WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50-60 yr olds #33

G'day all,

I have been home a few days but unfortunetly I have been quite sick with a cold/flu or whatever :( :(
I went to the doctors today and I have infected sinuses so I now have some antibiotics and hopefully will start to feel a bit better soon.

'See' you all tomorrow.......

Cheers
Maria

Maria sorry that you have been sick with a flu/cold. :( It sure can knock you down. I hope you will soon be feeling better. Take care of yourself. Bye for now.

Maria hope you are feeling better soon. Whatever it is, it must be going around the world. I think everyone has something. Take care.

Ann hope your DH is better today. I know what you mean by the flat surface syndrome. We have that same problem. Glad your DD will be here for you while you have surgery. I miss mine even tho we didn't spend alot of time together we spoke almost every day. She is one busy girl. Seems to have gotten busier since school started again.

Maria sorry you sick. Not a good thing to come home to be!!

Slavika 2.2# is a great thing!!!

Have to go and get ready to go to Tampa with DH we are picking up his new glasses today.

We had good news yesterday Of the $16,000 hospital bill we had to run up in August. We will only have to pay $250.00 the insurance picked up the rest. That was a biggggggggg ! relief off our minds.

Sprout is growing like a weed. We take him for a shot next week and we'll see how much he has gained. He does like to eat!

Karen

Maria I hope you have better luck shaking the flu/cold than I am having. I still have a sore throat and do so much sneezing. I can't believe I got the flu in the first place. It sure does lay you flat though. Hope you feel better soon. I am still feeling quite rough.
Karen How big is Sprout supposed to get? He sure is a cute little bundle right now. Do you give him special food? I watched a re-run of Sex & The City the other night and the character Charlotte got a Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that I would have just loved. Been thinking about getting a dog ever since. They sure can warm our hearts. You sure got lucky with that medical bill.

I went to Tea Time with our Slavika yesterday. That was the highlight of my week so far.

Had anyone else besides Slavika and me been watching "The Biggest Loser" on TV? I won't be suprised it a contestant or two has a heart attack on the program. These completely unfit, obese people are just starving themselves and exercising until they throw up. The first week they lost big, but this last week the losses were small to none. I feel sorry for them and their desperation.

See you all later... :dizzy:

Trudy - Omigosh! I wondered about "The Big Loser", but since I really do detest reality shows, I didn't want to see it. Just sounds like a surefire way to cause someone real harm! You guys aren't supposed to get the flu yet, are you? Leon and I were up one whole night, just so sick. We spent yesterday recuperating. I went at 5 to MacDonald's to get strawberry shakes and a young man ran a stoplight and hit my car in the back passenger side. Just ruined my milkshake! (and my door!) Anyway, we were both okay, but I am having some bad karma--sprained back, stomach virus, and wreck. Ready for some good stuff now. My sweet man just said, "Are you all right?" Several asked if he were mad--can you imagine!!!!

Karen - so glad for you with that bill. That takes a load off the mind. I can't remember why you thought you might have to pay in the first place--didn'[t you know your insurance was this good? If not, you can be happy now. You are in good hands (or whatever the slogan is).

My back is back to hurting, thanks to a little car accident. I might be seeing my chiropractor more than I wished to afterall. Poor kid who hit me didn't know he was hitting the mother of a lawyer. My son has given me all this advice, but it is fair, just stuff I never knew before.
Glenda

Glenda this was the first time we had ever used this insurance that we had through the military retired part. So that is why we were wondering. When we were told that it would be that way it just sounded to good to be true. So we held our breath until we say it in Black and White. Sorry about your shake oh! and your car too. Hope your back is better soon

Trudy Sprouts mommy was 8 pounds and his Daddy was 10 pounds so he expected to be no more than 10 pounds. We feed him puppy food for small breed dogs. He doesn't eat much only about a cup of food through out the day. Plus we give him a couple of treat snacks a day. No table food don't want to ruin him and make him fat!

I haven't seen the Big losser show we watch The top Model show and Survivor that is enough for now.

Karen

Hi Everyone:

Maria: So sorry that you are sick. flu is bad stuff. I'm trying to keep away from people. I don't want it that is for sure. Get well soon.

Glenda: So sorry about your accident, and especially the ruined shake:D:D: Hope your back will improve quickly. An accident like that does shake a person up, more than we think.

Slavkia:Congrats on the weight loss. you are doing great. And I just can't believe that I am so stressed!:lol: :D:

Trudy: Hope you can shake the remains of your flu away. No fun to fell bad for such a long time.

Karen: Glad your insurance kicked in the way you had hoped. Sprout will probably be about the size of our Cuddles. She weighs about 9lbs. And she only eats about 1/2 cup of dry dog food a day. But I make her little turkey/beef burgers that she gets mixed in with the dry food. About an ounce of meat. She never liked any of the canned dog food. She has large nuggets available all day and of course she gets her treats. She likes the 'Greenie" toothbrush shaped chews. They are good for the teeth.

Got to go out and see if the eclipse has started. Another fairly sleepless night, so to be early again. Hi Peggy, and Lily "See' you all tomorrow. Ann

G'day all,

Today is the first day that I feel reasonable again, boy it certainly hit me for 6.
It has been good to read all the posts :)

Glenda sorry to hear about your little 'bingle' in your car. Besides now having a bad back again :( , what a nuisance to get the car fixed etc. etc.

KAren what great news having your insurance cover most of your medical bills, you must have been thrilled. Happy to hear 'our' Sprout is thriving :D

Trudy We don't have the show you speak of, so cannot comment. It does amaze me though that people volunteer to be part of these type of shows. :dizzy:

Slavika great loss again, well done. :bravo:

Ann I can imagine the last thing you need at the moment is the flu but I think Trudy passed it on to me ;) :D , so just be careful!
Your dog 'Cuddles' has a very 'sad' life with you :D I must say I used to cook special food for my 2 pappilions when I had them, they were spoilt but very sweet and good company.

Peggy I think you are right, the world is such a small place now and we all seem to be affected by similar ailments. :(

DH is home tonight and we have 3 weeks holiday. We will be spending the three weeks getting organised for a 6 month stay in Sydney. We are leaving Adelaide on November 21.
I have gotten used to the idea and this time it won't be too bad. We are renting a fully furnished apartment as opposed to the serviced apartments we have had in the past. The apartment has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large 'sweeping balconies' and overlooks the harbour. It is a short ferry right into the CBD of Sydney. The apartment is not so much in the tourist area and it should be alot more like home.
It is right next door to a rather famous factory shopping outlet (http://www.birkenheadsc.com.au/home.amx) where there is also a huge supermarket.
I have not lost any more weight, the weekend in Sydney was just hopeless, I did try and choose the right things and I am happy that I did not gain any.
So my aims for the next 6 months are to get to that goal weight and get the scrapbooks done for my children.

That is all for now.......
Cheers
Maria

Did anyone see the eclipse last night. I stayed up long enough to see it and they were right, at least here, that it was the Hunter's moon, because it was a real reddish color once the eclipse was total. Can you imagine what the ancient people used to think of something like this when they had no understanding of what was happening.

DH is feeling better today from his epidural. Hurrah :cp::cp: So there is hope after all.
I was beginning to think nothing was going to help him.

Looking forward to DD coming Sunday. We have always been very close. We sort of speak the same language, I guess. Our personalities are a lot alike.

Had lunch with a friend today and we had a good visit and vented to each other about the problems with husbands when they are sick, or just don't feel well. I am beginning to think that most men are alike in that department.

Hope you all are doing well. "See" you tomorrow. Have my pre-op tests tomorrow a.m. Don't know just exactly what that entails but will before too long. Good night all. Ann

Hi Everybody :)

Ann...how did your pre-op tests go this morning? We couldn't see the eclipse because of all the cloud cover but I did go outside and try. We have had so much damp and rain that it is getting somewhat depressing.

Glenda.....sorry about the accident, but happy that it is just your car and not you that was damaged. I was "really" sorry to hear about the ruined milkshake though......hee hee :lol: :lol: How's your back today?

Maria, how are you feeling now? People are getting the flu/colds on our side of the world too. I will go and have a look at the web address you gave us. :) Ahh shopping one of my favorite sports. ;)

Karen, so "our" Sprout is not going to be a very big doggie? How's he getting along with everybody? Has he "met" any other four legged critters?

Lily....how are you doing? Have you left your job at WW now and just become a member only? I can't believe that the people on that "loser" show work so hard and the results are so small. Next time they should just join WW and buy a treadmill or join a wellness center.

Yesterday was our grandson's 11th birthday and tonight Papa and I are taking out the family for chinese food (grandson's chose). Later we will come back here so that he can open his birthday gifts and have birthday cake. On Saturday he and friends are going to one of those "wall climbing" places and then he is having them sleep over, so the Princess is spending Saturday night here with us. :love:

Peggy.....how are you doing? Has your DH managed to find someplace to store all his tools? What kind of weather are you having these days?

Trudy ....go ahead and get a new little puppy and then if you go away DH and I would be happy to puppy sit. :)

Talk to you all later. Bye for now. :)

G'day all,

At last starting to feel much better other than I feel very tired as though I have done a week of manual labour, when I have done absolutely nothing since returning home on Monday :dizzy: ;) :D

The weather here is very warm again, hope it cools down a little next week when we will prepare the garden for our long abscence.

I have promised to get a newsletter done for our local cricket club. I had better get on with that seeing I am a week behind schedule due to this rotten cold/flu bug :mad:

Lovely having dh home again, had a good sleep last night which certainly makes all the difference :)

Hi to everyone, hope you all have a great weekend......

Cheers
Maria

Happy Halloween :fr: :)

Tried to post last night but lost it so gave up in disgust :?:

Sprout has met a few other barking dogs and one who was friendly. But he loves people and will go to any one who stops to talk.

He is walking really well on a leash and is going pretty far. it gets me out of the house and now SIL has started walking with us so she is doing something other than stay in the house. :)

Ann was wondering how the pre op testing went? And how is DH doing today?

Skavika I can't believe your GS is 11 years old already. We sure have part of each others lives for a long time now. :)

SIL brought her sewing machine back with her the last time she visited her Daughter. So I have began making new throw pillows to go on the bed. and will be making Valance's to match over the week end. Haven't got back to quilting yet but plane to begin again. Just need to find time. How did I ever find time to work. Retirement is one long weekend and we always seem to be going and doing something.

Trudy how you doing.

Maria I'm glad your feeling better.

Lily I too have been wondering if you quit your WW job? And have just become a member? Being a member is nice. No muss no fuss just go and enjoy. I had forgotten how much i enjoyed just sitting and sharing.

Well I'm going to make some decaf and watch Dateline so check in with all of you later.

Karen :)

Tonight is just one of those nights. It is 2:55 am and I just can't sleep at all. I have been up and down since midnight, turned on the tv 1/2 doz times, tried to read and now decided to come here and see what is new. Why is it, I can be tired, but just not able to turn off my mind. I have been managing 4 -6 hours a night, 2 hours at a time for a while now, but things are worse tonight. Of course, DH has been sleeping since 11:00 pm. It sure can make me crazy. I guess the rest of you are all sound alseep, except Maria, who is probably enjoying her Saturday.
Maybe a few games on MSN will help. If I survive the night, I will see you later.... bye for now..

Oh Trudy: I sure can identify with your sleepless nights. I always blame it on the full moon :) I get up and go out in the living room and do cross word puzzles until my brain just gets tired out.

The pre-op was fine, and i haven't had any calls so i guess i passed. I had to answer a gazillion questions, and they took some blood :p and then did an EKG. So it was quite simple, oh and I got a lot of instructions for the actual day. What to wear and not to wear. And my diet. It is a good thing I like jello as I think I will be having a lot of that for a few days.

We had a SHOWTIME at the clubhouse tonight. A very good entertainer. And very quick witted. he had us all laughing a lot. and a good singer too. He finished up with Music of the Night from Phantom. Very good.

And now we get an extra Hour of sleep since it it fall back with the clocks.
Tomorrow my DD comes to be here for two weeks. I'm looking forward to having her here.

DH is doing better after his epidural. It has seemed to make a difference. I am glad for that. Today we went to Sam's club and I stocked up on all sorts of stuff, since I know I won't be making that trip for a while.

Hope everyone is having a Happy weekend, and with all the little 'trick or treaters. we miss that here in the adult only park. :sorry:

Will check back tomorrow. Ann

Trudy and Ann. I know when I have a sleepless night I do puzzles or read a book or the T.V. When i use the caption mod it helps to put me to sleep and i don't desturb any one else in the house.

Ann tell your daughter or DH that I will be calling to get an update on your surgery . If you let them know then they won't think some nut is calling and identifies herself as one of the "Fat Chicks" :dizzy: Then I can post or e-mail to let the rest of the gals know. Is that OK? :)

Have a great day!

Karen

Maria Sorry that you have been sick but glad you are feeling better now. :o

Trudy: Havent seen that Loser show. Havemt even heard about it. I dont like reality shows. Sure doesnt sound like a good way to lose tho. What people wont do for Moey. I assume they get some if they win? :?:

Karen: Sprout sounds so cute. Glad your SIL is walking with you at least it gets her out of the House. :)

Glenda: Sorry to hear about the Accident. Hope your back feels better soon. Have you stated back with the Ciropractor yet? :p

Ann: I missed the Elipse. Sure glad Karen is gonna check up on you and let us know how you are doing :)

Slavika: Congrats on the loss! Sounds like you had a fun Party for the prince :) He will love the wall Climbing thing to. Kids love that!

Yes I did quit WW but I still have 2 weeks to go. She asked me to stay 3 weeks to find a replacement. I went back to my Normal Meeting Sat. And I realized how much I missed it and the others to. Nice to be an Almost Member again

Have a Happy Halloween All!
:?: :o :) :p :o
These seletons are to cute :lol:

Good Morning all: Taking a few minutes off from bathroom duty. I go for the colonoscopy this a.m. Going to get an inner tattoo for the Doc. tomorrow. Fun Fun!!!

I have shown DD how to get on line with you all so along with Karen, she can keep you posted, if it is not too late when she gets home. She plans to stay the night tomorrow, if the hospital will let her. It depends on whether I have a private room or not. Because of the privacy act, now with a semi-private room they don't like to have people stay over night. But maybe DD will push a little.

I am looking forward to broth and jello and tea and water for a few days. I hope the scales will show something good for all this torture.

We'll be in touch. Thanks for all the prayers, and love you gals. Ann

Ann take care. And do enjoy your liquid diet. It all sound just yummy!

Karen

Ann, I want to add my wishes and good vibes to you. Remember, you will get this taken care of and get back to your life as soon as possible, just a little bump in the road. What a way to get your child to come visit! You are in the best possible hands. So glad your DD and Karen can both keep us up to date!

Karen - Sprout is such a cute little guy. I love other people's puppies--you know what I mean. They are a handful, but so worth it! I will go through it all again when I need to. Our dogs are such a bunch of company and keep us laughing a lot. But they can be troublesome, like when you leave. Trudy, you had the best offer ever from Slavika, of puppysitting. Take advantage of a great deal!

We had a funky Halloween. All it did was rain, so we had about 10 brave souls. What a bust! I am so tired of rain! On Saturday OSU almost beat out in-state rivals, OU. 38-35. It was decided in the last 11 seconds. Lots of fun!

My back is better. Seems like I will be going to a chiropractor "for weeks". But I have had people tell me to take advantage of all the therapy. I also get to have massages. YEA! For now, I just want my car fixed. Tomorrow we will take it to a bodyshop and get a rental car. We are going to insist on a "like model". We have always gotten some little subcompact. Didn't know we could insist on anything else. Nice to have a lawyer son.
Glenda

Dear Ann :) soon your surgery will be over and done with and you will really get to enjoy your time with both your daughters. I'm so happy for you that your one daughter will be there for you when you have your surgery and then soon after, your other one will arrive. :) Focus on the "after" part....like eating :hungry: wonderful tasting jello...hee hee (I know the smilie shows a knife and fork and no spoon, but think of it as a challenge. :lol:
To Ann's Daughter Your Mom is very special to all of us on this board. We have been together for a long time now and although we have not met face to face (yet) we really feel like we know each other. When I talk about the gals on this board with my friends I refer to us as the "older dollies". :D Please give your Mom a big HUG from me and the other dollies..... :grouphug:
Bye for now, see you all tomorrow. :)

Ann: Good luck to you! It will be over soon! I will be thinking of you! :)
Anns Daughter: Give her a hug for me to! :grouphug:

And just what is this? :o :lol:

G'day all,

I would like to add my best wishes to Ann, I agree with everything Slavika said, we do have a very special group with a special bond, I feel very forunate to be part of it.

I now have laryngitis and feel pretty yuck. It is a fun household, dh has still blocked ears from his flight home on Friday (he had a bad cold at the time of flying) so what with him being deaf and I can only talk in a whisper, we are having some great conversations!!!!!

Talk to you at greater length when I am feeling a bit better.

Take care all,
Cheers
Maria

Ann's Daughter - I know the procedure is going on about now and there have been a lot of prayers going up regarding the best possible outcome for your mom. Just keep us informed. It is funny to think back about how long we have talked without meeting in the flesh. We know so much about each other and love each other in a very special way. Tell her we are already missing her.
Glenda

No news yet, I won't have access to the net for a couple of days.....

Hope there will be a message posted that all went well with Ann's surgery when I return.

Thinking of you Ann and I KNOW you will be fine, I would just like to see it confirmed by a message from your daughter!

Maria

The worst is over by nowAnn.
Dear Ann's Daughter add my best wishes for a speedy recovery to the other gals on the board. She has been on all our minds today. Give her a big hug from all of us.. :love: Trudy.

I did try to call a while ago but got no answer so will call again in the morning. Maybe by then Ann's DD will have given us some news.

Ann's Daughter-- Be sure and add my best wishes to Ann and my wish that she has a speedy recovery. By now you know just how much we all care :love: about her. give her our love and give her a hug. :grouphug: :goodvibes

Karen

Just a quick post. I talked for a few minutes to Ann's DH. He said she is doing good and things are looking up. Seems there was a little trouble and had to call in another surgen to help out. She has her Daughter abd a friend who is a nurse with her. So she is in good hands. She knows we are thinking about her . So just keep sending good vibes. Hope fully in a day or so we will hear from her Daughter. Any way so far so good.
Karen

Thanks Karen for the Update.
Im thinking of you Ann. And sending good vibes to you.
Love you! You have been in my thoughts daily.

We haven't heard anything yet? I know we are all wanting to know how she is. Hope all is well.

We have our car in the bodyshop. It will be gone for two weeks. Now we are driving a red Impala which is nice, but just not AS nice. We are so spoiled. I am still going to the chiropractor. On the days I go I hurt more than the day in between. Wonder why.

We are having our couple's weekend this week with my sis and brother and spouses. It has been a bit of a challenge to clean up the pigpen. Leon has been tired too, so tonight will be a big push.

How are you all? I know. We are all concerned about Ann. Me too.
Glenda

G'day all,

I guess no news is good news and I sincerely hope all is well with Ann.

Sounds like you have been busy Glenda. That is the biggest pain about having a car accident, having to go through the inconvenience of getting the car fixed!
We are having our Landrover thoroughly serviced before the big trip to Sydney. We will be leaving the little 'dream machine' at home.
DH says we need new shockers and springs, probably will all cost an arm and a leg :(

I am still far from well and it is really now starting to annoy me no end. I have done very little these past 2 weeks :(
I do have good news as well though, dd and her husband are coming to visit us in Sydney over Xmas. I am quite thrilled they were able to get 5 days off and using that time to visit us :love:.

I best not think about all the things I need to do before we leave in 2 weeks time.
I am giving myself till Monday and then regardless I will just have to get on with it!

Hello to everyone, hope you are all happy and healthy.........

Cheers
Maria

Hi Everybody :)
Sorry to hear Maria that you still aren't feeling yourself. The flu can sure hang on for a long time.

I was hoping that maybe there would be more news for us about how Ann is doing, but I am sure when her daughter gets a minute she will let us know.

I'll stop by later to check. Bye for now. :)

Karen, can you call again? I know. You probably shouldn't. They are probably just busy in the hospital. I just won't be here over the weekend and I will be anxious. She had this surgery three days ago. In my neck of the world, that is how long they let me stay, except when I had the nausea complications. Maybe we will hear something today.

Maria, I am sure if your will has anything to do with it, by Monday you will be raring to go. Happy for you that your daughter and SIL can visit on Christmas. I just talked to a lady who just broke my heart. She is 58 and her husband just died of Alzheimer's. She has one daughter who lives in California and she can't afford to visit often. So Christmas will be lonely for her. Makes you realize how lucky we are.
Glenda

My sweet little :angel: had a bad allergic reaction at the baby sitters last month. The baby sitter was making peanut butter sandwiches for the older children and my grand baby started to swell and get hives. Well, she had allergy testing done today and sure enough, she is allergic to peanuts and cats. They just gave her 4 needles and she tested positive for the two things. The cat thing is not serious, but the peanut allergy is another thing all together.
I was hoping that we would have some news of Ann today. It is so hard waiting and worrying. I know we will get the news as soon as it is possible.
Maria I am not over my flu/cold bout either. It just seems to hang on leaving me feeling quite drained.
GlendaI have heard other people say the same thing about going to chiropractors or physio, it always feels worse right after. Eventually it will get better.

I will check back later.. bye bye...

I too am waithing to hear from Ann's Daughter. I hate to call again and bother Ann's DH. You know his back pain and all. So have decided to just wait it out. If we haven't heard anything by Sunday I'll will call. OK?

My Dh got his flu shot to day. I'm to young ;) so will have to go it alone. And hope I don't get sick. Hand washing and more handwashing is going to be my defence.

We are off early in the morning again to the VA hospital. DH is to have an EKG at 8:00 am and his doctors appointment is at 9:00 am. :coffee: Maybe we will finally find out why he had that heart thing in August.

Today was so nice and cool. We even were able to turn off the A/C for the better part of the day. I don't like to sleep with the windows open because I always wake up stuffy. But during the day it is good. The breeze was wonderful. To cool to even go to the pool. The wind was blowing, if not then we could have gone.

The lady who writes articles for our park newletter was here today to interview us. she was here for about 2 hours. I was suprised :?: that she was here that long. Guess we had more to say :blah: :blah: than I thought :lol: . All the new people in the park geet a write up. She told us there were 60 new comers that moved in this summer. And a lot of them were in our age group. I'm going to go to the women's club this month and see what it is all about. I need to find things to do that don't involve DH. I love :love: him dearly but ......

Had to change the time I took Sprout out for his evening walk/run. :tread: I was taking him after supper and the kitchen was cleaned but now it's dark by then . So We are going before supper now and the humans in the house will have to wait for us to get back. Little Puppy Boy needs his long walk.. The little guy crash's when we get back to the house. He loves his walk . He has to greet every one who is willing to stop and talk to him.

Trudy was sorry to hear about you little :angel: and the peanut allergy. Not a good thing.

Well guess I've rambled on long enough . Talk to you all later.

Karen

Onto the next thread......

Maria