WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2019

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,792 Member
    edited November 2019
    Barbie - Love the photo! I really miss my line dancing I did on the ship.

    My son rang me with timings etc for tomorrow's babysitting. After the decent day of the photos I posted he said they had continuous rain for the rest of their week in Cornwall. Not happy.
    We will turn up at 6.30 tomorrow, which will give us enough time for early dinner beforehand. Might take fruit and cheese with us. It's supposed to be terrible stormy weather tomorrow night, so we will drive over there.

    England in Rugby World Cup final in Japan tomorrow. DH will get up early to do exercising before it starts at 9 am. I will join him in exercising and then get the newspaper and milk. All the pubs have laid on breakfast and tv.

    DH 's aunt has had her hip repaired. My DSIL is going up to see her in Birmingham on Sunday.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,153 Member
    Vicki: HAPPY 35th 🥂🍾

    Enjoy your break away.

  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,153 Member
    Night! Night! Girls.

    Enjoy the rest of your day.

    ☘️ Terri
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    Kate – I’m sorry about the keyring. I know how you feel. My father had a scapula that he always carried in his wallet. After he passed, I kept it in my wallet. Then my wallet was stolen. To this day, I wish I had that scapula

    Warning: rant
    Remember I told you about that lady at the soup kitchen who was always sour and I was killing her with kindness? She’s the one who insists you ONLY do your section. They got new tables so she was complaining “how do you do it”. She was told “you make it work”. I just said, “it’ll all even out in the end”. Well, she was behind so I asked her if she’d like me to help her. She said “yes”. Later she was taking these desserts to all the tables and people at her tables were asking me for things. Since she was busy, I got them. Then she started asking the people at my tables if they needed anything. When someone said they needed another sandwich, I got it. She said “they asked me for it” (remember, this was my table). Well, someone at one of her tables asked me for something and she was no where to be found so I got it. In the meantime she started talking to this person. I brought the sandwich and she gave this real big scowl so I handed her the sandwich to give to the person. Doesn’t feel good when it’s done to you, huh? Oh, before we started serving, she “showed” me where my tables were by dragging me by my sleeve like I was some sort of child.

    Regina – just keep coming in here and you’ll get lots of motivation. Baby steps.

    Vicki – happy anniversary

    Karen VA – so glad for Bailey!

    Michele NC
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    OK - what did I do wrong? I was trying to get a spoiler, guess I did it wrong. What's the right way?

    Michele NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,693 Member
    edited November 2019
    exermom wrote: »
    OK - what did I do wrong? I was trying to get a spoiler, guess I did it wrong. What's the right way?

    Michele NC

    Put it between the opening Spoiler and closing Spoiler.

    [.spoiler] < this (without the period) is an opening tag

    [/spoiler.] < this (without the period) is a closing tag

    Same as with colour ...

    [.color=blue] < opening tag (without the period)
    [/color.] < closing tag (without the period)

    And bolding ...

    [.b] < opening (without the period)
    [/b.] < closing (without the period)

    You can do a lot of features with your posts that way. :) It's called BBCode (Bulletin Board Code) and is sort of similar to HTML. https://www.bbcode.org/

    These provide references of things you can do:
    https://www.bbcode.org/reference.php
    https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/general/bbcode.html


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,693 Member
    edited November 2019
    Sleep Paralysis and Exploding Head Syndrome

    If you've never heard of these things, the names sound rather scary ... the first is rather scary, the second isn't particularly, once you know what it is.

    I have experienced both now and then since I was a child ... usually when I'm stressed.


    https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-causes-sleep-paralysis-3014700
    "sleep paralysis is believed to relate to a problem regulating REM sleep. It is during REM that our body is paralyzed so that we are unable to act dreams out. This muscle relaxation, called atonia, may sometimes occur while you are awake. As such, you will be unable to move, even if you are conscious. This is one of the common features of sleep paralysis."


    https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-exploding-head-syndrome-3014764
    "This parasomnia involves the experience of hearing a loud bang within one's head. The specific noise type may vary, sometimes sounding like a bomb explosion, gunshot, car crash, or even a clash of cymbals; on occasion, some may also experience a bright flash of light associated with the noise. The condition can be greatly upsetting and distressing, especially if it is not initially understood. It may cause confusion and concern about a serious underlying cause. Fortunately, there is no pain or other physical symptoms associated with it."

    "It seems to occur more often in women, especially after age 50, but it has been reported in a child as young as 10. Its precise cause is not known. It may be similar to other phenomena such as sleep paralysis that occur in the transitions between states of sleep and consciousness. These overlap states can lead to bizarre sensory experiences.

    Exploding head syndrome often occurs in association with extreme fatigue or high levels of stress. The attacks may vary over time, and sometimes abruptly cease for long periods. It may occur once and never again."



    October was a very stressful month for me, so it didn't surprise me when I started experiencing "exploding head syndrome" quite regularly again. I get both the flashing light and the BANG!

    But then, last night, I had sleep paralysis too. This time, as I was being held down by an invisible being and was fighting in my paralysed, half-awake, half-asleep state to escape, I was able to call out ... "Help me", "Help me" ...

    Unfortunately my cries woke my husband who was very, very, very worried about me. Fortunately, he woke me to find out what was wrong and that "broke" the sleep paralysis.

    Hopefully November won't be as stressful. I really don't like the sleep paralysis ... it is scary, and I didn't sleep particularly well after that last night.


    Have any of you experienced these things?


    Machka in Oz
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    M -

    Here's what I did, I selected "Spoiler" from the drop-down menu next to what looks like a paragraph symbol on the top. I hit that before the part that I wanted to be a spoiler. I did the same and hit "spoiler" at the end of where I wanted the spoiler to end. This is what happened.

    What did I do wrong?

    Michele NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,693 Member
    edited November 2019
    exermom wrote: »
    M -

    Here's what I did, I selected "Spoiler" from the drop-down menu next to what looks like a paragraph symbol on the top. I hit that before the part that I wanted to be a spoiler. I did the same and hit "spoiler" at the end of where I wanted the spoiler to end. This is what happened.

    What did I do wrong?

    Michele NC

    Just hit Spoiler once and put the text between the opening and closing tags that appear.


    [.spoiler] your text [/spoiler.] (but without the periods, of course)


    Machka in Oz
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,259 Member
    :) My resolutions each month include walking lots of steps each day. I carry a pedometer in my pocket and have a step counter on my phone. They are both very motivating and keep me moving because I like "getting credit" for being active. This morning I found out that after walking for 35 minutes with the dogs, that my pedometer battery had died so I lost the count of about 2,000 steps. At line dance class, I realized that even though I was wearing something with tiny pocket for my pedometer, there was no way to carry my phone while dancing so I lost several thousand steps that would normally have been recorded while dancing. Fortunately, Sasha wanted to go on an extra long walk in the afternoon so I ended the day with a good step count. Along with that, I had no plans for the afternoon so I spent several hours riding the exercise bike and watching TV.

    :)Vicki, Happy 35th anniversary

    :)Viv, Did the changes in the kitchen layout have anything to do with the location of the electrical or plumbing connections?

    :)Cari, what a great success story. I am much colder now that I've lost weight and usually wear extra layers in the house along with a wool hat and gloves.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,295 Member
    M I have had both conditions you describe. Both as you said occur as you go into REM sleep. Both as scary. I agree stress is part of it. Creating better sleep habits can be helpful. I admit my sleep habits do need work. I tried to go to be earlier for a while but then I woke up so early in the morning.

    Knowing what they are helps me to take it more in stride when it does happen to me.

    DH did get good news that his chemo is keeping his cancer in check and one node did reduce in size. The chemo is hard on him. His hair thins and turns white and it is affecting his hearing.

    I did help DS get his leaves raked today. I am glad we got it done because it is going to be even colder next week. He got 80-100 trick and treaters in about an hour. He turned his light off when he ran out of candy. Despite the large numbers he did say he enjoyed it.

    For me it was the most fun I have had in recent Halloweens. We got about 40 which was just right. We in the past got those huge numbers and it is hard to enjoy it as much. We have also gotten kids that look like they are in high school. We didn't get any of those this year. Favorite costumes were the girl in a dress she worn to the Renaissance Fair, the gorilla, the little girl in the fire suit that was a Dalmatian, and the giant Toucan head.

    :heart: Margaret
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,708 Member
    B)
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    😴💤
  • jrsepe12
    jrsepe12 Posts: 34 Member
    Hard to believe it’s November....well day one exercised, tracked all my food, better about drinking my water but 88 calories over my goal. Will try to do better tomorrow.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,792 Member
    Cari - CONGRATULATIONS! :drinker: :D

    Good mobility is such a wonderful thing. :)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    OK - what did I do wrong? I was trying to get a spoiler, guess I did it wrong. What's the right way?

    Michele NC

    Hi Michele.

    I am proud of you taking the time to volunteer. Not many do even when they have the time and are complaining there is nothing to do. As far as the "grouch" you are dealing with I would just continue to kill her with kindness. There is something in her life making her act that way. Maybe she was powerless most of her life and since she is a "lead" now she feels when people get in her lane, even when being helpful, it's a call back to her life. I keep thinking a private conversation with her may do the trick. At work I normally say to someone, hey, let's take a break and take a walk with the person outside. I then say, when you do/say xyz, it makes me feel..... She seems like a handful and if she isn't receptive you keep doing what you are doing. You're there to help and make people feel there is someone out there that cares. :smile:

    I do not have much time to volunteer but have found an organization that gleans farmers fields during the Florida growing season (Saturdays, yeah!). Last year the volunteers picked over 600 tons of food that would normally be tilled back in to the soil so another crop can be planted. Fields closer to me will be ready around January 9th and I am looking forward to getting out in the fields, listening to the birds, and being out in nature. It's very meditative to me.

    It looks like Machka beat me to the spoiler tip. Machka, do you ever sleep?! :wink:
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,693 Member
    Saturday -- rainy day. Much needed this spring. :) So the exercise was indoors today.


    Rowing

    Distance: 2,059m
    Time: 13:09

    ............... Avg.... / ...... Max
    Speed: .... 3:11/500m / 2:46/500m
    Cadence: . 28 ... / ... 30
    Power: .... 50W ... / ... 66W


    Treadmill Run/Walk

    Distance: 3.06km
    Time: 30:22
    Pace: 9:55/km


    Plus some weights.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,693 Member
    SuziQ113 wrote: »
    It looks like Machka beat me to the spoiler tip. Machka, do you ever sleep?! :wink:

    Not in the middle of the afternoon! :)

    I answered that question about 1 pm on Saturday afternoon. :)

  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Sleep Paralysis and Exploding Head Syndrome

    Have any of you experienced these things?

    Machka in Oz

    Hi Machka!

    I have experienced sleep paralysis on occasion, but never exploding head head syndrome. Wow, both scary and disturbing. I haven't been diligent in analyzing what is going on in my life when the sleep paralysis occurs. My dreams at those times are very much likes yours was where someone is chasing me and/or I am in a bad situation. I usually wake up because I am screaming at the person "get away from me" or "no".

    It sounds like you need a little me time or need to scale it back at little. Or, hit that meditation goal a little harder.

    Hopefully, November is a less stressful for you.
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Hi All,

    It's been forever since I've visited here, but I finally thought about it on the first of the month, so I'm not as far behind. It's nice to see so many familiar names and faces.

    I don't know when I was last on here, but an update is due. I'm down 120 lbs since I started this journey. It took me a bit more than a year, and I've still got about 15 or 20 to reach my goal. (I need to see if the body will let me go as low as I want, since I've got a lot of excess skin that won't go away.) I've lost a small woman, and I gave my daughter a piggy-back ride as promised, since at 23, she's about the weight that I've lost. Ugh, how did I ever carry that around?

    Cari in N. Texas

    Cari - Congratulations on your weight loss! It's a reality check when we pick up what we have lost and feel what we were carrying around. It sounds like you're an inspiration to your family too. Keep up the great work.

  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    SuziQ113 wrote: »
    It looks like Machka beat me to the spoiler tip. Machka, do you ever sleep?! :wink:

    Not in the middle of the afternoon! :)

    I answered that question about 1 pm on Saturday afternoon. :)

    I am still getting used to your time zone! :smiley: It's a little before 6 am here. I should probably bookmark a world time zone map which would make it easier for me to visualize where everyone is in their day.
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,074 Member
    <3
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,693 Member
    SuziQ113 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    SuziQ113 wrote: »
    It looks like Machka beat me to the spoiler tip. Machka, do you ever sleep?! :wink:

    Not in the middle of the afternoon! :)

    I answered that question about 1 pm on Saturday afternoon. :)

    I am still getting used to your time zone! :smiley: It's a little before 6 am here. I should probably bookmark a world time zone map which would make it easier for me to visualize where everyone is in their day.

    It's 9 pm Saturday here in Tasmania. :)

  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Sat morning here watching Rugby final in dressing gown and slippers. Will exercise after match. Not doing well at the moment :'(:'(

    Kate UK <3
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