WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020

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  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,660 Member
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  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Good morning all! Happy Friday! Up at 3 am. So hot, HoT, HOT! (We have ac, but the heat is coming more from menopause) The past two weeks the temps in West Michigan have been in the low to mid 90s and HUMID! The kids and I have been outside, as normal, but every day walking in the morning while it is in the 80s, playing in the kiddie pools/sprinkler in late morning/afternoon; and they have been napping GREAT! But I have been wiped out by evening. lol Weather is forecasting a couple more weeks of temps in the mid to high 90s. It is storming right now, so hopefully that will cool it down a little bit for a while. One more week of work until I have a week off, though! Whoot!
    Rita- love the pic of Francesca! She looks yummy!
    Machka- Keeping you in my thoughts for your surgery!
    Karen VA- Did I miss the explanation of the California Shag sliding door?! This sounds interesting!
    Allie- You are a force to be reckoned with! I love the fact that you are moving forward and looking into this move. I agree with Okie; travel with your passport and take care of your license at a later date.
    Cheri- Wowsa! That is amazing crochet work! Lucky babies to receive such pretty blankets! And those temps! I think I will keep my humid 90s, thank you!
    Lisa- I have always adored that pic of you and Corey! You are just radiant!
    Sliding door moments- The first "moment" that pops into my mind is the loss of both my parents when I was 26. But in thinking on it; that was more of a "closing door" moment. I literally shut everything down for many years. Then in 2002, at almost 35 our sump pump quit working in our home. We had already had a plumber out twice that week due to children flushing things down the toilet. When the pump broke, I called the plumber to get his advice. Did he need to come out or could I do it myself? He told me I could probably fix it myself, but it is a very smelly job. My response, "I change diapers for a living; tell me what I have to do!" Hubby tried to help me, but the smell made him gag and he had to leave the room; so I did it myself. It was at that moment; that moment of taking something apart, using tools I have never used, following written directions, and watching my husband (who is usually the "handy" one) NOT be able to do this job, I realized that I am stronger than I thought and that EVERYTHING would be fine. This was my first "Rocky" moment. Hands in the air, superhero cape on, flexing muscle, face painted blue a la Braveheart (FREEDOM!) moment. That moment gave me the power to yell back at my hubby when we argued, let my opinion be known, say no, and oh...so many other little powers. Tim didn't know it, but from that moment on, I was in the drivers seat. lol >:) "I'm Not Throwing Away My Shot"

    OMIGOSH- I forgot to tell you ladies! I have discovered the musical Hamilton! lol I watched it last weekend on Disney+. When I was watching it, I wasn't thrilled with it. One song stuck in my head, though. You'll Be Back. Just so funny and wonderfully performed, and SARCASTIC. lol So, Sunday evening I had the soundtrack going while I prepped my foods for the week, soundtrack going on and off in the evenings throughout this week. My husband and son are about to kill me.
    But the best part is that I have been singing the (Da da da dat...) part of You'll Be Back (earworm) so often that the kiddos are beginning to hum and sing it! lol

    Last night, after the kids got picked up I took a walk to get some milkweed for four newly hatched Monarch eggs that the kids and I found on Wednesday's walk. As I was looking over the milkweed I found six more eggs and two newly hatched caterpillars, so I brought them all home! lol That is 12 soon to be Monarch butterflies to be released! I also found a patch of blackberries and picked a pint of them for the kids to eat today. A really lovely end to the day.

    Well, the rain has stopped and the birds are starting their songs! I am going to sign off and get a good walk in (at my pace) if the rain holds up. Love and hugs to those who need them! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)


  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    edited July 2020
    Good morning, afternoon and evening, all,

    KJ - good to see you posting, thanks for the comment on the pic. Love your sliding door moment!

    Rita - Francesca looks like she's having a ball. I do love it when they let the littles just dive into the cake to their heart's content and get messy.

    Evelyn, Barbara, everyone who mentioned it- thank you for the comment on the pics. I look at that truly unhappy woman in the first two pictures and I don't even know her. By the time the second one was taken, I had figured out that, no matter how much weight I lost, I couldn't fix what was wrong with my marriage. Found out later that my brothers and sisters were making bets on how long I'd stay with him once I lost the weight.

    Katla - the concert sounds lovely.

    Annie - glad you had a good ride!

    Tracey - now that's a moment, when it shapes your next 25 years!

    Got drenched yesterday while out finding some pickling spice to make refrigerator pickles, then got home and the electricity was off because of the storm. Four hours later, it came back on, and my Kindle still had 25% power, so I had survived just fine. :) Just sat and read the whole time. My kind of afternoon. And, since the garden got a good soaking, won't have to water again today.

    Heat indexes are sky-high here in Arkansas, as well, between 100 and 110 for the next two weeks. Will just try to stay inside in the afternoon... however, having just got our electric bill and it went up $60 from the prior month, I'm also edging the temperature in the house up every day. Was at 72, and I've got it up to 75 so far. Would like to acclimate to getting through the summer at 80 degrees to save both some wear and tear on the air conditioner and on our bills. As my husband says, any time I get too hot, I can just step outside, and by the time I step back in, 80 degrees will feel very comfortable.

    Ah well, Egg just upchucked in the hallway, so whatever else I was going to say just flew out of my head.

    Later y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,098 Member
    Morning Ladies
    I am up having my tea and will get Homer out and taking care of Faith today I usually dont work fridays but will take what i can get right now...
    Tracey- will have to look back at her show yesterday and will let you know..
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,274 Member
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  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,098 Member
    Faith still sleeping..she is recouping from her trip up to the lake house .
    Will do what i need to do today.. we will be getting a tropical stork starting this afternoon.. when i get home will try and get my plants under the stairs so they dont get swamped with water...
    Lisa- nothing gets people up quicker than hearing a cat or dog yakking...
    Hopefully poor Egg is feeling better now..
    Tracey-sort of in a nutshell its that God is taking care of me and knows what I love ,do your best and let God do the rest...
    So we shall see.. I have faith he will send me where I need to be...
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,259 Member
    edited July 2020
    Getting Drew is my sliding door moment. Husband was upset with me getting her. He did not have a dog growing up. To reach and grab onto to something that brings me such joy in the face of such opposition brings me strength is my turning moment. Never again will I let someone else keep me from something this important to me. Fortunately I am able to slowly introduce her to him and I do it it on his terms. I know he needs her as much as I do. MEN! Sometimes they just don't know what is good for them.

    In the one week since getting her dropped three pounds because I am so happy.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Allie: I’ve been wondering how Faith is doing. She is lucky that you are her care giver. You excel at it. :flowerforyou:

    Margaret: I understand the value of a sweet dog. They are excellent companions. Our old boy is doing okay for now. He has a cancer on his backside and the veterinarian is waiting for it to reach a certain point before removing it. He referred to it as ripening. There is a risk in surgery, and a risk in not having surgery. :star:


    Last night I took the dog for a walk to the county park where there was a concert underway. The group was excellent, and some of the audience members danced to the music. We’ve had a 13 Nights on the River concert series every summer and I’d thought that it might be cancelled this year. It was great finding that the concert series is on. Some members of the audience wore masks, and others did not, but there was plenty of room for appropriate social distancing. Everyone had a good time. I noticed a grandfather teaching his grandson to dance. :bigsmile:

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    Morning my friends!

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  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,042 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,714 Member
    edited July 2020
    Went for my run. Found it much harder today. My back was aching. But I got round. :) Lovely weather. It's going to be busy over the weekend. We will keep away from the seafront.
    The cleaner is here, so I am hiding in the bedroom.

    Friday night is wine night. We are having sea bass, so DH has chosen a Picpoul.

    Going to text the floor sanding guys to make an appointment for an estimate.

    LOVING your sliding door moments. More please! :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,098 Member
    Have 2 pups here ,my Alfie and Buddy...my brothers dog. Love em both .....
    Have a load laundry in and will stick in the dryer.. Sean out running errands and has an eye Dr appt today..
    He and Jean need some time away this weekend ,she has someone staying this weekend..
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,193 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Faith still sleeping..she is recouping from her trip up to the lake house .
    Will do what i need to do today.. we will be getting a tropical stork starting this afternoon.. when i get home will try and get my plants under the stairs so they dont get swamped with water...
    Lisa- nothing gets people up quicker than hearing a cat or dog yakking...
    Hopefully poor Egg is feeling better now..
    Tracey-sort of in a nutshell its that God is taking care of me and knows what I love ,do your best and let God do the rest...
    So we shall see.. I have faith he will send me where I need to be...

    I so agree with you about the cat/dog yakking sound that gets you moving fast. With a dog and seven indoor cats, we hear it often- one of them is always coughing up a fur ball.
    We did not plan on having that many cats but they seem to find us and we keep them- all are formerly feral kitties. All are fixed and so is the only outside one still around(and a few others that we also took in to get fixed)
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Tracey: Some people treat seniors in a care facility as though they are children. In cases where Alzheimers has robbed them of their memories or cognitive ability, it may be a necessity. My grandmother was an example. She habitually took sleeping pills and booze, and wrecked her own brain. My mom was a different story. She was not mentally impaired, but she ruined her lungs by chain smoking cigarettes, one after another. We moved her to a senior facility near us and she loved the social life there. I could visit her every day. Lung damage from smoking eventually put her in the hospital. I hope to stay out of those situations as I age. :flowerforyou:

    Annie: I haven’t been to the stable in weeks. I want to go as soon as I can. I’ve been sequestered at home too long. The stable offers exercise, fun & plenty of social distancing. :star:

    Barbara: I think the long time in the doctor’s waiting room was the result of them closing their practice for a long while due to the Covid situation. They had a back-log of patients & had to completely sterilize everything between patients. I didn’t mind waiting for a germ-free surgical room. :noway:

    Renewing1: Welcome to a great group of supportive women. Some of us are in the losing weight process and others are working on maintaining. Stop in often for encouragement, support, & to get to know people. :flowerforyou:


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,193 Member
    It was so nice when the telemarketers were not calling for the first three months of Covid. Now they are back.
    Just in the last ten minutes I got two- First one I answered because caller ID says Kaiser Permanente. Of course I will pick that up- Husband had his Covid test done on Tues. and they said if it is positive they will call you. It was a robot saying we were over charged by a third party electrical company and to press 1 to get a rebate.
    Second call did not answer- sorry but not answering a call from Mr. Mickey Hickey.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,714 Member
    DH got an email to say his mobile phone company couldn't take his fee (direct debit). I'm sure it's a scam. Please be careful everyone. I had to remind him. :#
    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,531 Member
    Did spinning today. The plan for tomorrow is to do an Ellen Barrett Fat Burning Fusion DVD. This is yoga and pilates.

    Barbara – I’m sorry the drops didn’t work for Joe. Sure hope the specialist can help him. Be sure to keep us informed.

    Jess just told us that she’s leaving for VA tomorrow after work since they’re leaving for Idaho early the next day. I admit that I’m worried about her flying.

    I’ve only asked her weeks ago to go thru those boxes. Of course, it still isn’t done. We were thinking she was leaving next week. Vince still needs to do her taxes. Wouldn’t surprise me if what I want gets put off. Par for the course. Vince said a few days ago that he’d talk to her about going thru the boxes, maybe she’ll listen to him. Of course, that hasn’t been done either. I only got a frame for a picture she gave us and put the picture in the frame. Was waiting for Vince to put it up, now I think just to get it done I’ll do it. I think it will make Jess feel good to know that we’re using something that she gave us. I’d also like to use this google thing that Colby gave us to say “ok, Google, add XXX to my shopping list” We shall see if that gets done. Maybe I should just do it. Vince wants to use it for playing music.

    But soup kitchen today! I put on my makeup and earrings. First need to stop at Lynette’s.

    <breathe deeply, breathe deeply> grrrr….Vince has this idea of how we should go thru those boxes of Jess’. He takes everything out of a box, stands there while Jess is working, comments on pictures, asking me what I would do if Jess says she doesn’t want something. Really, she’s doing work, let her work. Then…there is one box of things that evidently she wrapped up from her apt. but didn’t want in storage. Vince goes on and on to me about how there’s this box with things wrapped up and how I should have unwrapped everything, see, this is what you should do to get ready. Well, Jess was upset that he started to open it and why did I take the box out of the closet. I just said, “Jess, if you had looked at those boxes, you could have told me that it was things that you didn’t want in storage and all this could have been eliminated”. Guess who had to rewrap things? Had we done it my way, Jess would have just looked at the box and said that it was things that she didn’t want in storage. But, no….we have to do it Vince’s way. And then he doesn’t rewrap things, I do. <breathe, breathe> I know that (even Bryan has said this) Vince feels he’s always right. And if he isn’t…he’s calculating. Yes, there are many things that he’s smart about. But he’s not feelings savvy. Like I told him that it wouldn’t surprise me if Colby’s mother is thinking that he wants to return to the church because they’ve been going out there so much lately and this time they’re going out for 2 weeks. Speaking as a mother, I know that’s how I’d feel. Yes, it may not be logical, it’s emotional. Vince just said to me “no” I’m just letting it ride.

    Margaret – I am so happy for you and Drew

    Dlfk – you’re right. We’re now getting telemarketers and junk mail. It was SOOO nice not to get it We just got two calls that I never answered, from some city in NC that I’d never heard of

    Michele NC
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,976 Member
    Barbara, I’m so sorry about your hubby’s glaucoma. Mine has it, too. He keeps his under control with two different prescription eye drops, one twice a day and one once a day. He has had retina tears in the past that he had to have lasered. He has also had some other kind of laser treatment in the doctors office twice that was specifically to lower the pressure. His seems to be under control at the moment.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,098 Member
    Tom had drops for glaucoma and had the laser done,and no longer needs drops. The drops were very expensive..
    He is really worried about Homer ..he is 14 and has glaucoma and has had a good amount of teeth extracted. Tom is an excellent dog dad and would spend any amount on him to keep him in good shape...
    When I have Homer at my house he just hangs out and sleeps has a late lunch and treats and relaxes....he is an old doggy man..
    I am just waiting for my relief to show up both Sean and Jean are off and up to the Cottage..im hoping I can get home and get my plants out of harms way before the rain starts we are supposed to get parts of tropical storm Fay...here in Connecticut
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,291 Member
    Taxes make me feel like an idiot! Mine shouldn't be hard but it's so unfamiliar and my memory is poor. And I'm too cheap to buy the software. I don't think it would work right anyway with my dad running another copy on the same network. Oh well one small task at a time and I will get through this.
    Annie in Delaware
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,316 Member
    Anniesquats100 wrote: »
    Taxes make me feel like an idiot! Mine shouldn't be hard but it's so unfamiliar and my memory is poor. And I'm too cheap to buy the software. I don't think it would work right anyway with my dad running another copy on the same network. Oh well one small task at a time and I will get through this.
    Annie in Delaware

    Is it Turbo Tax or something similar? If so, you can do more than one tax return with the software. I believe you can only e-file one return for free, but you could still do them with the software and either mail in the return or pay the fee to e-file an additional return.

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Pip: Oops. With the right incentives, I’ll bet Kirby forgives you. :wink: Wish Kirby a happy birthday from me. :smiley:

    Heather: It appears that phone scams are a worldwide phenomenon. I hang up on them after telling them to never call again. :grumble:

    Michele: Air travel has an inherent cabin air situation, I believe they recirculate the air and I don’t know whether or how they filter it. If you find out, I hope you’ll share the information. :flowerforyou:

    Barbara: DH had some lazer work done on his eyes, and was given prescription eye drops. He doesn’t recall just what the brand was. I would expect your DH’s eye doctor to write a prescription or supply some of the drops. :star:

    Allie: I hope the storm is not damaging where you live. :flowerforyou:


    DH hasn’t been feeling well the past few days. He says he is following doctor’s advice, but I don’t think he’s talked with her recently. I’m going to encourage him to contact her. When that doesn’t work, I’ll nag him about it.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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