WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2019

Decided for brunch to have
Tea ☕️ (Added creamer to it yesterday told myself not happening today gotta be good!)
Water
Broccoli 🥦 1/2-1cup
Sushi 🍣 5pieces 160calories Banzi frozen food brand shrimp avocado 🥑 (also bought the spicy crab 🦀 roll for another day)

So low calories for brunch then big Mexican meal for dinner. Tortilla chips warmed in airfryer with meat burrito 🌯 y avocado 🥑. If any calories left after then banana 🍌 y healthy stuff for Late meal/snack.

Switched JR from regular Cheetos to Baked Cheetos so finally those are out of the house! Healthier family meals to options only here we come!

Amber Tx

lhscapil wrote: »

It's Saturday!!

So glad MFP seems to be back on track.

Machka - thank you for sharing your photos and for finding Barbara AHMOD. Even though she's not back on here yet, it's good to know she's trying. We have Windows 7 on all of our PC's, but I refuse to upgrade to 10. Used it a bit at work and now at the MG Plant Clinics and to me, it's not user friendly at all.

I ordered a 10" Fire tablet during the Prime sale, which will cover my birthday and Christmas gifts. Android seems to be a fairly stable OS - I can access a lot of things on my 7" Fire tablet that just get bogged down on this PC. So, PC will be relegated to banking, Word and Excel stuff. New tablet should be here Tuesday.

Windows 10 isn't bad. I've been working with it for a while now (since 2016) and it feels really comfortable but it did take me a couple months to sort things out.

They finally put Windows 10 on my computer at work, and what a relief! I'm so used to Windows 10 now at home and uni that using Windows 7 at work was always a little frustrating.

lhscapil wrote: »

Meg - do all of those shoes still fit? Do you have a "shoe closet?" I still have a few pairs left that I'm sure I'll never wear now that I'm stuck with orthotics. I totally understand why older gals wear running shoes all the time and to every event. Here I thought they were trying to relive their childhood.... nope, their poor feet hurt. And those running shoes are the only comfy shoes they own.

Lanette
SW WA State

Yes, I'm having the same problems with my feet and my orthotics.

I've been told to wear the orthotics and do my exercises for about a month, then my podiatrist will tell me about the shoes I can now buy. She did reassure me that since she's a girl and likes "girly" things, there are options other than the sturdy sensible shoes.

Meanwhile, I've got the orthotics in my hiking shoes and will move them over to certain pairs of boots that are big enough for them.

My feet always hurt these days. Hopefully that will improve.


Machka in Oz

Happy 70th Katla!

Carol in GA

lhscapil wrote: »

Happy Birthday Katla!!! Have a super day!



(I wanted to post this for Karen's bday earlier this week but MFP didn't cooperate )

Lanette

Happy Birthday, Katla!!!

klanders30 wrote: »

katiebug love my 3-Qt IP. I use it quite often, oatmeal, rice, yogurt, broth, apple sauce, steaming veg and making hard boiled eggs to just list a few.

Stay cool and safe everyone.

NYKAREN

Does the IP really make hard boiled eggs better than the stove top? I might try it in this 3-qt but no way would I fool with the big heavy one just for hard boiled eggs. I usually cover mine with water in a regular sauce pan, sprinkle a little salt in the water, put the lid on and bring to a boil. When the water boils, I screw the vent down on the pot lid, turn the burner off and wait 20 minutes. I’m not convinced there’s an easier way.

But then that corn on the cob was way better than steaming it in that same pan I cook eggs in. It was even better than some new way I tried a week or so back where I boiled it with a stick of butter and cup of milk in the water. That was good, but this was better, and it didn’t even need butter.

I am looking forward to trying some new recipes, so I may give the eggs a try.

K

Lanette: Thank you for the cake. I’ll be sure to have a fire extinguisher handy. :bigsmile:

Carol in GA & Heather: Thanks for your good wishes. :flowerforyou:

Heather: Thanks for your good wishes. I asked my daughter for photos of the kids and the farm for my birthday gift. So far she’s sent several endearing photos. I hope for more. DH is making me a birthday cake. :bigsmile: Arrow is not exactly out of action, but he is grumpy and stall bound. His feet are okay following a visit from the farrier. His owner asked me to go out and work with him. I am intensely flattered that she would put so much faith in me, but a bit worried about the task. I’m willing to work with him, but I want to have others around in case he gets out of hand. I think I’ll time my visits to be there when the stall workers are there cleaning horse stalls and feeding horses.

Lanette: Thank you for the lovely inferno cake. This is the big 7O and an inferno is appropriate. I’ll be sure we have a fire extinguisher standing by.

Dr Katie: I steam my hardcooked eggs in a pot with a steamer basket. They always come out well. If they’re fresh enough the yolks are yellow all the way to the surface. It varies with the eggs.


Following my comments to Heather, I would welcome advice from anyone with horsey skills. Arrow can be cooperative or a pill, depending on his mood. He’s been stall bound long enough to get grumpy. I may go tomorrow.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

Katla ~ Good luck with Arrow.

I got my hair cut today! This is the style but the color is really light brown.

Carol in Ga

Katla, Happy Birthday! Hope you can get some good work in with Arrow and that he's not too grumpy for you. You'd think that if he's grumpy from being stall bound that he would be happy for someone to let him out and "play" with him! Just no figuring out the male of any species, I guess, lol!
Rebecca, good for you for laying it on the line with your sister. While I know you dearly love her and would love to see her, she needs to have respect for you and your home and not do stuff that would upset your balance. My sincerest hope that she sees "the light" and can get her stuff together.
All those who have contributed stories about GBS, thank you, I've learned so much about it from you. I have to admit, I used to think it was taking the easy way out, now I see there is nothing easy about it, so thank you for opening my eyes!
Michele, thank you for sharing the photos of your ceramics, they are so cute!
The micromosaics (sp?) are amazing! So much patience and talent at work there!
There are definitely more posts that I wanted to comment on, but, once again - sadly, the memory fails! Just know that I do read your posts!
Our granddaughter's baby shower is today, I am crocheting a blanket for her, it's not quite finished yet. I was going to take it, and then tell our DIL that she had to give it back for a week or so (yes, I'm that close!), but then decided to just take a photo, print it off and include that with the other few things that I have for her. I've written on the photo "Dear Rosie, Gramma owes you this blanket!" I'm sure that will get a chuckle from a lot of folks and they will still be able to see it.
Anyway, hope everyone has a great day! Hugs for those who need them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
Evelyn, from sunny and warm Vancouver Island

Eggs 🥚- I have a electric steamer y tiny electric egg steamer . They come out perfectly! One is copper chef egg cooker The other Hamilton Beach Steamer -which I also steam corn 🌽,fish,y chicken in
Amber Tx

Katla, happy birthday. Have a terrific day. I'm right behind you too, I'll be 70 in November. Today is also my best friend's 70th birthday .


Janetr OKC

Evelyn, from sunny and warm Vancouver Island, In regards to my middle sister, did I tell you that while down seeing Athena, son and DIL, I saw my sister too! She came and picked me up when I had gone to see my MIL. That was on a Wednesday, and we went to her favorite bar, ( she calls it her favorite livingroon), and she had 2 beers, a shot and I had a coke. That evening we went to a nice family restaurant, (but had to go to the lounge side). We had fun watching a movie though that late evening. The next day Thurs, she slept in until 1:30. I was able to go up and visit my childhood home, and also a neighbor I babysat for. By 2:30 I was so humgry, we finally went out, ( to her bar, because she says the food was great), I had a turkey wrap. That afternoon it was about 6 pm, and we were sitting outside, it was a nice country quiet. She then says she is antsy, so I told her she could go out if he wanted to, but I was going to make an early night. I was kind of testing her, and if course she failed. I stay there two nights and she decided on the second night to go out instead of chatting with me?? It was an eye opening experience, and just solidified her need for alcohol. I hadn't seen her for 3 years and she does this. Classic.

Hmmm, sorry ladies, that visit affected me so. So much to process, but venting is what I am great at. My sister had disc surgery two weeks ago, so I have been keeping tabs on her, texting her. I might text her daughter and see if she's still smoking or going out drinking.

My eldest sister that now lives in Montana chatted with her the other day. I guess for sport my sister and the neighbor ladies shoot gophers. I guess if you don't shoot them, snakes move in. And that's bad news. So my sister's quite the Annie Oakley of the family! We vented about our middle sister. She and her don't speak to each other.

Watched a funny comedian go on about shopping. He said to do what I do. Go in and take someone's cart. I mean its not stealing, what can they do? " Hey that's my cart, I gathered that ". "Well, you can just regather, you know the route"! Hey if you take someone's cart you get to try new things. That's how I learned I like hummus! The comedian was hysterical!!!to
I don't think I could do that intentionally! I have done it as a accident though. I was like, when did I put this in, oh crap!

Have a good day y'all!
💖Rebecca

Kayla - Happy Birthday!!

My foot is still a little puffy from gout. Do you think it would be OK to try the recumbent bike?? I’m getting bored!

Connie in KY

Katla Happy Birthday! :flowerforyou:

drkatiebug wrote: »

klanders30 wrote: »

katiebug love my 3-Qt IP. I use it quite often, oatmeal, rice, yogurt, broth, apple sauce, steaming veg and making hard boiled eggs to just list a few.

Stay cool and safe everyone.

NYKAREN

Does the IP really make hard boiled eggs better than the stove top? I might try it in this 3-qt but no way would I fool with the big heavy one just for hard boiled eggs. I usually cover mine with water in a regular sauce pan, sprinkle a little salt in the water, put the lid on and bring to a boil. When the water boils, I screw the vent down on the pot lid, turn the burner off and wait 20 minutes. I’m not convinced there’s an easier way.

But then that corn on the cob was way better than steaming it in that same pan I cook eggs in. It was even better than some new way I tried a week or so back where I boiled it with a stick of butter and cup of milk in the water. That was good, but this was better, and it didn’t even need butter.

I am looking forward to trying some new recipes, so I may give the eggs a try.

K

This is how I hard cook eggs too. I did learn older eggs are better because they are easier to peal. I found this true with the last batch I made.

I was going to go on a garden tour today but it was pouring this morning so I did not go. Much cooler today here. Yesterday was oppressive. 92 and 75% humidity.

As my dear friend Kitty says Mother of Mercy. It was a scorcher.. wedding was nice and Dan's friends sons Birthday was on a reservoir and a beautiful home. But I just got home and I ate quite a few things I shouldn't have but I hydrated super well. And am in bed..woosh