WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2020

1…1415171920…63

Replies

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,710 Member
    Luci - I never got your message. ;):*:/

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,005 Member
    spikeyhair wrote: »
    LUCI I am in Spain at the moment but going home tomorrow. Mixed feelings nice to get home but will miss Spain Never mind back in March

    Kate UK <3

    Love Spain! Where in Spain do you travel? Any special recommendations?
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    ❤️❤️❤️
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    CW after healthy eating again 149.2 lost 2lbs from eating healthy already. Went over calories but was healthy items kale,nuts,cranberries,apples,granola things like that. Exercising too helped. Got to get back to 147 tho. Backs bent over like usual from picking JR up for Doctor to Truck so sore.No exercise until later today.

    Amber Tx

    My stomach muscles feel alive y good after the exercise band.Was doing a slow motions up then down only 2lb band. Sticking with that for a long time. Hoping pinched nerve in back from JR releases if not then band can wait until tomorrow. Healing after surgery isn’t easy but it’s doable
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Sharon ~ I really, really admire your adventurous spirit and get-up-and-go attitude. I can barely make myself go to the local stores much less drive through mountains and visit places outside the US.

    Carol in GA
  • Maritill
    Maritill Posts: 146 Member
    Hello ladies. Well it snowed yesterday here in West Virginia. Plowable snow but nothing like Rochester,NY snow. I have a lot of reading to do as I was on page 15 when I went to bed a couple of nights ago. Had a couple of HB eggs this morning.Now I have to get up the energy to go to the health center for my exercise. Have a super great day.
    Marianne in West Virginia
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,290 Member
    Hello Ladies!
    My dizzy spells seem to have passed. I think it was some combination of congestion and migraine. Thanks for your support!

    I use Duolingo to learn French and Spanish on my phone. It is very good for a free app. It's missing self expression in the target language because that is too hard to correct automatically. I do it on my phone. It makes a nice alternative to playing games.

    Best wishes to you all,
    Annie in Delaware
  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 971 Member
    Annie in Delaware - Thank you! I downloaded Duolingo and noticed I can also learn Klingon! That made me giggle.
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,658 Member
    B)
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
    :#
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @ginnytez how are you feeling? you were a bit under the weather, right?

    Surprisingly pleasant work lunch. We have annual lunch in the schools. The school that was once the most difficult was quite pleasant today.
    Definitely went way over in eating yesterday. will be protesting again tomorrow afternoon if I'm not too exhausted.
    Going to have class in the morning though. some teachers have been on strike non-stop for a month.
  • ydailey
    ydailey Posts: 516 Member
    Today is Bubble Bath Day!

    "Bubble baths are created by a layer of surfactant foam on top of water. ... Besides making bubbles, some bubble bath products may be used to wash skin and hair as well. Originally bubble baths were made with soap. Today the substances used to make bubble baths may be liquid, gel, powder, grains, or tablets. By the 1960s, surfactants were mass marketed, and bubble baths were the norm for children."

    Rebecca - What a sweet text from your son - and what a sweet response! Sorry about your pen pal. Sometimes I think people who are deeply entrenched in their views cut people with other views off because they don't want to hear anything that might force them to examine their own beliefs.

    Viv - Decluttering is on my list for this year too. Ultimately we want to sell this house and move to a much smaller one when we're ready to retire. To be honest, for me the problem is less about being too attached to stuff and more about finding the time to deal with getting rid of it. Sometimes I fantasize about calling an estate agent and saying, "Come in here and take it all away!"

    Allie - It definitely sounds like you need a new job with someone who appreciates you! Hope sometimes turns up soon so you can tell Dr. P. to deal with the insurance on his own from now on!

    Terri - Salted licorice? {makes a face} Guess that would be an acquired taste. I'm not that fond of licorice in the first place.

    Heather - You have inspired me to look for a singing group here! I haven't had a group to sing with since I left the women's chorus after we moved, and I miss it.

    Luci - I don't have insurance because we make too much to qualify for federal subsidies but not enough to afford paying the equivalent of a second mortgage for insurance that doesn't cover anything. We're both self employed so we have to pay both the employee and federal shares of Social Security, which doesn't help. Anyhow, we were spending so much on premiums that we didn't have money left over to pay for medical expenses ($12,000 out of pocket before the policy paid). Now we can afford to pay for routine care out of pocket and we joined a healthchare ministry to offset any potential big-ticket expenses. Should one of us have a catastrophic diagnoses we'd be in trouble so I'm just praying we can hang on until we're eligible for Medicare.

    Evie - I hate what the rise of medical tourism says about the state of health care in the U.S. Seems like a problem we should be able to solve, if we only had the will to do it.


    Philip and I are continuing to recover from the respiratory illness we had over the holidays although we're both still coughing a lot. However, cedar pollen counts are at record levels right now so it's hard to tell - we may be recovered and are now just showing allergy symptoms! Whatever it is, I hope it clears up soon because I want to be 100% for our ski trip.

    I met with the contractor who is going to replace our garage yesterday and gave him a down payment, so now we're officially on the clock. We have about two weeks while we're waiting on city permits to get the old garage completely empty and remove anything we want to salvage from it. We're taking a break to go to the beach between now and then, though, so we'll just have to do a little extra before and after the beach trip. We're so excited to get this done as we always have projects going and have been desperately needing a place to work on them. Our old garage is unspeakable.

    While I was packing up the pet supply cabinet I found a set of doggy saddlebags we had for our border collie mix - I set those aside for our vacation, thinking Luna could tote a small amount of water and some doggy snacks while we're out on the crosscountry trails in February.

    Wish I could take a bubble bath! Maybe once the garage is finished we can finally get back to work on the bathroom where the clawfoot tub is going in! Hope you enjoy some bubbles if you've got 'em.

    -Yvonne in TX
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Rebecca - spilt pea soup is my favorite, my mom makes the best -- but even with her recipe mine never comes out as good.

    Kim
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,290 Member
    I love split pea soup! My ex used to make it thick with just peas water garlic salt and more garlic. My mom adds meat to hers, turkey or ham hock, and onions.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Languages ... I've attended classes at uni and community classes. I've also used Duolingo.
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Federal aid insurance, you have to read the fine print because it has to be paid back when you die. They went after my DDil mother’s house after she passed...

Categories