WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2025

Rock on, Pip. I had my share of black eyes, too, and a broken nose. 👀I just never actually married that one. He was just before I went in the military. Dodged a bullet. Probably literally.

But I may be thinking that because I've watched all of Will Trent, all of High Potential and 14 episodes of the original CSI in the last couple weeks. 🤔

Welcome to February, everybody! I'm Lisa, and I am watching WAY too much TV lately... 🤣 But I've also broken my own record, and exercised 25 days straight, 12-15 minutes minimum. Yay!

Thanks, Barbie for bringing us with you. You stay in my thoughts, and I'm so glad you're here with us. You are so loved.

Lisa in AR

January Exercise




Toward my goal of exercising at least 15 minutes a day for 300 days of the year ... I exercised 30/31 days in January.



Machka in Oz

Carla-prayers for you and family.

Getting caught up with house work since work took most of my time this week. Have a project for the I need to finish by noon tomorrow. Focusing on house this am. Getting outside walk in. Should get everything done. Going to Columbus for conference tomorrow for a couple of days (which is why I need to finish some stuff!)

January very long month. Hope I can focus more on what I read here. Even though I don't comment on all, your stories are part of the fabric of my life.

Need to balance checkbook and pay bills-there may be a bit of shopping in my future!

Take care all,

Ginny in Ohio

Good morning ladies!

Thank you, Barbie, for keeping us rolling along. I always look forward to your monthly intro message. I was glad to hear Annie did well guarding the car while you were at the dentist.

Sue - Happy Birthday! Boston Cream pie sounds like a wonderful treat. It will be interesting seeing what materializes weather-wise for those of us on the "wet" side of Washington state.

Debbie - have a great time at your mom's this weekend. I'm so glad she's not far away and you can spend time with her. Good for both of you.

Kylia - crossing fingers your son in law will be a great addition to the business. Will he be a mechanic? Helping with sales/counter stuff?

Heather - your comment about teenage Edie and Bea spending time with you and John got me thinking about my relationship with my grandparents during my teenage years. I know I didn't spend a lot of time with them - so many school things to do with my friends - but they were always welcoming and listened to my problems. I was so grateful I had them. I'll bet your grands will be the same way.

I was just thinking that even though I dread potential upcoming snow/cold weather, in just a few months I'll be germinating tomato seeds. The nasty weather won't last forever (I hope!!) January really did speed by.

In my diabetes prevention class, we have to track (and report) exercise minutes. Can be moderately fast walking, weights, swimming, etc. with the goal of 150 minutes per week. Since I log it anyhow, I'm going to start noting it on my weekly check-in comments. I put house-walking in that category since I go at a good clip and carry weights.

I slept great last night on the side of the bed with the "new" mattress. Charlie is planning to stop by on Sunday and turn the old one. Hope it helps. I may end up going back to the mattress place and getting a new twin XL - the firmest they make. The ones I bought 2 1/2 years ago were moderately firm. My mattresses always seem to sag at my hips as time goes by. DH's sagged in chest area.

OK, make it a great weekend, ladies. Stay safe out there.

Lanette
SW WA State

Barbie- Thank you for getting us starting us up for February..
Look at you getting free ice cream 😍 how wonderful...
And it looks like Annie is getting used to being mommies dog and keeping you company xoxo
Yesterday was weird..I had a bad case of Gerd and just didn't feel great..so when I got home from watching Delia I lay down and slept until 6 pm ,then was awake for a few hrs and back to sleep..but i took my night time meds,and im on a new one for my thyroid
I forgot because i hadn't been feeling well i need to take it with food..i was almost asleep and luckily had a garbage can next to me because i lost it..luckily i was sipping on water most of the day.
And im still in bed today..but im down to 163 yipee!!!

This was Delia yesterday

Barbie ... thank you for the new month! And so glad to hear that your mammogram was normal.

Carla ... very sorry for your family's loss ...

Sue ... Happy Birthday! Hope all your Birthday wishes come true!

Ginny ... ditto Lisa ... "fabric of our lives" is a perfect description of this group. I reference everyone on her almost weekly (if not daily).

Debbie ... I am saddened by the days of your life. I know that I could not and would not tolerate the behavior that you accept on a regular basis. You are worthy of so much more and I pray that you will recognize your value and demand more. Hugs.

Machka ... great start to your yearly goals!

Well, I had my surgery ... a wire localized (that part was not under anesthesia btw ) excisional biopsy of my one breast (anesthesia for that part). Everything went very well and today I wouldn't know I had surgery except for the pink post-surgery hospital bra stuffed with gauze. I have never needed a padded bra. No pain or problems with the site. The sinus/cold thing was nearly non-existent yesterday. No one seemed concerned about it. Today I'm back to post-nasal drip and a sinus headache. Go figure. A one-day pause. Thank you for the good thoughts.

January Goals: I just stayed the same in January ... "entitlement eating" and allowing stress to affect me did that. February Goals: After my post surgery one week "lay low" instructions, it's my plan to get back on the treadmill and work at more healthy food choices.

Beth near Buffalo where the weather is just weird. That dang rodent better get it right tomorrow!

After the soup kitchen prebowled. I’m feeling like I should just quit. Thing is...I’m not a quitter. Hopefully, just taking a break when we go to FL will help. Who knows? Maybe I’m just getting burned out. On the bright side, tho (if you want to call this a bright spot) I was going to have an apple fritter I got from the soup kitchen to soothe myself. Instead I admit that I did have a 3 Musketeers fun size bar and some marshmallows (40 cal).

Barbara and Mo – there’s an unspoken pact between criminals. You can do the most heinous crime and they don’t blink. But touch a child. You can count your minutes on this earth. Wouldn’t surprise me if the criminals took care of that guy who threw the baby down the stairs.

Mo – if I ever did your job, the tears would flow and flow and flow. How strong you are!

Kylia – happy belated birthday to your husband

Carla – so sorry for your loss

Heather – you have done so much in your life and overcome so much

Quite a few years ago Vince got a mattress topper. Now it’s depressed where we sleep. Not sure why he hasn’t gotten a new one. See, he got it for his back, I don’t have a problem.

Plan to go to WalMart tomorrow after exercising at home and taking my walk. Need to get things to make meals for when we get back from FL.

Lisa – good for you breaking your record! That’s awesome

Rebecca – when I went to my doc last time, he had this “check list” of all the tests I should have (mammo, DEXA, etc) and shots to be sure I was up to date (I needed my tetnus). But I do still keep my own schedule. I use Google Calendar and just make a note “call for xxxx appt”. Then I just save it yearly

barbie – thanks for keeping us going with all you’re going thru. Think of you often. How wonderful that lady let you keep the ice cream. I’m sure they appreciate customers who are honest and go out of their way for them.

Sue – happy birthday! Is it Feb. 1 or Jan 31?

Off to get dinner ready to microwave then go for my walk

Michele NC

Carol - Thanks for visiting my site! And well done on the two pound loss! I was working through my chair exercise this morning and whining to myself about HAVING to work out in a chair instead of doing yoga and feeling very old. Then I used KJ's "flip it" advice and I realized that the vertigo forced me into the chair, but I've made that a place where I can exercise. You're not letting the weather or anything else stop you, and doing the house walking! You may not lose two pounds every week, but you WILL feel better - I do, just from 10 to 15 minutes each day. Pleased for you.

Allie - SO well done on the weight loss. I know it's more than 40 pounds now, so pleased for you.

Machka - That colored image is a huge leap forward for you from the work you were doing with the patterns. It's beautiful.

Beth - Staying the same is FAR better than gaining. Just a deep breath before you bail into the second week of February with all four feet. Punxsutawney Phil can kiss my left foot--he has a 35% accuracy rate. Egg said it was going to be a bad winter, putting on that incredibly fluffy coat, and has been right so far. She's not losing any of it yet, even though it's supposed to be in the 60s today and the 70s tomorrow. I think we've still got a ways to go... 😑 or at least my prognosticating cat thinks so. 🐈‍⬛😂🐈‍⬛ Believe who you will - the rodent or the feline...

Back to my doings... love y'all!
Lisa in AR