. Just take things one day at a time and know that this is a safe place if you ever want to vent.

    Katla, great news on your bone scan.

    Joyce, I ‘d say one question is, how comfortable is your daughter to be making that drive? If she’s not then I’d say no but otherwise it’s probably okay. Why can’t she wait and drive the next day?

    Rori, I know “red tape” can be a total bummer. Take deep breaths and try to think of other things until it’s done. (((Hugs)))

    Kay, thanks for the sweet words. I think we all knew you were kidding about “your troll”. Lol I did Google DamitJanit and it also took me right to my last post on here. Interesting. Yes, I also miss CarolNC.

    Janetr and Pip, congrats on the scale moving.

    Wendy, such interesting info about the bees. I wondered when you said you were going to make a queen.

    Sue, those goats just make me smile and I don’t even know why. Thanks for the pics.

    CarolGA, I can’t believe all the damage to your house. Did they warn you that this would happen?

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

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

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    DJ
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,261 Member
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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,198 Member
    doublekranch1 wrote: »
    Hello! I am new to this site. I am 51, overweight, a 4 1/2 year breast cancer survivor, and noninsulin diabetic. I am determined to get this last 60 pounds off. I have already lost 50 pounds due to the cancer and surgeries involved with it. My problem is I get no support from my family and so needless to say I have no motivation. I tire easily when exercising (when I actually get to exercise; I am a high school science teacher who works year round). I don't exercise much because I feel self conscious due to the fact that I get made fun of while exercising. I have started walking as much as I possibly can in a day's time. I guess what I am asking is "what do you guys do for motivation"? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

    :) Welcome. It sounds like you have motivation if you are determined to get the weight off. Set aside your challenges (no support from family, tiring easily, etc) and look for what you can do. Make a food plan and stick to it no matter what your family is eating. Seek every opportunity to be active (not just formal exercise) but some walking or not sitting so much. I found that eating healthy food gave me more energy and more energy allowed me to burn more calories. Log your food and look for extra, non nutrition dense food to eliminate in favor of healthier, lower calorie choices. Do it one day at a time. And don't compare yourself to other people. List your personal achievements at the end of each day.

    <3 Barbie from NW Washington
  • DanaReel180
    DanaReel180 Posts: 463 Member
    Patrice I'm so glad you found Gloria's page. She will be missed so much. Welcome and come back!
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    Feeling quite blah.

    So I send good thoughts to y’all and call it a night.

    Rye
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Patrice, you will probably lose it many more times. And it is OK! I remember years after my Dad hearing a song that he loved. By that time, my oldest daughter had married and had a daughter. Dad loved kids, from anyone. Mom had a preschool and he was the resident Grandpa. You could always find at least one little one on his lap playing with his hair or looking at a book with him.mbut it hit me then and there that my Dad would never have MY little girl on his lap. Oh, did I lose it. I was in the choir at church and had to leave the choir loft in the middle of a song. My take on things like that is that all emotions are a gift from God. If we deny ourselves that emotion, we are denying ourselves a blessing from God. And yes anger can be a gift. That is how we get things changed in this funny world we live in.

    Well Christina's boss didn't like the truck so she needs to fly back but funny thing is that she can't find the cheapest flight until Thursday! So she gets a nice hotel room right on the beach until then. Poor thing. Now I can't see how a boss can put the cost of two nights in a hotel along with meals and say a cheaper flight in two days is the better bargain. But that is what she is doing. He is bidding on a truck auction in Tennessee tomorrow so she might have to fly to Tennessee and pick that one up. All this time he is in Texas doing a consulting job. He has a strange job. Maybe he needs Lisa to work for him.

    Michelle is doing as well as expected. Back home enjoying the dogs laying next to her. So far they haven't gotten on her. I would almost say that I wish she and her boyfriend live together. She at least would have a big guy to help with the dogs.

    To those in Australia, watched a show tonight about a town in Australia called Seventy Seven. Weird name but beautiful town.

    Was it Ginger that posted a pic over Dallas? I love night skys. That is what was the most beautiful of that picture, not the skyline, it could be anything underneath the sky. I just loved the night sky. I love to take pictures of church steeples at night.

    Joyce, Indiana get my every 6 week hair cut tomorrow. Same cut I have had for maybe 20 years. Just less hair to cut.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    jmkmomm wrote: »
    To those in Australia, watched a show tonight about a town in Australia called Seventy Seven. Weird name but beautiful town.

    Was that Seventeen Seventy? That's a town/locality in Queensland.

    I have not been there, but did pass close to it on a cycling trip in 2004.

  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member

    Hi Gals,

    Joyce, Lisa and Katla have given you good advice, I would also say that from what you have said in the past her company values her and I would expect they will cover hotels, meals, etc… so worry a bit that is a Mom’s job but don’t worry too much As for driving on the interstate at night, I do it every few days and feel very safe.

    Peach – hang in there!

    Read everyone’s post, just not much time to respond as bed is calling, I made a batch of bread and butter pickles tonight, these are a bit different as they are made with zucchini instead of cucumbers… I loved the idea of using up 2 quarts of thinly cut zucchini!


    Smiles

    Kim from N. California

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