WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2018
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Karen in BC - such cute grand babies. Congrats!
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Karen in BC - Beautiful twins! And a good size! What a joy.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx1 -
Old pics from last year
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Yes the family home..walking around remembering all the holidays ,when I was little going in my parents room and sleeping at the end of there bed...
All sorts of things ..sweet memories5 -
Hello & many thanks for all the good wishes & sympathy.
Family is just doing their best to get thru the loss of our great son in law.
Missing him very much.
Have skimmed the last couple days......no way I can catch up.
Copied the list of good deeds from Pip. Not sure where it got to.Scatter brain for sure.
Heather,very glad to hear you finally got the house you wanted.
Barb,it’s good to hear you are both doing well.
Lisa,best wishes for the new job,sounds better if just for being home more.
That is the extent of my remembering.
We had a houseful of company for nearly 2 wks.........everyone helped,most ate meals out.We were ready to rest & spend time doing nothing much. All caught up now. Thanksgiving was just a day to get through.
Holidays will be very quiet & low key for us.
Ending on a lighter note,here’s a smile that has been on my fridge for ages.
Pat in Oh7 -
These are my holiday crafts from years past. Now I do easy stuff.
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For those of you who are carers ... do you ever attend the meetings your local carers organisation puts on?
Machka in Oz
Machka: I haven't even looked to see what meetings are available for family caregivers in my area. However, I do subscribe to a forum (similar to this one) where people post their questions to the community, and people reply with their advice and support. I learn alot about dementia care from this resource: https://agingcare.com/profile/newsfeed
Loving all your beautiful photos of babies, ornaments, paintings and families. DH and I spend holidays on our own, and I've been pulling back on all the fah-la-la-la-la because it doesn't bring me the joy it used to. However, these two decorations are easy and give my season a little sparkle: the nativity set I've had for 20 years, and a Christmas cactus I rescued 10 years ago. The basket is 12 inches in diameter, and it never fails to bloom in December.
Welcome new ladies. I hope you will continue to read and share. Stay well friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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Michelle—I used the hooks to skewer the berries near the stem, so the tops hide the tiny hole. I had a couple that fell off, but since there's a bend at the end of the hook, most stayed on until I took them out. I also add about a teaspoon of solid shortening to the chocolate when it melts, so it's not too solid. I was pleased with the results. Now, I've got to throw away the leftovers, since I'll eat them if they stay in the fridge much longer.
Barbie—I gave up coffee five months ago. I too liked the cream and sweetener, and I couldn't find a replacement that worked with the diet. Nothing is sacred when it comes to losing this prison I'm wearing.
Janet in MO—so sorry to hear about your cousin; 33 is way too young! As to your diet, don't worry so much about what you're eating; take care with portion sizes instead. You're active and that will take care of some of the missteps.
Yvonne in Tx—Yay, that's three of us now. We're not likely to outnumber the gals in the Pacific Northwest, but it's good to see someone else somewhat local. (I know my perspective has changed, since I'm now considering all of Texas to be local.)
Pip—I love your unique decorations. I've got a lot of odd things on my tree as well. I don't add garland, tinsel, or anything else, so I don't cover up my ornaments. Many are memory reminders.
I've fallen behind again, so to avoid pages of responses, I'm just skipping ahead.
I'm down a total of 63 lbs now! I've still got about 70 to go, but considering the season I'm doing great. Shopping apparently helps me lose weight.
We just bought plane tickets—my son is coming home for Christmas! He'll be here for a week, and I've already been shopping for Christmas presents to spoil him. We'll probably have to ship a box to NC when he leaves.
I'm also hosting Christmas Dinner with the in-laws. My SIL will bring her in-laws as well, so we'll have a houseful. I love it! I cleaned out the freezer today to make room for the food I need to get. I've got a list longer than a kid's Christmas list of things I need to get done.
I should be buying Christmas presents for everyone, but when I go shopping I've been buying a lot of things for me. I'm shrinking out of my clothes, and need new ones. I'm down two sizes already, so I buy things on sale. I don't plan to wear them long, but it's hard to resist the smaller sizes.
I've also got my decorating almost finished. I still need to do a major cleaning in the house, but it's starting to look Christmas-y. Climbing the ladder to wrap my outside tree in lights was scary. I got halfway up and decided that's all that needed lights. I'm going to tackle a couple things on my list every day.
The next three days will be focused on our Church Christmas program. Tomorrow is our dress rehearsal, then we perform Saturday and Sunday. I love singing in the choir, and now it doesn't hurt so much climbing the steps.
Where is the kindness calendar; I missed that one.
Cari in cold, rainy North Texas6 -
I found this amusing because it relates to what I'm studying in my current course ... ERPs and all the related components (CRM, SCM, etc.)
BTW - for those who may be familiar with it ... the ERP software we've been learning/using is SAP. Yay!
M in Oz
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For those of you who are carers ... do you ever attend the meetings your local carers organisation puts on?
Machka in Oz
No I don't as most of them are geared for the elderly/individuals with dementia related illnesses and my son, of course, doesn't fit that profile. I never chose to attend those that were geared to the disabled community either as I refused to see my son as disabled as he was growing up.
And my guess is you won't like the meetings given your no-nonsense nature. Support groups and the such often leave me baffled ... I have little tolerance for whiners. Don't get me wrong, I have compassion, but at some point I like the conversation to move on and deal with solutions.
Beth
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For those of you who are carers ... do you ever attend the meetings your local carers organisation puts on?
Machka in Oz
Machka: I haven't even looked to see what meetings are available for family caregivers in my area. However, I do subscribe to a forum (similar to this one) where people post their questions to the community, and people reply with their advice and support. I learn alot about dementia care from this resource: https://agingcare.com/profile/newsfeed
Rori
Colorado Foothills
For those of you who are carers ... do you ever attend the meetings your local carers organisation puts on?
Machka in Oz
No I don't as most of them are geared for the elderly/individuals with dementia related illnesses and my son, of course, doesn't fit that profile. I never chose to attend those that were geared to the disabled community either as I refused to see my son as disabled as he was growing up.
Beth
I went to one yesterday that was entitled Practical Communication, and was meant to be about practical ways we could improve our communication with health care professionals. I thought I might get some tips because communicating with some health care professionals has been rather frustrating and annoying. Many have been good, but some have me pulling my hair out.
Unfortunately, it was a little too ... um ... "airy-fairy" for me. More about mindfulness and finding our inner calm than actual practical tips.
Knowing that I'm not alone helps a bit, but I guess I was after ... when they say this, I need to respond with that. Or these are the things I have a right to ask about. Or when they say this, they usually mean ...
The one practical tip they gave, and they only mentioned it in passing, was that it is good for us to know what we want before we go into a conversation with a health care professional. So we might write down what exactly we want to know or would like them to do. Then when we start the conversation, we have a clear goal in mind.
I already do that ... I've been doing that since about a month into the process and it is helpful.
Machka in Oz
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Machka ... you could probably teach a class yourself ... just sayin'3
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This years ornament3 -
stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 9.44min, 149mhr, 9.8amph, 1.5mi= 116c
jog- 30.07min, 139ahr, 149mhr, 6.0-7.0sp, 9.41min mi, 5k= 307c
ride gym 2 dome- 6.35min, 138mhr, 13.4amph, 1.4mi= 77c
jog sta 2 wk- 4.49min, 9.21min mi, 149mhr, .5mi= 66c
jog wk 2 sumn sta- 4.21min, 9.26min mi, 152mhr, .4mi= 60c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 23.08min, 6.7amph, 152mhr, 2.5mi= 237c
total cal 8631 -
Did the 10 lbs down Better Body Blast DVD today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Strength Training Band DVD.
Barbie – that was so nice of the dentist’s receptionist to be concerned about Jake.
Welcome everyone new!
Called at 6:10 this morning just to confirm that our washer IS to be delivered today. It is, and they said they’d call shortly before they got here. Update: got it! And I even did a load (even tho I really didn't have to)
Okie – you ladies are lovely
Margaret – you are so talented (like Lisa and others). I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler
Exercised, stopped to see Lynette, then got a chin wax, then to Aldi. I’d forgotten this was Thursday and the new things were on sale. I got 3 dozen eggs (that’s the limit) for 79 cents each
Sent an email to the lady who does the scheduling of lectors, etc. I also cc’d the deacon (I think he’s in charge of the volunteers). Mentioned that the last time she had me scheduled to lector on a Saturday (my preferred day) was October of 2017
Allie – I’m sorry about your washer and dryer. Look on the bright side…think of the steps you’ll get in plus the weight training lifting the laundry basket.
Karen in BC – those boys sure are cuties
Michele in NC
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For those of you who are carers ... do you ever attend the meetings your local carers organisation puts on?
Machka in Oz
No I don't as most of them are geared for the elderly/individuals with dementia related illnesses and my son, of course, doesn't fit that profile. I never chose to attend those that were geared to the disabled community either as I refused to see my son as disabled as he was growing up.
And my guess is you won't like the meetings given your no-nonsense nature. Support groups and the such often leave me baffled ... I have little tolerance for whiners. Don't get me wrong, I have compassion, but at some point I like the conversation to move on and deal with solutions.
Beth
I missed your edit when I responded before ... and yep! You got it.
For example, they were "introducing" the I statement to us. I've trained as a teacher, so this was not new to me, and quite frankly, while it can be somewhat helpful in some situations, it has limited use.
They gave an example of when you return home from work, and discover that your partner who has been home all day has left the dishes stacked around the sink. So now you've got to deal with them and make dinner. You're upset. So rather than ripping into your partner, you say, "I feel angry and overwhelmed when I see stacks of dishes around the sink. In the future, could you wash them before I get home". This is somehow supposed to make your partner realise the error of their ways in a "nice" way, and in the future they'll do the dishes.
One of the other participants jumped in a with a bit of reality. We're dealing with people who have difficulties ... hence the reason we're all there. We're carers. The people we care for don't necessarily have logic and reasoning as we would. They may not have empathy and sympathy. They may not have time management skills. So it's all very well and good to use an "I" statement, but it could go right over their heads. Or even something as simple as that could upset them terribly. Or they could mean to help with the dishes but for one reason or another, they can't.
I didn't get a chance to express it, but my idea, when faced with a situation like that, is to solve the problem. If there are dishes stacked up everywhere every night and it makes you upset ... get a dishwasher, hire someone to come in once a week and do house cleaning, do the dishes with the person in your care right after dinner ... or something.
I prefer to look at the situation and think "what could I do to make this easier for me".
And that's why we've got a dishwasher, we've got a freezer so I can stock up on simple frozen meals and frozen veg, I use a grocery delivery service, I've still got carers coming in to spend a bit of time with my husband each day, I make schedules for him and his carers, I do things with him especially if it is the first time he's doing it since the accident (like making dinner, for example), and so on.
Anyway, if I think about going to one again, I may try to make it clearer what I'm hoping to get from it.
M in Oz2 -
We went to our grandson, Trey's ( given name Jackie III after my husband, Jackie Sr., and our oldest son Jackie Jr.) Holiday Concert Band performance last night at the university. It's an hour and forty minutes drive one way. Trey and his fiancee are both music majors and will pursue Master degrees in Music as they both want to teach at the college level eventually. They will both graduate next December 2019, and will be married three days after graduation. I really enjoyed the concert. By the way we filled the car up with gas before heading out at $1.80 a gallon.
I had an eye doctor appointment yesterday morning. I go every six months due to macular degeneration. It is the "dry" type where "wet" is more serious. It is progressing steadily but somewhat slowly. The concern yesterday came when she asked if there was any change in my vision. I told her I have a hard time getting things into focus sometimes and also a problem with my vision being rather dark, similar to cataracts. So after many lights in my eyes and drops and more lights, I have pockets of water on my corneas. I see a specialist Monday to try to determine the cause so we can get any progression stopped. If it continues, I would eventually need a cornea transplant. That doesn't sound at all appealing to me. Have any of you ladies had experience with this?
Love you my friends,
Janetr OKC2
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