Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 8/2

Hi everyone--

This morning I did about 30 minutes of RK with 1 lb. gloves and followed with 20 min. of barre from Turbo barre.

Josie, how nice that your parents are still alive and you can spoil them. I would skip the plyo too.

Deb, I think Dorothy wore some kind of pinafore over a dress. It's those ruby shoes. Maybe you can bedazzle some old sneakers. Your mention of the mastiff reminds me of an outing DH and I did last week to get soft serve ice cream. A couple drove in with a dog that looked like a mastiff to me, so I asked. Instead, it was a bouvier de flandres that had been clipped within an inch of its life (usually they look like bear cubs to me). His name was Thunder and they apparently go there every night to get him his cone. What was so funny is how delicately he ate it--just with this tongue circling the ice cream. If I gave Max a cone, he would have it down in a couple of gulps. After the ice cream was down to the level of the cone, Thunder put his tongue in and continued to get the ice cream out. Finally he ate the cone. I was amazed. Then the woman offered him a napkin, and he rubbed each side of his mouth against it. This is their fourth bouvier. Their first one was named Bucephylis after Alexander the Great's horse. I don't know what you might call him for short--Bucey?

I read somewhere that American airlines also has decided not to import big game trophies.

Judy, are you doing the August STS challenge? Good luck on it! I would like to do some home projects as well, but this is DH's busiest time of the year, and I need some help.

Lori, the really bad storms seemed to be all around us, but we just had some thunder and lightning and modest rainfall. We lucked out I think.

Valerie, I too expect to be entertained rather than enlightened.
 
Deb.. thank you for the idea. I had no idea there was something like this!. I wanted shelf stable, portable and I love coffee so I will check this out immediately. I remember (now) you mentioning these before, but never saw them anyplace.
I tried another "energy drink" this morning, half of a "go girl" 0 calorie drink. these are like the red bull and taste like diet soda. they always have a load of other strange (???) ingredients. plain old coffee sounds perfect. easy to control the caffeine amount. I want a little boost not a huge load.
we often split a second latte but DH needs decafe. I can wait til he had his share, and dump this into mine.
 
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Good evening ladies!

Today at lunch we did 21d extreme upper. I used 15 and 10lb weights while the ladies use 8 and 5lbs. They we so impressed with my 15lbs. I think they think I am wonder woman. It's pretty cute. :). If they only knew what us ladies here lift during our everyday workouts! I am very modest about my other workouts and the weights I use as not to discourage them. This was the first time I used 15's at lunch.

Deb...I remember you mentioning those Stok shots. Do you take them like a shot ? The price looks pretty decent on Amazon.

Josie..the Cathe Live CrossFire Express was pretty much all plyo for the first 25 minutes. Very intense and I loved it! There will come a day when I do not want to do plyo workouts - hoping it is a ways off as I still really enjoy them. Awesome that Katrina teaches the Grit Classes. They sound great. So nice to be able to spoil your parents. What I would give to be able to do that for a day.

Judy...I so wish my DH would jump in and do Home Improvement projects. As much as I like doing them it would be nice to have him with me helping a bit. Oh well a girl can dream! CrossFire Express was very intense for a short workout.

Valerie...I am guilty of taking too many pictures! I will always grab a shot when I can. The hike sounded nice. Wow that is tough riding 22 miles then serving lunch to the group!

Lynda...Max is adorable! You are fortunate you missed those storms. It was unbelievable here yet it last only like 5 minutesthen the sun was out. Very fast moving. My DH's restaurant lost power for most of the day. When it came on at about 7pm it was to late to salvage dinner. He was not happy!

Hi to Dawn!
 
Hi Everyone,

This morning I did STS Legs, Disc 3 and the core segment from Cross Fire. I started the August STS challenge this week and so far it's going pretty well. I am modifying the leg workouts, so I don't hurt my hip again and will also be doing some barre work on non STS days. The barre work has been helping so much I don't want to stop and switch to only STS legs. I don't think I'll have any problems with the upper body STS workouts.

Deb-those coffee shots look pretty good! I might have to give them a try. I usually have a cup of coffee in the morning but it would be nice to have another option.

Lori-I am lucky that DH enjoys doing projects around the house. I know it's saved us some money, as he does so much of the work himself. He is the same way with bikes and computers. I think I mentioned it before, but he took all the bike maintenance classes at REI a few years ago and now he does all of the tune ups and maintenance on our bikes. He also builds our computers and fixes anything that goes wrong with them.

Valerie-I've tried Redbull, and it's ok but all those extra ingredients make me feel a little funny so I try to just stick with caffeine only. I used to like energy drinks when I was younger but I seem to be more sensitive to them now. For working out or biking I like some of the caffeinated gels, like Clif Shot or Gu:

http://www.amazon.com/CLIF-SHOT-Energy-Mocha-Count/dp/B0074B4IKG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438820924&sr=8-1&keywords=clif shot energy gel

http://www.amazon.com/GU-Original-Nutrition-Energy-Caramel/dp/B00DP6ZWWC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438820969&sr=8-1&keywords=gu caffeine salted caramel

Josie-it is wonderful that you can spoil your parents. I wish I could still do that too.
The Grit classes sound interesting.

Lynda-that's so cute how Thunder ate his ice cream cone! I've seen those dogs before and they are very regal looking.

Hi to Dawn!

Have a good night!

Judy
 
More things for me to try. thank you, Judy. there are so many things on the "shelf" now that it's hard to pick. so far, I struck out. I don't like sweet. the two I tried tasted like diet soda, so not a repeat. I will take a look at the clif-shot mocha, not a fan of caramel. I want to stick to caffeine only. works for me, predictable, quantity is measurable. I have a strong coffee to begin my morning with, but some days another little bit later in the morning would be beneficial. If I know it's like another cup of coffee, I know what to expect. I really get a huge boost in endurance from a little caffeine.
Judy, we are getting more into bike maintenance. while riding today, I realized my front (disk) brakes were shot. not working at all. we took a look at u-tube and found how to replace the pads. the bike shop repair is booked out until the end of august. found the parts ( not easily) but the procedure itself is very simple. easier to do this yourself. will require almost nothing.... a pair of pliers and the right part. worst thing is.... if you fail, you have to take it to the shop anyway.

I can't imagine a dog being so dainty with an ice cream cone. most would just gobble it down in 2 bites in 2 seconds. Need to take a look at Max after this.

DH talked with his cousin about Aunt Betty and sent some pics. she doesn't look good. she was released from hospital to nursing home for P.T. this may not work. she's very frail. the 5 broken ribs makes breathing more difficult and the possibility of pneumonia is huge. Her sons are not expecting she will improve but will give it a week to see how she does. she does not have much of a life anymore. I hope I never end up in this spot. My mother is one incident away from this same situation. Betty is 93 I think, my mother is 95. neither can do much of anything but sit.
 
Good morning,

A lousy night's sleep...I was invited to the club's board of directors meeting last night, and any time I attend a meeting with those people, I have a tough time going to sleep afterwards. We got home at 10:00, and I was awake until after 1:00 am. Ugh. Some of our members ( about 3 out of 70) are like children...why can't people be responsible, and treat everyone with respect? They are like a bunch of middle school children. Enough ranting.

Funny small world......the dentist that killed Cecil had a lot of money, but it was his wife's family money not his. She is one of the siblings in the family that owned one of the largest Customs Brokers in the US...."Norman G Jensen". Her name is "xxxx Jensen-Palmer. The Jensen brokerage firm was a competitor of my company, and we had a lot of dealings with their upper management at association meetings etc. The family sold the business to another large broker ( another competitor of ours) in 2012. They made a killing with the sale.

Valerie, can you get your e-mail on a desktop computer? If so, e-mail a picture that you take with your iPad to yourself, then save it to the desktop of the computer. You can sign on to here and then upload the pic from your desktop. It's easier than it sounds. I hope you can "try out" those STOK before you buy a large quantity...you should be able to find them in the coffee bar of a 7-11 type store. I used to just swig them right from the little container...less liquid to hold in! LOL.

Josie, those workouts sound really good...you have one of the better gyms, they keep up with the newest things.

Lynda, thanks for the idea.....I can maybe get some red glitter and glue it to an old pair of shoes or sneakers. They will get the idea. Our dogs love going for ice cream....they have those $.99 cent cones at McDonalds that we sometimes get for them.

Lori, yes, I take them like a shot of whiskey! :) LOL....( which I have never done BTW). The Ladies at lunch are very lucky to have you as a co-worker! It's like a free personalized gym.

Judy, that's great that you are doing the challenge! Modifying the leg workouts is a good idea. Your DH is an all around handy guy! Those gel shots look interesting too.

Hi to Dawn,

Not sure what is up for today, a good day to work in the yard.

Take care,
 
Deb, I have the same problem sleeping if I do anything "social" in the evening. I can't unwind afterwards. or if I fall asleep, I wake up and can't go back to sleep. another joy of getting older. I hear others complain about it too.

I never took a picture with my ipad but have pics on my phone. maybe I can try emailing one of those to my desktop. You think? there are two pics of me on a bike ride last year that I could share if they will transfer.

Thought we were heading to a bike shop yesterday for the brake pads ( with a stop for Stok at 7/11) but we couldn't find them anywhere locally. ordered several online. I use the left brake (front wheel) more than the rear one and wear it out faster. could not believe how easy it is to replace the pads. U-tube to the rescue again.
 
Hi everyone--

This morning I did AB (54:00).

Deb, I wonder what the dentist's wife thinks of her macho husband now. Gosh, I'm trying to think what could be so contentious at a meeting of dog club members. Of course, academics can get pretty fired up over very little as well. I remember tortuous meetings over restructuring the English major to accommodate everyone's particular field. Glad those days are over. Max gets a little cone every now and then, but he's such a socializer he gets too many biscuits from people coming to the farm store, UPS guys, a woman who comes to get a couple bails of hay, etc. And of course, DH calls me Mother Treatsa because I always give him a little treat when he catches the Frisbee in mid-air.

Valerie, too bad about your aunt Betty. Getting old is very humbling at times.

Good for you, Judy! You will have to report any gains you make with STS.

Lori, I still think you have missed your calling as a personal trainer. Your co-workers are very fortunate.

Hi to Josie!
 
Hi to everyone!

Lynda - Mother Treatsa - that's so cute! It sounds like there are a lot of very well-loved pets in this group! I have a cat that my daughter *swears* she doesn't overfeed treats to, but I'm not so sure about that. There's not as much clearance between her and the ground as there used to be.

I've been doing Cross Train Express this week, but subbed in my weekly Tabatacise today.
 
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Lynda, very handsome pic of Max. he looks like such a sweet dog.
Yes, it's very hard to see someone who was so lively disintegrate. she always had vision problems but now she is almost blind and deaf besides so I don't talk to her often anymore. telephones are hard. in person is a little better, but she lives in Portland area now.

anyway, I got the pics from my phone onto my hard drive but when I go to 'upload a file" the bar graph runs, and it says the file is too large. it is a jpeg file. I must still be doing something wrong. I will try some pics from my small camera instead but had enough for today.

Deb, I found Stok at the 7-11. will try tomorrow if we ride as planned. definitely small and portable. looks like it will work. Judy, I will try the energy gels too, but 7-11 didn't have them. regular grocery probably has them with the bars etc. .
 
Good evening ladies!

Today at lunch we did 21d lower extreme and tonight I did the first part of Cathe live Fitness Fusion from this morning's class which was the Kickboxing portion. I used 1lb weights and it was about 25 minutes. I followed up with 20 minutes of core. I will not be working out tomorrow so I wanted a great workout day today.

Valerie..so sorry about your aunt. Very sad. I have had that happen with pictures on this site when it says it is too large. When I send the picture from my phone to computer it gives me a choice and I always select a smaller size not actual size. Otherwise the file will be too large which is what happened in your case.

Deb...I think you need to stop going to those meetings! There are always a few in a crowd aren't there? Interesting on the background of the dentist. I am going to try out the Stok. Thanks for the info.

Lynda...I think I missed my calling too. Many people have mentioned this to me over the years. I may look into it some day. Maybe when I am retired...never too late right? Mother Treatsa...hilarious!

Dawn...been ages since I did any of the CTX! This was the first series I had on VHS and actually rebought on DVD I loved it so much. I should pull this out and give it a whirl. Do you have a specific rotation that your are doing? You go girl with Tabatacise!!!!!

Leaving for the Cape Saturday morning and may not have a chance to post in the next couple of days. I have wifi while there so I'll post when I can. I get up really early so I should have plenty of time to do so! Will be picking up my dearest friend Christopher in Boston tomorrow evening who will be joining us for the week. Christopher is Madeline's (Mother B) son. We are truley best friends and have been so for 49 years! My DH loves him which is really nice and the three of us frequently vacation together. We all need this vacation!

Hi to Judy and Josie!
 
Good morning & Happy Friday!

John is off today, not sure what we are going to do. Maybe take a ride to a place called Spragues...it's a restaurant way off in the country, about 90 minutes away...I have a gift card for it, and it's somewhere you should go in the nice weather. They make their own maple syrup and serve breakfast all day :)

https://spraguesmaplefarms.com/history

Valerie, so sorry about Aunt Betty.....I hope you like the STOK. It's really only for the caffeine...you can also use it in a homemade mocha frappe, I do those with almond milk, ice and chocolate protein powder.( which I know you don't use) but anything where you want a coffee flavor and some energy! :)

Lynda, you would be surprised at how childish some of the dog club members can be. " Mother Treatsa" ...love it!

Dawn, CTX...wow...a blast from the past. If I remember, it had a lot of step, and high impact moves...I ended up selling it on Ebay.

Lori, great workout picks! The trip to the Cape sounds so nice, do you have a place there that you rent? or do you stay in a B&B etc?

Hi to Josie & Judy,

Any plans for the weekend?

Take care,
 
Good Morning Everyone,

Yesterday I did 20 minutes of stretching and went for a short walk. Today I will be doing a core workout, probably something from Ab Circuits and then STS Disc 2, Back & Biceps. I watched the workout last night and have been watching the youtube videos that Cathe made when STS first came out. Those are very helpful too.
We had a Home Depot rep come out last night to give us an estimate on a new furnace, AC, and hot water heater. He said he doesn't think we need to replace our hot water heater. We were happy with what they offered so we will be having the new furnace and AC installed on August 17, when DH is on vacation.
I'm hoping that DH takes a break from home repairs this weekend. It would be nice to get the bikes out.

Valerie-I am so sorry about your Aunt Betty. That is very sad.
The Mocha Clif shots are good. They also have an Espresso flavor that has 100 mg of caffeine. Those are good for long rides. REI carries them and that is where I usually get mine.

Deb-Spragues looks like a great restaurant! I might have to order something from their online store. They have some very nice gift sets.
That sure is interesting about the dentist's background. I'm not surprised, as he was spending quite a lot of money on his hunting trips.
I'm sorry about your club meeting. I used to be on the board of a running club back in Iowa and we had monthly meetings, on a Monday night. They would start at 7, and sometimes they wouldn't be over until 10 or 11. There was just one person that was very hostile and would drag things out. He didn't care at all that everyone there had to be up early the next day for work. I didn't stay on that board too long, and I wasn't the only one that left.

Lori-I agree with Lynda, you should be a personal trainer! Have a great trip to the Cape!

Dawn-I have CTX but haven't tried it yet. Today is our cat Chino's 2nd birthday. I will be getting him a present and a treat later today.

Here's Chino's birthday photo that I put on Facebook.


Hi to Lynda & Josie!

Have a great weekend!


Judy
 

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Our internet service and phone were down this morning, so late start.

I sure tried with pics yesterday but maybe there is something wrong with the format from my phone. they say .jpeg but all say the file is too large. we have another small camera but I haven't tried it yet. need to find the cord to download the pics from it to try again.

Deb, I'm not expecting this to be a delicious cup of coffee. thinking I can dump it into an existing decafe latte DH and I share for a boost in my portion or just swig it down. Judy ... clif shots...... I'm hoping I can find them closer than REI but that's possible. seems I've seen them somewhere closer, maybe a bike shop. this is a much better than canned energy drinks. can't stand the funny artificial sweet taste. will still try the espresso coconut water if I ever find it.
Such an adorable group of chino pictures. I'm a total cat lover.
Wow, big house project. Hope it goes well. when we last had our heat pump upgraded, they didn't seal the opening around the connection thru the wall to the outside and we had mice in about 20 minutes.

I feel bad for aunt betty too. she is in a downward slide. I will be very surprised if she recovers. she survived a lot of things including colon cancer (one of the many in DH's family) but she has very little to look forward to. her sons are not planning any interventions if she fails to improve. right now they are paying for her room at the memory care facility and will also need to pay for a nursing home bed until it's clear which way she's going. I think medicare pays for a short nursing home stay.

Interesting about the dentist's background. all that money could have gone to better uses.

Did anyone watch the debate last night? We realized last night that Fox isn't a channel we get. Looked all over. thought it came via the antenna but no. we probably used to get it when we had cable.
 
Hi everyone--

This morning I did Jazzercise Dance Hiit (48:00) and then Housemax.

Dawn, I loved Crosstrain Express--except for the leg workout which I thought was soooo hard and repetitive. Of course, I had it on video and after I had done them a million times, I gave the set to my nieces.

Lori, have a great vacation! You have a time share on the Cape if I remember correctly.

Valerie, I watched the debate--if you can all it that. Huckabee is all fired up about Planned Parenthood and wants--in addition to defunding PP--to bring out troops to prevent women getting abortions. His quote: "The Supreme Court is not the Supreme Being." Trump was baited a lot, probably because there is no love lost between him and Rupert Murdoch, but also because he says such inflammatory things and refuses to apologize or retract anything. It was all about "repeal and replace Obamacare," a scuffle between Rand Paul and Chris Christie over intelligence gathering. No solutions to illegal immigration--just more huffing about border security-- or income inequality or student debt, now in the trillions of dollars. Basically, a lot of hot air being puffed out and no debate on issues. They are all against the Iran deal (surprise!). Ben Carson wants to transform the tax code into a system of tithing--everyone pays 10 % of their income. Even though he's black, he has no interest in racial inequality because he's a brain surgeon and is interested only in what's in your head, not the color of your skin (I was totally befuddled by him, so there must be something wrong with my brain.) The usual attacks on Clinton and Obama. Jeb Bush bragged about the years he was governor of Florida, but neglected to mention those were the years that led to the housing bubble that burst after he left office. Kasich came off probably the best as a compassionate conservative who accepted the Medicaid that went along with Obamacare and was willing to accept the Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage even though he was an "old-fashioned kind of guy" who disagreed with the decision. I bet you will find all of the most interesting sound bites on a station you get. I think I dozed off and may have missed (oh no!) something important.

Judy, that sounds like a major renovation and good luck on it going well. Chino is definitely photogenic.

Deb, that restaurant looks great. We have a lot of local farmers who do maple syrup and this past spring was apparently one of the best years.

I am off to Jacob's Pillow tomorrow to see a Cuban ballet company. Looks like great weather.
 
We did a 32.5 mile ride this morning. good time not a record or anything. nice weather, warm but not hot. no rain yet. it is REALLY dry. small town water systems are starting to have problems.
Lynda, thank you for the review. I haven't found anyone else who'll admit to watching it. My neighbor ( also a Linda) and I usually talk politics but she said she could not bring herself to watch 'the buffoons". I read a little in the paper this morning. since I would never vote for any one of these characters, I try not to get too agitated at what I think are their generally nonsensical positions. Did you see Elizabeth Warren's impassioned speech in defense of PP and health care funding for poor women? I'll stick in a link if I can find it. I WISH she were running for national office. I love her!. she pulls no punches. if she were running for high office her speeches might get watered down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeilHs9kZ2g

Guess what, aunt betty is perking up. She may get through this. she is one tough lady, no question.

Lori have a great vacation.

Deb, had one Stok this morning. they are tiny. taste like very strong instant coffee. may have to try a few more before I decide to buy a pack of 250 of them. I may end up with a variety of things unless I find one thing that I really love. I dumped the last half can of 'Go Girl". ugh. the artificial sweetener flavor is over whelming. made me think of bubble gum.

Judy the picture format was very cool... that is one camera-loving kitty. make sure you and DH get out for a ride.. tell him all work and no play makes for a dull husband!

Dawn Tabatacise is a tough one. too much impact for me not to mention too hard. I am settling for less intensity for longer times.

so I emailed myself the pictures and tried to upload them. when that didn't work, I downloaded them from my phone to my computer, but the same thing happened. the file was too big. I've gotten discouraged with pictures several times before.
 
Good morning!

We didn't end up going to that restaurant yesterday, stayed around here, went to Kohl's, and downtown for lunch. Good class last night with Kylee...I was the only one hat showed up so basically had a private lesson for an hour....whew...we were both whipped! It's tough being the only one running the course without other dogs in between, but it was great for us.

Judy, Happy Birthday to Chino! thanks for the tip on the ap....was it a free one? I think I will get it on my iPad. Yes, Spragues has great maple syrup especially. Hope you are able to get the bikes out this weekend. That's a great idea, maybe I will suggest it to John too.

Valerie, maybe you can get those Clif shots on Amazon? I have found that you can get anything on Amazon! I signed up for Picture Trail ( it's free) and you can load your pics there then they have a link that allows you to copy and paste on a forum board....they size them to the right size. Or, do you have Microsoft Paint or similar on your desktop PC? this also lets you reduce the size of pictures so you can post on a forum board.

Lori, have a great vacation!

Lynda, did not watch the "debate" ....don't want to listen to that many politicians speaking.....wasn't it more like a press conference rather than a real debate anyway?

Valerie, that's great that Aunt Betty is getting better. Yes. the STOK don't taste bad, I just used to chug 2 down and start a workout. Used only for the energy boost. They don't really "flavor" a cup of coffee, just up the caffeine level.

Hi to Dawn & Josie,

Class this morning with Keegan, then more gardening I think.

Have a great weekend!
 
Deb-as I recall the app itself was free, but I think they offer extra features that you can purchase.
 
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