WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLIE !!!!!!!!!

My friend's son has flown back from South Korea to look after her. She is being allowed home as she has demonstrated enough prowess on stairs with her crutches and he will be there. She said not to visit until next week as she is exhausted. They had to cut right up the foot to the ankle to find the end of the ligament. Ouch!

My brother has asked me to speak at his "renewal of vows " ceremony on the 14th. I guess it is an honour. I was a witness for their wedding. I am ambivalent because I don't really agree with the whole idea. A vow is a vow.
Oh well. I will speak a bit in what I hope is a light and humorous vein and then read my favourite poem about a relationship - US TWO, from NOW WE ARE SIX. It's about Pooh and Christopher Robin. He said that would be ok. I read it at my son's wedding and DH's 70th. When Edie, aged 2, heard the word "poo" she started to take her trousers and knickers off in the middle of the room! Funniest thing ever!
They are having a party after the church. My son is coming to the church and party and bringing Edie and Max. I hope she won't do the same thing again this time, aged 4. :laugh:
I do remember I was very unhappy at the time of their wedding. Divorced, overweight and just broken up with a boyfriend. I wore the most dismal, figure disguising clothes. How times change.

DH watching the world cup.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Hello from Boston! Visited John Adams park and have included a pic of Peacefield the home where John and Abigail retired. Lisa you’ll love this, she bought it sight unseen not realizing it was completely ruined during revolutionary war (she was abroad at the time). When she returned home she got her first look at it—seeing it in ruins she fell to her knees and cried (oh no not another fixer upper!). Anyway she rolled up her sleeves, added onto the house and planted roses in the back-one plant is still growing (no visible flowers though- sorry Margaret).

The wing chair is the actual chair John Adams had a stroke in right before he died in his favorite room, the study of course.

NYKAREN

Hello, Gorgeous Girls!

Hey there from Texas... I am still breathing over here... still doing my thing - and I miss you guys.

I keep up with some of you on the newsfeed - but,, alas, I miss a lot there. So, while I have a spare moment to breathe, I thought I would drop in.

This year, we are gardening - I had half of the cutest little watermelon you have ever seen for breakfast - as ripe and sweet as any you have ever tasted. The whole thing was the size of a softball. Later on, I will go out and harvest some regular and some lemon cucumbers.

We have been cooking with a variety of fresh peppers - Santa Fe, Cubanelle, Anaheim... Peppers like it here and don't seem to suffer from the heat, at all. Alas, you can't overwater zuccini and other squash plants. All of those died, due to the abnormally rainy weather we are having.

The drip watering system has only one drawback: you can't really customize according to the plant, much... you can only hope that number of minutes and times that it drips works for everything. There are some drippers that drip more or less - but I would have to re-work the whole system and replace ALL the drippers to get the kind of variation I need. The squash need about a quarter of the water that peppers and tomatoes need... so, next year, or maybe for a fall crop, I will switch out the bulk of the drippers for 2 gallon ones, and leave the squash with half gallon size... then I can turn the drip time way down on everything and it should save the squash.

But, we salvaged what squash we could before the last of the plants went down - and had a feast of grilled vegetables - including squash, eggplant and peppers from out garden. I brush some olive oil on, season liberally and lay them over a charcoal grill to cook them. Awesomeness!

I spent several days putting up a support system for bird netting, this year, and it appears that this weekend will also see the first harvest from our tomato plants - ever. I have grown tomatoes in the past - along with red bell peppers, the Mockingbirds seem to have an issue with them. Anything showing the first signs of red gets pecked to death... so this year, I decided the birds were NOT going to get the best of me. It looks like my first tomato will be picked, today, along with the cucumbers. I have my cottage cheese ranch dip all ready! I am excited.

I really like the fact that I get excited about fresh veggies, rather than pie or cake, now... lol.

Work is still work, and I am still at the bank, although my job duties seem to fluctuate quarterly. I am fine with that - so long as I keep getting paid, they can have me clean the darned bathrooms, for all I care. But, the worry about being laid off is constant... it never quite goes away. I will just keep on doing the best work I can and hope for the best.

I have been working with a personal trainer - since January - and I actually did a short set (4) of dead lifts at 135 - which was my first goal. Onward to 175! Although, I am sad that my trainer is giving it up for a full time position as front desk manager at the gym, so, now I have to find someone else who is smart and capable and can take my jovial bitching with aplomb.

Camryn has given me a couple of folks that she says would be good - and we are going to do joint sessions with them over the next week or so to get a feel for each other. I just hope that one of them will click. I certainly don't want anybody who is going to give me the "granny" version of working out, or try to steer me toward less strenuous things because I am a chick. I really hope that I can find someone who will push me, but not injure me... as Camryn has done. I must say, I have learned to LOATHE the boat pose - but it does what it was meant to do.

The hubby is well - and is actively working toward losing weight - although not in the same way that I do. He is all about just trying to eat less (without actually logging) and exercise more - including 16 miles a day on the stationary bike. He has one at home, so that he can make sure to get his miles in, even when our schedules are crazy. Me, I am happy to get in 30-40 minutes of cardio a day and keep my strength training up. I am sort of in a maintenance zone, right now - but, I am good with that, somewhat. I am thinking it's time to pull myself back together for a slightly more concerted effort to make progress - but, I am not quite there, today.

Just trying to hold my ground and not get discouraged by the way my body behaves. The Puffy Princess is currently in residence - I am showing about five pounds up on the scale from the last recorded weight of 175 - but, the Royal Pain comes and goes as she pleases - so I try not to take it personally. For now, I am content in my size 14 tunic - the leggings are 12/14 - and if I never get any smaller, so be it. It's SOOO much better than size 5X.




Happy Birthday, Allie!

Hugs, Becca - I totally feel your Sister drama. I have some of that, myself.

Carol - sorry the gel shots didn't work for you... I am thinking I am going to have to go in and get a new round - it has been about a year, now - and my knees, also bone on bone, are starting to protest, again. Glad the cortisone gives you some relief.

Kitty - I have been where you are. You really have got this... You will make it to 299 and then 199. I have faith.

Hugs and Love to all!

Re in TX

Evening Ladies
What a blast I had today..sure I had to work until 1,came home took a nap ,then went to my friend Trudy's for early dinner,then we got the tiki taxi over to a place on the lake for a few cocktails,had a blast...now home and in bed...I am so blessed to have the friends and family I do....