WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2018
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Machka - that's a million dollar view right there! I can't remember - are their stairs up to your place that your DH has to navigate or is the entry on ground level?
Taken August 3, 2015 ... the only time we've had snow down to our level. And actually, we had snow right down to sea level that day.
We live halfway up a 14% grade hill. So ..............
If you come in from the upper driveway, it's relatively flat ...
If you come in from the lower driveway, it's a challenging climb ...
Machka in Oz4 -
very smoky here. Poor Jake is very sensitive to the smoke so he's staying indoors. I'm OK outside but I didn't walk the dogs for long or pull weeds for long.
Barbie5 -
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Good morning ladies -
I have a (caffeine withdrawal) headache so I am grumpy. Lucky for the hubs he is off working this week so he gets to miss the caffeine withdrawal process . I had been consciously adding more fat into my diet for the past couple of weeks. I have been low fat for the past 14 months, since we found out the hubs was having gall bladder problems. I haven't had any issues with eating an occasional high fat meal, but thought it was time to add back a normal amount of fat on a normal basis. Unfortunately, my body didn't agree. I started having heartburn like none I've had before. I am going on a pretty basic diet for the next week (or two, whatever it takes) to try to get back to my pre-fat adding baseline (of feeling good, not weight, it hasn't changed). I tried my diet coke yesterday morning and the burning started so out it went. I tried iced tea while we were out and about and it was also a no go (caffeine and carbonation are both generic triggers). I had plain salad last night (no yummy stuff like tomatoes, onions, red wine vinegar) and did fine. I had my fat free yogurt and apple slices this morning and am doing fine with it as well. I am hoping if I can get my system happy again then I can return to my normal diet coke or iced tea in the morning, tomatoes and onions and red wine vinegar on my salad, some cheese in my salad or on my veggie scrambles. My neighbor was quite happy because she got a bag full of fresh salad veggies that I can't eat this week.
Have a great week ladies!
Okie in the TX Hill Country6 -
Heather your decluttering has slipped into my mind. All weekend I noticed every little thing and tried to decide what was important and what wasn't. Before I could look at the house though I really needed to look at our shed because tools have made their way into my craft room since hubby's shed was too full. Yesterday I spent 4 hours organizing and rearranging. I managed to get rid of 4 boxes of stuff! I would have gotten rid of more, but hubby was watching. I don't understand why we need to keep old DVD's that have been in storage for 8 years! I'll get rid of them eventually LOL Tonight I need to finish up in the shed, then I'll be starting on my craft room.
Kylia - I had to smile at the "one task leading to another", that seems to be how my whole weekend went! I was cleaning Saturday morning, and needed a container to put grass seed in that hubby had "stored" on my porch. I went to the dollar store to buy one and ended up getting groceries, then hubby decided I should buy a BBQ I had looked at a week or so ago. Went to buy that, helped build it, then made supper. My cleaning still isn't all done...
Rebecca - I am a firm believer that telling your story helps others, but in this instance I think you telling your story to your son is not a wise decision. As a son he doesn't need to hear about your sexuality. If he's spending a lot of money that would be concerning, but truthfully it is pretty normal at this stage of life I think.
I have been trying to figure out what to do for my birthday this year. It is my 50th. I found an event in our town that is called Hoedown for Hunger. It is to raise money for the food bank and is a family friendly event. It is advertised as an Old Fashioned Country Barn Dance. So far only my daughters think it sounds interesting though. I wish I was in NB for this birthday. My closest dearest friends are there and would smile and say sure I'll do that with you, even though most of them hate country music. LOL
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Wow! took me a bit to catch up. You are all great posters! Happy Monday!
Starting my week off well - big plans for a loss this week (:
Lanette - wow read your vet story. I would be furious at the vet that did nothing. Why is he even a vet then?
Pip - love your puppy. Black lab? beautiful, but I am a lab lover.
Barbie - good luck Wednesday. Sorry to hear about the smoke. I feel bad for all that are in the fire and smoke. How helpless.
Okie - have you ever tried some probiotics? I started fermenting some foods to try and get good bacteria in me. Just a start, but reading up on it makes me want to do more.
Machka - great living quarters!
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klanders30 wrote: »Yes, the cool bike sculpture is on the Rhodes university campus in so Africa—very unique and cool- the minute I saw it i thought of Machka!
My mistake! I never thought of needing jackets in S. Africa!
A lot of people don't associate snow with Australia either.
Machka in (rather snowy) Oz
I remember skiing in the Snowy Mountains in the southeastern part of New South Wales, just fantastic. It was magical!
Rebecca 💗2 -
Staying inside because of the smoke, I did some much needed bookkeeping paperwork with Jake pulled out his coloring. He used to do coloring to relax and hasn't done it in awhile. It was great to see him back at it.
My decluttering project is scanning photos. Last year we went through all our photos and discarded many and kept many more. The scanning is a huge walk down memory lane and I can do only a bit of it at a time but even at 6 photos a day, that would be about 2,000 in a year.
Barbie4 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »Wendy Agree with what others have said, short factual answers without embellishment and ask for a question to be repeated if you need to. And keep Esmerelda in your pocket for courage.
Rebecca Not sure the Pork your son is looking at online is any different than Hustler or Playboy stashed under the mattress. He's 20. It's normal.
Karen in VIrginia
While what you described sounds normal, what he is doing is paying actual money on a online viewing ladies in real time issue. Tipping them with money and they do things. At this time, he would not be able to afford a ticket to come see us at Christmas time.
Rebecca2 -
It wasn't my sexuality that was the problem Snowflake, it was my addiction to sexting on the internet that was. It was my coping mechanism choices, when I had a husband that was on death's door. Stress does amazing things, and I looked at it as finding validity in myself. Now looking back, I regret it all, and that is a guilt I live with daily.
Rebecca4 -
Staying inside because of the smoke, I did some much needed bookkeeping paperwork with Jake pulled out his coloring. He used to do coloring to relax and hasn't done it in awhile. It was great to see him back at it.
My decluttering project is scanning photos. Last year we went through all our photos and discarded many and kept many more. The scanning is a huge walk down memory lane and I can do only a bit of it at a time but even at 6 photos a day, that would be about 2,000 in a year.
Barbie
Oh I hope you get a windy day to blow the smoke away!
Great job on the scanning! My husband likes to color too!
Rebecca 💗1 -
coastalgosgal wrote: »It wasn't my sexuality that was the problem Snowflake, it was my addiction to sexting on the internet that was. It was my coping mechanism choices, when I had a husband that was on death's door. Stress does amazing things, and I looked at it as finding validity in myself. Now looking back, I regret it all, and that is a guilt I live with daily.
Rebecca
Sorry I may have worded that improperly. I just meant discussing anything that would make you think of your Mother as a sexual being could be difficult.
I understand all too well how different emotions make us react in behaviours that we might not ever do. I cheated on my husband years ago, 7 years into our marriage. I have never stopped regretting it or trying to make up for it. The sad part is in my emotional state I blamed him for my behaviour. I can't ever forgive myself for that.
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »coastalgosgal wrote: »It wasn't my sexuality that was the problem Snowflake, it was my addiction to sexting on the internet that was. It was my coping mechanism choices, when I had a husband that was on death's door. Stress does amazing things, and I looked at it as finding validity in myself. Now looking back, I regret it all, and that is a guilt I live with daily.
Rebecca
Sorry I may have worded that improperly. I just meant discussing anything that would make you think of your Mother as a sexual being could be difficult.
I understand all too well how different emotions make us react in behaviours that we might not ever do. I cheated on my husband years ago, 7 years into our marriage. I have never stopped regretting it or trying to make up for it. The sad part is in my emotional state I blamed him for my behaviour. I can't ever forgive myself for that.
Awe, no worries, I was just stating my views💗. I learned that I was a survivor just like my husband was, when he got his transplant. I wrote down my past mistakes, and my therapist shredded them. I learned to forgive myself. I was not taught great coping skilks. I settled for how I was treated by men in general. Relationships before marriage were pretty much just hookups here and there.
So now, husband and I are blissfully happy. I say to him he received a romantic liver!
💗 Rebecca4 -
Cows all dolled up!
Rebecca4 -
If we could all be Zen Masters like cats!
Rebecca👍5 -
My sister's artwork. Wise words sis!
Rebecca6 -
Hello Ladies!!!!
(((Hugs))) to all suffering from the smoke-been there, done that, it sucks. Take care of yourselves!
Okie-I hope it makes you laugh that the first thing I did when I read the first line of your post about caffeine withdrawal was make myself a cup of coffee! It's that time of the afternoon, but you reminded me
Here's a slightly late mid-month check-in on my goals:
I'm on an 11 day run with 10K+ steps a day!!
I'm tracking my food diligently, even on "splurge" night with my DH
I have my 5th session with my personal trainer in a little while. It is TOUGH. I often say (but not to him) that it is a good thing he (the trainer) is cute or else I'd punch him
Since July 1 I have lost 10 pounds! It's slowing down though, as I knew it would.
The most exciting news it that on September 1 we are picking up our PUPPY!!!! I've never had a dog of my own so I'm nervous, but so excited. He is a Corgi and I'll will post pictures!
-ElizabethGA11 -
Checking in! I’ve been lurking too.
Dana in Arkansas2 -
Carol – Taylor rents most of her books, buys the ones that will be something she needs in the line of being a PT. She rented the book that the professor said to buy; come to find out it is slightly different, so the one she had planned on using (her boyfriend’s) isn’t going to work. Now she has to go back and reorder a book, then see if she can sell it. They will tell them to get certain books; but, when they turn in their syllabus, it is different. Says she prefers to get her books early so she can start reading them before classes start.
County Roads Maintenance guy called this AM and said they were going to put down red sand. He admitted that the ones in charge previously had mixed the dirt and he now has it separated. It’ll take a few months; but, he intends on getting all the dirt road passable, including crowning and ditching. Some people are going to have to buy culverts to be put under their driveways. I am pretty sure we’ll have to buy one even though we are on a hill. He said that the roads have being bogged. You’d think it was teenagers; but, he said, ‘no, two grown men’; but, they have to catch them ‘in the act’ before they can charge them. Told me to either call him or the Sheriff when we hear them out there. You could sort of understand teenagers bogging; but, 2 grown-@$$ men? They are old enough to understand the consequence of purposefully making all the dirt road impassable in the county. There are more dirt roads in this county than there are paved ones. On some they are having to put down gravel.
Rebecca – I’m not sure I would admit to your son anything about your addition. He will learn to deal with his issue on his own or ask your DH or one of his brothers. If he is ‘anything’ like my oldest son (and his wife) – anything said about anything remotely ‘sexual’ turns them into children. WTMI. “Well, how do you and Will think you got here? Immaculate conceptions?” Will and Tami are a lot more open about sex. No, I don’t think it would help him; about like my DDnL#1 telling our oldest grand about losing her virginity at the age of 13; and, how she wanted her to go on BC (at 15), in front of their other 2 (12 and 7 at the time). It upset my oldest granddaughter to the point, she ran into the bathroom and cried. I went in and rubbed her back and she turned to me and said, “I know what it is like to have a young mother and I am not going there, I don’t know why they (she) can’t trust me.” Five of Jenn’s nieces have had children ‘out of wedlock’. When she first came over and talked about having the bars in her arm (5 years of BC), I asked her ‘how she was going to legally do that? She said, well we have the same last name. OK, so what are you going to tell her Daddy when she has a stroke, or what are you going to say when she gets married and is unable to have a baby? That was the last I had heard of it until the comment about losing her virginity. No, No, No! He has enough to deal with, with his Dad confronting him. Let your husband deal with it, man-to-man. If you admit to the addiction then you will only make him think less of you. I know how important your boys are to you, don't do or say anything about it. I never say anything derogatory about Taylor’s Mother – she can say all she wants; but, it is NOT my place. Jennifer has made the mistake of saying derogatory things about her Mother and she does not appreciate it. She is her biological mother, regardless of what she is going through. It was like the random woman calling her at school telling her that 'her mother had been shot in the head'. She got hysterical; and Jenn called the Sheriff in Lee County, an uncle to one of her good friends and asked if he could find out anything. Apparently, she was hurt that bad; when the police came in to tell her that she was going 'directly to jail when the MD said she could' … he did not handcuff her to the bed, so she left and is 'out in the wind'. Another probation violation. But, they are not 'looking hard for her'. The last time they found her she was in "Ohio". Wasn't supposed to leave the state. She has even told Trey how it makes her feel when she does. Now, she is pushing for her to give Chase an ultimatum about committing – at least put a ring on her finger. There again, all I say to her is ‘don’t wait for Chase to make the decision on where he is going to apply for PT school, apply to every one of them and take the one you think is best'. If y’all end up at two different schools then one thing you will find out will be ‘if the relationship can survive long term’. Military families have to deal with long term relationships all the time. IMHO. But, now that you have said that your husband did not tell you of the situation, don’t be surprised if he is ‘distant’ when he comes home. Now, he will probably feel that he owes you an explanation. Best thing to do is not mention it again. Laugh it off and tell him that you DH talks to all the boys and never says what they talk about and brush it off.
I think one of the things that our oldest son told the boys that Taylor (and now Madison) was when they started ‘acting serious’ was “Don’t take anything away from my daughter, that you will be unable to give it back.” I think they have worried more about Madison because she was dating a boy they did not like; I disagreed with them about ‘trying to break them up’. With girls, this usually means they will either find a way or they will lie about it and still date him’. They broke up a week before prom after they had spent $300 on a prom dress. She went by herself. Well, not really by herself; but, with a openly gay friend and another friend went with the other boy involved. They are all friends so they had a good time just sitting and talking to one another. She asked another boy in her class if ‘he would escort her out for the walk out’.
Lanette – Well … when this woman sues her VET, I bet she will be able to get the name through discovery; then she can add them to the lawsuit. The fact that she was also bitten, in GA, they would have impounded the Great Dane for 10 days to make sure it did not have rabies. Even ‘small dogs’ if in ‘strange situations’ can bite. I don’t care, I keep Cracker on a very short leash or in my lap (on a leash).
Katla and Michele – We sometimes watch vet shows on TV; and, all I can say is “I’d NEVER be a large animal vet’. Stick my arm all the way up a cow’s fanny with a sleeve on? And walk through pig $#*T. Nah, I’ve even seen some ‘small animals come into the waiting room with open sores, or places they have had ears sewn back on and get queasy. I think Dr. Pol is one of my favorites.
Wendy – In an ‘especially touchy’ case; quite often if you feel threatened and it is obvious to your attorney, he will stand in front of you to block your view from the other party. He will ‘oppose’ if he thinks the other attorney is trying to bait you and quite often then judge will admonish him and tell him to move back. Nobody wants a witness to burst into tears. I have known Judges to tell the Marshals to remove someone before because of ‘their attitudes’ about the case. If, at all possible, answer the question with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Sometimes they will ask the judge to let them treat you as a ‘hostile witness’ … especially if you attempt to justify or ramble on. I am sending hellos to all the new ladies!
Terry – When I had my casts/splint on, Louis would take a garbage bad and draw it tight, then take the handles and tie them around my neck. It got to the point it became a joke to us. Trying to take a shower with a cast is awful. I don’t see how you are succeeding with the cast being on your leg.
Meg – That would be a hard thing to do; but, she is a friend and sometimes you have to decide it is worth supporting that friend. I know it is difficult because of whatever you’ve been through.
I’m taking Kylia ending:
I am sending (((HUGS))) to all those in need of one!
I am sending thank yous to all of you!
I am sending encouragement to those in need!
I am sending energy to those in the middle of projects!
Lenora5 -
I managed to partly declutter one of those drawers that has unrecognisable connectors, wires and brackets in it. I've thrown away about fifty curtain hooks, but some things I kept just in case ...... Need to ask DH if he knows what they are.
Snowflake - My DH has been very good with my minimalising, but he says he has gone through his CD and audio tapes collection and thrown stuff out. In my opinion there is still far too much there. He never listens to any of it and has an ipod and an MP3 with great headphones. However, it is not my place to tell him what to do. He doesn't have a smart phone, so is less inclined to part with physical music and all the junk that goes with it. The vinyl I can understand. All that stuff will be going in the front room of the new house, so I will only see it when I go in there for office tasks, like printing. It does annoy me though. Once the minimalising bug grips you it's very addictive! I am yet to tackle photos, Barbie, and don't know if I can. I have many large boxes.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx1
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