WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020

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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,321 Member
    trucker743 wrote: »
    Machka, I

    Oh Rita! If ever anyone comes along to use that for, I’ll keep it in mind. Those flower photos are spectacular! My friends say that when the desert blooms it’s gorgeous. I gather this is not the same as the spring bloom after some rain?

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    Sharon Near Seattle

    You have to search for flowers now. Too dry so I was lucky to find the ones I did!

    RV Rita
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,713 Member
    edited July 2020
    Mir geht's gut, Katla. :D Aber Deutsch ist sehr schwierig.

    DH is preparing new quizzes for Max and Edie. Max's is on Atoms and Edie's is on Human Evolution. I am the fact checker for Edie's one and a proof reader for Max's. They are still loving the quizzes and ask for more.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    PIP ~ Love the color.

    REBECCA ~ Your soup sounds good to me. I also hate house cleaning. DH used to say (many years ago) that I kept the house so clean you could eat off the floor. Not any more.

    CAROL in GA
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    edited July 2020
    Morning, afternoon and evening all...

    Loving the pics!

    Busy Sunday morning, got on the elliptical at 7, then the rower, then got all the garden and flowers watered, and a few beds weeded, and then walked the property nearest the house with Corey, talking about what it would take for us to be able to get a dog (put up one stretch of fence in the backyard). Corey won't tolerate one in the house, but likes having an outside dog. We also talked of planting pear trees down what is now part of the front yard once the front fence is up. He fixed brunch for us both and when I got out of the shower, he had already hung the sheets out on the clothesline. He just finished bottling his last batch of beer and is out working on a furniture piece now, and I'm staying in the house where it's cool. Love working with him to accomplish things, it's a good partnership.

    Non-scale victory (literally), I finally put the scale away today. I felt myself letting that stupid number start to affect my mood this morning, as it had gone up from the day before. It had got to the point where, every morning before exercise and after, I was getting on that scale, to see how many pounds and tenths of a pound I had sweated off.

    I'm aware that I can get obsessed very easily about things involving numbers, but don't always recognize I'm doing it until it gets to the point where it's not good for me. It's time, finally. I'm no longer afraid that I will run amok food-wise, and it's time to let go of what has, for me, become unhealthy. I will pull it out the last day of each month to help me know whether I'm continuing in the right direction so I can course correct if I need to. Unless that gets to be unhealthy, and if it does, I'll pitch the thing in the trash.

    Happy Sunday, y'all, past, present or future,
    Lisa in AR
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,713 Member
    Carol - I am always amazed at how your grandchildren look like you! Lovely!

    Pip - N I c e ! :D

    Now going to check out the news for Portland. HUGS !

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    For those interested in chocolate mint, I found it advertised on-line by Burpee and Target as well as Etsy. The photo on line, second from the left on the top row, looks like the plants that I have. It has a banner that says Chocolate mint.


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,269 Member
    Hair color is just my natural color. I have no war paint aka makeup on, look plain
  • sarahkatzenelson452
    sarahkatzenelson452 Posts: 37 Member
    Faye, I like the Wohan best!
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited July 2020
    I’ll headline this US Politics. Perhaps there are those who don’t want to read it.

    Rebecca: I take Governor Kate Brown’s side on this one. There was unrest in Portland and Donald Trump decided to “take care of it." He sent in US troops who shot an unarmed African American citizen. I do not know the extent of the man’s injuries. Mr. President needs to read the US Constitution. There are State’s rights, and this was a huge violation. Governor Brown did NOT request his help.

    Powers Reserved to the States:

    Establish and maintain Schools
    Establish local Governments
    Set Corporate Laws
    Make marriage laws
    Provide for the public safety

    President Trump defied the US Constitution and an unarmed African American citizen of Oregon who was lawfully protesting was maimed by federal troops.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,713 Member
    Pip - glad Bootz had a good end. <3

    SuziQ - just watched Three Billboards. I did wait until I was in the mood and DH was watching soccer in the other room. I am not in favour of revenge, so I was preparing myself to watch it. I only watched it because I have a crush on Frances Mcdormand. But it is a well made film. If I am a bit dubious I always read the Wikipedia summary. I don't like surprises. If I am forewarned I can cope with a difficult script.
    When I was young my mother used to forewarn me if there was an upsetting plot. I was very grateful. As an adult, I hated being surprised by films where the hero died unexpectedly. If I know, I am usually ok. I have been horribly surprised a couple of times. Now I always read the summary on Wikipedia. My worst was the ending to Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan. Still seared in my heart.
    My grandparents used to say I was 'highly strung'.
    Anyway, it was a good film.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,269 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,713 Member
    We have a cleaner for two hours, once every two weeks. That is enough for us. I don't do much, if at all , in between. So it works out as £13 per week! More than worth it! I cover laundry and cooking, DH does washing up and kitchen tidying. Plus a bit of shopping and fruit prep. We don't have pets, so we are tidy and fairly clean. I am OCD about object placement, so everything has to be its rightful spot. >:) Not a millimetre out. :o I do have areas, like the utility room which are a bit of a mess and we still haven't got round to sorting out the book dump that is DH'S study. Out of sight, out of mind for me.
    I mostly employ the cleaner so DH and I don't argue over it. I refuse to clean up other people's mess or do more than my share. We have a good balance.
    When I was a teenager I was in a stage play called 'Look Back In Anger'. I played the put upon housewife who ironed her husband's shirts. From that point on I swore I would never do that and I kept to it. :D

    I pay my cleaner a decent wage and I hope she feels ok with that. I do not want to exploit people.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,269 Member
    I had way more brown hair than gray. I didn’t have as much gray as I would have liked. So, to start out my retirement I decided to color it
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,827 Member
    Yvonne ... you said "My diet has been a train wreck lately too. I'm tired of working and worrying about finances and being stuck in the house, and I'm lonely and kind of cranky lately. I think we just have to give ourselves permission to start moving again with baby steps." I absolutely agree!

    Pip ... your natural color is lovely!

    Karen VA ... I was reading your supplement/vitamin recommendations ... read where you said and a multivitamin when I remember to take it and realized I hadn't taken mine! Thanks for the reminder!

    Lisa ... I usually weigh every day and have this bizarre little dance I do to make certain the scale is "accurate." :D I need to stop. The scale and the number it displays does not define who I am. Bravo to you for putting the scale away! I'm inspired to do the same.

    Today it was very hot and then thunderstorms rolled through. Now it's wet and warm. Working at curtailing my snacking and just focusing on preparing and eating a nutritious main meal. I'm doing so-so on that ... :|

    Beth near Buffalo
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    I miss having our cleaner’s help but we came to an impass over face masks. I offered to get her one and she declined. DH has health issues & having a cleaner from out if state who won’t wear a face mask put an end to her help. We’re on our own for now. 🙁
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    Machka, as to Bali for 18, barley - r = Ba-ley, or Bali. At least that’s my reasoning.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,192 Member
    KJLaMore wrote: »
    Welcome new ladies
    Pip- IF someone were to ask me to name someone who looks smart, classy, mischievous, energetic, vibrant with short hair- YOU are the person I that would come to mind first! You look beautiful with longer hair as well, but my vote would have to be for short hair.
    Margaret- Drew just sounds like a wonderful addition to your family! So glad everything is working out!
    Cheri and KarenVA-I am following your discussion on CBD oils. Now that I am going group, I am hoping to be able to buy something for Tim to try. I went to the website to read some reviews and am a little peeved that none of the reviewers state what their health problem is. Karen, do you know where I might find some reviews on the product from people with advanced RA or other chronic pain/auto immune diseases?
    Machka- I am so happy to hear that you are getting certain "smells". lol Sorry that some of them seem so intense. Hopefully that will calm as your nose gets used to being able to smell things again. I remember when my daughter had surgeries on her ears, (she had a 60% hearing loss as a kid); when her hearing was restored, everything scared her. Even the "quiet" sound of running water or fans seemed loud to her.

    Today is my first day of vacation and I woke up this morning extremely dizzy. Lying in bed, opened my eyes and the room was spinning. I closed my eyes and it stopped. So I sat up and almost fell over and promptly felt nauseous. Stood, held the walls and made my way to the bathroom and was sick. I was dripping with sweat. The dizziness lasted another couple of hours (as did the throwing up). Tim was pacing around me, like a nervous cat, wanting to do something. I had him put a pillow and blanket on the couch, bin beside me (just in case) and I went back to sleep for another six hours. I just woke up about an hour ago, a little lightheaded and slightly dizzy, but nothing like before. So far I have had some crackers and a bit of coffee. Hopefully that is the end of this "bug". Not the way I planned to spend my day, but sometimes it takes "forced action" to make me do nothing.

    Oh well, tomorrow is another day! love and hugs to you all! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)

    Kelly- hope you are feeling better- that sounds terrible
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,530 Member
    Did a low impact cardio leg blast DVD today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a body pump uTube video.

    Went to Food Lion and got the ingredients for beef stroganoff in case Ken and Lynette decide to have dinner here. Browned the meat but if they don’t have dinner here I’ll just freeze it and make it for Jess and Vince when she gets home. Made some meringues for me and found out the cookie press doesn’t work as well as the Pampered Chef decorator I have so I’ll make another batch. Made more chocolate Rice Krispie bars for Vince since he won’t eat the meringues and what if Ken & Lynette decide to have just them? I don’t know that I have enough. Also made more chocolate bran muffins.

    Lynette – we have a WHY trap (this is for wasps, hornets and yellowjackets). So far, it’s worked quite well. I read someone suggested lunchmeat but I didn’t use any since I am afraid that the meat would dry out especially in our hot sun

    Sharon     – I didn’t know that some wasps aren’t attracted to sweets! Maybe I will put some of the meat I just browned up in the trap. I’ll go in the pool and take the meat out when I get out of the pool. Thanks for telling me! I put the grease in a jar since we have a septic and when the jar is full I just throw it out. Maybe instead of the meat I’ll just use the grease.

    Picked up two masks for Denise. They have whales on them. Actually, it’s a fundraiser for the soup kitchen but I thought she might like the whales. Don’t know what kind of mask she has

    Faye – I like the Wuhan best

    Katla – my neighbor made 2 masks for me. It was a fundraiser for the soup kitchen. Then Jess took two masks from work for us. Truthfully, I’d rather the ones the lady made me. I can just pop it on when I go into a store and pop it off the second I get out of the store (did I tell you how much I hate wearing a mask?)

    Pip – love the haircolor. Makes you look so young

    @ day”. Lynette and Ken are coming over and I’m making the beef stroganoff. Not that *I* really like it. If there’s leftovers (and there probably will be), I’ll give some to Lynette to take home and save some for Vince’s dinner tomorrow.

    Michele NC
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,259 Member
    Pip looking good!
  • Sara628588
    Sara628588 Posts: 88 Member
    SuziQ113 wrote: »
    Sara – It sounds like your body is craving protein. I always have boiled eggs ready for those times when I need something quick and/or body is calling out for it.

    Ooh hadnt thought of that. Good point

    I started today with two eggs.........
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Hi Gals,


    Pip – I am so sorry ((((((((((((hugs)))))

    Great pictures everyone

    So yesterday I attended my first Zoom Funeral, it was uncomfortable…everyone in little squares looking at each other, some had never used zoom before I don’t think, one guy was using the picture to floss. The pastor was a well spoken man, but he referred to the death date as our “use by date” and kept reminding us that each of us had one and that it was closer each day.


    Kim from N. California

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