WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2020
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Wow, you get things done during your time off. Do you ever take a me day?
I know you addressed this to Kylia, but I thought it was an interesting question.
My answer is "No" ... at least, not for a long, long time, years. And I doubt I will take a "me" day until late October at the earliest.
But one of my hopes is that when I'm finished this degree, I might be able to do that!!
At this point, I'm not even sure what it would include.
What would you do with a day in which you could do anything you wanted?
Let's say a full 24-hours, from the time you went to bed (i.e. midnight) until the time you went to bed the next night.
M in Oz
What would you do with a day in which you could do anything you wanted?
OK ...
Midnight - crawl into bed with book and read for 30-60 minutes or whenever I started dozing off.
12:30 to 1 am - fall asleep.
Noon - wake up.
Brunch and putter around for a bit.
1 pm or so - walk down to the beach to run, sit on the beach and read, splash in the water, etc.
3 pm or so - lunch then drive out to a nice spot in the country for a bicycle ride.
4 pm or so - cycle 50 km or so
7 pm or so - out for dinner
Later in the evening - watch a movie while working on my website or processing photos.
And end the day reading some more.
A variation on that would involve a much longer bicycle ride starting about 1 pm followed by a hot shower or bath then dinner etc.
Another variation on that would include a long hike out in the wilderness, up a mountain or wherever.
Three days, each including one of those variations, would be even better!!!
Machka in OzAnniesquats100 wrote: »Welcome Debra!
My perfect day would be to repeat a day from a past vacation at a beach resort. It was fabulous with a gorgeous private white sand beach, incredible food, yoga, kayaking, etc. They made single source chocolate from their own trees. But the best part was my boyfriend; we were falling in love, which made everything magical. I remember floating in the ocean holding hands. We lasted over two years and remain friends. I have plenty of time on my hands nowadays, but a perfect day would include a partner like him. Plus maybe a yarn project lol!
Annie in Delaware
I like this ^^
The "ME" Day I described would be something I'd do from home ...
A really good "ME" Day would be a vacation day and thinking through past trips a couple places stand out ... cycling in the Canadian Rockies and being on the west coast of France. I could easily take my first variation and change the setting to the west coast of France.
BTW - Dreaming of a "ME" Day doesn't mean I'm not generally content or can't take "ME" Moments ... it's just a nice dream of what I'd do if I did actually have an entire day where I could do what I wanted. Just one day with no doctor's appointments, no long bus rides into work, no group work at the university, no emails asking me to do something, no running errands ...
Machka in Oz
What would you do with a day in which you could do anything you wanted?3 -
Machka- My Mom was a mouth breather due to a car accident but she struggled before that too but only somewhat . I have drainage issues like my Dad. Be talking out of no where drains chokes you.Embarassingly coughing at a restaurant issues. He also gave me my GERDS. Dad y me have that stuffy seasonal noses 👃 so I breath through one nostril then mouth as needed with it. I cannot do the breath only through your nose without oxygen masks.
Amber Tx2 -
Noisy here today. The roofers are here working on the new roof Yay! Only problem is my dog is sure someone is trying to get in and barks adding to the noise. I think I have everything ready to go to the tax people including the death certificate for my DH. My understanding is they will file a joint tax return but note that he died. Hope this goes well. The electrician was here today too and has finished up the cabin. We just need to put up a few more things like smoke detector and fire extinguisher. DS will come and do those later this week. We have already listed it with Traveling Nurses Association for March 1. It will be really nice to have the extra income.
Katla - Glad you had a good lesson.
Welcome to those who are new.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA5 -
Hubs was off today for President's Day so we took advantage of the long weekend and got a few things done around the house. I got our taxes finished, now I just have to wait to be sure there aren't any unexpected (or forgotten) documents that arrive from brokerage accounts since they don't have to be mailed until tomorrow (I downloaded them from the websites yesterday). I also have to wait for the last of the tax forms to be finalized so I can finalize the return. It was beautiful here the last two afternoons (reaching 80 both days) so we went for a drive both afternoons to take advantage of it before we get a cold front moving in tomorrow with highs around 50 and rainy.
My work is slowing down a lot. I am down to one day a week (starting this week) with job 1. Job 2 may go from a few hours a week to a day a week. We'll see. I'm OK either way. I like having something to keep my mind active and to provide me spending money for my frivolous purchases
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Have a great week ladies!
Okie in the TX Hill Country3 -
we have a Zwift free trial, just did another one here at home, that crap is hard!!
I signed up with Zwift in May 2018 because it was something I could do at home after I got home from the hospital. It's good!
After almost 2 years ... I've joined a race and have done an FTP test. Now I'm hoping to do more races through the winter.
A friend of mine has a smart trainer which adjusts the resistance etc. on the hills. I rode it for a while once and that was a workout!!
M in Oz
this is the free trial. we'll c
I did the FTP test and it said 18.1mi 169aw for that 20min,
Kirby did it and he did 197aw, this guy never ceases to impress3 -
Pretty tired right now. Took a car load (well, a CRV load) of old stuff to goodwill. Had back filled, back seat, and a box on the passenger seat. Pantry is washed down and organized (with lots of open space). Was trying to decide if the boys' old baseball cards were worth sorting or should just pitch. My mom had given us a 1993 series of cards. Googled them, evidently the Derek Jeter rookie card is worth a bit. So--kept the cards and will work on the tedious process of sort and checking. There are also some basketball and football cards.
Got all the trash from the basement outside. I must have gone up and down the stairs 25 times today. Fit in a good workout at the gym with 30 minutes on treadmill. Came home, had dinner, cleaned fruit I bought over the weekend. Have had my tea-heading off to bed to watch some tv and get a good night's sleep (which should not be a problem!).
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio9 -
M and Amber that was just one of the suggestions for activating your Vagus Nerve. I am fortunate in that I am able to breathe freely through both nostrils. Breathing through my mouth at night is just a habit. If you have sleep apnea. I would be careful in trying this too.
This nerve effects almost every major parts of your body. Many of the healthy habits we have talked about in this forum activates this nerve. Bad habits like eating over processed foods, being inactive, isolating yourself, heavily drinking, smoking, not getting enough restful sleep weaken this nerve.
The author also talked about Mindfulness and meditation as ways to activate this nerve.
It is especially important to activate this the vagus nerve when going through stressful times because it mitigates the damage extreme stress can have on your body.
For me that it what I mean by finding grace. It is that calm in the middle of a storm. The storm still rages but staying calm in the middle makes it easier to navigate the storm.
It has been a stressful year for our family so finding this book that reinforces many of the healthy habits discussed here is timely for me.
The beginning of the book does get technical as it discusses all the systems effected by the vagus nerve. I do like that is explains the positives and negatives and does give concrete things you can do to get and to keep yourself healthy.5 -
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Hi Gals,
Hugs to all that need them, courage to those facing changes and cheers to all!
I read an article over on Medium written by a member here, not sure what the exact rules are but her name starts with an L and she lives in Arkansas. She wrote about time and how we each have more time than we realize. All of the rest of this is my musing on the article not quotes or things she mentioned. Granted there are 24 hours in each of our days but many times we squander it. An internet rat hole, a pod cast that we just have to stop and listen to, the TV that captures our attention. None of these are bad unless they take away from our goals…. Budgeting of calories, money, time really not that different from one another. I know how and have had moment of success with calories and money; but had never looked at time in the same light. All three at any one moment there is a finite amount of depending on our goals.
For me there is a goal of losing weight, a finite amount of calories for success, maybe I can get a few more from exercise, but still a finite amount. A goal of paying off a bill, I can work more or cut expenses to free up money for that goal but still finite. A goal for time, is to have more time for me; to garden, to read, to self direct. This concept has been mulling around in my mind for a few days. One of the things that this held up in front of my face is that 4 days a week I spilt shift ½ the day gardening and ½ the day embroidering – that is not the most efficient use of my time, each of the 4 days there is a 1 hour round trip commute, and the change from one to another always takes longer than I think it will. At least for the next month or so, I am going to try to work two 5 hour shifts at the camp garden and then the one 3 hour shift at my private client, so I’ll only spilt shift on 3 days. I am also going to pick one of the home all day days as a no client appointment day. So it can be just work no interruptions. Today just happened to be one of those days and oh my did I get a lot done! Embroidery on 8 towels, one horse blanket, 2 polo shirts, 3 christmas stockings, and working on a jacket that is heavy embroidery – If I could produce at that level even one day a week, it would change my world. Freeing up time for marketing the business or gardening at my home, more Levi time what ever!
Kim from N. California
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https://www.kfvs12.com/2020/02/14/alabama-bill-would-force-men-get-vasectomies/
https://www.wsfa.com/2019/09/26/alabama-rep-rolanda-hollis-arrested-florida-domestic-violence-charge/
So why are they letting a Woman who beats on men multiple times (domestic violence a lot on her record) decide that a 20 something young man has to get a vasectomy cause his wife had triplets?
I think they have lost it haven’t seen helpful bills in a long long while .Like a bunch of kids writing ✍️ up nonsense from free donut Thursday to Anyone named Janet can’t wear pink cause that’s my color bills! They need to start thinking up useful things only.
If they pass this in my state I’m moving no ones touching my husband! Or JR!
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Took the Next Level class today. I’ve pretty well decided that I don’t want to take this class. Oh, it’s a good class. But it starts so late (9). I really prefer to get my workout in and then have the rest of the day to do whatever. Had to leave early and saw the launch. It never ceases to amaze me how long it takes for you to hear the sonic boom. Even tho I know that it’s coming, I’m still surprised by it. Then went to a crochet group, laid out in the sun, went to Daytona.
Speaking of Daytona, I pray that I didn’t just witness my first Daytona death. Crashes are one thing….a death is another. And if I did, may it be the last one I ever see.
Welcome everyone new!
Need to go take a shower, will be back. My eyes are really burning.
Michele in FL now
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Yesterday I posted the profile of a man who is a catfisher. I know he is a catfisher because I reverse searched for his picture and found it in a dozen places with different names and a report that he had stolen Joe Cross the juicer's identification. Today I don't see my post. Hopefully everyone is careful if a man (him or someone else) reaches out to you if you don't know them.5
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A goal for time, is to have more time for me; to garden, to read, to self direct. This concept has been mulling around in my mind for a few days. One of the things that this held up in front of my face is that 4 days a week I spilt shift ½ the day gardening and ½ the day embroidering – that is not the most efficient use of my time, each of the 4 days there is a 1 hour round trip commute, and the change from one to another always takes longer than I think it will. At least for the next month or so, I am going to try to work two 5 hour shifts at the camp garden and then the one 3 hour shift at my private client, so I’ll only spilt shift on 3 days. I am also going to pick one of the home all day days as a no client appointment day. So it can be just work no interruptions. Today just happened to be one of those days and oh my did I get a lot done! Embroidery on 8 towels, one horse blanket, 2 polo shirts, 3 christmas stockings, and working on a jacket that is heavy embroidery – If I could produce at that level even one day a week, it would change my world. Freeing up time for marketing the business or gardening at my home, more Levi time what ever!
Kim from N. California
Well done!
This is one of the reasons I don't like having classes at the university. It's so disruptive. There is no easy way to get to the university, so my travel time for any classes ends up being 1.5 hours. Next Wednesday, I'll be travelling 1.5 hours in order to attend a 1 hour class and then I do it all again on Thursday because they wanted a 2-hour lecture but somehow couldn't get 2 hours together on the same day. <<sigh>>
The only good thing about that is that I'll walk 1.5 hours each of those 2 days because it takes 1.5 hours whether I take the bus or walk, so I choose to walk.
But this is also why the system where a person spends 10 or 15 minutes doing something and then moves on to the next item doesn't work for me. It works for some people, but I take time to settle into a job. In 10 or 15 minutes I've only just got settled in and then it takes another 10 or 15 minutes to settle into the next thing and I don't get anything done. I need bigger blocks of time to do stuff.
M in Oz3 -
Well, Jack Rauch of Rauch racing (who Newman drives for) made the statement that Newman was at the hospital under the care of a doctor. His injuries don't appear to be life threatening. Thank god! Guess the racetrack just didn't know so took steps assuming the worst. There was a repeat of the accident, which they didn't have when Earnhardt was killed. Weird, I know, but to me that is a good sign
Michele who is relieved5 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Karen- Indeed she is. I adore her almost with a pain in my heart I love her so much. As you may remember I lost my second child at full term, a placental abruption that I only just survived. Baby Kate. She would be 42 this year in May. When I was told that my second grandchild was going to be a girl the tears came to my eyes. She is very socially acute and will likely end up in a people job. We are concerned about what kind of teenager she is going to become!
Not an easy ride for the parents we think. 
My favourite bit was when she said, "You have got first prize for your dragon because you were very worried about drawing it and didn't have any confidence and said you couldn't, but you kept going and tried your best so you did very well. You took a lot of trouble over the details."
The second favourite bit was the burping competition.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Yes I do remember quite well about your Baby Kate! But I did not know or remember about your reaction when you found that Edie would be a girl! It makes so much sense to me that you would have reacted that way! When my almost 11-year-old granddaughter was born on my sister's birthday, my daughter-in-law said "she looks so much like you, Grammy" and my heart nearly burst thinking about my lost baby Joy who also looked like me, and my dear fragile sister, and now this new little girl who, like your Edie, is a pistol. We had a marvelous day today savoring her birthday lunch at Osaka, playing with the dogs, shopping, sipping Starbucks, and talking about girl stuff. I am tired, but my heart is full.
We did not have a burping contest nor did we have a drawing contest. I am going back to look at the first prize dragon.
Karen in Virginia3 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »SuziQ - Oh, I love beetroot, but it is the one vegetable DH doesn't like. He hates it. I think he was force fed pickled beetroot as a child. I eat it less often than I would like, but do smuggle it in occasionally.
Edie has just left. I'm knackered!!!!! What a force field! I adore her, but it's full on.
First we did Art Competition and I won two first prizes. She was the judge. She told me "You tried very hard with the details".
Then we did Charades - for ages!
Then we played 5 Second Rule. What energy!
Atta gurl!!!!
Looking forward to a relaxing evening. Oouuff!!!
The drawing competition and the very strict judge.
Love Heather UK XXXXXX
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Heather Is your prize-winning dragon the brown beast or the blue-ish one at the top of this photo?0 -
p.s. I like Johnny's giraffe.1
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Hello ladies! I have been very busy. We visited the DGC in California and they gave us colds. I have been laid up since Valentine’s Day. Here is a picture before the cold hit!
We’re hoping to go for a bike ride tomorrow if we feel better.
Mary from Arizona/Minnesota9
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