WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2019
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it's 97 today to complete a week-long heat-wave.
I'm not doing much today.
tomorrow I booked a train ticket to the seaside (2h15 min)
and a car-share to come back (about 2h30 min)
both ways are about 3h door to beach.
crazy.it's very last minute. I checked for a hotel to spend 1 night and 2 days, but they are a bit pricey last minute a heat-wave weekend in summer. spending only a whole day is ok. the down side is having to think about how to care for stuff when I am in the sea, swimming.there must be some water tight bags for such an occasion.
I am feeling lazy
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I was just reading an article entitled, "Former LinkedIn HR boss shares her job application secrets".
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/careers/former-linkedin-hr-boss-shares-her-job-application-secrets/news-story/0b55ff340a459da7ef0d5616d5655c98
In the article, she says,
"“Women tend to apply for roles they are 110 per cent ready and qualified for — we make sure all our ducks are lined up and we have the right skills. But men raise their hands and apply for jobs they are 70 per cent skilled for, thinking they’ll learn on the job,” she said.
“Women tend to use ‘we’ and ‘us’ [in their CVs] while men use ‘I’ — and recruiters are interested in what you did — they want to hear ‘I led’, ‘I created’ , ‘I was creative in this way’."
When I was applying for the job I have now, at first, I did apply for things I knew I was qualified for ... but it didn't take long for me to start applying for everything I even remotely qualified for!!
Funnily enough (referring to what we were talking about a few pages back) the article also says,
"Ms Wadors, who is visiting Australia from the US, said another common mistake was not letting your passion and personality shine through"
Machka in Oz
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So my SIL texts me at 5:30 this morning telling me she cant find her glasses. She is basically blind without them so ,I get up and dressed to go look .. she literally cant see anything so we were tearing the bedroom apart..
She did tell me.she threw some of her garbage in the kitchen garbage. So I was garbage picking at 6:30 this morning ..guess who found her glasses..she was thrilled.
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Pip: Winkle is so sweet. Old dogs are an absolute treasure.
Debby VA: I hope your dog is okay. Our fur babies are important parts of our lives. :flowerforyou:
Sue: I’m so happy to see you posting. YAY!!! :bigsmile:
Allie: Tortilla chips=corn flower, seasonings, fat and salt in a deep fat fryer. Wash it out with water and forgive yourself. Nobody is perfect. :noway: Have a Happy Birthday.
Machka: You look great! :bigsmile:
The RV is parked in our parking lot and we will start to load it up today. We need to put on water, food, and our personal stuff. We’ll stop for gas on our way to the park. The next town over has the best gas prices near us and it is on the way. I think we’ll actually go to the park day after tomorrow. I’ll have poor internet service there so I’ll post when I can while we're away. I will log every bite and swallow now and during our trip.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Morning! Happy saturday
hot and humid here, my bff begged off an early walk cause her hips are aching from a long drive. Ah well, I did my roots, swept up the sunroom and cleaned out the vacuum. Will garden and mow a hit and then get to the gym. DH and I are thinking about some home projects but need our wonderful handyman to be available—he’s often too busy to help us anymore 
One good thing about the humidity, my appetite is lower, just too uncomfortable to eat!
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Machka: Your hair looks so lustrous and thick. And the colour suits you so well.
Katla NWO: Hooray! Hope it all goes well for you.
Our spell of fine weather has broken. This morning it’s very humid, and we had heavy showers and a few rumbles of thunder. This afternoon I we are dodging showers to do a little gardening.
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Machka: Your hair looks so lustrous and thick. And the colour suits you so well.
Thank you! My mother passed on the hair gene. Hers is curlier and darker than mine, but thick and just a little bit coarse.
In humid weather, mine curls and fluffs up so I go around looking a bit like I've got a lion's mane!
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Very hot here - 90° plus. It's due to cool off a bit tomorrow. I hope so because we are set to go dancing under the i360 on the seafront.
I did my morning and afternoon exercise with the fan blowing. Couldn't have managed it otherwise. I'm like the poor beagle, I get easily overheated! DH went out for a walk. He is a lizard, but even he said it was hot, with the beaches chocka block. I stayed indoors.
I'm lying on the bed at the moment, the blind down and the fan going.
I managed to total up 1,000 exercise calories today though. My weigh in this morning didn't show any loss, but I know I had a lot of sodium yesterday. I will redouble my efforts.
DH 's fedora arrived today. Looks great. He will send the shop a thank you email and I hope he will write a review. There aren't many hat shops left in the UK.
I'm not looking forward to the next couple of weeks. Wimbledon dominates the tv schedules. Grrrrrrrrrr! Summer is never good for tv anyway.
Salmon tonight with asparagus.
Today in The Guardian (Saturday ) there was an article in the magazine section about Svalbard where Penny, one of our old members, lives for much of the year. She hasn't posted for a while. I went to see her and her husband when I was visiting there on a cruise. It was an article about how it is the place on this earth that is warming the fastest, Her husband was featured with a photo. It mentioned some places we had visited with them and the big avalanche that killed some friends of theirs.
KJ - Endurance athletes - don't you just love them! The number of books I have read about running must now number in the high twenties! But there the battle is with themselves, their bodies, but mainly their minds. I also love dancers. What I don't like is all the competitive supporter ballyhoo, from people who never get off the couch themselves. Don’t understand team rivalry.
Oh well, time for my pm aperitif. :bigsmile:
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
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Finished pg 89. Have to go. So much I want to talk about on emotional things. Maybe tonight..,,,
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Home and relaxing.. DD taking me out for brunch at a vegetarian restaurant tomorrow, so this afternoon and evening just gonna chill after feeding DFIL3
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Lanette - Her take would be to be in the moment and see the reality of the situation. Not to catastrophize. Not to be blindly positive. She would say it's important to feel our feelings and listen to them. They are the best indicator of what we need to do in a given situation. Then you need to take action to improve the situation and be good to yourself. Being compassionate to ourselves is important, but so many of us ignore the messages we are getting from our feelings. We must distinguish between what is real and what is just fruitless anxiety. But it's ok to be human.
For me....
The minute I feel uncomfortable about a person or a situation I take notice. I don't let things ride and get out of hand. Listen to your feedback. The absence of feedback is feedback.
Clarity of vision is what I aim for, not telling myself stories. But I have many times experienced the power of changing my negative thoughts into something more positive. Retreating from life in a negative slump is useless. Reaching out, taking a risk, going forward, acting as if - all this can work wonders as long as you don't kid yourself.
When I was in my forties I spent four years belonging to a 'Personal Growth' organisation. There were a few woo woo elements to it, but generally its feet were on the ground. I experienced many examples of what can be achieved with a change of attitude, when you take the risk. It was a very worth while four years, but it did not inure me to sad feelings etc. Nor would they want it to.
Today, for now, I am generally very happy. I am not complacent about that. Anything could happen at any time. But, like Lisa's mum, I will do what I can to change the situation and then, I hope I can let go.
The thing is, we have much more choice than we think, we just need to think outside the prison we have confined ourself in.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
Heather[/] very well stated!
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Working rental office at the beach today sells no water, shirts, ice, and park passes. Really slow today. They opened an aquatic park in town today so that’s taking our business. Teenage lifeguards today nothing like the ‘old’ days! Wimps!!
Here’s pic of beach today.
RV Rita in New Mexico
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Allie! Happy Birthday, and many more healthy and reasonably happy ones!
DrKatiebug, online you can usually purchase a "sampler pack" or "variety pack". The proteins I used were bought from Bariatric Advqntage". I believe they carry other types than whey, though. You don't have to be a bariatric patient to "shop" their online store.
Allie, if you can't vent here, where can you vent? Thank goodness for doggies, kitties and tea!
Amber, thank you for your window into your child's activities and sayings! One day when my eldest was 1-1/2 I grabbed her and my husband's lunch to drive into town. I had the truck that day and I'd forgotten his lunch. Truck wouldn't start. I beat the steering wheel with my hand. "DAMN, Daamn, Damn!"" Came the small echo "damn damn damn". I learned to be a BIT more careful. I still have an awful potty mouth sometimes.
Margaret, I DO enjoy Rumi! I don't always agree, but the words pour into my mind like smoothly running cool water. I’m so glad to hear your son will be able to go home next week! I’ll bet you’ve enjoyed the times when he’s been able to respond. Providing food goodies is well worth the joy it sparks in you. By the way, the paintings are gorgeous - and the peonies! Wow!
Julie Bananas, "especially for young girls"! That's the part that saddened me the most, I think. While the threat is over-hyped, there is still a threat. I biked, walked and bussed everywhere between my suburb and downtown Columbus OH by age 10. I never had anyone accost or threaten me. Usually girls traveled in twos, not for safety, but because girls, after all. But I went alone to my orthodontist appointments. My granddaughters never had freedom even in Oak Harbor WA. They did report being accosted and even followed at age 14 or 15 when they could take the local bus downtown and back.
Lisa in AR and Viv in UK, so right about the "mixed bag"! I think it's a bit like a "set point". My set point, if mood were on a ten point scale from 0=despair to 10=ecstatic would be about an 8. I'm assuming average is 5, but then I can't see a number above everyone's head, so what do I know? (Wouldn’t that be interesting!) However, in the course of a day i have experienced the whole gamut. Left to myself, I drop right back at 8. I think years of counseling and wise friends helped me stabilize there. I was in real danger of a permanent 3 at one time.
Karen in VA, I love what you said about your mom's outlook. She knew the secret, alright.
Heather in U.K., it sounds as if you are also a realist. I had to put myself into places where the home, the partner, the experience were available and start looking for things that seemed to fit. The search was fun, but sometimes daunting. And I knew when the shoe doesn’t fit, don’t force it. Blisters WILL happen. Speaking of which, I’m right in your court when it comes to watching or following sports. I DO watch the Super Bowl with friends who are usually annoyed then amused when I root for both teams in outstanding plays. 🙄
Debby in VA, hope your Radar pulls through ok. Heat is so dangerous, even when you’re as well-prepared as you are!
Katla in OR! I hope you're headed somewhere beautiful besides being firework free. WA is insane with their fireworks laws. I live the community overhead displays, though. We get hit on New Year's as well as the "glorious" 4th!
Rita in NM, the waterpark here near Seattle is HUGE, and an amusement park as well. It's very pricey, people go once or twice a year. Lots of lakes and public pools are very busy here when it even approaches 80°. If it's cold you can always wear more clothes and blankets. If it's hot, once you're down to skin air (a fan or 2) or water (a pool or mist bottle) are all that's left. I go the pool route. Sometimes I Bob around for hours. Ours here is smallish but big enough for our crowd. The shallower kiddie and raft pool is larger, and a bit cooler. If it's really hot I go over there and lay down in it for a while.
The temperature now is a just-right 71°F. , About 22°c, I think.
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Enjoying reading the posts. Just checked and it is 95 right now. Worked in my flower/weed bed this morning until the sun caught up with me. My new pup can’t take the heat as he is a big ball of fur so he stays inside except for early mornings on the screened in patio.
Happy Birthday Allie. I was thinking the office manager must be going bonkers if you worked 80 hours in a week. It would be a nice paycheck. Lol
Kim in CA - so pleased for you. You deserve the raise and the insurance.
Kelly- I agree, I wish my kids would’ve been in your day care. They were lucky if they learned anything except socialization.
SueBDew in TX
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Well, I completely forgot that it was the street party today.
It wasn't until we'd eaten dinner that DH said "I can hear music up the road!" Oooops! I've had it in my diary for months!
So I charged upstairs, put some face on, changed into the top I bought last year in Norway, and went out, carrying a bottle of wine, to meet the locals.
We met a few neighbours, but spent most time talking to a regular visitor, We did go round introducing ourselves, but I can hardly remember any of them. I'm afraid a good deal of wine was consumed,.
Then they played some old Rock music so DH and I had a good jive in the road. I think we did pretty well, considering I'd had a few drinks. Then we left at 10.15.
Good fun. It was not at all what I was expecting. Most people had lived here a very long time. Most people had working class accents. No one was 'stuck up'. Much more relaxed and un posh than I had imagined. A settled community.
Now to drink lots of water!!!!
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Had a short burst thunderstorm come through, knocked down a bunch of my gladiolas, so I brought them inside. They can last for weeks if I remember to freshen the water.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
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Pip- Bullwinkle what a cutie...
Got a dinner invite and to watch the fireworks tonight upstairs with friends.always nice impromptu plans
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Lazy Saturday but got a few things done. Cut some wood for the fire pit, to wet to mow.
Take care, Sue in WA7 -
Just found out the Doctors can no longer prescribe my Dad pain medication do to Government crack downs. Worries me last crackdown my Mom lost all medical we had to make her comfortable watch her die y Dad had to pay out if pocket for her oxygen tanks to equipment then they came took it away cause no Doctors means no tanks. She was miserable in the end. Dad has epileptic seizure from his brain injury plus back surgery that left a bar in y rheumatoid arthritis. A simple Tylenol won’t help that he already was taking only if extremely needed it so not good to go even lower. I miss the good old days. He’s on Medicare so it’s a new Medicare change.
Daughter will be here soon waiting for her to hop on a plane ✈️ tomorrow.
Amber Tx
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June Goals
Health
]1. Track all yes, unless I forgot some
2. Lose at least a kilo (2.2 lbs) no average weight over past week down 0,5 kilo compared to last month
4. Average 1100 calories net no, average tracked 1250
5. At least 30 min exercise 6 days a week
6. Five minutes meditation 5 days a week some days
7. Write what I'm grateful for here daily
Long term writing
8a.Spend at least 2h/day on long term writing project average yes
8b.produce at least 2 pages per day average yes
8c. Send 26 pages to correctors by June 10 yes
8d. 76 pages sent off by the post by June 17th yes
Home
9. Average at least 15 min/day of cleaning
Paper
11. Average at least 5 min/day of filing occasionally
11a. Take care of at least 3 short term (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill per week. some
11b. Make a list of short term tasks, etc and prioritise them, and do them. yes, yes, some
Art
12. do 5 min of artwork or music/day sketching some days
Remaining from May to do in first week of June: Make appointment with dentist wrote to dentist 1. dentist 2 no and acupuncturist no1 -
@trucker743 Sharon 8 sounds like a great set point
has anyone watched any of the women's soccer matches?
I had never watched any but it was a thing here. apparently usa has the hands down best women's soccer team.1 -
stats for the day:
spin bike- 38min, 75ar, 103aw, 138ahr, 158mhr, 9.3mi= 366c
Apple Watch- 404c
outside walk-36.09min, 17.42min mi, 102mhr, 1.67mi=150c
Apple Watch- 158c
total cal 5162 -
Not sure if Texas allows CBD oil or not?
Amber TX
How good is it for pain management for older men?1 -
Allie - Happy Birthday!! 🎂
@LisaInAR those gladiola are beautiful!! My mom has some pretty yellow ones!
Crazy hot and humid here. 90+ and makes my hair curl. I didn’t even try to straighten it last night.
My daughter is asking If we are going to the gym. Guess it’s time to change clothes
Connie in KY1
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