WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2020

Katla49

Pip: Happy 2860!!!! 7.84 years is a fabulous accomplishment. Keep up the great job!

Kathy from Oregon: Welcome to a fellow Oregonian!!! You have found a welcoming and supportive group of women. :bigsmile: What part of Oregon do you call home? I live in Columbia County. My best advice is to move more, measure all food portions, and count calories. Let MFP set your calorie goals for you starting where you are now. As you lose weight they will reduce your allowed calories. Stop by here regularly for support and encouragement.

Allie: Putting up with an obnoxious coworker is part of life. :ohwell: I hope your upcoming vacation is a delight. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:


Yoga this morning was delightful. It set me up for a pleasant day and week.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

drkatiebug

Agree with Barbie. Habits are the key. Two people I follow regularly have both recommended Atomic Habits. I havent read it yet, but I’m going to try to get it on audiobooks from the library. I have to make a trip to Nashville next week - six hours in the car there and back would be the perfect time to listen to it.

Poerava14

Dr.Katie: I second "Atomic Habits". I already knew or was practicing alot of it. However, I will share that my big takeaway was reframing the more difficult habits. Instead of saying "I have to hit the treadmill" to say "I GET to hit the treadmill". I've adopted this for everything about my life from care giving duties to cleaning the toilet. Great book, and I'm grateful it was available as an audiobook from my library.

Kathy from Oregon: Welcome!

Good day today. Got DH showered, which is never easy because he procrastinates for days and days (pretty normal behavior for dementia). He has had a couple recent episodes of incontinence while sleeping, and with very little prompting also got him to try an adult diaper. The VA provides them for free. Tomorrow we have side by side dental cleaning appointments. I know his dental hygienist will not be happy that he doesn't brush and floss as often as he should...oh well...

My scale is stuck. Now that birthday and anniversary are past, I foresee a full day fast coming up soon. Stay well friends. We can do this. We GET to do this.

Rori
Loving being in the NOW
Colorado Foothills

auntiebk

"Todo"s and "done"

Done Monday: call about tire swap, Post Office, Coffee/stroll with Barb, invest 10 mins cleaning MasterBth, Shadow to groomer for nails, and mini-pet Mart to post dog group fliers, leaving soon to see Dr. Dolitel with Carol.
Bonus: 1 load laundry, 15 mins vac laundry/kitchen,
ToDo: tire swap, chiropractor, call about turnout drying racks, invest 10 mins cleaning LR, carryover 10 mins cleaning Office, veg prep, bake bran muffins, board meeting minutes, dust bookshelves, call Carolyn, line dance class, fast for Wednesday’s blood work and tests.

Lanette, coach Ken calls them our “A” and “B” sides, recommends doubling up whichever exercise on the B side ‘til the strength equalizes with A. Then he confesses there are days when we have two “B” sides 25 steps each side sounds like a lot at one time… are you holding for 3 seconds each step up?
Welcome Kathy in OR!

Time to leave for the movies.

Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

January: get up and go outside 10 mins EVERY day, even in the rain!
daily: steps=4604 so far, vits 18 log=20 CI<CO=17 CI<250<CO=7 Tumble 5/10=11 mfp=20
wkly: BBBorTC x3=7, rx=3 dance=4.2 pack walk=2.5
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant= outside=10
Bonus AF=12 dog group email list= sew= play=

JRsLateInLifeMom

Rori- JRs dentist said you can’t floss a 2yr olds mouth so water is your best friend! Brush best you can allow chewing the toothbrush y lots of water all day long .If it works for him it will work for anyone! JRs teeth are super white y his toothbrush super chewed up with lots of water all day long. I even know someone who gives their grandp the 360* sipper cup - cup with a stopper lid so still a cup but less spills! Can’t lay it on its side it’s still a cup but works great for them for night use. Just get creative. My Daughter grandma when she was alive with dementia I gave her sports bottles full of water the temp she liked. She drank more because of it.

Amber Tx

Organizing my closet - bigger task than I thought regretting starting it but needs done.

Snowflake1968

Heat in the house - I grew up in a very cold house and swore I would never be cold again. I keep the heat up in our house but last week when we had to keep it exceptionally high so our pipes wouldn’t freeze was even too warm for me.

On Saturday evening they ended our cold weather warnings. Today at lunch time it reached 0. What a nice day it was.

So much more to say but didn’t take notes.

Tomorrow I go get the post put in for my crown and a filling. I am not looking forward to it. Thankfully I have Atavan to take before I go. Hubby will drive me and pick me up.

Tracey in Edmonton

barbiecat

"Atomic Habits" by James Clear and "Better Than Before" by Gretchen Rubin.....two exceptional books about forming habits.

Machka9

Katla49 wrote: »

Heather: Looking at your old diaries from early teen years would be a challenge for many of us. I think it is a sign of strength & courage that you are willing and able to look at the past and include some of it in your memoir. It is a worthy and admirable effort. :flowerforyou:

My diaries from teen years are B-O-R-I-N-G!!

I've always been a data/numbers/lists person.

So from my first diary when I was about 10 years old, my entries read like:

Went to school.
Did language arts homework.
Start math homework.
Organised sock drawer.
Cycled for an hour.

By my late teens, I felt constricted by the tiny entry spots of children's diaries and migrated to appointment books and lists where I would write down everything I wanted to accomplish the next day in a list, and at the end of the day I'd check off what I did and write the rest onto the next day.

I recall that the summer between Grade 11 and Grade 12 I resolved to (and successfully did most of the time) read a portion of a book 5 days a week ... a chapter or for an hour or something. One day (let's say, Monday) I made my way through my mother's medical textbooks, the next day it was my father's accounting texts, the next day it was my French texts. I remember those three in particular ... I think a fourth was exercise books on running, cycling, weight lifting, etc. and I'm not sure, but the fifth might have been math. It seems to me I tried to wade into calculus without much luck. And I dutifully wrote down what I had read in my lists. Ah the summer when I was 17 ... I remember it well.

When computers came along, my lists were computerised which makes them less time consuming. I've got stuff to do in my calendars with notifications that pop up to remind me, and also a running list where, when I complete something, it goes to the bottom.

It seems to me that my mother saw what I was writing in my diary at some point early on and told me that I could write my personal thoughts and things there rather than just lists, but I was horrified. Why on earth would I want to commit my personal thoughts to paper for someone else to read?? So I don't think I ever did that.

Even when I tried to write fiction in classes in high school and some of my earlier post-secondary programs, instructors said my writing was somewhat detached and didn't show any emotion or feeling or anything. It was like I was writing an instruction manual.

I have since learned how to throw adjectives and adverbs into fiction to create a sense of feeling in order to get a decent mark in class.

And I have since learned that I really enjoy writing instruction manuals. And now I must get back to work ... I'm writing an instruction manual!!


Machka in Oz

coastalgosgal

Kathy in Oregon, welcome from an Oregonian displaced presently in Washington! I just can't think of my self as a Washingtonian! No offence to all the Washingtonians here! 💖

I grew up near Portland, ( actually Gresham) but married a sailor in 1983 so he took me all hell and gone! We are retired Navy and share a home with active duty son on Whidbey island. When son retires from Navy we might just move back to the coast by Astoria. I miss my sound of the ocean, its scent in the breeze. But it is nice to have access to a Navy base.

Awe don't be so hard on yourself. Life happens. The most important step you take is the first step. I mean, starting anything, is a mental mind shift toward the positive. 👍

We are a unique bunch, from every part of the globe. Many of us have been here since the beginning of time. Well for 7/8 years anyway.😂. The main rules are no political, no religion, oogles of grandbaby pics or pet pics, just keep us in your mental back pocket. Maybe "Rules" is too strong a word. Check in every so often. Whine and vent up the ying-yang. Does that pretty much cover it ladies?
Welcome again.👍
💖Rebecca

Katla49

Machka: My diaries were pretty boring, too. I’m not a writer, but I wished to be one someday when I was a kid. I’ve always loved reading. Heather is a writer at heart and a published author. I read a book of hers a few years ago.

Kathy from Oregon: Welcome! I look forward to seeing your posts. What part of Oregon do you call home?

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

January 2020 Resolutions (On track for all 6 at the moment. Hope to keep it that way.)

1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on strength and stamina.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least 3 glasses of water a day.
5. Monitor sleep. Average 7 or more hours nightly.
6. Abstain from alcohol.

Machka9

Katla49 wrote: »

Machka: My diaries were pretty boring, too. I’m not a writer, but I wished to be one someday when I was a kid. I’ve always loved reading. Heather is a writer at heart and a published author. I read a book of hers a few years ago.

I've been published too.

In cycling magazines: I've written several articles mainly about long distance cycling.

And in offices where Ive worked and produced manuals.

Although I would like to write fiction, it's not really my thing.

Machka in Oz

cityjaneLondon

Machka - My diaries were more like journals. One year a white one and one year red. They had locks on them. I bought them from Woolworths. Of course, I lost the keys a very long time ago, so the fastenings are torn open.
I will read them after exercises this morning.
It was strange opening the Memory Box and seeing what I had preserved. One thing is my old scrapbook of the film and tv stars that I was so madly in love with. Many were in US series. I'm not sure if I was in love with cowboys, or thought I was a cowboy.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Machka9

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Machka - My diaries were more like journals. One year a white one and one year red. They had locks on them.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

I think my mother thought I'd use mine like journals, but I never did.

M in Oz

Machka9

Walked 4.4 km along our beach this evening after work.

Some of the views ...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/






Machka in Oz

cityjaneLondon

Has anyone else kept their adolescent diaries/journals?

These are mine. I haven't opened them yet. I'm going to in a few minutes.


Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

spikeyhair

Trying to catch up not sure why I haven't been reading every day, need to get back in habit. Am 10 pages behind so will work backwards and hope I don't miss too much
Welcome all newbies, great group of ladies from everywhere
Been knitting lots of socks now fancy some sewing will shop for material tomorrow

Kate UK

grandmallie

morning ladies~
watching the local news and having my tea.. will do laundry today and try and see if I can pack again into a back pack lol, I am a little crazy about this.. was talking to my SIL last night and she is saying they might not open the cottage this year.. we shall see

pipcd34

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KetoneKaren

Good Morning! Machka - list people love their lists & logs, but as a girl I poured my heart out into diaries such as the ones Heather is about to open. Who I was mad at, hurt by, or in love with; secrets about smoking, sex, alcohol, marijuana; lyrics with symbolic or special meaning; hurts and gloats and plans and possibilities. I haven't seen them in decades & wonder if I threw them away. My mother would never have thrown them away if she discovered them, but there were periods of my life when I steeled myself to throw stuff away & overdid it. I'm fascinated by Heather's task today.

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The talk about squats reminded me that Mary @fanncy0626 is an expert on squats & kettle bells as well as IF and KETO. She drops in from time to time, so maybe she'll pop in & share some knowledge on safe squatting.

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Pip that gorgeous golden dog photo you last posted. Remind me of that pup's name. So beautiful.

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I'm thinking I need to read Atomic Habits.

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Lilliana is coming for the whole day today!!! So exciting.




Karen in Virginia

LisaInAR

Heather - no, my kleptomaniac sister-in-law stole my teen-age diary and then tortured me with it later. Don't know what happened to it. Then my journals from the 27 years of my first marriage were ruined in a flooded basement--not before I wrote the first draft of my memoir, but can't go back and check my stories. Still have trepidations about editing and publishing mine... most likely because of that kleptomaniac sister-in-law and how it felt to have my personal observations thrown at me like brickbats. She was the second wife of my brother who's nine years older than me and he's now on his fourth wife, so she's long gone. She even stole my sister's tennis shoes. Weird woman.

I hope your diaries aren't terribly traumatic for you to read--for me, it was easier writing when I could feel I was writing about someone else... which in all fact, I was. I'm not the same person I was in my teens, and thank goodness for the small favor that is maturity. It brings its own angst, but so much less intense, and vastly more bearable.

Ah... my long weekend is over--time to go back to work.... which effectively means switching my monitor over to my work laptop. I am luckier than I probably deserve.

Love y'all,
Lisa in AR