~~May Golden Girls~~
 

We are about Fitness and Quality of Life after 50...
We are about Fun and Friendship after 50...
We are the Golden Girls...

There is Value in us
There is Power in us
There is Wisdom in us
And Laughter....
We are a rainbow of unique wonders,
There is love in us.
(poem by Dorothy Holmes)

Tell us a little about your life, family and goals. What keeps you motivated? What is the best thing that's happened to you since you passed the 50 mark?
Friends laugh, cry and stand by each other, we'll be that to you!

Happy May Day!
How many of you made and delivered May baskets in your youth?
I had more fun decorating the baskets than eating the sweets. My grandson is miserable, his chin is twice the size it should be from all the swelling and he's running a fever. He is 17 and wishes he had never had the surgery. But he really didn't have a choice with his bad over bite. We off to see him again later today.
Lynn...Thanks for the accountability thread last month, it's just what I needed to take off AGAIN those 6 pounds.
It's raining here but the grass is such a beautiful green color, I'll take the rain.
I'm planning on making Isabella cake this afternoon if we get back early enough from visiting my grandson.
Have a great May day.

Hi Bobbi,

I never made baskets on May day (just on Easter). However, I do remember dancing around a May pole. The nuns used to attach streamers to the top of a pole & we would weave in and out around the pole so that the streamers would form a weave around the pole.

Rainy here - going out to dinner with my DD & SIL this evening - practicing my "self talk" to keep from eating the wrong stuff.

Lynn

Hello gals. It's a gorgeous sunny day here but not real warm. I did go grocery shopping this morning and wore a sweater set under a cotton jacket and that was warm enough ducking in and out of the stores.

I finally bought groceries yesterday and today after over 2 weeks of abstaining from buying (but not eating, :lol:) I took mom and wheeled her around all day long. She had a great day. I was too tired to get on my bike after we got home so I'm hoping all that pushing will count towards some kind of exercise.

I bought some of the sweetest Clementines I've ever eaten. They were so good I ate 3 in one sitting. I know they are only a toothful any given time so 3 is not so bad.

I'm trying to get a few things cooked before 1 pm as the power is going off for an hour, but it could be longer. The schools are dismissing early because of said power outage so DH won't be home for his regular dinner hour. He'll be at least an hour or hour and a half later. Must run. BIL is also coming over to register his car online before power goes out.

Have a great day. Must drink water.

Good Morning!

Bobbi - I remember putting May baskets together as a kid and deliverying them to a few select neighbors. So fun!

We went to our granddaughter's play last night. She did a fabulous job. Hubby and I stopped at Culver's for ice cream. I really need to get off the Culver's ice cream! I cannot exercise it off. Way too many calories.

Hi Isabella,

Ditto about the clementines. Mine were from CA! Usually, they are from Spain. Tasted like candy.

Lynn

I believe mine were from CA also. And they were on sale, to make them even sweeter!

BTW, I remember some fuzzy memories of making May baskets for my Grandmother and a couple of special aunts.

Hello all,

Was a nice sunny day here, but humid. Off from work a couple days ~ yippee. Spent the day catching up with friends via e-mail, and a sewing project. This evening, baby sat Maddie. I took her for a walk in her stroller. She was singing as we walked ~ her little baby voice ~ I didn't know what the words were (she is 19 months) but I enjoyed it. We went for about 1/2 hour. She was asleep by the time we got home.

Bobbi ~ hope your grandson is feeling better.

Susannp ~ sorry to hear of your troubles. {{{{{{{Hugs for you}}}}}}

Getting sleepy, I will have to post more another time.

Hope you all have a good weekend.

Take care

Good morning Everyone,

I'm off to NYC this morning. Meeting my sister. We're going to a play tonight - 9 to 5 - and staying over. Hopefully it will not rain too much tomorrow & we'll hand out in the city.

Check back tomorrow afternnon,

Lynn

Hope these give you a giggle.....

Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light!
TWENTY NINE LINES TO MAKE YOU SMILE

1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't.

2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.

3. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.

4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.

5. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

6.. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me

7.. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

8.. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.

9.. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing.

10.. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.

11.. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-is-the-room-spinning medicine.

12... God must love stupid people; He made so many.

13.. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

14.. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.

15.. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

16.. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!

17.. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I
Grew up.

18 . Procrastinate Now!

19.. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?

20.. A Bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.

21.. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

22.. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!

23..They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken.

24.. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.

25.. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three
thousand times the memory.

26.. Ham and eggs...A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
27.. The trouble with life is there's no background music.

28.. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.

29.. I smile because I just don't know what is going on.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!
Life is too short and friends are too few!

Thanks for the smiles way2fluffy :D

Thanks, I had a good laugh too, DH likes # 28, he's a Smith & Wesson kind of guy.
Pushing up daisy isn't my idea of tending a flower garden:D

Good Morning Girls!
What's everyone doing this morning for fun? I'm back to counting calories after a weekend of a few pieces of unhealthy food. (If you want to call that fun.........NOT.)
I'm going out to my grandmother's grave to plant flowers today and maybe catch up on my ironing. I was so relieved when DH retired, no more ironing dress shirts. I only bring out my ironing board once a month now and still find it tedious.
All my tulips are flowering and so beautiful, too bad they don't hang around awhile. Do any of you plant Dahlia bulbs? Not you sunshine climate gals but anyone who has to dig bulbs out in the fall so they don't freeze. My DH found some bulbs I dug out the fall of 2007 and forgot to plant last year. I don't know if I should waste my time and plant them or toss them.
I'm dressed, finished my exercise and now someone needs to push me off this cp chair and do something, you all have a great day!

Good Morning,

Tulips - how pretty! I am just starting to dig around in my garden. It's in bad shape. I did some work on Saturday instead of walking as my legs are very sore.

Hubby bought a banana cream pie and served me a piece. I ate 90% of it. Bad girl! I know I cannot exercise that amount of calories off. I need to develop a plan for such instances.

Otherwise, my weekend went pretty well.

Waving Hi to all you losers....need to get off this computer and get productive.
Have a great Monday all......:D

Hello everyone. Today I worked on wedding items. Over the weekend I finished the favor bags, the comb for the veil and made about 250 veggie meatballs. Today I finished the shower favors and photocopied the wedding coloring books for the kids who will attend the wedding.

I don't do much in the garden any more. I do have a nice clump of daffodils that keep coming back year after year along with the perennials that are woefully neglected. I have done dahlias in years past and they did come out beautifully.

I'm right on track with the calories since Saturday's free day. I didn't think I'd get in any exercise yesterday as I was busy the whole day but I hopped on the bike around 10 pm and got in half an hour.

The weather was really nice yesterday and today. DH finished weather protecting the deck and today he put out a line of towels. (He's come a long way since we were married 31 years ago. :D)

Tomorrow I'll tackle the wedding veil and get that finished. I have to sew on a trim of chiffon ribbon and attach it to the comb and we'll be all ready for "Here Comes the Bride."

Have a good day. Catch you all later.

Good Morning ladies, I can't believe it's already May 5th, and I haven't been here at all in May.

Hope everyone is doing good, and thank you everyone for your kind words and hugs. Each day that passes I realize that I made the right move, and wonder why in the world didn't I do it sooner????? Or worse yet, why did I marry the guy in the first place? I just don't know, but that's in the past, and I'm living for today!

I have no idea what the scales say, as I just haven't bothered to get on them. I have been eating right, I may have had 5 things that weren't good for me since I moved in, but basically say OP. This morning I'm wearing a size 14 slacks, haven't been in them for at least 2 yrs.

Bobbi, I send good wishes for your grandson. At least he should heal quickly, he has his youth on his side.

I have some men coming from church to build a rail for mother to get in the house, I haven't been able to get her out, because I can't get her back in by myself. They said they will be glad to do anything that I need done. Do you think it would be out of line to ask them to paint the inside for me? I'll buy the paint gladly, if they will do the work.

Ok, gotta get up and get ready for work. And mother has a follow up appt from her pacemaker surgery today. AND, it's not supposed to rain today!!!!
Maybe I can mow when I get home from pm bus route, and will get my exercise in for today. Haven't done any exercising, just unpacking, moving furniture, packing back up for yard sale, running here, running there, hope that all counts for something too.

Have a great day in your neighborhood today, it's a new beginning, for sure.

Susann

Good Morning Girls!
Who's the computer expert on this thread? I can't instant messenger anymore, the send button has disappeared and the microsoft help hasn't answered me yet. I also can't use the word processor when copy/pasting. I like to transfer recipes over to word and alter them before printing out and the copy/paste doesn't work. They say the message is too big to fit the page and to reduce the size of the print. Duh.......I've never had to do that before! Plus I don't know how to do that. I had my computer tech take out the Norton Anti-Virus program and put AVG in which he says doesn't cause as much problems. Since then I've had more problems. Can anyone help me with these annoyances?
Susann...I'm sure you'll get plenty of help if you ask, most Church's have retired people with plenty of pep left in them, I do. Or the youth group could take it on as a project, the painting I mean.
You all have a great low calorie/carb day.

Good Morning Everyone,

Sad day today. Going to a viewing for my DF's 2-yr-old granddaughter who died on Saturday. Her parents went in to get her up from a nap and she was dead. Puts everything else in perspective.

Back tomorrow.

Lynn

Hello Everybody,

Lynn, My deepest regrets to you and your loved ones on the loss of your grand child. Such a tragedy. I can't even begin to imagine the pain. I'm so terribly sorry for your loss. I will walk tomorrow for 45 minutes in her memory.:hug:

My DIL miscarried. I'm so proud of how supportive my DS is to his wife and to each other. I'm so proud both of my sons turned out to be supportive husbands. I don't know how I did it, so I'll have to give them all the credit. After that loss, I came up with a terrible head cold.

My gym finally reopened, so I plan to get started again. I'm looking forward to it. I finally found my new place and move in June 1.

Oh, Lynn how sad. I can't imagine what those poor parents are going through. My sympathies go out to you all.

Jada, I'm sorry about your DIL's miscarriage. I've been through that myself know what it's like. Glad your son was a comfort to his wife. Of course he's going through it too.

Bobbi, sorry I can't be of help. I'm always calling on one of my son's for technical support. I don't know what I'll do once the youngest gets married in July. Fortunately, he'll only be an hour away.

I overate on homemade bread today. I baked it this morning and by suppertime I broke down and ate many slices toasted with margarine. But I did get in an hour on my bike but I hardly put a dent in all those extra calories I consumed with the bread. It was so good toasted and I haven't had toast with margarine in such a long time. It's a good thing I didn't have butter in the frig or I'd be still eating. I'll lighten up my meals tomorrow and hopefully trim off a few calories to make up for today.

Take care all and stay away from freshly baked bread.

ETA: Hi Susann. Somehow I missed your post. Glad everything is working out for you. And happy to see you back on the thread.

Good Morning,

That was the worst viewing I have ever attended. The little girl would have been 2 at the end of this month. She looked like a doll. My friend is devastated - her son and daughter-in-law are in shock.

Made me think of my family. Before I was born, my 4-year-old sister died having her tonsils out. It pretty much tore my family up. My parents did not have the emotional or financial resources to handle the situation. My father became an alcoholic, my mother had severe depression, and my sister felt like she was unimportant in their eyes. When I came along, everyone was VERY over-protective.

My friend's family is in a different place. They called a friend who is a child psychologist to help them determine whether or not their sons should attend the services. I just hope that they will be able to get through this with their family intact.

VERY, VERY sad situation.

Lynn

Good Morning!
Lynn...I'm so sorry for your friend and the parents of the little girl. Do you think your circumstances with your family shaped you to what you've achieved in life? Where did you get the ambition to go to college? Your parents must have influenced you somewhat, even with their alcoholism and depression. I can relate to your sister, I too was unimportant in my dad's eyes. I had a older sister who could walk on water.

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Made me think of my family. Before I was born, my 4-year-old sister died having her tonsils out. It pretty much tore my family up. My parents did not have the emotional or financial resources to handle the situation. My father became an alcoholic, my mother had severe depression, and my sister felt like she was unimportant in their eyes. When I came along, everyone was VERY over-protective.

Isabella...I think you do walk on water:D, I hope your family appreciates you and thanks you daily for all the crafts, baking and sewing you do.
Jada...have fun on your new home, it's always fun to set up in a new environment and decorate all over again.
Hi Susann, Cindy, Fluffy, Glynne, and anyone I missed.

Oh, I know who I'm missing!
Both Karens, where are you.
Karen 31...I know you're busy moving, check in when you have time and let us know how you're doing.
Karen3............Are you O.K.? I checked back and see you haven't posted for 18 days.
Meowee..........hope you're having a lovely time!

Good Morning everyone!! Yeah, it is a busy time here. Our neighbor brought the big trailer to us on Monday and we are still loading it. It will be so nice to be able to move everything at once and not rent a U-Haul that we would have had to make 2 trips in. BUT we are finding that we jsut don't work as fast as we used to!! Good thing we have the trailer early! We plan to leave here the 12th. I have no idea what I weigh--- packed the scales-- going through scale withdrawals now!!! But I figured I just don't want to owrry about eating and exercise until we get this move over. Wish I could wiggle my nose and be done!!

Have a great day everyone!!!

Hello all,

Karen 31 ~ wow the days are flying right by. I know how you feel about not working as fast as you used to. When we moved here, it took us 3 U-hauls to do it. We loaded one of them ourselves. I was so tired and achy. Hope you can take your time and rest some and not get yourselves too tired out.

Lynn ~ I am so sorry to hear about your friend's little granddaughter. I can only imagine what they are going through.

Jada1 ~ I'm sorry to hear about your daughter-in-law losing the baby.

Bobbi ~ how is your grandson doing?

Susannp ~ are you getting settled in your new place?

I know I've missed some of you. Hope you all are doing well.

I have had a nice couple days off. Got to spend time with the kids and grandchildren. Have gotten to do some sewing and mending I had been wanting to get to. Feels good to have accomplished something. Going to go today to try to find out about an opening in another department at work. Hoping to find a day job at some point in time ~ I've worked the night shift for 30 years and am having sleep troubles ~ so hoping maybe this might be the answer. The night shift is taking its toll ~ I don't feel good ~ I just want to feel better.

I got some good news ~ I am so excited. I had signed up and taken a water aerobics class. I loved it, but wasn't able to go very much because of my work schedule. So, I didn't sign up again. I asked if it was possible to pay as you go ~ one day at a time. Hubby said he didn't think they would do that. Well, I took a shot and asked and they do allow that. Yippee ~ so I will be able to go again.

Ok, I'd better quit fooling around and get to busy.

Take care all

Good Afternoon,
Isabella, Thank you. I'm sorry for your loss too. I also went through it. Your fresh bread sounded so good. It's hard to stop. Where I'm moving to there will be fresh bread available next door. My will power will be tested. There will also be a 24 hour fitness next door to the bakery, so I'll be able to work it off.
Bobbi, I hope your computer problem is fixed. Sometimes the problem has a way of solving itself. I'm sorry you felt unimportant in your father's eyes. I once felt second rate in my family, but recently an aunt leaned close to my ear and whispered, "You are a beautiful person." Now that we're older, my whole family seems to be making an extra effort to change old family patterns.
Susann, I hope the changes in your life are quieting down.
Lynn, It's very sad what your family had to go through. I admire you for persevering in overcoming the obstacles.
Karen31, Road Trip!!!
Gayle, Congratulations on your water aerobics. Good luck in finding a day position.

I watched Biggest Loser last night. The one thing that stuck in my mind was when the personal trainer visited Tara at home. Tara was busying herself getting food ready to entertain. The PT sat her down with a glass of wine, and told Tara to forget about the food. That just sharing a glass of wine together was enough. I know, for myself, that's one big change I've made. I only keep Root Beer in my fridge now to give guests, rather than food.

Hi Bobbi,

I don't think that my sister's death directly influenced my going to college. I got pregnant in HS & had to drop out. I got my GED after my daughter was born. I think that my desire to leave my ex-husband motivated me to go to college. I knew I wanted to leave him, and I wanted to get an education so I could get a job to support my DD & me.

Lynn

Hello gals. I finally finished the wedding veil and it is very nice. DS's fiance was pleased with the finished product so that's the most important thing.

Ha, ha, Bobbi, I did walk on water today. I knocked the iron off the board and the water went everywhere and so I walked on the water from the iron. :lol: That poor iron only sees the light of day about once a month, if that and then I knock it down and break pieces off of it. It still works so I guess I'll hang on to it for another little while. BTW, DS and DH thank me every day for dinner. It's only a little gesture but I appreciate them saying it.

Gayle, I went to water aerobic only once and enjoyed it very much. I have to go to town to go there and right now with mom on board it's impossible for me to go again. Glad you found a way to go without paying an arm and leg for lessons you couldn't attend.

Lynn, I think the loss of a child is the hardest thing to face. My sister lost her DS when he was 21 years old in a truck accident. She was with him at the time and knew he was dead the minute the truck stopped rolling. It's taken years to get back to some semblance of normality for her and her daughter and even for us. He's always on my mind even now. I'm always thinking about what he would be like now so I can only guess what my sister is going through. But life goes on.

I'm going to watch The Biggest Loser in a minute. I get it on the rebroadcast from last night so I didn't read the last of Jada's post. :lol:

Have a good day everyone.

Good Morning Girls,
Yesterday I printed out a chart that's really handy for cooking, I was going to do a copy/paste here but my copy paste wouldn't work. After horsing around and some miracles, I got it to working but now can't find the article I was going to post here. :dizzy: I'll do some more searching, meanwhile the article below is interesting.

Persistence. Persistence. Persistence.

We keep hearing about how persistence is often the key to success. But what do you do when you've been striving for so long that it seems like your goal is never going to see light?
How do you deal with the fear that you're about to fail?
Simple. Give it just one more shot. And then one more.
Think about the sweat and time you've committed already. You've come this far, you'd be unfair to yourself if you quit without a fight. Even if the odds are way out of your favor and you can't see how it can possibly help, reach out and take one last swing. You never know what will happen. Big, meaningful achievements don't just happen when everything goes your way. How many times have you seen tennis players make miraculous winning shots while lunging for a ball that seemed impossible to reach? Sometimes, you can find victory in the effort.

Great article Bobbi, Persistence does seem to be an important attribute in weight loss, with the way weight goes up and down. I also need to get a long enough measuring tape, because my body shows weight loss before the scale does. One disappointing thing is that nobody has mentioned my weight loss. They look at me longer, as if they're trying to figure out what is different, but they don't say anything. Maybe I have to lose more weight before anybody notices.

Jada, it won't be long now and you'll start getting comments. It takes about 20 pounds before it clicks in people's heads what's different about you. Also some people are hesitant to ask if you've lost weight while others will gush on and on and want to know every detail of how you did it. The important thing is that you have lost weight and will continue to do so if you have perseverance as the article above stated.

I'm making date squares today. One plan will be made with Splenda for my friend who is diabetic (it's for her birthday on Saturday) and the other will be made with sugar but only in the crumb base and topping. I never put sugar in the date filling as dates are so sweet naturally. I thought I'd tackle the shawls for the bridesmaid's dresses today but I don't know if I will. DH put on the wood furnace this morning and I'm finding it too hot to crawl around on the floor stretching out and cutting material. And of course I've had the stove on cooking so it's even warm from that. Maybe later on this afternoon it will cool down some. I'd open the windows and patio door but mom is out in the living room and I don't want to freeze her to death. It was warm out this morning but then the temperature changed and dropped. DH was really cold when he came home because he wore a light jacket to work this morning but by lunch time it was colder. He even took his gloves when he left for work.

So far today I've been pretty much on plan except for licking the bowls of the cookies I made but I'll count those in fitday.

Have a good day everyone.

Hi Jada,

Generally takes about 25 lbs for folks to notice. Also, you need to get different clothes. If you are wearing the same clothes, folks tend not to notice.

I treat myself to something new every 10 pounds.

Lynn

Hi everyone :cheer2::queen::cheer3::val1::encore: HAPPY MOTHER,S DAY rosey :wave:

Hello everyone,
Isabella, Your date squares sound good. I love them, but haven't had any for a long time. Your doing great with the wedding plans.
Lynn, I like your idea of new clothes every 10 pounds. I'll do that when I get resettled. I was going to wait until I was under 200 lbs to buy new clothes, but I can see that I need to reward myself sooner.

I'm still trying to recover from my head cold. I have a lingering cough, that keeps me away from people. I hope by Monday, it's all cleared up. It sure interferes with social activities with others.
I've been trying to think for the last few days about when my weight gain started. I think it started when I began staying in the house. Before I married, I didn't keep food at home. I only ate out. I was hardly ever at home, except to sleep. I was busy visiting friends and family, playing tennis, running, traveling, working, going to University, writing and dancing. My new goal today is to increase staying out of the house.

Happy Mother's Day Rosey!!

Good Afternoon gals!
I didn't get my morning computer/email/golden girls fix in today, too much to do. The May threads have been quiet which proves that everyone is as busy as me. We're getting together for supper to celebrate my dads 95th birthday this Sunday with grilled burger and all the fixin'.
I usually eat turkey bacon but buy peppered bacon for Bruce. I found a recipe for a sweet pea salad that calls for bacon and the peppered bacon is soooooooooo delicious, I'll use that in it. What's everyone else doing and cooking?
My grandson is still at home, he can't talk so anyone can understand him and still on pain pills. His jaw is still twice the size it should be, the swelling doesn't seem to go down very fast. My DD has to blend all his food up for him, that has to suck! DD is having us over after church for lunch to celebrate Mother's day. I'm going to have a huge eating day between the two parties. I'm sure I'll be naughty!
Have a great week-end everyone and HAPPY MOM'S DAY!:val3:

Good Morning Everyone,

Busy day today - Genealogy group meeting this afternoon & being taken out to dinner for Mother's Day tonight. Here's my plan for dinner -

Before dinner - have no more than 550 calories
For dinner -
1 piece of bread or a roll - no butter
1 glass of wine
order wisely
eat 1/2 dinner
eat 1/2 dessert

I'll let you know how it goes.

Dropped below 150 lbs this morning (I know it's just a low bounce, but I'm enjoying it). Do NOT want to bounce WAY up tomorrow.

Lynn

Good Morning!
Lynn.........:congrat:

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Dropped below 150 lbs this morning (I know it's just a low bounce, but I'm enjoying it). Do NOT want to bounce WAY up tomorrow.

I didn't want to get on the scale this morning, I'll wait for the disappointing news on Monday am.
A couple of Sundays ago our dog was playing with something in the front yard, turned out to be a baby bunny. He was hauling it around in his mouth but not hurting it, Charlie thought he found a new friend. Bruce saved the rabbit and put it under our free standing deck. The last two mornings I've sat by the bedroom window and watched him play. Yesterday he was chasing robins, then the robins would chase him. Today I watched him eat the leaves of a dandylion, then he saved the best for last, the flower. Then he hoped over to my tulips and nibbled on them for awhile. He is so cute, we named him Benjamin Bunny, how original is that? I took a picture of him but he's so tiny you can't see him in the picture. He's laying just left of the bird bath. O.K. the picture failed after trying to put it in a half dozen times. Use your imagination, he's cute!:hug:
I need to get busy and make my salad for tomorrow, catch ya all later.