WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2019

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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,206 Member
    edited November 2019
    exermom wrote: »
    Does anyone know if there is a way to find out who is a member of this group?

    Michele in NC

    This isn't a group. It is a place for all women on a "drop in when you want to" basis.
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Karen - no advice, just support and hugs. I honestly prefer to live far enough away from my grandkids to be able to leave when I'm to the point where I can't handle my daughter and son-in-law's parenting styles. The five months we lived in the house with them in North Carolina was tough! We were kind of acting as parents, as my son-in-law was in Syria, and my daughter was working 10 to 12 hours a day. So we pretty much were able to act as we chose with the grands, and create a calm environment. And then our daughter would get home from work and it all went up in smoke again. What we found was that my daughter and son-in-law are actually most comfortable with chaos. My husband and I, of course, are not.

    It's possible this is why young people have children. On top of it, you have the added complication of your grandson's diagnosis and your son's issues with handling that whole process, and I give you many props for hanging on through this incredibly tough, land-mined filled process.

    Lazy weekend for me and the hubster, and badly needed,

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 971 Member
    Michele - I freeze spaghetti squash. I steam it in the microwave first, scrape it out and toss it in freezer bags. All I have to do after that is warm it up and toss it in a sauce, or whatever.

    I work in cybersecurity and I do not use the cloud more than necessary. I back up my photos and computer (and phone) to a portable hard drive.

    Going to a brewery grand opening today. While it will probably be fun and I am going to support the owners/team, I'm not looking forward to drinking that much beer. We're going on a shuttle (it's a 45+ drive away) and will be "stuck" there for a minimum of 3 hours. I will be nursing half pints.

    I have a flank steak marinating in the fridge for dinner. Looking forward to that.

    Have a great weekend, All!

    Tina in CA
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,317 Member
    Tina - I did a mini pub crawl with friends not too long ago. I drank diet coke or water at each stop. No one even blinked an eye.

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    Tina - when you freeze your spaghetti squash, doesn't it get more watery when you thaw it?

    barbie - I may have used the wrong word when I said "group". Is there any way to find out who just dropped in?

    SuziQ - one of the things that bothers me is when you go somewhere and shortly thereafter get a message "how did you like xxx (where you'd just been). That always creeps me out

    Michele NC
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,048 Member
    <3
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    :heart:
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,260 Member
    edited November 2019
    LisaInAR wrote: »
    Karen - no advice, just support and hugs. I honestly prefer to live far enough away from my grandkids to be able to leave when I'm to the point where I can't handle my daughter and son-in-law's parenting styles. The five months we lived in the house with them in North Carolina was tough! We were kind of acting as parents, as my son-in-law was in Syria, and my daughter was working 10 to 12 hours a day. So we pretty much were able to act as we chose with the grands, and create a calm environment. And then our daughter would get home from work and it all went up in smoke again. What we found was that my daughter and son-in-law are actually most comfortable with chaos. My husband and I, of course, are not.

    It's possible this is why young people have children. On top of it, you have the added complication of your grandson's diagnosis and your son's issues with handling that whole process, and I give you many props for hanging on through this incredibly tough, land-mined filled process.

    Lazy weekend for me and the hubster, and badly needed,

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR

    I see this in classrooms too. For certain students chaos feels normal to them, and they will try and stir the pot.
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,206 Member
    SuziQ113 wrote: »
    I have made rules for clothes and shoes too. I will not buy something unless it’s to replace something. When I worked in software and the money was extremely good I looked in my closet one day and found I had 20 pairs of sneakers! Who needs 20 pairs!!!! As you can imagine I also found tons of other things too. On that day I went through my closet, put together many large bags of items and donated all to Women in Distress. From that day forward I followed the replacement rule. I am now to the point where all of my clothes, shoes, jackets, under garments, etc. fit in to one smallish closet.

    :) You sound a lot like me. I have enough clothes so I have something for all the occasions in my life, which is very simple, enough so I can do laundry only once a week, and clothes for all seasons. If there were a prize for doing it, I could probably list all my clothes, where they are kept, and how they are arranged.

    :) Barbie in NW WA

  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,206 Member
    exermom wrote: »

    barbie - I may have used the wrong word when I said "group". Is there any way to find out who just dropped in?

    :) You can tell who posted by scrolling through the thread, but there is no way to tell who has been reading the thread.
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    exermom wrote: »

    barbie - I may have used the wrong word when I said "group". Is there any way to find out who just dropped in?

    :) You can tell who posted by scrolling through the thread, but there is no way to tell who has been reading the thread.

    If accessing from a laptop you can click on the notifications icon (the little bell) and scroll through those. You will not see any commentary - just those visiting the conversations you follow. :smile:
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,279 Member
    stat for the day:

    spin- 40min, 147mhr, 127ahr, 111aw, 71r, 10.1mi= 383c
    Apple Watch- 283c

    total cal 383
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    😀
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    Thanks 😊

    Downloaded an app Daughter found lots of volunteers to a few blind. It’s called Be my eyes https://apps.apple.com/us/app/be-my-eyes-helping-the-blind/id905177575

    Rare to get a call it says but when you do if available you answer.Then read something or tell the color of it for a blind person.

    Amber Tx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    SuziQ - one of the things that bothers me is when you go somewhere and shortly thereafter get a message "how did you like xxx (where you'd just been). That always creeps me out

    Michele NC

    Turn off your location trackers.

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    edited November 2019
    barbiecat wrote: »
    exermom wrote: »
    Does anyone know if there is a way to find out who is a member of this group?

    Michele in NC

    This isn't a group. It is a place for all women on a "drop in when you want to" basis.

    Yes ... this is just a thread in a subforum.


    And on the topic of security ...
    SuziQ113 wrote: »
    Most, if not All – Yes, I am not delusional and do realize so much of our live are on line despite the fact I am not a cloud user because we are all on the cloud (by the way it’s not really a cloud it’s a server somewhere in the world). Let’s look at MFP. Do we know who has access or could possibly gain access to our data? That said we have enough tracking in our lives (hm, all of those computer chips in our cars, cards, phones, health trackers, etc.). OK, I digress and really am not crazy with it, but privacy issues are something I think about often.

    Pleasant thoughts to all.
    SuziQ – Broward County, FL


    What we write in this thread (and each month's thread) is public ... it's accessible by anyone.


    As for our other data here on MFP, I'm not overly concerned. They don't have any financial data and I don't connect MFP to anything else. By my food choices, they can tell I live in Australia, but that's no secret. And they can tell I exercise, but I don't think that's a secret either.

    I also think a lot more about security/privacy ... especially after having taken a couple courses in it as part of my degree!


    Machka in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,279 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    exermom wrote: »
    SuziQ - one of the things that bothers me is when you go somewhere and shortly thereafter get a message "how did you like xxx (where you'd just been). That always creeps me out

    Michele NC

    Turn off your location trackers.

    Does this mean that I need to turn off my GPS?

    Michele in NC
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    😏
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,716 Member
    Food - Garlic and chilli. Stinky cheese. :laugh:

    Just watched the Dad's Autism video. Excellent. Thank you, Amber.
    DH 's elder daughter was diagnosed with Asperger's last year, in her late 40s. Makes a lot of things clear to him that were puzzling before and she is relieved to have a name for her problems. The book called Neurotribes is very good. At the moment it is free on my Amazon Prime, though we have a hard copy.

    I often think that if the police ever needed a profile of me and my life, then Amazon would have soooooo much info on me! It pretty much would tell you everything you needed to know about me. :*:o;)
    The one thing we won't do is have store cards and we won't do Airbnb, or anything that wants your photo ID. We barely touch Facebook. I don't do Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest. However I do know that everything is out there and it's frightening. All those cookies. :sad: And not the fattening kind.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,099 Member
    Up having my tea, which is sublime this morning, catching up with you all..
    I binge watched Hallmark movies all yesterday afternoon till 10 last night lol ,so unlike me.. and all the mushy love stuff sort of makes me gag .he he he.. the only one who loves me like that is Aflie
    right now he is on squirrel duty ..sits on my lap looks out the window and if one comes up on my retaining wall he is off like a shot..

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