WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2020

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  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »
    Karen in VA - thank you for that mask discussion. Am I correct in assuming that if I or a family member is sneezing or coughing for any reason, even with wearing a simple cloth mask or a fancier version, STAY the bleep HOME. Don't wander all over Walmart for an hour looking for Aunt Sue's pickles.

    Guess I worry a little that if a person has a mask, a few feel they are good to go and common sense goes out the window. Wish there would be more education regarding this on TV and in the public service ads.

    From what you've described, it seems a sneeze or cough hard enough to blow through fabric or out the sides sprays way too much aerosolized glitter-carrying moisture into the atmosphere.

    My usual calm zen breathing, not so much. B)

    Lanette
    Finally sunny SW WA State


    Yes. To everything you said. <3

  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Meg! So awesome to hear from you. I hope both you and your husband are safe and well.
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    Did a cardio Core DVD. I don’t think I’ll keep this one – too easy. The plan for tomorrow is to do Cathe Friedrich’s To the Max DVD

    Katla – I guess the cardiologist is seeing patients in the office. If he had been going to the doc, I bet they would have done a video visit. But since he hasn’t been there since the ablation, that’s probably why they wanted to see him. I’m a bit surprised that they aren’t waiting until the results of the Zio pack come back, but I suspect they’re being on the somewhat cautious side. Maybe when the results come back they’ll do a video visit

    Luci – ((BIG HUG))). You are so right to be worried.

    AGAIN Aldi is advertising their price for grapes as a “sale” only it’s their regular price.

    Lisa – it’s good for YOU to vent, so vent here all you want

    I’ve noticed that I’m getting up a bit later than usual. I normally get up at 6 and many times I jumped right out of bed at 6. Sometimes I even got up earlier. Now I find that I’m lying in bed for an extra 10 minutes or so. I just hope that this doesn’t continue.

    We got our stimulus money too! I made an agreement with Vince. He can buy a new (larger) TV (not that we really need it, at least I don’t think so. But he feels we need a larger one) but I will get the front yard seeded and fertilized by the landscaper who does our neighborhood. I know that if I wait for Vince, it’ll be a long time before it gets done and I’m afraid that it might not look decent (but I wouldn’t tell him that). We don’t have the equipment needed. Vince has this “thing” about paying someone to do something that you can do yourself. So I try to go along with things as much as I can, but I think there are just some things that will be hard to do. Plus, with his heart problems I can’t help being a little worried. Yes, I am a worry-wort. Everything is fine heart-wise. But since this a-fib episode, I can’t help but worry. I keep saying “we should do it before we can no longer do it”. Hopefully, that won’t be for a long, long time.

    Well, it’s starting again. Vince complaining about how I should use the other side of the sink, Jess complaining that I should let Vince see these pictures I have, even tho I told her that his parents aren’t in any of them, they were taken before I was even born. They’re of my parents side of the family. Then Jess complaining that she thinks it rude that I send them to Pat to see if she can identify any of them without telling her first. Honestly, that’s been done to me (I get pictures and people ask if I know who is in the picture). I’ve just learned to keep my mouth shut because if I go into it, it just prolongs things and gets the other person heated up.

    Vince went and got his new TV. He was talking about going to Lowes Hardware to get my border for me so we shall see if it happens. I would like to get it before Colby is no longer here to help take it out of the car. Update: Got it! I did have to go back to WalMart because we needed some totes only they didn’t have them. I don't know why he felt that Colby should help, we handled things just fine.

    I know I asked this before: but can anyone (KJ?) give me suggestions of things that are appropriate for a 1-1/2 yr old? PJ will be 1 in May. He has so many clothes and Denise keeps buying him more and I'm sure Maria constantly buys them that I really don't want to get him clothes. Plus..I really don't even know what size he is.

    Karen – what a sweet anniversary!

    Allie – I hope there aren’t more in your building

    Michele NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Good afternoon ladies
    Well I had a knock on the door..
    The lady I told you was sick .has the virus like I said and so this is the 2nd in our building she is in the hospital and here is hoping she recovers..

    So you're in a 14-day lockdown now?
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    In China, if someone is in public without a mask, other people get really mad at them and yell at them to put on their mask. There is a reason for that. They understand that the masks are worn to protect other people, and they expect others to be courteous and responsible just as they are. In this country, people think that wearing a mask mainly protects themselves. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. American attitudes are much different than Chinese attitudes towards society as a whole.
    >>>

    Mowed the lawn yesterday, which got me sneezing. I have a whole new movie in my head when I sneeze these days. Plus Lanette's new picture. Sneezing from pollen will never be the same. It used to be kind of satisfying. Not so much now. :|;):):D

    Karen in Virginia

    Yes, the Chinese student here wear masks the minute they come down with even the slightest case of sniffles.

    And yes, I try not to cough or anything in public anymore.

    Still trying not to touch my face as well! I wear my hair back so I don't feel the need to brush it out of my face.


    M in Oz
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,147 Member
    Machka- I dont think so... havent seen her in about 6 weeks and she stayed in her condo ..she is 92 and needs care and her family thinks people here will.take care of her.. her family is just horrible. The grandkids were here with the family last weekend running up and down the halls.. they are the ones that need to be tested..
    I've basically have stayed holed up in my condo for I dont know how long...
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,665 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Don't mind me in adding some of you as friends on here. I was looking on my friends list, and it looked quite sad. Hence to why I have been adding.💖. If I am not on your friends list add me.💖👍

    💖Rebecca
    yb1xo1qnd4bp.jpg


    Your family is so sweet, Rebecca.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,147 Member
    Love the pics of babies,pets,flowers.
    Still awake hopefully I get to sleep soon.. even melatonin isnt doing it...ugh
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    💜💛💚💙
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,979 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Don't mind me in adding some of you as friends on here. I was looking on my friends list, and it looked quite sad. Hence to why I have been adding.💖. If I am not on your friends list add me.💖👍

    💖Rebecca
    yb1xo1qnd4bp.jpg


    I loved seeing your friend request! It was so nice to see someone I know and not some random male.
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,708 Member
    B)
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,894 Member
    Heehee! I am so not random!😁
    Question. How do you post videos on here? I try to but it says the format not allowed. I guess if I had a computer I could drag and drop, but I have a Fire tablet.
    💖Rebecca
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    <3>:)<3
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    ah! lost part of my post!

    @karen i'd go for the steel kettle to have less cleaning for hard water stains.

    @finding a balance between good news and bad. Sometimes on social media even now some people only post the good. others only the dark. a balance would seem more relatable to me.

    @Janet happy anniversary!

    @exermom 7 people ahead of you is not too bad these days.

    @Heather nice face drawing

    @Katla wow for parades taking place! Sounds like a good time for knitting.

    @Amber bakeries and chocolate shops are open here, considered "essential". on the chocolate shop it says in case of emergency call this number...

    @Machka 5 weeks alone w no walking is rough. it must have been nice to have the homecare nurse visit. i had a bug after a trip to india and i managed to have some kind of visit 1x every 2 days or so.

    @Suzi thanks for your warning thoughts.

    @Barbara, that sounds terrible about watching the scary movies

    @Lisa news can be so upsetting these days, both the truth of it in many cases, and also the incomplete news. Don't get me started about news here. Very unusual about paper copy required. That's major about some others supporting operation costs. You've probably seen it but worldometer gives a lot of (reported) statistics daily including how many cases per million, how many people tested per million etc. Not all is counted neither in the USA nor in France. I find that very upsetting.

    @Class system all over the world. The culture minister was one of the first well-known people here tested positive, but he was not very sick, whereas France is very low in terms of testing per capita.

    @Rita i'm sorry about how you are feeling.

    NEWS
    i check worldometer daily. clicking on country it refers to sources usually.
    there's a french daily update done by young guy (looks about 20) that is really good. he gives main daily info in about 7 minutes and now finishes with a funny meme to lighten up, it's called hugo décrypte. for anyone who understands French. it's pretty fast and is also about national news and laws also. i suppose he would put on subtitles if people asked for it. Trevor Noah is hit and miss and sometimes has new and pertinent interviews.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    bananasandoranges wrote: »
    @Machka 5 weeks alone w no walking is rough. it must have been nice to have the homecare nurse visit. i had a bug after a trip to india and i managed to have some kind of visit 1x every 2 days or so.

    She was only there about 15 minutes, but yes, it was nice. It seems to me that after a while, as the burn started to heal, she started coming every other day.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    This appeared in my FB memories from 7 years ago:

    Just now, there was an ad on TV for Hungry Jacks (Hungry Jacks is more or less the same as Burger King). When was the last time you had a meal at a fast food chain?
    It has been a little while for us ... at least a month. There are no fast food chains in our town ... the nearest one is about 65 km away.
    But I have to say ... that hamburger on TV did look good!


    It got me to thinking when the last time was that I went for fast food.

    It's probably been about two years since I've gone to a "burger" fast food place. Occasionally I miss it, but not often.

    If we go for "fast food" it's usually Subway or Zambreros.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    News

    I get at least one email each day in my work inbox ... often several as the discussion about changes related to COVID-19 go on.

    I check ABC news a couple times a day.

    Once in a while I look at the WHO site or Worldometer site.

    And I get Australian Department of Health messages in my FB feed.

    But there hasn't been much new news (aside from the northern part of the state closing up), so there's no point having the news on all the time or gluing myself to the news somehow. It's not like they're going to suddenly announce it's all over or something.


    M in Oz
  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
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  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    Here the news changes a lot.

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