WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2022

I read some during the night when I couldn’t sleep last night. I know there were things I wanted to comment on and can’t remember them now.

Vicki - I want to get down to around 140 or so. Currently hovering around 183-186, up and down from one day to the next. I know it’s the unhealthy snacking the last week or so. I need to get active crafting again, I’ve just been bagged after work.

Happy Birthday Barbie!!!!! 🎂
Love your card.

I’ll put this in a spoiler as it could bring upsetting to some.

We approved to have the last of the major issue with our payroll program put into production today. Monday and Tuesday I will be training the staff on how to use one of the new functions. Only a few minor things left to go, but I feel a huge weight has been lifted.
Now just to get caught up on the rest of my work.

Tracey in Edmonton

Good morning and happy Saturday to all!
Barbie- Happy belated birthday!
Machka- Your pics of all of the work you have done at your place are astounding! And lovely! I love the dry rock stream bed idea! I also found the "middle aged" meme hilarious!
Heather- Edie is such a sweetie; and I love how all of the kids love your DH. Grand parents can be great friends. Alan Cummings. I have seen him in a few things. Never knew he was my age! I thought he was younger.
Rita- I think of you often and am sending you warm thoughts/good vibes/prayers for peace strength and comfort. Take what you need, give yourself grace, and you are correct; there isn't much within our control. Working on ourselves and how we react to outer stressors is probably your best bet. ((( ))) hugs friend!
Tina- Other than the orangey items you have made; you could make a nice orange marinade for things like orange chicken. Or you could freeze the juice into ice cubes to pull out and use whenever, or grate the peels, freeze them in ice cube trays, then have them on hand to put into a pot of hot water with some cinnamon/cloves for a nice pot pourri. My childcare kids and I use older oranges (or a few when I have more than we can eat) in our bird feeding station. The kids add the oranges to little strings of bird food and hang them in the trees. We get a lot of birds since we have added them. I have seen many people just pound a nail here and there in the tree trunk and pop a halved orange onto it.
Pip- Mather looks like a big boy. My niece has a very large and "clunky" black lab whose name is Watson. His head is humongous and he moves around the room like a moose; but he is the most loveable guy!
Update on my progress- I am 55 and just coming down from my highest weight ever. I am 5'8 (I think it is important to put your height with your weight; just a reminder that we are all different sizes and our goals aren't the same) and currently weigh 260. I have lost ten pounds in the past couple of months. I have gained 100 pounds in 20 years. *sigh* I work 50 hours a week with 11 children ages 6 weeks to age 6 in my childcare home. In the past two years things are becoming more "difficult" to do; due to my weight and all of the aches and pains that go with it. My plan is to work at least another 10-15 years in childcare; but to do that, the weight has to come off. I don't think I will make it, otherwise. SO...I continue to fight the battle of the bulge.
Yesterday was our annual Kitchen Beach Party. The kids had a blast (as they always do) and I swept up over five pounds of sand off my floors. Today I will shovel the sand out of my kitchen window and into the turtle sand box that I will have sitting on scooters just outside the window. Then, all I will need to do is roll the scooters to the other side of my driveway and slide the sandbox off and onto the grass. Here are a couple pics of the kids. I added a pic of the sand box (without kids) so you can see the size and where it is set up in my kitchen. It is a space of 10'x4'. It is just a fun day for the kids as we wait for the weather to cooperate.




Well, I have a bit of cleaning to do this weekend (lol) and my usual shopping and errands to run. This upcoming week is my last week of work, before I have a week off. We will be beginning our "spring" theme. We will start with seeds/birth.

I guess I better scoot and get things done. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)

new here. committing to my health...turned 50 on 2/18/22