WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2020
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Dinner this evening. It was my first attempt at stuffed poblanos. They're stuffed with super spicy Spanish rice and cheddar. Turned out rather tasty and my sinuses are clear. lol
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Has anyone logged into facebook lately? I'd been neglecting it for a while and logged in today. It was not what I expected. I thinkI"ll restart my computer and try again.
Katla
I use Chrome and Dave uses Edge so that we can stay logged in on our desktop. My FB looks the same but his is way different. He had trouble finding his games, but I think he figured it out. He does not like change!
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Took hours but got carrots cut up for salads y soups.Shreaded some as noodles to fry along with calabacita squash into noodles. Will add my chopped onion also later as I make vegetable spaghetti I added garlic spaghetti sauce but it’s recorded as meat sauce was same calorie same brand same sodium even. Made spaghetti noodles in the sauce to add to it y for JR as just spaghetti.
Excited with all the fruit y veggies at what I can make
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Dr Katie,
I’m not fond of change, either, unless I’m the one who initiated the change.
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Did training games on the Wii today. Although the gym where I take the extremepump class will open tomorrow, I’m not going to go. The plan is to do an Off The ball DVD
Making breakfast right now. I should have gone to WalMart first Update: I did. Like I said, I like to go early when there aren’t as many people there. I did get a bag of dark chocolate kisses (they only had the large bags of Dove) to have as a snack. Milk chocolate doesn’t seem to satisfy me but dark chocolate does. WalMart is now taking returns and they’ve lowered the minimum for pick up. It’s now $30, was $35. I should have used the pick up today but then I wouldn’t have known that they’re accepting returns, so it was probably a good thing. Plus, you usually don’t have to wait in line to get in
Barbara – our gas prices have increased. But I do find that I’m using much less gas now. I’d like to hear the mower story, too
Terri – that’s exactly what your stomach is telling you. If I have a lot of fat, it tells me “I don’t think so”
Karen – you know, I don’t have many photos at all of my grandparents on my father’s side. And only one that was taken by a photographer. Well, they probably looked at going to a photographer as a waste of money
Allie – so glad you have a happy place. It’s really worth it. I guess I’d say that my happy place is in the pool listening to the waterfall.
Rebecca – why did the commissary remove the biscuits and chicken because of the coronavirus?
Went in the pool then strung some popcorn. I tell you, at the rate I’m stringing, I’ll have enough for next year!
Went for my after dinner walk and then in the pool (yes, again)
Michele NC
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trucker743 wrote: »Machka, do you find it helpful with your spouse that you at least have the physical closeness enough to pat, or hug, or hold hands? I find I miss this more than greater physical intimacy since my husband died. I’m glad my youngest daughter and her son and/or lively dog come over at lease once a week. We’re both pretty observant of distancing, so we allow ourselves to hug at the end of our visits before showering.
I'm not one for much physical contact. I actually think I'm somewhere on the autistic spectrum. My husband and I sit at opposite ends of a reasonably large room, if we're actually in the room together. Much of the time, he's outside in the garden. We will occasionally hold hands on a walk, although that can be awkward because I walk faster than him so I sort of end up dragging him.
But since I moved to Australia, I've made a point of hugging him at least once a day. It's not something that really comes naturally to me ... I don't go around hugging other people and I've gone long periods of time without hugging anyone ... but I figured it was important for us. And when he was in the hospital, particularly in ICU for 3 weeks, I actually discovered that I missed those hugs.
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »Katla - I am in Facebook daily. It is how I keep in contact with friends and family that are spread across the country. I enjoy the sharing of family pictures and everyone knows that I refuse to discuss any things that that will cause debate.
Tracey in Edmonton
Yep, me too.
I use it as a tool to connect with family and friends around the world, and for information on topics like cycling, photography, and travel.
M in Oz1 -
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Its 10:30 at night and I just got home from New Hampshire..im exhausted
I love my brother dearly.. and yes im lazy and can be a procrastinator.. but he started screamimg at me because i hadnt helped with anything.. he is like a whirling dervish as it is.. always doing something. And it does take alot to keep an old place like that going . So i tried getting blankets to set up the side porch he painted,i didnt get the right blankets to light a color,you know with people and dogs etc.. so he stops what he is doing and gives me the riot act on what it needs .pick a broom or vacuum you see what needs doing.You have been coming up longer than me and I shouldn't have to tell you what to do..he was going on and on...I took him and our friend Rob out for seafood last night,bought a case of water up,texted him before I came to see if he needed anything. No..
I packed my stuff ,and he starts yelling about see this is how you raised your son,no confrontation ,take the easy way out.. meanwhile both dogs are hiding and im in tears...yes I grew up going up there. The beginning of the season asked if they needed help no,we got it...geesh iI even gave him 20 bucks..
I don't feel welcome there anymore honestly..and I am sure Sean and Jean will.have something to say.yes it is alot of work with both that house and the lake house and the one they live in..
Sorry for venting. Im just wiped out.. going to try and get some sleep.. we shall see4 -
Allie - I’m so sorry your time at the cabin was cut short and ruined. I hope that your brother apologizes to you and that you get some peace soon.
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I finished my Yale course "The Science of Well Being"!
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Here's another photo my cousin sent me. From left to right: Me, Grandma Agnes (my paternal grandmother) holding my son, and my dad.
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Carol in GA, thanks for your kind words. I always think I should put my pics in a spoiler but I am lazy!😁. I think of all you ladies as some of my dearest friends, so I try to text here, like we're sitting and chatting.💖
Michele NC, I imagine it was because it was just another surface to clean, and it was a cart like apparatus. Maybe with it being like a salad cart, a sneeze guard, with a warming tray where the bags of roasted chickens were it didn't follow health safety guidelines. But the chickens were a real convenient way to get my protein and not having to cook a chicken. Plus it was about the same price as a raw one.
Allie, see friend, its hard to acclimate to a family member that's so so unpredictable. 💖. Its like you feel you have to tiptoe around what you say, because he exploded at everything. And all you wish to do is help. That is what you do for everyone you come in contact with. You are a giver and its in your nature to help. Its instinctive.💖. But in helping everyone, you also don't set up boundaries for yourself. You give and give until you lose sight of yourself.💖 hugs friend.
Well I texted my Owain, and his ship is in port, and he's moving back into the barracks again. He texted that he'd call us when he got off work, ( in 6 hours) which will be 2 am! I said no worries! What am I crazy? Will I even remember what he says to us? Lol! 💖
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Sharon: I hope your daughter’s surgery goes well. It is great that you can be there to give her needed support.
Snowflake: Your deck and furniture are delightful. It looks like a great place to relax. :flowerforyou:
Allie: Rest well.
Rebecca: Good news that your son Owain will be in port for a while. I hope you’ll get to visit enough to feel good about things.
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Local deer are eating my bean plants. I put spicy red pepper near the beans and hope it chases the deer away.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: church, water to soup kitchen
Bonus: veg prep, continued reading Atomic Habits
Get to do: invest 36 mins cleaning Master Bath, carry over 10 mins cleaning Kitchen/Laundry, 26 mins mins cleaning; reconcile SDAO Safety & Security grant receipts for Monday pm chat with Aaron, pickup library book, find out how to amend firehouse articles of incorporation/contacts, mat work, BB&B, practice new dances (Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right, Quarter after one, Half Past Tipsy, Senorita, Dance Monkey; next week final? Follow up call for Joe’s Dr. appointment, bottle return, transplant parsley, pineapple, rose geranium, Stinky; make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep raised bed for carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; call stove repair guy to adjust kitchen flame and assess Aunt Elsie’s Stove to determine if finish cleaning and start de-rusting feasible; Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine,
Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments.
Not feeling so hot, did it to myself, too much sugar. Remember this :sick: feeling next time!
SuziQ Thanks for the basil advice, will cutting off the top 3” of the only stalk kill the plant?
Heather
the wildflowers and meadow idea.
Lisa OWW. So glad the mower was aimed away from you. Ditto on the bruises, Shadow contributed the latest addition when she landed on me this morning for her “Good morning to you!” pats. Forty pounds of goofy puppy concentrated into two paws leave interesting marks.
Katla ditto on the B&J. There’s almost always a pint of NY Super Fudge Chunk stashed way back in the freezer, beneath many heavy things, to give me time to reconsider when I’m reaching for it Praying the dog’s tumor is benign.
Rebecca the image of your Mom and Aunt, dancing Norwegian ladies in heaven. “… like we’re sitting and chatting.” Exactly!
((Luci))
Sharon sending good thoughts for your daughter and her health care team. She must be so grateful to have you with her through this.
Tracey the tables Rodger built for you, and the way you’ve arranged your deck.
Machka like your resolve to hug your DH daily, when I retired I made it a point to say “love, love, kiss kiss” to Joe and kiss him every time I leave. I didn’t think he’d tolerate it but he actually moves forward to kiss me through the car window now.
Allie I’m so sorry your brother tainted your lovely trip with his shouting and bossing. It would make me not want to help him and Jean with Faith.
Karen in VA poignant pics.
Joyful June 7: Find a joyful way of being physically active: gotta dance! If not tonight, then tomorrow for sure.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
May: better than April.
daily: steps=1893 :P vits=7 log=7 CI<CO=6 CI<250<CO=5 Tumble & Shadow 5=2 mfp=7 clean 10 mins=4 outside=3 up hill=3
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I had one of these when I was a child.
Mine was a red one. Did anyone else have a pogo stick?
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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@Suzi Here it's really common to say there can only be 40% of people present at any time and people have to sign up and have permission. Also the crisis is most certainly used to implement layoffs etc that would have been harder to implement had people been able to meet, talk, unite. Have you heard of Naomi Klein and her theory of shock doctrine. The idea is that leaders have use moments of shock or disaster to implement policies that they have lying around but have not yet been able to implement.
DONUTS, they are rare in France, and not good and i'm seriously GF (get a serious case of the runs, sniffles and foggy and tired), so they are not in my radar. I was not even a big donut fan before. When young child we used to get 2 dozen dunking for our family of 7 on Sundays when my mom tired of making waffles for 7 and I loved it back then and being able to choose, which was already something when age 7 or so. I liked the chocolate crullers.1 -
Yesterday's zoom w Boston friend was nice. I actually dozed off during the online zoom meditation thing beforehand, but i had told my Boston friend about it and she went to it and like it.
A truckload of work came to me yesterday, not money but a think i had to take care of rather urgently as coordinator. It's time consuming and long to explain, but they gave us a schedule that doesn't work for most people and we've explained that repeatedly but they don't listen. i had to write again and now they threw up a major meeting all day Tuesday, whereas i have another meeting at the same time i can't cancel.
So'l i'll try to go to both in a way. i have to deal with that today and it irks me.
I was feeling caught up -ish or seeing light at end of tunnel and this was surely 8-10h of work and tension to boot.1 -
This came through on Facebook ... and with my teaching background, I thought it was hilarious!
Here's how I think requiring masks would work in kindergarten. I'm sure I would say all of these things.
Please don’t snap (insert name)’s mask in their face.
You should not be using your mask as a sling shot. Please put it on your face.
Your mask should be on your face not on the back of your head
Your mask is not a necklace, bracelet, or any other form of jewelry.
Please do not chew on your mask. (This one!!!)
I’m sorry your mask is wet but that is what happens when you lick the inside of your mask.
I’m sorry you sneezed but wipe out the snot as good as you can.
No you can not blow your nose in your mask.
Why is your mask soaking wet? You just came back from the bathroom? And you put it back on your face after you dropped it?
I’m sorry you broke the elastic on your mask by seeing how far the band would stretch but now you will have to hold the mask on your face or use this duct tape.
Please take the mask off your eyes and watch where you are walking. I don’t care if you can see through it.
Please take the mask off of your pencil and stop twirling it.
I know the mask fits over your pants like a knee pad but please take it off of your leg and put it on your face.
What do you mean you tried to eat your lunch through your mask?
Please do not share your mask or trade masks. I don’t care if you like their mask better.
I’m sorry but your mask is not school appropriate.
We are not comparing our masks to other kids masks… everyone’s mask is unique and special.
No you can not decorate your mask instead of doing your work. I don’t care if you have a Sharpie.
You are not a pirate, please take your mask off your eye.
Try to get the gum off as much as you can.
Please do not use your mask to pick your nose.
I’m sorry you tripped but that’s what happens when you put your feet inside the elastic of your mask.
No your mask does not make it hard to get your work done.
Your Mom will need to get you a new mask since you chewed a hole in that one.
Why is there a shoe print on your mask?
No you cannot eat the snow through your mask.
I don’t care if you were in art class and being creative, we do not decorate our masks.
We do not beam other kids in the face with a ball. No, their mask doesn’t make it not hurt.
Please do not plug your nose holes with your mask.
Who is making that noise?
I’m sorry your ponytail is stuck, that’s what happens when you see how many times you can wrap it around your mask.
I’m sorry to tell you but your child thought their mask made them a superhero and so they tried to fly off of the jungle gym at recess…
I’m sorry your breath stinks in your mask, maybe we should all try to brush better.
Please take those things out of your mask. No, you are not a chipmunk.
Machka in Oz3 -
Rebecca: Your Writing area is much tidier than mine 😂
The photograph on my wall is with my father at my graduation in 1980. The pen and ink sketch is one I did from a photo of my daughters as part of my final exhibition. The photgraph is one I did a few years ago.
(My degree was in education, and I majored in Maths and Art. Photography, ceramics, and textiles were some of the elements of my degree course.)
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My "writing area" looks like I'm about to land a plane.
Any photos I've got show up on screensavers rather than the walls.
But I've got a great view out two windows!
M in Oz1 -
Katla: Facebook is constantly updating, and is now owned by Google. If you are going in regularly the changes wouldn't be noticeable, as they have happened gradually.0
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Machka - I absolutely LOVE that mask list. Every single one sounded like Bea!
And wow your desk! Don't you get a lot of light reflecting on your screens?
I'm going to make cauliflower cheese tonight. I haven't made it in years because it's high in calories, but I work off so many these days I can afford a few extra. DH is very excited as he's been missing it.
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Machka - I absolutely LOVE that mask list. Every single one sounded like Bea! And wow your desk! Don't you get a lot of light reflecting on your screens?
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
No, the windows aren't a problem, especially not at this time of year when we have such short days (daylight hours). In the midst of summer, I sometimes need to pull the curtain on the side window.
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Machka- I love the mask list! I belong to a few childcare facebook groups and many of them have been closed throughout the pandemic and are beginning to reopen. Masks are a HUGE concern to child care givers. lol Fortunately, I am an in home provider, which means the same rules that apply for larger centers (children wearing masks) is optional for my smaller group in my own home. I don't know how they will manage to keep the masks on the kids. BUT, I think most kids would be doing every thing on that list at some point or another!
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Morning ladies
Im awake.but not in the mood to get up yet...
My heart is still hurt and i will unpack the car,do laundry and take care of tidying up my place..
Will call the Drs office and see if they ordered a lyme test and if so will go ger bloodwork done tomorrow..
Alfie so tired he hasnt budged all night lol3 -
Hello one and all.
I am sure everyone remembers the huge bureau I moved downstairs. When the Salvation Army came to my house on Saturday to pick it up and other donations they would not take it. Apparently the poor are getting so selective they do not purchase nor want Formica furniture. Even if it is in perfect condition. I called many other charities and found it is the same with all. Shameful I say. So now my challenge will be getting the beast out to the curb for bulk pick up. This is not a simple thing as it is about a full small town block for me to get it out to the swale. I guess I will be burning some calories during my lunch hour.
Heather – It is so sad there are so many restaurants closing. As I travel around I am noticing more of them that will not open or had the chance to open. We were fortunate. Our county leaders pushed for our restaurants to be able to open at 50% versus 25%. After speaking with a few 50% is just keeping the places running. Most owners have not been able to make a draw since this started. Love the wildflowers.
Change – I used to be an “in the box” type of person. After working for a major software company where things move rapidly I learned to adapt and adjust. I still am reserved but have learned to go with the flow. I will say the experience helped me greatly during this time. What will be will be and it’s up to us to make the best of it.
Allie – It’s my hope the decedents are able to keep the family property. It sounds like a magical place. I will also say it seems your life is filled with abusive people. I think it is time for you to take Pip’s boot to yourself and start giving it back to people. I honestly believe they will either adjust or adapt. Silence is permission. And, yes, I have learned many times people act the way they do because there is something else that is bothering them, but that does not give them permission to be abusive.
Barbara – Cutting the top 3 inches actually makes the basil stalk sprout additional stems. It will grow two wherever it is clipped.
Julie – I have not read Naomi Klein’s theory, but it makes sense. I did notice the first round were those employees who were on the edge (had been on plan, did not get along, did the minimum to stay employed, basically played the “game”). But, our division does not hire until it absolutely needs to whereby the corporate headquarters fixes things with people so it is a totally different environment. Regardless of what happens I am as prepared as I can be and will embrace whatever change comes my way.
Machka – Love the things not to do to masks. Your work area looks like you’re a day trader – LOL!
I hope everyone has a great day!
SuziQ – SFL
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Terri That pen and ink sketch of your daughters...
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Allie my dear girl You say you love your brother dearly. I assume he loves you dearly. When you were packing to leave, he told you that you tend to avoid confrontation, a true statement. I think he is practically begging you to stand up to him. There is no excuse for him talking to you in a disrespectful manner. I wish you would set some boundaries with him. Since it sounds as if the two of you have a great deal of affection for each other, he would be a safe person to practice setting boundaries with. If you screw it up, he'll still love you, right? You could even simply say to him that you have a hard time setting boundaries, which makes it easy for people to mistreat you, and just see what he says in reply. You are an amazing person, but you are not maintaining the No Trespassing zone around your core very well. I think you will have more calm and serenity if you establish firm boundaries and call people out before you are pushed to the point of feeling intimidated. If your brother's treatment of you does not mirror your treatment of him, it's probably not OK and you should call him on it until he stops treating you disrespectfully. People backslide, of course, and need reminders now and then. (((hugs)) you know you are the best…
Karen in Virginia, off to drive my spouse to PT and bone scan2 -
Did the Bristol statue toppling get onto your news? The statue of Edward Colston was toppled from its plinth and thrown into the river. He was a slave trader who has halls and streets named after him all over the city. I was at university in Bristol 67-70 and hardly heard anything about the slave trade, which was of huge importance to the wealth of the city. I don't condone violence, but the statue should have been dealt with years ago. Perhaps made part of an installation, or moved.
KJ - An addendum to my previous answer. My son spent four years in Brighton, first as a student at Sussex University and then working as a chef for a year , waiting for his then girlfriend to finish her degree so that she could join him on his gap year in Asia and South America. He learnt Spanish in preparation. I joined them in Peru.
As a teenager I lived 20 miles away and visited Brighton for nightlife and then every Saturday when my boyfriend was working there for a year at the Theatre Royal. It's always been one of my favourite places. Of course, in Hove, we are at the quieter end! :laugh:
Karen - You don't look old enough to have a baby!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2
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