WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    SuziQ113 wrote: »
    Hello lovely ladies.

    Yesterday did not go as entirely planned. Although I have been downsizing I failed to realize the bookshelf in my bedroom is made of hardwood so moving it away from the wall required me to pack up most of the books. It’s a small one, but as most readers know we can pack a ton of books in a small space. And, even though I periodically dust the shelves once I started moving the books each and every one had to be wiped down. Oh, a labor of love. And, then comes the king bed which I have disliked for quite some time. It has a 14 inch mattress and must weigh at least 150 pounds. So stripping of all linens was required and with that an additional three loads of laundry. Long and short…Patching and sanding walls will occur today once I warm my very sore muscles up. It was a great calorie burn day though!

    SuziQ – SFL

    I would do the exact same thing.

    M in Oz

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,085 Member
    Morning ladies ,i woke up at 3 am ,couldnt go back to sleep..my chores for today are taking Dan back and forth to work he is working 7-12 ,so after I drop him off will do some grocery shopping and pick up Homer.. once I pick Dan up ar noontime and drop him off ,im going to take a nap.. like I said sometimes I wake up more tired than when i went to bed..
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    LisaInAR wrote: »
    Machka
    Those splints sound horrible. Glad they're out, and you're progressing well.

    Later,
    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR

    They look something like these ... one in each nostril, pressed flat up against the septum. Maybe an inch and a quarter long.

    I'm not sure how much detail I should go into here ... I have no trouble at all discussing the details of medical stuff but some people get squeamish. I'll put it in a spoiler.

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    The front of my left one was digging into the soft tissue inside my nose and, I think, pinching a nerve that went down to my upper lip. It was quite painful.

    The right one had a large clot in the back which had pushed it out a bit and I was having trouble breathing with that nostril.

    Starting at about a minute, they show people having their splints removed in this video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjXkCM0G8Ko

    I have to keep rinsing for another week, and being careful.


    Machka in Oz
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Heather
    Oh no!
    So sorry to hear of Johnny's accident!
    Hope he doesn't have a concussion.
    We'll be anxious for an update.
    (((Hugs)))

    …

    Karen in Virginia
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    I'm so glad, Heather. Very stressful morning for you both.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Well, we've had an interesting morning. :o

    DH had one of his post peeing fainting episodes and fell backwards in our narrow shower room, hit his head and was unconscious for about a minute. I couldn't get the door open to help him. Eventually I rearranged his legs and squeezed in. He took ages to come round and was very sweaty. He has done this quite a few times since I have known him, but this was the worst because he has given himself a whiplash injury.
    After getting him back to bed and some discussion we decided to call 111, which is the non urgent number. They sent an ambulance crew round and he has gone off to hospital for checks. The ECG was a tiny bit off. Plus his neck muscular pain.

    I can't go with him. Virus thing.

    Will keep you informed.
    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    sorry to hear... hope he's ok
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,191 Member
    <3Heather, what a scary event for you and Johnny
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,645 Member
    B)
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    <3
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Heather Yay!!! so glad he's OK.
    ...
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,085 Member
    Yeah Johnny is home and none the worse for wear except for some neck pain...
    That would scare the daylights out of me.. as I get older ,i watch myself more so i dont fall and break something or topple over. .have been awake since 3 am,took Dan to work and i had crossed the bridge to go grocery shopping and he let me know they didnt have him on the schedule so i turned around,came back and took him home then turned around again and went grocery shopping ,cane back picked up Homer and brought the groceries in.. yeesh im beat...
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,692 Member
    Went out to get a bit of food shopping. We have a Chinese/Asian shop nearby, so I bought a few things plus frozen dim sum for my lunches when DH isn't around.
    Of course, then j had to get fruit etc as DH isn't up to it. Then bread. Then ....
    Oouuff! Knackered. My back seized up with the stress. It has a habit of doing that.
    Making Tortilla Espanola for dinner as I thought it would be easy for him to eat. Plus runner beans and arugula.
    Now for afternoon snack and a nap. :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited July 2020
    Heather: Sending good wishes for your DH. :heart:

    Terri: I agree absolutely that funerals are for those left behind. When a family loses one of its members it needs to say its goodbyes and rearrange itself. :star:

    SuziQ: I love the little bulldog on the scale. What a cutie! :star:

    Heather: Sending good thoughts for Johnny. I’m glad he’s home. I hope your backpain eases. :star:


    I had a riding lesson yesterday and it was great, BUT my sit-bones are complaining this morning. Bottom line—I’m out of shape. :grumble:


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    My Goodness...I am so technologically out of it. Tried to renew my car tag online and have no idea if I did it correctly. They needed a copy of my driver's license and the renewal notice, so I took a photo of them and had a very difficult time transferring the photos out of Picasa to my PC's pictures documents. Now, I will just have to wait and see. :o:s:#

    Carol in GA
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Heather ~ Glad to hear that Johnny is OK. My DH pees sitting down.
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited July 2020
    SuziQ Your hairstyle is my favorite all-time style. I have so much natural wave, curl, and kink, that to achieve it requires blow-drying and patience.

    Heather Hopefully your guy won't need a second fall to learn that standing is not cool. An injury from such obstinance doesn't earn men the medal of valor. They may get a medal but it will be to hold their fused disc in place.

    Well, another scorcher here today (102 they say) so out for my walk after 3rd load of laundry finishes. Slept in till 2:45 this morning trying to get back to my 3 AM ritual. As a child on a ranch, I always got up at 5 AM to get chores done and ready for school. In the summertime, it was the same to get work done early before the high elevation sun got brutal for field or cattle work. I like to spend the hot hours at the pond or the river wearing a bikini.

    The 3 AM ritual started after I finished Broadcast Engineering school and worked at radio and TV stations for a couple of years before technology changed to automated and only one higher paid degreed licensed engineer was needed. I was getting up at 5 AM during those days and working a split shift to put the station on the air in the AM at 6 and see it shut down and do maintenance and repairs after 8 PM. I took long naps in those days.

    I started the 3 AM ritual that has been my style for 45 years when I got into construction. Start time was usually 4 AM during spring, summer, and fall. Sometimes 8 hours shifts 5 days a week other jobs 10 hours 4 days a week. I had a few jobs that a normal day was 10 hours and as much as 15 and for 6 days a week. Big dollars in overtime that came in handy. Anyway, on a morning I sleep in till 3:30 I panic and feel rushed. My workout is the first thing and starts with patio Tai Chai in warm weather.

    Dryer buzzer just went off, so time for me to cut the boring gab and get the last load folded and then out to walk.





  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,517 Member
    Did a body pump uTube video. The plan for tomorrow is to do part of the Dressed Up Drills DVD I like that this DVD has so many options

    Kim – I’d feel very uncomfortable hearing that I have a “use by” date.

    Pip     – I am so so sorry. I know how hard this is.

    After exercise stopped at Dollar General to get some things. Then got dinner ready to microwave. I was going to go to a friend’s house to drop off some empty containers and then the Salvation Army, but for some reason I am so so tired that I think I’ll just go in the pool and do that another day.

    Barbie     – I’m like you, I like things in their place. And if we don’t use it, get rid of it. Now Vince is the direct opposite. You should see his workbench! I keep saying “why don’t we organize the pool shed”. He didn’t realize last year that we had another broom for the pool because the broom was hidden behind stuff.

    Heather     – how very scary for you! Even tho you are used to your hubby fainting, it’s still scary when it happens. It's good that he’s at the hosp. Update : So glad he’s OK

    M     – it sure looks like that splint went up to your brain!

    Off to the pool!

    Michele NC
  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 971 Member
    exermom wrote: »
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    Michele NC
    who wishes she knew of a drink that smelled super super sweet

    Try mango nectar or perhaps a nice sour beer. I find little flies in my beer all the time. It's annoying.

    Tina in CA
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,183 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    I have had my splints removed! I can breathe!

    Splints are not small things, and the left one in particular, was putting unnecessary pressure on parts of the interior of my nose, causing quite a bit of pain. Such a relief to have them out.


    M in Oz

    Great news- I know you have been counting the hours til you had them out. Now to continue to heal.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,183 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Housework

    Laundry - my husband and I each do our own, and since my husband has been home and not working, he has also done towels and sheets most of the time.

    Kitchen - my husband does most of it now that he's not working. A dishwasher is a must for us ... just makes things easier. He makes dinner. We'll each make our own of whatever else we eat. I will cook occasionally - slow cooker meals. I'll bake once in a while because I enjoy it, but not too often because I enjoy it too much. And I'll wipe surfaces periodically.

    What else is there?

    One or the other of us will run the vacuum around the place now and then. Often I'll do half and he'll do the other half.
    He'll scrub the toilet.
    I usually do the sink area and mirror just as part of getting ready in the morning.
    One or the other of us will spray the shower and wipe it down now and then.
    He takes the rubbish out.

    It doesn't seem like a big deal. Much of it is just part of daily life.

    Machka in Oz

    Here, I do all of the cooking and 90% of the dishes. I am lucky if I can get husband to even rinse his dishes before putting them in the sink. I used to have a note on the curtain- started out "Rinse your dish please", that didn't help, then it was "Rinse your damn dish"- that didn't work until a friend of his came over- he took it down quickly but did rinse for a while- now the note is "You don't rinse, I don't wash"- I don't think he has even noticed it or the fact that I will wash the rest of the dishes but not the ones he doesn't rinse- he will just fill them with water later on.
    Garbage- I take out the kitchen trash- neither he nor son seems to notice that it is full. Husband does take out the trash from the wastebaskets and most of the time from the one with the cat litter.
    We both clean the litter boxes- he a little more than me but with 7 cats using them, they are cleaned multiple times a day
    Laundry- I wash all of it and if he helps fold will only fold his clothes
    Vacuuming- he does-he is obsessed with it- has at least six of them and will use them multiple times every day.
    Yard work we share- for him it is a chore but for me is my hobby- I love working out there. He used to complain about how much the water bill was and blamed it on my garden- told him I don't spend money on anything else, not like he does on all kinds of hobby stuff, so don't even bring it up.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,183 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    He's HOME! :D
    Of course he didn't think to ring or text me, he just turned up at the door in a taxi. ;)
    Anyway, he's all good, nothing wrong. :/ Had heart, blood tests etc.
    Just a painful neck, but he's still on painkillers the hospital gave him.
    They will write to the doc to see about his prostate. Having to push to pee can make the syncope effect stronger.
    He's having a cup of tea and toast with blackcurrant jam. :D Cancelled his walking trip with his friend tomorrow. Don't think driving is easy with a bad neck.
    Phew!
    I just think he is very relieved. So am I.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Thanks for the update- I am sure you are happy to have him home- Hope they can figure out what causes this- sooooo scary
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,183 Member
    dellafayefox wrote: »
    SuziQ Your hairstyle is my favorite all-time style. I have so much natural wave, curl, and kink, that to achieve it requires blow-drying and patience.

    Heather Hopefully your guy won't need a second fall to learn that standing is not cool. An injury from such obstinance doesn't earn men the medal of valor. They may get a medal but it will be to hold their fused disc in place.

    Well, another scorcher here today (102 they say) so out for my walk after 3rd load of laundry finishes. Slept in till 2:45 this morning trying to get back to my 3 AM ritual. As a child on a ranch, I always got up at 5 AM to get chores done and ready for school. In the summertime, it was the same to get work done early before the high elevation sun got brutal for field or cattle work. I like to spend the hot hours at the pond or the river wearing a bikini.

    The 3 AM ritual started after I finished Broadcast Engineering school and worked at radio and TV stations for a couple of years before technology changed to automated and only one higher paid degreed licensed engineer was needed. I was getting up at 5 AM during those days and working a split shift to put the station on the air in the AM at 6 and see it shut down and do maintenance and repairs after 8 PM. I took long naps in those days.

    I started the 3 AM ritual that has been my style for 45 years when I got into construction. Start time was usually 4 AM during spring, summer, and fall. Sometimes 8 hours shifts 5 days a week other jobs 10 hours 4 days a week. I had a few jobs that a normal day was 10 hours and as much as 15 and for 6 days a week. Big dollars in overtime that came in handy. Anyway, on a morning I sleep in till 3:30 I panic and feel rushed. My workout is the first thing and starts with patio Tai Chai in warm weather.

    Dryer buzzer just went off, so time for me to cut the boring gab and get the last load folded and then out to walk.





    Getting up that early, what time do you go to bed?
    The earliest I ever got up on a regular basis was 5 and that didn't last very long.
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,789 Member
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Pip: Are you choosing gray, black or blue for your new hair color. Photo wanted. I think you’ll look great with any of the choices. I hope you have some fun. :star:

    Michele: I’m happy to hear your masks are a good fit. WTG!!! I doubt many of us likes wearing masks, but they keep us and our family & friends safer. :star:

    Rebecca: My long-time friend & her son decided to go camping when things began to look dangerous in PDX. They are enjoying their camping adventure. I am thrilled to know they are safe. :star:

    Heather: DH & I plan to be cremated and have our ashes scattered on the Oregon coast where we were married. I want to take ashes of pets with us. I hope we’re eventually able to get this done and look forward to years of good health & happiness before it comes to pass. :heart:.

    Barbie: I also prefer light hearted movies. We get more than enough real loss and pain in life. Happy endings are uplifting & I like them best. :smiley:

    Pip: You did the right things for your pets. :heart:


    I had a lovely riding lesson on Arrow and I’m happy with my day. I am ready to get some rest.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    Oh camping sounds great about now! I am glad your friend and son are enjoying themselves. When we Renaissance camped, ( historical re-enactments), we had two huge handmade canvas bell shaped wedge pavilion tents. The inner pole was a long wooden plank that fit together. The tent pegs that went around were forged in a fire metal ones. It had ropes that held the tent flaps and Sun shade in the front. The canvas swelled in rain, and tightened in the sun, so the ropes were constantly being adjysted. The pavilion tents survived typhoons in Japan, and scorching heat of a dessert high country. We had cast iron cookware and all the boys learned to play on them with wooden spoons. We had a wooden keg, paraffin lined, for our water, as most of the chosen SCA sites had no water in site. They would bring in "honey pots" though, so all my son's learned to hold their breath while peeing in purple water. I had all my "garb" (historical clothing) in my grandma's hope chest that was cedar lined. The boys had wooden boxes with their clothes, and they served as writing surfaces, play area, or seats. Lord Lee Sharpeyes (husband's SCA registered name) had a huge trunk for his clothes. I was Lady Rebekah of Hillsview (also registered name). It was a time that we enjoyed immensely, and appreciate all the memories we made. It was a lot of work living like a 16th century family for a weekend or weeks, and we came home completely filthy, but grateful.
    We did eat fairly well out camping like that too. Lots of meat, breads, cheeses, apples and granola bars! Lol!
    💖Rebecca

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