WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2020

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  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,048 Member
    We currently have about 8 inches of snow and still coming down. DD has missed 2 days of work this week. Choir director has already cancelled choir practice tomorrow as we are forecast to get a big storm tonight. And I moved from SD to get away from this stuff. The YM is closed today due to weather. I have been doing weights and walking in the house but not the same as water exercise. Have crockpot crack chicken going for this evening.

    Rori - Happy Birthday!!!

    Allie - Skip the cranberry juice and try cranberry extract capsules. No sugar or bitter taste. I do this on the recommendation of my doctor.

    Everyone take care, Sue in WA
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,099 Member
    Sue in Wa. Yup that's what I bought my friend
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited January 2020
    Lanette: The product I bought for the bathrooms is Clorox Automatic Toilet Bowl Cleaner. It works well for us. We’ve been using it for several years. We also use pumice sticks for hard to dislodge stains. The brand name we bought is Pumie Scouring Stick. Since we got rid of the mineral stains we rarely need more than the automatic toilet bowl cleaner but we have both products on hand. :star:

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited January 2020
    Sue in WA: Color me crazy, but I envy your snow. I like snow that falls, stays a day or two and disappears. I am not a fan of knee deep slush. :noway: It has been a very long time since I've needed to deal with slush.:smiley:
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    Did Patrick Godeau’s Hard Body Workout DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do Jillian Michaels Burn Fat Boost Metabolism DVD.

    Rebecca – great find! You can make a trip to NC…just sayin’, giving you ideas of what you can do with that money. $46 for an oil change? Did you maybe get synthetic oil?

    Rori – happy birthday

    For everyone in Texas: what is the oldest city in Texas?

    Allie – I’m so sorry you didn’t get the job.

    I was just vacuuming Jess’ room and suddenly the vacuum stopped. Seems that for some reason it blew a fuse. Vince checked, all the outlets are on one breaker and they’re GFI’s. Well, the electrician who they used when they built this house screwed up. When we had the inspection done on the house, the inspector said that we needed a GFI in the kitchen. The electrician swore there was one. Nope….so they had to install one.

    I guess I’m getting critical now. I do wish that I had a steadier hand when I’m doing the black outlining on my ceramics. I can seem to do any other color, but black I have a hard time with. Oh well….

    Vince isn’t going to go shooting tonight so I said to him “you’ll probably never hear this from me again, but would you go out to get something to eat? I planned that you would eat out after shooting so I don’t have anything made. If you bring back something from a fast food place, that’s OK, I won’t be tempted”. He just laughed. Right now I’m on the clear liquids, I need to drink 8oz an hour until midnight. The biggest problem I’m finding is that I need to set the alarm for when an hour is up. Then tomorrow after 6 I am to have 2 liters (I think this is about 64oz) of that “stuff” and then 6 hours before the procedure have the other 2 liters. I can’t have anything at all (I’m surprised that even includes water) for 2 hours before the procedure. Update: he said “it’s a toss up between Chick-Fil-A and Five Guys”. My response was “Five Guys sounds worse to me”. I bet he goes to Five Guys!

    Michele NC
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Rebecca: Where do you expect to find warmer weather in January? Are you thinking of Las Vegas? Arizona? New Mexico? I heard that we all have to have passports to go on any jet, anywhere. I hope I’m mistaken. :grumble:

    Viv UK: I haven’t heard of a house call from any doctor other than a blood relative. :noway: My uncle was a doctor who made house calls to family members on rare occasions. In our town, paramedics from the fire department come in an emergency. They will provide first aid and/or a ride to the hospital if needed. The nearest hospital to us is about 30 miles away. :star:

    Rori: Happy Birthday!!!!! :heart:

    Pip: Your snowy yard is beautiful! :star: Your bruises look painful. Ouch! :flowerforyou:

    Barbara: It is wet here, too. I don’t see a drought forecast in our near future. :noway:

    Carol: Your grandson is a handsome boy. Thanks for the photo. :smiley:


    DH is still lingering in bed as I visit with you and have morning coffee. I have a city meeting this evening. I studied my packet last night and will give it another look today.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    I was googling warm places. Thailand is 89! Naples is 47' Maui, ( Ford Island) where the Navy Lodge is was 70's overcast. I'm just passing the time until this winter passes!👍👍😋😋
    💖Rebecca
    We have military id we don't need the special ids
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,208 Member
    :) Today is our anniversary so we celebrated by going together to get our hair cut. We had planned to go to lunch at our favorite restaurant in town but found that it was closed for lunch. We went to our second favorite and found that it was closed because of the snow, so we went to the place with good pizza and got a pizza with a zillion veggies and brought it home and ate it while watching "Jeopardy". We have a perfect life together and the best anniversary celebration is just being together.

    :) We both have passports so we didn't bother to get the enhanced drivers' license the last time we renewed. I am excited to possess a drivers' license that says I can legally drive until I'm 78 years old.

    <3 Barbie in beautiful snowy NW WA
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
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    Nacogdoches is the oldest I’ve been told

    Amber Tx
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,280 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,280 Member
    stats for the day:

    had a new wahoo hrm that i forgot about!

    bike ride hm 2 gym- 13.57min, 130mhr, 6.4amph, 1.48mi= 61c
    apple watch- 80c
    MANUAL TREADMILL, walk- 40min, 111ahr, 138mhr, 2.24mi= 243c
    apple watch- 267c
    bike ride gym 2 dome, snow flurries- 9.18min, 125mhr, 9.7amph, 1.49mi= 38c
    apple watch- 98c
    bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 18.42min, 133mhr, 9.7amph, 3.03mi= 138c
    apple watch- 105c
    walk sta 2 wrk- 10.14min, 112mhr, 13.04min mi, .78mi= 47c
    apple watch- 65c
    walk sta 2 wrk 2 sta- 7.57min, 109mhr, .51mi= 33c
    apple watch- 57c
    bike ride dome 2 hm- 25.02min, 6.2amph, 144mhr,2.58mi= 200c
    apple watch- 137c

    total cal 785
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    So smoky out there!!! According to one newspaper, "The island’s air quality rivals major Asian cities like Beijing and New Delhi". It's coming across from Victoria.

    I went for a 3 km walk at lunch, but it was not comfortable.

    They say we might get a thunderstorm and some rain this evening, and I hope we do ... it might dampen things down out there.

    Meanwhile, for the first day since my Shingles Vax I'm actually feeling reasonably OK. :) I might even consider a bit of exercise downstairs after work ... maybe rowing a little or a short jog on the treadmill ...


    Machka in Oz
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    Barbie – happy anniversary

    Amber – you’re so right – that’s the oldest city in Texas!

    Well, I finished all the orange jello and made some green. I don’t want to get real hungry if I can help it.

    Working on a Christmas tree skirt. The one that I had was about 25 years old and over the years the white has discolored. So I’m trying making another one like it only I think the yarn that I used the first time was a bit thinner because this one looks thicker. Well, it might not look bad under the tree. And who knows? Maybe it’ll flatten out once it’s been used.

    Michele NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    :) We both have passports so we didn't bother to get the enhanced drivers' license the last time we renewed. I am excited to possess a drivers' license that says I can legally drive until I'm 78 years old.

    <3 Barbie in beautiful snowy NW WA

    Unless something happens.

    My husband has still not been given clearance to drive because of his brain injury and resulting epilepsy. Two years ago, things were great. He was settling into his new position, we were planning some time away (which we did take, thank goodness), and then ...

    Enjoy it while you've got it.
    Prepare just in case it's gone tomorrow.


    Machka in Oz

  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,048 Member
    Happy anniversary Barbie!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    Walk Score
    https://www.walkscore.com/
    https://www.walkscore.com/how-it-works/
    https://www.walkscore.com/methodology.shtml

    Walk Score measures the walkability of any address, Transit Score measures access to public transit, and Bike Score measures whether a location is good for biking.

    Walk Score measures the walkability of any address using a patented system. For each address, Walk Score analyzes hundreds of walking routes to nearby amenities. Points are awarded based on the distance to amenities in each category. Amenities within a 5 minute walk (.25 miles) are given maximum points. A decay function is used to give points to more distant amenities, with no points given after a 30 minute walk.

    Walk Score also measures pedestrian friendliness by analyzing population density and road metrics such as block length and intersection density. Data sources include Google, Factual, Great Schools, Open Street Map, the U.S. Census, Localeze, and places added by the Walk Score user community.


    My area has a walk score of 53/100.

    50–69 = Somewhat Walkable. Some errands can be accomplished on foot.

    Not brilliant but at least we can get a few groceries at a shop about 400 metres from where we live.

    As we get older and as the chances that we won't be able to hang onto our driver's licences increases, walkability becomes increasingly important.


    Machka in Oz
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    Machka -
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    :D<3:DB)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
    Hi I'm up to P38 but really need to crack on, so will try and catch up later :)

    Loving the photo's of the grandchildren .... all so cute, and the cat in the box, ours are the same, the minute I put a box down there's a cat in it :D mind you, we don't get chance to put a box down now, before we have got the item out of it our dog Leah grabs it and shreds it for us, (maybe it wasn't such a good idea to let Leah "help" with the boxes we had for recycling before Christmas :p ) She loves to shred boxes!

    Mum is feeling a bit better, but I think I may be getting her cold :s hopefully I'll be able to shrug it off before it gets a hold.

    Once DS is up and about he's taking me to B&Q (local DIY store) to get a box of laminate flooring for the kitchen, I've had a few samples, but it's really hard to choose, they are so small, so I'm going to put a few full size planks down to help me decide.

    Better get on with some chores, I've been sat here too long.

    Love to all <3<3
    Viv UK


  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    edited January 2020
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Machka -

    :D<3:DB)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    98/100 is incredible!!

    You picked a really good place ... you're not dependent on a motor vehicle to get places. :)


    The town where we lived before (in Victoria - the state north of us), has a walkability score of 71. I did like it there and would love to go back if there were work.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    Heart is breaking. Time to say goodbye to my Bailey dog.

    So sorry! :heartbreak:

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    edited January 2020
    Machka - It was one of the prime reasons for moving here. I hated having to get in the car for a pint of milk! Plus this is the second thinnest area in the country, Chelsea in London being the thinnest. Must be all the walking! Plus we have some of the lowest readings in the country for air pollution. Lots of people running, cycling, skateboarding, roller skating, walking. You can cycle all along the seafront on dedicated lanes. I'm always having to pull visitors out of the lanes!
    I remember reading a study about the number of miles people walked in a week around the country. People in towns walked far more than countryside dwellers, with London being the highest! Not what people think. I guess NYC must be similar. We certainly walked our feet off when we were there.
    Our public transport is also great and buses are free for pensioners over the whole country.

    My new umbrella has just arrived. It's to replace the one that was blown inside out yesterday and broke. DH 's roller came in the same delivery. He's very keen to try it out. :)
    It's still raining, but the wind has died down. It was blowing a gale all night. The disadvantage of living at the seaside! It really blows here and much more frequently than our previous house. I expect to do a bit of rowing this afternoon.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Karen in VA - I'm so, so sorry.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    Karen - I know how hard you have fought for your dog. <3<3<3 Sending lots of healing thoughts as you go through this sad time. :'(
    Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

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