WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2011

I've scanned the new posts as far back as I could. It seems as if we have highs including weight losses, new grandbabies, etc, "oatmeal" stress and other lows. Warm hugs to all.

In one day I did all my Christmas shopping and got groceries. Hubby cleaned the fridge as it was empty. So a lot got done around here for the holidays. My MIL is coming on Tuesday instead of Thursday, so it was a good thing I had not gone shopping yet. Everywhere was mobbed.

Between now and January 3rd I am just going to focus on logging, posting and getting back into exercising like I use to. On the 3rd I will start an ernest diet again. Between now and then I will just try to be reasonable and lot bring back any bad habits.

My last Aunt is in the hospital and I only hope she gets to come home for one more holiday with her family. Last year Mom lost a sister and a brother around the holidays and it was hard. My mom, Dad and Aunt Lu are the last ones of the previous generation in our entire family. Most of their friends are already gone. It is a real eye opener on life.

May we all enjoy the ones we love this holiday season.

Jeannie

Jeannie, you are great! You made Chicklet's situation much easier to process with those two words, "oatmeal stress". Loved that! We have to laugh or we'll cry.

Do I have to start a new "thread" for my exercises, another new one for what is going on in my life that day, etc?

No. A thread works exact as it does now. All a group does is put all our threads in one place without all the other threads that we don't care about for things like "HCG Diet" and "Have 100 pounds to lose" and "Biggest Loser Challenge" that are also in "Motivation and Support".

Basically, right now we have our thread in "Motivation and Support" along with about 100 other active threads. Think of that as a "group" but not one we control. If we had our own group, we would put our thread in "50+ Women Group" (or whatever we call it) and then there would only be our threads in there and no one else's so it would be easy to find ours all the time and we'd know which one was current too because we could pin it to the top because we'd have control.

The group owner could do things like lock last month's thread once we were done with it, too.

MacMadame - I would think that the problem of someone pulling up an older thread could be solved by titling the threads something like "Jan 2010, Jan 2011", in other words, if you see an older year, you would know that that isn't the current thread.

Except every month when we switch to a new thread, people come along and post in the old one even though it has the wrong month. :laugh:

But what I was trying to say was not that a group would solve that problem but that when we start a new thread, sometimes it takes a while for me to find it because it gets buried on page 2 or 3 of "Motivation and Support".

Thanks for this explanation Mac .... using the group like that just to keep all our monthly threads in one place sounds like a really good idea.... if I have understood you correctly this means we just keep one monthly thread still.... the group that I have used in the past didn't work like that .... instead people were posting new topics all over the place under the group and it was really hard to keep up with them all and in fact it seems to have lost the momentum as it was so fragmented and isn't very active now at all.

I think it would be something we could decide. Obviously, we couldn't stop people from starting new threads but if everyone posts in the Monthly Conversation thread most of the time, that's the one that's going to live on while the other threads would die out.

I'm in another group on here and we do have multiple threads but the reality is that we all post in one thread 90% of the time. We didn't decide on that. It's just the way it worked out. :laugh:

Ugh. Stomach flu has hit our house. Seeing as I am a person who does NOT handle vomit well (my kids knew to clean up after themselves by age 6) it is not a pretty thing. My husband is ..... well a man and he is whining. I am just avoiding him. And food. I expect a weight loss from this but it's sure to come blazing back when this passes. It started with my son-in-law and lasts about 36 hours. My husband is almost over it and I'm just starting. Might make for an interesting Christmas.

Hi Carol!

Marcelyn - don't you DARE to butt out. We want you! You don't need to tell me how hard December is. I can't wait for these holidays to be over!

Hey there Jules! My December goal is to not gain (much) weight. So far, so good. Like I said the other day, the Wii says I've gained but my weekly weigh in says that I didn't gain nor lose from last week. So who really knows? I do know that my pants are still fitting. I got rid of a size 8P Lee jeans, they were just too tight, for a 10P. Wish now that I had kept the 8P, even if not to wear out but to just measure myself.

Did an hour of pilates today. Tomorrow I'll take the extreme pump class.

Just walked around my block (Sun). I'm in charge of getting information to update our neighborhood directory, I had a form which I gave to one of our neighbors who is the mailman here.

I went to Adli's today (Mon) to get some butterscotch chips. Do you know that they were all sold out? Last year they had them for a few months after Christmas, but they told me that they don't expect to get any more in, that it's a seasonal thing. I know I can buy them at another food store, I just liked theirs (and the price)

Jeannie - I hope your aunt gets to come home for the holiday. I bet that would really make her feel good.

Viv - OUCH!!!! Glad you weren't hurt real bad

Did an hour of the extremepump class today. Tomorrow we have our meeting at the Y, then I'll take a spinning class. I'll probably do a little food shopping just to kill some time before I play mahjongg.

In a sense, I'm just waiting to be off this board at the Y. I honestly feel that money is being spent on new programs (which means new equipment, installation of the equipment, paying to train employees to use the equipment) when things like clocks and doors on bathroom stalls gets put on the back burner.

I'm feeling a bit "rushed" for the holiday. See, I'm the personh who jlikes to have things ready. By now I would like to have had the tree decorated, presents wrapped, and just concentrate on the cooking. But that's not happening. I know part of it is due to the fact that Vince had his surgery in early Nov. so that put our outside decorating backj some which in turn puts the inside decorating back. But I know also that when Jess comes down Thurs she's going to want to do some baking (she already told me that she did). I'd like to concentrate on the cooking, but it looks like that's going to have to be fit in.

MacMadame - thanks jfor the info about the treads in groups. I like the idea of knowing that you can post 90% of the time in one thread and most people do.

Vince got me a new computer for Christmas. It has Windows 7 on it. I'm trying to figure it all out. This is the first day that I've used it.

Welcome Carol!

Cathy - how wonderful your son is home!

Well, here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Micdhele

@1960lisa....i also get a bit blue this time of the year.....when i got divorced i didnt make new friends so i understand when you say there's lots going but not for you...just enjoy what you can.... try and just focus on your family...be well

Pam, I am divorced too, and have to share custody, and have a lot of friends in the same boat, so I understand how you feel. I am also estranged from my sister like Cathy and Lisa, so I understand that too,and how the "shrinking"of your family affects you at this time of year. But, as Lisa says, we have to focus on the positives and know that lots of people find it a little hard at this time of year.

Kathie :flowerforyou:

:explode: You can tell I've not been on for a while - I've just lost my post agghhhh! :ohwell:

:flowerforyou: Hi everyone

The weather here is not so frosty this morning thank goodness, I must admit that I ache a bit this morning from my fall yesterday. I found out later that my dad fell on the ice walking to his car, so I’ll check on him later.

I’m another one feeling “rushed” this year, I think I’ve got everything now, I just need to tick things off my list to be sure. I ended up spending a lot of money in the supermarket last night buying wine and chocolates for people, just to add to the bits and pieces I’d already bought.

Someone mentioned buying gift vouchers - I think that is a really good idea and will do that next year. At least then they can buy what they like instead of what I think they’ll like (if you know what I mean)

:flowerforyou: Welcome Marceline , Julie and Carol

:flowerforyou: Michele we have Windows 7 and it takes a bit of getting used to. We have a different version at work too, so sometimes I get very confused and can’t find things on my lap top because they are not where I think they should be. Good Luck.

:flowerforyou: Chiclet I hope things are okay with you and that you are coping well. It’s stressful enough at this time of year.

:flowerforyou: Jeannie hope your aunt gets home for Christmas, I lost another uncle in November. Who’d have thought that after losing Derrick last year just before Christmas that we’d lose Tommy before the next one. So sad. I didn’t understand the meaning of the Oatmeal stress until Jipsyjudy mentioned it. (I’m a bit slow) .

I finally put the Christmas Tree up yesterday afternoon, unfortunately the lights don’t work, so I may buy some new ones in the January Sales. The kittens knocked the Christmas tree over with an hour! So probably a good job no lights on it this year. I managed to keep the tree upright for the rest of the evening - it was a close call a few times and I had to extract a kitten from around the branches. I think they got the message when I used a firm “no” (who am I kidding) :huh: but DD had to come down during the night because she heard a loud noise - yes it was the tree on the floor with the baubles everywhere. I didn’t hear a thing honest. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: This morning I need to tidy up the living room and fix the baubles back on the tree DD just stood the tree upright and went back to bed!

I’d better get a move on, I promised I wouldn’t spend too long on the computer when there’s still so much to do.

Have a good day
Viv x

Good morning ladies,
I haven't posted much but I am still lurking and reading everything. I started a couple of posts over the weekend but my computer phantomly goes back a page and I lose it. I just took it as a sign and didn't bother posting. (My keys are still sticky too). Nothing much going on holiday wise. No real presents to buy or wrap and no decorating this year at all. We will be gone between christmas daya nd New years so why bother. That and my house is a full on disaster area still so no place to put decorations. I hope the hypnosis will help me get my act together and maybe reclaim my house from all the accumulation of junk. We are making progress but it is soooo slow. Any way, happy holidays to all, I will be lighting a Yule log (at least my version of one) on the 22nd to celebrate the new beginning.

Much love,
Robin and the Bodi pup