WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2020

kymarai

All the talk of washing machines has me thinking......I am trying to remember what my grandmother used to wash clothes.....She lived in Alabama so we only went for visits. I remember the chenille bedspread, bath before bed, dentures in the cup, Bible reading, Jergen's lotion. There was a simple gas powered push lawnmower with no safety system. We hand washed dishes even after dinners for 16. One television in the house that was only on for an hour a night while she rolled her cigarettes. I really dont know how she washed clothes. I can't remember where a washer and or dryer may have been. I have been blessed by always having a modern washer and dryer. I can almost "smell" the memories of her in her home. She was an adventurous woman.

Thank you for those memories! ❤

Kylia

Machka9

Washing Machines

My great grandmother must have used a wringer washer but not in my time. Instead, there were two old wringer washer tubs in the backyard in which she collected rainwater to water the garden.

Something like this ... it seems to me that one had the wringer washer attachment and one didn't.



For as long as I can remember, she and my grandmother (her daughter) had wash machines similar to what we use now. But they hung dry their clothes, like I do now.


Machka in Oz

Faetta

Good morning ladies! I can't stand it any longer. I just have to ask and risk being the thread dummy. At least two of you refer to your husband as DH. Is this just coincidence that they have the same initials or is this an internet code for the husband?

Curious Faye USA
49 years a widow

1948Peachy

Faye ~ DH = Dear Husband or Damn Husband....LOL Whichever you like!

Faetta

Family Tree of Mountainwoman Faye's Washing Machines

Disclaimer: These are not the exact machines but very close.

My grandmas machine 1955



My mothers machine 1960



Faye machine 1975




Faye - Riverwoman with state of the art washing machine 2020

LisaInAR

Morning, afternoon and evening, all...

Yep, the weight loss did what I thought it would and stalled out. I'm OK with a stall, just not gaining, thank-you-very-much.

Genuinely appreciate the fact that my body got down below 200 before it stalled--but won't feel safely under 200 until I'm down somewhere in the 180s. Still too easy to eat too much salt and see that 2 as the first number on the scale the next morning.

Egg's brain may have gotten a little scrambled (bad pun, sorry). She has a cat door that goes out into the backyard, which we open every morning, and close every night after she comes in. We've trained her that she will get treats each night, but only if she comes in the house. We have done this for two years now. This morning, I opened up her kitty door, as always, but she meowed at me until I let her out the carport door, which is literally ten feet away and opens up on what is essentially the exact same yard, as there is no fence between the front and the back of the house.

On reflection, it's possible she hasn't fallen off her kitty perch but instead has realized that it sometimes rains on her when she goes out the kitty door, but never when she goes out the carport door. So, while we're training her, she's training us.

Corey's slept for nine hours so far and still snoozing--pleased with that, he deserves it. Personally, I'm mentally toying with the thought of uncertainty - and why humans are so uncomfortable with it as a species. Just cogitating.

Time to go get the laundry out of the washer and get it on the line. Supposed to be sunny all day today, and once Corey's up and motoring, we've got one last piece of fence to build ourselves (saved a few hundred bucks by leaving it out of the original build.)

Love y'all,
Lisa in AR

Machka9

Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking + a bit of rowing)
Mar-15 … 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
Apr-15 … 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
May-15 … 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
Jun-15 … 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
Jul-15 … 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug-15 … 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep-15 … 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
Oct-15 … 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
Nov-15 … 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Dec-15 … 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
Jan-16 … 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb-16 … 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
Mar-16 … 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
Apr-16 … 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
May-16 … 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
Jun-16 … 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
Jul-16 … 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
Aug-16 … 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep-16 … 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct-16 … 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov-16 … 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec-16 … 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan-17 … 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb-17 … 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar-17 … 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
Apr-17 … 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
May-17 … 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
Jun-17 … 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
Jul-17 … 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
Aug-17 … 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
Sep-17 … 455.5 km (283 miles) = 41 hours 25 min
Oct-17 … 647.1 km (402.1 miles) = 57 hours 19 min
Nov-17 … 427.0 km (265.3 miles) = 50 hours 4 min
Dec-17 … 553.5 km (343.9 miles) = 52 hours 12 min
Jan-18 … 590.2 km (366.7 miles) = 57 hours 49 min
Feb-18 … 826.9 km (513.8 miles) = 57 hours 35 min
Mar-18 … 582.01 km (361.6 miles) = 50 hours 11 min
Apr-18 … 176.23 km (109.5 miles) = 29 hours 47 min
May -18 … 167.6 km (104.1 miles) = 29 hours 08 min
June-18 … 349.9 km (217.4 miles) = 36 hours 58 minutes
July-18 ... 324.2 km (201.5 miles) = 24 hours 26 minutes
Aug-18 ... 210.1 km (130.6 miles) = 25 hours 59 minutes
Sep-18 ... 261.7 km (162.6 miles) = 25 hours 11 minutes
Oct-18 ... 230.8 km (143.4 miles) = 30 hours 15 minutes
Nov-18 ... 216.8 km (134.7 miles) = 30 hours 3 minutes
Dec-18 ... 285.2 km (177.2 miles) = 37 hours 49 minutes

Jan-19 ... 241.6 km (150.1 miles) = 27 hours 2 minutes
Feb-19 ... 175.5 km (109 miles) = 19 hours 8 minutes
Mar-19 ... 170.3 km (105.8 miles) = 28 hours 21 minutes
Apr-19 ... 160.3 km (99.6 miles) = 25 hours 4 minutes
May-19 ... 164.0 km (101.9 miles) = 29 hours 10 minutes
Jun-19 ... 246.2 km (153 miles) = 25 hours 40 minutes
Jul-19 ... 217.3 km (135.0 miles) = 33 hours 45 minutes
Aug-19 ... 162.5 km (100.9 miles) = 28 hours 4 minutes
Sep-19 ... 136.0 km (84.5 miles) = 23 hours 10 minutes
Oct-19 ... 196.5 km (122.1 miles) = 31 hours 27 minutes
Nov-19 ... 155.5 km (96.6 miles) = 25 hours 01 minutes
Dec-19 ... 203.7 km (126.6 miles) = 26 hours 54 minutes
Jan-20 ... 304.4 km (189.2 miles) = 32 hours 49 minutes
Feb-20 ... 248.6 km (154.5 miles) = 34 hours 50 minutes
Mar-20 ... 148.3 km (92.2 miles) = 30 hours 12 minutes
Apr-20 ... 171.9 km (106.8 miles) = 19 hours 28 minutes
May-20 ... 183.7 km (114.1 miles) = 20 hours 49 minutes
Jun-20 ... 130.9 km (81.3 miles) = 18 hours 50 minutes
Jul-20 ... 41.8 km (26 miles) = 9 hours 8 minutes

Saturday, 1 August 2020 … 0.0 km walking + 8.3 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 2 August 2020 … 5.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 3 August 2020 … 3.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Tuesday, 4 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 5 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 5 flights of stairs
Thursday, 6 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Friday, 7 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Saturday, 8 August 2020 … 4.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 9 August 2020 … 0.0 km walking + 12.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 10 August 2020 … 4.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Tuesday, 11 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 12 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Thursday, 13 August 2020 … 2.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Friday, 14 August 2020 … 0.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Saturday, 15 August 2020 … 1.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs


2020 Monthly August
Walking Distance (km): 32.0
Walking Time (min): 412.6
Cycling Distance (km): 20.3
Cycling Time (min): 84.0
Flights Stairs Climbed Number: 37.0
Flights Stairs Climbed Time (min): 29.6

Totals
Total Distance (km): 52.3
Total Distance (miles): 32.5
Total Time (min): 526.2
Total Time (hr): 8:46:14


Machka in Oz

joesgal90

So nice to find this group☺️ I've been a member for a long time but have never really explored the community aspect of MFP. I'm 54 and live near Atlanta, Ga. I have a bit of weight to lose and am finding it so much harder now that I'm in menopause, so am glad to be a part of a group that probably understands this full well. Hoping this finds you all doing well.

Machka9

LisaInAR wrote: »

Personally, I'm mentally toying with the thought of uncertainty - and why humans are so uncomfortable with it as a species. Just cogitating.

Love y'all,
Lisa in AR

I think I'm fortunate in a way that I have (like you) moved a lot, lived in a lot of different places and conditions, gone to school in different places, and worked in different places. I think all of that makes dealing with uncertainty a little bit easier.

For example, I've never been able to say, with any certainty, where I'll be and what I'll be doing next year at this time. I could toy with the idea I might be doing something, but I can't get my hopes up. And I rarely plan for things like trips, events, etc. more than about 6 weeks in advance.

So, when my husband had his accident and all of a sudden I didn't know one day to the next what was going to happen to either of us, it was difficult ... but not impossible. And after a bit I kind of settled into a one-day-at-a-time mentality.

After several months, I could look ahead a week ... after more months, I could look ahead a couple weeks.


Since this COVID-19 thing, I've wondered why others seem to have so much trouble just settling down and living one-day-at-a-time. But I suppose that if people have spent their entire lives being able to plan ahead, maybe this has been quite a shock to them.





Machka in Oz

1948Peachy

Hi Joesgal ~ I live in Marietta, GA. Hope you continue to come and visit us here.

Carol in GA

Anniesquats100

My mother's washing machine had instructions written down the front in sharpie marker. She got tired of mistakes and excuses!

grandmallie

Morning 🌄 Ladies
Im awake and had my tea,and shake and now but yikes barely any sleep.. im to old for that.. going to take a nap sometime today...
But its great to see my nephew...

barbiecat

joesgal90 wrote: »

So nice to find this group☺️ I've been a member for a long time but have never really explored the community aspect of MFP. I'm 54 and live near Atlanta, Ga. I have a bit of weight to lose and am finding it so much harder now that I'm in menopause, so am glad to be a part of a group that probably understands this full well. Hoping this finds you all doing well.

Welcome. One nice part about this group is that no matter what you're going through, there will be some or many who understand. I show up here every day. I don't post as much as some others but being with this community makes my day go better.

Barbie in NW WA

SophieRosieMom

Good morning ladies!

I'm enjoying the cool breeze flowing through the house right now. By this afternoon the oven door will be wide open, even more so tomorrow.

Here's a fun fact: Rosie the mini schnauzer is kind of a chub I think and I looked on the dog food bag to make sure I wasn't giving her too much. Looks like for a 12# dog, who sleeps 90% of her waking day, she needs 300 calories a day, which is what we were feeding her. WOW! Anyhow I did a little detective work and realize even though we don't give the dogs people treats other than a few nibbles of fruit or veggies I might be snacking on, they still get tooth cleaning chews 2 or 3 times a week at 50 calories per chew, plus their Omega 3 treats are around 20 calories each. Will ask the vet more about it.

Let's see.... if dogs need 25% to 40% (depending on how active they are) of their body weight in calories, if humans used the same formula, I'd be needing around 5000 calories per day just to maintain 160 lbs. Amazing, isn't it?

Enjoying the washing machine stories. My grandparents were born in the 1890's and automobiles weren't on the scene until the early 1900's so they would have remembered using horse and buggy to go places. Those of us who grew up in the 1950's remember the wringer washers and clotheslines in much the same way I think.

Regarding washboards, I actually have one that I bought long ago to use for felting. I think if I needed to wash clothes in a bucket or sink, I'd use a toilet plunger (new one!) to get some agitation going. I still dry most clothes on hangers strung on the shower curtain rod and have a wooden expandable drying rack stuck away for emergencies.

Carol - did you ever get the results back on your MRI? Maybe you said and I skipped over it.

Kelly - I'm glad you and Tim are getting things put together for your childcare program but a huge POX on the regulations and government hoops you are still going through. WA State waived fingerprint background checks for childcare providers when this virus mess started out in late February. This might have changed, but many places that do fingerprint background checks- police stations - still have tight restrictions on entering the facilities. Good gravy!

OK ladies, need to get going.

Make it a fabulous day wherever you are!!

Lanette
Sunny SW WA State

csofled

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Faetta

1948Peachy wrote: »

Faye ~ DH = Dear Husband or Damn Husband....LOL Whichever you like!

Thanks! I feel included now! My DH = deceased husband.

Faye's DH list - The Top 54

1. Divine husband - a rare find
2. Devil husband - demands you wear scant lingerie and assume uncomfortable positions
3. Divisive husband - better watch his every move
4. Delusional husband - dreams of winning the lottery but never buys a ticket
5. Dick head - he doesn't understand the penal code
6. Damn husband- hint ... he doesn't work for the Core of Engineers
7. Demure husband - he may wear your panties
9. Dead head - still listens to hours of the Grateful Dead
10. Dufus husband - never take him to a dinner party
12. Dyspeptic husband - known for walking flatulence
13. Deranged husband - one that will soon be an ex
14. Demented hippie - a real sicko that refuses age-appropriate grooming
15. Dashing husband - every girl's dream
16. Devastatingly handsome - the dream continues
17. Drunk husband - all too common and hard to tolerate
18. Druggie husband - ditto the above with more emphasis
19. Dunce husband - no biggie, just give him a stool in the corner
20. Defunct husband - his past performances are ancient history
21. Departed husband - one that was loved and now missed
22. Dear husband - multiple meaning and keeps the hubbies confused
23. Dallywacking husband - don't make me explain
24. Distinctive husband - that sharp-dressed man that ZZ Top sung about
25. Developing husband - this makes you a cradle robber
26. Devolving husband - old man turning into a boy needing his mommy
27. Dastardly husband - a devilish dick head
28. Dazzling husband - one that leaves you breathless and flushed but you test negative for COVID
29. Dawdling husband - do I really need to explain ladies? Just look at that 40 years old unfinished project
30. Degrading husband - a rectal orifice
31. Demeaning husband - hemorrhoid on a rectal orifice
32. Depraved husband - bleeding hemorrhoid on a rectal orifice
33. Diligent husband - an endangered species
34. Delightful husband - otherwise known as Prince Charming
35. Dramatic husband - a drama king, possibly a closet queen
36. Dreadful husband - one that needs walking papers
37. Dream husband - only known to Sleeping Beauty
38. Dreary husband - a total lack of sunshine vitamin D deficiency possibly
39. Drowsy husband - this can be an asset when you need time alone
40. Dynamic husband - yeah right
41. Dorky husband - burn his bowtie
42. Dogmatic husband - send this loser down the mountain talking to himself
43. Danceable husband - waltz across texas and be happy about it
44. Drap husband - buy him suspenders and toss his hip hop CD's
45. Dopey husband - send him to Snow White
46. Dizzy husband - call Heather to administer a maneuver
47. Dogbreath husband - Scope is the word, ladies
48. Devoted husband - few and far between these days
49. Defensive husband - stop attacking his old keister
50. Defiant husband - send him home to mommy
51. Daydreaming hallucinator - sorry you married a politician
52. Docile husband - so you married a monk
53. Dynamic hero - time to flush the weed girl and put your best breast forward
54. Decorative husband - saves money on a Lazyboy. Just install a hook on the wall
Faye

csofled

Katla49

Lanette: “I still dry most clothes on hangers strung on the shower curtain rod and have a wooden expandable drying rack stuck away for emergencies.” I do the same. I have a rack in the laundry room that is directly above a furnace/airconditioning vent and hang clothes there that I don’t want to put in the dryer.

Barbie: I loved Opening Day of Zucchini Season so much that I sent it to my sister in law. She loved it, too. Thank you! :flowerforyou:

I have no plans for today, so far. I’ll probably be picking & freezing some blueberries. One of their wonderful qualities is that they freeze well. We'll be able to enjoy them on our breakfast cottage cheese for the year to come. :bigsmile:

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

1948Peachy

Lanette ~ Haven't heard back from the MRI. Hopefully, next week.

pipcd34

Morning coffee my patio, 74 degrees