WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2020

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  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Maddibeauty wrote: »
    Hi ladies. I was working as a head manager in New York and after 53 I felt that my work brings me too much stress and I was always overtired. I didn't have any power to go to the gym, or to prepare myself a healthy food. I decided to change my life into something calmer. I took all my savings and I moved to Portugal in a small city located on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean called Santa Luzia. I feel now much better. I am relaxed and my soul is in peace. I moved here and became NHR Portugal, a company with lawyers helped me with this.

    Maddibeauty
    What did you manage in New York before saving yourself?

    I think you are being modest.

    I looked at your website.

    If not for my grandchildren, I would seriously consider retiring to Algarve to live the good life…& you would help me do it!

    Welcome to our little group!

    Karen in Virginia dreaming of Portugal
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Maddibeauty wrote: »
    Hi ladies. I was working as a head manager in New York and after 53 I felt that my work brings me too much stress and I was always overtired. I didn't have any power to go to the gym, or to prepare myself a healthy food. I decided to change my life into something calmer. I took all my savings and I moved to Portugal in a small city located on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean called Santa Luzia. I feel now much better. I am relaxed and my soul is in peace. I moved here and became NHR Portugal, a company with lawyers helped me with this.

    Maddibeauty What did you manage in New York before saving your sanity? I think you are being modest. I looked at your website. If not for my grandchildren, I would seriously consider a move to Algarve & live the good life…& you would help me do it!

    Welcome to our little group!

    We are very chatty & would love to have you join us.

    Karen in Virginia dreaming of Portugal
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Hmmmm…not sure why that posted twice. But wanted to add to @Maddibeauty not to post links to her website here because it violates MFP policy about advertising/self-promotion.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,786 Member
    edited February 2020
    Allie - We used to go to a lovely little dentist practice in the next village, but that was taken over by a rapacious conglomerate. We complained about the steep rise in prices, gave them one chance, and were stunned by all their 'suggestions' of work we 'needed' to have done. I rang up to cancel and it obviously upset the very nice receptionist who had been there for ages. She called me back to apologise. DH rang and told them what he thought of them and their avaricious ways. :o The head of the new conglomerate rang him back to try to sweet talk him and, to his fury, to diss the previous dentist. He gave her his very best talking to, mentioning corporate greed, sharp practice, the good of the community etc. :p
    We left that practice and joined an NHS one 10 miles away, in Winchester, which was a bit of a journey. Worth it though.
    We were both soooooo angry.
    We have a perfectly adequate NHS practice down here which is just around the corner. :)
    I hope you will find your way to another job soon. <3

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    ginny I have this image of you tearing up that awful floral upholstered chair —powerful, funny, cathartic way to burn some calories and feed the soul, definitely a NSV!

    NYKAREN
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,728 Member
    Good Wednesday,

    Curled up in bed at 9, read a few pages of a book, hubby woke me up to find out how to shut off my tablet(I was reading kindle) and take off my glasses. I have no idea when he came to bed! Feeling a little better this morning.

    Amber, have a great ME day with JR.

    I have training class today. Happy that it is just around the corner from work. Weather not looking great after 3 this afternoon. I will make a couple of stops before I head to work after class. Shhh, don't tell anyone ;)

    Yesterday, I did get parts orders in, invoices totalled and called, waited on customers. Made a to do list for work to get done before we hit springtime craziness. At least I felt somewhat productive!

    Heading to hot tub. Need to pack something to munch in the event of food options.

    Have a blessed day!
    Welcome to the new ladies!
    Hugs!
    And many Thanks for being here!

    <3
    Kylia
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    <3
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,355 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    edited February 2020
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Not particularly looking forward to this coming week.

    I've been enjoying the long weekend even though most of what I've been doing is writing my exam.

    Tomorrow, all the busyness starts again ... one thing after the other all week long.

    Oh well ... one thing at a time.

    I think I've made it through the busiest, most complicated morning of the week. The rest of the week is busy, but hopefully not quite so hectic.

    Of course, the last thing we did this morning was stop for lunch, and on my way back from getting some napkins, I tripped and slammed my elbow into a high table and immediately slammed my arm down on the table trying to catch my balance. My right arm is quite sore now. But I'm moving it, so I'm sure nothing is broken ... probably just bruised.

    Now I've got to figure out where I left off of work last Friday!

    And what I'd really like to do is to take a nap ... but I don't get to take naps.

    Last night was my cycling club's AGM ... the one for all the branches throughout the country. We do them online now so that part was good. I had one eye on Poirot on TV, one eye on my nails which I was doing, and I was sort of listening to the reports etc.

    Right elbow area a little sensitive and more colourful than the left.

    Today I'm trying to catch up on some work at work, then my husband and I are going to see a documentary about bees, and I've got to do a bit more work on my exam paper.

    Didn't sleep very well last night ... stress.

    Evening:
    Movie: How to Bee
    Dinner: Raincheck Lounge
    Dessert: Cold Rock

    How to Bee http://howtobee.ca/
    When filmmaker Naomi Mark found her dad needed more help with his honeybees after being diagnosed with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) she asked him to start a project with her, she asked him to teach her about bees. How To Bee follows the journey of a father and daughter over three beekeeping seasons as he passes his knowledge on to her and they come to terms with his changing health.
    How To Bee is a celebration of life in all stages set against the unique backdrop of Canada’s North.


    Raincheck Lounge https://rainchecklounge.com.au/
    I had the Veggie Burger!!

    Veggie Burger: Sweet potato and quinoa pattie, haloumi, avocado, house slaw, relish and mayo

    It was really good. :) The avocado was pretty much guacamole ... not slices ... so that was really nice.


    Cold Rock
    A large quantity of delicious ice cream with add-ins as usual. :blush:


    :confused: The one downside was that a slightly loose filling decided to break off and come out. A large one!! An annex has opened up in the left side of my mouth! My tongue has been busy measuring it for drapes and wondering if a new sofa will fit in there.

    I've got a decision ... do I get the tooth fixed now or wait till after my nose surgery? :neutral:


    :grin: But my instructor has given us all several extra days to complete our exam papers!! Cool!


    Machka in Oz
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,554 Member
    Did a downloadable spinning workout today. The plan for tomorrow is to take the power Hour class.

    M – the main reason I don’t weigh food down here is because we don’t have a food scale (at least not an accurate one. I THINK there’s one in the pantry, but it’s old and probably not very accurate. I can’t even get it down).

    The ladies here usually go out to lunch at a restaurant on Wednesdays, but today they’re having some sort of tea. I’m really not interested in going, but we are going to go to the pot luck Friday. One of my neighbors came over last night because someone else called her to ask her if I was coming. When she told them I wasn’t the sweet person asked her if I even knew about it. I did, but I thought that was sweet of her to be concerned about me.

    Michele
    Who is off to exercise now
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,145 Member
    Morning ladies~
    I slept well , and am up and having my tea , will go over with Alfie to see Homer for a bit..
    and come back home.. dont think I can get online to work on the new program as it goes Live this morning..
    the man had the audacity to send us 3 girls a list , which he forgot to attach about human error and not wanting any of that.. honestly he will be the death of me... any job other than this would be better...
    we have a large elderly population and they are getting tired of his shennanigans
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking + a bit of rowing)
    Mar-15 … 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
    Apr-15 … 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
    May-15 … 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
    Jun-15 … 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    Jul-15 … 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
    Aug-15 … 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
    Sep-15 … 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
    Oct-15 … 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
    Nov-15 … 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
    Dec-15 … 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
    Jan-16 … 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
    Feb-16 … 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
    Mar-16 … 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
    Apr-16 … 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
    May-16 … 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
    Jun-16 … 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
    Jul-16 … 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
    Aug-16 … 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
    Sep-16 … 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
    Oct-16 … 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
    Nov-16 … 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
    Dec-16 … 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
    Jan-17 … 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
    Feb-17 … 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
    Mar-17 … 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
    Apr-17 … 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
    May-17 … 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
    Jun-17 … 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    Jul-17 … 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
    Aug-17 … 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
    Sep-17 … 455.5 km (283 miles) = 41 hours 25 min
    Oct-17 … 647.1 km (402.1 miles) = 57 hours 19 min
    Nov-17 … 427.0 km (265.3 miles) = 50 hours 4 min
    Dec-17 … 553.5 km (343.9 miles) = 52 hours 12 min
    Jan-18 … 590.2 km (366.7 miles) = 57 hours 49 min
    Feb-18 … 826.9 km (513.8 miles) = 57 hours 35 min
    Mar-18 … 582.01 km (361.6 miles) = 50 hours 11 min
    Apr-18 … 176.23 km (109.5 miles) = 29 hours 47 min
    May -18 … 167.6 km (104.1 miles) = 29 hours 08 min
    June-18 … 349.9 km (217.4 miles) = 36 hours 58 minutes
    July-18 ... 324.2 km (201.5 miles) = 24 hours 26 minutes
    Aug-18 ... 210.1 km (130.6 miles) = 25 hours 59 minutes
    Sep-18 ... 261.7 km (162.6 miles) = 25 hours 11 minutes
    Oct-18 ... 230.8 km (143.4 miles) = 30 hours 15 minutes
    Nov-18 ... 216.8 km (134.7 miles) = 30 hours 3 minutes
    Dec-18 ... 285.2 km (177.2 miles) = 37 hours 49 minutes
    Jan-19 ... 241.6 km (150.1 miles) = 27 hours 2 minutes
    Feb-19 ... 175.5 km (109 miles) = 19 hours 8 minutes
    Mar-19 ... 170.3 km (105.8 miles) = 28 hours 21 minutes
    Apr-19 ... 160.3 km (99.6 miles) = 25 hours 4 minutes
    May-19 ... 164.0 km (101.9 miles) = 29 hours 10 minutes
    Jun-19 ... 246.2 km (153 miles) = 25 hours 40 minutes
    Jul-19 ... 217.3 km (135.0 miles) = 33 hours 45 minutes
    Aug-19 ... 162.5 km (100.9 miles) = 28 hours 4 minutes
    Sep-19 ... 136.0 km (84.5 miles) = 23 hours 10 minutes
    Oct-19 ... 196.5 km (122.1 miles) = 31 hours 27 minutes
    Nov-19 ... 155.5 km (96.6 miles) = 25 hours 01 minutes
    Dec-19 ... 203.7 km (126.6 miles) = 26 hours 54 minutes
    Jan-20 ... 304.4 km (189.2 miles = 32 hours 49 minutes

    Feb-19 ... 175.5 km (109 miles) = 19 hours 8 minutes is the number to beat!

    Saturday, 1 February 2020 … 0.0 km walking + 12.2 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Sunday, 2 February 2020 … 0.0 km walking + 16.6 km cycling + 1.6 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Monday, 3 February 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 28 flights of stairs
    Tuesday, 4 February 2020 … 3.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 26 flights of stairs + Pilates
    Wednesday, 5 February 2020 … 4.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 27 flights of stairs
    Thursday, 6 February 2020 … 3.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 32 flights of stairs
    Friday, 7 February 2020 … 2.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 30 flights of stairs

    Saturday, 8 February 2020 … 0.0 km walking + 20.9 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Sunday, 9 February 2020 … 0.0 km walking + 13.7 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Monday, 10 February 2020 … 3.5 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Tuesday, 11 February 2020 … 3.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 19 flights of stairs + Pilates
    Wednesday, 12 February 2020 … 2.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 36 flights of stairs


    2020 Monthly February
    Walking Distance (km): 24.5
    Walking Time (min): 306.3
    Cycling Distance (km): 63.4
    Cycling Time (min): 214.0
    Flights Stairs Climbed Number: 198.0
    Flights Stairs Climbed Time (min): 158.4
    Rowing Distance (km): 1.6
    Rowing Time (min): 10.0
    Other Distance: 30.0
    Other Time: 30.0

    Totals
    Total Distance (km): 119.5
    Total Distance (miles): 74.2
    Total Time (min): 718.7
    Total Time (hr): 11:58:39
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,145 Member
    Stopped down with some munchkins for the girls they'll need it.
    The computer program is not running so we shall see how that goes
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Morning, afternoon and evening, all,

    Machka, sorry about your tooth! Hope it's easily repairable. Also, one of the funnier takes on a tooth break:
    "My tongue has been busy measuring it for drapes and wondering if a new sofa will fit in there." :smiley:

    Allie, many, many hugs. Being miserable in your working situation is horrible like few other things.

    Trigger warning for cookie lovers! Am spending the morning in town, as it's all-hands on deck for cookie season delivery preparation. The thousands of cookie boxes get delivered in case lots on Friday, and rooms must be cleared to store thousands of boxes securely. This is for the cookie cupboard, so troops don't have to order all their cookies up front, they can come and get what they need throughout their booth sales, so they always have the full selection of flavors to sell.

    Cookie season is always frantic, but over by the end of March. More than a million boxes will be sold by the girls in this council alone--and we are a "small" council. There are 113 councils across the U.S., and more than 200 million boxes are sold each year--for January to March, Girl Scout cookies are the number one cookie brand in the United States! The other 9 months of the year, it's Oreos. :smiley:

    Off to town,
    Later, y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,355 Member
    Vvvvvvv
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,786 Member
    We went out to buy fish for our Valentine's meal on Friday. I decided to combine it with a 5k as the weather is not going to be good later in the week. Jogged down to the fish market and purchased two beautiful, big, Dover Sole, locally caught. :D They were pricey, but less than half the cost of a small one in a restaurant.
    Then I saw cleaned squid, but before I could buy it they had snatched the box away as it was not super fresh. :o
    DH encouraged me to jog once around the lagoon before setting off down the pebble covered promenade. The tide was right in and waves were breaking over the sea wall, but we avoided them. Went down to the swimming pool before we turned round to come home. According to my rough calculation, that was just a bit more than 5k. :D I would not have done it all without DH's encouragement. <3 That man is a super coach. The wind was blowing, the sea was spraying and the pebbles were everywhere. :#

    Tonight is French Circle. It's about Hector Malot, who I had never heard of until now. Apparently he is a prolific writer from the the mid 1800s. ;)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,619 Member
    "Todo"s and "done"
    Done: Line Dance, called Pat
    Bonus: 2.5 hrs pruning
    ToDo: BB&B, invest 10 mins cleaning Guest Bth, carry over 10 mins cleaning Living Room, Master Bth, GuestBth, schedule DEXA scan with CHN, dog group, get M$oft login fixed, install iCloud for Win 10, Shadow to Mini Pet Mart to shop for crate, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, bake bran muffins, call Carolyn D. Next week get Shingrix vaccine. Reward: inventory seeds, plan garden, order replenishments.

    Called SIL, gal needed to talk. 2.5 hrs later no cleaning done. Beautiful day, took dogs down the drive and started pruning the bush/trees Joe wants to chainsaw. 2.5 hrs later, barely a dent and now my wrists are sore. Dragged my lazy butt to line dance class anyway, stuck it out for the whole two hours and felt better for it.

    NYKaren, :laugh: but please no tattoos! Needles make me queasy :sick: I’m optin for a sticky note on the laptop ;)
    Kylia guess there is no perfect carrier, but here Verizon has a better track record than ATT according to the NextDoor neighbors. So sorry your yeast bloom is persisting. Hoping you get relief SOON.
    Heather When are you scheduled to cruise? Really hoping no more new cases in your area and you are given the all clear. Love hearing about your roasted veges, singing, dancing and 5K along the lagoon. Brava!
    Katla I’d love to have wooden or good quality laminate throughout the whole house, with area rugs in the bathroom for cozy tootsies, and vinyl in the bathrooms. All the floors would need to have some texture as ceramic tile is too slippery for elder dogs, which ours will be one day and likely before I get to remodel. ;) Satellite reception here is not good, too many mountains and trees, oh gee, what a shame!  Very reluctant to pay $$ for a land line, just for emergencies. Will check to see if landline+Consumer Cellular >= Verizon’s reliability, and bite the bullet, after the tax refund comes in.
    Michele you’re still going to get your rx, right?
    Allie think it must be very hard to learn a new system from videos only with no hands on practice or in person support. I’d freak out too. (new) “computer program is not running” :laugh: Surprise! :laugh:
    Carol me 2, and it was a sweater I really really liked.
    Tina “. . .on the sheep?” great question.
    Lanette interesting answer, thanks! Used to live in sheep country, miss seeing the lambs every Feb/March. Might want to start researching water heater replacement options, just sayin’ ;)
    Ginny your cathartic chair destruction made me smile. If we ever get to remodel, I’ll feel the same way about the floral printed walls in our kitchen and bathroom. :laugh:
    Macha “one eye on Poirot on TV, one eye on my nails which I was doing…” great mental image :laugh: Likewise your tongue “measuring the new annex for drapes…”. Maybe best to get the tooth fixed, don’t want any infections prior to surgery.
    Welcome Maddibeauty in Portugal, wow what a transition!
    Amber So happy for you that your husband loves you that much. Enjoy your day!
    Lisa “or January to March, Girl Scout cookies are the number one cookie brand in the United States” WOW
    Annie hope you feel better soon.

    Invested 10 mins introducing Shadow to the Gentle Leader. Went well, tho’ the nose ring latch doesn’t lock down. Hopeful a little more play/practice will make it possible to take Shadow to dog group today instead of Tumble. Fingers X’d!

    Oops, time to scoot off to BB&B.

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    February: better than January.
    daily: steps=45917  vits=10 log=11 CI<CO=9 CI<250<CO=7 Tumble 5/10=7 mfp=11 outside=7 clean 10 mins=7 up hill=10
    wkly: BB&B x3=4, rx=2 dance=3 pack walk=1
    mnthly: board mtg= grant= review 20for20=1
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,145 Member
    Brought my sweet baby Homer over he and Alfie had a late breakfast and Homer is tucked on my lap and happy as a clam.and Alfie hanging on the bed. We are watching cooking shows..
    Heard from Aimee she said it's a hot mess at work.. I can only imagine and in there the next 3 days . Ugh
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,786 Member
    Barbara - It's in April. Today our excursion leaflet arrived. We are pondering which ones to go on. Watch this space! :D
    They are expensive, but this may be the last time we go to Norway. I'm debating on a RIB trip around the Geiranger fjord. DH is reluctant because of his bad back.
    Excited! B)

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    :)
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,728 Member
    Will catch up later. All good intentions to pack something to eat for training meeting today. Wasnt a priority, so didn't do it. Man....lesson learned! I am currently eating an Oatmega protein bar. It is okay, but wouldn't go out of my way to eat. Pastries offered for breakfast. Hamburger and fries for lunch. Ugh! I could have eaten the burger but have burgers 3 times in five days. Upside- I didnt grab a snickers bar. Dinner wont come fast enough!

    😉
    Kylia

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