WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2020
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Welcome New comers
MIL- Sorry for your loss big air hugs 🤗
Karen- She looks so cute in her wig let’s hope this is the last of her Chemos . My Mom always said she felt more in her heart for the kids getting chemo than herself because their so small. Mom didn’t have big words but she had a big heart.
Amber Tx
Cut my hair 💇♀️
Brandin Hicks of Austin Tx here 25yes old wouldn’t social distance pushed an older cop in the water ! Almost hit his head on the wood dock. Already rowdy drinking young crowd issues hope they don’t have to shut down all their parks again. Yes the Hick was arrested. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/lake-austin-ranger-pushed-into-water-suspect-arrested-viral-video/269-a1de4da3-be68-4c28-8d05-e841458d38554 -
Kylia - many hugs and sympathies. So glad you and your DH got to spend some time with your MIL on Thursday. What a blessing she'd already taken care of some things.
SuziQ - regarding those ill at the chicken processing plant: I'd bet several of them are family members living in the same household. The researcher part of me would love to know how much "herd immunity" has taken place at the plant. There have been no new cases and they've been working with the local health department for several weeks. Plus, it's a chilly environment, continually sanitized. The general public can't live like that of course, but I'd be happy if our house was at a constant chilly temperature. Menopause anyone?
Rebecca- I watched that autopsy YouTube yesterday - very interesting! Surprised it didn't make me queasy, but I guess I've watched enough "Silent Witness" that seeing body parts on a scale doesn't bother me. I need to check my last blood test results to see if my liver enzymes were elevated.
Karen in VA - so happy your job is working out! Do you have to fight the urge to go wash your hands after speaking with each patient?
Janetr - congrats on the new little one. Love your new hairstyle by the way!
Got stocked on hamburger yesterday - the rancher next door raises beef and it's grass fed. He sells halves and quarters and always processes a cow for burger, selling it a minimum of 12# in 1 1/2 lb packages. We don't eat a lot of beef but I like to make a meatloaf now and then. I need to clean out that freezer before blueberries ripen this summer.
OK, gotta get going. Early morning shopping today. Make it a good day, ladies!
Lanette
SW WA State
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Kylia, so sorry for your loss.1
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Heather ~ I love the wisteria hanging over the fence but must tell you if it starts creeping into your yard, it will take over. My MnL planted some at the back of our house and it eventually took over and killed all the trees behind us.
Karen ~ Those are long work hours. Take care.
Michele ~ If Denise forgets to Skype, perhaps you could call her and remind her.
Beautiful day here! The Blue Angels are flying over around 1:35 and I hope I can see them. I am getting really tired of being inside but the Gov said us elderly should do so until late May and early June.
Carol in GA
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Lanette- I’m surprised it even spread at the plants they keep it freezer temp y sanitized all over .I doubt it was caught at work in the plants itself. Maybe some workers shared a vehicle to get to work or got it in town shopping 🛒 or even in the break rooms.
My Dad worked for Tyson back in the day he was always bundled up even a scarf in the freezer area..even the slaughter areas cold 🥶 sanitized regularly every so many minutes. My Dad drove the forklift inside the freezers everyone wore mouth coverings to gloves because of the cold he washed daily they all did .
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Carol,wisteria is not so invasive in milder climates like where Heather lives. It is an expensive and beloved plant. A few years ago I read a book that was set in Georgia and was amazed when they talked about how invasive wisteria is. Climate can make a big difference.
One of my favorite plants in my house in Northern California was geraniums. They thrived and it was easy to snap off of piece of a plant, stick it in the ground, and soon have a new plant that would last for years. When I moved to NW Washington I was amazed to find out that they were annuals unless you had them in pots and could move them indoors during the winter.
Michele, When Jake's daughter's kids were young, she was always promising to Skype and she was a lot like Denise and forgot most of the time.
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Kylia - I'm so sorry for your loss, and your husband's.2
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Barbie ~ Thanks! I didn't know that. It is beautiful when it is blooming. It completely invaded the neighbors yard behind us and I know they hate having to deal with it.
Carol in GA2 -
morning ladies~
I am on my second cup of tea... and have some cleaning to do, so I can get outside and get the leaves off my patio..and see if I can get my chair hanger together to get outside...3 -
Kylia: So, so sorry. What a blessing that you were able to spend time with her before she passed. How thoughtful of her to have plans in place. I will pray for your family in the weeks ahead.1
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Well this defeats the safety y purpose of PPE by restaurant staff.
When salon ignores what I asked for every time.They ask my age give me a haircut for my age group not my face or looks
Me cutting my own hair (exact hair style I ask for don’t get every time . Going to start cutting my hair myself again.
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Amber: 👍🏻 That’s a good job
☘️Terri3 -
Our geraniums have lasted through the winter this year and they are now struggling into bloom. If it's a hard winter they don't. This year was pretty mild. Because we are near the coast we don't get many frosts.
The wisteria isn't invasive. In fact we struggled to get it to bloom at our last house. Here we just give it a cut back to the fence in the late autumn and the flowers come back. Next door has it trained over an arch. I remember in the South of France it bloomed twice a year!
Finished my bonus calories. Can eat tonight.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
@AZTeri i'm sorry for all your stress. It's like that here too. No tests so no way of knowing if you got it, other than if one has great trouble breathing (requiring hospitalization or ambulance visit). I didn't realize it could be like that in May in AZ. Good for you for getting cardio back up. You're not alone in having goal setback at this time.
@Michele i think we'll go back somewhat to "normal" life, but not in 2020. MASKS may not be required everywhere. Here you can buy cloth masks. I saw taylors/sewers selling some for 8-12 and another selling some for 4 euros on my walking path today. i was surprised. The 4 euro ones look thin and i thought i'd wait to find out what the official word is on recommendation for cloth ones. i have read that certain clothes are better than others. There are some really fast tutorials for non-sewn masks for those who don't want to make them. I have some artist friends who got into them as a creative thing and one who is making tons of tongue and cheek ones. I prefer to buy some, either medical masks if they are every for sale again at reasonable price or cloth ones once there is an official word on what is good. i dont have a sewing machine.
SPORTS : i think they are all going to be audience-less for the next months.
@Terri Glad to hear that Ireland is less touched by COVID.
@Suzi thanks for explaining the ABC
@HEather awesome party picture!
@Amber nice for the haircut! it's kind of cool to do these things we would never do otherwise.
@Kylia i'm so sorry for you.
@Lanette sadly COVID survives very well in the cold, even in the freezer.
@Barbie agreed about plants doing differently in different climates. Same here for geraniums, they need to be taken in and cut back before it freezes if they re to survive the winter. but Roses do smashingly in the south west of france, grow easily whereas in new england where i'm from they were (at least the ones we had) hard to grow.4 -
Im new to the group but looking forward to being a part. Barb, my word for this year is "flexible" also. Who knew? I've been away from MFP for a while but May is my month to get it back on track.7
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I lost part of post again
Food-Got a fancy GF bakery pastry, about the 5th one in 7 weeks of lockdown.
-I will possibly make some more of my invention of "nutella" 2 T tahini, 2 T unsweetened, nonfat cocoa powder, 1t maple syrup. yum
-Picked up a half-bottle of red wine yesterday i don't know if i can drink it since i've been sniffly and so-so of late but i'll see.
-Lots of cabbage onion curry soup today.
-Needed some more protein, a lot of things don't appeal to me right now, but i poached a couple of eggs in the soup: love it.
-Fortunately i can easily go without meat so that shortage if it happens won't effect me very much.
Gratitude-Enjoying novel and enough fiction to get me through the lockdown. (3rd book) though i'm very fluent listening and speaking I read relatively slowly in French and at a pretty good pace in English.
-Lovely moments on balcony in morning in sun reading, and doing a quick sketch and a quick journal entry (sometimes a paragraph, sometimes half a line).
-Enjoyed speaking to odd people i crossed today: technician, medical secretary, cloth mask seller, family on the street, bakery sales person.
-My Indoor houseplants are very hardy.
-Time for basic, healthy prep of simple food - like veggie stew - that i often find more tasty than food out.went for a slow 1hr long (or so) stroll.
got skin culture for shingles diagnosis. Had to wait to get culture, and then delay for results so had to take meds immediately if they were to have effect. it's useful to know what i had had if that's the case.
My concierge said that finally there is a package for me, received by the replacement concierge, that the replacement concierge had said wasn't there when i went to check, 10+ days ago, and didn't leave me a slip for .. Sigh. That was a pain! One part was a computer cable -necessary for recharging the computer- so not having that is quite a big deal, but ok... I managed well enough. Now i should have the kitchen scale too, helpful particularly for measuring breakfast cereal.
Spirits ok. Not asking too much of myself at present.3 -
Kylia- I am so very sorry for your loss ,especially with all this craziness going on.my sincerest condolences. Xoxi1
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Rebecca: If those body builders on the California Beach ‘back when’ were taking steroids, they may not have survived long enough to “enjoy” the Covid-19 epidemic along with the rest of us. :ohwell:
JanetR: I agree with Heather. I am amazed that you are a great-grandmother and still so beautiful. Congratulations!!!
SuziQ: It appears that your employer is positive and upbeat. What a nice thing he did with the “Town Hall” virtual meeting! :bigsmile:
Bertiebassett: Welcome to a great group of supportive women! Post often and let us get to know one another. :flowerforyou:
Karen in VA: I love the photo of Josephine the Ballerina. What a wonderful smile she has.
Irish Terri: Thanks for the hugs and prayers. Backatcha! We are doing pretty well at this point in the Covid 19 pandemic. We have been diligent about keeping appropriate social distance and using the wonderful masks our neighbor made and gave to us. We are lucky and grateful.
(((Kylia))) So sorry for the loss of your DMIL. It was so good that you and your husband were able to spend time with her.
Heather: I love the photo of your DS, DDIL, and the grands. The outdoor table and chairs made me wonder about whether his business could have outdoor seating. Is it a possibility, or is it forbidden? :huh:
Amber TX: Here’s hoping that Brandon Hicks gets a long jail sentence. :grumble: Great job on your haircut! :bigsmile:
Lanette: Menopause—been there and done that. It wasn’t as bad as I’d expected back then. I briefly tried hormone therapy but it was a bad experience and I chose “cold turkey.” For me, cold turkey was a huge improvement over hormone therapy. What a wonderful improvement in life to be on the other side of that milestone. :bigsmile:
DawnePhillips: Welcome to a great group! Stop by often and join the conversation.
I have worn out several clothes items and am considering a "trip" to Amazon to find replacements. Retailers are pretty well shut down in our state, with exceptions of grocery stores, hardware stores and pharmacies. Some businesses have found ways to work with safe social distancing. My haircutter has worked out a safe social distance system. I could use a good haircut and may call for an appointment.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Blurry eyes and runny nose! Allergies!
RV Rita
Did I post the Puc of me with a turtle yet? Sorry if a repost. It is a soft shell turtle that lives in the lake. I think he was lost. I didn’t want him getting squashed. Kinda rare turtle.
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Katla - My son devised a new business/post for himself and got funding from various sources to cover it. It's to wholesale AF drinks to the restaurant etc trade, so they have a greater variety in their premises. At the moment the choice is woeful, but there is a lot out there. His job is to persuade existing businesses to stock them. He is selling to Amazon and a big supermarket, but the restaurant/bar business is defunct right now. He seems in good enough spirits, but he has hardly anything to do. He has had to let assistants go.
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Hi Gals,
Katla- interesting, everyone I know got their stimulus a week or two ago… so I was feeling left out.
SuziQ – thanks for the supply/demand info, it matched what I had expected with some nuance that I didn’t know
Karen – Such good news about Josephine, do they expect that she will be able to dance again?
Kaylia – and Kaylia’s DH (((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))) sending you peace
Interesting about what life will be like- what will the changes be – the new normal. Remember that just a few years ago we were feeling the same way after 9/11 and there are changes as a result of 9/11 but we have found our way and have gotten use to the changes.
I have a question at this point where it seems most places in the US and in some other locations are beginning to open up at some level from very little to a bunch, What have you learned from this experience that surprised you?
Kim from N. California
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Kylia, hugs to you and your family during this time. What a gift you gave to her, being with her, helping her "down the path". 💖
💖Rebecca
Lanette, yes I wasn't queasy either, I kept thinking how brave she was, letting us into such a thing. The fact that the examiner lady was so matter of fact helped.
Katla, thanks for the compliment! My dishes are just Fred Meyer finds, but I like how they look scenic. Makes me want to place food on them all pretty like.
Yesterday we attacked the yard. I made about 20 trips from piles Lee had made with the pinecones, to a major pile we have at the side of the house. Son, Galen, came out and did the weed wacker, hurling pinecones here and there! But he got the major part of the spring grass that was making our "yard" shaggy. We have some bushes by our front window that Lee clipped back. One bush is dead, but we really can't cut it, without going thru hoops from the rental office. It was dead when we moved in, it will be dead when we move.
The backyard. Really nothing there to manage, just ground. The piles are up against the plastic mesh "low fence" and in the other side is a path.
💖Rebecca
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Katla, you are so true about those body builders! I will say the one thing I have been constant about is my weight. It slowly creeped up and I didn't yoyo with my weight. I have heard that act along is hard on a body. Now saying all that makes me a lier, because I did yoyo once when silly Jenny Craig told me how to live my life, eating doll food. I'm my mind though I just yo'ed, not a full yoyo! 😁
💖Rebecca5 -
Kylia ... will be praying for you and your family ... hugs
Beth near Buffalo1 -
Kylia - Hugs and prayers
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Kylia,
So sorry for you and your famiy's loss. Sending strength and healing prayers.
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KIM ~ We have not received a stimulus check! As for what the future looks like, who knows. Our son has worked in restaurants ever since he was 16 and now at 44 has not job to return to. I just keep telling him there is a job out there just for him.
REBECCA ~ Thanks for the photo. For some reason, I had it in my mind that you lived in a secluded area and now I see that there are houses right across the street. LOL
I was outside from 1:20 until 2 hoping to see/hear the blue angels fly over but they never appeared over my neighborhood.
We went for a long ride along the river before noon and boy were there a lot of bicyclists out there. We had to dodge a lot when there were ones on either side of the road and cars were coming both ways. Kind of scary!4 -
Kim: We have not received a stimulous check, yet. DH is looking into it and it appears that people like us will be waiting for a while. I am delighted that you’ve received your check. It seems fair for those like you who are self-employed.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Good morning everyone, hope everyone is doing well.
So needing advice here today, how do you deal with people who want you to drink 🍸 with them? My best friend always takes it so personally when I don’t want to drink with her. I feel like she hears what I’m saying, but always wants me to make an exception when we are together.
Any help would be helpful.
In other news, I took this picture of my pants from last July (24WL) and today (16L). Not where I want to be but getting there.
Glenda Las Vegas NV8
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