WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2018
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Rye- thanks! I guess I am a perfectionist! I want to be able to wear a two-piece swimsuit without being self-conscious. Which I am doing now! Not so much a perfectionist but introvert. I am so self-conscious about my body and what others think. Probably from being bullied as a child. I also feel like I'm wearing clothes into the swimming pool if I wear my grandma swimsuit. Which I do wear around the grandkids!1
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Meg: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :bigsmile:
Karen in VA: I consider myself a Master Gardener in mind and knowledge, but haven't taken any additional training in quite a few years. I no longer qualify to advise others under the banner of Master Gardener. I would need to take another course after all this time to refresh my knowledge and find out current best practices. I am skilled and knowledgeable with my own plants, and expect to be respected on their care and handling. :flowerforyou: (I did ask my pushy neighbor to take a course with me last January, but she didn't even reply.)
Barbie: Your Mother's Day gift looks just right. Your tulips are exceptional.
Rye: Thanks for the support regarding my unpleasant neighbor. It feels good to have your support. :flowerforyou:
I've been notified that there is a new shingles vaccination available and will be leaving to get the first of two shots. The second one comes after a few months as I understand it. DH and I are both in the generation before vaccines and we both had chicken pox as kids. He can't have the new vaccine due to health issues, so I want to take it for my own sake and his protection.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
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Hi all you beautiful ladies,
Barbie, love the mother’s day gift.
Beth, must feel good to have your boy home. My DD is on her last semester and internship then she will have her Associates. She has been living with us while in school. She wants to go on for her Bachelors but it is so expensive that she hopes that when she graduates she will find work at a place that will pay for her classes.
Rye, hope you don’t get bit too bad by the mosquitos. I never heard of anyone having such a strong reaction.
Geri, welcome back. I didn’t know you from before so I look forward to learning more about you. I’m sorry you had an episode of depression. I’ve been on antidepressants for years. Every time I try to come off of them I hit bottom again. Hope your husband heals quickly.
Heather, You did a good job raising those sons of yours. Glad you are close.
Rita, 110! I’d die. I don’t tolerate the heat well at all. I went shopping this weekend and the whole back of my hair I could have wrung out!
Evelyn, keep going girl. Good job not grazing. I’m a grazer too and once I get going I can’t stop. You have been doing well and body weight fluctuates daily.
The only house plant I have is a Christmas cactus which I have had for years. I am hoping that once the porch is painted I can get some plants. Got to be hardy and idiot proof as I have no green thumb.
Nice day again today and warmer at 75. Suppose to cool down toward the weekend.
Terry in VT on her 3rd day of tracking.
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Terry - I have felt often in the past that I did a terrible job with my boys.
The marriage between their father and myself was "curdled", to say the least and we finally split up right in the middle of their exam years. My elder son has had a lot of anxiety. We all went for family therapy when they were young and he went to child therapy for years. I felt it was my fault. But they are both sensitive and loving souls. 
My elder son is flourishing right now and his "Airsoft Action" videos are great! The younger one always was a risk taker and experimented with all kinds of drugs as a teenager, but he seems to be coping with his new sobriety. Long may it continue.
I always could not really believe that they loved me, because I had such an ambivalent relationship with my mother. Now I feel much more confident of their love.
Heather UK xxxxxxx7 -
Sigh. I am very much a mosquito magnet and when they bite me I get very bad reactions. A white bump in center at least quarter size and red inflamed area about the size of a baseball.
There is a mosquito in my bedroom.
I have three very uncomfortable itchy bites, I’m now trying to sleep on my living room sofa. I’m getting hot flashes and the living room doesn’t have a ceiling fan, and my husband is cranky and watching TV loudly in the next room.
Sigh.
They love me too! It's our blood, we can't help it.... When I had bites really bad my mom would take her fingernail and make an X with her nail in the center of the bite. I think she spit on her finger first!! Haahaa! Then she took a baby aspirin and attached it via a bandaid! Voila! By the next day it was healed though!
Rebecca4 -
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fanncy0626 wrote: »Rye- thanks! I guess I am a perfectionist! I want to be able to wear a two-piece swimsuit without being self-conscious. Which I am doing now! Not so much a perfectionist but introvert. I am so self-conscious about my body and what others think. Probably from being bullied as a child. I also feel like I'm wearing clothes into the swimming pool if I wear my grandma swimsuit. Which I do wear around the grandkids!
You my dear friend need to visit a nudey resort!! Not because I'm saying "if you got it you flaunt it" kind of thing, but amazingly enough with all the skin about, people just don't care what you look like. It's not about being nude, it's about shedding self doubts, and just walking in the sun. For me, being an obese person I did make sense there, and for the first time, the (what I called them) beautiful people of the world listened to what I had to say. My first beautiful friend was Candice, and I remember thinking, 'is she talking to me to be polite"? Then the next time she hugged me, and we hung out, ( literally) together just lying on lounge chairs and telling our lives stories. It was definitely a mind shift from only having friends that were like me in body. So I guess I stepped out of my comfort zone in more ways than one. There ya go all, your nudist story for the week!
Rebecca4 -
I just took a new shingles vaccination. I had one years ago, but they've developed an improved version. I may never need it, but I took the vaccination to protect DH as much as myself. Shingles can be contagious and he has more than enough health problems. I don't want to be the person to cause one more problem for him. (Anyone who has ever had chicken pox is at risk for shingles. Both of us have had chicken pox and have similar scars in our eyebrows.)
I hope we never face shingles. It is reputedly very painful.
Katla3 -
I just took a new shingles vaccination. I had one years ago, but they've developed an improved version. I may never need it, but I took the vaccination to protect DH as much as myself. Shingles can be contagious and he has more than enough health problems. I don't want to be the person to cause one more problem for him. (Anyone who has ever had chicken pox is at risk for shingles. Both of us have had chicken pox and have similar scars in our eyebrows.)
I hope we never face shingles. It is reputedly very painful.
Katla
Good call, Katla. My husband got the vaccination, as well. I am forbidden.
Shingles is very painful; my then 15 year old son was diagnosed with shingles the day before we moved cross country. It was horrible. When we told people he had shingles and they were shocked, my response was, "Yes. My 15 year old son is a 70 year old man!" Once the pain let up a little, my son's humor returned, and he would wake up in the morning, walk with his hand in the small of his back, kind of hunched over, and in his best old man impersonation say, "The old rheumatism is acting up again." 
His back is still scarred.
Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon3 -
Heather- my nephew is going to be getting married just outside of Paris this August. Wondering if you know anything about the place where they are having their wedding.
http://www.essendieras.fr
Rebecca - I don't know if I could do that! Even when I wear my two piece swimsuit I have to make sure that it covers everything up even my buns! There were too many girl bullies that did a lot of damage to me starting in kindergarten.
Mary from Arizona3 -
Afternoon ladies!
Took early morning walk with the hubs. 2 miles in 65 degree weather! Have spent some more time packing up this place. The laundry room, above the kitchen cabinets, the kitchen hutch and a small shelf. Editing as I go along and the donation pile is getting larger. We really attempted to simplify our lives and possessions when we moved from Ohio to Texas and continue to do so.
Enjoy!
Cheri
College Station, Tx5 -
Mary - I don't know the venue, but, looking at the link, it is nowhere near Paris!!! It is in the Dordogne, in the south west of France. Are you thinking of going? It looks beautiful. The Dordogne is an area I know well. A lot of English people holiday there, or have second homes. It is lovely countryside.
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Mary & Heather ~ What a beautiful, beautiful place.1
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Heather - I think my sister might have said Paris just because everybody would know where that is. She did say it was 4 1/2 hours from there. At this point I am not planning on going. I'm not much for flying! Thanks for the information!0
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Mary: "Rebecca - I don't know if I could do that! Even when I wear my two piece swimsuit I have to make sure that it covers everything up even my buns! There were too many girl bullies that did a lot of damage to me starting in kindergarten."
You are such a beauty now, Mary. You're also strong, healthy and kind. I wonder whether those mean girls ever got any nicer or whether they're now mean old women. My obnoxious neighbor is a mean old woman and I'll bet she was the meanest girl in school back when. :devil:
Last night I had a bad time during part of a city committee meeting and complained about furniture that prevented me from seeing an overhead presentation clearly. I should have ignored it and kept quiet. I actually could have stayed in another seat and would have had no trouble at all. I went home embarrassed. Today I met with the planning director and talked it through. I think we're on a good page now, and I'm glad I went in today. :bigsmile:
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon2 -
Oops. I did not realize that my dress is just lace for part of the waist. Good thing I am as pale as my dress is! And that I'm wearing a sweater to cover it up.
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I think it would be 4 1/2 hours by fast train! There are nearer airports.
Many years ago we used to do the long drive from the ferry. Took a couple or more days before the motorway. Trying to keep two small children happy. All our camping equipment in the back. Or we used to stay in primitive cottages. But I loved the area.
When DH and I first met we did think of buying a second home in that area, or just south of there. After another visit we decided against it. It had become a bit too touristy.
Anyone who would like to vicariously visit the area can read the detective series set there, featuring Bruno, Chief of Police. By Martin Walker. Great fun! We have just finished the most recent one. Lots of food and thrills.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx1 -
fanncy0626 wrote: »Heather- my nephew is going to be getting married just outside of Paris this August. Wondering if you know anything about the place where they are having their wedding.
http://www.essendieras.fr
Rebecca - I don't know if I could do that! Even when I wear my two piece swimsuit I have to make sure that it covers everything up even my buns! There were too many girl bullies that did a lot of damage to me starting in kindergarten.
Mary from Arizona
Aww Mary, those dang bullies! I'm sorry they were mean to you! Hey, you reap what you sow, so they will get their dues! Nothing but light and love when I ponder Mary from Arizona!
Rebecca1 -
Ladies, I had a very unusual day yesterday. I had made a hair appointment at a new salon with somebody I knew nothing about. It was close to my home. In the past year since my grandson's death, I have not been to get ANYTHING done to my hair at all. One full year! It had gotten very long, to my boobs, and nearly all white.
When I was there and told the girl how long it had been, she sweetly said, May I ask WHY you have gone a full year? So I started telling about my grandson that had been killed, my broken heart and depression. She listened intently then put her hands on my shoulders and said... Kay, I know EXACTLY what you are dealing with and exactly how you are feeling. I lost a boy too, my son.
Well we shared our stories and we both cried. I told her how my daughter has turned against us, and she talked to me about that. SOMEBODY UNDERSTOOD! She made no distinction in losing a child or grandchild. She said she understood my pain.
Between getting my hair cut and colored, and being able to share and listen, I felt like 1000 pounds had been lifted off of my shoulders!! I fully believe that the Lord brought me to THAT particular young woman. I just had to share with you all. ❤️️22 -
Katla and Rebecca - thanks for the encouragement! I don't think people especially children realize the very long lasting effects of bullying has on their victims. That's probably why I'm an introvert except when I'm teaching.
Heather - thank you so much for the information. My sister was happy to receive the information on the book series.
Mary from Arizona2 -
@2aycocks I'm glad that you were able to be with that woman that understood! My Brother in law and his wife lost their son at 5 years old when he fell off the tractor and got hit by the sickle mower. Very tragic but since then they offer grief counseling and speak to others in similar cases. It is after 20 years still a difficult event for them to come to grips with. I know that if you or anyone else may need to talk to someone my sister in law would be willing to help. She feels like she gets healing through helping others.
Mary from Arizona4 -
klanders30 wrote: »This is teacher appreciation week at our school, and unfortuately, it's all about pushing food!!!
yesterday was a carb-laden breakfast spread, today ice cream sundaes at lunch---so I walked away! Seriously, a handmade card or a pic from a student would be most welcome. Ah well, I am so over it 
DD was in charge of the big teacher feed this wk. Barbecue,barbecue chicken,salads,cheesy potatoes,baked beans,cole slaw,5 diff desserts,several teas,coffee & the list gies on. Funny tho,she has it all delivered an hr before set up. Otherwise,if they find the food being stored at school,they help themselves.Every yr they have a choice,of that or eating out. School always wins.
NYKAREN
Tricia Oh
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RV Rita
DH asked if you are using Cool Seal on the roof? He did 95% of up keep on our RV.Love the air plant.
WOW 110 is way hot,but the wind was bad for skin. Keep cool . Tricia Oh0 -
Evening ladies
All tucked in with the pups,I'm taking my granddaughters cat up to get spayed tomorrow and picking it up..,my brother and my SIL are going to the Cape for 4 days taking dog with them..I have my hands full and can't help them.2 -
Spent 5 hours planting new plants and Dividing aloe Vera plants. I have lots of baby plants to share. Think I will take them To Sunday School to see if anyone wants them.
Rye- I also got bit by misquotes. They are red and itchy, I am wondering if the baby aspirin would help. Seems like they are worse this year for some reason.
Kay- your encounter with the hair dresser was a God thing. She was the exact person you needed to meet. Did you like your hair? Welcome back Geri, glad you found your way “home”.
Suebdew in TX3 -
I don't actually believe in previous lives but I think I must have been a nun or an orthodox Jewish woman or someone like that in a previous life because I prefer to be covered by clothing. I wear long sleeve shirts with a turtleneck and long pants year round. I've had little opportunity to go swimming for many years so wearing a swimsuit isn't something that I consider. I did water aerobics once and liked it and then decided that I didn't want to do exercise that required that much clothes changing so I didn't pursue it. I stared spreading my Mothers Day bark. This morning as I worked alone, listening to music on my headphones and placing the bark one handful at a time, that I was as happy with my gift as someone who had gotten a year's pass to Disneyland. I'll be able to go out for an hour or two a day and spread bark for weeks. I was reminded today by a friend to treasure every day with my husband because it won't last forever. So, right now we're watching the baseball game together...one of his favorite things to do. Barbie from beautiful NW Washington 8
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