WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2019

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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,097 Member
    Morning ladies
    Just checking in.. had a good time last night working 10-5 today and will come down and feed DFIL tonight.. I'm down here waiting for them to get him up now..
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,530 Member
    Did a DVD for the rebounder today. The plan for tomorrow is to do Jillian Michaels 30 Day shred DVD

    Evelyn – Our cat one time brought a live bird into the house and proceeded to let it go. Poor bird was scared s***less. He went all over my walls, my curtains, etc. I swear the cat had a smile on his face with feathers from the bird sticking out of his mouth while he watched us trying to catch this bird.

    Shannon – what kind of surgery are you having? Hope everything goes well. Those cats eating look like our cats when they’re eating

    Barbara – I’m trying to imagine baby’s breath for the dust storm for PigPen. How are you thinking that it should be?

    Welcome everyone new!

    Thursday here: did Jillian Michael’s 30 Day shred DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to take the water class.

    Need to volunteer at the Green Room. First, I’ll go to Food Lion (right by my house), I need to return one item and get Gatorade while I’m there since it’s on sale and I get $2 off. Then stop at the soup kitchen to make a donation from the church. When I get home I’ll make the ricotta cookies for Denise and the cake for Sunday.

    Heather – sure hope you get better fast

    Vicki – I like the idea of the thing from Halloween to be Pig Pen’s “dust”. I probably should starch it (the netting) so that it doesn’t just flop over on him. Put Charlie Brown in to be fired last night

    Shari – yea for waistlines! You SHOULD be proud

    Bananas – I’m not sure exactly how many people are on this thread, but seeings how it goes so very fast and so many people talk about how they can’t keep up, I would say a lot

    Rori – you sure do have a good way of looking at the fractures. Wish I was closer to help you out

    Laura – I actually prefer shirataki noodles now to regular spaghetti. Every time I put them in soup, I think of Heather who gave me the idea

    Want to post this before I have to leave.

    Michele in NC
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,614 Member
    edited May 2019
    Barbie thank you very much for keeping us going. Makes me think of your walking emojis, you energizer bunny, you! Your 2019 word "pause" was the focus of today's dog group training. Teaching our dogs to pause at every curb, threshold etc as a way of calming them and helpin them focus on us. Great word!

    Welcome Nerys, asolita, dives371, Shari, ChrisCatMama, ShellyBell999, rubyslipperss1 in Houston and Jen8000LM! Whew!

    Kim loved what you and Lisa and all said to Rori about her breathing a sigh of relief over 2 cracked ankles and a broken foot :). Ditto Karen in VA's, Kate's and NYKaren's comments about your feather patches. Brilliant! So happy events transpired so that you can look forward to this wedding. You'll want to see all the grins as people receive their "favors".

    I am Barbara, an Ageing Hippie, Mother of Dogs (Skye Terriers, Scooter male, 14 from the shelter, and Tumble, female 4, from a breeder at 4 months.) Born in SF, lived in the East Bay as a child, teen years in rural Northern Califiornia and then Bay Area again from college forward.

    Joe and I met at 35, married at 38, that was 31 years ago, you do the math ;)

    Our only children have four paws and fur, though we did foster 3 nephews for a couple of years (a very long story).

    Worked in transportation since childhood (Papa was a Railway Express Agent who taught me the names of the states and their capitals before I was in kindergarten, Mama taught me to read). Back in the late 70's when the first "mini" computers came on board, I was the only one in the office who was stubborn enough to make it do what I wanted it to, so slid by the seat of my pants into an IT career in the shipping industry. That career moved us from the SF Bay Area to Boise Idaho in '97.

    20 years later we retired and moved back to the ocean, but in remote, rural, forested southern Oregon, to a 30 yr old manufactured home on 15 vertical acres with a distant ocean "peek" between the trees.

    Joined mfp in 2008, took off 15 lbs. At 4'11" I've been schelpping the remaining extra 40-50 lbs around for way too long. Even though my food choices have gotten healthier (still a way to go, too much sugar!) and I'm Alcohol Free 70% of the time, have barely taken off 1 lb/month since returning to MFP in 2017.

    If it weren't for line dancing, T'ai Chi, walking with Tumble and dinking around in the dirt, my only exercise would be turning pages, clicking or rolling over. I love to read and nap!!! ;}

    April intention was to: 1. try something new this month (either keyboard or sewing machine); 2. bring all the percentages up. Strategy is to invest 5 minutes in one of the goals after each spider/free cell game. Linking to something I know I'll do every day might help.

    Forgot my strategy played way too much Spider and Free Cell. :persevere:

    May intention same as April, no more solitaire before meditation!

    Daily: walk one more step, 60 g protein, meditate, knee exercises, 10 minutes play training Tumble.
    Twice weekly: SWSY
    Weekly: hang or purge 1 piece of art
    Monthly: try one new thing (keyboard, or hebrew alphabet or sewing machine or ???)
    Bonus: AF days

    results:
    Apr: walk one more step 67%, 60 g protein=90% rx/vits=88% meditate 27%, knee exercises=27% SWSY up 0% SWSY low 0% core= 0% Tumble=60% hang up or purge art 0, AF 70% one new thing: Redwood Nature Trail Hike-Y (showed me how unfit I am :< )

    Mar: walk one more step 100%, 60 g protein=90% rx/vits=92% meditate 39%, knee exercises=39% SWSY up 13% SWSY low 13% core= 13% Tumble=61% hang up or purge art 0, AF 61%
    Feb: walk one more step 75%, 60 g protein=100% rx/vits=96% meditate 86%, knee exercises=86% SWSY up 63% SWSY low 63% core= 63% Tumble=43% hang up or purge art 0, AF 71%
    Jan: walk one more step 94%, 60 g protein=94% rx/vits=90% meditate 97%, knee exercises=97% SWSY up 100% SWSY low 100% core= 100% Tumble=39% hang up or purge art 0, AF 77%
    Dec: walk one more step 71%, 60 g protein=71% rx/vits=76% meditate 81%, knee exercises=81% SWSY up 0% SWSY low 0% core= 0% Tumble=44% hang up or purge art 0, AF 77%
    Nov: walk one more step 63%, 60 g protein=77% rx/vits=77% meditate 80%, knee exercises=83% SWSY up 13% SWSY low 10% core=13% Tumble=37% hang up or purge art 1, AF 77%
    Oct: walk one more step 74%, 60 g protein=71% rx/vits=58% meditate 42%, knee exercises=42% SWSY 0% core=13% Tumble=19% hang up or purge art 0, AF 77%


    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    walk one more step 1/31, 60 g protein 1/31, rx/vits 1/31, meditate 0/31, knee exercises 1/31, SWSY 0/9, play with Tumble 1/31, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 1/31.
    Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD!
    05/01: CFRFPD minutes-N MT: Dog group-Y ST: stuff to rummage sale-Y
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,202 Member
    edited May 2019
    :)Kim, I am so happy that a miraculous solution appeared to make it possible for you to go to your friends' wedding. The favors you are making are beautiful.

    :)Kay, what a fabulous change from before to now.

    :)Bananas, you have a very full life with lots to do. I am amazed at how much you accomplish. You keep finding ways to fit in more things and stay on your healthy path.

    :)Barbara Where did you live in "rural Northern California"?

    :)Carol, Your life sounds very satisfying and sustaining. Slow and steady will bring you great recovery from your surgery.

    :) Book recommendation for anyone wanting to build better habits---"Better Than Before" by Gretchen Rubin

    81824br5uyrfrsr.gif Barbie from beautiful sunny NW Washington
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,659 Member
    edited May 2019
    Barbie - thank you for getting us charging into May! Great job on the steps for both you and Jake, so glad he's feeling good.

    Katla - several years ago we had those little carpet beetles. I had a basket of felted wool balls - cat toys shoved in the corner of our living room. Dug into it one day and was horrified to see the little beetles had eaten channels through most the balls. I got out the vacuum and tossed everything....managed to save the basket - I cannot remember what I used to treat it, but I aired it out before bringing it back into the house. Yesterday, I accessed the Master Gardener "Pestsense" feature which NOW says chemical pesticides are not recommended, use natural means like vacuuming, etc. Poppycock, lol. You have large rugs. Glad you could order pyrethin (sp) - it's fairly safe as compared to most.

    Heather     - I too wonder if your DH wore the nail varnish to the restaurant? LOL. He is such a good sport to act as a patient when they play doctor and as a model.

    Rori - So glad to hear you will be able to be mobile with the boot. You are made out of tough stuff! B) Thank goodness for automatic transmissions, eh?

    Welcome to all new ladies - I am thoroughly enjoying reading everyone's "story". Here's mine:

    I was born and raised on a farm in Indiana. Graduated from IU. Married a Marine, we lived in VA for a while then moved to the Seattle area where I worked in the seafood business - administrative - then moved on to a job with a seafood accountant. In the mid-90's we moved to a farm close to Olympia, WA and raised sheep and I got an administrative job at the 911 Center which I eventually managed for 4 years. Retired from that for a few years, then got a part time job with the county road department-engineering & property management, mainly for the insurance to and fund my state pension. Retired at 65 - I am now 67. Our kids are our dogs, lol. Been married 42 years. My husband has RA - diagnosed in the mid 90's. Has dealt with it pretty well until the past couple years and I've also starting having some health issues. But overall, life is wonderful and I find many things to be grateful for every day. And what I'm not grateful for, I visualize kicking in the tushie, lol.

    Or PIP kicking it in the tushie! :D with her famous boot!!

    Have a good day ladies!

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    bananas I have 26 years of service in NYS as a teacher, I will need to teach four more years to get a "safe pension amount" so I am making peace with sticking around. I admire your service to Union work, it is such an important service to the teaching profession IMHO.

    Having another stressful day, but checking in here is a comforting activity for me!

    NYKAREN
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    I meditated 5 min and cleaned a good hour: ironed, put away laundry, tossed some expired herb tea, cleaned the stovetop, straightened the spice and tea shelf, shoe shelves, coat closet, paper and plastic bags.
    Was planning to go for a walk/errands but there's a downpour right now; and I'm exhausted! even doing a few errands seems hard for me to fathom at present.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,269 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    Barbie - thank you for getting us charging into May! Great job on the steps for both you and Jake, so glad he's feeling good.

    Katla - several years ago we had those little carpet beetles. I had a basket of felted wool balls - cat toys shoved in the corner of our living room. Dug into it one day and was horrified to see the little beetles had eaten channels through most the balls. I got out the vacuum and tossed everything....managed to save the basket - I cannot remember what I used to treat it, but I aired it out before bringing it back into the house. Yesterday, I accessed the Master Gardener "Pestsense" feature which NOW says chemical pesticides are not recommended, use natural means like vacuuming, etc. Poppycock, lol. You have large rugs. Glad you could order pyrethin (sp) - it's fairly safe as compared to most.

    Heather     - I too wonder if your DH wore the nail varnish to the restaurant? LOL. He is such a good sport to act as a patient when they play doctor and as a model.

    Rori - So glad to hear you will be able to be mobile with the boot. You are made out of tough stuff! B) Thank goodness for automatic transmissions, eh?

    Welcome to all new ladies - I am thoroughly enjoying reading everyone's "story". Here's mine:

    I was born and raised on a farm in Indiana. Graduated from IU. Married a Marine, we lived in VA for a while then moved to the Seattle area where I worked in the seafood business - administrative - then moved on to a job with a seafood accountant. In the mid-90's we moved to a farm close to Olympia, WA and raised sheep and I got an administrative job at the 911 Center which I eventually managed for 4 years. Retired from that for a few years, then got a part time job with the county road department, mainly for the insurance to and fund my state pension. Retired at 65 - I am now 67. Our kids are our dogs, lol. Been married 42 years. My husband has RA - diagnosed in the mid 90's. Has dealt with it pretty well until the past couple years and I've also starting having some health issues. But overall, life is wonderful and I find many things to be grateful for every day. And what I'm not grateful for, I visualize kicking in the tushie, lol.

    Or PIP kicking it in the tushie! :D with her famous boot!!

    Have a good day ladies!

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State

    U KNOW IT
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,269 Member
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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Lanette: We have ordered pyrethrin spray as recommended by our County Extension agent and it is on its way. I can hardly wait for it to get here. Meanwhile, I'm vacuuming up little black bugs in the windows. :grumble:
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,659 Member
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Lanette: We have ordered pyrethrin spray as recommended by our County Extension agent and it is on its way. I can hardly wait for it to get here. Meanwhile, I'm vacuuming up little black bugs in the windows. :grumble:

    Katla    , I also found one of those wool balls under my hutch and sure enough those rotten little bugs found it too. Makes a person wonder where they come from? After getting rid of them several years ago, I haven't seen any since. So I'm crossing fingers once you give them what-for they'll be gone for good. B)

    Lanette

  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,952 Member
    Kim - I just love the feather patches, they are beautiful. I'm happy for you that you get to have company and an assist with the costs for the trip.

    Bananasandoranges - I am truthfully just looking for a job, I have worked in the same industry doing admin work for over 25 years and I have learned what I don't want but not what I do want. I have been in talks now to two financial type positions and I think it is something I would rather enjoy. I like numbers and I like people. If I had my life to live over I would go back to school and become a counselor or therapist of some kind specializing in teens and young adults. I love working with the younger generations and feel that there are too many of them in our world that just needs someone to listen without judgement. Someone that will guide them but not discard their thoughts and ideas, I have learned a lot from younger people and feel they have a lot to contribute to society when we listen.

    Kay - you have the prettiest smile. I am in the need to "kick it up a notch" stage right now too.

    Machka- What a beautiful walk you had.

    I have truly enjoyed reading everyone's "Who am I" posts. I love hearing people's stories.

    I am waiting for the lady to call me to chat about what I have learned in my reading and studying and make her decision about whether I am ready to meet the boss yet or not. I haven't done much else this morning except catch up on Social Media posts and groups. It is time I got off my butt and start moving. I have nothing really to do today except put laundry away. I cleaned out some clothes yesterday that were too big for me and have bagged them up to send off to the local thrift store. I am going to need to do some serious shopping once I get back to work. Since I still want to lose another 50lbs I will be frugal about it though.

    Have a great day everyone,
    Tracey in Edmonton
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Kim -- Those patches are lovely. You do such nice work.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,269 Member
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  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Heather-Your DH is such a good grandpa. He is like my DH with the grandchildren. We are Blessed.

    Rori--You inspire me.

    Who am I? My name is Vicki and I live in the middle of Nebraska.I just turned 62 in March. I have been married to my DH for 34 years and between us we have 7 children, 23 grand children, 5 great grandsons. Our oldest son passed away 20 years ago next month, he was 24, heleft us 2 beautiful granddaughters. I work at a hospital for the last 32 years and supervisor of my dept of 12. My DH and I ride motorcycles and belong to Christiasen Motorcycle Assc. I have been over weight my whole life and had lap band surgery in 2012. I have lost around 100 pounds and would like to lose 70 more. My highest weight was 402 and I was 370 when I had the surgery. This group is great and I love each of you and depend of you to keep me going. Thanks.

    Kathy--Thanks for sharing and your fur babies are cute.

    Kim--The feathers are beautiful. I am glad that you are feeling better about going to the wedding and have someone to share the cost with.

    Been an interesting day at work and I am ready to go home and hide out a couple hours and destress , but need to run to Wal-mart and pick up a couple things. Turning out to be a beautiful day weather wise. I am hoping for at least 70 something Saturday as we are to go on our yearly fund raising ride with our CMA motorcycle group.

    Blessings, Vicki GI NE <3
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,712 Member
    edited May 2019
    Hi all, so many things I want to say, but will probably forget!

    Kim - gorgeous patches and a fabulous photo. It would make a great picture for your walls.

    KJ - and others - the nail varnish was washable. I was a bit horrified when I saw Edie putting it on him, but she assured me it was washable and had come off the front of a kid's magazine. She is 5 going on 35. She even changed Bea's place mat at dinner time to an orange one, because "'we don't want to have her shrieking at us, she only likes orange ones." She knows where everything is, like the cheese grater I couldn't find. :o
    Here she is dressing up yesterday after they had finished DH.
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    Felicia - you certainly have a lot of stressors. <3 My elder son has had a lot of anxiety in the past. I must admit I was so glad he did not live nearby. :o:* There is a lot of mental illness around in our families too. Including me in the past.

    Rori - Go Rori! :D:D:D<3

    Spent most of the morning wondering whether to go to the doctor, then I went to the doctor, went home, got a call to come back, then he said, come back tomorrow if you aren't any better. I do feel a bit better. :laugh: Started taking the D -Mannose.
    Decided to rack up a bit of calorie burn and managed an extra 300 by going to vote in the local elections, going up and down the street four times to the doctor, walking on the spot in front of the tv, and an hour of recumbent biking.

    Great joy is my cleaners came (after twice rearranging the time again :# ) and they did their usual AMAZING job! :D Two Brazilian women going hell for leather for an hour. Wow! We are gleaming! They only come once a fortnight because "your house is so clean" !!!!!

    About me? Well, I am writing the second volume of my memoir! There is sooooooooooooo much to say! Don’t know how to summarise it. I've led a rackety :o and unconventional life.
    I am now married to my wonderful DH, who is step granddad to 3 amazing grandkids. On Monday it will be 16 years since the day we met. We always celebrate that. We are going out to a Latin American concert in the Spiegeltent for the Brighton Fringe Festival. Afterwards we are going to Terre a Terre for a fabulous vegetarian meal. We are omnivores, but this place is something else! Today I bought him a new limited edition Caran d' Ache ballpoint pen I saw in a fancy interiors magazine. Found the pen on Amazon. It's marine blue with a turquoise clip. <3
    My ulterior motive is that he leaves pens and pencils out on the side table next to his sofa. I like them to match the decor. Last Christmas I bought him a swanky silver pencil sharpener. Now it's just the rubber and the pencil that drive me nuts! (Yes, I know I'm OCD) :sad:

    Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • b4leaving
    b4leaving Posts: 90 Member
    edited May 2019
    exermom wrote: »

    Shannon – what kind of surgery are you having? Hope everything goes well. Those cats eating look like our cats when they’re eating

    hi Michelle - it's a hysteroscopy with D&C. they keep telling me it's pretty routine, but I haven't had surgery with general anasthetic since I was in my early 20s. And I'm quite anxious in regards to all medical stuff! However, maybe it'll be better than many of the procedures I've had in the last year since I'll be totally knocked out! :)


    Shannon in rural Ontario Canada
  • b4leaving
    b4leaving Posts: 90 Member
    edited May 2019
    Machka9 wrote: »
    And the controversial new walk/cycle bridge. It actually looks better from this angle than any other.

    Machka it looks neat - what is controversial about it??

    Shannon in rural Ontario Canada

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