WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2020
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OK, where are these cabins exactly?
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Which Scottish dish is banned in the US? This surprised me.
Michele NC1 -
Project Linus blanket12 -
Yeah!!! The results of my and DH's efforts.
Off to the party!
Love Heather UK XXXXXX15 -
Ready for Birthday 🎂 with Pawpaw y us. 1/2 cake left y Sugarfree ice cream for Dad y JR to share. Pizza 🍕 ($8) . Gifts 🎁 stuff bought in October before virus started in November for Wuhan so safer than anything glad I’m a do it months to years ahead type. Got my layers of tank tops fancy ones on top I’m hot 🥵 darn humid here!
JR excited yelling Hurry Up Pawpaw!!! Lol 😂. Our only guest always late! Hubby went to work said I’ll get home before your Dad. Supposed to start 10:30am I will be here alone waiting with JR. 10:55 am Hubby will come back. Past 11am way past Dad will drive up. Lol 😂 they say us Women are always late! Netflix,Sweets,Pizza,y presents 🎁 should be super fun!
Amber Tx
We’re getting a Drive Through Testing tent finally!! Been needing it to help our hospitals🏥 out keep non infected folks safe they can get tested (Nope just the flu 🤒) go home safe y sound. Happy about that!
So 1 slice cake 🍰,1 slice pizza, 1 Diet Coke or Crystal light tea ☕️. For lunch today
Dinner Steak 🥩 y bone broth soup 🍲
Exercise to cleaning after Dad goes .5 -
Margaret- yes I totally understand they really need to scrub down the schools..my friend is a custodian for a school system and will be working hard and he has 3 little ones under 7 at home...
I am planning on doing different things with Tal while I have her.. art projects etc...4 -
Shouldn’t be all on the custodians teachers to parents need to pitch in if they can. Of course a pregnant teacher to parent with a job can’t. The healthier ones to keep them selves safe need to scrub too a simple bucket, ask custodian what cleaner you can use (so it doesn’t react with theirs), y rags toss in the wash at home. Wipe lock doors y go a parent who’s willing can help especially pregnant teachers 👩🏫 or elderly ones (of course I understand a parent with a baby at home won’t but ones with older kids or wants their youngest safe needs to get their mask,gloves,goggles start wiping with the teachers. Most Asian countries do this always have they allow students to clean even (here that be a lawsuit from somebody cause the kid touched soapy water before this mess). When I was a kid we stayed behind helped wash the black boards to desks then custodian cleaned the toilets to cafeteria better. The Cafeteria workers already clean them custodian goes over it. Schools are so huge now they need help. Same with the nursing homes I used to visit my older friends I brought cleaners went over their dresser with pledge to wonder the windows. The nurses loved me! Mom was in the hospital I cleaned her room on top of the workers. They loved that too. I got free deserts to food at the nursing homes y Hospital they were that appreciative. Of course I pick up at movie theaters too y stadiums 🏟 (I get free food lol 😂 they always love me). Guess it’s a habit from cleaning for a living to having a Dad who cleaned to worked harder for a living. He’d come home late cause a brat tossed a tantrum through a drink the Mom didn’t help a bit or scold type stories. Daughter hearing mine cleans up too. I hang up clothes at Walmart for the workers even to thrift store they always let me get 1st pick at a sale! How you think I got such great prices on pants lol $4 each recently brand new first pick. We been extra clean at restaurants before this recent mess to make up for JR his potatoe hair messy face y clothes of course their floor to table chairs 🪑. He paints instead of eating... picky picky .
Amber Tx3 -
I have to nag my parents to wash their hands when they come home from shopping. It's a role reversal. May be the start of an excellent healthy habit if they pick it up. I just need to find a training treat!3
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Sugarfree fudge pops Annie they work lol 😂
Amber Tx
My favorite baby blankets are the homemade larger toddler ones I use them forever !3 -
As for exercise, I have about an hour's worth of calisthenics and dumbbell work that I do three days a week. It includes planks, crunches, lunges, stretches and waving the weights every which way. I break a sweat and get a little winded by the end. Then I go to the gym for cardio three days a week, but I have been slacking on that lately. I wish they would wipe down the door. I suppose I could wear gloves to get in.4
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My mom just bought an extra twelve rolls of paper towels thinking it was toilet paper. Lol. Maybe she will let me do more shopping.
Annie in Delaware2 -
Annie ~ I have done that forgetting I need TP instead of paper towels. Ended up with a lot as we buy them at Sam's Club by the case.
Carol in GA1 -
Lol Carol cut in half wet it wipe with paper towels toss in the trash can 🗑 lol. Can make it work.
Amber Tx
Big hugs 🤗 guys smile through it all . Sing to the radio 📻 to exercise with your favorite smells. Relaxing important for our health y sanity.
Some work out videos save the links on paper type in if need be or save to watch list on the you tubes.
Seated 🪑 exercises
https://youtu.be/8BcPHWGQO44
Seated y unseated
https://youtu.be/8CE4ijWlQ18
After hysterectomy to some surgeries
https://youtu.be/p3YeUPUtgUs
https://youtu.be/oO09_s9OrWk
https://youtu.be/AwPajVz8mF0
After hip surgery exercise
https://youtu.be/9eU8G038zFo
Richard Simmons Dancing to the oldies sweat 😓 y dance hour long each
https://youtu.be/jnWyU4ATX1c
https://youtu.be/ZST8fLkps94
https://youtu.be/cP5zdy591cQ
The younger folks dance exercises
https://youtu.be/kwkXyHjgoDM
https://youtu.be/aBtP7008EfA
https://youtu.be/ZWk19OVon2k
https://youtu.be/tj9d6aBOzDo
Zumba classes
https://youtu.be/cLJfmPaKb1M
https://youtu.be/AU5i5psvcos
Yoga classes
https://youtu.be/j77wT96jHCI
https://youtu.be/-fac_iJ8Nw8
https://youtu.be/S9p5yhE6_fk1 -
Heather Very festive! Your efforts paid off. Bea will love all of it!1
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Dad beat hubby here
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Barbie I like the pattern of squares in that lovely blanket. Well done! Thanks for posting it.2
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Good morning my little chickadees
Greetings from snowy SW WA State. I've been humming Christmas songs all morning, lol. It's warming up and will likely be gone by the end of today.
Barbie - that photo of your knitted blanket gave me a blast from the past. Before my "thumb trouble" I knitted many baby blankets using that very same pattern. Might be time to dig out the knitting needles and give it another try.
NY Karen - speaking of "thumb trouble", how is yours doing? Hope the PT is helping!
Tracey - sorry to hear your stores are emptying. I look at it like every day is a day closer to figuring out how to keep this crazy virus under control without disrupting everyone's lives for a long period of time.
Got an email from my brother his morning, kind of put things into perspective. He said he had suffered Transient Global Amnesia this past week, they did all the tests and he's OK in the brain and bloodwork department. His wife, my SIL, picked up a rotovirus when visiting her sis in AZ and has shared it with everyone including their granddaughter who had otherwise been ill with a gallstone (she is under 2 years old) and now, apparently, hepatitis. GACK. Sounds like everyone is on the mend.
I've been cooking this morning. Decided to throw together a brown rice/black bean cold salad with chopped red & orange peppers, chopped celery and a bunch of sliced up pimento stuffed green olives. And some Feta cheese. Poured a big glug of homemade dressing over it - olive oil, asian sweet vinegar. So should be giving my gut a lot of resistant starch for many days! Likely too many!
Sticking to my 16 hr fast plan - eye opening to me to not be worrying about restricting fats and carbs. Eating a medium apple instead of a small one. Having a nice big bowl of that rice/bean salad for lunch instead of carefully measuring out half a cup. Eating until satisfied, and getting in plenty of calories. Saving hunger for between 5 pm and 9 am. Will see if this does the trick. Simple and sustainable. Delaying, not denying.
I ran across a weight lifting video for seniors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=IzRb1Ub_UGE 15 minutes twice a week. Using the same weights as the Strong Women Stay Young plan, but instead of doing a number of reps and sets, the idea here is to slowww wayyyyy downnnn and do fewer reps, but much deeper if you get my drift. Hold for the burn. Once my potting shed/weight room warms up, I'm going to start this. Tomorrow afternoon the sun and warm days are set to return.
I love the idea of reaching out via texting/email/phone instead of meeting up with folks right now. Very much appreciate technology during times like this. Plenty to read and do without venturing out.
And, since I'm not meeting my lady friends for lunch at our favorite bistro, will be ordering take-home from that place when I'm in town. Give them some business, and fewer dishes to wash. Trying to think of other ways to patronize places so they continue to have income but whose customer traffic might be down a bit. We can all pull together and get through this.
Make it a good day, ladies.
Lanette
SW WA State
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Barbie - Love the square pattern!
We got cake, presents, etc all packed in the car and then it wouldn't start. The battery was flat. I did mention it to DH a couple of days ago to check it, but he said he hadn't heard me. I think I mentioned it on here! We haven't used it for a couple of months. Oh well. My son came out to fetch us and brought us back.
Party was small and low key, but lovely. Always nice to see my DDIL's parents. They had a piñata, which went down very well. Cake was well received by all and Edie ate all the wafers! As I predicted, Bea wasn't that impressed with her art box, apart from the scissors, , but Edie loved it. Bea liked the T shirt with the sequins.
I will post some pics later.
Home now and ready for a cup of tea. We are having blinis tonight with fake caviar and a bottle of Prosecco. No cooking.
A man is coming in a few minutes to get the car started, then DH will take it out for a drive. No charge as it is included in the after purchase service.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx6 -
Couple of pics.
Bea decided to monopolise the buffet table.
Edie having a go at the piňata.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx7 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Couple of pics.
Bea decided to monopolise the buffet table.
Edie having a go at the piňata.
Love Heather UK XXXXXX2 -
Anniesquats100 wrote: »As for exercise, I have about an hour's worth of calisthenics and dumbbell work that I do three days a week. It includes planks, crunches, lunges, stretches and waving the weights every which way. I break a sweat and get a little winded by the end. Then I go to the gym for cardio three days a week, but I have been slacking on that lately. I wish they would wipe down the door. I suppose I could wear gloves to get in.
I carry wipes in my car and take one when I go into buildings to open the doors with and punch elevators buttons etc..
They might be hard to find right now you can make your own if you have rubbing alchohol or witch hazel and paper towels.
People are snapping this up too but supplies should reappear soon. In the meantime you could just carry a clean rag to use to open the door too or gloves like you said. Whatever works!2 -
Barbie wonderful blanket
Heather lovely birthday cake
Had a beautiful 3 mile walk with DH, forsythia is just starting to bud, a few little bits of green is starting to appear on the trees. So encouraging, to see and smell Spring is almost here.
My thumb is improving, I warm up my arm, go through all the exercises/stretches which last about 20 minutes then ice up my arm and wear my splint. I don't love the splint at night but I wear it. I have stopped going to O.T. for now, but I think with my own O.T. regularly I can improve things on my own.
Happy Saturday everyone. NYKAREN3 -
Amber-my daughter works in a pre k class,they take naps,hands and fingers everywhere,mouths on things.Every Friday,the teachers scrub the rooms and EVERYTHING in them.The sheets and blankies and rags are brought home to be washed .Yesterday was Extra bleach and Extra Lysol in every room on every surface.
Debby in Va5 -
So the jokes have started on Facebook and I thought I’d share two here.
QUARANTINI - a regular martini 🍸 that you drink at home alone
PREDICTION : We will have a mini baby boom in about 9 months. In 2033, we can welcome the QuaranTEENs 😁
Have a laugh and get some fresh air!
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Debby VA- Very smart! The parents still need to help her tho. Lower grades like PreK are stepped up. Problem is regular grades y colleges need to also with help from parents to students too depending on ages of students ...college kids can do it not their parents.
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Terri, What a gift you have. Your painting is absolutely beautiful.
Elly Griffiths is one of my favorites! I love some of the talk of books on our discussions. Just finished Women Rowing North. I can't remember who recommended it but I put it on hold and when my turn came up, I just sat and enjoyed every page.
Betsy in NW Washington....5 -
Because of the comments some of you have made, I just ordered my first Elly Griffiths book for my Kindle. Can't wait to get started.
Carol in GA6 -
My oldest grandaughter.....almost 17!
Work was steady. Wiped down counters and credit card machine between customers. Had a clean pen cup. Once used left on counter, then we wiped down. Most customers said we understand.
Company here!6
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