WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2018

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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,155 Member
    morning ladies,
    I am up and staggering... wow I took tylenol and meletonin.. and today I put compression socks on, being 8 hours on my feet . going to stop at the market and pick something up for lunch ,and some fruit... and baby carrots for my boy..I can't wait for this week to be done.. I am to old and out of shape to be running around on a cement floor for 8 hrs a day..
    I know I know I have to get back to exercising ,and eating right.. I want to live a long healthy life and need to get a move on...
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Buon giorno, Signore! Good morning ladies! Welcome to Italia! Today we study Italy; I will have to make sure I make only enough pasta for the kids. I can have a very small amount (as I buy only whole grain or gluten free pasta), but pasta is one of my trigger foods. So...I will try to get the kids to eat it all.
    Rebecca and Bev- I also have a lego maniac. My DYS is 24 and still occasionally buys himself lego sets. He has the majority of the Star Wars sets, some of them from years ago when the second trilogy came out. He would probably buy more if Lego had the rights to the Marvel characters/ships. For him, I think the legos are more of a meditative and comforting thing. He tends to get them out when he is stressed. My DOS who is 31 has even come over and if DYS is putting together legos, he will also have a seat and begin. I used to think it weird; but there are worse habits to have!
    Bev- You are not alone, down under! Our Machka is near you and Wendy (Wildhorsewendy) is in NZ! We have ladies on this thread from a few different countries and areas of the world. England, Ireland, U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zeeland, Svalbard...the list goes on. It sounds as if you have been through some battles and I just have to say; it seem to have made you a strong woman! Congrats on the "just saying NO"! You are an inspiring lady and it is a pleasure having you here!
    Marilyn NC- Welcome! You have joined just by visiting and posting! Remember to bookmark the page so you can find it easier. Chime in when you feel the need! Please tell us a little about your journey. Be as specific as you feel comfortable.
    Heather- So glad you were able to get out with your DH and de-stress at the pub and now out to meet some friends! Sometimes it is what we need, not necessarily what we are comfortable doing (speaking of your DH, more than you). It is easier to hole up at home when we are stressed or depressed. Getting out can be great medicine! How long until your next cruise?

    Well, I better fly! Kids arriving soon! Love and hugs to all of you! These last couple of weeks of summer are leaving me with not much time to chat! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,737 Member
    Good Morning! I believe it is Tuesday......
    Yesterday was a mixed up day. I was super aware of people's attitudes and their effect on mine. I need to work on not allowing that. It was a mixed day. Not productive at work as fairly busy with walk in traffic. Less than two weeks until vacation and need to catch up before then. Grandfather clock seems to be working now-Yay!!!! And repair guy didn't charge for second trip out! That was a plus! The hot tub repair....not so good. The guy told us it was internal plumbing leak.....$150 later.......still not fixed as has to go into a repair place to the tune of a couple thousand dollars!!!!! It isn't even 6 years old yet! When we bought it, I was expecting 15 years or more of service, not less than six. This wasn't a cheap spa. I then did something I have never done before....I wrote the parent company. I let then know we were not satisfied with their product. It had a 5 year no leak warranty, yet starts leaking in summer, 6 months out of warranty, and we were told to just trade it in. I told them that at this rate, I would never buy another of their products. I asked what they were willing to do to change my mind. I love my hot tub, but $1000 a year plus chemicals, is a big investment. I am waiting on their reply now. We will wait and see.....

    DH has been so impatient lately. Everything is NOW! Really?!? Hoping he is a little better off today, as I told him last night to quit being so &^%^ impatient!

    Love the pictures! God provides the best skies!

    Welcome to the new ladies! This is a talkative bunch. Read often, comment when want, but don't feel you have to keep up with everyone! That will drive you crazy-LOL!!!!

    Michele in NC- I really have no clue how many trophies....This last one was more principal, than surprised. There weren't that many nice cars there....lots didn't even take the time to clean up! I know that my T-bird has only won one trophy, but she has only been to one car show-lol! At that one the Shelby got 3rd in its class. ;)

    Well, either my scale is broke, or my body is. I get that my eating has sucked lately, but still under calories....the scale has said the same thing for over a week! Need to figure that one out!

    (((Hugs)))
    Laughter!
    Decisions!
    High fives!

    Heading to work in Ohio
    <3
    Kylia
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,321 Member
    Bev - DOS is dear older (oldest) son. DYS is dear younger (youngest) son.

    Okie
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,709 Member
    edited August 2018
    Happy Tuesday!

    Machka - wonderful grad photo. Again, job well done!! I think it takes a special person to go back to school in her adulthood.... and here you are going on from here. <3

    Kylia - good for you getting after the hot tub company. We've had so many things, appliances mainly, break down right after the warranty expires. No wonder the landfills are full. Hope you have a good day and keep thinking about that upcoming vacation!!

    Kelly - I want to be one of your kids this week. I never have mastered chopsticks so could have learned it at your house yesterday. I have mastered pasta though, lol. Will you have fewer kids when school starts?

    Wendy     - so glad the trial went well. Nice there were other witnesses there you could visit with. Interesting to see the judicial system in action, isn't it? I used to think I'd like to be on jury duty, but I can't sit still very long. Now if they had recliners, I'd be first in line.

    Karen in VA - my heart started to race when I read about your partner's ordeal with the unprofessional interim supervisor. I've been "counseled" like that a couple times and it's very unsettling. Good for her writing the rebuttal and laying down ground rules from here on out. The only thing I might add is please give instructions IN WRITING - not to make it odious on the supervisor, but to make sure everyone is clear on the task. Supervising is a hard job and very few are really cut out for it and it sounds like this is a prime example. Why is this supervisor "interim" - filling in for someone on leave, or filling in until a permanent one can be hired (so perhaps this gal is in the running?? Hope not unless she wises up!)

    Bev - welcome from down under! Other newbies - jump in and tell us more about yourselves. This is a great group.

    Here it is only 5:30 am and the outside air is already at the "unhealthy" level. I'd prefer to stay home this morning but have allergy shots and our cleaner is coming plus need a few things from the grocery. The hazy smoke doesn't just smell like burning wood - I think I can detect some "chemical" smell... so there's other air pollution, perhaps burnt homes and factories that are contributing to this.

    However, I'm grateful that unless the weatherman messes up the prediction, we only have today and tomorrow to deal with this and the smoke keeps the temperature down a few degrees.... which is forecast to be in the low 90's for a couple days. Low 70's on Thursday and maybe a few spits of rain? Hope there are enough spits to extinguish this stuff all along the west coast.

    That's it for now. Have a good day everyone!

    Lanette
    Smokey SW WA State
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,296 Member
    edited August 2018
    Beth prayers!

    Bev and Marilyn welcome!

    Our air quality is affected by the Canadian wildfires. We did finally get some rain after a two week drought. It is hit and miss here in Minnesota.

    I've made it three months on my diet plan. Down 18 and holding steady for a couple of weeks now. I do think wearing the rose colored glasses (no pun intended )is helping with sleep. After 7 I wear them while on the computer or watching T.V. I find by 10 I am ready to go to sleep before the glasses it was 11. As I get ready for bed I keep the lights low too!

    Karen sorry for your partner that it has come to such measures. It makes work uncomfortable, but she is right to protect herself.

    :heart: Margaret
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Bev I dislike the abbreviations because they are open to interpretation. DYS can be dear youngest son, dear younger sister, or darn/damn younger son or sister. SIL can be sister-in-law or son-in-law, etc. Almost everybody on this thread uses them, so it's good to know what they stand for.

    Karen in Virginia
  • brennerjlb
    brennerjlb Posts: 720 Member
    Pip - thanks for the pics. LOVE your dogs. I will see if I am ready for another in 4 years. Taking a lot of patience (:
    Rebecca - wow. Those models are so detailed. That is amazing.
    Beth - best wishes with the surgery.

    Cool gray day here with some rain. A nice relief from humidity, but I just want to cover up and stay in bed! But onward I will go.
    Happy Tuesday all!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,699 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    Machka - wonderful grad photo. Again, job well done!! I think it takes a special person to go back to school in her adulthood.... and here you are going on from here. <3

    Thank you very much. :)

    Yes, I'm 5 weeks into my next course ... officially embarking on my Master's. But right now, I'm looking forward to spring break in a couple weeks. Not that I'll have a week off or anything (I'll be working) but no classes will be nice.


    Machka in Oz

  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Margaraet ~ Rose Colored Glasses? Are they supposed to make you sleepy? Where do you get them. Just curious.

    Alison ~ I'm sorry you are on your feet for 8 hours. I would not be able to do that even if I were 20 yrs younger.

    I had to throw out my Kashi cereal this morning. Realized when I started having gastric problems that it had soy flakes in it and they totally affected my innards.

    Carol in GA
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Welcome Leslie from Mississippi!
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Beth ~ Meant to tell you that you and son are in my thoughts and prayers.
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Oh Rye! I want you to have your own bed and your kitties, too.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,799 Member
    :/:#Rye - How frightening! <3 We live in a flood prone area and bought a big 4 wheel drive, high off the ground car, for that reason. Once my poor DDIL had to drive to us through surging floods down by the school with pupils being handed over the flood defences. She arrived at our house with the two grandkids (then) trembling and crying. Now we are hoping to move to Brighton and Hove the car looks quite out of place. Everyone there has small cars so they can fit into the parking spaces. The tinier the better.

    WELCOME NEW PEOPLE! :D

    Today I set off for yoga in the car and found no cars in the car park. A few started to arrive from the West side of the village, so I realised that there must still be the blockage in the main road. No teacher. We waited and waited. DH had set off to collect the car from me when a pupil struggled through on foot to say the road was blocked by a trench and the teacher had gone into a pothole and wrecked her tyres. So, DH gave me a lift back home and set off a roundabout way for the cricket. :o:/:#
    I gritted my teeth and went out for a run - did 5k. First time since Friday. Then I ate too much chorizo. :* So I went upstairs and did 300 calories on the rower and the recumbent bike. It was all a bit of a struggle, but I DID it. o:)
    Our friends will have to find an alternative way through to us tonight. What a pain.

    I feel as if my life is on hold waiting for exchange. I am reading some very good improving books to try to get me through it. Books on meditation, minimalism and non religious spirituality. And one on Adler. Barbie - I've downloaded the 10% Happier book.
    I will have to tidy up in a bit in case they come back for coffee.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    bevsteg wrote: »
    ps. I'm Bev

    Welcome Bev👍.
    Aww you do have a gentle giant. My son hates spiders, and had to show me one this past weekend in the garage. We share a huge home with this active duty son, splitting the rent. It works for us, and son gets reliable roommates. We are near two military bases so being retired military it saves us money.

    When I was a Lions Club exchange student during the 1980's I lived with a host family in Wollongong NSW. Their apartment looked over the rocks against the shore. It was a great 2 months! One of the sisters in my host family took me to see the band "Australian Crawl", we screamed like groupies!

    My son is a tall thing too! In high school he swallowed a frog his freshman year, so he had the imposing voice to go with the height. He hung out with what I coined the invisibles. The kids wearing goth, (not the druggies though). When he had his 18th birthday /entering Navy party, I had never seen so much facial and long hair! I almost asked one of them where his son was, thought he was a parent! My son had been packing a lot of his keeper toys, but had many of his large model cars on his bookshelves. He decided as a parting gift, each kid picked out a car. So each long haired man/ child had these big grins and a car in their hands when they left. So endearing!
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    Up .2 lbs but I am not worried. On my path, and Onederland is far off on the horizon, not so imposing a journey!
    💗Rebecca
    Whidbey island
    Washington
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,296 Member
    Carol I bought the sunglasses at Target. They are to help filter the over abundance of blue light from T.V. and LED"S. I went on line to see what glasses they recommend they had a more yellow tint and were close to 100 dollars. I thought I would try these for fifteen first and see if I notice a difference. I also have been following the recommendation of getting out in the morning and getting natural sunlight to help get myself in a good circadian rhythm.
    :heart: Margaret
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