11/30/12 More to Learn! pr

Just when you thought you had life pulled together changes hit us in the face.  We are going through the journey of perhaps getting another dog.  This is helping the healing process.  It surely is a learning experience!  Are we having fun!  We are trying!  Over hill and dale to Humane shelters, looking at dogs.  Gee, it is surprising to see these dogs are in such good condition.  So far they are all too large.  We are used to 16 pounds of soft fur!  Our Cavalier King Charles had such a sweet disposition we have decided perhaps we can find a rescue Cavalier King Charles.  That is where we are today!  All subject to more changes and adjustments! Sounds like real life! Hugs,phyllis 05/06/1933    www.women70andover.com

11/29/12 LOSS pr

Loss leaves you limp.  Hard to grasp reality.  Hard to let go!  This happened yesterday when Bill me, and our dog Annie had to make the hard decision of putting Annie, our King Charles Spaniel down.  Her neck disc’s and spine were giving out.  This meant her walking was impaired and she was well on her way to becoming paralyzed.  Surgery would not help.  Pain medicine was temporary.  There was no way, but to put her down.  I put her on my pillow in bed and kissed her and snuged with her close to me.  Since she had heard my words daily, “I love you little tiny little girl she felt comfort.  I felt her near and I felt comfort.  Bill was with me every step of the way.  The vet was kind to us all. We left her at the vet.  They asked if I wanted her footprint and I said I have her footprint deep on my heart.  We will soon get her ashes. Hug,phyllis 05/06/1933    www.women70andover.com

It is LATTER THAN YOU THINK! pr

11.26.12
We all think we have time to do alot of stuff!  I have heard this from people of all ages!  What do I mean by that?  I will tell you!  Just this evening I was speaking to one of my new friends that is just 50 years old.  You could say that is very young!  I would say that from my up and coming age of 80 in May of 2013.  She told me she was just in the hospital with a lung that was filled with fluid and had to have it cleared up.  She also told me her husband is 70 years old.  I told her....."My Dear!  It is never too early to get your life in order!"  What I meant by that as I asked her if she had any one else on her bank accounts in case she would need that person to come into play in her life if something happened to her or her husband.  She said she did not.  I encouraged her to do that as soon as possible.  I then told her Bill and I have all of our plans in order.  This got her thinking about her now position in life.  When we closed the conversation, it seems I had opened a new door in her life.  We all need to talk this out with someone.  It could be someone we do not even know, perhaps this person is someone you could talk life through, even if you do not know them well.  We all have a good sense of communication skills and we know when we can trust someone.  This may be someone in a bank you speak with almost on a daily basis.  Most banks have a "salt of the earth" person that will not take your personal info out on the circuit. Perhaps this will get you started in thinking about your basic important needs that must be tended to sooner, rather than later. Hugs, phyllis 05/06/1933  www.women70andover.com

Getting Ready! pr

11/24/12
My fitness program never really comes to a halt. If you have a room with a basic sturdy chair you can easilydo leg lifts and arm lifts daily.  One good physical therapist said to me, "You do not need weights!"  He then went on to say, "Think about how heavy each of your legs are and your arms, they are your built in weights!" Duh!  The obvious is always right in front of us, or attached to us!  I will have another breast mastectomy the second week in January.  The more exercises I put in my fitness bank the more I will reap in my recuperation.  This breast does not have cancer, so far.  It is a safety precaution as well as the fact I will feel better in my clothes without this one "head light".  

After my last breast mastectomy, July 11, 2012 I was walking that day in the hospital.  Got out the second day/ and walked on the beach with my daughter the third day.  I also did my Utube singing episode song "You Can't Take That Away From Me" on the third day.  I am hoping to do a repeat with this surgery that will be here soon. I have a good cheering second, each one of you! Hugs,phyllis 05/06/1933 www.women70andover.com

Home James! pr

Always good to return home, after a good few days out!  Lucky to have fun and good weather and a good birthday celebration!  Now reality sets in.

I invite you to get on  www.mayoclinic.com .  What for you might be asking!  For starters to learn to take care of muscles you might have missed.  For women they are the muscles that control the urinary part of your body.  There is also alot of information for men on this subject.  For women they have a good write up on The Top 10 Most Common Kegel Excercise Mistakes Women Make.  I will give you a clue you might already know.  Doing these exercises in the car is a good time to do them, for women, NOT MEN!  The best part if you have someone in the car with you, they will NEVER! know you are doing these exercises. It takes at least 8-10 weeks before you notice a significant improvement.  The best thing you can do is keep exercising.

For men, always have your bladder checked and your prostrate levels.  In men, incontinence is often related to prostate problems..  Men can also try pelvic-floor exercises like Kegels also.  For a man, if your bladder squeezes at the wrong time, or if it squeezes too hard, urine may leak out.

As we age, this is a problem even best friends do not share!  I am putting it right out there, as with EVERYTHING,  in life, we all say, "What's Next"?  Do your Kegel excercises! Hugs,phyllis 05/06/1933   www.women70andover.com   You will love Mayo Clinic's website, give it a try!

Life Cannot Be Better! pr

What a Thanksgiving this is, coupled with celebrating Bill's birthday, what else is there?  This is one of the finest hotels and the most beautiful, called the Casa Moderna. Miami.  It is located just across the street from the cruise port, just next to Bayside Shopping outdoor center..Lot's of fresh fruit available..Great breakfast of oatmeal and golden raisins and brown sugar and milk.  Of course, it is served so lovely..in a bowl with a top on it and the brown sugar and raisins in a special tiny dish in the side.  Bill had. Eggs Benedict.  After breakfast, we drove to our favorite places, Key Biscayne and Coral Gables...Lovely homes on the water.  Lots of outdoor cares.  The whole world is eating today..remember ...Feast and Famine.  Tomorrow the latter, when we return home!Hugs, Phyllis 05/06/1933

Happy! Happy! Thanksgiving! pr

11/21/2012
We are just throwing our toothbrush in the car and on our way to Miami Beach, surely our favorite place in the world!  We will celebrate Bill's 84th birthday over Thanksgiving dinner. This will give us three days there and come home on Friday.  After a long month get-a-way on our cruise and beyond, it is great to drop everything and off again!  See you on Friday, when reality sets in! Hugs,phyllis  05/06/1933     www.women70andover.com

Trying to do Catch-up Posting? pr

November 4, 2012.    Aboard the ship DAWN...

It is in the afternoon we are in this bar show room entertainment room.

We have just watched the classic film "Sally loves Harry", or was it " "Harry

meets Sally"?  Which ever! This is a classic film that lets you go back in time in your lives where something opens up a closed door and wonderful memories fall all over us and hug us ' till the tears drop from our eye lids, where we let them flood our checks.  How long do we have to keep

things locked up with in us? Letting these things out is like letting a tied up dog loose.Hugs,phyllis 05/06/1933   www.women70andover.com

Gee! I wrote ALOT OF STUFF ON THE SAME DAY

November 4, 2012.    Aboard the ship DAWN...

It is in the afternoon we are in this bar show room entertainment room.

We have just watched the classic film "Sally loves Harry", or was it " "Harry

meets Sally"?  Which ever! This is a classic film that lets you go back in time in your lives where something opens up a closed door and wonderful memories fall all over us and hug us ' till the tears drop from our eye lids, where we let them flood our checks.  How long do we have to keep

things locked up with in us? Letting these things out is like letting a tied up dog loose.Hugs,phyllis 05/06/1933  www.women70andover.com

November 3, 2012 Aboard the ship DAWN pr

November 3, 2012. breakfast on the ship DAWN

This is a moment I will not forget.  Bill and I were just lingering over the

last bits of our comforting breakfast.  These are moments that are so tender, you

want to remember them forever and seal them in some special envelope, that you

can open when you want that same feeling to come back!Hugs,phyllis 05/06/1933  www.women70andover.com

Unscrabbling Where I Left Off! Ha! pr

Trying to get some order with my writings.  On our travels, I had to save them in the oddest places on my IPad, then send them to my email, ect!  They have been transferred to China and back! October 28, 2012

I have never taken a cruise to run from the large hurricane that is going to hit the United States.  It is suppose to hit tomorrow, which is October 29, 2012.  Our cruise was suppose to go down the US.  We  started our cruise in Quebec yesterday, but now for safety reasons it is going in the opposite directions to Halifax, which is more than nine hundred miles north in the opposite direction from the hurricane.  You can feel the cold winds coming through the bottom of the windows and doors.

Brrrr!  My fingers are getting cold.Hugs,phyllis 05/06/1933  www.women70andover.com