WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2020

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
    Fffff
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Machka Aha! Thanks. I had forgotten your stray period was after taking turmeric! Yeah, that would make me stay away from it, too.

    I'd have to find my purse & lipstick, too! girl-applying-lipstick-smiley-emoticon.gif

    SuziQ The Sicilian Shrimp sounds yummy.

    Karen in Virginia
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,037 Member
    Re FRs: I just ignore them unless I know them from somewhere. I do have a few long term male friends here, but generally? No thanks!
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Allie: I worry about you giving notice without having a new job lined up. If you quit, you may not qualify for unemployment insurance. Do you have enough in savings to last you for weeks or months? Get a new job lined up and then wave goodbye to the old one. Please think about it.
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,316 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    Machka I meant to ask you why you stay away from turmeric? Is it because of turmeric's potential effect on blood clotting or something else?

    Turmeric was supposed to ease joint pain, but it seemed to make it worse ... especially in my hips and lower back. It had me wondering if I had kidney stones again. It also made my stomach upset. But worst of all, after going a long time without a period, after just a few weeks of turmeric, I had one again. Might have been coincidence, but it does act like oestrogen so it could have messed with my hormones a bit.

    M in Oz

    Turmeric does the same for me. It made my knees and fingers hurt and swell. I tried it two different times to be sure it was really the turmeric doing it.

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,037 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,528 Member
    Did a pilates DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Leslie Sansone DVD

    Tracey – we don’t rent out the condo when we are not here. For one thing, the condo assoc states that if you rent, it must be for a minimum of 30 days. Not many people want to rent for 30 days at a time. In a way I can understand. If this is your home, you don’t want people coming in, partying, making noise, then leaving after having trashed the place. The person you rent t needs to have a background check done. Well , they don’t want (this has happened) to let you rent to someone who may be a drug dealer and has a record. Same with someone you might sell to. They have to have a background check. The taxes can be a real hassle. If I’m not mistaken, FL laws say that you need to itemize every item in the condo.

    SuziQ – I never thought of using my own pen!!! Whenever I go to a MD office I always take my tablet with me and never use their magazines. To be honest, I’m going to go to UAC mainly for the ideas. Honestly, I think I have fairly decent habits down, but I’m always open to new ideas. Another person we haven’t heard from in a while is Lenora

    I usually do wipe down the bottom of my laptop with a disinfecting wipe. Mainly because sometimes I take it to the gym to do a DVD and if I need to use the bathroom, I take it in with me and have to place it on the floor. I also many times wipe down the bottom of my pocketbook since there are a lot of places where they have a bathroom but no place to hang your pocketbook so I wind up having to put it on the floor.

    Lisa – I think the same way you do. I really think that Pete’s mother enables. She had them live with her so that they “could save up for a house”. What would have been wrong with letting them live where they were and paying their own way? Her husband bought them a car. I’m sure it’s because Pete totaled his other car so his father was driving him to work. I bet the father got tired of driving him so the father just bought him a car. No, it was a truck. Since that’s what they had so that’s what Pete wanted. To me, they are enabling. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they helped Pete and Denise buy the house. Come on….4 adults, 2 dogs, and a baby on the way in a small house? But there’s nothing I can do. What are they going to do when the mother and father are no longer around? Well, they’ll find out.

    Going to a ceramic place in West Melbourne in a few. One other lady at a place we went to recommended her. Don’t know what we’ll find.

    Michele in fl where its supposed to get warm starting Monday.
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,258 Member
    SuziQ I now have attached to my purse a small vial that contains a water lemon essential oil mix (about 4-5 drops) that I use to sanitize my hands when I am out and about. Here some stores have wipes in the front of the store so you can sanitize your cart. Aldi's does not I need to remember to bring my own.

    I too carry my own pen. Thanks for your other great tips.

    I had a delightful first grade yesterday. This is when teaching is fun!

    It is not just this virus we need to protect ourselves. Flu can kill too.

    I agree we need to take precautions but not panic. I am more concerned what this is doing to the world economy. I believe more will suffer from these effects than the virus itself.
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    SuziQ Can you post link to website with latest statistics on the novel Coronavirus? I know about The WHO dashboard, but wondered if you have a frequently updated source. And I meant to ask you 2 things: How has your work restructuring (or whatever it was) been coming along? I remember thinking that sounded like a cluster in the making. Second question: Are you doing another gleaning? I find it such a wonderful idea.

    Pip Did your bruise completely heal?

    LuciB Your granddaughter is so. darn. cute! A bundle of sweetness. That smile! Reminds me a bit of Athena

    Kelly It's probably going to be a few more weeks until 6-month Miguel pictures, isn't it. Tap Tap Tapping my foot impatiently.

    Beth in Buffalo So glad for you to have some sunshine!

    Missing Yvonne, Meg, VickiGI, Trucker, Penny, and others. Hope you'll drop in soon!

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    Leap Day!

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    Karen in Virginia
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    p.s. Carol It's getting easier for me about Bailey. Are you still having frequent bad days about your sweet Pom?
  • Pamstimelines
    Pamstimelines Posts: 79 Member
    I have to be honest, I did not read through all of these replies. I am turning 50 this summer and would like to add some female friends to mutually encourage and support. :smiley: My diary is open to friends and I currently log daily so please send me a friend request.
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    beth the sun is shining in upstate NY but check out this house in hoover beach I saw on the news today!
    https://www.wgrz.com/article/weather/ice-houses-at-hoover-beach/71-f88dfc30-7a5d-4d56-bed8-aa88777a36f9

    Happy leap day, I'm limiting my computer time and doing my exercises, stretches, hot and cold wraps-in other words, really working at healing this "thumb tendonitis". Love my hand Doctor, he is so supportive, knowledgeable and kind, sitting around the hand therapy table, I'm getting to know the "regulars" and we are bonding over the effort healing takes. Getting lots done on this bonus day! ;)

    Hugs and courage Allie I so agree with what Barbie posted about you--when you leap--you thrive!

    NYKAREN
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,826 Member
    NY Karen.... Isn't that ice amazing! I'm about 10 miles away from there and there are restaurants all along the lake shore that see similar icings each year.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited February 2020
    Allie: I’m happy to know that you have good medical care and a doctor that gives great advice. :star:

    Pip: Sorry you are feeling yucky. Hope the tummy improves asap. :flowerforyou:

    Heather: We used to stop in at a tavern that had scotch eggs on the menu. YUM!!! Not the lowest calorie choice out there, but a rare and pleasant treat. :smiley: Like your DH, I am a big fan of broccoli. I like fresh spinach, too, but NOT the canned stuff, and only occasionally the frozen stuff. Fresh is best. :smiley:

    JanetO: You are wise to have a doctor evaluate your knee. I hope it all comes out well for you. :star:

    Debbie in VA: The fitness club where I go has paper towels and disinfectant spray bottes available in every area where people touch machinery. :star:

    Tere in RVA: It sounds like you have a great job that you can be proud of. Medicaid is so important to so many! Congrats on getting your DH to eat spinach. I’m thinking that’s way more than two points for you. :heart:

    Felicia: Tacos are perfect! DH is on a pork free diet at this time, although he makes an exception for bacon. He’s been put on a restricted diet and it has improved his health situation. :heart:

    Sue: It sounds like you are being invaded. We had to have heavy metal grates bolted over all the vents in our foundation in order to keep raccoons out. The heavy screens are effective. When the Coons went under our house they entered through cheap plastic vent screens & tore out all of the insulation under our floors and pooped everywhere. Thank goodness our home owner’s insurance picked up the clean-up bill. It was a very expensive fix. The original screens were cheap plastic and easily broken. The new ones are stout metal screens. We didn’t install them until we realized the damage the racoons were doing. We haven’t had any troubles since. Good luck! :star:


    We have no plans for today and I’m having a great time rereading a book from my bookshelf. :bigsmile:

    Happy Leap Day!

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    Sue- We still have our Racoon issues too he got a bunch of females now so more to come! Neighbor finally keeping his trash a little more secured..had hubby mention to move it’s location! The Racoons lives using g his fence to get in quickly. I have attacked many ways . String vinegar y bleaching the patio (string odors) to even my sour oranges 🍊 from the tree in the favorite poo spot for them y the cats! Removed items they used to climb trees (they broke them anyways). Glue traps in the attic to strong smells in there y baited the rat boxes to make sure no extra visitors came with them. I hate killing things but I hate things that can hurt pets y kids more!

    Amber Tx

    Barbara SOC - Definitely a song to get one thinking.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    We put old fashioned mothballs under our deck for a couple of years. The raccoons did not hang out there. Neither did we during fall & winter. The mothballs did get the job done & we haven’t had trouble in the last year or two.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Thank you ladies for the love and support it means the world to me,yes I have a little bit of savings and will try for unemployment and tell them.honestly how he was treating us. Unfair labor practices and all..
    Got some grocery shopping down and still.havent gotten my mail now it is monday until I can pick it up...Oy..
    I sent a short email to both Dr P and his wife saying with deep regret that I am giving my 2 weeks notice,that at this time I felt it was best for me and thanked them for teaching me all the new technology that I hope to use in future endeavors. Warm regards and all.. shirt,sweet and to the point..
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,200 Member
    Pamstimelines wrote: »
    I have to be honest, I did not read through all of these replies. I am turning 50 this summer and would like to add some female friends to mutually encourage and support. :smiley: My diary is open to friends and I currently log daily so please send me a friend request.

    :) Most of us use this thread for mutual encouragement and support. We welcome you to join in our conversation.

    <3 Barbie from NW WA

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