WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2020
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AMBER Did something similar a couple of years ago think it was Walking to Gondor (Lords of the Rings)
Did roast chicken today with roast Mediterranean veg lots of olive oil and sesame seeds and roast potatoes Greek style (Olive oil water and oregano. )
DH loves this. You all know I don’t like cooking, think it’s more that I don’t like standing over stuff. Going with the Greek theme (I love Greek food) we’ve got a half leg of lamb in the freezer. Next week I will do lamb kleftiko in the slow cooker.
For newcomers I am 75 in a couple of weeks married for 55 years in June. I am retired now was a college librarian before I retired. I had my 2 children at a young age, went to work part time while they were growing up. Went back to education in my 40sand graduated university.
I read, knit, sew, do crosswords, exercise and doing a huge jigsaw during our lockdown
Although I don’t like cooking I love eating I’ll try most things but DH is very conservative
I live in NW England in big city which I love
Kate xxx8 -
spikeyhair wrote: »AMBER Did something similar a couple of years ago think it was Walking to Gondor (Lords of the Rings)
Did roast chicken today with roast Mediterranean veg lots of olive oil and sesame seeds and roast potatoes Greek style (Olive oil water and oregano. )
DH loves this. You all know I don’t like cooking, think it’s more that I don’t like standing over stuff. Going with the Greek theme (I love Greek food) we’ve got a half leg of lamb in the freezer. Next week I will do lamb kleftiko in the slow cooker.
For newcomers I am 75 in a couple of weeks married for 55 years in June. I am retired now was a college librarian before I retired. I had my 2 children at a young age, went to work part time while they were growing up. Went back to education in my 40sand graduated university.
I read, knit, sew, do crosswords, exercise and doing a huge jigsaw during our lockdown
Although I don’t like cooking I love eating I’ll try most things but DH is very conservative
I live in NW England in big city which I love
Kate xxx
HI Kate, Pam in Louisiana here. You look amazing. I'm going to be 65 in July and look older. Would you mind being friends on here? I'm sure I can learn a thing or two from someone like you.
Thanks,
Pam (aka NavyWife55)2 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »As of yesterday our government is sticking to the advice that masks are not advised unless you yourself have a cough or sneeze. I am not wearing one, but I do wear gloves to remind me not to touch my face. Unless you wear them properly and change them after each wearing a mask can do more harm than good. You must not touch your mask if you have touched anything else. I see people touching them, pulling them down etc.
I also would go to hospital if I needed any breathing aid. I would not home medicate. Home treatment can be seriously damaging to health and many people are dying because they are waiting too long to go into hospital. They have already crashed. Our hospitals currently have enough capacity and treatment is excellent.
Lanette - why do you think you have an 80% chance of dying? I give myself 95% chance of surviving, despite my age. I give my DH 80% because he is a man and 4 years older than me. Do you have an underlying health issue?
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Heather - Katla
Sorry I was unclear. The 80% chance of dying vs. 10% chance of getting heart problems was just an example. I pulled those numbers out of thin air, no facts.
Just trying to show that if the odds are good a drug would work for me, if needed and available, even with a small chance it wouldn't work or do me harm, then I'd be willing to try it.
Reading the inserts listing possible side effects of drugs DH takes for his RA is scary. The fact that they can have interactions that are detrimental but his rheumatologist figures the good outweighs the bad, well, we just have to go with it and pray that his Dr. is right.
Lanette
Hoping for a bit of sunshine so I can shovel dirt and plant potatoes.
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My emergency toilet paper that I ordered from Amazon a month ago finally arrived. Not only did I pay double plus extra shipping, the rolls are half size. Good thing my mom got a big pack at Sam's meanwhile.
Annie in Delaware7 -
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Kate- Yours sounds fun too! Lord of the Rings walking app feels mysterious
Amber Tx
Up to 1.5 miles on my app finally getting a clear view of my daily walks. Before JR I walked 3 miles on a walking trail when I got a chance which was 4-7 days a week2 -
Hey there Pam! I am a retired Chief's wife here.💖. 3 son's youngest (21) has been in 3 years, middle son and his wife (25) did their respective 4 years, and eldest (30) has been in 13 years.👍. Nice to meet you!😁
Rebecca
Whidbey island
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Lanette & Heather: If seriously ill or wounded, I would be inclined to give a medication a fair trial, whether old tried & true or new, promising and experimental. DH is currently in a situation that is similar to what we’ve been discussing. He is under doctors care. New medicine was getting some good results but they decided to add the old medicine, too. So far, so good.
Katla3 -
Hi all. It's a cool and misty day here and I have spent most of it catnapping with the cats. Nothing productive at all, but I feel well, so I guess it was meant to be. Still trying to work all the angles to get hubby out; he has made his application to the warden and we have a court petition ready to go If (when, really), they deny him.
I recently found out that a coworker had been to China for her mother's funeral and got out right before the big panic started there; I had very close contact to her right before I got sick. Don't remember if I told you, but I had the "flu" and missed almost 5 weeks of work. Totally unheard of for me. They weren't even thinking Corona virus back then, but now the CDC has identified deaths in California as early as Feb 6 from it. So I believe that's what I had and plan to get antibody testing when it's available.
Barbie: your tulips are beautiful! And that dog picture OMG. I swear I have seen more dogs here in the last month than Ive seen in 14 years of living here!
Quarantine coffee: I need more limes
Karen: bulbs can be perinneal in places that stay warm, but you have to dig them out each year and freeze them. I had an aunt in Houston who did that every year.
Katla: nice to see you too!
Tere: I'm so sorry for all your losses!
Amber: hooray for the ring fitting!
I too struggle with being productive while stuck at home all day.
Oh, in other news, I had some skin cancer removed off the lower side of my nose about 3 weeks ago now. It's healing nicely; the dermatologist did a skin graft with skin from behind my ear. That was a creepy sound...scraping skin away from on top of the bone behind my ear. Bleh!
I joined a kickboxing club (Yes, me with my bone-on-bone knees) and love it. They have been posting daily workouts. Yesterday I worked out for an hour. My knees actually feel better than before!
OK that's all the news that is news. Take care, Meg from Omaha.7 -
Kate UK - Your Greek style meals sound wonderful. Love that type of food. I used to live in Camden Town in London where, along with the Irish, the Greek Cypriot community was strong. Spent a lot of time in Greek restaurants in my twenties. One place we used to go to served "Lamb, bins and bins". That was kleftiko with green beans and white haricot beans.
Just watched my elder son broadcasting his AATV live on Utube. It's still on there for anyone curious to watch. Tom 'Anvil' Hibberd. He is looking at Russian ration packs with his friend Gadge. He is always so happy when he is talking about food. I wonder where he gets that from.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx4 -
Meg Ohmaha - Big hugs heal up . Dermatologist scraping behind your ear sounds awful!
Amber Tx
Hungry but no clue what to eat for my last meal yet2 -
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terewilliams wrote: »Hey Pals! Just wanted to stop by....Life has been crazy for me. Working from home everyday is intense. We have a lot of critical contracts in the works. I think my work week is about 55 hours a week now. We have lost 2 family members and 1 family friend this month. We remain mentally and physically heathy so I'm not complaining.
Stay safe!
Tere in RVA
So sorry to hear about your losses. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻1 -
Favourite Foods? To name but a few:
Seafood, especially mussels/lobster
Cheeses
Fillet steak
dark Chocolate, salted caramel
Liquorice, dulse
Anything vanilla, gourmet ice cream
Garlic, Barbecued spare ribs (my own recipe)
☘️ Terri7 -
TereWilliams,
I am so sorry that you’ve lost loved ones. A friend and two family members are terrible losses. My heart aches for you. Keep yourself safe. ❤️💔❤️
Katla3 -
Evening all:
Haven't felt like writing much lately, but have been reading everyday. You lift my spirits. Sorry for those dealing with various issues right now. I am working, walking pretty regularly and getting in 3 workouts a week. Doing a lot of future planning for work. Governor announces his return to work plan Monday. I am guessing focus will be those businesses which can't work from home and would help economy the most. He has mentioned several times it will be slow and in phases and if businesses have adapted to working from home, that should continue. So, I am planning on that being what we do. After he releases requirements for work places can finalize plans.
Favorite foods? Strip or porterhouse steak (with blue cheese and peppercorn). Salads of all kinds. Fresh fruit. Licorice.
Have a good rest of evening and stay safe,
Ginny in Ohio5 -
Terrewilliams I’m so sorry for your loss, stay safe, my heart is with you2
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Did a You Can Do Anything for a Minute DVD. This is a keeper. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Yogalates Weight Loss DVD
M – we don’t have a Salvos
Heather – we see people wearing bandanas for masks. Makes you wonder. The other day I saw a guy with his mask on top of his head (don’t ask me to explain that one). I see people pulling them down all the time
My back feels much, much better today. It’s also sunny outside
Kylia – (((HUG)))
I suspect the people next to me had a fire. The other day we saw a fire truck in front of their house. Yesterday Servpro left a dumpster by their house. I’m thinking that the two are related.
The headline in the paper today is that the governor of NC has extended the stay-at-home until at least May 8. In a way, I’m glad. I just don’t want to see NC opened too soon.
Finished my c2c blanket. It’s about 30x57. Now I’m going to look online for a border. I think I found a uTube video of one which looked nice.
Tere – I’m sorry for all your losses
What are my top 3 or 4 or 5 favorite foods? The list would be much much shorter if I just listed the foods that I *DON’T* like. I will eat but would prefer not to have artificial sweetener, HATE peanut butter but peanuts are OK, not crazy about coconut, Duke’s mayo (has to be Hellmann’s), will drink coffee but prefer not to (I haven’t had a cup in many years)
You know something, when this stay-at-home thing first happened, I was going stir crazy. I was cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. Now I’m getting sort-of used to it, only going to stores that I have to go to. It’s just weird.
Michele NC
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stats for the day:
Bike ride home 2 sumner station- 57.13min, 143mhr, 13.9amph, 13.23mi= 487c
apple watch- 497c
jog sta 2 wrk- 4.59min, 9.23min mi, 149mhr, .53mi= 56c
apple watch- 54c
Jog wrk 2 sta- 4.03min, 150mhr, 8.50min mi, .45mi= 57c
apple watch- 60c
Bike ride dome 2 hm- 15.47min, 9.8amph, 153mhr, 2.57mi= 165c
apple watch- 144c
total cal 7662 -
Favorite foods whole grain bread, chicken, turkey, chocolate, peanut butter, cheddar cheese, steamed vegetables 3 -
So we ventured into the topic of food ...
What are your top three (or 4 or 5) favourite foods or meals?
M in Oz
In thinking about it after I wrote this question, I thought I should have added categories of foods.
My favourite category of food is "Mexican" but probably a bit of a Canadianised Mexican. I don't like everything but I can definitely put away enchiladas, chimichangas, burritos, tacos, tamales, taquitos ... and love refried beans and guacamole. In fact, guacamole is the only way I'll eat avocado.
Some other comfort foods include: Scottish macaroni and cheese (I say "Scottish" because the absolute best macaroni and cheese I've ever had was in Scotland), grilled cheese sandwiches, and perogies.
And then we move into desserts where my favourites are lava cake, gluten-free chocolate cake, Scottish millionaire bars and strongly flavoured chocolate ice creams.
I don't eat these things very often ... fortunately, probably.
Machka in Oz3 -
Tere W. I am so sorry for your losses.1
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Hi Gals,
Favorite foods
Mexican- chili rellenos, guacamole, crispy tacos, mole
Chinese- moo shu veggie, salt and pepper calamari, fried rice
Italian- pizza, eggplant parmesan, pasta with creamy pesto
Favorite breakfast – eggs benedict, with hash browns
Favorite dessert – berry pie, but I am a crust snob so it must be homemade and very flaky, ice cream – especially if it has chunks in it
Drinks – unsweetened tea, and typical “chick” cocktails (if it comes with an umbrella I’ll like it), jammy red wine – especially port
Kim from N. California
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My favorite drink - TEA!! Addicted to it since my first sip of moms cuppa. I like tea made lots of ways even.
Favorite foods- Depends on my mood really my cravings are based on that.
Can be steak with garlic butter a baked potato y broccoli with cheese or asparagus on the side with a buttered roll
Can be enchiladas with a side of desert tamales y goat milk candies
Can be a Starbucks Oreo Frappachino with a huge chunk chocolate chip cookie
Can be something family used to make me
Fried Rice with chicken in a sauce any with veggies of course a NY style American Fortune cookie 🥠 cause why not.
Can be cheesecake with meat street tacos 🌮
Duck-ala-orange used to make it for Christmas with quail stuffing
Corn on the cob with butter bell pepper y onion
Chocolate cake with cookies 🍪 y a tall chocolate milk shake with hamburger y fries all done to the hilt!
Lots of foods I like being from a mixed race family I have eaten rattlesnake to homemade candies. So got wide likes
Also like Tuscan flavored goat milk cheese spreads on puffed up toasted crackers German kind sour dough type. Also like homemade jams on those.
I love fruit y veggies straight from the ground. I used to eat raw corn on the farm with my grandpa to keep from dehydrating while we worked in the desert 🌵.
I love but it’s bad for me Indian fry breads !! Y falafels with powdered sugar. Flan 🍮 with Carmel y chocolate drizzled on it!
Lots of my favs aren’t diet friendly tho lol 😂 or to my stomach condition (I pay after ouch)
Vegan burgers Blk bean especially!!! With onion rings on it.
Amber Tx3 -
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Favorite Foods:
Mexican: Tamales, Guacamole, Pico de Gallo
Vietnamese: Yellow Pancake
Italian: Shrimp Scampi, Caprese Salad
American: Chef Salad, Cheeseburger
Greek: Gyro, Spanakopita
Thai: Pad Thai
Spanish: Paella
Bonefish Grill: Mussels Josephine
And from the Land of Dee (my amazing mother):
-Everything!
-But especially:
-BBQ Chicken
-Smothered Pheasant
-LoHeet Chuck Roast with Carrots and Potatoes
-Wilted Spinach Salad
-Spinach, Grapefruit, Avocado & Red Onion Salad with Catalina Dressing
-Green Salad with Pickled Red Beets & Italian Dressing
-Marinated Potato Salad
-Skillet Root Vegetables
-Cheesy Cauliflower or Broccoli
-Grilled Sweet Corn-on-the-Cob with butter
-French Green Beans with Almonds
-Egg Salad
-Fried Egg Sandwiches
-Baked Barley
-The Joy of Cooking's Fudge Cockaigne & Cream Caramels
-Black Licorice
Karen in Virginia
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COVID-19 Welcomes the World to Brain Injury-Type Isolation
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/concussion-is-brain-injury/202003/covid-19-welcomes-the-world-brain-injury-type-isolation
Applies to both the person with the brain injury and the carer.
This paragraph in the article especially ...
"I can watch mini-music concerts on Twitter put on to cheer us all up; I can write this piece in response to this week's StayHomeWriMo; I can join others in disseminating good information on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19; I can virtually participate in church (something my church turned its nose up at when I suggested that it would help its downtrend and serve the disability community); I can work at my own pace without the pressures of the outside world demanding I do things their way or demand I endure early mornings, long rides on public transit to attend in-person appointments; I finally have the mental space to think about my life, what brain injury has done to it, what kind of community I'm in. And since this will be going on for about 18 months until they create and provide an effective vaccine and/or until effective treatment is found, I can work as slowly as my brain injury insists I do. I don't have to push myself to unendurable levels of fatigue. I'm still recovering from several months of pushing myself and inadequate rest. I enjoyed all the opportunities that exceeded the limits of my energy levels; but I feel so, so relieved that I can rest now. At last. Finally."
Machka in Oz3 -
Irish Terri Somalian Pirates! Epic Adventure! !!!2
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And I love Scottish Shortbread2
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