WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2019

KJLaMore

Happy Mardi Gras! Love the stories of taxes, ancient paperwork, etc.! Welcome new ladies! Found time to read, but had to shovel this morning in the frigid cold (8* here; -5* with the windchill!), so no time to comment. Love to you all! KJ

margaretturk

Broke 0 degrees today first thing! High of 9 yesterday. It is supposed to steadily get warmer. This is usually cold for this time of year for us. I just stay in when it is super cold or roads are bad.

Margaret

1948Peachy

Barbara: Good news about your loan. Hope you love the new stove and hood.

KetoneKaren

kymarai

barbiecat

Barbara, great news about your loan and your stove. I got my new stove in November and even though I don't cook much, I love it every time I use it and every time I look at it.

SophieRosieMom

TerriRichardson112

My word for 2019 is CHOICE with a different word chosen for each month.
The word for February was PROGRESSION

My word for March is ACCEPTANCE
I am working on accepting that there are trade-offs that we have to make from time to time.
March Goals

• Log food/stay under goal 3/4
• 9000 steps a day 4/4
• 60+ minutes intentional exercise daily 4/4
• Weigh less at the end than now
• Complete Weeks 6-10 of 10 week Boditrax course

Finally caught up!

Was out at Patchwork this morning. Working on my first quilt design.

Just heading out for a walk with hubster.

☘️ Irish Terri

Vickil57

I am so far behind I am just going to start from here. Last month I was sick for almost 3 weeks and still have the cough and feel so run down.I was at the point where I didn't care if I lived or died. Don't ever remember being that sick that long. Now this Thursday I am having my colonoscopy so get to start that tomorrow. Can't believe it has been 5 years already. Having mixed feelings as 5 years ago I had it done in the morning and that afternoon went to the hospital where my dad was admitted the day before and he passed away that night. One day at a time. Thanks everyone for being here and willing to listen. Hope everyone is doing well and here we go with the new month.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE

Katla49

Sue: Your salmon lunch sounds wonderful!!!! Good news about your tire. We like Les Schwab, too.

Machka: I would be highly tempted to file a formal complaint against this back to work coordinator. Can you save these emails and take them to DH’s doctor? Would he be in a position to get this woman to modify her “mission” to something that is actually helpful? :grumble:

Irish Terri: Your artists are lucky that the shipping containers are available for their art. Do they also paint the containers to make them an artistic statement? :huh:

Lisa: A year ago we cleaned out our old tax statements. Our accountant has a huge locked bin that is available to his clients, and a shredding truck comes and shreds all. We unloaded things that were decades old. :bigsmile:

Barbara: I hope your home improvements are approved and you are able to get them done in the near future.

Vicki GI NE: Nice to see you back! :bigsmile:


DH has an appointment with his MS doctor today and I will be there with him. He wants to weasel out of our RV trip and send me by air, alone. I am not enthused about going by air, by myself. I also do not think it is wise to leave him home alone. :noway:

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

Poerava14

Lisa: I'm as sentimental as you are. Moving across continents and oceans has increased my capacity for releasing anything remotely irrelevant. I love shredding old documents and stuff. Hope the knee swelling goes down and the grant awards go up.

Katla: Really, really praying that DH will rally, and you two will go out in the RV to visit the kids, as well as enjoy all the fun and adventure that comes from travelling together.

Rita: Happy Birthday.

Barbara: Excited for you and your renovations. Keep us posted.

Sue in WA: How is your DH doing?

This AM Mars the Leash Loving Cat found a mouse on our porch. Good kitty chased it back to its hole outside and when the mighty hunter wakes from his mid-morning nap, he'll be nagging to get back outside to continue his patrol. 😸😸😸 He is my biggest stress-buster.

DH turns 75 in June, and to celebrate we are going to visit good friends in Portland. Will be a short trip as they have been having chronic health issues which actually prevented them from coming to see us last year. I got a hotel room downtown using points accumulated when I was a busy business traveler. Then, my friend informed me that we will be there during the peak of the Rose Festival, so there should be lots to see and do. Can't wait.

Sun is out. Temps will be above freezing for the first time in 3 days. I'm off to the gym, then to get groceries. Stay well friends. We can, and are doing this!

Rori
SMILING in
Colorado Foothills

1948Peachy

Snowflake1968

Michele - that temperature change must be hard to deal with.

NYKaren - that was a brilliant way of gaining control.

Lisa - I am like you, as far as financial paperwork. I get rid of it as soon as I am legally able to.

Barbara - woohoo on the tentative loan approval. That will be so nice for you to have done.

Kylia - like you I love all the blasts to the past.

I have a couple of shopping lists that were my maternal Grandmother’s and my paternal Grandfather’s My grandmothers is a Christmas shopping list from the early 1930’s, her entire family’s shopping was done for about 6.00. I think there were about 8 people she bought for, the most expensive was a “robe for Mother - 2.00”. My grandfather’s is from the early 1920’s when he travelled by horse and foot from New Brunswick to California to work in the woods. He logged all of his expenses and earnings. I also have the negatives of the pictures he took on that trip. For my own paperwork I have in my wedding book the first grocery receipt we had. For two weeks our total was 118.00. That barely gets three days of groceries now.

Katla - I truly hope that your husband goes with you. I would be so torn myself as to whether to go without him or not.

Rori - sounds like you will have a great trip.

Today I am going to spend a few hours working on the job search again. I find Tuesday and Wednesday are the days that most companies post. I get email alerts for several job search sites but a lot seem to be very repetitive. It’s a very discouraging task.

I have been invited to my cousins for a couple days as her husband will be away. I’m trying to decide whether to go or not. I know if I do it will be a very lazy, inactive, heavy eating weekend. I have been doing well and don’t know as I want to do it.

Ok off to search
Tracey in Edmonton

pipcd34

bwcetc

Machka9 wrote: »

Walked to work and immediately had to deal with a bunch of stuff regarding the 'back to work' phase of my husband's recovery. Very briefly, he's to meet with the people from a couple work options to ease him back into some sort of work and his 'back to work' coordinator is supposedly coordinating it. I asked her some questions regarding that meeting. Who would we be meeting with (name)? Where? When? Will this be a formal interview or just a casual 'meet and greet'? Have you discussed expectations with them (yes/no)?

I did not get an answer to those questions, instead I got her insisting that she wants to set up a regular weekly meeting with my husband to discuss all his concerns about ... something. I'm not sure what she thinks he's concerned about. I kept circling back to my questions above, with a side question of "what on earth are you talking about?" ... and she just kept insisting she needs to set up a regular weekly meeting. By the end of the day, I never did get answers about who we're supposed to be meeting with etc. ... nor did I get any answers about this regular meeting. I have no idea what she's talking about or why she wouldn't answer what I thought were pretty basic questions.

If you had an interview or similar, wouldn't you want to know who you might be meeting? And where? And when? <<shakes head>>

Machka ...This has been bothering me since I read it. Warning bells actually. Does she want to have these meetings privately with your husband? Here's what has crossed my mind. You have done a phenomenal job coordinating and managing your husband's care and have done so by taking an aggressive and determined approach.
It is possible that there is someone who wonders if you are too domineering with not only your husband's providers but with your husband as well. Without going into details here, I have had many, many appointments over the years for my son with the disabilities and was without a doubt a mama bear. I was blindsided once by someone who mistakenly believed my son needed to have an opportunity to "discuss all his concerns about" ... the care his parents gave him. My son was incensed. His dad and I were incensed. I hope this is not the situation you are looking at.

okiewoman510

Good afternoon Ladies -

I finished up the shredding/purging last night. Now to organize my hard drive and get it all ready to move to a new computer.

I am waiting at the Oral surgeons office for my appointment. I have to see him to get my TMJ meds refilled.

Okie in the TX Hill Country

1948Peachy

Lisa & Janet: Went to the Ortho dr. today and will be scheduled for my first knee replacement. He immediately set me up to do the PT work before it goes any further. Just hoping my DH can be patient and supportive through the process. Scared...I am terrified!

Carol in GA

LisaInAR

Carol - 90 percent of my so-far very quick recovery was doing the physical therapy work beforehand AND doing it afterward. I had a great surgeon, but firmly believe doing the work was a large part of the reason I was off that walker and cane in a few days. You can do this! My pain levels, four weeks post-op, are already down to about what they were before (so they're bearable), I'm already able to navigate stairs as well as I did before. I'm off the pain medications completely, just down to Aleve now. I expect it to continue to get better in the months to come, and for the pain levels to steadily diminish.

You can do this, my dear - it's a tough choice, but a good one. Keep us in your pocket, and Pip's boot in mind, and do every PT exercise they ask you to, and more if you can do them. You got this!

OK, I'm not completely unsentimental. I went in the Air Force 40 years ago this month . I came through on leave after technical school in November, and my mother waved goodbye to me as I left to my first posting overseas, handing me a stuffed mouse, mainly made of fabric (it was the 70s. ) Every family member had signed it, although I'm pretty sure Mama forged a few of them. I still have the mouse on my bookcase.

With that mouse, she sent a note that I keep in my wallet, and have in every wallet for the last 40 years. It says, "I always wanted a little dark-haired mouse to love. Then she grew into a beautiful lady, with more love in her heart than anyone I know. You are so precious to me. We will be thinking of you & speaking of you & I will be praying for you, and loving you, especially at Christmas time. Mama."

Some papers should never be lost.

Love y'all,
Lisa

cityjaneLondon

Aaawwww, Lisa!
Sometimes I am envious of those of you who had great mothers ,but then I realise that the upside of having a not very good one is that I don't miss her. I did grow to sort of love her in the last few years of my life. That was quite a relief to me. But I never mourned her.

Went to Swing dancing this evening. DH was a bit lost again. He is very brave and loving to go with me. We may get tickets for a big Swing evening on the 24th. A great band and some exhibition dancing as well as normal dancing. Plus a short lesson.

I spent ages trying to choose a large artificial green plant from a catalogue, which is to go in the corner of our dining room. I decided on a lovely one, plucked up the courage to spend a big wodge of my own money, only to find they had none available. Grrrrrrrrrr!

Did some writing this morning.

Tomorrow I am having a hair trim in the afternoon, but I somehow have to fit in a run. I am doing a Parkrun on Saturday, so I must get one in. Haven't run since last Saturday.

Now to watch Shetland.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

ydailey

It's Fat Tuesday!

"The last day of Carnival and the day before for Ash Wednesday, Fat Tuesday is the intertwining of a period festivals and feasts that lead to a time of fasting and reflection. Also known as Shrove Tuesday and Mardi Gras, this enduring celebration has many traditions and deep roots around the world. ... In the United Kingdom, Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Day. ... In Russia, they celebrate the entire week during Shrovetide as Pancake Week."

Rebecca - That blue doorknob is so unusual! Those old crystal knobs go for a pretty penny these days, too.

Machka - If I were in your place I'd want to hear what the BTW coordinator has to say together. Given that he has communication problems, how else could you know you're both on the same page as far as what is expected from him? I wonder what qualifications she has to "fix" his issues. Sorry that person is being a pain.

Katla - When we lived in New Mexico we had loads of hummingbirds and the rufous were my favorite. We got them in the spring and fall as they passed through along the migration path, and they look like little sparks whizzing through the air! Here we don't have very many, but I have a few black-chinned hummingbirds in the spring and summer.

Barbara - Hurray for a new stove! It's such a big thrill when you use an appliance a lot to have something nice.

Lisa - What a beautiful note from your mother!


We just picked up our new foster dog, Forrest. His coloring is beautiful. He's very shy and definitely not OK with the leash but we'll get there. On the other hand, he's very playful and willing to let Luna boss him around, so I think they'll enjoy each other's company and she'll really help when it comes to learning how to go for walkies. Sorry for the ginormous photo - I was going to make it so it was hidden until you click on it but I couldn't figure out how.



This morning I put the green chile stew in the slow cooker. I may need to invest in a larger slow cooker as the five-quart was too small and I had to pull out the six-quart. The big one works okay but I got it as wedding gift in 1978 so I'm a little leery about leaving it unattended.

-Yvonne in TX