Crone Cronies - You Know What the Nice Thing About Winter Is? Neither Do I! Jan 26

[Laura S.]

The Cronies is a place for women who are mature in age or attitude. The group is highly diverse in that we have ages ranging from 30s to 60s, some are moms, some are single, some are teachers/professors, and some have jobs and work outside the home and some don’t. We do our own thing and are happy when life doesn’t get in the way too often. Some are training for a marathon, some don’t even do vids, you get the picture.

Life and exercise are what we report. A thread is started every Sunday. Some report every day, others whenever they can.

Bottom line: we are a diverse group and very supportive of each other’s goals. Oh, and we’re funny as heck. If you’d like to join us, just come on down.

[Laura S.]

I went to bed at almost 11 last night, didn't set an alarm (because it is Sunday morning, after all), and slept until almost 9:00. I'm feeling pretty good, today, but all I've done so far is go through my email and start this thread.

We're going over to Mom and Dad's today for lunch (nachos) and a movie. Dad makes really good nachos...

Paula - Yeah, you have to be tired of dealing with the hip. Hang in there with it. It's good you have mountains near you to fly over!

Bee - I hope the swap meet is fun. At least, the books will get you in the door for free. The Toastmasters sounds like fun.

Anita - I sold some stuff to Play It Again Sports. Didn't get a huge amount, but it was good to get something for it and get it out of my house. Sorry you're getting the 500 error. That is so totally aggravating.

[sciencelady]

Good morning!

Thanks for getting us started, Laura! Hope I don't get another 500 error today. ETA: Yay it worked!

I had a good time going to the orchid show yesterday with friends - bought nothing though, which is just fine! We also stopped by the snow sculpture display close to my house at the fairgrounds. They were still working on them - very slippery walking around though as a lot of the packed snow underfoot is now ice. Today planning on giving Gus a good walk and putzing around the house and shoveling the driveway - they keep promising a melty day, but we're just getting more sprinkles of snow that are adding up. Probably need a grocery store run in there today also - Gus needs his dinner sausage . I did hear from the boxing gym and they'll take my kettlebells and Bosu, as well as a pile of fitness DVDs that they can sell in their fundraiser.

Bee, cool that you're doing Toastmasters! I think I wouldn't do well any more... I have a hard time finding words from time to time - it's one reason I chose early retirement - didn't want to turn into a stammering fool online with FDA or something like that... Your "swap meet" sounds cool also - that would help with decluttering!

Paula, glad you got a good pain-free walk yesterday - I treasure the hours I don't have hip pain also.

Laura, enjoy your nachos!

Waves to all!

Anita

[bee]

Hi All!! I thought I might do a Cathe workout this morning but just wasn't feeling it when I woke up so I did Day 14, I think I'm on? It was walking with weights. Just went for a walk outside with my friend -- it's a gorgeous day here.

I did not get to the swap meet!! We had a friend coming to our Sunday brunch this morning and we found out he was going to arrive earlier than I expected so I wasn't able to dash out and do that before cooking. Oh well. I should take the books to the library.

Paula, I will echo that it's great your hip is feeling better! I remember when the PT finally started working for me -- so nice to not have the chronic pain.

Laura, nachos and a movie sounds perfect! Hope you enjoyed.

Waves to all.

[Paula]

Good evening. Workout this morning was just the PT routine. It was an overcast day, DH went to the hangar, he's waxing the plane in sections. I decided to work on my latest quilt. I worked most of the day on it and finished the quilt top. It looks good if I do say so myself. Now I need to choose some fabric to back it with.

Thank you all for your concern, my hip is doing better and I did another walk with DH today. So far so good.

Laura, thanks for getting us started. Nachos and a movie sound good, what movie did you see.

Bee, sorry you didn't make it to the swap meet, but brunch with friends sounds like more fun. Yes, it is nice not to be living with chronic pain, now it's just intermittent pain. Maybe someday soon - no pain.

Anita, glad you had a good time with friends and the orchid show yesterday.

[sciencelady]

Good morning!

Planning on working at the WRC this morning, then stopping by the grocery store on my way home. Gus walk this afternoon. Otherwise putzing about.

Bee, too bad you missed the swap meet. Do they repeat every month, season, year? Nice to spend time with a friend though.

Paula, nice that your PT will give you a pain free outcome eventually. One of the ladies I went with to the orchid show had a hip replacement two weeks ago. Her doc just shuttled her directly into the surgery as the cortisone doesn't do much to relieve pain - that I can see at this point .

Waves to all!

Anita

[Laura S.]

We're supposed to have a free day in terms of appointments, but DH is having severe reflux that has reoccurred and he's trying to get in to see the doctor. I hope to get a lot done on website/video stuff. Yesterday, I got a blog post up on the website.

Anita - Congrats on posting. I hope the dentist doesn't find anything.

Paula - I didn't realize the group did quilts for that many groups. That's great. I was wondering if it was a baby qulit for that group.

Bee - It's neat that you're taking piano lessons. Adults can learn so much quicker than kids. A good teacher can make all the difference.

[bee]

Good morning! I was a bit sore this morning but went ahead with Pahla's Day 15, which was 15 seconds of cardio interval, 15s of rest. It was no repeat, so something like 35 different low impact cardio moves -- pretty impressive that she has so many different moves. Since it was just 15s of work the whole thing flew by very quickly and I felt less sore after I'd done it. Win, win.

Laura, do you play piano? And Anita, do you still play the flute? When I was in elementary school I played the trumpet and then in junior high and high school I played the clarinet. I think all of that music reading has definitely helped me in the piano department, but yes, different with that bass clef added in and both hands working independently.

Oh, yes, the multitude of equipment Cathe sometimes uses drives me nuts! I try to stick with her videos that require less, or sometimes I just forego whatever equipment she wants us to use.

Not much on tap for me today though I do need to pay some bills. Have a great day, all!