WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2020
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My favorite foods:
A good hearty soup with that oil sheen on top, with potayoes, wild rice, chicken or kielbasa sausage.
Biscuits and sausage gravy
Fresh spinach with cranberries, almonds, and blue cheese crumbles, and dressing a bright citrus, or balsamic.
Smoked salmon, with hearty crackers, cream cheese, or cheddar.
Oatmeal cooked with milk, cubes of apples in it. Blobs of butter pressed in, with brown sugar. A moat of milk around.
Creamy fried eggs with country fried hash browns, and toast with honey.
Favorite drinks:
Coffee
hot Spicy chai tea with milk in it.
Crystal Ice bottles, grapfruit, black cherry, lemonade
Chocolate milk
I'm such a food snob now.😂😂
💖Rebecca4 -
Allie: Congrats on your wonderful adult children. Mine are wonderful, too. We are both blessed.
Pam AKA NavyWife55: Welcome to a great group! There are others with navy connections.
Lanette: I’d also be willing to try another option if I was in pain and there was a possibility for improvement. All of us are 100% likely to die someday. We hope it happens in the long-term future and is pain free. My DH is currently taking a new/old medicine that he and his doctor hope will help him live longer and more comfortably. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the medicine will help him feel better and be worth his effort to try. So far it seems to be helping. :flowerforyou:
Barbie: I could be very happy with your favorite foods. Your list and mine are very similar. :bigsmile:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Thought I'd give Athenas washing machine video another try.💖6 -
Diving into the questions...
1. Where are you from originally?
Born in Cleveland, raised in Michigan, married a Texan
2. Do you eat breakfast? If so, what did you eat today?
My fav--Better Oats( 100 call) added p.b
and fresh strawberries, coffee, s.f. hazelnut creamer
3. Do you prefer to dine in, carry out, or cook at home?
I cook, love making meals most nights
4. Favorite Girl Scout Cookie?
Peanut Butter Patties, but it's been several years, so I think that's the name
5. Do you listen to music when you work?
I put YouTube on my t.v. while doing housework
6. What is your favorite sonic drink?
Diet green tea with mint
7. What is your favorite board/card game
Upwords
8. What is your favorite podcast?
It's not something I do
9. What is your dream sandwich?
Chicken salad on a croissant
10. What makes you gag?
Hair pomade on greasy hair
11. What are your hobbies?
gardening, cooking, playing Township and other mobile games
12. What is one thing that can make your day instantly better?
Getting my Ipsy bag in the mail
13. What was the best vacation/trip you ever took and why?
I went on a 7 day cruise with my daughter, we had a blast on the ship ( the food, karaoke night, formal dinners, desserts, drinks, swimming, more food, shopping, photo ops)and off ship excursions in Jamaica ( snorkeling, catamaran) Grand Cayman ( turtle farm, rum shop, Hell Post Office and my fav. playing with stingrays, Cozumel ( learning to scuba, fail! But enjoyed watching my daughter succeed at it) Going somewhere outside the U.S. for the first time, experience I will always treasure
14. If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
A dolphin, l love the water
15. At a party, where can someone find you?
Sitting with a few people, enjoying the conversation
Nancy from Texas
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Lisa in AR, I think I read somewhere that to name a fear is to breathe life into it. No wonder it has no name.
Sharon Near Seattle3 -
Rebecca - That worked. Gorgeous.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
Morning
Feeling a bit tired this morning, went for a very long dog walk yesterday, poor Leah was getting a bit manic and needed a good walk . We left it until early evening hoping it would be quieter. We still met quite a few people though, especially dog walkers and joggers. Only one person didn't give us space, a jogger ran up from behind us! We would have crossed over the road if we'd seen him.
I managed to get stocked up with food from my trip to Tesco, had to wait in a long queue before getting into the store, but it was a lovely sunny day, so I didn't mind. Stocked up on a few things for my mum too. I tried to be as quick as I could so ended up forgetting a few things, but at least we have some food in the cupboard now.
Terri what a scary story, glad you got back safely. Has it put you off cruising?
Amber well done to get to 75% of your goal.
Machka hugs to you, after your explanation and photo of your husband, I can understand why you are worried about Covid -19.
Better get on.
Love to all
Viv UK
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Woke up this morning knowing it was going to be another hot day. Decided to go out for my run early. There was a bit of sea mist coming in, but I dressed in my tight, sleeveless Lycra running top.
Ooops! It was really chilly that early! Never mind, set off, listening to my Soul Music podcasts - one was Civil Rights Music and the other was Bach's Ich haber genug.
The air smelt heavenly, chilly and fresh, with all the scents of the flowers and burgeoning leaves. Our elms are coming into leaf down the avenues, lilac, clematis, iris, flowering cherries and some early roses. Our wisteria is just coming out and bending over our fence. It was heaven! No traffic.
On the seafront there were plenty of locals out early. Runners, cyclists, swimmers, walkers. Still enough room to weave around and keep distance, so I ran down the busier end. The sun was burning through the mist.
Later today the visitors will crowd in and it won't be possible to run. The police will be out in force. I'm really glad I went early. The smell reminded me of the summer before we left Hampshire which was really, really hot and I used to get up at 6 am to run. That same chilly caress in the air. I'm not good in the heat, but love the strong colours of the slanting sun.
Came home and did my floor stretches and weights. Then finished off with 20 minutes rowing. Hooray! I'm going to do some more rowing and biking after lunch.
Tonight is the Guinea Fowl I had in my delivery. Cabbage and some other veg that DH has been out to buy this morning. Newspaper and milk. Also fruit. Today is reading the newspaper day.
Had my coffee, now to read.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx6 -
Lisa and Tere So sorry for your losses. Hugs and warm thoughts.
Machka Top foods
Homemade chicken with fluffy dumplings
My Aunt Sally's Lasagna
Fresh tomatos any way
Chocolate Mousse
I guess I only have those....food has never been a big issue for me. I ate because I had to. My mother would actually salivate at food descriptions. I do know that the only thing i really like about eating out is choices. I generally prefer to eat at home. Husband is burgers and fries.
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Kylia
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Hello everyone.
I am grateful for....- Another healthy day of life.
- The rain we are having this weekend.
- The quiet of an early morning.
- A full pantry and loaded refrigerator and freezer.
A little slow this morning which is actually good. I have not had an inactive day in quite some time. I think in my effort to put covid-19 thoughts out of my head I have been moving from one thing to the next. I will be nice to have some down time.
Hugs and prayers to all.3 -
Machka I love refried beans and guacamole. I like avocados sliced in sandwiches too. Last nights dinner was line tortilla chips, leftover refried beans, guacamole, pico de gallo, and some grilled chicken breast. Yummy! Husband wasn't hungry, was I was creative.
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Kylia1 -
Hi
TOMATOES: I had no idea that many people really disliked tomatoes. I used to love a really good garden-fresh or similar tomato and avoid all off-season, or sad excuses for tomatoes. Then about 3 yrs ago my accupunturist, a 60+ Asian medical dr told me to avoid tomatoes (among other things) as, according to him: too acid. So i have and i don't miss them much. I remember my mom's garden tomatoes, some great tomatoes bought in italy and a few things like that. Sauce: Ok but in small doses. Not actually my favorite. I worked once in a common kitchen and the rule was something like: no tomato sauce sort of thing more than every 3-4 days due to acidity on stomach.
A LOT OF US WOULD BE CATS
Yesterday i asked students what they might have discovered or learned. Some: really nothing they said, they are just waiting in their room, and doing their best to make it. Others said they learned to bake some new deserts, others: reading, others doing more sports at home...2 -
Too hard to say top 3 or 4 or 5 meals or foods.
But i can say what comes to mind now.
(1) I really like my breakfast: combo of just a little unsweetened cereal (often high protein), possibly coconut powder, seeds, soy yogurt, soy milk, banana slices, sometimes berries, sometimes a spoon of apple sauce, sometimes gomasio. it tends to vary from day to day and it seems like a good protein-y fruity beginning. (2) Green tea: i know it's not a food, but i love to drink a pot. it wakes me up slightly and it has no calories and is comforting to start the day or for afternoon break on non-confinement days. (3) I just had a pastry with meringue, cream and berries from the bakery. A lovely naturally GF desert i can still enjoy. Very pretty and tasty. (4) Veggie soup w beans and curry and coconut powder, (different variations). Healthy, comforting, tasty. (5) Toasted chestnut-rice-soy bread with olive oil and salt (a recent pleasure), small dense slices.2 -
@Heather they were not advising masks here and now they are talking about requiring them on the subway (probably). Same in NYC. They were not recommended and then suddenly they were recommended. I think the non-recommendation is related to shortage which is understandable. here there were not enough for health care professionals so they were discouraging the general population from wearing them. Then they promised free cloth masks for all 2 million parisians a few weeks ago within a couple of days. didn't deliver. Now masks (not sue which kind) promised for May.
@HEather, i checked out the video. nice. i had never even heard of a ration pack. i'm admirative of people able to to youtube channels. i can now teach modest classes on zoom but i'm not the right person to do a youtube channel. I'm impressed by people who can be pretty natural and at ease in front of the camera.1 -
@Tere I'm sorry for your losses.0
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@Terri lobster is high on my list too.1
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@ginnytez nice to hear from you.0
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@heather & @Michele, living in central paris i never go out w/out a mask. most days i go for a walk. if i walk early and cross few people i often have it pulled down. if i go into a shop or cross people or if it's late in the day i have it more up. it's hard to have it up 100% of time outside, can't smell or feel anything that way. and with warmer weather it's too much.
@ah, whole categories of food makes it more generous! i did think of avocados, but i eat them less and less as they are more and more expensive. i know that is not the question (and i did include lobster in list B, which is not cheaper than avocado).0 -
the dermatologist thinks i may have shingles! the GP seen live and present had suggested ringworm or lyme's and suggested i send a photo to dermatologist (only online appointments re possible for dermatologists at present). the dermatologist said, no a bug bite. then when she realized there were two she thought it could be shingles and prescribed medication that one has to take quickly. both she and the nice pharmacist said there are on side effects if i don't have shingles. What a pain in the butt. (pun intended).
Went for a nice walk after that. as positive as i have been trying to be about it (discovering new little streets and paths) i'm getting bored with my 1km radius that i'm allowed to walk in. There is one path i take less often which i save for a sort of a different day (it's not better its just different) which i took today. it was ok. i was less into it than some days.
i enjoyed reading on the balcony to start the day. that is about the best part of the day at present.2 -
SuziQ I understand the downtime. I left my work stuffs at work yesterday. I have worked about 10 hours extra at home this week, was heading to visit MIL, and just needed time off. Enjoy your downtime
Husband and I went to see his mom last night. He went in. They opened the window for me. They have her so drugged up that it was like talking to a drunk. On Monday we were having conversations and she was walking around the house. Even on Wednesday, she was still having good conversations when she left the hospital. They said she hadn't had any meds since 1130, yet it took 30 mins at 530 to get her to wake up. My husband's presence was calming for her. My MIL thinks that honey and a tylenol will cure anything. She doesn't like meds at all. The nurses asked if she wanted more meds. She told them no! I told them no! She was obviously drugged out. She isn't use to laying around. The upside is she took some water from a spoon, ate some ice chips, and ate some jello with us there and kept it down. We need her home. She will haunt us if she dies in hospice!
I am thankful husband got to spend time with her even if he was scared and didnt understand what she was saying. She smiled when she heard my voice. I am sure I sounded like a crazy woman yelling her name from the window. Oh well. I did think this morning that maybe they have her so drugged so that she isn't embarrassed by the catheter and diaper. She is still clogged. If they could get the clog to let go, we might get a couple of good months, but right now it is a slow death. Thank you for your hugs and warm wishes.
Questions.....
1. where am I originally from
I was born in Alabama, moved lots, consider Washington DC area home, yet have been in Ohio for over half my life
2. Do you eat breakfast? Sometimes. Lately it has been oatmeal with chopped apples, cinnamon and butter
3. Dine in, carry out, cook at home? I would prefer to eat at home, but dining out gives more options and less clean up. I don't like carry out.
4. Favorite Girl scout cookie- Samoas!
5. Do you listen to music while you work? At work, yes. At home, either the tv is on or it is peacefully quiet. I guess it depends on what I am doing.
6. Sonic drink? Have only been to sonic once
7. Favorite game- Board game-Payday, card game-MillesBourne
8. Podcast- have never listened to one. Not sure how.
9. Dream sandwich? Chicken salad on a great nutty bread (thin)
10. What makes you gag? Skunks! Especially fresh strikes.
11. Hobbies- cross stitch, coloring, reading
12. Make my day better- Sunshine
13. Best vacation- Girls reunion in Utah. I hadn't seen those ladies in over 15 years. We ate, drank, walked, and talked like we hadn't been apart!
14. Animal- a cat. I love the sunshine beams.
15. At a party you would find me on the dance floor.
Time to get ready for work. Someone coming over today to discuss new alarm system for house. Ours is original to him buying it in 1983. Time to upgrade especially since we have internet now.
Hugs!
Congratulations!
Thank you for being you!
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Kylia with head still above water in Ohio5
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