WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2018
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kelly you are one very very special person
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KJ - I'm with you. I never was comfortable in the presence of small children until I had my own grandchildren. Now I am much more tolerant, even welcoming, when children come into a restaurant etc. Partly that's just being around my grands and partly that's seeing the amazing example of my DH in the way he relates to them. I can enjoy "playtime" so much more now. I also admire my DDIL in the way she manages them.
My own life with my children was chaotic and I was always wishing the time away. I loved them, of course, but i was just doing time and resenting how much they took away from my life. Now, although I can't do it for long, (I haven't got your dedication and energy), I can truly enter into the child's world. I find it quite wonderful. My conversion into a proper Granny is one of the miracles of my life.
Sooooooo glad the backs seem to be on the mend.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
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Ahhh, see now I wish I was a "Mimi", already! I won't happen quick enough, but I have to be patient. My middle son and wife are focusing on careers first.
Rebecca
A wannabe grandmother in
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Kelly, you are my hero! The job you do is so incredibly important and you are so derned good at! You should earn more than a doctor, in my opinion.
Machka, I am so inspired by you and how you have persevered towards your goals despite the most daunting personal setback and obstacles in your path. I wonder if the university will have an online link so we can watch you on the stage?
Lanette, I also really notice it if I miss my turmeric. Some studies show that the whole spice works synergistically together and is more effective than an extract of just curcurmec. I add turmeric to lots of my foods and drinks. All my rice is golden and it hides well in any red sauce for pasta, or stew, or on eggs or in almond milk drinks or in smoothies. I also take glucosamine to keep my joints well-oiled.
I love dwelling on things I am grateful for. I could spend all day writing them down in my journal and savouring them! But I got to go feed them. LOL Wendy8 -
Heather: I am sending good thoughts for a successful new home purchase and move I hope you will be happy in your new place and have plenty of time to enjoy your grandchildren.
Lanette: I also hold turmeric in high regard & take a dose every day. I hope you continue to feel better. :flowerforyou:
Rori: I love your simple pleasures. You are a wise lady. :bigsmile:
Kelly: I agree with Wendy. You are brilliant at what you do, and I also consider you a hero in the lives of your daycare children and their families.
I just picked and washed blueberries, sorted out the unripe ones and froze the rest. They will give us natural vitamin C and other goodies all year long. I plan to prune the plants back after there is a good freeze. :bigsmile:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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About gratitude. I learned that gratitude is an action, not just a spontaneous feeling. I have used gratitude to lift me from despair and it works. It doesn't matter so much what you are grateful for, but that you are grateful. Some of you have mentioned being grateful for having things in your life that I am grateful for not having. The important thing is that I am grateful for what I have.
Barbie from warm NW Washington
This is in line with what I think about gratitude/thankfulness. Eucharistic living. Giving thanks in all circumstances...painful times as well as joyful ones. I live with family members who have chronic health problems. When life seems out of control, I have made it a point of giving thanks for all of it. My family has also come to expect this question when they are in dark times ... "give me 5 things you are thankful for." We've sat in emergency rooms and played this "game" ... it always helps.
But on a lighter note, there are simple things that just give me inexplicable joy. You'll think me simple, but I truly get a kick every time I step on the retractable cord button of my vacuum! No rewinding! I am a sucker for slick marketing and recently bought 'glo-bowl" lights for our toilets. They're motion censored and do a kaleidoscope of colors at night so you don't have to turn on the bathroom light. There is something inordinately funny to me knowing that multi-colored lights are shining on my *kitten*. I smile every night. (They will eventually be pitched as they design is sort of stupid from a sanitary position).
The truth is, I could overrun this thread with my thanksgivings ...
Beth12 -
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I had a fantastic day with my DSinL, sister, and nephews! We went to a flea market and shopped all morning. That is my simple pleasure being with family and friends.
Have a fantastic day!
Mary from Minnesota \ Arizona7 -
Evening Ladies
I am tired..Trudy and I installed my new thermostat and now it's time to sleep.4 -
stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 8.07min, 11.7amph, 127mhr, 1.5mi= 62c
apple watch- 59c
TREADMILL slow jog- 35.53min, 11.57min mi, 4.8-5.1sp, .5incl, 130ahr, 151mhr, 3mi= 330c
apple watch- 450c
Floor exer- 9.52min, 5sts of 10ea, hamstring leg lifts, pushups, all 4's elbow to knee, 1set of 50 crunches, 96ahr, 110mhr= 66c
apple watch- 72c
ride gym 2 dome- 4.47min, 18.3amph, 141mhr, 1.4mi= 55c
apple watch- 42c
bike ride puy 2 sumn sta- 15.02min, 12.1amph, 113ahr, 145mhr, 3mi= 129c
apple watch- 113c
slow jog sta 2 wk- 5.13min, 10.12min mi, 133ahr, 145mhr, .5mi= 59c
apple watch- didn't record
Slow jog wk 2 sumn sta- 4.40min, 10.17min mi, 110ahr, 144mhr, .4mi= 62c
apple watch- 56c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 20.02min, 8.1amph, 122ahr, 142mhr 2.6mi= 188c
apple watch- 137c
total 951
still taking it slow, almost there3 -
Too many to catch up!
In Idaho at Three Island State Park in Glenn’s Ferry. Leaving tomorrow for Hells Gate State Park at the Washington State Border.
RV Rita on the move again!7 -
Kelly I can't think of any jobs more important than those that shape our children - childcare, teaching, coaching, Scout leaders, librarians, etc. are, to me, the most important people in our society. This includes stay-at-home parents. I wish every dollar that the public education system asks for would be voted in, and that every rich person would leave an endowment in their will for grants for people engaged in the care and education of our children. Thank you for what you do. You are a gifted steward and you have a really important job.
Karen in Virginia7 -
Allie, I’m so sorry for your loss.
Beth, your vacuum cord reminded me of some simple things I love
Getting into a bed with clean sheets
Dancing and singing in the car
Frozen grapes
The start and the end of books
Clothes with polka dots
And many other simple things.
Terry in VT9 -
In 1979 I bought my first house and it had a laundry room with washer and dryer. Until then I had used laundromats or shared with others. That year my grandmother moved into a nursing home and I did her laundry for her feeling grateful every day that I was able to do that for her. Now almost 40 years later, I am still grateful every time I load clothes into the washer.9
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Oh I just love all of you. It’s so interesting how each of you see life and how other people live around the world. Different, yes, but the same everywhere.
Happy Birthday Kim and many more!
Machka I’m so happy you are graduating. You have had such a hard road the last few months. You have struggled but you have done it!!
Pip I just love your doggies! They’re so cute!
Joaquin is such a cutie!
Rita I hope you enjoy the trip to the new RV Park. Take some pictures for us!
You’re turning into Willie Nelson! “On the Road Again”
Heather just a month or so before you move into your new home! It’s so exciting! Looking forward to pictures!
It’s been 3 years (8/5/15) since we signed the final papers on our home. It was so exciting! I remember driving out to the house with the keys for the first time and opening the door! Then we went back to Austin,Texas, and started packing. It was two months before we actually retired and moved. I had some flooring and carpets replaced before we moved and hired a cleaning company to go through the whole house. Since we drove 500 miles back up to Arkansas I didn’t want to have to clean!
Lanette I just bought some tumeric after running out. The swelling in my ankles went back down. Good stuff!
Gratitude
I’m grateful to be able to worship our Creator and be born at this time in history.
I’m grateful for waking up! I’ll be 70 this March so it’s getting iffy!
I’m grateful for my friends, family and my ten wonderful grandkids!
I’m grateful for my DH and his corny jokes, and providing a nice retirement home for us in Arkansas.
Our dog Dolly who is so much fun to play with and cuddle.
I’m so grateful for having enough money to buy food and the essentials of life.
I’m grateful to go to the Y to go swimming and that my back’s improving more and more since surgery.
Not many mosquitoes this summer!
And of course all of you!
Dana in Arkansas
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A simple thing I am grateful for every day is having two bathrooms. We will have two in the potential new house, but we will have to fight over who has which. I think I might be the one who goes upstairs (not in the night!)
Went out for my run this morning and it was drizzling. I carried on, but decided to cut back to half an hour and do fartleks. (Random interval training). I should do more of that, but rarely remember. I listened to the Feed The Birds podcast.
Hope the docs arrive today.
Love Heather UK XXXXXX5 -
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morning ladies~
I am up and having my tea.and then will go walk the dogs and feed my DFIL .. and then vaccume my car, it is a mess and Tom and I are going together to the wake tonight.. he has to plug his car in to charge it is an electric car,so will use mine , I have alot of laundry to do,but they are replacing the floors in the laundry room here so no washers and dryers..2
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