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  • Finished the last of this month's batch of tax returns. I have so few left, I may try to knock off the rest of them this week so that I can enjoy a longer "tax holiday" LOL. I read an article a few years ago that said that the natural source of estrogen for women in menopause is in their previously stored body fat. If this…
  • WOW! Didn't check in since Wednesday and now I'm so far behind that I gave up on catching up and am starting fresh. I am a tax accountant and corporation and partnership tax returns are "drop dead due" on Monday at midnight, so I've been working feverishly. My last return is percolating while I write this - then I print it…
  • Dosinga - a bump is how you save your place. Went outside this morning and it was beautiful and cool. Fall is coming. None too soon. Did not have to drive to my new part-time job today, so worked on the back porch until it got too hot, then had a dip in the pool before going inside to work on work. It's nice to have a job…
  • Went to the gym last night for Body Flow. Don't know if my body ached more from NOT exercising, or from exercising. Either way, I came home, ate dinner (DH cooked, bless him), and was in bed by 9. Forced myself to stay awake until 10. Last time I let myself go to sleep at 9, I woke up at 1 am and could not get back to…
  • Went out for a while this afternoon. The rain has basically dried up or soaked in - just a few large puddles here and there, and some intersections and washes are still flooded. More rain is expected tonight, but not like last night. The golf course in our back yard is pretty soggy. No golfers today, but the ducks were…
  • Good afternoon, Ladies! Woke up at 6:30 am today to sheeting rain. At 7 am my new boss called and said not to bother trying to come to work. The Interstate was flooded to the roofs of the cars and the washes were raging. There's even water running in both the Salt and Hassayampa rivers. News is that Noah plans to launch…
  • Hi, Ladies - I was gone for a week and just cannot believe how long the thread got in just that time! I skimmed through it, but am sure I have missed all kinds of interesting tidbits and happenings. Welcome to the newbies - I noticed a trend of "J's": Judy, JulsMill, Janeta, Jacwmar .... My trip to San Diego was a blast,…
  • Hi, Ladies! Got back from my lovely weekend in San Diego and straight into a week from h-e-double-toothpick. No time to catch up on reading and post, but I am keeping up on logging food into MFP. I think I managed NOT to gain. We are going again this weekend as DH has a dental appointment in Los Algodones, which is half…
  • Good Morning, Ladies! Feeling a bit less blah/tired today. Have to work a half day, then off to San Diego for the long weekend. It will be nice. Not too sure who was talking about colonoscopies and mammograms, but I got a letter from my health care provider suggesting I have one of each. It is one of those "Obamacare"…
  • Seems like everyone is having a blah day, me included. You can tell it's the dog days of summer, as the Romans used to say. I am super tired/exhausted. Worked the polls yesterday; had to get up at 4:30 am and didn't crawl back into my bed until after 10 pm. Better than the bad old days of voting, when the early am hours…
  • Yesterday was my birthday. I wasn't going to log anything, but I did. Fortunately, I did not gain, but maintained. I'm okay with that. Akinom - kombucha is fermented tea, and it tastes like sweet tea, only fizzy. I make mine with 3 bags of herbal tea and one of black. (It needs the black tea for nutrients) How it tastes…
  • Heather - I kept searching and found someone who had conveniently translated the recipe into American for me. :bigsmile: Anne - We will not sail Shalom to SA - she's a day sailer. She was on hard stand when H. Katrina hit, and delaminated a big hole in her side. DH bought and fixed her up as a project before we got…
  • YannieJannie - not sure HN hot dogs are Jewish food .... although they are kosher, LOL. I am actually writing again because I forgot to welcome Princessat50. Also, Cynthia - What kind of dog do you have? My friend has one of those long dogs aka "weiner dog" (For sure I'm gonna get HN ads now, too!), and her dogs always had…
  • Thanks, ladies for all the birthday wishes. My DH and I got to looking at the calendar last night and realized that next weekend is Labor Day. (How did that happen? It's still August!) Anyhow, I'd much rather have four days in "Sand Diego" than just one, so we postponed my birthday trip to next weekend. Had to juggle the…
  • Hi, all - Getting ready to go to San Diego, CA for the weekend. My hubby has a 36' Hunter sailboat "Shalom" that we keep over there. It's my birthday weekend and I will probably eat too much, but I always seem to come home from sailing without gaining weight. I think it is because sailing is more calorie-consuming than it…
  • Vicki, Kim and Anne - Yes, if it works out, I will go to South Africa. It isn't really formalized yet - apparently just a feeler, but Jerry (DH) is getting all his ducks in a row. I think the timeline is for a first trip in October, then we will see what transpires after that. I have friends who will watch (live in) our…
  • Good morning, everyone. Just saving my place for later today! Kitty
  • Joyce - Want someone to help you help your hubby understand what his eating is doing to his heart? Google Dr. McDougal - never mind it rhymes; I'm so punny! Anyhow. My DH had a stroke and after watching Dr. McDougal, he went vegan for two years. He used to eat a pound of cheese at a time and cut the fat off his meat to…
  • It's been a crazy couple of days here in the Phoenix, AZ metro area. Work up to a driving rainstorm - it broke the rope on one of our shade covers and blew over the pepper tree. But didn't uproot it, so we are propping it back up and hoping for the best. Well I am. DH never liked it where it was planted - he wanted it 2…
  • Katla I have an iPhone and the app is called Simply Yoga - 20, 40, and 60 minute workouts. It has a related Pilates app. Kitty
  • Jane - Thank you for the welcome! Anne - Thanks for the tip on how to access profiles and learn a bit more about people. (I'm still learning, but this is WAY more fun than Facebook....) My sister just got married and she and her hubby bought a place in Palm Gardens, a community of about 30 houses in the middle of No Where…
  • Anne - Are you also in Phoenix - or a like environment? I am getting ready to plant a new batch of tomatoes. Late August is garden-starting time for me. (Or January, depending on the desired results.) I compost, like you do, and have never bothered to seperate out the seeds. Almost my whole garden was planted for me this…
  • Kim - mall walking is good, but the nearest indoor mall is 10 miles away, so I don't go there lightly. Did you know that the first-ever indoor mall was built in Phoenix? It's the Chris-Town Spectrum mall and it was THE place to go when we were teens. Your plum BBQ sauce sounds yummy. I just made my first tomato jam a few…
  • Katla - I am in sunny, hot, Phoenix, Arizona. Exercise is the biggest challenge I face, because it is just too hot from 6 am to 9 pm to exercise outdoors. (Yesterday it was 83 at 7 am and 101 at 9 pm.) But this morning the hubby and I took the dog for a walk in our back yard, which is a golf course. We were hot and sweaty…
  • Hi, ladies! My name is Kitty and I am new to the forum. One of my friends recommended this site at a party, where I was complaining that in this age of smart phones, there ought to be an easier way to track what we eat and do for exercise than a piece of paper. I always have my phone. I never have paper. My profile pic is…
  • Hi, I'm Kitty. Almost 55 and would like to lose 12 pounds. I found this app through a friend. Glad to meet you all!
  • Hard to believe, but it IS possible to eat TOO FEW calories, to wit, this article I found at the Everyday Health site: If you're like most people who want to lose weight, you want to lose it fast. So you may be tempted to make drastic changes in your diet to dramatically reduce the number of calories you consume. But what…
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