WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2018
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Heather, how frustrating for you.
Allie, what good news about your umbrellaKelly, I admire your energy and creativity. Watch for some more books in the mail. Starting the new thread for September is on my "to do" list so I'll have it posted before I go to bed.
Barbie 3 -
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Good morning and Happy Friday!
Allie - so glad your umbrella is being replaced! Loved that photo of you and your friend on the boat. And glad your paycheck came through. Geeze. Hope the sale of your dad's house goes through quickly and you can close the door on that chapter.
Lisa - glad you came back lighter from your trip. What great progress for the year!! How perturbing to deal with that insurance company. Have a great weekend working on the Mountain House.
Heather - I'm sure you and your DH will pinch yourselves once you finally get moved.
Karen in VA - Cute photo of Olivia! What a sweetie! So sorry to hear about your fridge kicking the bucket. Ours was three years old - top of the line Amana - when it croaked a month after the extended warranty expired. We paid to have it fixed which lasted 6 months then something else broke. So we bought an el-cheapo one and had them haul the nice one out, destined for the dump. The interior light went out in the new one after a year, but we can live with that. VERY aggravating!!!! Waste of hard earned money. GGRR.
Sending healing thoughts and hugs to Suebdew and Barbie and Oregon Coast Barbara and Rebecca and anyone else who needs them right now.
Lanette
SW WA State1 -
The guy who came to take the table was going to take it to Spain for his new house and upcycle it. He said it was perfect. We had a chat about grandchildren. Don't know what I did before Freecycle! In London I put stuff out on the pavement. It always disappeared!
I went for my run.
Nothing better for getting rid of adrenaline. I listened to MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE and DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY. Both fabulous podcasts. I did pipe my eye.
Going to make chicken, lentil and spinach curry for dinner. With green beans. I will put a few potatoes in it for DH. The IP keeps stuff warm, so it will be ready after I collect him from cricket. I will make a raita with my IP yoghurt.
India are having a good innings.
My DSIL, who brought my brother over, was telling me about my niece, who is 19. She has a uni place, but is postponing it for the second year running. Mental health problems, including cutting herself, suicidal thoughts and morbid obesity. So very sad. There seems to be a lot of it about.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
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Meg, have you tried FoxFire? It's the browser I like best.
Heather you'll wow 'em in your new sexy black dress. pics, pls! email wouldn't get it out of my system, I'd camp out on the solicitor's doorstep and personally walk the doggoned papers through every doggoned step. Enough! Buyer's buyer pulled out? :sick: Heart goes out to your neice and her family.
Barbie
your furry healers.
Margaret, pls explain the "Turk" Tshirt, couldn't quite make it out...
Karen in VA fridge failing after only 2 years? :noway:
Rori has a PT seen your knees/recommended specific supportive exercises? Great grades gal!
Allie "forgot to pay" you? "noway" Glad the umbrella company will replace the defective one.
KJ you are one of the angels amongst us. Finding ways to teach the little ones to think about others? Organizing daycare/assisted living for multi generational activities! What gifts of love!
Lisa, scootch over, I'm hiding with YOU!
Thanks all! COPD is not yet official, just FEARed. THere's that word again...
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
60 g protein 23/30, meditate 14/30, walk one more step 13/30, knee exercises 14/30, core 6/18, walk Tumble 12/18 times, SWSY 0/9, hang up or purge art 0/1, AF 21/30
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Lisa in AR - I think you deserve a vacation after the work weeks you have had lately.
Allie - Good for the company to send you a replacement umbrella. Sometimes all it takes is to ask.
Heather - That house chain business is sure frustrating. I don't know how I would do with that.
Rebecca - I hope your maneuvers keep working and you feel better soon. That cake looks scrumptious!
Kelly - Merry Christmas! - I would be doing it for me too if I could get away with it! I love the idea of the multi-generational visiting. I have read studies that say that it is healthy for both the children and the seniors. I wish the manor my Mom was in would do something like that. My Mom is the youngest most mobile resident, I think she probably feels alone at times and could use some brightness in her days.
We received word last night that my wonderful MIL had a heart attack. She had one in June 2016 and they actually had to revive her, she had 5 stents put in at that time. Truthfully I don't think she has ever fully recovered from that one. She will be 73 in December. She still works and refuses to rest. She delivers flyers every Wednesday to about 500 homes. 5 other days a week she goes and sits with an elderly neighbour who has Alzheimers and cooks her meals. She also takes her great grandchildren quite regularly for sleepovers at her insistence. I don't think she knows how to rest and relax properly.
I have talked to my SIL this morning to see how she is doing. They will be sending her to a bigger hospital to have more tests that the local hospital is not capable of doing. In the meantime, they are concerned that her kidneys seem to be shutting down. They will be keeping her in the hospital for a while.
When I talked to my MIL the last time about a month ago, she had told me that she had lost weight and was wearing a size 12. About a month before that she had told me she was wearing a size 14. Last night we when we were talking to my SIL she said she is wearing a size 10 now. My husband didn't know what that meant and wasn't concerned. I am very concerned about it. This morning when my SIL and I were talking she has agreed to make sure the doctors look into the rapid weight loss as well. She said, and my MIL told me, she just doesn't have an appetite anymore. She is not even drinking coffee, which was her staple. She would drink probably 2 pots of coffee a day by herself, if not more.
I think I need to figure out a way to come up with a couple thousand dollars. I have been trying to figure out how to get home to see my own Mom who is in the manor, but now I think we need to get home for his mother as well. Not sure how I'll make this a reality. If we didn't have to pay any bills, we could actually do it!
Tracey in Edmonton, wishing she was in New Brunswick6 -
Tracey - that does sound worrying. 73 is no age at all for all that to be going on! Hope they find out what's up.
KJ - The senior/youngster mix has received quite a lot of news recently over here. Nurseries are being set up on the same site as elderly homes and they have regular get together sessions. Wonderful! I join with the others in praising your great efforts. I hope you get a good rest this weekend.
Had a nice nap.
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Heather: I’ll see if I can post a photo of baby. My kids are very protective, and I’ll ask DDIL if it is okay. :flowerforyou: I’m keeping my fingers crossed that you are able to go ahead with the move.
DS and his family are heading back to their home today. I’ll be driving them to the airport and coming home alone. :ohwell: The visit has been fabulous and we had a great time with them. We went to the Portland Zoo, the Oregon coast, and Saturday Market. All of those are fun. DS’s best friend since 2nd grade came out for a sail and a meal along with his family, and we attended two concerts in the park while they’ve been here. We have been very happy. :bigsmile:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Several problems here with repairs to vehicles and rv's hoping everything gets sorted out! I borrowed my moms car. Come down to the resort and got pulled over because her tabs were expired! Had to go through a lot to get new tabs since I was not the owner. This is when technology really helped! Took a picture of a permission slip to get tabs from my mother-in-law's and emailed it to the DMV and got back on the road! Then I started to get the pull out couch ready for my son and daughter-in-law's visit for Labor Day weekend and they must have never secured the bolt that holds the front end of the bed up! Now to run to our rental property and get some tools to fix that. Meantime my husband is still up at the farm! Not to mention I borrowed the car because our truck was acting up and it is at the shop up by the farm hopefully it will be fixed by Tuesday! Prior to that visit Arizona RV which was up at the farm when we plugged it in it must've been wired wrong and blewout the air-conditioner furnace and our kitchen island... needless to say we have been having one difficulty after the other. So that RV is still at the repair shop! Could use prayers for all to go well!
Have a fantastic weekend everyone!
Mary from Minnesota \ Arizona8 -
Up for a few minutes to do computer chores, now back to lying down, knitting and listening to podcasts. 3
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HEATHER hope your chain gets sorted soon so frustrating
KJ love the sound of kiddos with seniors, as Heather said there have been similar schemes here. TV programme on one scheme, lovely to see the littlies and the seniors interacting.
Doing 3 days KB and every day cardio, eating still out of kilter.
Been out for walks the last 2 days, it's 2.4 miles, even did a bit of running, was faster today, only 3 mins but felt great.
Did anyone watch DIETLAND on Amazon?
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Barbara husband is running for a local office, so even though many from our district are not at the fair I told him I would wear one of his campaign shirts. It helps that it is one of my favorite colors. We do not see eye to eye politically , but I think it has been good for him to run. I did get one compliment on it too from a stranger.
Tracey prayers for DSIL. Margaret 5 -
Tracey--I agree grandchildren are such a Blessing.
Beth--great news for both of you.
Ann--Welcome this is a great place for support and friendship. Keep coming back.
Heather--The dress sounds very sexy!! Praying all gets moving with the moving.
Allie--Great news about the company sending a new one. I usually have good luck when I write the main company when I have a problem.
KJ--You amaze me with all you do for your daycare children. I do think the senior care center events are a great idea. It will benefit both the children and the seniors. I understand how you feel about the I wants all the time. Ever since our grandchildren have been about 3 we take them to the giving tree and have them pick out a name of someone around the same age and we go shopping for them. I do think that helps them learn to give. One christmas we made cookies and put in bags and went to a couple parks where the homeless hang out and passed them out. I believe it is a great learning experince for them.
Tracey--Hugs and prayers for DMIL and DM. Pray something will work out so you can get back and see them and spend time with them.
Mary--Sorry to hear about all your repairs coming at once. DH came to have lunch with me before he went to work and told me my van went in the shop this morning. It has stopped running when we are driving down the street a couple times, starts right back up, so he took it in to be looked at and they have to replace some y connection and could be Tuesday before we get it back and then he also told me he went and got a new washer. Ours has been making a very loud noise, but still worked. Guess not any more and that will be delivered Monday. So now to figure all this into the budget.
I work the next 4 days and hoping to get a lot done with most the offices in the hospital closed. Remember we can do this. Blessings, Vicki GI NE6 -
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spikeyhair wrote: »HEATHER hope your chain gets sorted soon so frustrating
KJ love the sound of kiddos with seniors, as Heather said there have been similar schemes here. TV programme on one scheme, lovely to see the littlies and the seniors interacting.
Doing 3 days KB and every day cardio, eating still out of kilter.
Been out for walks the last 2 days, it's 2.4 miles, even did a bit of running, was faster today, only 3 mins but felt great.
Did anyone watch DIETLAND on Amazon?
Kate UK
I binge watched Dietland! It ended strangely huh!!?? I don't know it I like this new Plumb it not. She's empowered but oh so angry! And what's this all hating men business? Its definitely off but interesting!
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Thanks for your well wishes. I did a little work in my flower beds this morning. Still pulling weeds but it is too hot to work very long Still seeing spots so will rest for the rest of the day.
Rori-I had the same experience with turmeric. Took it for three days and my fingers, elbows and knees started hurting. So I was done with turmeric.
SueBDew in Tx1 -
My chicken curry was to live for!
Oh my!
Nice for DH to have something hot and nourishing to come back to after a long day at the cricket. England did well at the bowling. It should be a good, close match, but DH isn't going again for the lat two days. Ticket prices ridiculous. I paid for some of my brother's as his birthday present.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx4 -
Exhausted, but a good exhausted I suppose. Will really take it easy this weekend, I’ve got to pace myself to be able to do right by my self and my students. Perhaps I still have some jet lag? But am exercising and stretching every day.
See y’all on the September thread!!
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Tracey ... being away from family when there is a medical crisis is so very difficult. I'll be praying you find a way to travel home for both your mom and mother-in-law.
Heather ... there is NO way I would have the patience to go through that house buying h#ll you're in.
So we're home and dealing with all that comes with 2 surgeries and 10 days in the hospital. He's tough, but this took a lot out of my son. Lots to get caught up on. Forgotten birthdays. Bills to pay. Shopping, etc.
Beth near Buffalo
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REBECCA agree about Dietland ending, do you think there will be another series? It was based on a novel wasn't it?
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Mary: Sorry to hear you have vehicle repair issues. I hope it all works out just right. :flowerforyou:
Margaret: I hope your husband’s bid for public office goes well and that you’re both happy with the outcome, in the short term and the long run.
Sue & Rori: I’ve been taking one turmeric capsule daily for several years. The dose is 500mg per capsule. It sounds as though you had too high a dose for you, or that it just doesn’t sit well with your systems. If I was in your situation I’d think about having a rest from it and then trying later with a lower dose than you’ve been talking before now. If it still doesn’t sit well, I’d wave bye-bye forever. ((HUGS)))
Beth near Buffalo: I’m glad you’ve been able to bring your son home. It sounds like there is work ahead for you. I hope everything goes well.
DS, DDIL & DGS were hear for 8 days. I just put them on a jet heading to her mom’s house to pick up their dog, and then drive the rest of the way home. It was such a wonderful treat to have them here. I know they enjoyed the visit. I hope it is the beginning of many such visits.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Been busy settling in th this new leg of our RV adventures. This is going to be fun and as a bonus, good for us. We both are getting more exercise than we have in a long time!
I also went swimming today for the first time in years! The water is salty and I was amazed to see that I could tread water! Still only can swim on my back, but hey, small steps! Lol
Gotta go. Lots of campers coming in today for the holiday weekend.
RV Rita at Bottomless Lakes State Park in Roswell New Mexico8 -
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I just posted the new thread for September. Please join the conversation there.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10692471/women-ages-50-for-september-2018/p1?new=13 -
Barbie: I am about to start knitting baby washcloths for DGS. I made six samples, and DDIL picked out her favorite. Now I’ll be doing the same one over and over until I run out of yarn or quit. I figure half a dozen will be a good start, and maybe enough or maybe she will need more. Knitting is a soothing activity in my experience. :flowerforyou:
NYKaren: I hope you give yourself some extra forgiveness when fatigue sneaks up on your preparations for the beginning of school.
I put DS, DDIL and our baby grandson on the jet for home. It was a wonderful visit and I hope to see more of them. That baby is a charmer.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.22min, 12.9amph, 125mhr, 1.5mi= 60c
apple watch- 56c
0 RUNNER- 30min, 109ahr, 131mhr, 9.09min mi, lvl8, 13h, 110c, 43l, 3.28mi= 197c
apple watch- 199c
other-jump, double, single leg, back, sideways, forwards- 17.11min, 126ahr, 158mhr= 157c
apple watch- 185c
ride gym 2 dome- 5.10min, 16.8amph, 130mhr, 1.4mi= 58c
apple watch- 41c
ride puy 2 sumn station- 12.42min, 14.4amph, 127ahr, 144mhr, 150c
apple watch- 129c
jog sta 2 wk- 4.44min, 9.05min mi, 138ahr, 146mhr, .5mi= 53c
apple watch- 52c
jog wk 2 sumn sta-, w/extra bag= 4.47min, 10.32min mi, 143mhr, .4mi= 64c
apple watch- 58c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.08min, 8.5amph, 150mhr, 2.5mi= 174c
apple watch- 148c
total cal 9132 -
spikeyhair wrote: »REBECCA agree about Dietland ending, do you think there will be another series? It was based on a novel wasn't it?
Kate
Yep, I think it was based on a book. I kind of doubt it will be picked up for a second season, but it was entertaining!
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »I think I need to figure out a way to come up with a couple thousand dollars. I have been trying to figure out how to get home to see my own Mom who is in the manor, but now I think we need to get home for his mother as well. Not sure how I'll make this a reality. If we didn't have to pay any bills, we could actually do it!
Tracey in Edmonton, wishing she was in New Brunswick
A lot of places will be hiring part-time Christmas help soon. I know of a number of Canadians who do that so they can go on holiday somewhere warm in February, but it might work for you too.
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