WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020
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Lisa love the glow in your face. So blessed!
Mom lost her first child who was a boy. At that time he did not get a name. My dad was in the service in Alaska. The stress him going through that (He survived the bombing of Dutch Harbor) I believe brought it on. I did not know about it until I was an adult and got a copy of my birth certificate. Her generation did not talk about such things. She also lost a baby brother due to a miscarriage. This is part of why she was named Lesley. At the time a boys name. She was the youngest of four girls and lived the longest of all her siblings. Blessed to have her 98 years. I did not learn of this sibling until her funeral. My brother told me.
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: Shadow to vet, line dance class; made coleslaw; T’ai Chi, Farmers’ MarketJumpback July
Bonus:
Get to do: ;ine dance at port, invest 10 mins cleaning Guest Bth; carry over carry over cleaning mins: 30 Bdrms, 28 mins Master Bth, 20 Living Rm, 20 mins Office; water garden; practice new dances (Evergreen, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right; next week final? Follow up call for Joe’s Dr. appointment, transplant bean, make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep potato area and raised beds for beets, carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes and sow; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments.
8: get the basics right: oops, not today, too much wine, too many sweet and salty snacks, not enough activity.
Machka sending waves of comfort, healing and love to your mother, your dh and to you. Take your heavy dressing gown, I’m always cold in hospital, the heated blankets never seem to last.
Karen in VA, Heather, Debbie in Napa, Vicki in NE, Amber, Tracey and Lisa((hugs))
Lisa and Katla never thought of the danger of chest freezers. Next time Joe suggests one, I’ll counter with an upright and now I know why!
the Levi and Evelyn's grands pics.
Welcome @Sara628588 and @Marie_Renick
Anyone have any experience with surgery (not laser treatment) for glaucoma? Joe meets surgeon in Medford in 2 weeks.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
July: better than June.
daily: steps>5491=3535 vits=8 log=8 CI<CO=7 CI<250<CO=6 Tumble & Shadow 5=10 mfp=8 clean 10 mins=4 outside=8 up hill=7
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=4 rx=1 dance=2
mnthly: board mtg= grant=2 20for20=
bonus: AF=4.75 play= sew=
Thanks!
Another thing against chest freezers, at least for me, along with the fact that at 5' it is very hard to reach the bottom but my asthma is cold induced(along with other things the cold does to me-allergic to it)- so, leaning in the freezer, trying to find what I need while breathing that cold air was always miserable for me. I was thankful for having a big freezer that was given to us but was even more thankful when we were able to pass it on to someone else(was still running great) and we got an upright freezer. No more need for a step stool to stand on to reach to the bottom.0 -
Did one segment of Gilad’s Total Body Plus DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a downloadable spinning workout. And then the soup kitchen!!!!
Evelyn – lovely wallhanging. How long did it take you to do it?
Cheri – have you ever made one of those real colorful blankets using wools of different weights? How does it look if you have? It never ever fails, come October and May when the barometric weather changes, I will get a sinus headache. You can bet money on it. I feel your pain
Barbara – do you regularly do everything on your “to do” list? Boy, it’s long.
Sara – tell us more about the move. What prompted it? To where?
Lisa – love your before and after pictures. What a change! Only thing is…I like your hair better in the “before” picture. But otherwise…amazing. Cory is one handsome man and you look so happy in that picture
Does anybody have a loropetalum plant that they haven’t trimmed? What does it look like (please post a pic). How long from when you planted it has it been? I’m considering it for around our pool area but I don’t want something that needs to be trimmed. I know that I don’t want a green evergreen. I do want something that’s an evergreen (doesn’t look bad in the winter). Don’t want anything with flowers that will get in the pool. As I recall, loropetalum, while it has flowers, doesn’t drop its flowers and make a mess. Any suggestions anyone? I’ve also investigated a nandina, but we have some of them around the house, so I’d kind of like something a bit different. I want something that grows to maybe 3 or 4’ high.
I just read something interesting. There’s a thought that perhaps one of the reasons why there is so much covid in the south (Arizona, TX, FL, SC) because of all the a/c. a/c circulates the air and it may also circulate the virus. Interesting thought
Allie – I really do hope you move. There is a certain happiness in your posts about it. Please don’t let anyone manipulate you. They’re probably jealous they aren’t going. I predict that once people come for a vacation, they will want to be there year round.
Went to Aldi this morning. You’re told to not be in a crowd if it can be helped, yet when there’s a long line of people waiting to check out, they don’t open another register. At least today they didn’t
Oh, those baby photos. Love them all.
Michele NC
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MIchele, You talk about crowds and lines at the stores. Do you go extra early, or just at normal hours? I've found stores here to be less crowded the earlier I go.Allie, I love that you are doing a lot of thinking and writing about your possible move./ That way, you won't regret your decision.
Barbie in NW WA 2 -
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I had a bad bad day yesterday. I apparently decided I needed chinese and mexican cuisine and ate....a lot. Luckily the wagon didn't get too far ahead of me so I was able to hitch a ride back on it this morning.
I will say I'm not kicking myself too hard because it did taste really really good.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
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Barbara- The chest freezers are very dangerous especially older models. I always have bought ones with stairs for kids who get stuck inside with very easy open from the inside to get out. A good sealing lock when closed so kids don’t easily open. Mine also had a sensor if it detected heat source of a certain mass it shut off automatically saving the child from the temperature first! I’m overly cautious but been locked in a trailer in the desert on triple digit days with a cousin near my age for over an hour as toddlers..luckily my grandpa was searching did not give up he searched everywhere!!
Amber Tx
62lbs gone exercising in the heat melting it off.
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RV Rita--Love the pictures of little one and his cake. What fun.
We had a lot of wind and rain during the night. At this rate our trees will be trimmed by themselves. I must of been really tried as I did not hear anything.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE 2 -
I have skimmed 28 pages! I am so behind! Pip not only listed her house but accepted an offer while I was AWOL. Allie is thinking of moving to the beach. I was also touched by many stories of babies lost way too soon.
A few things I want to comment on:
Freezers, I have found the magic combination with a french-door refrigerator and an upright freezer. I actually hated the french-door freezer until we started bulk buying meat with the pandemic. That bottom freezer is perfect for the meat. Then I can organize the upright freezer with the day-to-day stuff I like to put my hands on like frozen veggies, fruit, leftovers in tupperware, etc.
Sliding Door moments: Not my story, but very interesting and fits the category nicely. I have recently been binge watching Heartland. Today I clicked on a YouTube interview with the actor who plays the grandfather, Jack. In his interview he told the story of how he became an actor. He was in law school, when they discovered that he was one credit shy of his undergrad degree. He needed a class in something arts related. He told them he needed the easiest thing possible because he was also in law school with a lot of reading. They put him in drama and the rest is history!
DH and surgery; Dave is still recovering from his hernia surgery, but doing fine. Now he, together with his eye doctor, has decided it is time for cataract surgery. He's getting one eye done in August and the other in September. Of course, he scheduled his August surgery on the day of my hair appointment, so I will have to reschedule that.
Speaking of hair, I, like Rita, have been working on transitioning to gray, but not as successfully as she has done. The hairdresser gave me these blond highlights that are supposed to be closer to the gray, but I hate them. The color is pretty enough on someone else, but I don't see me in the mirror. I have decided to tell her no more color. I'll let it grow for a few months then cut it off short. We shall see. I've joined a Facebook group of women transitioning to gray that I hope will be helpful.
Internet Forums, I have belonged to two different discussion forums, both related to debt-free living, where a couple of frequent posters struck me as being fake. Both were very good writers, but their stories, for some reason, just didn't ring true with me. They seemed to thrive on the other posters telling them how great they were. I have no way of knowing if I am correct, but I've never gotten that vibe from the folks in this thread. We have even been pretty lucky with very few trolls, which is definitely not the case in some of the other threads on MFP and certainly wasn't the case when I was on another weight loss forum. I love this thread and all of you.5 -
Barbie - I do try to go to any store early. Aldi doesn’t open until 9, I guess I was there about 9:30. I wish all stores had their senior hours the same. It just gets confusing when I can go to which store when. Oh well...
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Cheri – have you ever made one of those real colorful blankets using wools of different weights? How does it look if you have? It never ever fails, come October and May when the barometric weather changes, I will get a sinus headache. You can bet money on it. I feel your pain
Michele
I have not. I really try to keep all my yarn in a project the same weight. It would work I'm sure except you may have to change the size of your hook for each yarn weight!? I think. I pretty much stick to Red Heart yarn easily purchased from WalMart. Although I receive numerous donations of yarn through Project Linus. Most all the other women quilt. Which I do too! I'm starting to do less crochet and more quilting as my hands have really been painful with this cancer drug.
My husband only shops during Senior Hours. He always has to check which store opens at what time.
Cheri
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Rita: Francesca is beautiful—chocolate is her color.
Margaret: 98 years is a good, long life. I hope that we can do as well.
Michele: We have AC in our house and no worries about circulating Covid germs here at home. Stores are another matter. Do they recirculate air to lower cooling costs? If they are recirculating air, how well is it filtered? Reasonable questions, and good reasons to wear a mask in stores, imho. :ohwell:
Dr Katie: We also have a refrigerator with French Doors on top and a freezer drawer on the bottom. I love it! We also have two upright freezers in the garage. DH likes to buy meat on sale and we have frozen quite a bit. No cars fit in the garage.
Cheri: I like Red Heart yarn, too. When I made blankets for new babies I used Lion Brand Homespun. It is easy to use and washes well. Since it is synthetic, it is a good idea to keep it way from fireplaces. It can melt. :noway: Texas is too hot for me! 105, 107,110,112 & 113 are way too hot unless you have a heroic air-conditioner. I hope you are cool enough at home.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Tracey ... a boss with mental health issues ... so very sorry!
Lisa ... thank you for sharing your photos! I love them and the story they tell!!
Cheri ... that is way too hot for me too! Buffalo is at 93 today. I felt spent after just 15 minutes outside.
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Ya know ... ya just gotta laugh... this is the third day in a darn row ive gone over to triple A to get my license done and the 3rd time coming home not getting it done...brought the W2 with me and the social was crossed out and thats what they needed.. so this weekend will look for something either an older W2 or my social security card...i swear maybe the good lord has it on his heart I should just get a Florida license lol...3
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grandmallie wrote: »Ya know ... ya just gotta laugh... this is the third day in a darn row ive gone over to triple A to get my license done and the 3rd time coming home not getting it done...brought the W2 with me and the social was crossed out and thats what they needed.. so this weekend will look for something either an older W2 or my social security card...i swear maybe the good lord has it on his heart I should just get a Florida license lol...
Allie - If you are serious about moving and yours isn’t expired, just wait. You can use your passport to fly in the meantime. It qualifies as real ID.
Okie in the TX Hill Country
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I love all of the sliding door moments, thank you everyone for sharing.
Like Machka I have always sort of flown by the seat of my pants. I guess my big one would be when I started working in security. I had gone to Toronto to break up with my fiancé at the time. I only had enough money to get back home and I spent some. I refused to call my Dad for help although it would have been given. I applied for a job at a security company because someone told me they were always hiring. I ended up working in the industry for over 25 years and learned a lot from it. There are several other moments but that was a big one.
Allie - what did Joyce say that gave you the Aha moment? You can’t leave us hanging.
Katla - I am the same as you, I have terrible trouble getting rid of things. I no longer have my wedding dress as something stained it while it was being stored at my in-laws. I cut the bodice and sleeves off it and used some lace to make a shadow box for our room. Kaitlyn used some more of it last year and had it placed on the veil she had made for her wedding. I do however have my Grandmother’s wedding dress. Her and my Grandfather were married on Feb 13 1941 he was in Kingston, Ontario for boot camp to go to War. My grandmother travelled by train to get there and they were married by the base chaplain. Her dress was an emerald green velvet with matching hat. It is beautiful.
Rita - what a sweetie.
Had a good day today, learned a new step in my payroll duties at work. I started doing payroll in September and get taught a little more every other month or so. It is the longest learning curve I’ve ever had. I like learning everything I’m responsible for at once but that’s now how they like teaching.
I have to stop tomorrow and buy more treats for the residents. They sure like their junk food. We don’t stop them from purchasing it, they need something to brighten their days.
Tracey in Edmonton
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I love my refrigerator with French Doors, too.
Michele NC1 -
stats for the day:
bike ride home 2 work- 57.10min, 146mhr, 14.1amph, 13.45mi= 515c
apple watch- 493c
bike ride work 2 station- 2.48min, 11.2amph, 131mhr, .52mi= 33c
apple watch- 30c
Bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.22min, 8.4amph, 150mhr, 2.56mi= 205c
apple watch- 143c
total cal 7532 -
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My stable opened back up just in time for the heat! Had a great ride today trotting over poles, but I am sore after the long break.
Annie in Delaware5 -
Michele, I don't really know how long the wall hanging took me, I worked on it for the better part of a year, but did other things at the same time and there were a lot of weeks where I only worked on it for a few hours. The pandemic was good for me in that it gave me extra time to really concentrate on it. I was also getting tired of it at that point and really just needed to get it done!2
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This has been a day full of errands, finishing with a live concert in the nearby City/County park. There was a wonderful band and people dancing in front of the gazebo. I'm glad I took the dog for a walk so that we could enjoy the evening. Most people in the audience wore masks, but not everyone. The live band members on stage did not wear masks during the performance. They sang & played their instruments beautifully. :flowerforyou: 2
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Rita, love the photo of Francesca and her birthday cake! That, in my mind, is what a one year old and her birthday cake should look like!
Pip, keeping a good thought for the house inspection! Can't believe how quickly everything is coming together for you two!
Lisa, amazing transformation! That photo of you and Corey says so much, it certainly is worth a thousand words!
Tracy, I'm sorry to hear that your boss is a challenge, so unfortunate when I know how much you love your job and how hard it was for you to find a good job. Weird that you only learn some jobs in pieces. I too would prefer to learn the whole process at once. Sometimes I wonder if that's someone else's way of keeping their job.... (don't let the new kid know everything!)
Today was a decent day, went over on calories, but not by much. While I didn't have any formal exercise, I was fairly active at work today. I drove as the weather was a bit iffy this morning, turned into a beautiful day, but that's okay, will be biking to work the next two days, weather is supposed to be great!
Thanks for the comments on the grands, they definitely are happy and healthy kids, love them to bits!
That's it for me, it's bedtime!
Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: dink around gardenJumpback July
Bonus: beach with Joe and the dogs
Get to do: T’ai chi, drop off mic at pc guy’s, line dance at port, Freddie’s, Clean SOMETHING: (10 Guest Bth; 30 Bdrms, 28 mins Master Bth, 20 Living Rm, 20 mins Office); practice new dances (Evergreen, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right; next week final? Follow up call for Joe’s Dr. appointment, transplant bean, make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep potato area and raised beds for beets, carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes and sow; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments.
9: Help someone, notice boost: oops, maybe tomorrow ;}
Lovely pre-dawn beach stroll with Joe and the dogs. Joe offered to hold both leashes :devil: then commented, about Tumble, “She sure does pull strong!” Just smiled and agreed.
Lisa the difference in your smiles between the earlier pics and your engagement pic. WOW! ove:
Katla two hours in the Dr.’s waiting room :noway:
Rita Baby cake bash!
Michele, nope, that’s why it’s soo long. I just keep carrying "to do"s over until they're done… or moot!
Amber thank goodness for your determined grandpa!
Cheri and Amber omigosh those heat indices. Please keep cool and safe!
Yesterday Joe learned that the drops, and the 3 laser treatments have not fixed his glaucoma. He has an appointment in Medford in two weeks with a specialist/surgeon. Considering how he feels about Hwy 199, I was surprised and grateful that he’s planning to go. But then I made a tactical error by saying “If you’re withdrawing your objection to my driving 199, I’ll go back to the Medford dermatologist who I liked better.” He responded that he still objects to 199 but the choice of dermatologists is mine. Well, maybe. We’ll see.
Lighter, lovelies!Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
July: better than June.
daily: steps>5491=7835 vits=9 log=9 CI<CO=8 CI<250<CO=7 Tumble & Shadow 5=11 mfp=9 clean 10 mins=4 outside=9 up hill=8
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=4 rx=1 dance=2
mnthly: board mtg= grant=2 20for20=
bonus: AF=4.75 play= sew=1
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