WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2019
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Missed a day, so skimming.
Called doc office today. The office manager was in a “meeting”. Had them look for the results of my DH ultrasounds, still not there. They told me they would call for it, and I said they were supposed to do that Friday! She said she remembered but still don’t have it. She said she would request it again and would call when she got it. I told her I would call every day until they get it!
We do think it is a mesh failure. Definitely will persue that course once we have it repaired.
RV Rita3 -
PG 60 “Chaffles” sound awesome! Gotta try it!
Caught up.
Ants and snakes
Mint oil works. I use it on everything that touches the ground in our RV. I also use Clove oil mixed in water. Supposed to deter snakes. Works on ants too. They really don’t like it. Not sure about snakes but haven’t seen any since I started using it. Spray it around once a week.
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Katla oil sounds good. Mint plants do spread I have mine mixed in with pinks and milkweed so I don't mind they spread.1
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I used cinnamon sticks and bay leaves around my kitchen where I saw ants and they left. This was in Oregon coast apartment. It looked like an old wise gypsy woman resided there!😁
💖Rebecca4 -
Welcome, Kate! I am Kay, but I am usually too lazy to sign my name since Katiebug is easy enough to remember. Lots of people on here call me Katie, although nobody does in real life. I do have two cousins who still insist on calling me Katiebug, which is a childhood nickname.
Tracey, the videographer did a fantastic job of capturing some really touching moments. The wedding was absolutely perfect.
Another one who is glad to see woo bite the dust. Disagree is a much better choice, and probably more universally acceptable than BS, although it doesn’t carry quite the same emphasis.
I had a fantabulous workout this morning. We did one set of 12 with medium to heavy weights, then a set of 5 with the heaviest weight we could do 5 of. This trainer is a firm believer in squats and deadlifts. I’m noticing my flexibility, especially when I drop something and have to pick it up, is vastly improved. I’m up to 50 lbs on the deadlifting and 40 on the chest press. I am definitely stronger.
My high dollar vitamins are starting to kick in, too. I just may have to continue them. Still struggling with the sleep goal, but I can tell a difference when I make the effort to get at least 7 hours.7 -
Well here it is Monday again. The weekend just flew by. Saturday we did the Make a Wish ride. There were 217 motorcycles, 309 riders and we raised just over $10,500. Beautiful day for the ride. Then yesterday was church with several of the grandchildren. Had a potluck at church to celebrate the new kitchen that was just finished. Then went and watched DGD play flag football. So was a full weekend. Now I need a day to nap.
Deb--Sending hugs and prayers for all of you.
Janetr--Glad to hear DGD's boyfriend is doing well Sorry to hear about your knee not being right. Hope they can figure it out without surgery.
Rebecca--Althena is beautiful and really growing. They sure do not stay little long.
Lisa--Hugs. Maybe they will find the wallet and the note will still be there.
I am up to page 56 but out of time.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE
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Vicki GI NE, nope, she is far from newborn now! My son said today while he was playing with the dogs in the apartment, and they were growling, they heard a growling sound come from Athena! They stopped because it was such a surprise. Their bigger dog went over to Athena and she laughed! The first time that she's ever made the laugh sound! So precious!💖
💖Rebecca
I told my son Athena is definitely the Alpha Dog!7 -
Tracey: I think your daughters' is the most beautiful wedding I've ever seen. Should be in a magazine. Blessings to the newlyweds and your entire family.
Katla: Holding good thoughts for DH's medical consult tomorrow.
Today at the pool I was peppered with questions from my friends who wanted to know how the bath remodeling went. To recap, DH and I plan to age in place, and wanted one of our two baths to have a walk in shower, bright lighting and handrails. Our guest bath was in desperate need for an update having never been painted in the 15 years we have lived here. The fixtures that came with this place were the cheapo once contractors chose to keep the individual condos affordable. I had my handyman address the lighting first. Here are pix of the guest bath, after new LED lights installed over the vanity and near the shower, but before the demo and new shower surround was put in. Apologies that these photos are blurry.
The Home Depot's bath renovations in this area are done by a company called ReBath. Here is what it looked like on day one, after the old tub was removed and everything stripped down to the studs. Surprisingly, only one tiny spot of mold. Mostly some mildew was growing back there.
The new shower and fixtures were done on the second day, with one small hiccup having to do with a recent change in building codes. Once ReBath left, Reuben my handyman came in to replace the vanity top, paint the vanity bottom, paint the walls and trim, and hang up the new towel bars, tp holder and new toilet slow closing toilet seat. He did his usual awesome job. The only thing I didn't upgrade was the tile floor. That's is going to be Reuben's project for another day.
Finally, here are some early photos taken of the finished room. I want to add some art to the wall, but for now, we're pretty set. Mars approves
Again, sorry these photos don't do justice to the new shower surround which is a blend of brown and taupe stripes on a white background.
Stay well friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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Did one segment of 10MS Butt Lift DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do an Extreme Cardio DVD.
Cheri – Vince is in Iowa right now helping Jess move. And as much as I love him/them, I love my alone-time, too. I can get so much done, do things when I want to do and no one telling me how or when it should be done. It’s almost heaven. So I totally understand how you feel. That video is great. I don’t know how you kept from crying when you performed the services, I know I couldn’t do it
One question about the borax/sugar combo, do you have to make it into a paste before you put it on the ant hill or just put the dry ingredients on it?
Debbie in VA – I’m so very glad your daughter and gs are with you. Do you think that SFB would physically take them?
Lisa – that’s a wonderful way of looking at the loss of your mother’s note…you still have the memories and the note contained only words. Whoever took your wallet may have needed that letter more than you. I do my best thinking in the pool
Went to exercise, stopped at the salvation army then got Loki’s medicine. Bowling this afternoon, ceramics tonight (I’ll go, Vince won’t be there) then mahjongg
Welcome everyone new! There’s no time like the present to start. Just jump right in
I don’t think I ever used the “woo” because I know that I’d get it mixed up and “woo” incorrectly. So glad that MPF is going to change it
Vicki – wow! That’s a lot of money raised and for such a good cause
Rori – beautiful bath. The before pictures reminded me of Lisa’s redo. Glad Mars approves
Michele in NC
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Why Women’s medicine is behind many health care professionals do/do not have answers to questions such as hot flashes to heart attacks in Women. I was told in my 20’s that I couldn’t be in Perimenopause but was so received no medical advice to treatments.Head was itchy dermatologist looked said he sees nothing said probably nerves acting up shrugged 🤷🏽♂️ (liked that he told the truth). Emergency room said nothings wrong too young for peri. Next thing I knew my hair fell out! Especially my eyebrows they were gone! My boss said Doctor said nothings wrong stop whining about your hot flashes. Jokingly he put a thermometer 🤒 in my mouth touched my hair said stop scratching they’ll think you got lice! Then he freaked out said your scalps on fire 🔥! He gave me lots of water (his wife’s advice ) stuck me y my coworker Lisa also moaning about hot flashes in the walk in fridge! (10yrs older but was still early for her too!) .After that I researched started Blk cohosh, fans portable,water bottles, rosemary oil diluted with water sprayed my head (helped regrow my hair!) Sat with Lisa in the fridge a lot lol 😂 y cleaned it so good it sparkled like a disco ball. Then my periods stopped for years. My family all the Women both sides early menopause. Even a newborn girl with hormone issues can have menopause! All the way to 104 still having periods. Theirs no set time frame that’s a myth. Post menopause babies 👶 happen ask JR lol as soon as he can talk better lol. Nursing to Doctor text books have not caught up. Women almost all of us since are parts were shhhh don’t say that words y parts like they were bad do not know our body parts or their names. Yeah or the fact some Women are born with 2 uteruses. Some are born with no uterus. I couldn’t tell you most of mine my Daughter asked her Doctor questions they didn’t know the answers either to a few or their answers sounded old fashion y just plain wrong! So she studied up. Some Women have higher or lower estrogen/testosterone. Higher testosterone is why some of us go bald like men do. Micro uterus /penis yes some Women yelled at cause it’s painful since forever have this! Most doctors don’t know it exsists so it’s just in your head wink wink 😉.Just like some gave over enlarged ones...both make finding tools to check you out harder. Were not all the shape of the Doctor model we all know y hate to see lol. Men are different shapes y sizes so are we! So next time you know something wrong or not right remember one day they will catch up we won’t have to call our cycles the curse lol we can just say period.Our boobs won’t be shameful they’ll be just bottles on the go. We won’t have to feel embarrassed unable to speak when the doctor asks what’s wrong you know it’s “down there”. Then keep repeating cause the doctor not getting the hint or they say the name of it mad you don’t know it. Female heart attacks are never grab the chest more like clouds in your eyes to back pains.
https://youtu.be/TATSAHJKRd8
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xdmyjn/almost-half-of-british-women-cant-correctly-locate-the-vagina-or-cervix
http://fertility-concepts.nycivf.org/fertility-treatments/congenital-anomalies-uterus-septum
Amber Tx1 -
Honestly figured the police department(s) involved would drop the ball on the wallet theft, as it was stolen in one town, and used in another, but got a call from a detective, tracking down the time(s) the cards were used and where, to try to get video of the thieves. We'll see what the upshot is. Trying to just let it go now... called the credit card folks and gave them the case number for the report I filed. Now it's all in the hands of the law...
Rori - LOVE the bathroom. We did the walk-in shower during the reno (and for the same reason, to age in place), but without the glass--just personal preference. Seriously love the cabinet over the toilet. Mars looks like he approves.
Today was my 19th day (out of the last 24) at the gym - eight more visits and I'll feel as if I've started a good habit that I can continue... I know the 27 times to get a habit ingrained is an old wive's tale, but then again, I'm an old wife.
I can already tell the difference in my flexibility and overall mood when I don't go, so it's already starting to be necessary to me.
Love y'all,
Later,
Lisa in AR
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Today is International Bow Day!
"During the 18th century, men primarily wore bows. However, as fashion trends changed, women began to wear the accessory, too. They chose a variety of fabrics, styles, sizes to compliment their wardrobe. Throughout the generations, bows continue to maintain their fashion power. While they never went out of style, designs and place dictated the fashion trends. On International Bow Day, celebrate your style with bows. Whether you chose to where them in your hair on as a clothing accessory, there’s something for everyone!"
Debby - So glad you are able to give your daughter the gift of a safe place to stay and help getting herself out of a bad situation. She deserves better, and I hope you can convince her of that.
Lisa - I'm a cover-flapper too! I really need to have a cool room to sleep well. Mostly I sleep with my feet sticking out the side since I like to have covers on, but if it's not cool enough I'll be in and out of the covers all night. And I have no idea how people sleep through the night with socks on!
Katla - We don't bathe Luna either, but she's not a smelly dog. We've been lucky, in fact, that none of our dogs have been. My mom and dad had a lab and a golden retriever, and they both needed frequent baths. I guess some dogs just have B.O.!
I know I've been AWOL so I had to do a lot of skimming to catch up, but it was an excused absence in that I was at the river house without cell phone or internet connections. Got the next-to-last Roman shade finished and installed. Back now and trying to convince myself that I should get on the Nordic Track this afternoon.
Just got word that our former foster longdog Forrest is going out for another sleepover this week. (He went out once before, to what I thought was going to be the perfect placement, but it didn't work out.) He's a sweet, sweet dog and I'm really hoping this will be his forever family. On that note, the adoption group called me to ask if we were ready for another foster but I put them off for another month since Philip and I are still working hard to finish some home improvement projects and we don't need another helpful dog underfoot while we do it.
I'm not much for ruffles and bows, but if that's your thing then tie one on today!
-Yvonne in TX7 -
Rori It all looks very smart.
Nice colour.
Wish we could get some decorating done.
For me it's either holiday or house. The holiday won.
Recovering now, and I've got through the rest of the day without binge eating. Hooray! I put so much energy into my visitors I wear myself out.
DH back from the cricket. They had quite a bit of rain, but some play as well.
I'm meeting my Portsmouth friend for lunch tomorrow in Brighton.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
Rori, what an amazing transformation. 1
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Debby VA I'm so glad your daughter & grandson are staying with you now!
Rori I really like that bathroom renovation. Everything looks modern & inviting.2 -
Just measured my neck to waist they all went down to smaller numbers! Still hard to truthfully measure my hips span darn Csection shelf gets in the way lol so I measure it as my hips too lol 😂 might as well pants don’t know the difference between my hips y Csection belly their all in the way of the buttoning no matter what lol.
Not measuring for a long time again now .Takes forever for the number to drop. Go to progress to see weight graph pop down where it says weight shows neck measurements to hip so you record there.
Amber Tx4 -
Rori love the bathroom remodel, so modern and sleek.
DD goes back to school Thursday and of course I'm happy for her, but will miss sharing meals with her and the sound of her stomping around, lol
NYKAREN6 -
Michele I put it on dry. When I used it in our home I put it in small plastic lids. We do not have pets that would get into it.
Lisa we learned when we had our debit card number used (We think it was stolen at a restaurant) that for it to be a felony the charge had to be over $500. It was maddening. We learned about it when we got a call from a vendor about a $300 charge we did not make. Fortunately the charges were discovered before they went through.5 -
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Margaret y Lisa tempting to let them charge past $500 to give them a felony isn’t it. Sits watches it go up $501.37 GOT YOU!!
Amber Tx1 -
Evening ladies.. long day.. im.in bed.. gonna run some errands tomorrow after feeding my DFIL2
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stats for the day:
day 21 (mon-fri)
no gym workout
bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.24min, 12.7amph, 130mhr, 1.56mi= 68c
apple watch- 61c
bike ride gym 2 sumn station- 50.15min, 14.1amph, 143mhr, 11.83mi= 483c
apple watch- 428c
jog station 2 wrk- 5.36min, 144mhr, 10.57min mi, .51mi= 69c
apple watch- 56c
jog wrk 2 sta- 5.33min, 10.03min mi, 145mhr, .45mi= 61c
apple watch- 56c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.21min, 8.4amph, 152mhr, 2.56mi= 196c
apple watch- 148c
total cal 8773 -
Lisa in AR -good perspective on the wallet loss. I also get that third voice on the left side of my head. Thankfully it doesn’t (usually) speak out loud!
Heather UK – your visit sounds great. Nice picture!
Kate– welcome!
Rori -nice bathroom remodel. A couple of years before my husband died we redid ours with a walk in shower (got rid of the tub). It's a smaller 1950s bathroom, but the shower made a huge difference. I was very glad to have it as my hips got worse and after the replacements. Put a portable shower chair in there and it was a real life saver.
Had good Monday. Took time to clean out some piles in my office. Going to spend another couple of hours on it tomorrow. Due to the hectic year, it had gotten out of hand. Need to get organized before budget season starts.
Got some bike time this am, walk at lunch and small weight/stretching tonight. All around successful day.
Have a good rest of the evening all.
Ginny in Ohio4 -
Rori - Love the bathroom!
Okie in the TX Hill Country1 -
Finally, here are some early photos taken of the finished room.
Stay well friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
Very Nice!!
The only change I think I would make is to install a handrail outside the shower on the wall under the towel rack to assist with stepping in and out of the shower.
I'd love to be able to renovate our bathroom/toilet room to make it safer and more accessible ... but we rent. We've had several people in (Occupational Therapists, etc.) looking at our setup and none of them really like our bathroom, but we can't do anything about it.
All the OTs have suggested that we ask our landlord to do a major bathroom/toilet room reno, and that if we propose it with, "The place will be even more desirable and you'll be able to ask more money", then they're sure to go for it!! Yes, but .................. the place is rented to US for an amount of money WE are happy to pay. We don't want them to put it on the market for an extra $50/week or whatever!! <<sigh>>
So the most I've done is to get fuzzy bathmats to drape over the tub and put on the floor in front of the shower to cushion the area just in case there's a fall.
Machka in Oz3 -
Katla- sending good wishes for your DH’s visit to surgeon. The waiting is so hard.
Rori- your new bath looks lovely. Love the color of the walls. I don’t think we can age in place as we have too much lawn and DH thinks he has to do all the yard work. I am quite happy to have a housekeeper twice a month.
Terri- loved the video of the wedding. It as very well Don.
Still soooo hot. Can’t do much at all because it makes me feel so tired.
Getting late so better get to bed.
Suebdew in TX. 103 with heat index if 108 today.
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Rori, great job on the bath! Even the cat looks proud like she did all the work! Haha!
💖Rebecca2 -
Thank you all for the compliments on the wedding video. I am so thankful we decided to have it done.
Rori - love the bathroom
I am not going to type a lot today, something is going on with my hand and it hurt to hold my pen at work today.
I think I’m doing too much typing on my phone.
Hello to everyone though!
Tracey In Edmonton5 -
Ridiculously crazy hot here. I think our heat index was about 105F. The first day of the fall semester went well where I teach. I have my returning sophomores tomorrow. Hoping for a great day with them too.
I seriously need to get to the gym. Crazy busy with the start of school, but I think we will calm into a routine soon. I just need the gym for some “me” time.
Connie in KY4
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