WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2019

Hello one and all.

I finally had my first outdoor yoga class. It is a beautiful day here. I meet a wonderful woman from Belgium prior to the practice starting. She is here visiting her god daughter and loves practicing yoga. She told me her age, 78, and I was simply amazed by her.

Pictures are from the park where the yoga classes are held (free by the City on Saturday mornings). The first is the basic view of the area, the second shows some art in the park, and the third was my view laying on my mat. I practiced in the grass - can you believe most practiced on the sidewalk!




I just wrapped up breakfast which was a half of a whole wheat pita, small avocado and everything bagel seasoning. Avocados are becoming my favorite food as of late.

It's time for meal planning and prep and household chores with possibly a nap thrown in. Smokey the cat wants me to start nap time now - he may have the right idea since I have been up since 4 am.

Best wishes to all.
SuziQ - Broward County, Florida

Did Melt It Off DVD. I really thought it would be more cardio, but that’s OK (so many DVD’s that I forget). The plan for tomorrow is to do a Leslie Sansone Walk away the Pounds DVD. This is a new one for me so I want to try it out.

Made chocolate bran muffins for me, then cod for us to have later in the week, now making a chocolate cake to take to the Newcomer’s meeting for my girlfriend next weekend.

M – Thanks, I’m going to try that.

Cari – awesome weight loss. Do you have a secret to that loss? Just watching what you eat? Another advantage I’ve found with crafting is that it keeps your hands busy and out of food. Also, the time goes by much more quickly

Get this for Newcomers: they’re looking for a new President, VP, secretary (they were this last year) and Treasurer. They even asked Vince if he’d return as Treasurer!!!! He just told them “not now, but maybe in the future”. Is that funny or what? I told one gal on the Nominating Committee that what I’d do is send out a memo to the membership saying that we need a full slate of officers and directors. If we don’t by a certain date, we will be forced to start dissolution proceedings. They’re looking for people for some of the activities. I’d say tell people that if no one steps forward to chair these committees, they will be eliminated. Then follow thru. But I know they won’t do it. They’ll beg someone to do the jobs, then when the person realizes what’s involved, they’ll quite after a year. Just like happened this year. To me, people should do things because they want to do them, not because you asked and out of niceness they agreed. Vince was treasurer for 8 years, he wanted to do it, this guy who they begged to do it has been treasurer for one year. They got someone to do membership and when I told her what was involved in the job, she had no idea. She thought all she had to do was introduce the new members. Someone else is doing the other things (or not doing them as the case may be)

Margaaret – that’s great news about your husband

SuziQ – I try to say to people “is there anything I can get for you sir” or “here you go sir”. Just gives people a sense of dignity. It may not work for some people, but I do get a lot of “thank you”s. I just say “you’re very welcome” Do others do this? I don’t know. But I’ll just continue to do it. What do you do with the food you pick? Donate it? What a beautiful park! Avocados are on sale at Aldi so I’ll get some on my way back from exercise Monday. Can’t wait. Then have to leave them out to ripen.

They have a hazardous waste collection today. We’ll probably go later in the day when the cake comes out of the oven. Then it needs to cool for 1-1/2 hours (more is OK), so we can go then. Vince is selling some of his trains and needs boxes. Mayabe on the way back we’ll stop at U-Haul and get them Update: didn't go to hazardous waste. We'll wait until it's closer to us. We stopped at an auto place to give them the used oil we had then went and picked up the boxes Vince needs.

Supposed to be Eucharistic Minister at the church tonight. Vince said he wants to cut the cover for the pool today, so we shall see if he does do it or not. That’s one of the things that I can’t do by myself Update: he's not going to cut it. I suggested we at least cut it in half to get ready to do it tomorrow.

Ginny OH – happy early birthday. Didn’t we all ask for snow when we were little but we don’t now?

Going to try putting this in a spoiler and see how it comes out.
Michele NC
Thought this cartoon cute

Marianne WV—Yay for the 8 lb. Loss! Take those victories every chance you can. About ten years ago I lost 65 lbs....worked my butt off to do it. It came back and brought friends. This time is different. I'm a skinny person stuck in a fat person's body and habits. I'm never going to be able to relax my vigilance and eat whatever and how much I want, and that's okay. My goal is to have so much in my life, that food takes a back seat. Keep up the great work!

Ginny in Ohio—I grew up in Ohio, and as a kid snow was awesome! As an adult, ugh! Life doesn't stop for snow in Ohio, which means you have to deal with it as best you can. I remember digging out, and driving an aging LTD to work on bad tires. Sorta ruins the magic of snow. Hope you enjoy that chair. Red is my favorite color, so I have a lot of it around the house. Good luck with the hip.

Heather in U.K.--'No bad weather, just bad clothing,' I'll have to remember that!

Barbie—I envy your lazy day! All that relaxation AND a man who cooks. Enjoy yourself.

Beth—We do trunk or treating at our church, and I wish we could just do it inside. Texas weather isn't usually an issue, but the WIND is! Every decoration I can add to my trunk, has to be tied securely or it will join Scarlett O. One year I made a circus tent out of an umbrella, and it didn't do well at all. We had hundreds of kids this year, and I had a little fishing game for them to fish for treats. It never let up enough for me to really get a look at the kids.

It's cold and sunny today. My roses are blooming outside my window, the last hurrah before winter. I bought dozens of tiny succulents last night at Kroger, for fifty cents each. I asked for a container they use to sell whole chickens, and made a terrarium out of it for half of them. I need another container, since I want to give half of these cuties to a friend who loves them. My house is looking like a tropical forest, with so many indoor plants, plus those I brought in from the cold. I need to find a sunny spot for an orange tree that's loaded with tiny little, almost ripe oranges. With the in-laws here, I don't have my front window available—since that's their room now.

Take care, ladies.

Have read and caught up, I am able to read on Saturdays a bit more than during the week. I came out of October a bit lighter and an inch smaller. I am hoping to keep it up for November.

Didn't take notes as I just don't have the time to respond to everyone like i used to, but know that I'm thinking of you all.

Machka - I have had that sleep paralysis thing a few times in my life and I can tell you the dreams I had at the time I had them. One of them was when I was probably 6 years old.

It was a beautiful day here in Alberta today and I saw several flocks of Canadian geese heading South. They know we are supposed to dip in the negatives this week I guess.

Tracey in Edmonton