WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR NOVEMBER 2018

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  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member

    Hi Gals,

    Linda – Welcome home!

    Allie – I am so glad to hear the office manager is such a good fit – setting your own hours will assure you get the time you need for both your other commitments and to keep your finances ok.

    Heather – you are making such good progress

    Margaret – what a neat project to do with your son. Is the house “yours” “his” or both of you together?

    Welcome all who are new.

    November Gratitude’s
    1. Smell = clean dog
    2. Technology = smart phone
    3. Color = sunrise
    4. Food = herbal tea
    5. Sound = silence, but heard the coyotes talking, and loved hearing them
    6. Nature = the waves
    7. Memories = I think one of my favorite memories, is a conglomerate of memories – in the summer when I was a kid – Dad and I would go out to the grass to “pull weeds” we would pull a few, but really we would look at the clouds and point out the things we saw, or make up stories about were the airplanes were going overhead, who was in them… We were not in a flight path but way way high you would see a plane occasionally. And sometimes a small plane those were even more fun to make up stories about.
    8. Book – oh so many I love – but the harry potter series as my god-son and I got them together and read them and talked about them almost every night
    9. Place – I think the Grand Canyon – I did a 10 day rafting trip down the river for my 50th birthday and it was a life changing event and helped me grow and believe in myself enough to face coming home and being laid off 10 days later.
    10. Taste – sweet or salty – for me it is always sweet! But favorite taste is my mom’s marinara sauce with meatballs, it cooks all day, and I could smell it from the corner of our street and knew one of my favorite dinners was that night
    11. Holiday – tough one, I have a love of Christmas but it is also the day I was beaten by my domestic abuser so it has mixed memories…
    12. Texture – I love cashmere
    13. Abilities – I’m very thankful for my abilities – I think the one that comes to mind right now is planning, I can look ahead and figure out how to plan out things that need to be done to make the most of the time and money available.
    14. Sight- my god daughter smiling at me…
    15.

    Smiles

    Kim from N. California
  • perris101
    perris101 Posts: 15 Member
    Couldn’t exercise 2 days now feel like I’m getting a cold or something not happy with that....hmmmm
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    edited November 2018
    Katla49 wrote: »

    We have rotten air today. Smoke from California fires seems to have arrived. It looks like ordinary fog out there, but it smells like smoke. We’re staying in today and I’m working on knitting a baby blanket for my grandniece’s baby. I have a good long while to get it done, but I want to finish it and ship it asap. It will take a few more days of steady work.


    Katla in beautiful but smoky NW Oregon
    Here, as well. My eyes are really itching. I can't imagine how horrible it must be actually in California. It is bad enough here. :cry:

    Gratitude:

    #13: I am grateful that I can cook, and that I am getting better at it. When I think where I was in my 20s, not a clue what to do in the kitchen, and where I am now . . . I feel like I could do pretty well on Chopped because that's what I end up doing most evenings anyway. I start with a plan, oops, we don't have that. Well, I'll try and this and substitute this, and dinner! :smiley:

    #14: On either side of our front door, we have long, narrow windows. One of my favorite sights is walking up the path to the front of the house and seeing either the dog or the cat, sometimes one in each window, watching me come up to the door. As soon as I open the door, the cat scatters, but the dog, if he is in the house, is almost always there to greet me enthusiastically. Pretty nice because the rest of the family doesn't bother to come down to see me until I yell up "DINNER!!!" :lol:

    Felicia
    also in beautiful but smoky NW Oregon, but not as NW as Katla!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    Machka - when you described your interview with your huge image, what came to my mind is they were interviewing the "Big Giant Head" - anyone remember 3rd Rock from the Sun TV Show? Hope that MRI proves nothing to be concerned about. I kind of like the idea of Botox for TMJ.

    Lanette
    SW WA State

    I jokingly suggested that if he had a bit of the botox left over, would he mind doing the frowny bit between my eyebrows. He laughed.

    But it's supposed to relax the muscles which might allow me to open my mouth properly. Once that has taken effect, I'll go to the dentist.


    And yeah ... I kind of felt like the "Big Giant Head"!!


    The Dr said the cyst is 30 mm in diameter and is on the left side. I don't know if that's big or not. And they need to determine what kind of cyst it is ... so I get "naptime" in another MRI.


    M in Oz
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,317 Member
    Yeah Barbie! I’m so happy for you!!

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    edited November 2018
    Finally caught up. Will have more to say tomorrow. Just read a book about Alaska where they had bug out bags. Small world.
    Lin _ welcom home, you have been missed. We are all your friends.
    Katla- you ask me awhile ago what river we live on, it is the Brazos River.
    Cari - you live close to me. We will have to have a N TX get-to-gather.
    SueBDew in TX
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    Did Prevention’s Get Moving DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do an Advanced Strength DVD.

    Elke – how interesting…we’d LOVE to have you join us.

    M – sending good thoughts out to you for your MRI next week. Hope it’s nothing, you certainly don’t need more on your plate

    NYKaren – good luck on your ultrasound-mammo

    Lisa – they would be absolutely foolish not to hire you. Even tho the final decision many times is made by a “higher up”, the lady’s recommendation of you could easily turn their minds.

    Margaret – what a shock it must have been to find out that so much work needs to be done. But it’s great that you have people who can do it.

    NYKaren – I have to *GET* facetime. Then I’ll have someone show me how to use it….lol

    Cari – I’m starting to get ready for Christmas and my freezer is getting full. I’m beginning to think of ways that I can get more food into it. Why did I tell Lynette that I’d make things for her “open house”? And watch that she’s decided not to do it. What I should do is take some of the cookies that I’ve made and she can put them in the freezer at her work. Give me a little more room. Yup, I think that’s what I’ll do.

    Lynn – so glad you are back. I sent you a friend request. Yes, very big ouch getting pinned under that car.

    Had the Newcomer general meeting. Only 3 more to go (we’re going to be away for the 4th one). Starting to get the things that are mine cleared out. No sense giving them all the napkins I made or the serving utensils that are mine. Then went to Ollies hoping that they’d have some tea in those pod that you use in a Keurig. I don’t have a Keurig, I never used it enough to justify having it so I sold mine. Anyway, I’m a big tea drinker and they have a Keurig at the Green Room. I’ll be there so I give them some tea pods Ollies only had black tea in the pods and I don’t really care for black tea so we went to Bed Bath & Beyond and I got some lemon ginger pods. There are so many coffee pods but not many tea at all. Most of the stores don’t carry the tea pods. Ceramics tonight.

    Heather – if you kept a list of your medications on your computer and just printed that out, would that have been sufficient for them?

    Barbie – your stove looks a lot like mine, 5 burners, the warming tray. I love mine. I know you will love yours, too. So what are you going to make first???

    Michele in NC
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Barbie - fabulous!
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    Oh, just an update about going to Maria's for Thanksgiving. Remember I said that she'd find a reason not to have us? Well, according to Denise Maria and Dave are talking divorce (again!) and Maria doesn't want a scene. To me, you mean they couldn't put aside their differences for one day? But I knew she'd come up with a reason for us not to be there,

    Michele in NC
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,260 Member
    Kim the home will be in mine and DH name with him getting it as his inheritance. It will go into a trust for him again to ensure he will always have a home. He lost everything once in his life. He was on a downward spiral. This way it is protected from him refinancing it to get money out of it and if he remarries it stays his if it does not work out. He will pay us rent that he can afford. Our other son wants to open his own business in a couple of years. We should be ready to help him in kind when the time comes.

    Michelle I knew it was going to need much TLC. This is why we are getting for such a good price. Son will make it his job for the next five months to get most of these projects done. We did get good news the radon level is fine for our area and will not add to our projects to bring the property where it needs to be. Some of the projects will need to wait for warmer weather now.

    :heart: Margaret
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    edited November 2018
    Michelle wrote "Then went to Ollies hoping that they’d have some tea in those pod that you use in a Keurig. I don’t have a Keurig, I never used it enough to justify having it so I sold mine. Anyway, I’m a big tea drinker and they have a Keurig at the Green Room. I’ll be there so I give them some tea pods Ollies only had black tea in the pods and I don’t really care for black tea so we went to Bed Bath & Beyond and I got some lemon ginger pods. There are so many coffee pods but not many tea at all. Most of the stores don’t carry the tea pods."

    I buy Green Tea in K-cups all the time at Walmart.

    Janetr OKC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    edited November 2018
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    My sister-in-law posted this and I thought it was good ...

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    Nov 1 - my roses. :)
    Nov 2 - social media and staying connected with family and friends.
    Nov 3 - blue. The blue of the mouth of the river/bay/start of the ocean out my window. The blue of the sky. My new blue sleeping top that was nice and comfy last night.
    Nov 4 - food ... cheese. I ate a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches when my husband was in hospital. They were my comfort food. Also cheese has calcium which I think I need. Unfortunately, cheese does tend to be a bit high in calories so I shouldn't eat too much of it. But anything cheese-y is comforting. :)
    Nov 5 - sound. I like listening to the waves and the birds, but I think the sound I'm most grateful for today is my husband's voice. Just the fact that we can talk to each other again. :)
    Nov 6 - "What in nature are you grateful for?" ... That's hard to narrow down to one thing. Oxford dictionary describes nature as "the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth". I am grateful for all of it. I find that getting out into any sort of nature helps to relieve stress.
    Nov 7 - "What memory are you grateful for?" ... Another one with so many choices!!! Recently, I've been grateful for two memories. 1) June 2017 ... my husband and I had a wonderful visit to Canada and did several things to make great memories ... hiking, cycling, visiting my family. I clung onto those memories during the months he was in hospital. 2) When I was 9 years old, my family moved away from where my grandmother lived. One of of the last days there, my grandmother took me to her window and showed me a full moon outside. She told me that on every full moon, we could both look at it and know that even though we were far apart, we were both looking at the same moon. That's a memory which has stuck with me all these years, and every time I see a full moon, I think of my grandmother. She's 97 years old ... but not doing so well ... so I've been thinking of her a lot. And I've also been very glad that my husband and I were able to see her when we visited Canada in June 2017.
    Nov 8 - "What book are you most grateful for?" That's easy ... The Bible. :)

    I've enjoyed reading all your memories. :)
    Love the discussion about books! :)

    Nov 9 - "What place are you most grateful for?" This is not an easy one for me because I don't have the sense of "home" that many people have. I've moved too much for that.
    So ... I've had to give this one some thought.
    What place?
    Well ...
    I'm grateful for our current house. It's comfortable enough. It's not very big so it's fairly easy to manage. And it has a great garden which my husband has been able to work in since returning home from his accident. It is also close to a couple beaches, which is nice. :)

    Nov 10 - Taste! Hmmm ... salt. In the "Do you crave sweet or salty" discussion, I fall on the "salty" side.
    As it happens, I have a diminished sense of taste and smell for whatever reason, so I divide foods into the basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour or bitter, and from there it's harder to distinguish precise flavours. Although, I do seem to have some odd tastes like, for example, meat and tomato taste metallic to me, and I don't like that. If I salt them well, the metallic taste goes away and they taste salty, which is OK.
    Then, one of the side effects of my husband's accident is that he has lost most of his sense of taste and smell. He has regained a little bit, and they say it should return very gradually. But he'll comment that dinner has no flavour, and I'll think, "It just tastes salty to me. Is there supposed to be more flavour than that?"

    Nov 11 - What holiday are you grateful for? Christmas!!! :)
    I've always loved Christmas. I even picked up 3 Christmas CDs yesterday. I like having a decent amount of time off ... not just one day ... so I can get things done. I like all the decorations. I like the music. I like the services and celebrations.

    Nov 12 - Texture. Smooth. Very, very smooth. Clothing with no texture. Textured clothing is unwearable. Smooth clothing is good.

    Nov 13 - Abilities. Right now, it would have to be organisation. While I feel like I'm in the midst of a chaotic whirlwind (and have been for the past 8 months) and I don't feel very organised, surprisingly enough, stuff is getting done.

    Maybe I should include things like endurance and tenacity ... "skills" I've honed from my long distance cycling carrying over to "real life".

    Nov 14 - Sight. What sight am I grateful for? The ever-changing view out the window of our house looking over the bay and the surrounding hills. Right now it's all grey and misty but it still looks good.


    Machka in Oz

    Nov 15 - Season. The season I am most grateful for is summer. I love summer. I'd love it if the year were divided so that there was 1 month of winter, 1 month of spring, 2 months of autumn, and 8 months of real summer weather. We're coming into summer here and I appreciate each and every summer-like day.


    Machka in Oz
  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
    Good morning ladies,
    It's a cool misty morning here, but the sun is supposed to get out later.

    Taking DDs car for its MOT in a few hours (whilst she is at work) well DS is driving it there, but I have organised the appointment :) I'm hoping it passes first time! One of my regrets is that I never learned how to drive, it would be so much easier if I could.

    Been looking at the gratitude calendar now that I have caught up :) and will start with today:

    #15 Favourite Season, I think spring - the weather is warming up and there are daffodils everywhere, everything seems to be "waking up" after the long hard winter. The season I like least is Winter! I hate walking the dog on cold frosty mornings, I'm so cold no matter how much I wrap up.

    Lots to do this morning, so better make a start.

    Viv UK
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Love this quote from Barbie:
    :)When I started on MFP, someone told me that what I ate between Thanksgiving and New Year's was not nearly as important as what I ate from New Year's to Thanksgiving. The holiday season has its bumps in the road and no one can navigate them perfectly but if you have a good plan for the rest of the year, the holiday season cannot keep you from getting where you want to go.

    That sums it up pretty well doesn't it? I will often say when I'm enjoying something delicious over the holiday season "I'm counting blessings, not calories" doesn't mean I'm going overboard in a really destructive way and I get right back on track with CICO once the event is over.

    Favorite season, Autumn! I love the change in the air and the colors of course, but also, I love the sense of new year I feel as a teacher, from a relaxed laid back summer to a more focused productive time when we spend more time inside than out.

    Today, Autumn goes away :'( and we have icy snowy precip headed our way at rush hour, I may have to cancel my afterwork dental appt. Fortunately mamo/ultrasound went off without a hitch. Need a second cup of coffee to get going this morning!

    NYKAREN
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    Spoiler for photos didn’t work on first try,but didn’t know what I was doing. Help!
  • Lagopus
    Lagopus Posts: 1,016 Member
    edited November 2018
    Gorgeous colors, Pat. Sorry about your family's health challenges.

    The problem with the spoiler was that you had deleted the start-spoiler code and put the photos after the end-spoiler code. It looks like this:
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    Note the square brackets with the word spoiler (or /spoiler) at the beginning and end.
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    Yepp, that worked!
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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,099 Member
    Morning Ladies~
    im up and going to walk Alfie.. then do the usual and go get my hair cut and colored , then to the the financial advisor , then onto my kidney Dr, well the snow starts early afternoon and my kidney dr is about 25 miles away , here is hoping I dont get stuck driving in the snow... yuck I dont like that
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,260 Member
    :heart:
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    #15 Season: Fall...Love the colors and the way the air feels and the smells.
  • Lagopus
    Lagopus Posts: 1,016 Member
    edited November 2018
    KJLaMore wrote: »
    Penny- I am glad you found a couple of workarounds for being cordless! I was thinking about it and you could open a facebook account just for your electronics. You don't have to friend anyone (or if there is someone you wanted to share stats with or be an accountability partner with, you could friend them). You could keep your settings private. Will your Garmin link with Strava? I have to agree about the snow/twilight time; it is magical!
    Thanks for the suggestions, Kelly. I'll keep them in mind if hubby doesn't find the charge cord. Meanwhile, I'll just go with my workarounds.

    I know I'm being a bit reactionary and Luddite about Facebook. I'm just afraid that if I got onto it, I would waste lots of time that could be spent on far better things. My supply of discipline is unpredictable. Right now, I need it to get myself out jogging on a dark, relatively windy day when the temperature is just 17 Farenheit.

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  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Barbie: Like your new stove. I think I have its older twin. Is it a Maytag?

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