WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2019
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Our trip has been cancelled. We could have gone on something else, but we decided to take the refund and get ourselves around the city. There is a free shuttle bus.
We will have lunch on board first, rather than take the packed lunch they are providing.
It's a shame, but it happens. The weather is not so brilliant, so maybe it's for the best. I can see lots of islands from where I am sitting now. I'm sure it's gorgeous in the sunshine!!!!
Love to all, Heather UK XXXXXX, just coming in to Gothenburg harbour.5 -
Barbie - so neat you are easing back into strength training. I love reading your approach to life and exercise.
Yesterday I resumed my SWSY. 3# dumbbells and 2 1/2# ankle weights. Yes, they were easy, but as the book recommends, start out with really light weights to get the form and breathing down, then increase weights and begin getting some resistance. Light and slow. My plan is to keep at those weights tomorrow then gradually increase, doing a workout every other day.
Lanette
SW WA State
I'm working with 1.5 kg weights right now ... starting again.Workoutahloic50 wrote: »Oh more pictures
Is your place (the place you work) year round, or just in autumn? Looks like a nice place.Worked in transportation since childhood (Papa was a Railway Express Agent who taught me the names of the states and thier capitals before I was in kindergarten). Back in the late 70's when the first "mini" computers came on board, I was the only one in the office who could make it do what I wanted it to, so slid by the seat of my pants into an IT career in the shipping industry. That career moved us from the SF Bay Area to Boise Idaho in '97.
Interesting!! I can relate.
I was introduced to Macs back in the 1980s in high school ... back when you had to use Basic to program the things to do anything. Then I kind of lost interest in them for a while. When early word processors appeared, I dabbled a bit with them occasionally for assignments, but wasn't all that interested. Then, in a history class in the mid-1990s, I was "forced" to learn and use the word processing program we had. I tried to hand in a hand-written paper!!
Meanwhile I was kind of aiming for teaching or library or something like that ... and ended up in an Engineering Tech course which was a secondary interest because I didn't think I had the math/science skills. Turns out I didn't have good math/science teachers in high school and much better teachers in college. But I got onto computers for AutoCAD and an intro to MS Office. Then into Business Administration minoring in Accounting ... and learned a lot about the MS Office products and AccPac. Then into Software Development! And now tackling a Masters in IT.
But I do recall getting a job in an Engineering/Manufacturing firm (farm equipment) and being one of the few people in the office who could make the one PC in the office do what I wanted it to do.
That was what sent me into the Business Admin and Software Dev.
I did eventually get a B-Ed but IT is where I've worked for the past 22 years.
Machka in Oz
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Fun day in the glass studio yesterday. I'm busy making ornaments because I am taking off in the middle of November and won't be back until the end of the first week in December. That really cuts my ornament time down so I've got to make them now. Did I have my glass in an art gallery the last time I was around here? Well, I do now. I don't cover my expenses so I still consider it a hobby, but the gallery brings in what I spend on color a year so it's something in my pocket. The big plus as far as my husband is concerned is that I'm slowly getting rid of glass that has accumulated over the years.
You'll have to post some photos!
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Top of the morning, afternoon, or evening to you all.
Ah, it’s Friday. I was really looking forward to a somewhat calm day at work. However, that is not going to happen since finance is a total day behind. Hopefully when I get in to the office finance will have completed the entries we need and we can start the day out jamming out tons of numbers. The problem with a Friday close it usually means I will have to work over the weekend to complete the accruals I need to get back to them.
On the subject of partners and challenges. When Charlie and I first started out we had a terrible time discussing highly-emotional topics. He was an English professor and could thrash me like no one’s business. I, on the other hand, am a numbers person (Master in Accounting). If it wasn’t a spreadsheet I was reviewing I struggled with getting my point across without being defensive and/or stumbling over my words. After a particular nasty bickering match (we just bought our home and I was painting one of the living room walls) I threw down the paint brush and simply stated, “Look I cannot do this anymore. If we cannot learn how to move forward I am more than willing to finish putting this house together, selling it, and going on our own separate ways.”.
After a sleepless night rolling things through my mind I came to the realization I loved Charlie more than the issues we were having. I decided to write him a letter which gave me time to respond in a more productive manner. When we write something down and are able to think outside of the moment we find the real issue. When you say this, you make me feel like xyz. It’s not they left their socks on the floor or did not wash the dishes to our expectations. At the end of the letter I asked him to please respond in writing.
Did I have to spend a little time agonizing over the reply? Yes. But, when I received his letter I found we were looking for the same things, but hot words and situations were clouding our vision of what life could be if we would just bend a little to each other’s needs and wants.
After a year of letter writing we were finally able to say to each other, “I need to talk. When will it be a good time to have a discussion?”. We also found, in the beginning, it was better for us to have discussions outside of our home (who wants to leave a negative imprint). So we would go out to lunch, take a walk, sit in the garden, or a host of other places to have discussions.
One small change in method can lead to lasting results. If it would have gone upside down for me I would have been fine going out on my own because I am extremely independent. A very tough thing for most men. I am so glad we were able to develop the skills needed for any successful partnership – open communication and compromise.
Charlie used to say, when we shove all of those little stones in our pocket eventually the weight will become too great to carry and we will lose the original reason the first stone was placed there. We both learned how not to put stones in our pockets and I am a happier person for those lessons. I miss him so much, but life moves forward.
It’s off to the races for me. Work beckons!
SuziQ – Broward County, FL
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Morning, afternoon and evening, my friends,
I'm sooooo close to getting this grant finished, and that and the grinding feeling in my right knee (the new one) will keep me home this morning. So far, just taking a down day straightens it right up, but I may need to lay off the weight machines for a while, and just do the resistance that involves my own body weight. I'll play it by ear. Someone (Lanette?) asked if I ever worked with a trainer, and the short answer is "no" and the long answer is "sometimes."
I will ask them for a demo for an unfamiliar machine, but as I ran a Nautilus gym for a while and acted as a trainer during that time, I'm familiar with most standard machines. For those who need the discipline of classes, more power to you. I don't like someone telling me what to do at the best of times--and someone who doesn't know my body may force me into a move or position or lifting something that is not in my best interest. I also don't use powered machines, using "powered" in the sense that they move whether I do or not, such as treadmills or the stairsteppers with rolling, powered steps. If I stop moving on the elliptical or the arc trainer, the machine stops. If I trip on a treadmill, I'm face-planting. Just my own little phobic moment.
However, I will go in the living room and do all my flexibility stretches, as I know they make a huge difference for me. Plus, my living room is fairly empty at the moment... sold the recliners that I've always hated yesterday, and the new reclining love seat and new couch will get here this afternoon. Yay! Total self-indulgence on our part, honestly, but really looking forward to it.
Of course, I just realized, too, that I'm getting excited about what is, in all actuality, a chair. Adulting can be really stupid. But then again...
Cheers, y'all,
Lisa in AR9 -
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I might have made a slight error in judgement.
The plan was to spend this weekend working on Assignment 3 - my last assignment for my current course. I have a presentation on Wednesday and it is due next Friday.
On my list of Things To Do were 2 items - a lot more than 2, but 2 I thought I could take care of today.
1. Take my orthotics back to my podiatrist because they are falling apart! I did that. They say they'll fix them.
2. Take my desk glasses to my optometrist to ask about a set of fine cracks in the coating on the right lens. I've had that before. Years ago I was talked into coating on my glasses, and sure enough, I ended up with a set of fine cracks in it. Took them back, had them redone, fine cracks appeared again, had them redone without coating and didn't have any further problems with cracking. I've refused coating ever since, till this set of glasses. They convinced me that coating has come a long way and that there would be no problems ... but here we are.
They say it often has to do with either heat itself or change of temperature like going out on a chilly day and then into a warm place. There's apparently some contracting and expanding and thus the coating cracks.
So ... they needed my frames this weekend to get the right shape for the new lenses, and I agreed ... and a short time later realised what I had agreed to. I've got a weekend working on Assignment 3 wearing my old desk glasses or my newer full-range progressives. Neither are really good, although I'm finding the old desk glasses marginally better.
In a nutshell, I've agreed to have a raging headache all weekend. Won't that be fun!!
I love it when my logic and reasoning steps out for a coffee at a critical moment.
Machka in Oz5 -
Carol in GA I think the first post I made last month, I signed off with Tina in CA. That seems like so long ago.
On men: Mine is not empathetic toward me, at least not anymore. He was not like that before he got "burnout" from his last job. He stayed too long and he turned mean and nasty to everyone. He ultimately left and took a year off and did get better, but went back to a different company this summer. It was too early. He was so anxiety ridden about going back that he got shingles two days before his first day there. He needed more time, but he is paranoid about not having enough money for retirement. Perhaps he wants a huge yacht and hasn't told me. Otherwise, unless there is a major medical issue, we should be fine. But that's a big unknown and why we are both trying to keep ourselves healthy and fit. But the burnout is still there and it can be a big problem.
However, he's not emotionally unavailable to me either. It's kind of strange. He will listen to me if I need to vent about something, but he doesn't really console either. I probably made him that way. I am too independent, if you ask some. I've always just assumed I'd have to take care of myself and I do. Maybe I need to let him do stuff just for the sake of doing it? It's something I struggle with.
Anyway, I am trying to learn if he picks on me because he wants to hurt me or just to get my attention, so I can change the way I react. The problem is he chooses the wrong times to pick on me and I blow up...like when I have a migraine. We had a very difficult past year or two, but we keep moving forward.
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How about these for cinnamon buns?
(We didn't buy any)
I've washed my hair and we are off for a bit of pre dinner dancing. I am sooooo tired. Really. But happy.
Tonight we set sail for Oslo. The cabaret is a famous ABBA tribute band.
Love a sing a long!!!!
Love Heather UK XXXXXX7 -
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oh Heather - those cinnamon buns look divine! But I think 3 or 4 of us should split one! (Although I bet with a cup of coffee I could eat it all - Now you all know why I am here!)3
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We are open from Easter til Christmas.It is a great place to work.I had been a stay at home mom(busting butt there)and hubby thought I needed to get out and get a job,be social.I applied at several stores and no response.Decided to stop by the farm,there was a tiny stand then.I have been here ever since.Met tons of sweet people and lost quite a few,since a lot of them were older.
Debby In Va4 -
Heather - Belated Happy Birthday, loved the dress and tiara. Sounds as if you are enjoying your cruise.
Viv UK
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Hi Gals,
Debby – is the farm right there? Do you do any of the farming or just work in the stand… I have to say from your pictures the stand doesn’t look tiny. My closest farm stand is 40+ minute drive, but we do have a weekly farmers market.
Machka – I just went ah ha! When you mentioned that one of the early carers for your DH was someone who clicked with your way of doing things… could you reach out to her about doing side work to help with your filing etc…
Kim from N. California
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The farm is behind our stand and behind the home of the owners.We have an acre of asparagus that we pick and sell every spring.Tomatoes,summer squashes,okra,cucumbers and assorted peppers are also grown here.And yes,I do get to help plant and pick.Virginia apples are just starting to come in and it smells amazing here. I want to go home,make biscuit dough,make homemade apple pie filling and bake individual pies.
Debby In Va5
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