Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

It is stilll not summer here. Low of 50 tonight low of 49 tomorrow night. High mid 60's with rain. Seriously............

yeah, 'cause you still look hot...some of us gotta wear em' for the publics' sake..hahaha      3jays

  Well, today I am feeling just about normal again.  Came home from work at noon on Tuesday, boss said he would do my afternoon since I only had one patient, then I decided to take off yesterday and today they don't have me scheduled til 2.  So it will be a bad pay week, but I must have needed the R&R because I feel much better.   Everyone kept saying I overdid it with the yard work and I probably did, but the aches I felt were more like the ones I had with the neulasta( and yes I did take my claritin) than normal overworked muscles. And the feeling of an elephant sitting on my chest and having something big stuck in my esophagus that wouldn't go down....well, that was due to the fact the pharmacy would not refill my nexium because even though I had a refill the ins co said they needed a new authorization for the dr and this was on a weekend so I had to call the onco's office on Monday and then they had to call the ins co and the ins co had to call the pharmacy.  Tues evening the pharmacy called and told me it was OKed, but I did not feel like rushing over there before they closed so I did not get my nexium until yesterday and I am now positive it does a good job, because I did not feel very well off of it at all.  Pre-chemo I had a cast iron stomach and nothing bothered it.  Feeling sort of crappy stunk worse than usual since this was my week off of chemo....went for my INR check yesterday and even though it was 3.2, he is going to keep me on the dose of warfarin I am on because it goes up and down so much. 

 Anyway, I spent most of yesterday sitting in the sun reading....at this stage of the game I am not worried about melanoma and also the wrinkles are already there and I feel much better when I have some color....especially now that I have the white hair.  And I do have hair....thin, but it is there and the shedding seems to have stopped altogether so what I am left with is very fine and thin and when I get up in the morning, I look like Albert Einstein.  I am going to wait awhile and see what it does and if it starts growing back (which I know many said it does while still on halaven), I will go get it cut shorter. 

3jays, I am soooooo happy and relieved that you are finally getting some results from talking with your doctors and am praying that thyroid meds make you feel better. 

The weather here has been beautiful.....the rain cooled things off and even though it is hot, it is not humid and yesterday was beautiful and today promises to be the same.  So hopefully all those flowers I planted after that jerk we hired ripped up what were already there will thrive.  There was this one sunny patch left so I planted basil, English thyme, dill, oregano, and a cantaloupe.  It said 85 days on the melon so that means I should be able to eat one in Sept.

Anyone with exciting plans for the 4th? Since my boss decided not to work on Tues. I am going to have an exceptionally long weekend and am not going to my Dad's til Sunday.  Even though I love gourmet food, I have been craving a hot dog so am going to suggest we grill.  I love coconut and have had that icecream you are talking about Barb.....had a coupon for it last year and as I recall the one I got had almond in it?...really can't recall, but it was sinfully delicious and I ate the entire carton. However, I am not a huge fan of ambrosia....it reminds me of jello and other dishes that my grandmother and her friends used to make. 

I am going to check out the SSdisablity again since I find I do not mind being off work as much as I thought I would....actually enjoy being able to read and do nothing if I feel like it.  So I think it is time to get the wheels rolling on this and maybe then I can start doing some traveling with my new passport.

Have a great day everyone. 

I had a huge hamburger yesterday, and I have not had one in about four years..boy did it taste delicious..decadent, but delicious....

Marybe - glad you are feeling almost normal again.  I love hot dogs and have not had one in forever, think I will add that to the menu for the 4th.

GramE - hope you enjoy the bar-b-que and especially the ice cream in this hot weather.  I am glad there is someplace you can go to and celebrate the day.

BarbA - You and Marty have a good time and be careful on the road. There are a lot of crazies out there.

Lisa and Marlegal - have a wonderfule holiday and enjoy the hamburgers, hot dogs and all the other things we really do love, even thoug we probably should not have.  I plan on having my share of both. 

Marlegal - Great way to start a holiday weekend!  I love good news. 

Lisa, I would shrivel up & blow away if I hadn't had a hamburger in 4 yrs!!!!!! That I believe is unAmerican, unless you are a vegan! 

Kathy, I am familiar with the NC way to make hamburgers, BUT I am from TEXAS and we do our burgers a whole different way.  I like a big fat jucy patty with pickles, home grown tomatoes, onions, cheese, bacon, and just a little lettuce with BBQ sauce and mustard.  On the side you have baked beans, home cut fries and gallons of sweet tea. YUMMMMMMMMMMM.

BarbA, love the sunset picture.

Hope everyone has a happy safe 4th of July. 

this is what mine looked like

OK Lisa, I'll take two of those burgers, but like for Marybe hold the catsup (on bread = ugh).. And I just ate dinner and am full, so that's a real good looking hamburger!

I spent the day baking - for a local kids' charity bake sale tomorrow, and while I was at it, baked and froze cookie dough, 2 kinds, and baked & froze a cinnamon coffee cake for when we have guests later in the month...

 we need a frosty beer to go along with our burgers...

I have to have an non-alcoholic one but the other is full brew

Ummmm. mushrooms.   I LOVE mushrooms!!  Is that Swiss or mozzarella or provolone?