WW Clubs and Groups - FEISTY & SEXY 50&60 YR OLDS #94

Donna: Im about 4 hours away from Oregan and inward.
Im Close to Sacramento. Not desert here.
Whoa my bill wasnt that high.
It was my gas bill and it was 178$ I was thinking it was the electic bill. So Im sure Im still in for a shock when it comes. ALAS
I will Never beable to retire at this rate

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I know Lily - hydro is going to keep me in the work force along time. What I don't understand is that I was told for years to switch to gas stove and heater and just when I do - bang up it goes. I do more for the economy of North American than anyone I know. My friends tease me because the minute I find a product I like and start to use the company usually goes bankrupt.....donna

I don't think I will ever again gripe about my elec. or gas bill where do you gals live again an in what My elec. bill is 112.00 per month (I too pay the same year aroung)
and my gas is about 40.00 a month I have propane gas (live out in the county) we have it (tank) filled once in Sept. again in Jan-Feb -then depending on what kind of winter we are having some time one more time April most of the time we only have 100 pound put it an it runs around 125.00 - 150.00 of course I do live in South Texas so no snow here but the summer is another story oh well I guess that enough griping about my bills

Slavika were you one of those moms that always told her kids to be sure to wear clean underwear incase they had to go to the dr. my mom use to tell me that everytime I was going somewhere at night sometimes I wonder if that ment that if I had on the same underwear I had on all day if the dr. was not going to treat me.

Dee glad you DD is home and hope all is going well

every one have a good night and a nice day tomorrow
see you later lela

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Hello Everybody I had a busy day. I went to the hairdressers early this morning and had a light perm put in my hair and then cut short. At 1:00 a friend came over and we had a nice afternoon drinking tea and talking. Quick dinner with DH and then I went to babysit for a couple of hours. Now I'm tired... :) In between "things" I did the laundry too.
Donna if you want to see our posts at the same time as you are typing your reply just scroll down and there is the window with all our posts. (I hope I explained that properly.) :eek:
Oh Donna, thank you, I really am doing just fine, a wee bit tender in muscle but no big deal. LILY you and TRUDY are not getting my tickets. Say, I have a good idea how about getting tickets for a "bus trip" I think Trudy knows someone. LOL :D Schoolgirl actually, I really do think my Mother did tell me the importance of always wearing clean underwear. Like what if you were in an accident? Right, my first thoughts would be the state of my underwear. LOL http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//lol.gif
I think I will get to bed early tonight, talk to you all tomorrow. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//sleep.gif

Well I'm back in business again. Lily I lost every thing so could you please send me the link to our page? Also have a question. How do you go about making a backup disk?

Slavika Sorry to hear that you hurt your self but glad that it wasn't your heart. Scary http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//nervous.gif

Well I haven't got my gas bill yet but have been hearing of people who have. Not good http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//nervous.gif

It's early and I need coffee so I'll check back later.

Good Morning everyone, Hope everything is wall with all of you. Just where is this recipe page that the cheesecake recipe is on? I can't find it. We are supposed to have more snow here tonight. I hope not since we are going to Indianapolis tomorrow for some kind of harvest lunch with our nephew and his family. She is from India and it has something to do with her culture. I think it sounds like fun. I like to try different things. Have a good weekend and try to stay op. Peggy

Well Slavika I didn't have the chance to change into my best underwear before I went to EMG last night. LOL

The thought did cross my mind. Boy was I in pain last night. My diagnosis and the pharmas's was that I swolled my pill with out enough water and it created a burn in the esophagus like you wouldn't ever wish upon your enemies.
At emg they did the usual ekg chest and stomack x-rays. Nothing...

The they gave me the pink lady yuk. I asked for an umbrella and cherry with it but they were all out. :)
I ended up with an allergic reaction to the ana stic in it. I couldn't breath very well for about 5 minutes and do you think that any nurses were around. NO
Came back home after midnight with a perscription for stomach pills. oh brother

I was quite worried about my dd and how she would react. Dh called home about every 20 minutes to keep her updated and tell her I was ok. Not good timing to be sick.
And of course last night inbetween the pink lady,half bottle of malox and two tylonal 3 I got sick. Yuk
Well that was a night I don't want to do again.

Trudy and Slavika I am still planning on going out for my birthday lunch today so you can count on me being there. I don't know how much I will be able to eat but the company I wouldn't miss.

Sorry for all the spelling errors but I am still high on tylonal 3 and I am in a hurray.

Hope everyone has a better day than I did yesterday. :rolleyes:

DEE

Dee: Oh boy what a night you had. Hope DD handled it well.
Happy Birthday!
Take care of yourself!

Slavika: Thanks but I think I will pass on the bus trip with Trudy.
Sorry Trudy! But you can have that fun all by yourself! :)

Peggy: Email me at lilygib@yahoo.com and I will let you know where the
recipe page is.

Karen: I am sending an email now.

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Slavika - You have such a fun life and what isn't fun, you put a funny spin on. I will be glad to see you get off on your vacation with no more surprises.

Yikes! You all have some pretty good heating bills. We have lived in our total electric house for 30 years and gas has always been so much cheaper. This is just bizarre!

Dee - I am so very glad that what was wrong was all that was wrong. Did your daughter handle it okay? It sounds as if she is very concerned about you and that might be a big part of her difficulties. I do know in my own life how a mom's illness can just scare kids so much.

Lily - thanks for figuring the points. I have made this once and made it in a big (not quite 9x13) cake pan. I probably got more like 18-20 servings out of it. So I am assuming that my servings are more like 2 points. It is good and I just need something sweet.

Have a good day!
Glenda

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afternoon all----Well just back from WW and I was down 2#. Thanks for the tip Slavika but I know about that but it has to be on the same title. If I start a new title then I don't think that would work. Lily I too need to know how to do a back up. Do you have an easy to understand method. I know I have all that stuff on my machine - I just don't know how to operate it.
I live in Canada but right on the Washington US border but where I live is known for pot growing so maybe I am helping out someone. I think pretty soon the police may come over and check it out. It's amazing how spoiled tho' we are with all our (at least mine) fancy appliances and stuff. It does cost.
I'm off for a walk on my treadmill now. Everyone take care and stay OP.....donna

Hi y'all,

What a day! Had to go to the dentist to get the permanent crown put on. Was told not to worry----that it wouldn't hurt. WRONG!!!! I thought they were blowing the top of my head off. Well, it seems that after the smoke cleared, the crown is the wrong color and I have to have a root canal. Now you know I am really looking forward to that. My dentist cannot do the root canal because one of the roots is calcified and I have to see a specialist. She did a pulp today (whatever that is) and told me to call the specialist--an endodontist. Never heard of it before. So they put the temporary back on. I made a fool of myself in the dentist's chair. I cried and broke out in a cold sweat and apparently scared them. Well, heck, I thought it was going to be a few minutes and I ended up with 6 different shots of novacaine. My mouth is still numb and I chewed a hold in my right cheek. This hasn't been a good day.

Dee, it sounds like you have had all the excitement you need for a while. Happy Birthday!!! So glad your girl is home. We know you are good parents. She is just scared. You are probably right about her fears about going back to school. Kids can be so cruel and your DD is just scared of how they will react to her hospitalization. With you and her dad backing her like you do, she will be fine. So glad your episode was not something more serious.

Slavika, going to try those cookies tomorrow. What was the link you had for them? I read somewhere that they are real good if you bake them in tart pans so I went and bought some. I had ordered some of the Baker's cookies and they sure aren't $1.80 apiece good. I have to have the fiber, though, so I am going to try making them. Wish me luck. I am also going to try Glenda's cheesecake. I need something sinful. All this healthy eating is getting me down :)

I have a new e-mail addy. It is murlaw@worldnet.att.net. We were offline for a couple of days. Now I am having to enter a new address book. What a pain.

25 days OP (I would kill for a twinkie or a bag of potato chips {I mean a real bag-at least a pound-of regular chips). I can't eat 1 twinkie or a handful of real chips, but rather don't stop till they are all gone. So for me, it is better to avoid them completely.

Hi Everybody just stopped by to read and too tired to post but GERI I guess you mean those high fiber cookies I made and was "talking" about. Here's the address: It was posted by Christine.
http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb/Forum11/HTML/001554.html

See you all tomorrow. Night. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//sleep.gif

Geri I got shivers when I read about your dentist appt. My dentist didn't do my root canal, he sent me to an Endodontic Specialist, which basically meant that it was going to cost plenty $$$. I kind of get paralized when I feel any kind of a twinge in my teeth. I have been known to cry in a dentist chair too.
I made those Baker's cookies too and I measured 1/3 cup batter for each cookie. After 25 days OP you deserve a treat and a medal too http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//lol.gif
Donna That is great, 2# gone. :D

We had a nice lunch out today. There are 5 of us Tea Time gals. We celebrated Dee's and our other friend's upcoming Birthdays.

Good night http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//sleep.gif ~ talk to you tomorrow.

G'day all,
Finally a little cooler here though the forecast is for it to get hot again by the middle of the week :( For now I am enjoying the cool :)
Happy birthday Dee, I hope your new year will be a very happy and healthy one :)
Geri you have done so well being OP for so long, since re-joining ww (1-2-2001) I have had one lapse, I am reasonably pleased about that.
Sorry to hear about your root canal work that is needed. I have several crowns and have had several root canal treatment, I also go to a specialist. Because I am absolutely hopeless when it comes to any form of dentistry, my dentist uses some sort of sedation which is heaven. I almost look forward to going ;). You control it yourself the more you sniff the more you are out of it http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//insane.gif. Unfortunately it is not covered by insurance but it is worth it :D
I also decided to have a bit of a measure and I was pleasantly surprised, loosing 5 cm from my hips, 3 cm from my waist and some from my upper legs and upper arms. Unfortunately nothing from the chest as yet http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//umm.gif, no doubt that will happen too before too long.
Have a great day all
Cheers
Maria



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afternoon all.

Oh Geri I so felt for you. It's amazing how much we all dislike the dentist but can you just imagine what it was like a hunred years ago. I'm sure with the proper medical team looking after you next time it won't be so bad.

Maria thank you for sharing your pictures. It is so much fun to 'see' what we all look like and such a nice looking family too.

Happy Birthday Dee. You deserve a Happy one.

Tonight I have company coming for dinner. The lady I have been friends with since grade 8 and her hubby since grade 11. We are having salmon, rice, broccoli, corn and a wonton type soup which will all be okay but I also am having apple pie for dessert but I should be alright if I am careful.

My big ole rottie has an abscess on the side of his face - no idea how it got there but DH and him have gone off to the vet. He was so anxious to get in the truck and go and he knew where he was going too so it must be really bothering him poor thing.

Anyhow I'm off to get supper ready. Have a great OP day all.....later..donna

Hi gals, we just got home, and I am not the least bit tired, so I thought I would come and see what is new here.
Donna if dentistry hadn't progressed the way it has, I wouldn't have any teeth left. I have been going every 6 months for as long as I can remember. Your poor "ole rottie", he must have really been feeling awful to want to see the Vet. I hope the Vet was able to help.
Maria Our WW leader always encourages us to measure instead of focus on the scale. I haven't taken any measurements in a long time, but after reading your news, I think I will give it a go too.
Dee and Slavika I hope you both got out today, the weather was so beautiful, spring is coming, I can feel it.

We went to IMAX tonight and saw three really good movies. Amazing Journeys; Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man; and Everest. We enjoyed them all.

Hope you're all having a great weekend. :D

Hi Everybody Busy and happy day for me today. DH and I went to the bank and got our traveller's cheques for our holidays.....that's a happy part. :) I almost cleaned out my "little" Canada pension account....that's not a happy part. :( Cost us $1.50 Canadian to buy $1.00 U.S. that's not really a happy part either. Ok, now comes another happy part.
We went out for dinner with my brother and his wife (their treat)and had a very nice time. Lots of talking, laughing and way to much eating.
Geri http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//nervous.gif oh Lordy do I ever know how you felt in that dentist's chair. I hope that tooth my dentist fixed lasts me forever.
Maria heavy heavy sedation...yes that would work very well for me. Maybe I need to find a new dentist, mine does not sedate me. Donna ah.......poor doggie, let us know how he is doing. Aren't they just the most pitful things when they are not feeling well. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//love.gif
HI TRUDY how was your evening? "Talk" to you all tomorrow. Night http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//sleep.gif

Good morning all,

Well i think I've got my computer back running as before. What a pain to have it crash. Now I have been surfing trying to recover all of the information I've collected since "97".

Now then my gas bill that I was so scared to get. Well looks like it will be spring before the price increase will affect me. We are on what is called a budget payment plan where we pay the same payment year round. Once a year they recalculate our bill and it either goes higher or lower depending on the amount of Gas we have used over the winter. So you will hear me screaming then http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//nervous.gif

Dee Glad to see your DD is home . How is it going. Our Kids have a way of making us feel like no matter what happens it all our fault especially when it's not good. There were times while my kids were growing up that I wondered what planet they came from. (sometimes I still wonder) Anyway hope all is going well. Your trip to the emg-room sounds like a few that I've made. Did they say it was "GERD" That pain is awful :eek:

Lily Thanks for all your help. This time I will make a backup floppy disk of everthing I save. I bought an anti-virus thing to put in the computer now just have to figure out what to do. I can also use my recipe program again as DH http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//love.gif replaced the CD drive thingy on the tower.

Slavika I see you are almost ready to go on vacation. I remember you were gone when I joined this group.

Donna weigh to go 2# gone Happy dance for you. Hows your dog doing??

Gerri when I first met you yiu were in the dentist chair. I would not like to be in your shoes . I too am afraid of the dreaded dentist. 25 days on program GOOD FOR YOU :)

Maria Good idea taking measurements that is where progress shows when the numbers on the scale don't make us happy.

Well go to go and get breakfast.
Karen



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Hi to all, Lily, thanks for the link. I know how you feel Geri, I hate going to the dentist. I've had a trip to the endodonist - he had a picture of him flying his plane in the room so we could see what we were paying for. Donna, I hope your dog is o.k. - I hate to see animals in pain. Well Maria, I am going to get the ole tape measure out today - that will be depressing. Out trip to Indy yesterday turned out to be a surprise 60th birthday party for me and a 50th for my sil. It was a total surprise. Today I will have to walk a few extra laps in the park. Have a nice day, Peggy

Karen: Glad you got it all fixed! Sure is a pain when it happens.

Slavika: Its coming fast! Are you ready to go? Last chance to let me go in your place

Donna: Poor puppy. Hope he is gonna be ok. Way to go on the loss!

Peggy: Measuring does help. For me, as Im a slow loser it shows me that Im still losing in inches. Happy Belated Birthday to you!

Trudy: I would like to see the movie Everest. One of these days when I can drag Hubby out. Hes working way to much these days.


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morning all

Happy 60th Peggy. It sounds like you had a good day.

Well Tyson(my dog) only had a 'hot spot' on the side of his face which by scratching at it he had irritated it....so he is now on the road to recovery and feeling lots more comfortable.

Well it is dull and damp today. I find these kinds of days depressing but I am going off to the material store in a bit to look at some material and then we are going to the lumber store. DH is going to rebuild my home office working area since I have some more clients. I need more storage area and file drawers so we are going to see what we can do.

Have a good op day all and hi to everyone....donna

Hi everyone, hope you are having a great day. Mine has been very hectic so far. Had 4 of the grands here last night. They spent the night, so I have 4 bundles of energy going strong since 6 a.m. Getting them all ready for church and back and forth was a job.

I weighed this morning and am ready to bawl. I have avoided those scales all week because I was waiting for this morning to weigh. I only lost 1.75 (just what I had gained last week) so essentially I haven't lost diddly in 2 weeks. That is very discouraging! It looks like I am getting nowhere fast.

30-3.25=26.75-1.75=25+1.75=26.75-1.75=25

28 days OP

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G'day all,
A magnificent day here today but more heat on the way :(
DH went off on another business trip this morning. He wanted me to go with him but where he is going (Surfers Paradise, Queensland) it is quite tropical, so I would rather stay at home and do as I please :)
The batteries in my scale are flat so I cannot weigh myself but I feel I would have done OK. Geri it is so frustrating but at least you got rid of what you gained last week. My weigh in tomorrow morning, I am keeping my fingers crossed.
I never bothered about measuring a great deal either but after the pleasant surprise last week, the tape measure is now part of my weight loss kit http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//lol.gif
By the way talking of movies, I saw Castaway with Tom Hanks, I can highly recommend it. I really like Tom Hanks, I think he is a great actor and deserved his golden globe award.
Belated birthday wishes for your 60th Peggy, how nice to get a surprise party.
Have a great day all
Cheers
MAria



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Good Morning Everybody Today is the actual date of DEE'S BIRTHDAY
~~~~~~~~HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE~~~~~~~~~~ :)
Love Slavika

Now you tell us.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE!!!

Dee, hope you have a wonderful day full of good things. I stayed the same over the weekend - as Martha Stewart says - that's a good thing. Slavika - have a great vacation. Send us some sunshine and tropical breezes.

All, we are having a very sad time in my part of the world. I don't know if you have heard the story about the plane crash with 2 college basketball players and some media people. Ten people were killed Saturday evening after a basketball game in Colorado. There were 3 airplanes and one went down in the bad weather. We here at OSU have just been stunned. One of the victims was Bill Teegins, the "Voice of the Cowboys." He was on our local channel in the sports dept, and he was very well loved. I believe altogether there were 6 young men under 30 who died. This is just so hard. We are having a memorial service on Wednesday at our basketball arena and everyone is trying to make this all happen, answer reporters, deal with the investigators, etc. It is not a happy time in Oklahoma. This is dangerous! When sad or under a lot of stress, guess where I turn? TO FOOD! Help me!
Glenda

Hi Everyone,
I let myself get behind again. Hope I can remember everything I just read!! :eek:
First things first --- Dee: A great, big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!! Hope your day was a very special one. Sorry about your ER visit the other night. How is DD doing?
Peggy: HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to you! How nice to have a real surprise party. Glad everyone was able to keep it secret so you could "honestly" enjoy the surprise.
Glenda: Yes, the plane crash and loss of those lives was very tragic. I just hate hearing sad news like that. Just makes me realize how quickly anything can happen. I must learn to be more appreciative of those I love and the blessings I have. Hang in there and try not to turn to food for comfort.
Maria: Saw some pretty Australian scenery on the new Survivor show last night. I told my husband I was not going to start watching it this time. But.... my favorite show on TV, The Practice, was a re-run last night, so I ended up watching the last half of Survivor. I might be hooked! :rolleyes: DH and I saw the CastAway a few weeks ago. It was very good and I, too, think Tom Hanks is a terrific actor. I was a little disappointed with the ending, though. I like movie endings to be more spelled out and specific. But it was a great movie.
Slavika: When is the big day that you leave for your trip? Boy, I would love to be going to Hawaii! Have a fabulous time for ALL OF US!! :) Hard to believe it's been a whole year already.
Karen: Glad you got your pc running again. What a pain, though. I've heard computer techs say, "It's not a matter of if your hard drive will crash; it's a matter of when." I got my DD a CD Writer for Christmas and have used it to back-up the hard drive on my computer. I only hope that I did it right. It took 5 CDs to hold my hard drive. Have any of you backed-up on a CD Writer?
Geri: Yuck!! Sorry you had to endure that nasty dentist again. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//nervous.gif You really should ask him about that "laughing gas." I've never had it, but I understand it is quite wonderful, as Maria said.

Gotta run now. (This sure does take me a long time.)
Josie

Hi Everybody We leave for Maui on Saturday. Our son (bless his heart) is taking us to the airport. We have to be there at 5:00AM. We don't mind taking a taxi but we don't want to take our winter jackets with us, so this is good. We'll leave the jackets with our son and he'll bring them back to us when he picks us up at the end of the month. I promised myself when I got to goal weight I would get a manicure every week.....well I never went one single time. My nails are just awful :p so I arranged to get them done on Friday.
Boy does that gal ever have her work cut out for her. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//lol.gif
PEGGY belated Happy 60th Birthday to you. It's truly a great age to be. :) You know LILY my husband does not care to much for movies either. I was trying to think of the last time we actually went together and I think it was two years ago. Oh, sorry we took the grandchildren together to see a children's movie. :rolleyes:
DONNA, I'm happy your "Tyson" is doing better. GERI, stick with it, the weight will come off. I know it can be painfully slow sometime. GLENDA, it is so sad when a plane crashes. It affects not only family and friends, but everybody who hears about it.
MARIA, good luck to you with your weigh in. It's my weight watchers meeting tomorrow but I don't have to weigh in.......good thing. :)
Have a nice evening everybody, I'll pop on by later.

G'day all,
I had my weigh in this morning and stayed the same :(. I am really quite disappointed as I stuck to the program very rigidly.
I had my jawline waxed after weigh in, perhaps I should have done it before weigh in :D :D.
I don't seem to be getting anywhere fast, I am not overly keen on the leader, doesn't seem to give a great deal of information and it is left more or less up to the members to share ideas (which we do on the net anyway). One of the reason for attending this particularly group is because I ride my bike there which is good excercise. I am now intending to attend the meeting just one block away from where I live which is on Monday evenings. I have also decided NO alcohol this week (I do enjoy my glass (or 2)of red wine ;)) and see if that will make a difference eventhough I allowed for the alcohol.
I will be sticking to it but really hope I get some good results soon.
Cheers
Maria

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Hi Again Everybody DH is going to take my computer in to the shop tomorrow morning to get the fan fixed so I am not sure when I will get it back. Hopefully in a matter of hours but I don't know for sure.
If I am not hanging around here for a bit that's why. Be good. Especially you LILY http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//lol.gif
Oh, the "Princess" wants me to bring her back a whole bunch of "SHE SHELLS"
from Hawaii. :rolleyes:
Night all. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//sleep.gif

Hi to everyone, It is rainy here - I wish the sun would come out and stay. I went to check the new craft store in area - Hobby Lobby- today. I did manage to find some dried stuff for my friends wreath. We went to lunch at a bad choice. I wish I had a bike to ride like you do Maria - that sounds like fun. We haven't seen Castaway yet. It sounds good. We just saw Titanic at the Imax. I thought all the artifacts were very haunting. Well I am off to walk on my treadmill and try to work off my lunch. Peggy

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