WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2020
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Karen - Yes, Gatwick is our nearest airport. 30 miles away. I used to love our little Southampton airport, which was really close, but the choices of destination were limited. Car to Gatwick takes just over 30 mins, and by bus and train about an hour.
Saga rang me this morning about my insurance (I am on blood pressure medication), but I wasn't on the same floor as my phone, so missed it. I will ring them tomorrow.
Dancing tonight!
I'm planning to do my roots this afternoon.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Heather, yes, the Mississippi, as well as the Viking river cruises in Europe, which are one of the few who advertise on television in this part of the country. And those kind of decisions are exactly the ones my husband and I make. Discuss things into the ground, for weeks, months, years, and then when the right one is there in front of you, and you both agree, jump. Looks hasty, but those decisions have a lot of discussion underlying them.
Karen in VA, I never wear anything but sports bras, as I'm a very odd size, and they're more comfortable. Thanks for the thought, though.
KJ, thank you for the good thoughts on the work thing. Talked it over my husband last night, and he (for a change) actually got serious and told me if I need to walk away, to go ahead and do that. I don't need his permission, but I do need his support, if that makes sense--we're a partnership and do nothing that is this large without consulting the other. Oddly enough, knowing that I have that ability puts a different spin on things. I'm working here because I wish to, not because I must. I need reminding sometimes. Glad you got a taker for your igloo.
However, I am also and obviously quite drawn to change... and I'm coming up on my one-year mark in this job, so all the same grant applications are circling back around again. It's possible that I'm just craving novelty, and my traitorous brain is making me pick fights to make that happen. I shall have to take myself out back and give myself a good talking to.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
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Iris & Lilliana & Athena
Carol in GA4 -
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Coronovirus- Their going to try HIV drug y Fli drug cocktail to fight it. Seems to have some weird mutations .
Back to 49lbs lost ! Finally! Darn donuts 🍩 lol. Easy to put a pound or two on but forever to get it off!
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Margaret Your last post made me teary. I can only imagine the inner despair that behaviorally-challenged young man must feel each day as he struggles to maintain his control. Your words obviously made a difference to him. Poor kid.3
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Roots done! Natural blonde again, yeah!
My son has just rung to ask us to change our babysitting to Saturday morning as Sunday is scheduled to be gale force winds and pouring with rain. Not good cycling weather! He is going to book Fatto a Mano for us all afterwards.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Hello Everyone! I just found this group and you all seem like a very supportive group of ladies. I'm well into my 60's and fortunately healthy and want to stay that way! I've lost almost 8 of the 20 lbs. that I AM going to lose. Short lady syndrome here and every pound shows. My husband passed away 4 years ago after 45 years of marriage so it's been a roller coaster of emotions. We all have our struggles for sure. Hope to be a regular here.12
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Stefhscherr wrote: »Hello Everyone! I just found this group and you all seem like a very supportive group of ladies. I'm well into my 60's and fortunately healthy and want to stay that way! I've lost almost 8 of the 20 lbs. that I AM going to lose. Short lady syndrome here and every pound shows. My husband passed away 4 years ago after 45 years of marriage so it's been a roller coaster of emotions. We all have our struggles for sure. Hope to be a regular here.
Welcome...Please sign with the name you would like us to call you here in this group.
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Amber-funny you mention coronovirus.Gs came home with a sniffle yesterday, I Knew he wasn’t well.Gave him zarbies before bed,he woke up with a temp of 101-no school .But 9 children have died in Tennessee from the flu and had no other health issues.Hes in bed and sound asleep and between exercise,Ive been running back to check on him.Hes had pneumonia before and I just don’t want to take any chances.
Debby (worried)in Va
Strefhscherr-Sorry for the loss of your husband,glad you’re here!!8 -
Caught upon reading.
Lot’s of battles being tackled. Good wishes to everyone. Tomorrow will be the filing in both Superior Ct and State Supreme Court ending the many years of family legal. So freeing to know it is over.
SwedishCancer Center has decided my sister’s lung cancer should be targeted aggressively with six weeks of radiation daily Monday thru Friday. Each week she will have a once weekly infusion of chemo/immunotherapy therapy thru a central port. Then two addition infusions after radiation is completed. The plan is being developed and the hope is this could be a curative treatment. She had Gamma Knife radiation to the four brain tumors last Monday and will have an MRI in April to check progress of tumors shrinking.
I need to get back on track. I quit logging food. I eat food like doughnuts and white bread that I haven’t eaten for years. Yesterday I went and bought Oreos. ???? What the heck am I doing. ????Today I am going to log food,every bite and begin a way toward healthy eating. I’ve kept up exercise,especially walking and hiking but still have gained 4lbs since January 1.
Appreciate everyone’s sharing. Barbi hanks for the Feb thread. Good luck to everyone as the month goes on. Life is good but it sure isn’t easy.
Betsy in NW WA
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However, I am also and obviously quite drawn to change... and I'm coming up on my one-year mark in this job, so all the same grant applications are circling back around again. It's possible that I'm just craving novelty, and my traitorous brain is making me pick fights to make that happen. I shall have to take myself out back and give myself a good talking to.
Lisa - This came up when I was talking to my sister the other day. She's only had one job - been there almost 35 years - but it's a constantly changing type of job. Me, OTOH, I've had multiple jobs over the years with most only lasting a couple of years at a time. The fact that I've been at my current job for over 13 years is surprising (to both me and my family). I just get bored easily. Once I've mastered the job, I'm looking for something else to do and with accounting, there just isn't much change - it's pretty much the same thing day after day. Fortunately my boss understands me well enough to know that and tries to give me new things to do when possible. That's why I'm excited about the prospect of a new position at my current employer. It would be some of the same stuff I do now, but also more, new stuff added in (and the possibility of a pay increase doesn't hurt ). It's not like I'm looking to leave my current job, the benefits here are really good and I'm close enough to retirement that I don't want to start over again somewhere new. But having new duties will make it easier to get through the next couple of years.
I'm home for a snow day today - only flurries so far but quite a bit of snow expected later on today. Going to use the time to research new recipes and get next week's meal plan going.
JanetO - eastern MO5 -
Debby- Same here every sniffle were allergies or not? Who did we come in contact with? We went to Chuckie Cheese stayed with a nice Asian family who like JR has a same age preemie Daughter so we kept everyone at bay as a team.1 kid sick they get it so easily! The latest flu been hard on kids,luckily their Daughters y JR have only caught twice the 24hr regular stomach flu. Luckily I didn’t catch it...ooor Hubby did twice!
Today Brunch y Dinner (Crystal light peach tea ☕️ )
Decided to make a salad 🥗 y Potatoes
1.cooked Shrimp fried in a pan of water,pepper,garlic powder, y margarine 🧈 1 tab (1/2tsp).No coating in shrimp ever.
2. Brunch added it to mixed bag lettuce,avocado,apple small one.
3.Dinner making a potatoe with pepper y a tab of margarine 🧈 with the Greek yogurt (sour cream flavor) topping it with the shrimp
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Barbie: I’d love to hear more about your fit and fallproof class. It sounds like a very good idea.
Karen in VA: We had a financial advisor who was buying and selling our stocks in order to increase his commissions. We moved our funds to a different company and have never had that trouble again. :bigsmile:
(((Betsy))): I’m sorry for your sister’s health problems. That kind of worry can be a trigger for over eating. I hope she gets good news on shrinking tumors . :flowerforyou:
Dog to groomer, yoga and DH & I to the financial advisor today. I have to get moving!
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Katla, The Fit and Fall Proof class is apparently modeled on a class developed elsewhere and includes all sorts of things I already know how to do and could do at home if I had the discipline to do it. There was a session with very light hand weights for bicep curls and passing one weight around from hand to hand and raising above your head. Also bouncing and tossing a playground ball with a partner. Stretching with a resistance band. Side bends and forward bends. Probably a lot of this could be found on line. The trick for me was to be there in the class and do the stuff. At home, I always default to dog walking or riding my exercise bike.
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Betsy-I’m so sorry about your sister.Prayers and (((hugs))) to y’all,hoping treatment works.My brother was diagnosed with stage 4 tonsil cancer a while back and he is cancer free.
Debby in Va3 -
Barbie: I get my exercise in yoga class, riding a recumbent bike, walking and horseback riding. The classes and bike are consistent. Horseback riding is not as organized. I go when I have an opportunity & DH is doing ok.3
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Margaret - What a great story in the classroom. I wish more teachers were like you.
Betsy - I'm with you on needing to get back into logging my food, especially after our Donuts and Beer Bowl on Sunday. Sending good thoughts to you and your family regarding your sister.
Jobs- I am glad to hear that I am not the only one that needed to change workplaces often. I rarely stayed at one place for more than a year. I just got bored and needed to move on.
Machka - Loved that photo. It was very peaceful.
I also get annoyed by city noises. We live at the top of a canyon and the emergency vehicles use a road we can see on the other side of the canyon. We hear sirens all the time. It's dangerous because while I do hear them, I don't think to pull over when I'm driving. We also hear a lot of helicopters that are always looking in the canyons from something or someone. I hear a lot of vehicle noise in general as well as very loud car stereo sounds. Those are probably the most annoying.
All that said, we did stay at a lovely hotel in Transylvania last summer outside a small village and all we heard all night long were dogs barking at each other. No sleep at all.
Heather - Your river cruise sounds wonderful. I know several people who have done them and they have all loved them.
Tina in CA3 -
Thanks for welcoming me to this supportive group!
Stef from Maryland2 -
Dancing went well, though I was super tired. I'm glad I went. DH found this week a bit easier, though he won't accept that he is getting better at it! Our teachers are really great and friendly. As soon as I hear the music my mood perks up.
Got to make sure I'm up in good time tomorrow, so I can get all, or most of my exercises done before I leave to catch the train to see my friend. Hope I sleep tonight.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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