WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2019

Good morning ladies~
Carol ~ blessings for a speedy recovery....
I wake up by body clock at 4:40 every morning... so I had my tea and watched joyce and will get Alfies food now and hop in the shower...
working 9-6 today I think.. will find out what kind of hours Dr Pandey will have me working now that Michael is gone.. it was effecting Mary and I the most as we had to work with him..but he would put treatment plans into patients charts for Full Mouth series , that weren't even due yet just to up the price..
things should calm down a bit now ,and here is hoping the next office manager is nothing like him...

Allie - I liked Rori's comment on Michael being handed a "karma cookie." Sounds about right. Hope that the next office manager is less disruptive. Can you apply for the job, perchance?

Busy end of week coming up. Headed to my town office today to print out folder packets for Friday's presentation, and in the hours between now and when I go in, finishing up the final touches on those packets. Traveling to Little Rock tomorrow and Friday, and already being booked into meetings while I'm there.

Next week, the hubs and I have tickets to Celtic Woman here in town on Tuesday, which is kind of cool (they were his Christmas present), but wish it wasn't on a weeknight. Then five hours' driving for a 15-minute presentation Thursday. The week after, traveling one last time for April. May should be... calmer. I hope.

Our daughter's getting quite excited to be here in September with the kids--and probably the dogs, which does not thrill my husband... Hopefully between now and then we can get fences ready for the massive German Shepherd she owns. I'll try to take some time off while they're here, am just waiting on her husband's and her orders to come in for the transfer to Fort Riley, Kansas, to get good dates. And the Army being the Army, they could end up going someplace completely different without much warning, so not holding my breath.

Eating's not been great--can't face protein at the moment after a year and a half of focusing on it, it's starting to make me gag at the thought, so just trying to keep calories within reason. Unfortunately, the carbs bring a ton of salt with them, which is keeping me all swelly.

This too will pass.

Welcome to the new ones, we're glad you're here! Join in the conversation where and as you feel drawn to do so, no worries about responding to us all.

Love y'all!
Lisa in AR

drkatiebug wrote: »

I’m very pleased with the finished living room. Now to get all of my decluttered objects - books, bookcases, some wall decor, file boxes, etc to the thrift store and out of the house.

Having a nice, clean, uncluttered space actually encourages good eating choices and makes me feel more in control. Plus, I’ve gone back to the gym and my back seems to be recovered.

That's a beautiful room!

Still trying

Good morning ladies.

Can't believe it's already Wednesday. I'm gonna work a bit and hopefully have a 5-6 mile hike with hubby later. On Monday my 30 year old daughter finally hiked with me. It was lots of fun!

Doing well on my diet this week as far as calories go. Woke up in the middle of the night hungry but did not eat - mainly because I didn't want to affect my morning weigh in. Lol.

Lots of school districts are closed today due to a young woman who has made threats. I hope they can find her soon before she hurts anyone

Hope everyone has a great day!

Drumroll required! DH has bought a smartphone! It arrived today. Unfortunately he can't get a sim in it before next week as the O2 guru is on holiday, but he is trying to experiment with the Internet via wifi. It will be a steep learning curve and he doesn’t take well to advice. He really wants it so he can keep track of sports when he is away from home.
I NEVER thought I would see the day!

My cold is still a ×××××× nuisance and seems to get worse as the day progresses. I managed a very slow 5k after lunch, but went downhill from there. Did produce a Hairy Bikers chicken for dinner. Always delicious. Last night was a washout as far as sleep was concerned.

Edie is coming for her one to one tomorrow. We hope to go out to the beach café for lunch, so I have requested that her mum brings a sunhat. I know she will keep me to the promise of a comic and a visit to the art shop. Looking forward to seeing her on her own.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Hi Ladies,

Just passing by quickly here....

Rita and Allie, you are such wonderful inspirations!! Rita - I think there's green cheese on Mars.... is that what you've been eating? lol.

Allie - so glad Michael is out the door. Whew. Would you want office manager job? Maybe more hours and responsibility than you want right now. Your DFIL has lived a long life, I'm amazed he's back eating after a several day lapse.

Ginger - your accountability posts have inspired me and now I've created a spreadsheet to log everything. I had one 20 years ago when I lost a lot of weight on WW, and it really kept me going. I still go back and look at it from time to time, reminds me I can do it if I put my mind to it.

Before I forget - I think my Fitbit One is on the way out. Hope not. I love it because I can hook it on my bra or jeans waistband. I don't do well with anything that goes around my wrist.... I wear a watch when I go to town then it comes right off when I get home. Looks like Fitbit makes a little one but has a battery that needs to be changed. Nope to that, lol. Does anyone have suggestions on good quality pedometers that have wifi?

Margaret - I'll bet the police chief would welcome your suggestions on how to better handle what your son went through. If not, then maybe his boss would. Your goal is to make it better next time if there is one, and for others who have similar situations.

Barbara AHMOD - sorry to hear about Scooter! Hopefully he's on the mend! Seizures in pupsters are scary for sure.

Barbie - you are such a sweetie to keep in contact with your mom's cousin. Reminds me of when I'd call my mom every Sunday morning, I knew she looked forward to it. Kind of broke my heart when she was unable to talk much and handed the phone to my dad, but it was good in that he and I developed a good relationship with weekly calls for a year or so before he passed.

Lanette
SW WA State

Allie, I am proud of you for speaking up. It speaks well of your employer for dealing with it quickly and appropriately.

Thank you for the compliments on my living room. We are slowly working on our whole house making it a calm, inviting, comfortable space, one project at a time as we get the cash saved. Next will be a garage makeover. It hasn’t been painted since we moved here in 1994. The ceiling is textured the same as the house, but the dampness has caused it to flake off in places, big chunks at a time. We’re going to get that scraped off altogether and redone, and the walls painted. Of course we will do a massive declutter and organization of our tools at that time. It will probably take 3 to 4 months to save back up, maybe longer if we have more things break.

I got my hair cut today. My hairdresser announced that she’s retiring in June to work with her husband. Man, I hate having to find a new one.

We did legs and back at the gym today. It was a great workout. I’m short on steps but I’m not going to sweat it. Sometimes weights are enough!

Heather, I got my husband a smart phone last year. I was explicitly told to get him a new flip phone but they were running a buy one get one free deal, so I disobeyed him. Now he loves it and wouldn’t want anything else.

Allie, good grief! A 30 year old man needs his daddy to call his former employer because he got fired??? So glad for you and everyone else in the office that he is gone. Nobody needs that much negativity in their life.
Tracy in Edmonton, happy to hear that your hubby got called back to work earlier than expected! Still keeping good thoughts for you for a good job. Hopefully Jason Kenney will live up to his campaign promises of "jobs, jobs, jobs"! (my only political comment!)
So sad about Notre Dame Cathedral fire, happy that many treasures appear to have been saved and that it will be rebuilt. Also happy that it was a construction/renovation incident and not something more sinister.
Katie, the living room does look lovely, how nice that your hubby realized that you were sad about not having the money for the rug and opening up his savings to make the room complete. Chances are good he will also listen to you the next time you suggest the septic system is acting funny!
Heather, hope you start to feel better soon, one on one with Bea sounds like fun! How lovely that you are nice and close to the family and have the opportunity to spend time with the kids!
Lisa, can't remember if I said anything or not, but the quilt looks lovely. A lap quilt is just the right size too, nice to have something to throw over your legs on a cool afternoon or evening, I'm sure it will get a good price at your auction(sale?, sorry, the memory fails....)
Rebecca, the new house looks lovely and I did giggle about you telling DS that you would box up his Lego creations for him! lol So glad you were able to find something so quickly and close!

Official wi yesterday. Up the .2 of a pound that put me into a lower decade last week. I know exactly what happened, I fell face first into a bowl of easter chocolate. sigh. You'd think I'd know better by now, but, oh well, I did enjoy it! lol. I know I shouldn't buy it, but I am eating small amounts of it at one sitting, spreading it out over the week instead of inhaling it all at once, but still. Oh well, it will be gone soon enough and I will be eating normal again. I also have not made it to the gym yesterday or today. Yesterday I was kind of a slug, but did get some more plants for my garden, really didn't need anymore, but while I have lots of spring bulbs, I didn't have much in the way of summer flowers, so now I have lots of those too! Hubby and I were both surprised that I found space for them all, lol. At work today, so eating has to be relatively normal, although the boss does love to buy candies and cookies for the tenants and staff also. Trying to stay out of it.....
That's it for me for now. Wishing everyone a great day!
Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island