WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2019

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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    morning ladies~
    I am up watched joyce and had my tea,, now to get dressed and walk the dogs and feed DFIL and go to work..
    So far no luck in finding anything.. but I hope to find something soon...When you dread going to work you know its time..
    Everyone think good thoughts in me finding just the right niche..
    Viv~ I remember doing all you had to do, but my mom went before my dad.. I still think of him everyday and have asked for there help in finding something...
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    edited June 2019
    bananasandoranges wrote: »
    It sounds like you are more likely to want to work a whole day on one project, whereas I prefer to work a little every day on various projects. I find shorter stints more interesting.

    If it is something fairly minor, I can do a variety of thing in an evening.

    But for me, things like my paperwork require focus and concentration. I'm so far behind ... I need to decide how I want to set up my filing system before I can actually do the filing.

    Same with my uni projects and projects at work. I like to get into a work zone where lose track of time, forget to eat, etc. Today, for example, I didn't eat lunch till 3 pm.


    BTW, I know about those miniature Paris studio apartments! I have a friend who works at one of the universities there. My husband and I stayed in her apartment for about a week in 2007, then with her boyfriend and her for several days in 2012.

    Her 2007 apartment was one small room with the kitchen in a tiny alcove + a tiny bathroom.

    Her 2012 apartment was two rooms + tiny bathroom + itty bitty balcony!!


    M in Oz

  • Workoutahloic50
    Workoutahloic50 Posts: 391 Member
    Pip-I’m sorry about your puppy.We lost our last shepherd a while back and I still miss him.He was my guardian.
    Debby In Va
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,693 Member
    Lanette - I'm sure they supped a few beers! But I'm not betting on violence. They were mostly over 70! :D I've seen Morris Dancers many times, but the urban environment made it unusual. You usually come across them in country villages.

    KJ - Kedgeree is a rare treat, because of all the rice, but it is delicious. We had it with chicory salad. Lovely to be cooked for! <3 I was fine on calories in the end. I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow to see if I've lost another pound.

    DH is out at the cricket locally with his friend. I had to give the house a very quick spruce up as I took him on a guided tour.
    I used some time this morning to cook some healthy rice mixture in the IP. I had 300 calories for lunch and will freeze the rest in 400 cal batches as a base for salads.
    It was 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup brown lentils, 1 cup quinoa. Three cups water. 22 mins high pressure, 10 mins natural release.
    I calculate roughly that one ounce cooked mixture is 100 calories.
    I have to make sure it goes quickly into the freezer as I love it.

    Don't know yet what is happening about dinner. :# Men! :laugh:
    I'm not cooking, that's for sure!

    Going to do some rowing for bonus calories this afternoon. It's too hot out for running. I have a favourite programme to catch up with. :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
    edited June 2019
    Slow progress with my MS Donations, up to $825!! I’m over the 1/2 way mark!!!, I haven’t been paying much attention to it cuz of winkle but that’s ok. So far I’m averaging about 20minutes of workout time now that I start an hour earlier. It’s nice getting home a bit earlier too
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    In checking out the physical therapy exercises for feet (Metatarsalgia & Morton's Neuroma) one therapist recommends rolling around a spiky massage ball under the foot. Has anyone tried that with good results?

    Lanette
    Cool & rainy SW WA State

    Funny you should say that! I'm rolling my ball right now. :) I have a blue spiky massage ball which I roll while on the computer in the evenings. Every now and then it gets away from me and rolls under my chair or across the floor ... and it would probably look hilarious to a casual onlooker as I chase my ball and collect it again. :grin:

    I have arthritis in the joints of both feet where my big toes attach to my feet, and the muscles in my feet have become very tight. So my podiatrist has recommended the spiky ball to help improve the flexibility in my feet. I'm not positive it has helped, but it feels good.

    I also have some other foot exercises I do as well, and he suggested wrapping my feet in heat packs for a little while before and after I do the exercises to help loosen things up. I have done that, and it is wonderful, but it is time consuming and I'm often up and down all evening long. So ... instead of the heat packs, I do some of the foot exercises in the shower ... being careful to brace myself so I don't slip!


    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    auntiebk wrote: »
    Bear hit us again last night despite hornet spray, two straps and pokey things. Pries lid up enough to drag bag out. Joe will add pepper spray and another strap crosswise. Any other ideas welcome.
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    Machka brava for getting rid of clothes you really don't like any more. I donated 3 tops last week, loved the color, hated the fit. For me that's a victory as de-cluttering feels like diminishment and loss, not liberation. ;) I do have one dress and one coat from my 20s that though I'll never wear again, I can't part with for sentimental reasons. Maybe will pass on to god daughter's oldest girl, if she shows interest in Renaissance Faire (the dress) or Dr. Zhivago (the coat) :}

    Bear bins ... like in the Canadian Rockies?


    I'm with you ... de-cluttering is never liberation.

    In 2004, I did my first big purge ... got rid of about half my stuff, packed up the rest and put it into storage. Then cycled around Australia for 3 months before returning to Canada to university. But there are things I still miss. It was pretty traumatic.

    In 2009, I did my second big purge ... dug everything out of storage and went through it again. I had to get all my stuff down to 300 cubic feet, which is a space about the size of a small bathroom. For example, slightly less than 8 feet tall x 6.5 feet long x 6 feet wide. That was the space I had reserved in a container to go onto a container ship between Canada and Australia. That was another traumatic event. Although I was looking forward to moving to Australia, getting rid of so much of my stuff was sad.

    I also have sentimental pieces I won't give away. One is a dress my grandmother made for me ... that's not going anywhere!

    But tonight I went through a small drawer of sports tank tops ... things I wear for running etc. ... and I pulled out two that will go. Both were from OP shops and neither fit me very well from the beginning. It seems to be I bought one without trying it on, thinking it would be OK, but nope. I may have worn it once or twice. They're cute but these days, I'd have to be underweight to wear them.

    M in Oz

  • DanaReel180
    DanaReel180 Posts: 463 Member
    Checking in... just hot in Hot Springs! I was out in the garden for the last few days. Now I have chiggers on me! Ugh!! I just hate those things! The itching drove me crazy last night! If I ever move, it’s going to be a place where there’s no chiggers!!

    Dana In Arkansas
  • beadowl
    beadowl Posts: 22 Member
    edited June 2019
    Morning to our successful group of ladies!. Yikes, miss a few days and it’s tough to catch up, only 1/2 there.
    Kim:not sure if your employer offered you something yet. More free unsolicited advice: Don’t agree to the first offer, make them a counter offer after you take a couple of days to consider their offer. They were clearly in the wrong, don’t let them buy you off with a lunch, it would cost them more than a lunch to consult a lawyer. Keeping up the relationship is good too. You’re doing a great job!
    Lanette:I have a Morton’s neuroma on each foot, arthritis. It significantly cleared up losing weight, but I still “roll” every night.
    Pip:Your pics of Bullwinkle are captivating, I can’t get through the rest of the posts, she’s enchanting.
    Auntiebk:Bear Spray? I’m sure you already tried that. I play a radio, human voices to scare racoons & possums, this might work.

    Off to finish a long line of tasks and visiting the Mom. Kind of blew out my “lifestyle change” yesterday by eating caramels. Forgot how good sweets can be. Now I will have to erase the memory or I will come home with 2 bags of caramels tonight. And you get a caramel, you get a caramel and you get a caramel😋

  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    KJ - JR was born early on March 9th yes he’s a handful one minute cuddled the next ALL BOY! He ran into the wall looked confused repeats multiple times waiting for a different response. Lol We have to distract him because he gets mad at the wall lol. You know how them walls just leap in front of you lol.

    Machka- I don’t fully purge my closet gets passed down to the kids lol or sits in mine forever.My Daughter y Sons purges go to Mexico,family,charities,etc but even they aren’t good purges lol. Only JR purges Daughter holds in tight to most.

    Barbara SOC - Might have to do a trick with your trash rinse stuff out before tossing it in the bin.Seperate spot for food scraps! Far away from the other trash cans. Clean the bins with water hose y bleach! Some people freeze their food bits in a deep freezer in a open trash bag then toss in on trash day works for some.Bear resistance enclosure (cage for the trash 🗑). My old job had wild animals issues old dog food y bird seeds we took into the woods in a certain spot dumped it.Of course the vultures started living in the trees for it lol 😂 switched one pest for another.

    Backs hurting today carried JR too much feeling it in my bones
  • MichelleMinn
    MichelleMinn Posts: 90 Member
    Workoutahloic50 wrote: »
    Pip-I’m sorry about your puppy.We lost our last shepherd a while back and I still miss him.He was my guardian.
    Debby In Va

    Oh my gosh, I didn't realize all the pictures of the gorgeous dog were a memorial. I'm so sorry, Pip!
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    lanette your dinner sounds yummy. :)

    Barbie I am absolutely going to apply your attitude for my remaining years as a teacher, loved being reminded of the power of a positive, growth mindset.

    NYKAREN

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