Girl Talk

[Bettiboop]

LOL Boomer, if only my hair was that cute!:a20:
Lately I've been tempted to just shave my head...I kinda like the thought of just needing a washcloth to do my hair. ;)


But Bettiboop, you are probably just being too hard on yourself. Your hair looks so cute in your avatar picture. (btw, Bettiboop is one of my favorite characters)

Boomer

[katezbox]

I called today to Tuscany and got an appt. with Helen for Thursday at 1:00.
I'll let you all know!!!

Good luck Jane. She is a really nice person as well as a great hairdresser.

[nONIE]

My frizz is getting frizzier by the minute. With this wet and humid summer I just want to put a bag over my head and cut a hole so I can breathe!

Does anyone know of a de-frizzing product on the market that I can try?

I have never known the joy of silky smooth hair no matter what I have used on it. I would like to know what that feels like before I go to meet my maker.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!:undecided:

[Barefoot]

I called today to Tuscany and got an appt. with Helen for Thursday at 1:00. I'll let you all know!!!

Yes, LLJ, please let us know how Helen works out for you. I'm planning to use Kate's suggestion when I arrive in October. Only three more months until I'm through my Canadian exile and I can return to The Bubble. :clap2:

Boomer, now I'm out hunting for Bumble and Bumble. I always take your suggestions to heart. I need something for my lifeless, fine hair. I find that if I don't wash my hair for a month, it has lots of body. But now that I've lost all my friends, I need to find a more appealing solution. :girlneener:

[katezbox]

My frizz is getting frizzier by the minute. With this wet and humid summer I just want to put a bag over my head and cut a hole so I can breathe!

Does anyone know of a de-frizzing product on the market that I can try?

I have never known the joy of silky smooth hair no matter what I have used on it. I would like to know what that feels like before I go to meet my maker.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!:undecided:

Nonie,

I have a lot of hair... lots and lots and lots of it. To call it curly is being kind. What it really is is frizzy (with some wave). I have found two products that really help.

1. In place of conditioner every other time I shampoo, I use Moroccan Oil masque.

2. Before I dry my hair I use Keune Straight & Style. They carry the Keune line at Tuscany.

I only wash my hair about twice/week and blow it dry when it is damp. Later that day or the next day I use a professional-quality flat iron. The dept. store irons do not get hot enough.

My hair shines - it doesn't frizz much - even in TV in July!!!!!!!!!

[chelsea24]

Yes, LLJ, please let us know how Helen works out for you. I'm planning to use Kate's suggestion when I arrive in October. Only three more months until I'm through my Canadian exile and I can return to The Bubble. :clap2:

Boomer, now I'm out hunting for Bumble and Bumble. I always take your suggestions to heart. I need something for my lifeless, fine hair. I find that if I don't wash my hair for a month, it has lots of body. But now that I've lost all my friends, I need to find a more appealing solution. :girlneener:

Bare... I found one Bumble but can't locate the other one! :girlneener: Big kiss to you darlin'!

BOOMER!!!!!! What makes you think that Girl Talk is finished??? Are we ever really finished talking? I think not! :)

[Boomer]

Girls!

How lovely to see this thread reappear!

I just returned from my class reunion.

I will not tell you which one!

Too much wine!

Too much fun!

I will not post further tonight!

I have said quite enough I think.

And don't you just love this thread.

Thank you, Barefoot, for starting it all those many, many moons ago.

Boomer (er, did I make any typos???)

[Barefoot]

Girls!

How lovely to see this thread reappear! And don't you just love this thread.
Thank you, Barefoot, for starting it all those many, many moons ago.

Boomer (er, did I make any typos???)

You are welcome Boomer. I just love this thread, yes I do.

Last night I was talking to friends about eating fish. And I was telling them how this girl that I know, Boomer, says that mayo and horseradish and dill hide the fishy taste.

It wasn't until later I realized that I really don't know Boomer at all, or Kate, or LL Jane, or lots of people.

But I sure feel that I actually do know you all, and that you're all my friends. :0000000000luvmyhors

[graciegirl]

Barefoot.

You are so right as usual.

This is a magnificent thread. One of the reasons is that there is no sniping or cutting or malicious intent.....JUST like you. You were one of the people I didn't know in person a little more than a year ago and you are just as you appear in this thread; nice and kind and funny and smart.

It was a very good idea to start this thread.

Psst. Do you think Boomer had a headache after that reunion?

[Coconuts]

I called today to Tuscany and got an appt. with Helen for Thursday at 1:00.
I'll let you all know!!!

Soooooo,Lelandjane, what happened with the haircut?

[Boomer]

Good morning, Girls,

---and no, GG, Boomer did not have a headache.;)

All last week Mr. B. was away. The annual pilgrimage to Oshkosh to Airventure. I went to my class reunion with some of the other "girls" in my life. The ones I can actually see.

Mr. B. had said that he would come home a day early to go to the class reunion if I wanted him to. And I said absolutely not would I have you come home a day early from Oshkosh to go to my class reunion, Class of 19:eek:!

When he goes to Oshkosh, of course, I miss him. But he sure has fun. After he lets me know that landing is over and his feet are on the ground, he is off to a week of all airplanes all the time. Those planes land one after another after another there. For that one week in the summer Oshkosh is the busiest airport in the world. Mr. B. thinks the landing is fun. I hide under my desk until the phone rings and he tells me that part is over. I think the planes come in only a half mile apart. (not sure but I think that's right -- can't verify my facts -- he is still snoozing) But I know those little planes come in one after another after another. While I hide under my desk at home.

He got to see Sully and his co-pilot who did a program about stuff that pilots would like. And he and his nephews talked with an SR-71 pilot. The whole week is immersion in airplane stuff. A lot more fun for Mr. B. than my class reunion. Actually, he would have had fun there, too, but compared to Oshkosh?! No way would I even entertain the idea of trying to get him to give up Oshkosh for my class reunion. And so off I went to have fun with the girls while he went off to Oshkosh for that week with the guys. --and I know there was lots of farting in Oshkosh. You just know there was.

But today I am dragging Mr. B. away to help with moving day for one of "the girls" here.

This "Girl Talk" thread is so much fun. But "moving day" here in our thread is only a virtual experience. (For that, Mr. B. is probably glad.)

Boomer

[katezbox]

Good morning, Girls,

---and no, GG, Boomer did not have a headache.;)

All last week Mr. B. was away. The annual pilgrimage to Oshkosh to Airventure. I went to my class reunion with some of the other "girls" in my life. The ones I can actually see.

Mr. B. had said that he would come home a day early to go to the class reunion if I wanted him to. And I said absolutely not would I have you come home a day early from Oshkosh to go to my class reunion, Class of 19:eek:!

When he goes to Oshkosh, of course, I miss him. But he sure has fun. After he lets me know that landing is over and his feet are on the ground, he is off to a week of all airplanes all the time. Those planes land one after another after another there. For that one week in the summer Oshkosh is the busiest airport in the world. Mr. B. thinks the landing is fun. I hide under my desk until the phone rings and he tells me that part is over. I think the planes come in only a half mile apart. (not sure but I think that's right -- can't verify my facts -- he is still snoozing) But I know those little planes come in one after another after another. While I hide under my desk at home.

He got to see Sully and his co-pilot who did a program about stuff that pilots would like. And he and his nephews talked with an SR-71 pilot. The whole week is immersion in airplane stuff. A lot more fun for Mr. B. than my class reunion. Actually, he would have had fun there, too, but compared to Oshkosh?! No way would I even entertain the idea of trying to get him to give up Oshkosh for my class reunion. And so off I went to have fun with the girls while he went off to Oshkosh for that week with the guys. --and I know there was lots of farting in Oshkosh. You just know there was.

But today I am dragging Mr. B. away to help with moving day for one of "the girls" here.

This "Girl Talk" thread is so much fun. But "moving day" here in our thread is only a virtual experience. (For that, Mr. B. is probably glad.)

Boomer


Ladies,

I can now say that Gracie IS my friend - live and in person. Boomer, nONIE, Bare, Jane - hopefully we will meet in person soon - as well as being friends here.

Glad this thread is alive again. Need to run - they are paging my flight.....

[Barefoot]

Graciegirl, I totally agree, it is nice to have a safe place to chatter on. Without worrying about the guys dropping in. Oh, I like women so much, they are usually so supportive of each other. It must be terrible to have all that testosterone (sp) flowing through the veins.

By the way LLJane, how did your hair turn out?

GG, you are much too kind with your personal comments about me. I hate to tell you but I'm not the nice person that you think I am. Some days I go around in a purple funk and I need to keep pinching myself to remind myself I need to be grateful for my blessings. If I listed all my bad habits I'd run out of paper. Sometimes I'm mean to Fireboy because I'm mad at myself for something. And I keep some voodoo dolls in my bottom drawer, and I have hat pins, but haven't used them yet. Now nobody will want to be my friend!

I'm glad you and Kate got a chance to meet up and do some bonding. She looks so pretty and young in all her pictures. I'm interested to hear what you think of TV in the summer. Did the heat bother you? I'm always there during the busiest time of the year. Other than the temperature, can you notice a big difference between summer and winter in TV?

[graciegirl]

No. The heat is there but not so much that you can't go about the business of having fun. The water is lovely in the pools. I hate when it feels cold so I loved it. You sweat a bit when you dance, but the ride home in the golf cart feels so nice. There are different flowers blooming in the heat of summer and because there has been so much rain, everything is lush and tropical. The green is even greener and the sky is bluer and everywhere people are smiling and they are all so high on life.

You need to return to Paradise, Barefoot, and so do I.

[JeanneBeannie]

Graciegirl, I totally agree, it is nice to have a safe place to chatter on. Without worrying about the guys dropping in. Oh, I like women so much, they are usually so supportive of each other. It must be terrible to have all that testosterone (sp) flowing through the veins.

By the way LLJane, how did your hair turn out?

GG, you are much too kind with your personal comments about me. I hate to tell you but I'm not the nice person that you think I am. Some days I go around in a purple funk and I need to keep pinching myself to remind myself I need to be grateful for my blessings. If I listed all my bad habits I'd run out of paper. Sometimes I'm mean to Fireboy because I'm mad at myself for something. And I keep some voodoo dolls in my bottom drawer, and I have hat pins, but haven't used them yet. Now nobody will want to be my friend!

I'm glad you and Kate got a chance to meet up and do some bonding. She looks so pretty and young in all her pictures. I'm interested to hear what you think of TV in the summer. Did the heat bother you? I'm always there during the busiest time of the year. Other than the temperature, can you notice a big difference between summer and winter in TV?

Hi Girls!!
I just signed on, so have to read up and catch up with you gals...but wanted to answer your post Miss Bare. Quite the contrary my dear....we love you all the more with purple funk and voodoo dolls. You are a great friend and a very dear person!!!! :thumbup:

[Boomer]

Hi Girls,

Fellow baby boomer Diane Sawyer just interviewed Nora Ephron on "Good Morning America." The movie "Julie and Julia" opens Friday. Nora Ephron wrote and directed it.

In the course of the interview, Diane and Nora got into the topic of women reinventing themselves later in life. Julia Child's famous cookbook was not published until Julia was 49. (Ohhhhhhhh, to be 49 again and know what I know now.)

I like Nora Ephron's writing and have been a fan since "Heartburn." I did have a few issues with her book "I Feel Bad About My Neck." Overall, it was fine, but got just a little too into a, "Hey, I'm Nora Ephron and you're not" attitude. I guess that book just went down the autobiography road when I was hoping for more of an "Everywoman" theme. The "Everywoman" theme was there though. And I sure loved the title. The neck is what gets us first. The legs are the last to go.

Darn it, I am digressing here.........and possibly being redundant. I think I talked about that book once before somewhere in all these buzillion posts I have written........I came in here this morning to talk about this movie and got sidetracked thinking I need to give Nora Ephron a few tips. Geez. Whatinthehellisthematterwithme? And I really do like Nora Ephron's writing. And also her quick, smartassed comments during interviews. When talking about jobs and how things can change, Nora said, "When men are dissatisfied, they buy boats. Women reinvent themselves."

Anyway, back to the movie. This is one of those movies where you should call up your girlfriends and say, "Hey, let's meet for the movie and then after, go out for some wonderful food and wine and gossip. (Hey, I just picked up somewhere that the word 'gossip' comes from the tradition of inviting your dinner guests to join you in the drawing room or the parlor or wherever, after dinner, to "go sip" a little something rather potent and talk. .......I am digressing yet again.....

Anyway, I brought you the trailer for the movie. (And speaking of word origins, I still do not get that trailer thing. Trailers come after. I do not understand the etymology of using the word 'trailer' like this. Of course, I also do not know when the word 'fun' suddenly became an adjective. But now I use it that way, too.) Oh well, here's the trailer for "Julie and Julia." Call your friends that you can actually see and get together for this one.

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8147217

Boomer

[chelsea24]

Yes! Boomer, I'm right there with you about Nora Ephron! Heartburn is one of my favorite movies. And I'm always threatening my hubby with a Key Lime pie in the face! I love that scene!!!

Julia and Julie is definitely on my list of movies to see. I love everything with Meryl Streep anyway!

I'm also a great fan of Carrie Fisher's 'Postcards from the Edge'. Have you seen that? Old movie, but same type of humor.

Thanks for the trailer. BTW, the name could have come from the fact that they put these together after the movie is fully completed and edited. Or because all the stars stay in trailers. Who knows!!!! Just a thought. It is strange though. I always though "fun" being the beginning of "funeral" was weird too! LOL

[graciegirl]

I really liked her cookbook and I liked her for the most part, but Julia Childs always reminded me of a female impersonator.

[Boomer]

Yes! Boomer, I'm right there with you about Nora Ephron! Heartburn is one of my favorite movies. And I'm always threatening my hubby with a Key Lime pie in the face! I love that scene!!!

Julia and Julie is definitely on my list of movies to see. I love everything with Meryl Streep anyway!

I'm also a great fan of Carrie Fisher's 'Postcards from the Edge'. Have you seen that? Old movie, but same type of humor.

Thanks for the trailer. BTW, the name could have come from the fact that they put these together after the movie is fully completed and edited. Or because all the stars stay in trailers. Who knows!!!! Just a thought. It is strange though. I always though "fun" being the beginning of "funeral" was weird too! LOL

Chels,

Thank you. Of course, that has to be it. They put them together after filming. The word has nothing to do with when I am watching. (Oh my! I must be one of those people who thinks everything is about me.)

I really am glad you explained it to me. It makes perfect sense now. Could you hear me saying, "DUH" and smacking myself on the forehead with the palm of my hand? Now it is obvious. (You would not believe the number of times something can be right in front of me, completely obvious, and I miss it.)

So thanks again. That "trailer" thing has been bugging me since it started.

Boomer

[JeanneBeannie]

I just saw the "coming attractions" of Julie and Julia and it looks like its going to be great!!! Meryl Streep is one of my absolute favorites!! I agree Boomer, it would be a great movie to go out and watch with a bunch of girlfriends and out after for lots of laughs.
Altho, I dont think I will be in TV by then, but who knows? Maybe by then I can rent it and we can have a "gal pal party" at hopefully my new home in TV. I have to keep saying "hopefully" because I dont want to jinx my pending sale hehe :bowdown:.
I hope you all have a great day!!
:pepper2:

[uujudy]

Chels,

Thank you. Of course, that has to be it. They put them together after filming. The word has nothing to do with when I am watching. (Oh my! I must be one of those people who thinks everything is about me.)

I really am glad you explained it to me. It makes perfect sense now. Could you hear me saying, "DUH" and smacking myself on the forehead with the palm of my hand? Now it is obvious. (You would not believe the number of times something can be right in front of me, completely obvious, and I miss it.)

So thanks again. That "trailer" thing has been bugging me since it started.

Boomer

Chels & Boomer, be bugged no more! It bugged me too, so I looked it up. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_trailer), they're named trailers because originally the advertisements for upcoming movies were shown at the end of the featured movie. Since patrons tended to get up and leave before the trailers were finished, the trailers were moved to the beginning, but the name stuck. And there you have it. If it's on the internet, it must be true. lol

[chelsea24]

Thanks for the info Judy! That makes sense. Why bother to change the name! LOL

How are you??? I never run into you! PM me when you have time! :wave:

[Barefoot]

I was watching The Biggest Loser or one of those mindless programs last night. The "loser" was an enormous size ten and wanted to be a size four. :a20:

Speaking of diets, has anyone tried Herbal Magic or Herbal One?

[jojo]

I met Nora Ephron once - she is an amazing person. Saw Julia and Julie this weekend. Loved it - could watch it again. Meryl Streep was soooo Julia and the actress who plays Julie - Amy??? was great too.

[Boomer]

At last, the final answer on that trailers thing. Thank you, uu.

And.......also.........

When I looked in and saw what Barefoot said about the diet stuff, I had to laugh about the parallel universes that converge in "Girl Talk." I had been thinking about just putting it out there. Just telling all of you. Right here. In "Girl Talk." Telling all of you about this new diet trick I am trying. And I think I will tell you. Right now. Maybe it will keep me on track. Sort of. If I tell you.

So here goes......

First of all, I must tell you that I cannot begin to tell you the number of magazines I have bought because, when I am standing in line at the grocery store, those magazine covers call to me, speak to me, promising to reveal the answer to making it easier.

Well, I bought another one of those magazines last week. The diet article was all about a study done at Baylor. What the study found was that drinking a glass of V8 before meals helped.

Interestingly, when I tracked down the reports on the actual study, the weight losses were not nearly so magical as the ones that had happened for the happy looking trim women in the magazine photos. They had dropped a lot of weight -- fast. Like always in the magazines. But hey -- hope springs eternal.

So I thought, whattheheck? Can't hurt. And, like I told you before, it was a long carbohydrate filled winter and I am still carrying the memories around.

So off I went to the grocery store again, where I bought a few bottles of V8 juice, low sodium, like the article said. (I did not buy any magazines on that trip.)

The article also said that the study used the DASH diet. (Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension) DASH is a good and really healthy guide for anybody to use. Weight loss wanted or not. The study was partially funded by Campbell Soup which owns V8.

Well, I have never been a big fan of V8. And even though I can hear some of you out there whispering, "Pssssst, Boomer, Absolut or Grey Goose or Stoli or Ketel One," well, I think that might defeat the purpose. I will allow myself a jaunty celery swizzle stick though. And I'll try to conjure up a little imagination.

Actually, I found out that I can drink this stuff. Even though I have always thought it looked like it was about to clot. And I was really surprised that the low-sodium version is no worse than the regular version. (How's that for damning with faint praise.)

And so far, two pounds are gone. Since last week. The V8 seems to slow me down on what I eat.

(Well, tonight I did have a hot fudge sundae at Graeter's. But anybody who knows Cincinnati knows Graeter's is worth it. And they do not serve V8 at Graeter's. But I counted the sundae as dinner.)

My other thing I am doing is not eating after dinner. Staying away from the kitchen. No matter how much my geriatric dog tries to herd me in there to get a little something to share with her.

So girls, that is what I am doing. And I have been really debating about confessing to all of you. But then I thought, "Hey! You know what. Maybe if I write about this in the 'Girl Talk' thread, it could be like making some kind of commitment to actually sticking to it."

And who knows, maybe I could get paid to succeed. I heard on an NPR show the other day something about a new government program "Cash for Chunkers."

Sooooooo, do I hit "Submit Reply"?????? Do I share my angst with all of "Girl Talk?" Ohhhhhhhh, whattheheck........

Boomer

[Barefoot]

My other thing I am doing is not eating after dinner. Staying away from the kitchen. Boomer

Yeah, right Boomer, easy for you to say. Staying away from the kitchen after dinner. If I could master this one "issue", not eating after dinner, I would be a happy camper. BUT, there are things in the kitchen constantly calling my name. Cookies and icecream and goodies. I can hear you saying ... Don't buy them and bring them home. I don't! Fireboy is the culprit. I hide them from myself, but of course I know all the hiding places! And then they call out my name. Sometimes at 3 AM they wake me up.

I'm looking for a chain and padlock for the fridge.

[Boomer]

Yeah, right Boomer, easy for you to say. Staying away from the kitchen after dinner. If I could master this one "issue", not eating after dinner, I would be a happy camper. BUT, there are things in the kitchen constantly calling my name. Cookies and icecream and goodies. I can hear you saying ... Don't buy them and bring them home. I don't! Fireboy is the culprit. I hide them from myself, but of course I know all the hiding places! And then they call out my name. Sometimes at 3 AM they wake me up.

I'm looking for a chain and padlock for the fridge.

Oh Barefoot,

I will not say that. I know exactly what you mean. Today, Mr. Boomer and I were at the grocery together. I had run into someone I know and while we were catching up, Mr. B. escaped and went off by himself and brought back Coke and cookies, too. I told him that he had to hide the cookies from me, but that we had to put the Coke back. I cannot resist Coke if it is in the house. It can be down in the basement and I will go get it. Pepsi? Nope. Coke? Getoutamyway! Sooooo, no Coke in the house. Pepsi could be here for months on end and I would not care.

It is so difficult sometimes to be at the store with a husband. Grocery stores -- they get away and buy bad stuff.

And then there is when you end up in Home Depot. Mr. Boomer always escapes in Home Depot, too, and goes off to look longingly at expensive power tools. (I cannot for the life of me figure out which one he could possibly NOT own.) Sometimes I cannot find him in Home Depot. It is a big place. Endlessly fascinating to Mr. B. Sometimes, when I cannot find him, and I just want to leave Home Depot, I make obscene phone calls to him on his cell. And then he shows up. Works like a charm.

Whoops! Looks like it is after midnight.

Goodnight.

Boomer

[chelsea24]

Two things that are deeply coveted in this house. Mythical places, faraway dreams. I buy diet foods and watch them as they go bad in the fridge and vetman buys power tools and watches the boxes pile up in the garage. Some never opened. Yes, the intent is there, but our carry through, does not carry through.

Ha! My dad was in construction and I remember the first time he shook vetman's hand, he said to me later... "Never worked a hard days labor in his life!" Hahaha! Well, being a veterinarian is no walk in the park, but I knew what my Dad meant.

I'm seriously considering Nutrisystems again! Hey, Cash for Chunkers would be great! Let's get that ball rolling. :a20: (Oh Lordy! Now I'm thinking about meatballs! While vetman, fast asleep, is probably dreaming of an unopened power washer!)

[LELANDJANE]

Chelsea, someone has two months of Nutrisystem for sale in today's Daily Sun. I can relate to that person. Tried that program last year and lost all hope in life! The food's in a plastic bag out of sight (and usually out of mind).
I had success with a bariatric dr back in Alabama. Is there one in this area? What I liked best, of course, is that I dropped the weight quickly.

[Boomer]

I met Nora Ephron once - she is an amazing person. Saw Julia and Julie this weekend. Loved it - could watch it again. Meryl Streep was soooo Julia and the actress who plays Julie - Amy??? was great too.

jojo, I was so caught up in the my butterball angst and my power tool plots last night that I missed this post of yours. You met Nora Ephron! If ever I meet you, please expect to be quizzed at great length about every aspect of your meeting with Nora Ephron, every nuance, every word. Oh my! I think Nora Ephron is a genius with dialogue and timing. I just looked her up and found that she just turned 68. Somewhat older than I am, but I feel like she has been around during all my formative adult years. I guess she has.

Actually, I did something that I never do. I went to see "Julie and Julia" the day it opened. I just had to see it. No time to line up a girl thing. I wanted to see it NOW.

And so on Friday night, Mr. Boomer went with me to the movie that I figured would be a chick flick. I could see though that Mr. Boomer had hope in his eyes. He said to me twice on the way there, "Julia Child was a spy wasn't she?"

Actually, it turned out that Mr. B liked it, too. (It might have been because of all that really fattening food in it.) But he had to admit that he liked it. Well.....he said it was OK. Pretty good. Some such thing.

"Julie and Julia" is one movie that I will go to see again. (I rarely do that.) But for this one, I will. For me, it is so much about the dialogue. Nora Ephron comes up with the best scripts, full of wonderful, funny lines. (That is also why I can watch "The Golden Girls" repeatedly. Whoever wrote those scripts was also exceptional with dialogue. I even liked "The Golden Girls" back when they seemed so ancient to me. Geez! What happened to that?)

So anyway, back to those diet tips confessions. I have got to get rid of last winter's 10 pounds. I cannot do that every time winter comes rolling around. (Yet another reason to winter in Florida.) And I need to lose more than just that 10. It is not like I was a stick to start with. What is it they say? "Built for comfort not for speed."

A year ago almost, in that thread about that dress, I finally showed you my picture, which I later took out when I got all bashful. And then in May of this year, I confessed about how I needed to fit into that dress again to do a reading at another niece's wedding. (-- other side of the family so I could wear the same dress. The dress was turning into the uniform of the reading aunt maybe.) Well, I did not report that I actually managed to get into that dress again, but I had to wonder if I looked like a sausage in its casing. (That woman who invented Spanx deserves every million she made though.)

Well, anyway, two pounds gone from that V8 thing I told you about last night. V8 and colorful food. I sure miss that white food. That is why I had to indulge in that Graeter's vanilla ice cream yesterday. But hey, hot fudge is a color isn't it?

Boomer

[Bettiboop]

Hey, Cash for Chunkers would be great! Let's get that ball rolling.

LMAO...I'd join that club! If I could get cash for my "chunks" I could retire sooner!

I was hoping that retiring to TV would help my "chunkiness" - staying so active and all.

On our recent visit there we were VERY active all day long, but now that I think about it a lot of the activity was walking from restaurant to restaurant with stop at ice cream place at end of the day. LOL :o :oops:

[Boomer]

.................................
I'm seriously considering Nutrisystems again! Hey, Cash for Chunkers would be great! Let's get that ball rolling. :a20: (Oh Lordy! Now I'm thinking about meatballs......................!

Ohhhhhhh, Chelsea, you said meatballs. When you said meatballs, I started thinking about how grouchy I feel right now and how I want spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. With cheese. Lots of cheese. And maybe garlic bread. Yeah, that's it. I do not want this boring chicken and that colorful salad and this blasted V8.

What was it they used to say about this stuff? "It sure doesn't taste like tomato juice"?????? (I think that was their ad.) And then somebody else would say, "Of course not, it tastes like V8."

Welllllll, that just makes me want to say, "Yeah. So? Is that supposed to be a good thing?"

And now, that :cus::cus: jingle or ad or whatever is stuck in my head. (And I hope that you can all hear me saying that ad in my snippiest, most mocking tone. I am also making faces. I am grouchy. Grouchy. Grouchy.)

Boomer

[graciegirl]

I kinda like V8 Boom. I think because it is so SALTY. I drink a lot of it when I am trying to take off weight. I also have eaten lots of those baby oranges called Clementines, so many I got an acid sore in my mouth.

I am grouchy too. I need a donut fix.

[Barefoot]

I do not want this boring chicken and that colorful salad and this blasted V8.
What was it they used to say about this stuff? "It sure doesn't taste like tomato juice"?????? (I think that was their ad.) And then somebody else would say, "Of course not, it tastes like V8." Welllllll, that just makes me want to say, "Yeah. So? Is that supposed to be a good thing?"
Boomer

Boomer, blasted V8? :yuck: And I was just going to run out and buy a carton of it. I guess I'll wait for a few days and see how much grouchier you get!

Speaking of weight issues ... Have you seen Keedy's latest comment about Hilary Clinton putting on weight? Grrrrr.

[nONIE]

hmmmmmm! I was totally glued to that infommercial last night on TV about that body shaper thing that takes 2 sizes off of you??? For 39.99 you can be two sizes smaller. I cant remember the name of it but it started with a "K"

I absolutely hated girdles in our girdle days and couldnt stand the confinement. It has been wonderful letting everything hang out all these years. Ahhh! total bodily freedom except for bras which I would love to burn!

Well, so Im wondering has any body tried a body shaper and are they and are they tight and uncomfortable? Im such a sucker for anything that they say will make you look sliimmer instantly. Right now Im taking a colon cleanse and Acai Berry supplement like Rachel Ray did ,and I havant noticed one bit of difference., except Im running to the ladies room constantly!

[villages07]

Boomer,
Speaking of weight issues ... Have you seen Keedy's latest comment about Hilary Clinton putting on weight? Grrrrr.

Agree Bare...the comment was totally irrelevant and would never have been made about a man.

I do not generally read the political forum and have even used the TOTV "ignore" feature to filter out posts from one particular member who often writes in there.

Sadly, it seems that almost half of the posts on TOTV these days relate to Politics and tend towards partisan bickering rather than solutions. I enjoy reading the stories on TOTV of people selling houses, finding TV, human interest, fun jokes, good/bad contractors and restaurants, mulling the future of TV, etc. There's enough hard news and analysis on television, newspapers, and the internet.

[Whalen]

Agree Bare...the comment was totally irrelevant and would never have been made about a man.

I do not generally read the political forum and have even used the TOTV "ignore" feature to filter out posts from one particular member who often writes in there.

Sadly, it seems that almost half of the posts on TOTV these days relate to Politics and tend towards partisan bickering rather than solutions. I enjoy reading the stories on TOTV of people selling houses, finding TV, human interest, fun jokes, good/bad contractors and restaurants, mulling the future of TV, etc. There's enough hard news and analysis on television, newspapers, and the internet.

As I logged into the forum just now 9 of first 10 posts were, you guessed it,
political.

I too enjoyed totv when it was about life in TV, for villagers, by villagers, and wannabees.

Where is the ignore button? Can I ignore a whole forum?

[Doreen]

I agree with the politcal posts. Some of them are so combative-not what I need.

I enjoy totv when it is about villagers not politics.

Is there a way to filter out that forum?

[Boomer]

'07!

I did not know about such a filter. I should have known that you would know what to do.

I look sometimes. And then sometimes I get caught up in my whole moderate thing, and next thing I know I am writing :cus: And what is the point?

And '07, about that other stuff you said about what you like here on TOTV, well I would be holding up a bunch of those little "I agree" signs, but I can't find any. They must be using all of them over in the political forum.

So there is a filter that will keep me from looking. I did not know that.............................

And Barefoot, do not give up quite yet on the V8. I have not given up.

And GG, you're right. It does not taste really so bad. I was just grouchy. But I got through it and it was boring chicken and colorful salad for supper. I know what you mean about salt. It can be one of my favorite food groups. Next to fat and sugar.

The V8 I use is the low-sodium version. It has 140 mg per serving while the regular has 480 mg. Both are 50 calories. Sodium at less than 2400 mg a day is the standard. I need to stay less than that. I can really tell when I have been overdoing the sodium. A little fluid retention kicks in and really can hold the pounds on me. The Baylor study where I got this V8 thing was done I think for people with blood pressure issues and so that was why the low-sodium V8 and the DASH diet.

Geez. Please forgive me. Here I am sounding like I am turning into to one of those people who goes around giving unsolicited and righteous advice about what people should eat and must pontificate about all the food stuff we already know.

The only thing is -- those people are usually as skinny as rails and can make me feel like, not only am I so obviously a bit zaftig, but also dense. ....know the type? --those people who approach it differently than just sharing ideas about a common problem.

It is fun and encouraging to share ideas about things that might work to take off weight. But those people are different about it. And they always think they are being so subtle.

Recently I finally said to somebody who was going on and on about calories and exercise and yadda, yadda, like I am an idiot, "Yeah. I know. I have been turning into quite the little butterball since you saw me last.".............. (Like I don't know ten pounds is a size. Geez. Here I am, grouchy anyway in these first few days of trying this new thing, and then I get a not-so-subtle unsolicited sermon from a stick! And I hated when I said that because I am usually nice and one of my friends even calls me party-insurance. I hate it when I act :cus:, er grouchy.)

Thanks for listening. Seeya later. Maybe I will tell you about how I exercised today. But it will not be a sermon. Those are only available from stick-people.

Boomer

[BobKat1]

Yes, the Political forum is dominated by a relatively small number of like-minded individuals. As my wife (Kat) says, eagerly looking for the outrage of the day to start a thread and then go on and on about it, until the next outrage of the day. Sure wish there was a filter or blocker of some sort.

I keep getting suckered into looking at it!

[villages07]

Since several of you asked (but, I'm sure admins wouldn't want this to get too widespread)....

You can choose to ignore the posts of individual members but I don't see anyway to automatically ignore a whole sub-forum.

Towards the upper left of your screen, click on the "User CP" menu link

From your user profile, look down the left hand column and click on "Edit Ignore List" link

There is a box that says "Add a member to your list" .... start typing the member's screen name in this box...after a few characters, the system will show you all member names that start with those letters. Select the one you wish to ignore and hit the "Okay" button to save it.
--------------------------------

You can de-ignore (resuscitate) these members at any time. When they do post, you will see a placeholder where they posted but not the actual content of the post. Hey, it's better than nuthin'

Like you, BobKat, I sometimes click on 'new posts' based on the thread title before I realize it's in political. Then, I beat a hasty retreat.

[katezbox]

Thanks 07 and all.

Boomer - like you I am a moderate. And I am happy to discuss issues. With emphasis being on discuss. I don't want to hear how Obama was born in Kenya, or how he is planning to socialize medicine or why women only dislike Sarah Palin because she is attractive.

Many of the fans of the political forum are also Glenn beck fans - a washed up disc jockey in New Haven before he learned that taking extreme positions gets you a national audience.

Whalen - I so agree with you that I am actually thinking of just having my PMs fed to my yahoo account and only visiting TOTV to read them. But I would really miss THIS thread.

I actually posted something RUDE today - and got a thumbs up from Tony. Actually, I posted something rude once before and he liked that too - seems he gets tired of all the negativity too.

Kate (tired of work and in Atlanta)

[Boomer]

Thanks 07 and all.

Boomer - like you I am a moderate. And I am happy to discuss issues. With emphasis being on discuss. I don't want to hear how Obama was born in Kenya, or how he is planning to socialize medicine or why women only dislike Sarah Palin because she is attractive.

Many of the fans of the political forum are also Glenn beck fans - a washed up disc jockey in New Haven before he learned that taking extreme positions gets you a national audience.

Whalen - I so agree with you that I am actually thinking of just having my PMs fed to my yahoo account and only visiting TOTV to read them. But I would really miss THIS thread.

I actually posted something RUDE today - and got a thumbs up from Tony. Actually, I posted something rude once before and he liked that too - seems he gets tired of all the negativity too.

Kate (tired of work and in Atlanta)

Hi Kate, fellow moderate,

As a moderate I have been hoping against the, more obvious every day, odds that political would moderate instead of dominate. (Of course, I mean just calm down. I know they won't turn into moderates like us.) The lineup is full of thread start after thread start after thread start. And if I were looking in here and watching now, like I did for a while before I joined so long ago, I cannot imagine that I would join. I would think that I had stumbled upon just another political venting spot.

Like you, I would miss this thread if I gave up. I was just getting started on getting a little help from the girls while I try to get through more than just a week on this V8 thing. But this thread has slowed down quite a bit I know. And I understand.

And I also know that it is possible that TOTV has changed forever and is on to becoming something else. There is still good info and even a little fun under the political pile up, but it requires more and more wading to get to it. So maybe it has just quite simply changed forever and there are those who like it that way and so that is how it is. And so, if so, I would then need to just be a little sad about it and then forget about it. Although Boomer would miss the fun. (But she's nuts.)

I will never venture into Political again. I would think that I saw a little hope. A little light. A little humor even. But then......you know.

For now, I guess I will just wait and see how it goes as I hope for moderation. It has been way cranked up in there this summer. An offshoot of the media onslaught. Everywhere.

Boomer

[Whalen]

Boomer, Kate,

It's getting harder & harder to avoid, it's becoming all political all the time.

Last time I looked politics was about 40% of all posts, and sometimes general and medical posts are political in disguise.

So much about political BS, tomorrow I need to know about the new gold label tuna fish.

Good Night

[KathieI]

Girls, Girls, Girls!!!!

You have fallen into their trap. You have just transformed our WONDERFUL Girl Talk Thread (thank you Bare for starting this thread) and turned into into a Political Bit*h session. What am I missing? I find it very easy to ignore what I don't want to read. Its also easy to change the % of threads all about political by posting your own thread about something nice, Like Happy Birthday, or Who likes Spanx??? What happened to our fun thread, is the negativity catching? I hope not, It will never catch me....

Speaking of dieting,,,, why is it no matter how much I dance at night and sweat my arse off, I still don't lose weight?? :cus:

Girls, what can be done? What am I doing wrong????? Help please...... Your loving sista,,,, Kath

[Boomer]

Hi Kathie. This is Boomer speaking.

Hey, about that dancing. Yesterday I got on my elliptical and sweated my behind off. Or pretended that I was I guess. I listened to Jimmy Buiffet the whole time so maybe the pace was a little more mellow than when I punch up the hard rock stuff on the old iPod. But did I weigh in less this morning???? Helllllllll NO!

Kathie, maybe we are just turning it all to muscle and we know that weighs more. Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Boomer

[Julie]

First of all, I haven't posted in awhile (I was never an uber poster anyway), so HELLO to all the ladies in and out of The Villages.

I firmly believe that all women in and out of TV are VGLDSW!!!


I'm not sure if this link has been posted before, but it really cheered me up. Perhaps it will put a smile on many of your faces too:
http://rogstad.vox.com/library/post/happy-ivgldsw-day.html

Hope this leaves all of us having bright optimistic days ahead.:)

-Julie

[nONIE]

Girls, Girls, Girls!!!!

You have fallen into their trap. You have just transformed our WONDERFUL Girl Talk Thread (thank you Bare for starting this thread) and turned into into a Political Bit*h session. What am I missing? I find it very easy to ignore what I don't want to read. Its also easy to change the % of threads all about political by posting your own thread about something nice, Like Happy Birthday, or Who likes Spanx??? What happened to our fun thread, is the negativity catching? I hope not, It will never catch me....

Speaking of dieting,,,, why is it no matter how much I dance at night and sweat my arse off, I still don't lose weight?? :cus:

Girls, what can be done? What am I doing wrong????? Help please...... Your loving sista,,,, Kath


Yea, you tell em,

And by the way, (I think this is definitely girl talk) , Noone ever mentioned if they have ever worn a shaper that instantly took 2 sizes off of them? I really, really would like to know!

[chelsea24]

:a20: Julie! I love this post! Happy IVGLDSW Day ladies! I think we all fit into this category!

Hey, Nonie Macaroni!!! If I buy 4 of those body thingies will I go down 8 sizes! Wooooo hoooo! Get outta my way.... placin' my order now! (Of course, I might never breath again, but as my daughter would say "Suck up up sistah!") :crap2:

[nONIE]

hahahahahahahaha!:a20:

I am visualizing you trying to squeeze into 4 shaper thingies, one on top of the other!!! OMG! Is it even worth it????? I would be too exhausted to go anywhere after that workout!!! LOL

[KathieI]

Hey seriously, I gotta admit something... shhhhh, don't tell the boys. But the spanx (lower 1/2) really works, helps me dance without jiggling.......LOL All the girls laugh cause my pants start to fall off as the night goes on... I'm pretty sure it does off 1/2 a size at least -- that's okay, I'll take whatever it gives me.

[nONIE]

How about the spanx upper? Or do we want those to jiggle? LOL LOL

OMG, we are so bad!

[KathieI]

Julie, I love you, where you been??????

I loved this part of IVGLDSW ----

Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.
(Author, KathieI :pepper2:)

[Halle]

MS]
Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.
(Author, KathieI :pepper2:)

Hey Kathie her twin must be inside of me. :jester:

Cookies are one of my true weaknesses, well along with Cake,Ice Cream, Garlic Bread,Fettucie Alfredo,Potato Chips,Nachos,Eggplant Parmesean,Bagels,Cinnamon Rolls,Cheese,Olives,Sangria,Cheesecake,Fudge,Empan adas,Cannoli,and on and on and on. :o

Geez no wonder I can't lose weight. :cus:


:icon_hungry:

[Julie]

Julie, I love you, where you been??????

I loved this part of IVGLDSW ----

Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.
(Author, KathieI :pepper2:)

Oh Geez Kathie, I've been wasting away here in sunny California (land of the fruits and nuts) trying to sell my house. I could go on and on about the woes of house selling and competing with all of the foreclosures, but I am trying to stay positive.

Yes, I live many of those quotes :eclipsee_gold_cup:

Kathie, tell me the truth; I've been thinking about buying one of those spanx thingies, but have feared the whole going to the bathroom thing...is it much more of a pain in the keester to go while wearing one?

[KathieI]

Oh Geez Kathie, I've been wasting away here in sunny California (land of the fruits and nuts) trying to sell my house. I could go on and on about the woes of house selling and competing with all of the foreclosures, but I am trying to stay positive.

Yes, I live many of those quotes :eclipsee_gold_cup:

Kathie, tell me the truth; I've been thinking about buying one of those spanx thingies, but have feared the whole going to the bathroom thing...is it much more of a pain in the keester to go while wearing one?

Julie, I love you butttttt ( :shocked: ) for this answer I'm going to PM you....LOL..

[Whalen]

AWWWWWWWWW

Been at the dentist all morning, missed all the fun!

Is there a full body spanx?

[Halle]

I bought some of the Spanx panties they do hold the Jelly Belly in but they leave panty lines so I don't wear them. :ohdear:

Maybe I will try the Spanx that goes to mid-thigh anyone try that style?

But then again maybe I will say the heck with it.:undecided:

[Boomer]

Hey Kathie her twin must be inside of me. :jester:

Cookies are one of my true weaknesses, well along with Cake,Ice Cream, Garlic Bread,Fettucie Alfredo,Potato Chips,Nachos,Eggplant Parmesean,Bagels,Cinnamon Rolls,Cheese,Olives,Sangria,Cheesecake,Fudge,Empan adas,Cannoli,and on and on and on. :o

Geez no wonder I can't lose weight. :cus:


:icon_hungry:

Halle,

Does that mean birthday cake? Happy Birthday!

I have a weakness for Sangria, too. I pretend it is good for me because I put a lot of fruit in it? I also throw a decent splash of Grand Marnier into that pitcher of red wine and fruit. When it goes into the glass, it gets topped with just a tiny bit of 7 Up. I know that sounds like a bad thing to do to something that has Grand Marnier in it, but what can I say.....I am who I am....... And then I dab a little Grand Marnier behind my ears. That stuff smells so wonderful.

And, girls, about those Spanx......where does it go???? That woman who invented those things must be a magician. All I know is Spanx worx.

Boomer

[another Linda]

YES! This is the TOTV I know and love!

[KathieI]

Halle, those are the ones I use, mid-thigh style. Boomer's right, as usual, they worx....

Boomer, I love Grand Marnier.... maybe we should market it as a perfume???? I'll be the packaging designer for our new venture. The lady who invented spanx is a genius, where does it go? No one has mentioned that I have a panty line, Halle, at least none of the guys staring at my buttttttt......LOL...

[Halle]

Boomer,

I was just going down to my home gym to exercise when I saw your post.

I add the Diet Sierra Mist Ruby Splash to my Sangria, Yum. Notice I did say Diet.

Now to work off those Potato Chips! :cus:

[Julie]

Julie, I love you butttttt ( :shocked: ) for this answer I'm going to PM you....LOL..

I'm waaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiting... :icon_hungry:

After dabbing Boomer's Grand Mariner behind my ears, suddenly I have an urge to step out, get wild and purchase a pair of thigh length Spanx! :D

[nONIE]

Kathie,

About the spanx thingies, could ya pm me too about the bathroom issues.

Before I spend 39.99 on one I want to be sure I can get one off in a hurry if I have to! and thanks for the good news about them girls, I think Im gonna do it. But how about the Florida heat??

[Barefoot]

Well, so Im wondering has any body tried a body shaper and are they and are they tight and uncomfortable? Im such a sucker for anything that they say will make you look sliimmer instantly. Right now Im taking a colon cleanse and Acai Berry supplement like Rachel Ray did ,and I havant noticed one bit of difference., except Im running to the ladies room constantly!

Nonie, of course body shapers are tight and uncomfortable .. they're supposed to be! How do you think they cram a size 16 body into size 10 clothes? If you can breathe wearing a body shaper, get a smaller size!

They're good for the high school renunion when you haven't seen your old friends in 35 years though. Worth not breathing for a night.

When I discovered Spanx, I thought the women who designed it were brilliant. But now I'm tired of my Spanx, and I find buying larger clothes is way more comfortable.

And Nonie, colon cleansers usually give you diahreaa and that is why you suddenly lose weight. And then you start eating normally and gain it back. But it sure is a neat way for colon cleanser companies to make a billion bucks.

Not that I haven't tried my share of miracle products. Remember the plastic device you put in your ear and pressed on it when you got hungry? Supposed to activate your acupunture points to suppress hunger. Haha. Right.

But honestly, I'm starting a diet tomorrow. :sigh:

[nONIE]

Oh Bare, I can always count on you to be the voice of reason and truth.

I think I was actually expecting someone to say that the thingies were comfortable and cool, hardly know your wearing them. Thankyou for the shot of reality, I think Ill save my 39.99 and let it all hang out, the confinement would just turn me into a huge grouch anyway. :cus:

[Barefoot]

Oh Bare, I can always count on you to be the voice of reason and truth.
I think I was actually expecting someone to say that the thingies were comfortable and cool, hardly know your wearing them. Thankyou for the shot of reality, I think Ill save my 39.99 and let it all hang out, the confinement would just turn me into a huge grouch anyway. :cus:


Oh Nonie, sorry, I didn't mean to rain on your parade. :confused: I'm just as quick as anyone to go for the "miracle weight loss" plan. But I tried on one of those "slim in one minute" body shapers last Friday. It was way more comfortable and cool than the old rubber girdles. And comparatively speaking, I guess you hardly know you're wearing them. As long as there is air conditioning!

But when I wear a body shaper for any length of time, I still long to get home, get it off, and get into something comfortable. I think they're worth having around for a wedding or family reunion .. but not for daily wear.

None, don't worry kiddo, you're perfect the way you are. :eclipsee_gold_cup:

[another Linda]

Got a spanx for my son's wedding. After looking at the pictures I wondered why.

========================

(And thanks, friends, for bringing me back. More like the TOTV I used to know.)

[chelsea24]

Nonie! I tried on one of those one piece body suits and my underarms became part of my boobs! :loco: So, don't think it's odd when you get here if I'm smiling at you with my elbows! :eek:

[nONIE]

:faint:

remind me to stop watching info-mercials!

Chels you are hysterical!!!:clap2::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotf l:

[SUNNYMARYANN]

the only time I ever lost two sizes was the day I gave birth to twins!

[Boomer]

Today for lunch: V8. Hummus on Wasa bread.

Tonight for dinner: Went out for Italian.

What was it Scarlett O'Hara said?....... "Tomorrow is another day."

You know, perhaps I should be inspired by Scarlett's words and write a diet book using them in the title.

I can just see it on the bestseller list. By Boomer. I will have a lovely airbrushed photo on the back cover. I will come to Barnes and Noble to autograph copies. I will be wearing Spanx under my designer suit bought with my instant wealth as my book flies off the shelves. I will be on Oprah. I know Oprah will just love my diet. Why yes! I can do this.......

The Fiddle-Dee-Dee Diet: Tomorrow Is Another Day
by
Boomer

Reserve your copies now, girls. And you can say you knew me when.......

[KathieI]

So I come home a little while ago, from yelling and screaming at all the karaoke singers at Red Sauce, and swooning over my new love Patrick, (eat your heart out Ronnie), and lo and behold, I open up this thread on Girl Talk and am amazed at how hysterical you ladies are. See we're back to being the fun forum we used to be. It didn't take much, just a little feminine fortitude and ingenuity, and of course Boomer Humor!!! You ladies are the best.

And,,,, by the way, the spanx was very cool tonight and believe me, it was hot, hot, hot!!! Especially dancing in this humidity.

Boomer, sign me up for one copy.
Chels, you really are hysterical, LMAO!! :1rotfl:
Another Linder, let's keep the good stuff going and forget the political crap.... :cus:
Nonie and Julie, I promise to send you the PM's now that I'm home from acting crazy at Red Sauce. :MOJE_whot:
Sigh!! Kathie's in heaven........ ;)

[Juliej]

I bought the one that comes all the way to the bottom of your bra..said it would smooth out the rolls under knit type materials. well, it did the job but I had a hard time breathing and didn't realize why until I took the dam thing off at the end of the night...a wasted $29.95 garment..but had to laugh at my stupidity for not realizing that spanx was the problem..:

[graciegirl]

My diet is simple. If it tastes good, spit it out!

[JeanneBeannie]

Ahhhhh this is wonderful! 'Girl Talk" is alive and going strong!!
You go girls!!! :pepper2:

I have missed alot of excitement here I see, spanx, diets, politics. Most of all I miss all of you great gals and our girl talk. I have been so busy packing, lawyers, realtors, inspectors, bank appraisers etc. that I have lost touch lol. :1rotfl:

Glad to see all is well with my gal pals!! :girlneener:

[Whalen]

Girls, Girls, Girls!!!!

You have fallen into their trap. You have just transformed our WONDERFUL Girl Talk Thread (thank you Bare for starting this thread) and turned into into a Political Bit*h session. What am I missing? I find it very easy to ignore what I don't want to read. Its also easy to change the % of threads all about political by posting your own thread about something nice, Like Happy Birthday, or Who likes Spanx??? What happened to our fun thread, is the negativity catching? I hope not, It will never catch me....

Speaking of dieting,,,, why is it no matter how much I dance at night and sweat my arse off, I still don't lose weight?? :cus:

Girls, what can be done? What am I doing wrong????? Help please...... Your loving sista,,,, Kath


Thanks Kathie for bringing back the fun. :eclipsee_gold_cup:

I think it is contagious, last time I looked politial posts down to about 5%.

[graciegirl]

Naw. Those political posts are still there. We are just ignoring them.

No use being worried and stressed when you have a choice.

[KathieI]

My diet is simple. If it tastes good, spit it out!

GG, I love you but remind me not to sit opposite you at the dinner table.... ewwwwwwww....

Whalen, your welcome, see how "easy peasy" it is (to quote our sista, Barefoot)..... to change the topics back to being fun!!!

[Julie]

My diet is simple. If it tastes good, spit it out!

GG, apparently when the heritible genes in my family were passed to me they didn't include the "spit out" gene. No, my family eating gene is the "eat EVERYTHING and swallow" gene, thereby contributing to the "packing on the pounds" gene.

Hey Halle, where's that cake you were talking about? :icon_hungry:

[Halle]

Julie,

Heck if I know, I have been waiting for the FEDEX delivery still a no show. :sad:

Maybe Handie stole my cake? :cus:

[Boomer]

GG, apparently when the heritible genes in my family were passed to me they didn't include the "spit out" gene. No, my family eating gene is the "eat EVERYTHING and swallow" gene.....................

Hey Halle, where's that cake you were talking about? :icon_hungry:

Hi Julie,

I sure hope that your family does not also have that gene that falls in beween the spit-it-out gene and the "eat everything and swallow" gene, the seefood gene.

This gene becomes obvious when there is an unsuspecting dining companion at the table. If a family member has this gene, the family member will ask, "Do you like seefood?"

And you know the rest I bet. Either because the gene is in your family or because you have been taken in by that seemingly innocent question by hearing it as, "Do you like seafood?"

You probably know by now that you must never answer "Yes" if asked this question. Because that is the point where the one with that gene hollers, "SEE FOOD!" and opens wide his mouth, full of chewed food. And then laughs maniacally.

Fortunately this gene most often shows itself in childhood and then it is outgrown.....sometimes.

Boomer

[Barefoot]

Here is what I think about diets.

If you're a cocker spaniel, you're never gonna look like a greyhound no matter how hard you try.

Oprah is one of the wealthiest women in the world. We have seen her weight struggles over the years. I think at one time she fasted and got into size three jeans. The last I heard she is over 200 lbs again. Oprah has access to the best cooks, the best personal trainers, unlimited money for diet spas, etc. And yet she struggles, and struggles.

Now I personally think Oprah is a fantastic woman, and beautiful as well. I admire her greatly! I think she is a wonderful caring person as well as a successful billionaire. And I bet when she takes a shower and looks in the mirror she hates her body.

We women are so hard on ourselves. We are such complex and complicated people and I actually feel sorry for the men in our lives that struggle to understand us.

We all love each other for our personalities, not for our looks. Why in hell can't we be happy with that? :shrug:

[katezbox]

Here is what I think about diets.

If you're a cocker spaniel, you're never gonna look like a greyhound no matter how hard you try.

Oprah is one of the wealthiest women in the world. We have seen her weight struggles over the years. I think at one time she fasted and got into size three jeans. The last I heard she is over 200 lbs again. Oprah has access to the best cooks, the best personal trainers, unlimited money for diet spas, etc. And yet she struggles, and struggles.

Now I personally think Oprah is a fantastic woman, and beautiful as well. I admire her greatly! I think she is a wonderful caring person as well as a successful billionaire. And I bet when she takes a shower and looks in the mirror she hates her body.

We women are so hard on ourselves. We are such complex and complicated people and I actually feel sorry for the men in our lives that struggle to understand us.

We all love each other for our personalities, not for our looks. Why in hell can't we be happy with that? :shrug:


Bare -

Thanks for making it real... Any my apologies for digressing into politics on this thread.

Nonie - one of my friends heard the infomercial for the body shaper. Like many of you gals (and unlike me) she is well endowed. I told her that all the "back rolls" that she was trying to do away with had to go somewhere. If a pair of hip hugger jeans gives a woman who is not a stick a muffin top - this thing must have her boobs backwards and over her head...

Remember the song...

Do your boobs hang low,
Do they wobble to and fro,
Can you tie them in a knot,
Can you time them in a bow?

Can you throw them over your shoulder,
Like a continental soldier?

Do yo BOOBS HANGGGGGGG LOOOWOWOWOWWWW?

[Bettiboop]

Remember the song...

Do your boobs hang low,
Do they wobble to and fro,
Can you tie them in a knot,
Can you time them in a bow?

Can you throw them over your shoulder,
Like a continental soldier?

Do yo BOOBS HANGGGGGGG LOOOWOWOWOWWWW?

That's one of them songs you can't get out of your head. LOL I'll be singing it all day long now! :clap2: Love it!

[Whalen]

Bare -

Thanks for making it real... Any my apologies for digressing into politics on this thread.

Nonie - one of my friends heard the infomercial for the body shaper. Like many of you gals (and unlike me) she is well endowed. I told her that all the "back rolls" that she was trying to do away with had to go somewhere. If a pair of hip hugger jeans gives a woman who is not a stick a muffin top - this thing must have her boobs backwards and over her head...

Remember the song...

Do your boobs hang low,
Do they wobble to and fro,
Can you tie them in a knot,
Can you time them in a bow?

Can you throw them over your shoulder,
Like a continental soldier?

Do yo BOOBS HANGGGGGGG LOOOWOWOWOWWWW?

Awwwwwwwww Kate,
I'll be singing that song all night.
(the boys sing it a little differently)

And Bare, thanks for your insightful post.
I am the cocker spaniel in the story.

[katezbox]

Actually, I think I am more of a golden retriever - smily but a food vacuum - eats everything in sight...

[Boomer]

Well, I am sitting here having another glass of, you guessed it, V8. But I also know that this weekend I will be having stuff that I like better. In fact, I plan on it.

Kathie, you did a good thing. This thread is fun. And now, I do not know if it is my ignoring it or my attitude or my imagination, or if political stuff in the lineup really has calmed down. But I think it might be better. (--nuff bout that from me)

Kate, I do not know the tune to the song you are singing. If it is a famous tune, and you tell me what it is, I can get it stuck in my head, too.

And Barefoot, you are right. I know. I will never be what the charts say that I should be. And I do not want to be.

At this point, I do not want to lose a whole bunch of weight because I know that my face would then sag and sag and drop. Sometimes when somebody finds out how old I am, they stare a little (and sometimes even a lot) closer and then say something like, "Wow! You sure do not have very many wrinkles for your age."

Now, tell me please, whatthehell is that supposed to mean? "for your age" Geez. Isn't saying that something like saying to somebody, "Hey, you sure do not sweat much for a fat girl." Why in the world, do some people stare at you really close when you tell them your age? Like with a magnifying glass. And then say stuff like that?

When I hear that, I just smile and pat myself on my own face and say, "Yeah, I like to keep it plumped up so wrinkles do not show so much."........But you know.....there is something to that I think maybe.

Boomer

[Boomer]

Well, this is just great. I just looked back at that post I just wrote about how people inspect you sometimes for wrinkles and then make age comments.

You know we all like it when somebody says that we do not look our age. I do. Even though I know that it is probably just because they are trying to be nice.

But then I beat myself up a little for caring about whether I look younger or not.

And here I sit, over analyzing what I just wrote. And swilling down V8. And sounding goofy as all get out. Self-analysis. Geez.

I have just spent my life savings on a moisturizer from Elizabeth Arden. It was at one of those "free" makeover deals. You all know the drill. Well, I did that last April. That is when I bought this stuff. And :cus: I think it might work better than the old stuff I have been buying for years at the grocery store. Geez. Surely. Surely. I know better. Don't I?

And the packaging on this moisturizer, that needs to be hauled around in a Brink's truck, is a nightmare, designed by some kind of fiend. It is a jar where you cannot see how much is left. You push on the sealed top and the stuff is dispensed, but you cannot tell how much is left in the jar without breaking that seal. And that is forbidden because..............

Supposedly this moisturizer is being protected by that seal, from air or light or Martians or whatever. (I need to find out from Kathie if that is a crock. I think she did package engineering.) So anyway, there is something just nuts about even thinking about when something is going to run out when I am not even sure that it works. but am pretending that it does. And it cost too much anyway. I was caught up in the moment. That usually does not happen to me. But it did that day. And now....could it be working???? Or if it is, what do I think that is worth?????

Oh well, enough stream of consciousness from me for a while. I better get back to working on getting stuff ready for weekend company. But speaking of makeup counters, sometime I will tell you about the Merle Norman experience in TV. (It was good.)

Boomer

[Barefoot]

Remember the song...

Do your boobs hang low,
Do they wobble to and fro,
Can you tie them in a knot,
Can you time them in a bow?

Can you throw them over your shoulder,
Like a continental soldier?

Do yo BOOBS HANGGGGGGG LOOOWOWOWOWWWW?

Kate, I remember that song very, very well. We used to sing it enthusiastically at Girl Guide Camp. When we were 11. Before we had boobs.

And of course we had no idea what that song meant ... that we would get boobs, and that our boobs would betray us and migrate south, ending up getting caught in our belt loops and under our arms if we sleep on our backs.

On a more positive note, Boomer is overdosing on V8 juice and probably has lost three dress sizes by now. Don't tell Nonie or she'll order a truck load of V8 juice. :girlneener:

[JeanneBeannie]

You girls are killing me I am laughing so hard :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:.

Jeanne :mademyday:

[dillywho]

Well, this is just great. I just looked back at that post I just wrote about how people inspect you sometimes for wrinkles and then make age comments.

You know we all like it when somebody says that we do not look our age. I do. Even though I know that it is probably just because they are trying to be nice.

But then I beat myself up a little for caring about whether I look younger or not.

And here I sit, over analyzing what I just wrote. And swilling down V8. And sounding goofy as all get out. Self-analysis. Geez.

I have just spent my life savings on a moisturizer from Elizabeth Arden. It was at one of those "free" makeover deals. You all know the drill. Well, I did that last April. That is when I bought this stuff. And :cus: I think it might work better than the old stuff I have been buying for years at the grocery store. Geez. Surely. Surely. I know better. Don't I?

And the packaging on this moisturizer, that needs to be hauled around in a Brink's truck, is a nightmare, designed by some kind of fiend. It is a jar where you cannot see how much is left. You push on the sealed top and the stuff is dispensed, but you cannot tell how much is left in the jar without breaking that seal. And that is forbidden because..............

Supposedly this moisturizer is being protected by that seal, from air or light or Martians or whatever. (I need to find out from Kathie if that is a crock. I think she did package engineering.) So anyway, there is something just nuts about even thinking about when something is going to run out when I am not even sure that it works. but am pretending that it does. And it cost too much anyway. I was caught up in the moment. That usually does not happen to me. But it did that day. And now....could it be working???? Or if it is, what do I think that is worth?????

Oh well, enough stream of consciousness from me for a while. I better get back to working on getting stuff ready for weekend company. But speaking of makeup counters, sometime I will tell you about the Merle Norman experience in TV. (It was good.)

Boomer

You are without a doubt one of the funniest, most put-together people I have ever known (even if I don't really know you)! What a great spin you put on everything!! I love it! Keep it up....hope to meet you in person at some point. Thanks for putting things in such a great perspective. I can always count on you to brighten up the day even through the rain.

[KathieI]

Ok Girls, so I just sent a few of you a pm about the secret of my spanx and how to go (or NOT to go ) to the bathroom while wearing it. I swear what I wrote is the honest truth.

I hope no admins are reading this cause they are all males, buttttt, this pm business is a pain, I have to cut and paste it to send it to multiple peeps. Do they think I have nothing else to do??? Its cutting into my dancing time.

Now Kate, I never heard that song so you'll have to sing it to be the next time we meet at Southern Lifestyles..... or wherever.

Bare,,,,, who didn't have boobs at 11??? I was born with them.. I came out wearing a beautiful pink gingham checked 28AAAA bra .... It was so pretty I still have it. I wear it as a night shade to block the sun in the morning.

Boomer, don't blame me for every package in the cosmetic industry esp Arden's. That's one company I never worked for. But these new young engineering kids always designed packages that us oldies couldn't even open. I was the tester for all their packages and if it failed me, it wasn't being marketed.
Also, Mrs Boomer, you know that I had a very famous movie star cousin who used to tell me that she had to stay a certain weight because the camera always put 20 lbs on the actors, but she shouldn't get too thin cause then all the wrinkles showed. So there is something to that... Tough life we women have.

OK, kids, time for dancing. See ya later.

[Whalen]

Well, I am sitting here having another glass of, you guessed it, V8. But I also know that this weekend I will be having stuff that I like better. In fact, I plan on it.

Kathie, you did a good thing. This thread is fun. And now, I do not know if it is my ignoring it or my attitude or my imagination, or if political stuff in the lineup really has calmed down. But I think it might be better. (--nuff bout that from me)

Kate, I do not know the tune to the song you are singing. If it is a famous tune, and you tell me what it is, I can get it stuck in my head, too.

And Barefoot, you are right. I know. I will never be what the charts say that I should be. And I do not want to be.

At this point, I do not want to lose a whole bunch of weight because I know that my face would then sag and sag and drop. Sometimes when somebody finds out how old I am, they stare a little (and sometimes even a lot) closer and then say something like, "Wow! You sure do not have very many wrinkles for your age."

Now, tell me please, whatthehell is that supposed to mean? "for your age" Geez. Isn't saying that something like saying to somebody, "Hey, you sure do not sweat much for a fat girl." Why in the world, do some people stare at you really close when you tell them your age? Like with a magnifying glass. And then say stuff like that?

When I hear that, I just smile and pat myself on my own face and say, "Yeah, I like to keep it plumped up so wrinkles do not show so much."........But you know.....there is something to that I think maybe.

Boomer


As to the wrinkles, my husband told me "there are no wrinkles in a beachball".

He didn't eat for a while after that one.

[KathieI]

As to the wrinkles, my husband told me "there are no wrinkles in a beachball".

He didn't eat for a while after that one.

LOL LOL LOL.... very good Whalen. Never mind not eat, he wouldn't be alive!!

BTW, I went to a seminar today given by a plastic surgeon who performs a procedure similar to Lifestyle Lifts. Very interesting but I decided later that I'd rather use the $4000 to join Jenny Craig and lose some weight and maybe my double chin will become a single chin again.

[Julie]

Boomer, perhaps if you drink enough V8 it will have a magic effect on your skin and instead of spending all your money on expensive EA moisturizers you can buy cases and cases of V8. Take before and after pictures for the book you will write about the V8 All-In-One Skin Rejuvenator/Diet. Of course, another issue that could arise is when you wake up someday, look in the mirror and discover your entire body is as red as all that V8 tonic you've been downing as of late.

Kathie, as I said before, thanx for the 411 on the spanx. I'm in.

Bare, I don't care what Kathie says, not everyone had boobs at age 11. I for one, cried and begged my mom for a bra when I was 12 even though I was flat as a board. You know what her solution was? She gave me a hand-me-down trainer bra that was s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out, faded and had elastic dangling from several key areas. I cried some more. Fast forward to the summer when I turned 17 when I suddenly BLOOMED from an A to a D!!!:eek: I swear if that happened nowadays the kids at school would be whispering about my store boughts Well they probably whispered anyway. It was such a big change during such a short period of time.

So there you have it, not all of us are born with beautiful pink gingham bras...

[chelsea24]

Alas, yes my boobs moved south before I did. :shocked:

Boomer, do I actually have to drink the V8, or just hit myself in the head with it until I'm unconconscious and forget to eat???? :shrug:

Boinggggggg!!! I shoulda had a V8! :faint:

[Boomer]

.................................................. ....
......................
Boomer, do I actually have to drink the V8, or just hit myself in the head with it until I'm unconconscious and forget to eat???? :shrug:

Boinggggggg!!! I shoulda had a V8! :faint:

Hey Chelsea,

You must have seen one of the galley copies of my new diet book, The Fiddle-Dee-Dee Diet: "Tomorrow Is Another Day." I was inspired to write it by the words of Scarlett O'Hara after she went way, way beyond that 18 inch waist of hers.

Scarlett started wolfing down a lot of cornbread, slathered in freshly churned butter, and fried chicken, and apple dumplings with rum sauce, as she became more and more aware of the fact that Rhett was never coming back. Whatinthehell was she thinkin' anyway? Geez. She let that one get away???? (And everybody wondered why Margaret Mitchell wrote only one book.)

Ohhhhh, just think if Margaret Mitchell had written a sequel to GWTW.........Just think what kind of image of Scarlett would be engraved forever in our collective brain. Scarlett stuffing herself because she knows how bad she had messed up, until Rhett just finally said that famous line and walked out of her life.

And then....... Scarlett does Spanx!

Anyway, hitting yourself in the head with the big plastic bottle with the green cap is covered in Chapter 4. Doing so does work and becomes necessary to do on about Day 4 of the plan.

Boomer

[chelsea24]

:1rotfl: ....And poor Scarlett would waddle around because her hoop skirt was stuck on her hips! And as she lifted her fist to the sky and shouted "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again..." the South knew she wasn't kidding!

And Prissy, who didn't know nothin' about birthin' no babies, yelled "Can I get an amen to that sistah!"

Hahaha! Boomer! I think 'Scarlett Does Spanx' is terrific! Please let us read the galley's! :a20:

I can hear her now... "Fiddle Dee...................FRITOS! LET ME AT'EM!

[Boomer]

And Chelsea, do you think there is a woman anywhere in this "Girl Talk" thread or anywhere else all across this land who can figure out whatinthehell Scarlett ever saw in that -- oh such a good boy -- gotta shake the sheets to find him -- Ashley Wilkes!

That has been bothering me since I read the book in junior high school. Does anybody around here know the answer????

Ohhhhh, I gotta go get some sleep. It is past my bedtime and I should not be typing.

Boomer

[Barefoot]

Bare, I don't care what Kathie says, not everyone had boobs at age 11. I for one, cried and begged my mom for a bra when I was 12 even though I was flat as a board. You know what her solution was? She gave me a hand-me-down trainer bra that was s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out, faded and had elastic dangling from several key areas. ...


Julie, we are soul sisters. My mother also gave me a hand-me-down trainer bra, a cast off from my big sister. The bra was so big I had to tie the straps together in the back to make it fit.

Perhaps I can blame my eating disorder on the trauma I encountered with my used trainer bra. Or perhaps I should admit that I don't have an ounce of will power.

I'm definitely stocking up on V8 juice tomorrow. Kathie, if you have $4,000 to spend on a diet, please send it to me. I'll fly down to TV and body check you anytime you want to eat something fattening.

[bestmickey]

And Chelsea, do you think there is a woman anywhere in this "Girl Talk" thread or anywhere else all across this land who can figure out whatinthehell Scarlett ever saw in that -- oh such a good boy -- gotta shake the sheets to find him -- Ashley Wilkes!

That has been bothering me since I read the book in junior high school. Does anybody around here know the answer????

Ohhhhh, I gotta go get some sleep. It is past my bedtime and I should not be typing.

Boomer


I figure it's because she knew every woman needs at least one gay male friend. :girlneener:

[nONIE]

Oh How I hate to admit this , but you girls have brought back a very funny memory .(We are still in "girl talk arent we?)

My mother simply would not buy me a training bra, she said I didnt need one yet and that was that so.......

I went down stairs to my aunt Rosies house who lived on the first floor, went sneaking thru her drawers (the dresser kind) when she wasant looking, and found an old brassiere of hers and ran with it as fast as I could! I think that bra must have been a size 48 D cause I safety pinned it in a million places to make it fit and stuffed the cups with bobby socks. But the worst was yet to come, I put on a chiffon type see thru blouse and paraded around the neighborhood proudly. OMG Im turning red just thinking about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you imagine what the neighbors must have thought?????? What on earth possesed me?????:22yikes:

[Whalen]

Nonie, you tickled my memory bank.
When I was about 11 my best friend Emily inherited her older cousin's strapless bra. She wore it one day as we walked 5th Avenue in our Brooklyn neighborhood.
When we got home Em's mother looked at her and said "didn't you wear a bra when you left the house today?" Yup you guessed it, she lost her bra somewhere between 6th Street & 15th Street that fine summer day.
Still makes me laugh.

Mickey,
Good one.

[Keedy]

Boomer, blasted V8? :yuck: And I was just going to run out and buy a carton of it. I guess I'll wait for a few days and see how much grouchier you get!

Speaking of weight issues ... Have you seen Keedy's latest comment about Hilary Clinton putting on weight? Grrrrr.

"I think every opinion of every TOTV member deserves respect." :jester:

[chelsea24]

Keedy, did you lose your way??? Politics is on the extreme right! :1rotfl:

This is Girl Talk! Would you like to share any training bra stories with us???

[chelsea24]

Oh How I hate to admit this , but you girls have brought back a very funny memory .(We are still in "girl talk arent we?)

My mother simply would not buy me a training bra, she said I didnt need one yet and that was that so.......

I went down stairs to my aunt Rosies house who lived on the first floor, went sneaking thru her drawers (the dresser kind) when she wasant looking, and found an old brassiere of hers and ran with it as fast as I could! I think that bra must have been a size 48 D cause I safety pinned it in a million places to make it fit and stuffed the cups with bobby socks. But the worst was yet to come, I put on a chiffon type see thru blouse and paraded around the neighborhood proudly. OMG Im turning red just thinking about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you imagine what the neighbors must have thought?????? What on earth possesed me?????:22yikes:


Oh Nonie, I love that story! It's soooooo Nonie!!! Hahaha! Big kiss to you sweetie! :laugh:

[graciegirl]

I thought they would NEVER grow. I was fifteen and stuffing tissues in them and then I would lose them in all the wrong places.....OH boy. I thought it was just 'cause I was a motherless kid. I have done so many dumb things along that line, I can't even begin to think about it. I am blushing sitting here.

Do any of you remember garters? And sanitary belts? Horrors.

[KathieI]

Nonie, you tickled my memory bank.
When I was about 11 my best friend Emily inherited her older cousin's strapless bra. She wore it one day as we walked 5th Avenue in our Brooklyn neighborhood.
When we got home Em's mother looked at her and said "didn't you wear a bra when you left the house today?" Yup you guessed it, she lost her bra somewhere between 6th Street & 15th Street that fine summer day.
Still makes me laugh.

Whalen, this is hysterical. I can't even imagine that happening. Can you imagine the expression on the person's face who found it on the street? Ohhhh how I hated strapless bras!!

[jblum8156]

This is not about me exactly, but I remember a girl in my 8th grade class who put foam rubber pads in her bathing suit for a boy-girl pool party and guess what? she jumped in the pool and the foam thingies popped out and floated up. You can imagine the teasing.

[Cliffy]

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Barefoot]

Keedy, did you lose your way??? Politics is on the extreme right! :1rotfl: This is Girl Talk! Would you like to share any training bra stories with us???

I'm sorry, but the idea of Keedy wading through Training Bra stories just makes me LMAO. :clap2:

I saw a sign yesterday in an Acupuncture Clinic that they specialize in weight loss. I'm calling them on Monday. Anyone had any experience with acupuncture?

[Julie]

This is not about me exactly, but I remember a girl in my 8th grade class who put foam rubber pads in her bathing suit for a boy-girl pool party and guess what? she jumped in the pool and the foam thingies popped out and floated up. You can imagine the teasing.

Oh my gosh, that would be soooooo embarrassing! :faint: Almost worse than having your "falsies" floating in the pool next to you would be showing up at school the next school day. That would be a story the kids would never forget, poor thing. :o

[Julie]

I saw a sign yesterday in an Acupuncture Clinic that they specialize in weight loss. I'm calling them on Monday. Anyone had any experience with acupuncture?

I have a friend who used acupuncture for a neck issue and it worked. However, while she was in the clinic the acupuncturist suggested she also use the acupuncture to boost her libido as well. My friend thought that would be a good idea, you know kind of like a "one stop shopping" experience.

The acupuncture was working like a charm, the neck pain was gone and libido was boosted. :pepper2: She and her husband were both happy until one day my friend re-injured her neck. How did she re-injure that neck you ask? You're right, the neck was injured during one of the libido boosting sessions, if ya know what I mean! :shocked: :1rotfl:

The next day my friend traded in her acupuncturist for a chiropractor.

[barb1191]

Having experienced extensive treatment for various muscular aches and pains, I would definitely not recommend the procedure. The accupuncturist in MA was much better than the one in TV. This is not covered by any health insurance and can be somewhat costly. Put your money to better use by joining a health club.

Just my opinion from personal experience....b

[Barefoot]

Great accupuncture story Julie!

Barb, I do have medical coverage for accupuncture, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. You said you tried two different accupuncturists and one was much better than the other. Having no experience whatsoever, how would I be able to tell a "good" accupuncturist .. just by the results?

[Boomer]

Barefoot, after I saw your question about acupuncture, I also saw a little blurb in the health section of a magazine that reported on a recent Harvard study. The study was done on people with IBS. They got 6 treatments in 3 weeks and the results were good for some. The doc was quoted as saying, "Acupuncture may cause a relaxation response, balance hormone levels or affect your nervous system."

An IBS study is not a weight loss study but I thought it was interesting that acupuncture helped some of the study participants, even though the doc may not have known exactly why.

I do not have IBS, but I know people who have it and so I know it can be a tough one. I just thought I would throw this in here because the study shows acupuncture is being looked at for another tough problem.

The short article also said that the success of some could have come from the placebo effect.

Sounds like sometimes acupuncture might just be about the I of the needle.

But, hey, placebo/plaschmeebo -- who cares? -- That's if it cannot hurt and just might work.

Boomer

[Barefoot]

Today I ran out of moisturizer. The kind you put on overnight, and wake up looking ten years younger. But I couldn't find the right brand. A dermatologist told me once that Ponds cold cream was just as effective as the most expensive product. But I don't believe him. I'm sure there is a miracle in a jar just waiting for me to find it.

I've tried the ones by Diane Keaton and Ellen Degeneruous (excuse spelling). But I don't wake up looking like Diane and Ellen, I wake up looking like Barefoot's grandmother. Oh no, that is me in the mirror.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good face cream that isn't exorbitantly expensive?

[Whalen]

My 82 year old Auntie El has used Pond's Cold Cream for ever & she looks absolutely Fabulous!

BTW what the hell is "cold cream" any way?

Hijack, any one see my post on the golf day from hell in the sports section?
It ain't pretty.
Might try bowling.

[Boomer]

Today I ran out of moisturizer. The kind you put on overnight, and wake up looking ten years younger. But I couldn't find the right brand. A dermatologist told me once that Ponds cold cream was just as effective as the most expensive product. But I don't believe him. I'm sure there is a miracle in a jar just waiting for me to find it.

I've tried the ones by Diane Keaton and Ellen Degeneruous (excuse spelling). But I don't wake up looking like Diane and Ellen, I wake up looking like Barefoot's grandmother. Oh no, that is me in the mirror.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good face cream that isn't exorbitantly expensive?

Before I got hooked on the stuff by Elizabeth Arden that cost me my life savings, I always used Olay. The basic stuff in the bottle. I guess it is the original with the SPF 15. It has been around for a really long time, before Olay branched out into all those other kinds of stuff for your face.

I have used Olay for years. And when this high end stuff runs out, I might go back to it. Something about an expensive moisturizer makes me feel a little had. But who really knows. And sometimes I wonder how that Hellmann's (that I am always mixing with fresh dill for salmon or with fresh tarragon for chicken salad) might work. I slather the stuff on everything in my refrigerator. I might as well try Hellmann's on my face.

Boomer

[Bettiboop]

Today I ran out of moisturizer. The kind you put on overnight, and wake up looking ten years younger. But I couldn't find the right brand. A dermatologist told me once that Ponds cold cream was just as effective as the most expensive product. But I don't believe him. I'm sure there is a miracle in a jar just waiting for me to find it.

I've tried the ones by Diane Keaton and Ellen Degeneruous (excuse spelling). But I don't wake up looking like Diane and Ellen, I wake up looking like Barefoot's grandmother. Oh no, that is me in the mirror.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good face cream that isn't exorbitantly expensive?
Some of the most beautiful skin I've seen is on women who've been using Ponds and/or Olay creams faithfully for years. I would agree that the most expensive is not necessarily the best.

Let us know if you find the miracle in a bottle.

I've always heard Preparation H cream is good for night cream around the eyes. LOL :a20: I'm jus sayin......

[Boomer]

My 82 year old Auntie El has used Pond's Cold Cream for ever & she looks absolutely Fabulous!

BTW what the hell is "cold cream" any way?

Hijack, any one see my post on the golf day from hell in the sports section?
It ain't pretty.
Might try bowling.


Two posts in a row from me here. Just got into that moisturizer thing with Barefoot's question. So much to think about tonight here in GT.

Anyway, Whalen, your post today about the golf game terrified me. ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!!!!

Now I know for sure that I am destined to be a pariah. Out there on a TV golf course, with my remedial special grip on my favorite club that I use for everything. Missing the ball completely. Feeling those eyes burning behind me, those eyes that will end up burning the collar right off my shirt, until I get thrown out for that.

And all the cute visors and all the cute skirts in Florida will not make me look like I belong.

And you did exactly what I would have done. You made exactly the decision I would have made. Hellooooooo, the course is called TURTLE MOUND. I would have thought the same thing.

I guess I will just have to start a book club when I get there. And I promise not to even care whether anybody actually reads the book.

I hope you went out to lunch and girl talk after. That is the really important part of my golf game anyway. And for any book club with which I am associated. Who ever thought I was an English major????? Geez.

ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh. I know all about waving people through or picking up the ball and moving on but this sounds like a little much. But what do I know??? And it is AUGUST for heaven's sake. What might they do to you in February????

Boomer

[Barefoot]

My 82 year old Auntie El has used Pond's Cold Cream for ever & she looks absolutely Fabulous! BTW what the hell is "cold cream" any way?

Hijack, any one see my post on the golf day from hell in the sports section?
It ain't pretty.
Might try bowling.


I think 80 year olds all look fabulous. Probably because they didn't spend a lot of time baking in the sun topless while slathering on baby oil. I truly deserve to be wrinkled as a prune from my "glory days".

Re Whalen Hijack

Whalen, I saw your golf post. Glad I wasn't there, I would have just given up! I am definitely taking lessons when I arrive in October and maybe you can give me some pointers.

[Whalen]

I think 80 year olds all look fabulous. Probably because they didn't spend a lot of time baking in the sun topless while slathering on baby oil. I truly deserve to be wrinkled as a prune from my "glory days".

Re Whalen Hijack

Whalen, I saw your golf post. Glad I wasn't there, I would have just given up! I am definitely taking lessons when I arrive in October and maybe you can give me some pointers.

I did take lessons!
Golf in "High Season"?
I don't think so, I think then they might shoot to kill if you're not up to speed!:crap2::crap2::crap2:

[graciegirl]

I did take lessons!
Golf in "High Season"?
I don't think so, I think then they might shoot to kill if you're not up to speed!:crap2::crap2::crap2:

Oh Gail.

NOT to worry or think that. I will be there during "high season" and if anyone looks threatening, I will take my six iron to them. You have a friend or 40!

[Barefoot]

Boomer, how is your V8 diet going?

Another linda, I'm still laughing at your "cleaning up the pie" story. I do the exact same thing!

[chelsea24]

Boomer, how is your V8 diet going?

Another linda, I'm still laughing at your "cleaning up the pie" story. I do the exact same thing!

Shhhh.... Bare! I think V8 has become a dirty work in Boomerland! :laugh:
I don't want to tell her... I just made a V8 pie! Hahaha! :yuck:

[Whalen]

Oh Gail.

NOT to worry or think that. I will be there during "high season" and if anyone looks threatening, I will take my six iron to them. You have a friend or 40!


Thanks, GG
My Hero:eclipsee_gold_cup:

[Boomer]

Shhhh.... Bare! I think V8 has become a dirty work in Boomerland! :laugh:
I don't want to tell her... I just made a V8 pie! Hahaha! :yuck:

Hey! Chels! I heard that!

And Barefoot, my recent lack of success with sticking with the V8 can be found chronicled in Nonie's confession thread about the ice cream.

I almost wrote an ode to Graeter's ice cream. And I even linked the connection to the Graeter's website. And so now the truth comes out. The real truth about why Boomer cannot seem to pry herself out of Cincinnati. It's all about the Graeter's ice cream.

The stuff costs a blue fortune. About 4 and 1/2 bucks a pint. Yep. A pint. But the return on investment when buying a pint makes sooooo much good sense because a cone comes out to be far more expensive when you consider the cost of just a dip vs. a whole pint. And we must be careful about how we invest our money. Right? Sometimes I get just a cone. But sometimes I really do feel that it is important to keep the ROI in mind.

I can resist absolutely any other kind of ice cream. But I cannot resist Graeter's. There are no words to describe this stuff.

A little luxury that gets me into trouble -- that Graeter's ice cream. When it comes near me, I just give in. (Yeah. I know. But hey, I might be easy. But I sure ain't cheap!)

Boomer

[katezbox]

From the wilds of Maine,

Miss all of you -

Gail I will defend you with my 9 iron - I am the most accurate with that and can aim right where it would hurt any guy that laughed the most.

Boomer - I like your book club idea where no one needs to read the book. Somehow book clubs always make me feel as if I am back in HS English with Sister Mary Whomever telling us that the author meant this when he wrote that. As if a woman who never had sex could understand Fitzgerald or Hemingway!

I am ODing on lobster (natch!) and Giffords French Vanilla ice cream. In TV the ice cream at Kilvins is over $10 a quart, but it is the best I have ever added to me increasingly large hips.

We are home tomorrow - pick up Fin from doggies camp at DDRR and ready to be scowled at by our cat (TomTadClaude).

Off to read Gail's golf tale.

k

[Boomer]

......................................

Boomer - I like your book club idea where no one needs to read the book. Somehow book clubs always make me feel as if I am back in HS English with Sister Mary Whomever telling us that the author meant this when he wrote that. As if a woman who never had sex could understand Fitzgerald or Hemingway!...............................

k

Hi Kate,

It was not just Sister Mary Whomever. The public school teachers did not get it either.

It was my senior year in high school. I was in the Class of 19:eek:. Our English teacher was regaling us with all her knowledge of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

The Wife of Bath was a character in the tales. And the Wife of Bath was described as having a space between her two front teeth. And our English teacher said that a space between the two front teeth meant that the person was destined to travel far.

And I believed my English teacher.

But then I went to college, and it was Canterbury Tales time once more, and the Wife of Bath was right there, and she still had that space between her two front teeth.

And I thought I knew all about what that space meant, having believed my high school English teacher.

Wellllll, guess what I learned in college.

I learned that the space between the two front teeth of the Wife of Bath in the Canterbury Tales meant that she was over-sexed. Those were the words of the professor anyway.

I have never researched this important piece of information. So I really do not know who was right. But I do know one thing for sure. You have to watch out for people who teach English. You just never know what they might tell you.

Boomer

[Barefoot]

From the wilds of Maine,

I am ODing on lobster (natch!) and Giffords French Vanilla ice cream. In TV the ice cream at Kilvins is over $10 a quart, but it is the best I have ever added to me increasingly large hips.
k

On Thursday, I head to Prince Edward Island where I've rented a cottage on the ocean for myself and my best friend. Our mothers were best friends so we grew up together in Nova Scotia. She is the closest thing I have to a sister. Oh yes, and I'm taking my skunky dog Miss Lolli Pup. And my little dog Biggins. And my girlfriend's dog makes three dogs to play on the sandbars while we hunt for periwinkles.

Just like Kate, I'll be ODing on lobster and ice cream.

Life doesn't get much better than that!

[katezbox]

Bare -

Have a blast - I also once hear that Listerine or Scope mouthwash was good for de-skunking....


k

[Barefoot]

Bare -

Have a blast - I also once hear that Listerine or Scope mouthwash was good for de-skunking.... k

Kate, I already spent all my money on Massengil Douche (as suggested on another thread). I hope I don't run into any skunks in PEI, but if I do, they'll get douched for sure.

I can hardly wait to hear the ocean and smell the salt water. :girlneener:

[katezbox]

Wow - didn't know they made douche anymore. Hand me my smelling salts.

Have a great fun with Biggins, Twisted Sister and your olb/new friend on PEI. Eat lots of mussels....

[Whalen]

Wow - didn't know they made douche anymore. Hand me my smelling salts.

Have a great fun with Biggins, Twisted Sister and your olb/new friend on PEI. Eat lots of mussels....

Hold on Kate, don't Swoon:faint:

[JeanneBeannie]

On Thursday, I head to Prince Edward Island where I've rented a cottage on the ocean for myself and my best friend. Our mothers were best friends so we grew up together in Nova Scotia. She is the closest thing I have to a sister. Oh yes, and I'm taking my skunky dog Miss Lolli Pup. And my little dog Biggins. And my girlfriend's dog makes three dogs to play on the sandbars while we hunt for periwinkles.

Just like Kate, I'll be ODing on lobster and ice cream.

Life doesn't get much better than that!

Bare I am sorry I am just seeing this post, as I am sure you have left for your trip already. But just in case you have access to a computer I hope you have a wonderful vacation with your best friend in Nova Scotia. :pepper2:
A cottage on the ocean with your best friend and lobster and ice cream sounds like heaven!! My parents visited family there years ago and the pictures were positively breathtaking!!! Have a ball!!! :beer3:
Jeanne :)

[graciegirl]

Hey girls. What a day already.

Gretchen just came over for our dolly to help move Graylyn into her dorm room. They are off to Ohio University as we speak and we won't be seeing our sweet Graylyn until Thanksgiving.

Today is Helene's birthday, so I need to get her gifts all wrapped and out on the hearth, moving slowly, I have a sinus headache. She is looking perky for 44, our youngest daughter, 44. I can't believe it!

Last night around midnight I received my 5000th positive feedback (and no negatives) on my ebay business. It is slower than past years but still feeding into Graylyn's tuition fund.

Gretchen tells me that Colin (16) got a letter yesterday that he made all Ohio band.

Henry is still working and it looks like we won't be down to TV until November 1.

[KathieI]

Happy Birthday, Helene
the sweetest lady I know
next to her Mom
Have a wonderful birthday!!!
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[katezbox]

Gracie,

Please wish Helene a very happy birthday from us. I hope she gets some fun earrings!

Congrats on the business, but I know you will miss Graylyn. But she will be having so much fun you will surely be happy for her.

Wish you were getting here sooner.....

[chelsea24]

Hey GG, please give Helene a big Happy Birthday hug and kiss from me. I miss seeing her. hugs, chels

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb89/commenthaven/graphics/birthday/sweetfriendz.gif (http://www.commenthaven.com/)

[Barefoot]

Kate, I already spent all my money on Massengil Douche (as suggested on another thread). I hope I don't run into any skunks in PEI, but if I do, they'll get douched for sure.

I can hardly wait to hear the ocean and smell the salt water. :girlneener:

I did run into a skunk in Prince Edward Island :22yikes: (not me, but my little dog Biggins). It was the middle of the night, and all I had on hand was a couple of small tubes of Massengil Douche in an "emergency" kit (as suggested by Nonie in a previous post).

I'm here to tell you folks, don't waste your money on Massengil. The next morning we headed to the store and bought the old, reliable baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. From now on, I'm not vacationing without it.

On a cheerier note, Lollipup managed to avoid the midnight skunk, thanks Goddess. So perhaps she did learn a lesson from her skunk encounter two weeks ago.

[katezbox]

Ohhh, Poor little Biggins... Maybe now he will be wary. The Fin dog would run right up to a skunk and say "Can we play, can we play..?"

Maybe Fin and Biggins can have a run together on the small doggie side when you get back.

[Barefoot]

Ohhh, Poor little Biggins... Maybe now he will be wary. The Fin dog would run right up to a skunk and say "Can we play, can we play..?"

Maybe Fin and Biggins can have a run together on the small doggie side when you get back.

I'd like to say it was the first time Biggins was sprayed by a skunk .. but it has happened before. Obviously he is a slow learner. barf

I'm glad it wasn't Lolli. A ten pound dog is much easier to bathe than a 63 pound dog!

Biggins is looking forward to meeting Fin at DDRR .. for sure! We'll be flapping our snowbird wings and arriving in 40 days. Yahoo!! :girlneener:

[Barefoot]

Hey Boomer

I'm hearing rumours that you are secretly planning to slide into The Bubble sometime soon without letting us all know. :rant-rave:

I won't embarass you by asking the question on the main site, but can you share your plans with us girls?

I won't be back in TV until the end of October (but then I get to stay for 182 days, yay). Sure would be nice to have a girly getogether while you're visiting TV! :girlneener:

[graciegirl]

Yes Boom. PM me if you want my address. You can drive by and see my giraffe.

I don't have a giraffe, but anything to get you to come by.

[katezbox]

I can promise Creme Brulee a la Jim if you visit. It is sensational.

[barb1191]

I can promise Creme Brulee a la Jim if you visit. It is sensational.

Creme Burlee scores at the top of my list for desserts. Yummmmm

Mention that in this forum and you may be bombarded into taking reservations for the event.

Ala Jim is interesting, as well. Is he a professional chef or your own personal chef?

Barb

[katezbox]

Hi Barb,

My own VERY PERSONAL chef.....


:pepper2:

[barb1191]

:pepper2::pepper2:Hi Barb,

My own VERY PERSONAL chef.....


:pepper2:


Yah Kate........hub kicked me out of the kitchen, too!! :pepper2: :1rotfl:

[katezbox]

:pepper2::pepper2:


Yah Kate........hub kicked me out of the kitchen, too!! :pepper2: :1rotfl:

LOL -


He is a wonderful cook - but I made the beef bourguignon - one big plus of the Bridgeport is a kitchen big enough for two (ditto the shower - but I guess that is TWO benefits)

[Barefoot]

Is Boomer in TV right now? Does anyone know the planned dates of her trip? Did she show up at Crispers incognito?

[katezbox]

Is Boomer in TV right now? Does anyone know the planned dates of her trip? Did she show up at Crispers incognito?

She has gone silent - maybe traveling incognito. Oh Boomer, come out, come out wherever you are...

[Boomer]

No. Not silent. Exactly. Just afraid to type anything. I started talking like a saucy wench on "Talk Like A Pirate Day" and I could not stop talking that way. I have been in hiding for two days. Aye! Me thinks me be OK now though.

And then tonight I had to watch two hours of sitcoms, the only good one being "The Big Bang Theory" and btw, if somebody ever is genius enough to come up with a way to block those stupid laugh tracks, that will be a great contribution to mankind, not to mention making the genius rich as rich can be. I hate laugh tracks. But I digress.....

Anyway, still in Cincinnati but starting to narrow my focus on when to pry loose from this place.

And now I have to go watch "House" that I just recorded or Tivo'd or DVR'd or whatever you call it these days. Geez. I am turning into a real vidiot tonight. I cannot seem to stop watching television. But I stopped by here and saw that you girls thought I was there incognito. Nope. Not there yet. I do have my big sunglasses all ready though.

Boomer :cool:

[sschuler1]

Boomer - You must let us know when you have decided upon a date to come down. Don't go incognito....let us meet up with you. Definitely try to make it to the TOTV luncheon!

[Barefoot]

Anyway, still in Cincinnati but starting to narrow my focus on when to pry loose from this place. But I stopped by here and saw that you girls thought I was there incognito. Nope. Not there yet. I do have my big sunglasses all ready though.
Boomer :cool:

Boomer, you are being so elusive about your travel plans. :rant-rave: Doncha dare come to The Bubble without alerting us first! And perhaps you can even bring Annie to the dog park. I know she's an old girl, but it is surprising how much doggies love that place.

[Whalen]

Ah Boomer,
A gal after me own heart, just finished watching my dvr'd House.
Don't you just love the good doctor?

[katezbox]

Ah Boomer,
A gal after me own heart, just finished watching my dvr'd House.
Don't you just love the good doctor?

He is a hottie - just loved him in Sense and Sensibility....

[Boomer]

Last night's 2-hour "House" episode was the best thing I have seen on television in a really long time. It had shades of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and some wonderful acting. And lots to think about. And, girls, it also had one hot scene, ever so tastefully done. If you like the show and you missed this one, you must find a way to track it down.

Boomer

[graciegirl]

Maybe I should be after hearing your raves.

I am completely enamored of the fellow who plays the lead on "The Mentalist."

[oatmealgirls]

I am completely enamored of the fellow who plays the lead on "The Mentalist."

I think it's his smile, and carefree (& caring & cunning?) ways, but also his seriousness about the loss of his wife and daughter. Maybe, most especially, for how he makes you believe that he can see inside, get right to the core. OK, enough! LOL

[Barefoot]

I am completely enamored of the fellow who plays the lead on "The Mentalist."

Ohmygosh, GG and Oatmealgirls, me too!! I love that guy. I always watch The Mentalist. Who could not love a hot guy with so much moral character. He is faithful to his murdered wife.

Did you see the episode where some hot chicks tried to pick him up and he said he was married and touched his wedding ring. So sad.

[Julie]

OK, I don't know about the rest of my "sisters" on this thread but I am finding myself wondering where Boomer has been. It matters not what she writes, reading her posts are always enjoyable. She weaves a seemingly random thought into an expressive story one is able to visualize so clearly. Especially the after midnight entries.

I NEED my Boomer fix.

Boomer where are you?

[Barefoot]

OK, I don't know about the rest of my "sisters" on this thread but I am finding myself wondering where Boomer has been.

Boomer last posted Oct 3 on another thread, so I think she is alive and booming. Or maybe she is sliding into TV incognito!

I'm wondering if anyone has visited Coldwater Creek yet, I'd love to hear some comments.

I have a question. Sarah Palin wears Designer rimless glasses. Does anyone know where to buy a similar type of glasses? I've looked here in Canada and can't find anything similar.
I'll be in TV by the end of October .. for a six month stay. I'm so excited I have bubbles in my pee. :pepper2: (Oh, maybe Tony will delete that!)

[Whalen]

Boomer last posted Oct 3 on another thread, so I think she is alive and booming. Or maybe she is sliding into TV incognito!

I'm wondering if anyone has visited Coldwater Creek yet, I'd love to hear some comments.

I have a question. Sarah Palin wears Designer rimless glasses. Does anyone know where to buy a similar type of glasses? I've looked here in Canada and can't find anything similar.
I'll be in TV by the end of October .. for a six month stay. I'm so excited I have bubbles in my pee. :pepper2: (Oh, maybe Tony will delete that!)


Tony shouldn't see it....this is Girl Talk.

No Boys Allowed!!!

[KathieI]

I'm so excited I have bubbles in my pee. :pepper2: (Oh, maybe Tony will delete that!)

Bubbles in your pee????? OMG, Bare you really are nuts... you belong down here with the rest of the nuts.

I'm also trying to find Sarah Palin glasses, all the girlfriends are telling me I need them now for my new look. When you get here, we'll go searching for them together. Can't wait until you get here, should I have another party?????? Oh by that time, I'll have recovered from this last one. Hurry down, Bare, I need new glasses.....

[Barefoot]

I'm also trying to find Sarah Palin glasses, all the girlfriends are telling me I need them now for my new look.

Kathie, tell us more about your new look? Will I even recognize you?

[KathieI]

Ohhhh, don't embarrass me now, Bare, but I'm working on it....

I'm gonna have Michele Obama/Kelly Rippa arms, I'm back to being a redhead, I have HUGE smile on my face because I'm living here, andddd......

I'm in love!!!!! :sigh:
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[KathieI]

Oh, and one of our friends just sent me this link....
Bare, see, its easy peaseee.....

http://www.glassesetc.com/sapainherka7.html

[graciegirl]

Mercy sakes. Kathie is in love. What exciting news. :wave:(Who is this lucky guy?)

Those new glasses are the thing. I made a huge ruckus until my best friends husband changed his old aviators into them. My husband, Sweetie says he can't see worth a dang but he honored my request to get those frames. He says the bigger out of style frames hold the lenses better and don't get all whopper jawed.

I think I am a pill.

I think Boomer is in TV and being VERY quiet.

[KathieI]

Mercy sakes. Kathie is in love. What exciting news. :wave:(Who is this lucky guy?)

GG, I wish I knew!!!! I think its all in my head?? lol....I love teasing you guys..
Don't worry, if Ms. Boomer is here, I'll smoke her out!
PS. your NOT a pill.

Kathie http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/loveboat.gif (http://www.millan.net)

[nONIE]

GG, Your hubby is right, I got those new glasses and feel all whopper jawed, but what does that mean?? Whatever it is I feel it and besides that I cant see out of them worth a darn!

[Barefoot]

GG, Your hubby is right, I got those new glasses and feel all whopper jawed, but what does that mean?? Whatever it is I feel it and besides that I cant see out of them worth a darn!

Nonie, you got rimless Sarah Palin-type glasses? And you don't like them? Can someone explain whopper jawed?

Kathie, I checked out that designer website .. perfect, that is exactly what I want. Just one little problem, I have this irrational fear of ordering anything over the internet. (Except for spa gifts and spa certificates at Christmas cuz I'm so lazy). So I guess I'll just be visiting optical stores after I arrive.

Yes, I can definitely see Kathie as a redhead. I think she is in love with life these days, and that is a very good thing.

[nONIE]

Well, Bare, I always had rimless glasses in the hopes that it would look like im not wearing glasses,(ya think it worked?) LOL they were big and round and now there squinty skinny and rimless, but ya know, I didnt even realize they were Sarah Palin glasses when I ordered them.

[Boomer]

Hi Girls,

Nope. Not there. Still in Ohio. But I am on my :cus::cus::cus: laptop and it has issues. I had written an entire dissertation on floors for Another Linda and just as I had finished, it went poof and I could not find it anywhere. I know all about composing in "Word" but yet I continue to walk on the wild side and just write this stuff in the little box.

And recently, I find that I am all logged in and then I get booted out. I do not take it personally. I know it is my :cus::cus::cus: laptop. I had to check my real computer into rehab a few days ago. I think it will get out soon though. I got a report yesterday that it is doing well and recovering from being Boomer's computer for all these TOTV posts and might be able to have another run at it.

And Barefoot, sometimes I think this place is the Twilight Zone. I saw your post about Coldwater Creek yesterday. And guess where I was yesterday, here in my parallel universe, Twilight Zone in Ohio. Yep. Coldwater Creek. In fact, to prove it, I am going to show everybody one of the jackets I bought.

http://www.coldwatercreek.com/Products/Detail.aspx?productid=48007&ensembleid=54191&colorid=999&refLink=jackets.aspx

Well, I am hurrying out of here now, all on my own decision, before this :cus::cus::cus: laptop boots me out. (and apologies for all the bad language this morning)

Boomer

[Halle]

Hi Boomer,

I love the jacket.

To shift gears I also had a problem with my computer, for the first time a virus (pro spy 2009 or something close to that) was able to infiltrate and really was causing problems. I contacted my Tech Support, my son and was going to have him fix it for me he is a computer guru,and shhh English Major :icon_wink:, but Mr. Halle decided to Google the problem and found a fix for it a Malware program. It was able to kill the virus and computer is working great. We have saved thousand of dollars in car repair, water softner repair and numerous other repairs by using Google and finding others users who had similiar problems and what the fixes were.

I love Google.

:pepper2::pepper2:

[Julie]

I hope I don't have the appearance of being a stalker...here it goes:
Thank You Boomer!!! :mademyday:

Regarding those rimless Sarah Palin glasses, I too have pondered if I would be able to pull that look off. I was told one and only one time that I resembled Sarah Palin. Perhaps that guy needed a pair of glasses himself.:icon_wink: As luck would have it, I have an appointment with my optometrist today and I'm headed off to go eyeglass shopping immediately following my visit.

Kathie, you must be such a wild child with that new red hair of yours!

[Bettiboop]

Kathie http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/loveboat.gif (http://www.millan.net)


I thought I detected L O V E in the air! Is that the Love Boat? :1rotfl:

You'll have to put up a pic of your new red hair. Bet it looks fabulous!:thumbup:

[Barefoot]

Regarding those rimless Sarah Palin glasses, I too have pondered if I would be able to pull that look off. I was told one and only one time that I resembled Sarah Palin. Perhaps that guy needed a pair of glasses himself.:icon_wink: As luck would have it, I have an appointment with my optometrist today and I'm headed off to go eyeglass shopping immediately following my visit.

Boomer, great jacket from CC .. love it! I can hardly wait to do some shopping in the new Villages store. I always hesitate to order online as I don't know how the CC sizes run. So far I've only ordered shawls online.

Julie, please keep me posted on the results of your eyeglass shopping .... I am VERY interested. I think the Designer Palins have titanium which make them very light. I would love to find something similar.

[Boomer]

Girls,

Did you see the part where Halle said she loved the jacket?

Halle, thank goodness you said that or I would have absolutely no credibility left at all. I just looked back at that link I put here this morning and it now says that the jacket is sold out. But there really, truly was a jacket in that link when I left here this morning. Right? Halle? Ohhhhh, Halle! Please tell them there really was a jacket there.

Hey! Maybe all of you bought one like it at Coldwater Creek, since I last saw you this morning. And that's how it sold out! Now that would be just about the coolest thing ever. We could all wear matching jackets and get a gig being backup singers for somebody at LSL. (oooo--shoo-bop--shoo-bop)

Anyway, there really was a jacket in the link this morning.

I must go now. This infernal laptop will probably boot me out soon anyway. But I just had to stop by here and tell you about the weird disappearing jacket thing.

Boomer

[Bettiboop]

Girls,

Did you see the part where Halle said she loved the jacket?

Halle, thank goodness you said that or I would have absolutely no credibility left at all. I just looked back at that link I put here this morning and it now says that the jacket is sold out. But there really, truly was a jacket in that link when I left here this morning. Right? Halle? Ohhhhh, Halle! Please tell them there really was a jacket there.

Hey! Maybe all of you bought one like it at Coldwater Creek, since I last saw you this morning. And that's how it sold out! Now that would be just about the coolest thing ever. We could all wear matching jackets and get a gig being backup singers for somebody at LSL. (oooo--shoo-bop--shoo-bop)

Anyway, there really was a jacket in the link this morning.

I must go now. This infernal laptop will probably boot me out soon anyway. But I just had to stop by here and tell you about the weird disappearing jacket thing.

Boomer

When I looked earlier in the day it showed a brown fitted jacket with embroidery on it. Is that the one? It was beautiful!

[Boomer]

Betti,

Yes. That was it. And now I just looked and it is back again. I swear it really did say that it was sold out. Did they restock that quickly?

Ohhhhh, I really didn't imagine that "sold out" thing. This is getting way too goofy. I think I will just stop looking at that silly link.

I really am sane. Really. Really. I am.

But I think my laptop is out to get me.

Boomer

PS: Halle, thanks for the malware tip.

[sschuler1]

Yes, Boomer! You are crazy....but not about the jacket. I like it very much! Folkloric kind of fits "you" too. You're so good at telling stories.

[katezbox]

Boomer,

I started a post about the jacket. Then I deleted it. Now I wish I had left well enough alone. I like the jacket - for Ohio. But, I haven't lived here year round yet and can't quite get past my love of the colors down here. I wasn't sure i could say that without hurting your feelings. It is such a beautiful jacket..,.

There I've gone and said it and I hope I haven't been hateful....

kate

[Boomer]

SS, that is a funny name for a jacket. I did not know the name of it when I bought it in the store. But it is kind of an English majory name. Not that I am an English major, of course.

And Kate. Kate. Kate. Kate. Kate.

Now, you listen to Boomer right now. You must never worry about such a thing because you could never in a million years be considered hateful. That would just never happen. There are some things that I just know.

All you said was that you like more color. It is not like you said, "Hey! Boomer! That is one butt-ugly jacket you bought at Coldwater Creek."

Seriously, Kate, not hateful in the least.

And about those colors, do you remember that thing when we were all supposed to be a season and people were always having their colors done. Well, I never had my colors done, but I do know that we all tend to go for certain colors individually. I will go for browns and blues and dark greens and black and white and a little red on an adventurous day. That's for clothes. But I do have a yellow plaid couch now. And although I worry a lot about red wine spills, I love that couch.

Boomer

[katezbox]

Oh Boomer, you do make me laugh. Mostly I want you to not want an Ohio jacket because I do not want you to be in Ohio. Or, to put it another way, I do want you to be in The Villages.

k

[Julie]

Boomer, great jacket from CC .. love it! I can hardly wait to do some shopping in the new Villages store. I always hesitate to order online as I don't know how the CC sizes run. So far I've only ordered shawls online.

Julie, please keep me posted on the results of your eyeglass shopping .... I am VERY interested. I think the Designer Palins have titanium which make them very light. I would love to find something similar.

OK, so I went shopping for my glasses and even picked some out. They will be here in a week or two. The Sarah Palin designer glasses were not available so I ended up with some glasses that have a frame on top, but not the bottom. I was too afraid to purchase them online. I really need to see them on my face.

Shopping for glasses has always been a challenge for me: Do they look right with my face shape? Are they contempory yet, classic and able to remain in style for a couple of years? Does my nose appear to grow when I wear them?

Boomer, the coat is VERY cute and stylish too. I didn't order one since I'm on the "no purchase" plan until I get to TV which should be sometime during the 2nd week of November. After that my husband won't be able to hold me back! I'll probably know all of the sales people at every store in town within less than a month. :clap2:

[oatmealgirls]

Boomer, love the jacket!!

Always enjoy your posts.

It's obvious you will cause quite a sensation when you get to TV!! And now, no one can accuse you of being incognito :) .

re computer stuff,
When I'm on our unpredictable laptop And,,,, I remember to do it (which means it's after I have lost the message because of.....whatever), I will copy the message (you know you can do this with the right click on your mouse, right?) before hitting the submit reply button. Anyway, you then have copied your post and it's guaranteed not to crash! (LOL) But you've got it in case you need it.

[Boomer]

ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! Oats! I knew nothing of this right click thing. Thanks. I am so bad with computers. I never knew what the right click was for. I always thought it was kind of like tonsils or the appendix.

Boomer

[Barefoot]

OK, so I went shopping for my glasses and even picked some out. They will be here in a week or two.
I'm on the "no purchase" plan until I get to TV which should be sometime during the 2nd week of November. :clap2:

Julie, I thought you were buying glasses now in TV and I wanted to copycat the store you selected. But I think you may also be a seasonal resident??

I also wait for my time in Florida to buy clothes .. I cannot believe how inexpensive everything is compared to Canada!!

Boomer, I saw the disappearing jacket .. obviously the basement seamstresses that produce the jacket were able to quickly stitch up another 100. I do like it a lot.

[KathieI]

Bare, you've got everyone on this kick about Sarah Palin glasses. Last night at Havana they were trying on all these different glasses on me and we found something we liked. No one likes my large JackieO glasses, but I do. So now your gonna cost me money to get some new specs.... thanks a lot. I found some new eye glass stores in Orlando yesterday, we can go there when you get here. We'll take Nonie too. And then we'll go get our cards read.... sounds like fun????

[Barefoot]

Bare, you've got everyone on this kick about Sarah Palin glasses. Last night at Havana they were trying on all these different glasses on me and we found something we liked. No one likes my large JackieO glasses, but I do. So now your gonna cost me money to get some new specs.... thanks a lot. I found some new eye glass stores in Orlando yesterday, we can go there when you get here. We'll take Nonie too. And then we'll go get our cards read.... sounds like fun????

Kathie (or should I call you Red?) ... Sounds like a great idea .. I'll look foward to a girls' day. I'm also looking here to see if I can find some palin glasses before I leave Canada so my medical plan will cover it!

But I'm always up for having my cards read!

[Julie]

Julie, I thought you were buying glasses now in TV and I wanted to copycat the store you selected. But I think you may also be a seasonal resident??

Hi Bare, I am not a seasonal resident. In fact I'm not even a resident, yet. My husband and I are still living in good ol' sunny California. That is until November 2nd when we begin our eastward journey to TV. After that time we will become frogs.

From the looks of it, we'll all be stylin' with our new spec's by then! :D I wonder if anyone will end up with the Sarah Palin specials after all this talk...

[katezbox]

OK - now I am just wondering here, so don't yell at me...


But, with due respected to Halle (who I believe lives in the beautiful state of Alaska), Wasilia, AK is not known to be a fashion capital of the world. (Paris, Milan, New York, London, ....Waslilia?)

Is it possible, just possible, that the reason no one has found these rimless glasses is that they went out of style about 10 years ago (or more)? I am throwing this out for the following reason:

Before I had my Lasik in 1999, I wanted rimless glasses, but my Rx was so strong that I couldn't wear them (think Coke bottle). So I'm thinking they were in style somewhere before 1999....which probably means they are ready to come back (like bell bottoms and those peasant-y tops with puff sleeves...)

[PR1234]

I'm with ya on that one Katebox.....I think they make people look old:shrug::shrug:

[Barefoot]

Interesting comment Kate! I've been told by optical companies that Sarah Palin made the rimless glasses look fashionable again. And that the actual designer KK glasses are selling like hot cakes.

But then mini skirts and orange shag rugs came back into fashion, so there is a cycle for everything!

[barb1191]

Interesting comment Kate! I've been told by optical companies that Sarah Palin made the rimless glasses look fashionable again. And that the actual designer KK glasses are selling like hot cakes.

But then mini skirts and orange shag rugs came back into fashion, so there is a cycle for everything!

I see a different slant on this glasses bit. Many more people have been wearing rimless glasses for at least ten years now, including myself. They are so much lighter in weight than the rimmed glasses and look so much better. So very comfortable, as well. Much more expensive, but well worth it for the comfort mainly.

If you recall, there was also the press writing that an American Idol was hawking these rimless glasses as he would wear a different style rimless each performance.

My opthalmologist told me that there is now a way that people who need thick glasses can be made rimless. They can make the plastic lens much less thicker.

[nONIE]

When I went to pick out my new glasses, the majority of them were rimless including the mens! hubs got a new pair of rimless also. In fact, I couldnt find anything else on the racks but rimless. I like them because it looks a little less like your wearing glasses. They are very lightweight without the rims.

Hmmm! Do they make me look old? I sure hope not, if they do, Im running right out to buy some rims!

Bare, I will NEVER NEVERbuy another orange shag rug in this lifetime. the mere thought of it makes me barf

[chelsea24]

I loved my rimless glasses, called Silhouttes. I'm kind of amused that Sarah Palin is getting credit for these as they have been around for quite a while. I wore them before my Lasik surgery 3 years ago and it really felt and almost looked as if you were not wearing glasses at all.

I haven't read all the posts, but I had very very bad vision and they can make the lenses extremely thin on the Silhouttes, not coke bottle at all! I would highly recommend them to anyone that doesn't want to have the surgery.

:shocked:

[PR1234]

Sorry I didn't mean to offend anyone....I am sure you all look beautiful in your glasses:) Maybe it's just because I don't care for Sarah Palin! Opps...now I have offended the Republicans:sigh:...guess I had better keep my opinions to myself:bowdown::bowdown:

[Barefoot]

I loved my rimless glasses, called Silhouttes. I'm kind of amused that Sarah Palin is getting credit for these as they have been around for quite a while. I wore them before my Lasik surgery 3 years ago and it really felt and almost looked as if you were not wearing glasses at all.

I haven't read all the posts, but I had very very bad vision and they can make the lenses extremely thin on the Silhouttes, not coke bottle at all! I would highly recommend them to anyone that doesn't want to have the surgery.

I guess our optical stores here in Canada are sadly out of date. I went to Lenscrafter today, which has hundred of frames. They had only one rimless pair of glasses in the whole store, huge, ugly things.

I'm gonna wait until I come south to buy my glasses. Eyeglasses are at least 50% more expensive here in Canada. Well, everything is .. except our medical!

And I better shut up about socialized medicine and Palin glasses or Tony will put this in political. And that is a scary place. :boxing2:

[katezbox]

Actually, maybe Tina Fey made them popular! (he he he)

[Barefoot]

Have you seen the pictures of Heidi Klum on www.people.com?

She is pregnant with her fourth baby. No-one has the right to look that good!

[chelsea24]

Wow! Where is she carrying it... in her shoulder bag??? Am I the only one that resembled an elephant retaining water???? :eek:

[katezbox]

I love Heidi Klum - or at least the version depicted in the media. She has a career, a loving husband, a blended family and she seems so kind and open minded. She comes across like this in every interview...

[Barefoot]

I love Heidi Klum - or at least the version depicted in the media. She has a career, a loving husband, a blended family and she seems so kind and open minded. She comes across like this in every interview...

I agree. She has some kind of inner serenity that makes her even more beautiful.

[Boomer]

Barefoot,

Your Heidi Klum People link changed. Links have a way of doing that, I know. But I saw the link yesterday and right in the middle of the page was a picture of somebody wearing great big sunglasses with a gradient tint. (I think that's what you call it. The glasses were huge and the tint was dark right at eye level but faded to lighter at the bottom.) I think it was Jessica Simpson. (I don't even know anymore who half the people in People are.)

Anyway, today the person wearing those sunglasses is gone from the link and the only picture with sunglasses is of a dog wearing heart-shaped sunglasses. But those are not the ones I want. I want the big sunglasses with the gradient tint.

Even though I have worn contacts since I was 16, I have worn glasses since I was 7. And I still wear glasses sometimes. I have spent a lot of years trying to find frames that work for me. I remember being crushed because my prescription was too thick for granny glasses (those really little ones) when they were in style a long time ago.

I am so glad that kids now have so many choices for frames and don't seem to mind getting glasses and might even like them. So much style now. Not just a choice of maybe two frames. Not like when I started, in second grade, wearing my cateye glasses, which perfectly set off my frizzy home perm. I was a nerd before nerd was a word.

Down deep in my soul, I have never gotten over my cateye glasses, I guess, because a few years ago I found myself looking for the perfect pair of cateye reading glasses.

And I even found a pair of little cateye reading glasses with a few rhinestones. But now I have lost a couple of rhinestones. (Who hasn't.) And those glasses were never quite right anyway. They just were not big enough and did not have nearly enough rhinestones.

And so the search continues.

Second-grade me never would have believed that the next century would find grownup retired me on a search for the perfect pair of cateye reading glasses with rhinestones. (But I will not be getting a frizzy home perm.)

Boomer

PS: Dorothy Parker was wrong. -- as all of us glasses-wearing girls know.

[katezbox]

Barefoot,



PS: Dorothy Parker was wrong. -- as all of us glasses-wearing girls know.



Yes we do -

Nerdy Kate

[Barefoot]

I loved my rimless glasses, called Silhouttes. I'm kind of amused that Sarah Palin is getting credit for these as they have been around for quite a while. I wore them before my Lasik surgery 3 years ago and it really felt and almost looked as if you were not wearing glasses at all.

I haven't read all the posts, but I had very very bad vision and they can make the lenses extremely thin on the Silhouttes, not coke bottle at all! I would highly recommend them to anyone that doesn't want to have the surgery. :shocked:

I forgot all about Silhouette eyeglasses. Just looked up their website and they have a dealer close to TV. I'm going to check them out for sure. I don't want to have my eyes sliced open. So thin lenses sound good to me.

See .. the stuff you learn from Girl Talk!

[Barefoot]

Now this is quite personal, so perhaps it isn't a good subject for discussion on a website. If no-one chooses to respond, that is fine with me.

Some of us have had children and some have chosen not to have children. Myself, I'm one of the women who decided to be child free. I'm just wondering from other women who've chosen not to bear children, how they feel now about that decision?

[Julie]

You know Bare, I was told that I would have difficulty conceiving prior to getting married. My husband and I discussed the options and had decided to be a childless couple and we were both perfectly fine with that choice. Six years into our relationship my breasts became unbelievably tender (I hope that is not too descriptive), but the pain was really like nothing else I had experienced. At that point I told my husband that I should probably go to the doctor to be tested.

When the nurse called to tell me the good news about me being pregnant, I cried. I know that probably sounds horrible to some people, but we had resigned ourselves to a childless life and we were both OK with that decision. In fact, adjusting to the idea of now we're going to add another person to our relationship was difficult.

Having our son was truly a miracle and probably the best thing that ever happened to our relationship. I feel blessed to have been given the opportunity to become a mother and raise such a fine young man whom I am now very proud. I often question God and ask how I was so lucky to have been given my son who means the world to me.

That said, I do not make judgements of other people who made the choice to not have children. I was in their shoes at one time and believe life would have still been very sweet without children.

How do you feel about your decision to not have children? Do people ever try to make you feel as if you made the wrong choice?

[Barefoot]

How do you feel about your decision to not have children? Do people ever try to make you feel as if you made the wrong choice?

Julie, I'm happy that you were blessed with a son. Obviously The Universe intended that you should be a mom.

I always wished I could have lived two parallel lives. The first one child free with an interesting career. And the second, as a stay-at-home mom with six kids and a wonderful, supportive husband. Since we only get one life to live, I choose Door Number One.

I feel I made the right choice for me. Although I must confess I have a few seconds of remorse when I see a mother/daughter with a strong bond. But I also have friends who are mothers who are estranged from their daughters.
I never wanted to be a single mother. It is a hard life to work and raise kids alone. Since I ended up being married more than once, I think the childless decision was the right one for me. I would have needed a strong support system if I had children plus a career.

The reason I started this topic was that I recently had lunch with a friend who is 52. She has a daughter who is 21, in university, on drugs, and constantly demanding money from her mother, to whom she is rude and unappreciative. My friend said to me "I wish I'd never had kids". I also have friends who have daughters who adore them and I admire the wonderful relationships they create.

It got me thinking about the many choices we make during our lifetime, and how they change our lives.

[BaylorBear]

I realize this is totally off the subject you were discussing, but I'm new to TOTV and wanted to ask if anyone knows of a salon/spa, etc. that does "permanent" makeup?? My eyebrows are so light blonde that I have to use eyebrow pencil all the time. Does anyone have any recommendations; idea of cost, etc.?

[Barefoot]

I realize this is totally off the subject you were discussing, but I'm new to TOTV and wanted to ask if anyone knows of a salon/spa, etc. that does "permanent" makeup?? My eyebrows are so light blonde that I have to use eyebrow pencil all the time. Does anyone have any recommendations; idea of cost, etc.?

You're in luck Lynne. We don't have any topic cops in Girl Talk. You can go off subject any time at all! Rambling is encouraged!

I've never tried permanent make up, but what a great idea! I hate worrying about eye makeup, that would be a real time saver. Is it like getting a tattoo? Is it painful? I'd be interested in hearing about it.

[Bettiboop]

You're in luck Lynne. We don't have any topic cops in Girl Talk. You can go off subject any time at all! Rambling is encouraged!

I've never tried permanent make up, but what a great idea! I hate worrying about eye makeup, that would be a real time saver. Is it like getting a tattoo? Is it painful? I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Girl talk is synonymous with "rambling" isn't it? :a20: That's what makes it fun!

Lynne, I've given some thought to permanent makeup...most specifically eye liner. I've never been one to wear a lot of makeup, but do like a little bit of liner to give my eyes some definition. Now that I can't see without glasses it is near impossible to do the liner. I try to do it "blindly" and sometimes it looks fine when I put my glasses back on to look at it and other times it's like...well...:22yikes: :a20: I've done some research, but I really haven't seen anyone near to me that I would trust to do it. Like everything else, you definitely want a reputable person doing it. Let us know what you decide!

[nONIE]

Bettiboop,

Would a magnifying mirror help you to put on your eyeliner with your glasses off? I dont know if your nearsighted or farsighted but I wouldnt be able to put eye makeup on without my 5X magnifying mirror!

[Bettiboop]

Bettiboop,

Would a magnifying mirror help you to put on your eyeliner with your glasses off? I dont know if your nearsighted or farsighted but I wouldnt be able to put eye makeup on without my 5X magnifying mirror!

Nonie, I do have a nice magnifying makeup mirror, but i don't have much luck with it. I'm not sure why. I get it out and give it another try every now and then, but for now it is designated to the "sell or give away" pile.

[Julie]

I always wished I could have lived two parallel lives. The first one child free with an interesting career. And the second, as a stay-at-home mom with six kids and a wonderful, supportive husband. Since we only get one life to live, I choose Door Number One.

It got me thinking about the many choices we make during our lifetime, and how they change our lives.

Bare, Even though you say you sometimes experience remorse when you see the mothers and daughters who are in relationships with strong bonds, life does not guarantee this as your friend who wishes she’d never had kids indicated.

Your idea of living parallel lives would be an interesting option. I opted for a scaled down version of door number two. When our son was born I was lucky enough to take six months off of work. I ended up going back to work until he turned three years old when we made the executive decision for me to become a stay-at-home mother. I never regretted that choice, not even one day. Being able to connect with our son and watch him mature into a well balanced happy individual who contributes to society was invaluable.

Nevertheless, I did have one regret nagging at the core of my soul and that was not earning a college degree. In 2004 I took the bull by the horns and re-entered college. Oh it was a tough go, especially that first semester back. The hard work paid off June 2008 when I graduated from college the same weekend as our son graduated from high school.

The majority of people, including my husband, are eager to begin their lives in retirement when making their move to TV. Color me crazy for looking forward to finding employment once we get settled in. I haven’t worked at a paying job for more than 17 years and am eager to have a work schedule. Yes I know whatever job I have will be a job and not necessarily a “career” so to speak. Who knows, I may end up working for a year or so then decide that I too am ready to “retire.” :1rotfl:

I try not to think about all the choices I've made throughout my life and the "what ifs" it taxes my brain beyond belief. :ohdear: I'm a pretty simple person who wants to live a simple life. Remember that song by James Taylor called "Secret O' Life?" The first line: The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time resonates within me. Hmm, that gets me thinking (oh no my poor brain), I think I'm gonna change my signature to that first line in JT's song. :)

[katezbox]

Julie,

While you are still in Pleasanton, see if you can get a job doing anything for that big software company there. You know the one I mean - it now has a different name because it was acquired by a bigger software company on the other side of SF.

When you are ready to move to TV, then start looking for jfor a transfer to a position that let you work from home. You could even go to their Orlando office (or Tampa office) occasionally.

Cryptic Kate

[Barefoot]

I love hearing women's life stories. Julie, thanks for giving us a glimpse into your life. Congratulations on graduating from college, well done! :clap2:

I worked for 40 years; the first 20 as an IBM manager and the last 20 as a real estate broker. I loved working, but I enjoy being retired even more. I'm one of those people who slid seamlessly into retirement and never looked back.

Julie, you are obviously younger (like our Kate) and eager to work at something that you find fulfilling. Good for you. We'll look forward to hearing updates!

[Julie]

Julie,

While you are still in Pleasanton, see if you can get a job doing anything for that big software company there. You know the one I mean - it now has a different name because it was acquired by a bigger software company on the other side of SF.

When you are ready to move to TV, then start looking for jfor a transfer to a position that let you work from home. You could even go to their Orlando office (or Tampa office) occasionally.

Cryptic Kate

Dear Cryptic Kate,

As luck would have it we will be leaving P-town November 23rd. So instead of looking for a job, I am packing. The funny thing is that the first (actually 2nd, but first to make it to escrow) person with intentions of buying our house works for the smaller software company that was swallowed up by the biggest software company in the world. He said they still have a small portion of the building that carries the old name.

Julie, you are obviously younger (like our Kate) and eager to work at something that you find fulfilling. Good for you. We'll look forward to hearing updates!

Bare, When I was in college I was ALWAYS the oldest person in my classes. Thankfully, the kids were nice to me (I tell my son if there are ever any old people in his classes to be welcoming to them because it can be akward). My ticket into the "Land of OZ," as JeanneBeannie calls it, is my dear husband. Yes, I married an old fart, lucky me. :D I am a little on the younger side when it comes to TV and I'm really looking forward to being on this side for at least a few years.

[nONIE]

I recently bought a bathing suit with a plunging V. I really think the V is a little too plunging for my taste! If someone has a sewing machine I would gladly pay to have and inch or two zipped up in the front, or I could do it myself. It is a very small quick job. I could do the old fashioned thing and use a safety pin but what if it popped open? Ouchh!!!

Thankyou in advance. :bowdown:

[barb1191]

I recently bought a bathing suit with a plunging V. I really think the V is a little too plunging for my taste! If someone has a sewing machine I would gladly pay to have and inch or two zipped up in the front, or I could do it myself. It is a very small quick job. I could do the old fashioned thing and use a safety pin but what if it popped open? Ouchh!!!

Thankyou in advance. :bowdown:

Nonie....How about cutting very tiny slits on either side of the area you want to close and take a ribbon or shoe lace and lace it up fairly tight so that the two sides close, and take the excess shoelace or ribbon at the top and tie a bow with a double knot so as it doesn't untie when you swim. Like you would lace a sneaker from the bottom to the top I think it would look pretty. If the material is silky slippery you could put a velcro facing inside the fabric to reinforce the lace holes and also keep the material in tact better.

barb

[Barefoot]

I recently bought a bathing suit with a plunging V. I really think the V is a little too plunging for my taste! If someone has a sewing machine I would gladly pay to have and inch or two zipped up in the front, or I could do it myself. It is a very small quick job. I could do the old fashioned thing and use a safety pin but what if it popped open? Ouchh!!!
Thankyou in advance. :bowdown:

Nonie, I have the name of a seamstress in the Village of Tall Trees. If you don't use Barb's solution, which sounds cute.

Or you could just let it all hang out. The plunging neckline will take the attention away from other body parts that may not be quite as delectable! :evil6: Just kidding ... I get to say things like that because Nonie and I are BFFs.

[nONIE]

Barb.

Thanks for the great idea? I know it seems like a child could do this but you have no idea how uncrafty I am! Mabe I could find someone to do this for meI really love the idea, it would sure doll up an otherwise very plain bathingsuit.

Bare, Watch it kiddo! LOL What makes you think I have any undesirable parts????

just kiddin ya! You can say anything to me g/f!:1rotfl:

[ggdawg]

I realize this is totally off the subject you were discussing, but I'm new to TOTV and wanted to ask if anyone knows of a salon/spa, etc. that does "permanent" makeup?? My eyebrows are so light blonde that I have to use eyebrow pencil all the time. Does anyone have any recommendations; idea of cost, etc.?
Lynne, I have the eyebrow problem too... not blonde... but not many eyebrow hairs left! I think I plucked too many as a teenager! I dread the horror of being without my eyebrow pencil!!

Another subject...
Anyone know anything about the berry from the Amazon Rainforest called Acai and capsules of this you can take? Evidently Rachel Ray had a doctor on bragging that it gives you energy and lowers the appetite... helping in weight loss.
Anybody?

[chelsea24]

Barb.

Thanks for the great idea? I know it seems like a child could do this but you have no idea how uncrafty I am! Mabe I could find someone to do this for meI really love the idea, it would sure doll up an otherwise very plain bathingsuit.

Bare, Watch it kiddo! LOL What makes you think I have any undesirable parts????

just kiddin ya! You can say anything to me g/f!:1rotfl:

Nonie Macaroni! Let it all hang out!!!! psssstt..... don't tell Engineer Guy I said that! Hahahha! Great idea with the ribbon though!

[beady]

Oh Nonie.....take the plunge!!!!!!!:a040::a040:

[Barefoot]

Another subject...
Anyone know anything about the berry from the Amazon Rainforest called Acai and capsules of this you can take? Evidently Rachel Ray had a doctor on bragging that it gives you energy and lowers the appetite... helping in weight loss. Anybody?

Tons of information on the net about the new fad "Acai". Sadly, there is no magic potion. If there were, I'd be taking it, and I'd be a size 4!

[Boomer]

The first time I heard about knit denim jeans, I thought, "Well, that sounds just plain ugggg-leeeee. Knit denim????"

But a couple of weeks ago, I allowed my favorite salesperson at Coldwater Creek to foist a pair of these weird sounding jeans upon me, even though I was quite sure they would look like flannel pajamas or sweatpants and nothing like jeans.

Well, guess what. I think they look exactly like jeans. But that's not the best part. The best part is that they feel soft and wonderful and move with you from the very first day. You don't have to go through about a dozen washings to get that effect.

The pair I have is boot-cut. Mostly cotton with just enough spandex. I wore these things all day today, and my behind is not saggy. Even after all these hours. Still not saggy. (Well, actually, it is the jeans' behind that is not saggy.) And as far as I'm concerned, that's the real test of a pair of jeans. Just enough spandex but not so much that they get saggy in the behind.

I don't know if you wear jeans in Florida very often. But if you do or if you are not in Florida, you might want to check out some knit denim jeans from Coldwater Creek. You might like them, too.

Boomer

[JeanneBeannie]

Hiya Gals....long time no chat....missed our Girl Talk. :popcorn:

Thanks Boomer for the tip, I will definitely check them out. I am always looking for comfy clothes to wear. I cant bear to wear those tight fittin jeans anymore. :ohdear:

Nonie...I agree with the gals "let it all hang out" (sorry Bernie lol). :girlneener:

Jeanne

P.S. Happy 8th Birthday to my Murphy and Bubba!! :a040:
Gee...I wonder who will get spoiled rotten today lol? :shrug:

[Barefoot]

I realize this is totally off the subject you were discussing, but I'm new to TOTV and wanted to ask if anyone knows of a salon/spa, etc. that does "permanent" makeup?? My eyebrows are so light blonde that I have to use eyebrow pencil all the time. Does anyone have any recommendations; idea of cost, etc.?

I am very interested in hearing more from peeps who have used permanent makeup. I see ads all the time in the Daily Sun. It appeals to my lazy side. Any recommendations? But is it like getting your eye lids or brows tattoed? Ouch, that sounds painful. Also I'd hate to risk an eye infection.

I've been back in the Bubble now for ten days and the time is flying by. I seem to rush from dog park to pool to mahjongg to dinner or a movie, always rushing around to have more fun and see more people. I want to take golf lessons. Sometimes I just really want to stay home and relax. But I hate to waste any of my 182 days here in TV! I guess this is a nice problem to have.

I finally saw the movie Julia and Julie last night and even Fireboy enjoyed it. Makes me really feel that perhaps I should hook up my stove. No, on second thought, it is way too hot!

[j22jay]

[QUOTE=Barefoot;231631]I am very interested in hearing more from peeps who have used permanent makeup. I see ads all the time in the Daily Sun. It appeals to my lazy side. Any recommendations? But is it like getting your eye lids or brows tattoed? Ouch, that sounds painful. Also I'd hate to risk an eye infection.

Barefoot,

Permanent make up is available at The Village Salon & Spa on 441/27. It is my understanding that only trained/certified and state licensed Esty are allowed to perform this service. I know she does brows, eyeliner, and lips. Ask for a consultation, meet other ladies in the salon who use this service, and go for it! btw...IMHO, a flu shot hurts more than this will!

[barb1191]

I had my eyelids done at a spa and there were no injections, merely brushing on something that was supposed to permanently darken and lengthen the lashes and lids. My concern was the ingredients used and they confirmed it to be a harmless vegetable oil base.

Well, it didn't take for me and it was so long ago, I gather they've improved the procedure by now and have lost interest in the costly shortcut. Don't even recall how much it cost way back then, but I surely didn't get my money's worth nor were they offering any refund.

As I recall, the place was a Merle Norman-type cosmetic spa.

barb

[ssmith]

I have not used it but I have read...can't remember where... so maybe a medical journal...or could have been Ladies Home Journal:smiley: that it is not a good idea. The reason they sited is that as we age things begin to move...so the look changes and eyebrows etc may end up not looking so great due to sagging. Well like I said not sure of my source. Just another thought on the topic. Will be interested to hear others responses.

Susie

[graciegirl]

Susie.

I agree with you. I try to pencil in my brows, and even that much color is too much with my fading skin and lighter hair. I would hate to see a tattooed eyebrow in ten years, if that is what permanent color is...Is that what it is?

[Bettiboop]

I have not used it but I have read...can't remember where... so maybe a medical journal...or could have been Ladies Home Journal:smiley: that it is not a good idea. The reason they sited is that as we age things begin to move...so the look changes and eyebrows etc may end up not looking so great due to sagging. Well like I said not sure of my source. Just another thought on the topic. Will be interested to hear others responses.

Susie

I can see where having the eyebrows done could present a problem as gravity takes over and sagging occurs. Heck, the way my face has begun to sag, I'd be afraid what started out as eyebrows today would closer resemble a mustache 10 years down the road.:a20: :eek:

I definitely would consider having a little bit of eye liner tattooed on, however, and it is on my to-do list.

[Boomer]

Ohmygosh! This eyebrow thing is getting scary.

Today -- Lovely eyebrows

Tomorrow -- Turning into the Frito Bandito! :eek:

Advice -- Just wear bangs.

Boomer

[Barefoot]

I can see where having the eyebrows done could present a problem as gravity takes over and sagging occurs. Heck, the way my face has begun to sag, I'd be afraid what started out as eyebrows today would closer resemble a mustache 10 years down the road.:a20: :eek:

BB, now that is funny!

[nONIE]

Boomer,

You make a great point about the bangs. I have worn bangs almost my entire life, well at least since I knew how to pull them down, and I have never plucked an eyebrow or used eyebrow pencil. Im not even aware I have eyebrows. What a great time saver! :D

I suppose when they start sagging below my nose I will have to do something about them, but until then..... easy peasy!

[Boomer]

Boomer,

You make a great point about the bangs. I have worn bangs almost my entire life, well at least since I knew how to pull them down, and I have never plucked an eyebrow or used eyebrow pencil. Im not even aware I have eyebrows. What a great time saver! :D

I suppose when they start sagging below my nose I will have to do something about them, but until then..... easy peasy!


Hi Nonie,

Me, too. Been wearing bangs all my life. And I bet you have noticed something else about that, in addition to not having to think so much about eyebrows....

Have you ever noticed how good the skin still looks under those bangs? If you have never noticed, go take a look in the mirror. My forehead is at least 20 years younger than the rest of me. All those years of a built-in sun screen. Who knew?

Boomer

[Barefoot]

Hi Nonie,

Me, too. Been wearing bangs all my life. And I bet you have noticed something else about that, in addition to not having to think so much about eyebrows....

Have you ever noticed how good the skin still looks under those bangs? If you have never noticed, go take a look in the mirror. My forehead is at least 20 years younger than the rest of me. All those years of a built-in sun screen. Who knew?

Boomer

Boom, you are funny! I have also noticed that my forehead is definitely 25 years old under my bangs. But sadly, it is the one part of my body that no-one sees. They just see the bits that look like my grandmother.

[PR1234]

Went with some friends to an adorable little place in Wildwood for lunch today. It is called Polly's Pantry and a wonderful English couple own it. They
serve delicious lunches and teas, great place for a girl's day out. The website is www.hopeinyourheart.com

[barb1191]

WARNING TO WOMEN!!

Some of you may have already been warned of this.....

My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine? I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs.

Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans. And then the thieves struck again.

My bum was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear-end to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier.

But my new bum was attached at least three inches lower than my original! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favour of long skirts.

Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched.

One morning I was drying my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arm swing to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was really getting scary - my body was being replaced one section at a time.

What could they do to me next?

When my poor neck suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a turkey neck, I decided to tell my story. Women of the world wake up and smell the coffee! Those 'plastic ' surgeons are using REAL replacement body parts -stolen from you and me! The next time someone you know has something 'lifted', look again - was it lifted from you?

THIS IS NOT A HOAX. This is happening to women everywhere every night.

WARN YOUR FRIENDS!

P.S. Last year I thought some one had stolen my Boobs. I was lying in bed and they were gone! But when I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept. Now I keep them hidden in my waistband.

Thought this was too 'important' not to pass on. Have a wonderful day - with a joy filled heart.

P.P.S. - These same thieves went into my wardrobe and shrunk my clothes! How do they do it????

Just thought you should know.

[Barefoot]

WARNING TO WOMEN!!

Some of you may have already been warned of this.....

My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine? I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs.

Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans. And then the thieves struck again.

My bum was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear-end to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier.

But my new bum was attached at least three inches lower than my original! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favour of long skirts.

Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched.

One morning I was drying my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arm swing to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was really getting scary - my body was being replaced one section at a time.

What could they do to me next?

When my poor neck suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a turkey neck, I decided to tell my story. Women of the world wake up and smell the coffee! Those 'plastic ' surgeons are using REAL replacement body parts -stolen from you and me! The next time someone you know has something 'lifted', look again - was it lifted from you?

THIS IS NOT A HOAX. This is happening to women everywhere every night.

WARN YOUR FRIENDS!

P.S. Last year I thought some one had stolen my Boobs. I was lying in bed and they were gone! But when I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept. Now I keep them hidden in my waistband.

Thought this was too 'important' not to pass on. Have a wonderful day - with a joy filled heart.

P.P.S. - These same thieves went into my wardrobe and shrunk my clothes! How do they do it????

Just thought you should know.

Barb, I always laugh when I read this, especially the part about oatmeal thighs and boobs hiding in armpits. I just love living in a retirement community. So at the pool, we're all in the same shape!

[uujudy]

It's true! This is not a hoax. It happened to me.
Beware!

[Barefoot]

On a new topic .. does anyone know where I can get a shingles shot? Not available in Canada yet.

[chelsea24]

Yes Bare! At Shingles "R" Us! Why on earth are you worried about the Shingles??? Nutjob! Worrying about the Shingles will give you the Shingles! Hahaha!:loco:

[beady]

Actually, I am going to have the vaccine myself. I had chickenpox as a child and that puts me in the group that can get shingles because the virus never leaves your body and can re-occur as singles. That is a very painful condition.....
But that doesn't change the fact that Bare and Chels are "nutcases" Hahahaha:evil6::evil6:

[KathieI]

But that doesn't change the fact that Bare and Chels are "nutcases" Hahahaha:evil6::evil6:

Beads, I agree ...... :agree::agree: :loco::loco: LOL!!!!!!