WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50-60 yr olds NEW #9

Maria: We have only 2 here. It is unusal all tho I think it will become more common. When I started you hardly ever saw men at the Meetings. Now There are quite a few in all the meetings I do.

Peggy: Its not strict at all. Its bascially trying to get you to do what you really are suppose to do. I do Lack in Fruit, but this is helping me make sure I get it in. I forgot week 2 we have to Journal 5 times this week to. Will let you know whats in week 3 next week!

Marnie: I havent read Dr Phil but I would like to. I have heard its an excellent book.

Have a dentist appointment this Morning. Yuck!!!!

Later!

Lily thanks for starting the thread. I used to be able to do it. Now it is like brain surgery to me. There is a man at my WW center. I know all the older ladies love him. He is very caring and has lost 100lbs if I remember right.

Marnie I haven't read Dr Phil's book but I am on the lookout for it at the library.

Got more cleaning out to do today. The rummage sale is tomorrow and I have to get it together.

We're suppose to be getting another winter storm tomorrow! Can you believe it? :crazy: Karen, you'll probably get hit harder than us down here in the South.

Lily, thanks for starting the thread. I think Maria started one, too. We'll have to merge them.

Going to the eye doctor today. My eyes have been real "weepy" and strained. :chin: Of course I work on a computer all day doing spreadsheets, etc. I'm pretty sure my prescription will change. Hope they can put the new lenses in my old frames.

I found kind of a nice site the other day while perusing the web. It's called "Rediscovering Ritual." Maybe you've seen it. I don't know how to go out and get the URL and then get back here. Is there a way to do that so I don't lose 3FC? But I'll return with it.

I kind of like ritual. Remember Slavika's Christmas dinner. She followed rituals from her childhood. Do you you have any rituals you follow with your families?

Ann, are you having a nice visit? Glad your guests finally arrived.

I'll go get the URL now.

Later - Marnie

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http://www.rediscoveringritual.com/

G'day all,

I am not sure what happened but we now have 2 new threads!!! Great minds think alike Lily. I hope the visit to the dentist was not too uncomfortable, not my favourite place to go.

Every day at midday we have the Dr. Phil show here and I do enjoy listening to his no-nonsense common sense. I think his book also would be excellent.

The website you posted Marnie is very interesting and worth having a good look around.
You are having another winter storm and we have had very hot weather again with some gale force winds. We had some bushfires in the Adelaide Hills yesterday, luckily the fires did not cause too much damage.

Business has been a bit slow and one of the main reasons has been because my 'million dollar' printer was not performing how it should and I was reluctant to accept any work because of it.
Yesterday I went to the dealer I bought it from to do some trouble shooting and the problem has been rectified.
This printer has 7 ink tanks and replacing them is quite costly. I found a site on the net that sold the 'identical' (so they said) ink for half the price. I am always one for a bit of a bargain, I ordered them. I replaced one of the tanks and it was OK but I thought my colour prints were just not quite the same, last week I replaced another and my colour prints again were not 'right' but I could not put my finger on it. I was asked to restore an old black and white photo and just could not print black and white, the prints had a very heavy pink hue over them.
Well we worked it out as soon as the dealer replaced the 'fake' inks with the Epson inks all was well. I came home and re-printed som of the colour photos and on comparing them, the pink hue over the colour photos is also very obvious making them look sort of muddy.
I am very pleased I now know why this happened and I am off and running again!
This morning I called into a photocopying shop for some cardboard and got talking to the owner and they have asked me to do a display sign and my business cards for them to put on their shop counter.
They said, on average they get enquiries for photomanipulation/restoration once a day but have no-one skilled to do it.
So I will take advantage of this opportunity and put something together to promote my skills.

The moral of the story, if it seems too good to be true, it usually is :mad: :dizzy:

See ya all,
Cheers
Maria

When is the 'Aloha' girl coming home?

Marnie I like that site. Going to have get some coffee and spend some time there looking around.

Maria interesting about the ink. I guess that was no bargain. I always wonder about the refill kits that they sell at the drugstore but I guess I won't try them. I need a new color one. Your business is growing-happy for you.

Cleaned out and took a whole carload to the rummage sale. Probably could find more if I keep looking. It's going to be 70 today but it's windy and rainy. Tomorrow it's going back down to the 40's.

Took a new exercise class yesterday and I can feel it today. Used different muscles than the circuit routine I do. Got to get some painting things finished. Painting dog canisters for dog treats.

Hi everyone: I just wanted to check in with everyone. Our family are off to Epcot today. They have done a lot of the attractions, since this is the desire of their daughter. but I know everyone is getting tired and will be ready for a day off.

Marnie: We saw the Passion also, and as a Christian and Protestant, I feel the same as you. I will never ever think about the crucifixion the same, and I'll never sing any of the songs we sing about the Blood of Jesus, in the same way again. It is very powerful, and I also agree that one should not let the media hype and arguements influence you. someone told a friend of mine she shouldn't go because she wouldn't be able to stand it. I think that was very wrong, because now she has a mind set about it already.

Got to go and iron a shirt for DH as our guests are taking us out to dinner when they get back. Olive Garden, so I will have to be careful, as I love everything they make there. See you another day. Hi to everyone. Ann

G'day all,

It rained this morning and it is cool :cb: :cp: :love:

Ann everyone I know that has seen the Passion of Christ feels very similar to you and Marnie. From what I have heard, I can well imagine you would now, when thinking of the crucifixtion, think quite differently then before.
Sounds like your guests are having a good time.

Peggy The reason I bought the refill inks was because I know of quite a few people who use the refills you can buy. My printer is the latests on the market (so they tell me ;) ) and uses pigment inks.
I would probably ask around and find out if anyone with your printer model does use refills and how successful it was before dismissing the idea all together.

I have my new orthotics and they are very different to the last ones I had but.....I have shocking blisters on my heels and under one of my big toes :cry: :eek: :rolleyes: I just don't know how I can overcome the blisters. They don't appear quite as quickly as before but I still have them. The podiatrist felt confident the new orthotics would cure my problem of getting blisters. I have only been getting the blisters since I had my feet operated on. Cure one thing and replace it with another :mad: :mad:

Have a great weekend all,

Cheers
Maria

Hi Everybody
We arrived home safe and sound on Thursday, late afternoon. The flight is so long and tiring that you almost need a brief holiday when you get home... :D
We left Maui at 9:50 pm (Maui time) onWed. March 3rd and flew to Seattle. That flight took 5 hours and 23 min. We had 1-1/2 hours ground time in Seattle and then flew from Seattle to Minneapolis, that flight was about 3 hrs and 15 min. Once again we had ground time in Minneapolis for about 1-1/2 hours, and then caught the flight home from there. Counting flying time and ground time the total duration of the jouney home from Maui is 13 hours, a total distance of 4430 miles. :yawn: Coming home was actually faster then going.....which was 14 hours 55 min. The ground times were more. Maria I'm not sure how long the flight would be for you. Would you have to catch the plane in Sydney?
We had such a wonderful time in Maui. The first three weeks the weather was absolutely perfect, sunny, and around 80-83 every day. The last week of our holiday, we had rain off and on but even then it was still warm, just not sitting around the pool weather. We sure enjoyed our time with Trudy and her DH. I wish we could have had more time together. Whey do holidays all go so quickly?? :?:
Our friends who have a condo in Maui, were telling us that they rented a motor home for their son and dil last summer for one week and it cost them $1500.00 Canadian, for the week.
I know I gained a few pounds while I was away but not sure how much. I thought I would give myself a couple of days to "de-fluff" and then see what the damage was. ;)
I read all your posts today and everybody sounds like they are busy. I remember that Ann has company staying her, and Glenda had good results on her tests. :bravo: Lily have you now given up some of your meetings? Karen is it pretty much settled that you will be heading to Florida, and living there year round? Would you like to buy a house there or are you looking to getting a mobile home in one of the senior trailer parks? Peggy I see you are busy with yet another little project for a wedding. Marnie how are you doing? Are you working on a new project too?
What did you all think of the verdict in the Martha Stewart trial? I haven't seen Trudy yet since I got home but I am going to have Tea Time next Tuesday so will get to see her then. Hope you all have a great weekend. Talk to soon. :)

G'day all,

Welcome back Slavika :) Pleased you had a very enjoyable holiday....now back to reality!
To get to Hawaii from here, we would have to go via Sydney, Adelaide - Sydney 2 hours, and then 10 hours to Hawaii where the time zone is 21 hours behind Sydney:eek:.
A bit disillusioning about the price of the rental of a motorhome in Canada! We attended a caravan and camping show last weekend, some of those motorhomes are unreal. We are still not quite sure how we will travel for the 3 months whilst we are in America/Canada.
Quite a bit more research to be done!

Got some more work yesterday so will get on with that today.

See ya tomorrow all,
Cheers
Maria

Maria so actually your total time to get to Maui is less then ours. My DH thought it would be. I wonder if the air fares would work out to about the same. We paid $1834.42 Canadian for TWO return flights, or $917.21 each. Maria I think that renting a motor home, and paying for the gas is going to be very expensive, at 78 cents per liter or $3.51 per gallon, when you figure that you will likely only get about 5 or 6 miles to the gallon.......it would cost about $60.00 Canadian for gas to drive 100 MILES. On top of those figures you would have to pay to park in a campsite for the nights (maybe $10.00 to 15.00). I believe our dollar and yours are about even right now aren't they? The way our highways are designed they do not go through anything of any interest...just road and more road. You would have to get off the highways and drive to the different cities or communities, with a BIG motor home. Lots of people do travel by motor home though, and absolutely love it. :) I thought maybe you might find these figures helpful. Talk to you later.

Slavika cheapest flight I can find on the net for us is $AUS 1599 (each) and that is with Air Canada, our national carrier Qantas charge $AUS 1894 (each).
Everyone knows Hawaii is beautiful but the more popular (and much cheaper) destinations for us are Bali, Fiji, New Zealand, Singapore, HongKong and Vietnam is now also very popular.
I hear what you are saying about the Motor Homes, we may be better off with buying a sedan and selling at the end of our trip. Lots to think about.
I appreciate everyones input, it is very helpful for us.

Cheers
Maria

WELCOME BACK, SLAVIKA!

That is a doozie of a flight!:crazy: Ever since my trips to Hawaii I always pray for airline pilots and personnel.

Glad you're back; :bubbles: we missed you.

Have you seen the new smilies???? :coffee2: :kickcan: etc.

See ya later :comp:

Marnie :yes:

Just a quick hello.
Marnie I was in St Paul this week end . Didn't have much time to get ready to go otherwise I would have loved to have made arrangements to meet. Wouldn't it have been fun to meet Slavika too.

That travel time I was talking about included ground time. Keep in mind that i was traveling via military everything they do when it comes to wives and children is slow.

Maria. After hearing about your printer problems I wondered if mine were caused by the same thing. Sure enough I got the Epson ink and low and behold i can print in color again!!!!

Slavika welcome back. We are looking to buy in a senior park in answer to you question. Glad you had a great time .

Have another busy week will check in some time tomorrow i hope.

Karen

Alas!!!!!!! I have been very busy. Miss a few days and miss alot ;)

It was my first weekend free and I spent alot of time doing what I needed to do for a change.

Went to my first WW meeting in a long time felt good to be back :)

I see Slavika is back! Welcome home!!!!!!!!!!

Will catch up tomorrow!

Karen I am so pleased that my experience helped you as well and you are able to print in colour again.
I don't know how these companies get away with selling these inks when they don't perform as they say they do :mad:
My dd has had no problems with her re-fill cartridges :dizzy:

Sounds like you have had a busy weekend Lily

See ya tomorrow all,
Cheers
Maria

Maria this is the first time it has happened to us . We have been buying from www.my inks.com Won't be going there again.

Lily good that you made a meeting. I've yet to find the time . I did give away one more of my own. Piece by peice I will be replaced. Looks like the first time I will go to a meeting as a member will be in Florida.
Karen

Slavika - So good to hear you had such a great time, but how could you not? Hawaii, afterall.........Just sounds like a dream to me.

Maria - sounds like you business is doing so very, very well. I hope with all the input everyone has given you that you make the best choices in how to see the US.

Anne and all, RE: The Passion of the Christ. We saw it last Thursday. It was such an experience. I loved the color. If you made a print of so much of the action, it would look like the old masters' paintings. It was moving and I just loved it! The criticism is so superficial that I have heard. The media just doesn't get it. I read in People magazine that "they have a strong subculture, websites, etc." This was in reference to Christians. Sounded like they were talking about a terrorist subgroup of society.

All - I have lost a total of 10 pounds on WW. Slow, but steady. I can't remember if I have given my good news about blood pressure medicines. I stopped my 4th one because of the same old symptoms. Went back to the doctor about 4 days later. In the meantime I gave up caffeine, except for my morning coffee (HEADACHE DELUXE!). Anyway, my BP was normal, very normal. The doc said that if I can control with lifestyle, YEA! But that it is much harder than just taking a pill. Not for me. Taking the pill was the worst experience I have had in years.

Glenda

Hi everyone: Our Norwegian family has gone home. We were sorry to see them go. We see each other so rarely. So today was doing laundry, bedding, etc. had chorus rehearsal, dinner, I'm here now, and then up with the feet.:tired:

Glenda: How nice to hear from you and glad that you are having good luck with the BP. And re: the Movie- I agree with you that it was an experience. I know that I will never sing songs about the blood of Jesus with the same blase attitude, or receive communion like I did before. I always took the whole ceremony seriously, but I know my attitude will change. Also I aagree that the media 'just doean't get it'. It must gall them no end to have to read that the amount of money that has been brought in in just two weeks of showing is amazing. Someone asked me 'Do you think God is pleased with this film?' And my answer was, 'if He isn't it would be a flop, no one would attend, no one would be talking about it.' But now you don't even have to refer to it as the Passion, all you have to say is 'the movie' and everyone knows what you are talking about.

Slavika: glad you had such a lovely time, and nice that you are home again.

Karen: I am not having luck finding info away from our area on either of the coasts. You may find that when you get down here, the best thing will be to do a lot of driving and looking, and you will get firsthand knowledge, rather than reading flyers. I think some parks,I know ours and some near us, have a program of rental for a couple of days to look the place over. That might be a plan.

Hi all once again. And now it is time to have some R&R and I'll 'see' you tomorrow. Ann :yawn:

Hi Everybody :grouphug:
DH and I just got back from our grandson's hockey game. Our son is the coach :coach: of his team, and yesterday when they played they tied the other little team in overtime 0 to 0 :) so they played the same team again this evening to see who would play in the next game in the tournament which is on Saturday I think, and our boys WON! :cheer: The little Princess was there cheering for her brother and his team. After the game she asked her Mother if she could come home with us in our car and our DIL said that was fine, if we didn't mind taking her. On the way home DH said he needed to stop for gas and the little one said, "Papa, maybe you could go to 7-Eleven Store for gas". DH said, "it's too late Princess for you to have a slurpee". She said, "no, Papa I don't want a slurpee, I would like to have some "Mighty Beans", if you wouldn't mind getting them for me." "If you would mind, then that's alright, I don't need to have them right this minute, but I would like to have them sometimes "IF" you wanted to get them for me." If you did want to get for me sometimes, they are right at the front of the store Papa, near where the candy is, and they are called "Mighty Beans", and they are soooo cool.
She went on to say, that she thought they cost like $2.00, or maybe just a $1.00 or maybe not even that much." Well DH went to his regular place for gas, which is NOT 7-Eleven, but then on our way to drop her off at home he pulled into a 7-Eleven lot. ;) surprise, surprise....hee hee. Well she was so excited and went into the store with him. When they got back to the car, my DH was laughing and said to me, "I can't believe I just paid $6.25 for THREE JUMPING BEANS! :crazy: :D We dropped her off and she told him he was the best Papa in the whole world and she loved him so much. DH, grinned all the way home and I never said a word. :)
Tomorrow I am going to have Tea Time :cofdate: and am looking forward to seeing Trudy and the other gals.
Glenda well done with the 10# weight loss, and happy that your BP is getting back to normal. :)
Talk to you all soon........night.

So thought I'd post a message and then get my exercise done. Need one more cup of coffee :coffee: first,

Glenda great going on losing those 10 pounds. Sounds like you are on the way down the the right path. :high: No medication in a good thing. :bravo:

Slavika Had to laugh at the way GD got Papa to buy her the beans. Cute :rofl: Congrat. on GS team winning too. Those kid games can be very exciting :cheer: Sounds as if you are settled in again at home after your nice vacation.

Ann we have been receiving stuff in the mail daily since making some inquiry's on the web. We are still wating for the stuff from your park. Lakeland was one we got yeasterday that looked promising, price range and all. We have decided to drive down in May and do just as you said take a look around. I know we have to have a first hand look. Don't worry about finding any thing more OK not a problem as my DS would say ;) I have come to realize that things happen for a reason and we'll find just the right place at just the right time :lol:

Today the sun is out. It has been so gray for so long it will be nice to look out the window again. :sunny:

Have a big day planned before my meeting tonight. Going to exercise :tread: and give myself a manicure! I still have to keep my nail real short but they are beginning to look a bit more healthy. I love those fake nails but never again. It has taken almost 3 years to get these to look decent again. Now if I could do something about the eczema. Some times my poor hands look like raw meat they are so red and cracked and sore. I've tried most every thing there is to try . Will be going back to the doctor later this week to get some more advice. Everything I've ever read said once you get this skin condition it doesn't ever really go away :yikes:

Well have to get going and get the exercise done. SIL is up now and DH is gone to work.

You all have a great day! :grouphug:

Karen

MAria: Wow live and learn. I wouldnt think that just the ink would do that either. But glad you are now back in business!

Glenda: Congrats on your loss so far! Thats great! Glad the new medicine is working to.

Slavika :lol: about Princess. $6.25 for 3 beans? Oh my. Im sure it was worth it tho. She just sounds so adorable!
Glad you had such a good trip. But then how could you not in Hawaii?

Peggy: I got brave at my gym and have been doing the Circuit thing. Im really liking it.

Hi to everybody else. Must get busy at work :(

Oh someone asked how to start a new thread. All you need to do is Click on the New Thread Button. Put in the new title and type a way as normal. You do need to be under the Other groups tho and not in the last thread.

Karen I came down with a case of Contact Dermatitis... in Maui :rollpin: I went to a doctor there and he gave me some medication. It didn't go away, but at least it was manageable and it didn't spoil my fun. Last Friday I saw my own doctor and she told me to buy Lubriderm for Seriously Sensitive skin (yellow bottle) and this lotion gave me the first real relief. I put it on with the cortisone cream. When I was reading up about dermatitis it was linked with eczema... so maybe this lotion would help you too. How exciting for to be planning such a big move.

I want to congratulate you too Glenda.. WOW a lose of 10 lbs. Great going. I am glad to hear you are feeling better as well.

I was reading the comments on the movie. Years ago, when our present Pastor came to our Church he focused on crucifixion for the Lenten services. Week after week he showed photos and went into great detail. It was very hard for us who attended, but it gave us great appreciation of the sacrifice that was made. I am not sure I could sit through the movie in the theater, but will try and see it when it comes out in video. From what I have read, Mel Gibson accurately portrays what happened, so how can it be anti-semetic? I find violence and cruelty so hard to watch. It took me 3 times before I could sit through Schindler's List, that little girl in the red coat still haunts me.

Lily... so Bat Bird is really a hawk? :lol: I guess life is more relaxing now that you have given up WW meetings.
Maria Maybe your orthotics aren't fitted right for you? I don't think you should be getting blisters from them. It is amazing how miserable you can feel when your feet are sore. Hope you get that problem solved.
Ann Did your Norwegian family enjoy there holiday? What did they think of the US? I am sure it is quite different in Norway.
Hi Peggy and Marnie.

I am feeling sorry for Martha Stewart these days. She sure has a lot of trouble and it isn't over yet. I watched CNN with Aaron Brown last night and he reported that she is being investigated by the IRS now, she resigned from Revlon, lost her TV show and will probably resign from her own company. How much better it would have been for her to just confess at the very beginning. Everybody does stupid things.

Bye for now... see you in 20 minutes Slavika, I'm on my way :cofdate:

G'day all,

I never received any email notification of the may posts that were here, nice surprise when I came without the prompting of an email :)
The new smilies are really cute, such creative people who think of them.

Glenda Congratulations, you are doing so well. Also pleased that you will be able to manage the blood pressure problem with lifestyle change. I know what you mean, sometimes the popping of a a pill is so much easier :?:

Ann back to 'normal' again after your visitors. Pleased you enjoyed their company. Any thoughts of visiting them in Norway?

Slavika enjoyed the story of grand daughter 'conning' her grandpa :D , reminds me of our daughter who has her grandpa and father wrapped around her little finger and she is now 27 :lol:

Karen your hands sound so painful, our son-i-l has bad eczma mainly behind his knees, at times it looks so red and angry.
I had fake nails for a few weeks but got sick of having them 'done', I am very much a 'do it yourself' person and don't like having to rely on anyone.
You could say I am a bit of an independant control freak ;) :D

Lily you certainly do live and learn....I have just ordered some software over the net for $US385, I am keeping my fingers crossed it will get here. I won't go into detail about the software other than I have been using a pirated copy and feel it is time I buy it! This particular software is 3x as much in Australia :eek:, some of the sites that offer it so much cheaper, only supply the American market. This one I found on Ebay will supply overseas as well, I did as much research as I could and it all seems above board. This price is even cheap for the US market, I am assured it is the real deal and according to all the feedback on the Ebay site, the seller has not one negative comment. :crossed: :crossed: :crossed:

Trudy I don't know much about Martha Stewart but from what I have read, it seems she thought she was above the law and could get away with the 'inside trading'.
My orthotics are a nightmare and rang the podiatrist yesterday and told him, I did not leave him in any doubt as to how I REALLY felt :mad: :mad:
I am seeing him again next Monday and he assured me he would not be charging me for any visits until the problem is rectified and I am happy with the orthotics.
I would hate to add up as to how much money I have spend on my feet. I have had orthotics since I was 8, now that is a long time ago ;)

I am happy to report that whilst I have not passed Glenda in the weight loss stakes, I am steadily and slowly loosing, I am now down 7 pounds with my new eating regime.
The new eating rgime is now a bit 'watered' down, I just cannot eat so much protein but I am very aware of the amount of 'white' carbs I have.

I must be off and get a few things done....
Cheers
Maria

Maria great job on losing 7 pounds :bravo: :cp: I say any weight that gets a minus sign in front of it is a good loss. My printer is still working strange isn't it? :?:

Trudy I will buy the lotion you talked about. I'n using Neutrogena this wek and is is giving some releif. What is the nae of the cortisone cream that u are using? My hands always seem better in the morning after a night of heavy cream and wearing gloves but as soon as I wash face in the morning they get all scaly again.YUK :dunno: I do try to stay out of water for that reason. But a very hard trick since i'm always in the bathroom! :?:

I'm glad this week is over And i can go back to my regular days. And now I've given up one more meeting to the new leader so I"m down to 5 instead of 6 meeting in those 2 day's. This lady is going to be the one who takes over the brainerd area for me when I leave. Now I am still looking for some one to take over the other 2. Have one possiablty but she is kind of iffy, We'll see how it goes. :dunno:

Well enough for now I'll talk to you guys later.

Karen