WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2018
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Not sure if my last post uploaded so apologies if this is repeat. Arrived on Zakynthos yesterday, weathers a bit iffy, warm but cloudy. The studio is lovely, all mod cons and little extras. Sitting on the balcony typing this on ipad. The WiFi is excellent, been watching an episode of The Good Wife on Amazon Prime.
View from the balcony
Kate UK
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Happy Tuesday all of you composters. And other fabulous gals!
Kim - your composting arrangement is a Master Gardener's dream come true! Way to go!
Karen in VA - I am waiting for an avocado orchard to spring up from my compost heap. HHmmm.... now I know what to do with some extra compost. Thank you for the idea!
Dana - When we had the farm, DH always had a gigantic "manure pile" (mostly hay and sheep droppings). I'm talking 12 x 12 ft at least, 4 -6 feet high. We used to put sheep carcasses in there, everything from lost lambs to old ewes (DH would take the tractor and scoop out a hole with the bucket and cover the remains with hay). Thank goodness it was well away from the house - it didn't take long to get digested into bones, that's for sure, and even bones disintegrated quite rapidly. EEUUWWW. LOL.
As a matter of fact, I now remember that our current compost heap does have the remains of a few rabbits. DH made a huge round and tall wire cage, about 4' in diameter, where I now throw composting material. Never any meaty food scraps but the occasional dead bunnies, yes, if it's a couple weeks away from garbage pickup. Then I'll dump a bucket of aged compost over it and let the microbes go to work.
Sorry if that's TMI! A farmer's life.
Yesterday I missed my workout, but I figured an hour carrying 5 gallon buckets of compost and doing a lot of shovel work to get those tomatoes planted in the raised bed took care of it. I was so grateful for some arm muscles - thank you Strong Women Stay Young!
Sending hugs and doing the happy dance to all who need them!
Lanette
Cooler SW WA State
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Did hula hoop for 5 minutes, held my plank for 3 minutes then took the extremepump class. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Kathy Smith Power Walk for Weight Loss DVD.
Kim – your goddaughter sounds amazing
Penny – your meal look scrumptious
Went to ceramics tonight. When we go tomorrow I should be able to finish my portion of the mushroom and finishing up one of the seahorses. Then I guess I’ll start on my snail. I already have one but this is a different mold. I really wish there were more large ceramics to be able to do.
Tuesday here: Did Kathy Smith’s Power walk for Weight Loss DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to take the deep water class.
Plan to go out and spread mulch today. Rummikub tonight
Heather – what a mess this selling your house has been! I do hope it works out this time
KJ – this is the first time I’ve ever heard of pizza at a wedding. Guess anything is possible. I couldn’t believe someone from Pete’s family wore flip flops (the kind you buy at WalMart for 98 cents) to their wedding! So I guess anything’s possible.
Last night at mahjongg one lady brought some of this chocolate truffle pie. It WAS very rich, Vince will love it. I only had ½ a piece. A brought chocolate beet muffins since one of the gals gave us beets. You can’t even taste the beets in them so I’ll probably make them for Vince and just not tell him that there are beets in them.
Trish – I’m trying to go thru as much as I can and get rid of things exactly because I know the kids won’t care about some of the things
Marcelyn – congrats, congrats, and more congrats on your anniversary and good news
Corachos – welcome
Dana – I hope Dolly gets better fast. When our furbabies are sick, we are sick
NYKaren – feel better fast
Kate – gorgeous view!
Better post this before I run out of time. Off to put down more mulch
Michele in NC
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Kim I bought two composting bins at Aldi's last year. I put in mostly kitchen scraps some leaves and grass. Never any meat some egg shells though. I am using the stuff at the bottom this year. I also make a huge pile of our leaves. I try to mulch some of them with our lawn mower before putting them in. I used the compost from my leaves last year along this hedge I am trying to save. If a weed has gone to seed I do not put it in my compost I toss the seed head in the trash. I do try to get them before they go to seed. Not always possible. My piles are not hot enough. I do this with creeping charlie too even if it has not gone to seed because it propagates by runners.2
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Trish: The charity walk for Breast Cancer seems like a lovely way to celebrate Mother's Day. :flowerforyou:
Corachaos: Welcome to a great group of supportive women. Stop by often for support and encuragement.
Today is DH's birthday. He is 71. He told me what he wants last night, but it was too late for me to go shopping for it. I'll go shopping for it today, and hope to manage to drag him along with me so we can get just the right thing.
In personal news, the weight that sneaked back on is coming off!!!!!!!! I'll know when I get to the right weight because my left knee will quit hurting.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon7 -
Gardening, mulch, compost etc. To me that all means dirt/soil. Dirt/soil means black dirt underneath my fingernails that won’t clean out even with soaking. I’m like that Charles Shultz peanuts character: Pig Pen. I seem to be a dirt magnet. I am constantly washing my hands, yet they always seem to be dirty.
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Doing that Fast Mimicking diet again this week. My third round this year. (I plan on two more times in 2018). These ‘fasts’ are hopefully to improve my health - for me weight loss is an appreciated side effect. Essentially a FMV is (eating a strictly controlled diet for 5 days at under: 725 calories, with 9% protein (16 grams), 44% fat (35 grams), and 47% carbohydrates (85 grams).)
Victor Longo’s (longevity researcher out of some Calif University) book “The Longevity Diet” recommends these ‘fasts’ (2 to 6 a year) and a Mediterranean diet the rest of the time for people under the age of 70 who are looking to support healthier old age.
My diet contains too much red meat and potatoes to quality as Mediterranean. But other than those two staples which I will not give up without better proof that they are bad for me (like cigarette smoking is bad for you level proof) it is pretty close.
Our Mother’s day dinner went well even though I managed everything badly beforehand. The sliced up thumb injury will keep me out of the pool for some time while it heals, tho. MiL and BiL mostly put their bickering aside for the day, thank heavens.
I have some enterprise level mandatory training before my regular work shift today, so on the run now.
Have a good day all.
Rye in TX
(Hoping Yvonne is well)2 -
Doing first 5k in five years this Sunday! Yesterday's practice jog was 3 miles at at 12:19 pace.
Beckie D.
Adrian, MI6 -
Went out with DH to buy fruit and vegetables and stopped by at the fish shop. Amongst other things I bought a frozen octopus to cook! I have never cooked one before, but I know I can do it in the IP. An adventure. It's in the freezer right now, waiting for a day I feel strong.
In the pub after yoga my teacher, a friend and I all talked about my book and the abuse they had suffered as children all came out. My teacher is thinking of confronting her abuser (a family member). Time's up!!
Beautiful day here, but Kate's pool looks mighty fine.
Love Heather UK XXXXXX3 -
yesterdays stats
bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.56min, 131mhr, 12.1amph. 1.5mi= 72c
apple watch- 60c
ROWING MACHINE- 20min, 50aw, 96ahr, 113mhr, 3136meters= 100c
apple watch- 144c
STAIRSTEPPER- 20min, 75floors, lvl6, 1194steps, 116ahr, 125mhr= 147c
apple watch- 174c
floor exerc- 14.44min, 4sets of 10ea, 84ahr, 98mhr, 8diff exercises= 52c
apple watch- 82c
bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.06min, 126mhr, 17.3amph, 1.4mi= 42c
apple watch- 46c
bike ride puy to sumn sta- 14.08min, 12.9amph, 119ahr, 147mhr, 3mi= 138c
apple watch- 117c
jog sumn sta 2 wk- 4.41min, 155mhr, 145ahr, 9.04min mi, .5mi= 58c
apple watch- 53c
jog wk 2 sumn sta- 4.18min, 9.29min mi, 150mhr, .4mi= 69c
apple watch- 59c
bike ride puy 2 hm- 51.28min, 11.5amph, 151mhr, 9.8mi= 516c
apple watch- 456c
total cal 11942 -
Heather: "In the pub after yoga my teacher, a friend and I all talked about my book and the abuse they had suffered as children all came out. My teacher is thinking of confronting her abuser (a family member). Time's up!!"
I hope your yoga teacher finds a very good advisor to help her if she goes forward with confronting her abuser. I think she should have someone with her for her support during the confrontation. I picture both denial and anger from the abuser as likely possibilities. I think your book has the potential of helping thousands of men & women who've suffered with similar situations when they were too young to defend themselves. I can't say how much I admire your courage to write and share the story.
Katla
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I’ll post more later. Shots then trip to town today.
RV Rita1 -
I made gluten free biscuits for DH's birthday breakfast. The flavor was good enough but they had lousy texture that reminded me of hardtack or hockey pucks. :ohwell:I hope next time is better.0
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Hello ladies, hope every has a good day!
Rebecca
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They just showed an episode of Unforgotten last night that dealt with three people a woman, man, and immigrant who all suffered abuse. The detective decided not to pursue criminal chargers on the three because all had suffered enough. The woman had been molested by her father. Hard episode to watch, but helps us understand how devastating abuse is.
I agree with the others here Heather I admire how much courage you have for coming forward.
I also agree that if you are going to try to confront an abuser in a non counselling setting to not do it alone. There is a reason not to trust that person.1 -
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Katla. I know one secret - avoid drop biscuits; roll the dough & use a round cookie cutter, then place the biscuits with their edges touching. Other people probably know other hints concerning leavening agents & types of flour that enhance success.
Karen in Virginia1 -
Exercised well today! Pushed myself in the weight room, then walked next to a lady that walks so fast, but I did too! Mostly walked 3.5 but averaged out to 2.9 for the 30 minutes. Did 1.8 miles, and lost 160 calories.
In our haste moving, I paid the Dish people twice, and our Spectrum phone and internet nothing! Oopsy! Got that figured out!
Our bill for gas heating was only $70 and out of fear, we took out $100 this month to help with next month, thinking it was going to be really high. It was a nice surprise!I
Take care all!
Rebecca
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I think the teacher was thinking of phoning him. I did that as an adult with my father. I don't think she will actually do it though. My circumstances were very different and I had a lot of support. The shame experienced is so great when none of it is our shame. The shame is on the perpetrator. I believe we have to stand up and put that shame back where it belongs. Time is most definitely up.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx6 -
Made chocolate bran muffins, went out and spread some mulch. We got the other half of the front of the house and then entire side done. Tomorrow (or whenever it doesn’t rain) we’ll do the area between the house and the detached garage. That won’t take much mulch at all. We’re going to have LOTS and LOTS left over. Now heating up what I’m going to take to rummikub.
Katla – happy birthday to your dh. Good for you getting that weight off.
Michele in NC
Who needs to burl her hair and get ready for Rummikub
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Enjoyed the video of 'life after death and coming back'.
Really enjoyed the scuba pixs/video - what color are those lace fans under water? I found a piece of one when we were walking on a beach and could not remember.
Honor's Day at school for HS - Middle Granddaughter got 4 'highest grade' awards; so she has decided that 'next year' she can do even better. WOW! She has become our oldest granddaughter - just with a different name. She is outstanding and so beautiful, too.
Just hanging today, other than Honor's Day. I put on 1/2 pound since my last weigh-in; but, I had not been keeping up with what I was eating. Bought some protein shakes at GNC, Buy one, get one for 1/2 price; so I picked out vanilla, strawberry cream, banana cream, and for the life I me cannot think of the other. They had several. Had a milk chocolate which I might try next time. I like milk chocolate; but, not so much dark chocolate in a drink. Protein bars. Bought 2 at GNC to try. Pretty good; but, were about the same price as i had been paying; bigger, and more calories. I've been on a 'lemon' kick and I know I need to stop that. My poor teeth will be 'on edge' for weeks.
Liked the quote about decluttering. I've done a lot; but, not nearly as much has my sister would do if I allowed her to do so. We just don't have the same décor. Mine runs along the lines of 'hunting cabin/early attic/late basement and hers is more pristine. Not that I don't like her house; but, it wouldn't suit Louis' needs and desires. They living room in for company; the kitchen/sunroom/den is for any other time. I love her painted cabinets and I want to have mine painted; but, Louis is so tired of painting by the time he gets home, he certainly does not want it to be something he has to do around here.
Other than that, not much happening around here. Carol, I sleep with a night guard; broke one biting through it, the 2nd one Tami and Mallory's dog came into the room and took it out of the case (broke case and chewed it up). I sanded off the edges; but, it never fit as tight. Had the 3rd one made and the dentist gave me the cast and told me to 'keep up with it' so that if I needed another one, they would not have to redo the casts. No problem.
Three more months and we'll be seeing DYS, DDnL#2, and oldest youngest DGD. We're going to sit down and figure out other times for us to go out there and visit. Will has made it 'crystal clear' that he wants 'nothing' to do with his DSnL, therefore there is no reason to come home and besides Mallory's visitation is so screwy that it would just be better if we come out there.
Chow!
Lenora2 -
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Good evening ladies!
Dropped off 2 afghans at local Project Linus Chapter meeting this morning. I so enjoy my monthly visit with these wonderful ladies.
Another hot day here!
Cheri
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Played golf and yes it is hot in Te as.
Cheri- beautiful blankets. You are a great knitter.
Been logging for a week and two days and lost 1.3 last week. First loss in awhile so I guess it is true, you log, you lose.
Too tired to type, anyone heard from Joyce?
Suebdew in TX6 -
Hi Gals,
Karen – my guess about your compost is you are not getting enough browns – browns are paper products, leaves, shredded hay, (think things that crinkle when you squeeze them) an ideal compost is 60% green, 40% brown – but that is crazy! Measuring compost to a specific % means no one will do backyard composting – so take a garbage can with a lid, and put in it your shredded material, your dry leaves, and when you put in your greens just scoop out a sorta similar amount of browns…. And you should be good to go. The combo of greens and browns help the tempurature get high enough to kill weed seeds.
I have an embroidery client who is a district manager of Starbucks, he is a black man and was over today dropping off some aprons to be personalized and we had a super interesting conversation about the incident in Philly with the Starbucks manager calling the police on the black men at Starbucks. The company is doing a huge amount of internal training, coaching, counseling on biases be they color, gender orientation, or even to things like homeless at their stores. It was heart warming to hear of a company that big taking on the issue of bias in such a serious and complete way.
Smiles
Kim from N. California
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Kate: That pool looks so inviting.
Heather: Add me to the legions here hoping your property sells and all the stars align to make your move to Hove a reality.
Marcelyn: That is an amazing video. Diving in Belize is on my bucket list.
Kim: Your trip to Boston sounds amazing. So thoughtful of you to start printing some of your brother's photos.
Lenora: Decluttering feels great, doesn't it?
Cheri: Beautiful blankets, and I love the poem.
DH and I are packing for a short holiday to the Poconos. We leave on Thursday morning, and have a bunch of little details to tie up. Our friends have a lake house which they are tearing down this August to make room for the dream home they will build and live in full time when he retires. My friend is a wonderful cook and loves to party. I am going to be challenged to manage calories and stay AF. They do have 3 large poodles, so may channel Barbie and take frequent and long walks with the dogs.
Stay well friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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On the subject of confronting your abuser, my sister wrote to our father with her burning question of why he did the things he did. He wrote her back telling her that he regretted nothing, and only wished he had done more of it. It was a chilling statement at best. We both went to the old man's funeral, mainly to make sure he was dead. All of our family knew, in the end--and our brother congratulated us both on not doing something awful in front of people, like peeing on the old man's coffin or throwing rocks at it.
The preacher, who knew the entire story as well, performed the funeral service without ever once saying his name, nor any platitudes on sadness at departures. He dwelt much more on the successes of the family who were grateful the old man was dead, without ever saying as much. It was possibly the most awkward hour I've ever spent in my life, accepting condolences without ever once noting how relieved I was that he was no longer walking the earth.
One of the nursing home ladies was telling my sister how much they loved taking care of him, and my sister was only able to get out the word, "Ha!" before I snagged her around the neck with some mutter about how I needed her elsewhere, and dragged her away. My sis held it together through the rest of the rituals that always accompany Southern funerals.
The family mythology has that the tsunami in Indonesia, which happened four days later, was Mother Earth trying to spit him out. Graveyard humor.
Time truly is up.
Love y'all,
Lisa in Arkansas9 -
Hi ladies, feeling a little down these days. So sick of this stupid boot. Now my back has been hurting because of the cockeyed way I’m walking. Food wise I’ve been terrible. Not even trying. Everyday I go to bed thinking I’ll do better tomorrow but tomorrow comes and I do no better than the day before.
Terry feeling discouraged in VT8 -
Well 41 percent battery on my phone and our power is out ...who knows when we will get it back on.trudy my friend here and I had a blast tonight invited some of the older ladies in for cocktails in the dark with candles and flashlights,off to bed now.4
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stats for the day
rode to work after the gym workout today
bike ride hm 2 gym- 8.15min, 118mhr, 11.6amph. 1.5mi= 65c
apple watch- 58c
MANUAL TREADMILL- 8.43min, 109ahr, 129mhr .5mi= 62c
apple watch- 76c
ARM SPIN MACHINE/standup- 15min, 110ahr, 119mhr= 82c
apple watch- 86c
ARM SPIN MACHINE- 5min, 35arpm, 32aw, 119mhr, .88mi= 33c
apple watch- 34c
bike ride gym 2 sumn sta- 53.17min, 120ahr, 142mhr, 13.4amph, 11.9mi= 449c
apple watch- 459c
jog sumn sta 2 wk- 4.44min, 149mhr, 138ahr, 9.09min mi, .5mi= 52c
apple watch- 52c
jog wk 2 sta- 4.08min, 9.10min mi, 118ahr, 149mhr, .4mi= 52c
apple watch- 51c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 17.14min, 9.1amph, 128ahr, 152mhr, 2.6mi= 181c
apple watch- 152c
total cal 9742
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