WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2020
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Morning, afternoon and evening, all,
(((Julie and Kate)))
Katla:
Many good wishes for Schooner's surgery and quick recovery.
Debbie:
Happy anniversary!
Re masks, etc.:
With all of my health mess going on, I'm religiously wearing my mask and still staying six feet away from everyone, but people walk up behind you in a store ALL THE TIME and reach around your shoulder for something.
Got some good news. Some wonderful VA pharmacy tech sent my antibiotics prescription separately without waiting on the other two medications, and they came in yesterday morning. Fingers crossed they begin to help soon. My head feels better today, but that's more likely because there's a light at the end of the tunnel than because there's been any progress.
Egg just yelled at Corey until she woke him up. Apparently she wants someone to play with this morning.
Later,
Love,
Lisa4 -
Another beautiful morning here with clean refreshing air. I am back to my full patio early morning workout.
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I had an encounter last Monday that makes me rethink any contact I have with others. Son's house needs soffit work. The man who came to give estimate appeared with no mask. I had my mask on. All our encounter was outside fortunately because at the end of the consult he informs me his girlfriend tested positive. One of the people who works in his office tested positive. They made him stay away from work for seven days. He was tested twice and was negative. I think he got a false sense he was immune. It can take up to two to three weeks sometimes after exposure to show up in a test.
The take away for me is to keep my distance from even those I know because I do not know who they have seen and what their exposure. Not everyone is going to be so forth coming like this man was.
Again I am glad we were outside and at least I had my mask on. We are having our furnace checked tomorrow and I will insist he wears a mask. As I will have one on too. I wish I had insisted on the man who came to look at our soffits. I have had people come who will only put on the mask if asked. I will always ask now! No it is not a choice if you want my business now!4 -
margaretturk wrote: »I had an encounter last Monday that makes me rethink any contact I have with others. Son's house needs soffit work. The man who came to give estimate appeared with no mask. I had my mask on. All our encounter was outside fortunately because at the end of the consult he informs me his girlfriend tested positive. One of the people who works in his office tested positive. They made him stay away from work for seven days. He was tested twice and was negative. I think he got a false sense he was immune. It can take up to two to three weeks sometimes after exposure to show up in a test.
The take away for me is to keep my distance from even those I know because I do not know who they have seen and what their exposure. Not everyone is going to be so forth coming like this man was.
Again I am glad we were outside and at least I had my mask on. We are having our furnace checked tomorrow and I will insist he wears a mask. As I will have one on too. I wish I had insisted on the man who came to look at our soffits. I have had people come who will only put on the mask if asked. I will always ask now! No it is not a choice if you want my business now!
And now ... you and your husband and anyone you've been in contact with need to be tested.
That was very selfish of the guy putting you into the position where you need to get tested!
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Katla
So sorry to hear that your furry friend is under the weather.1 -
There all caught up on the reading. Not doing much response but all is well. For those of you struggling in this crap called covid if you can stay home. It's not that hard. I went and got my medication at drug store yesterday. Picked up and left not there longer than needed. Now i'm good for the next three months.
Take care all. And remember to be good to #1.4 -
Hey all! Getting my reading in; catching up on posts. Got my house cleaned and laundry done yesterday. Today I will clean up the room that Lauren and the boys will be staying in and doing some cooking for the week. I just put pot roast in the crock pot; so dinner is one less thing I have to worry about when I am tired tonight.
Pip- So...are you getting one of the Meerkat campers? As someone suggested; you could easily set up table and chairs in a screened in area outside and be able to leave the inside for sleeping. I love it! Puts me in mind of the tiny homes, that I would love to retire into.
Masks and other precautionary measures- I am still in a mask during the week while I am with the kids. IF we are outside, I have it on me, but not over my face unless we are bunched together. The only time I really wear a mask on the weekend is when I do my grocery shopping; otherwise I am home and mask free. Still cleaning every evening, deep cleaning on weekends, wiping down groceries (but that was a habit before COVID; after I saw the video of mice/bugs crawling across stored grocery items in warehouses/stores). I have noticed many of my families are easing up on "gatherings" with others. I am seeing lots of unmasked people holding my kiddos. I have no control over that; but I have control over me. I DID send out an email earlier this week informing families that the main college in our area (10 miles from my house) has had a HUGE surge in COVID positive cases. 600 positive cases since students returned to campus on August 22! As of last week, all students are under shelter in place orders (either in their dorms or off campus housing; they are NOT to go home) for two weeks or until numbers go down. All classes have switched to online format. 600 in a two week period! ANyway, I gave my childcare families this information and asked them to please continue to use caution with their exposure to others. They are well aware that even one positive case in any of their households, will result not only in their quarantine, but also mine and all of the other childcare families.
Well, I better get busy! The longer I sit, the less likely I am to get anything done. Plus, my coffee is eating a hole in my tummy this morning. Blech. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)6 -
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margaretturk wrote: »I had an encounter last Monday that makes me rethink any contact I have with others. Son's house needs soffit work. The man who came to give estimate appeared with no mask. I had my mask on. All our encounter was outside fortunately because at the end of the consult he informs me his girlfriend tested positive. One of the people who works in his office tested positive. They made him stay away from work for seven days. He was tested twice and was negative. I think he got a false sense he was immune. It can take up to two to three weeks sometimes after exposure to show up in a test.
The take away for me is to keep my distance from even those I know because I do not know who they have seen and what their exposure. Not everyone is going to be so forth coming like this man was.
Again I am glad we were outside and at least I had my mask on. We are having our furnace checked tomorrow and I will insist he wears a mask. As I will have one on too. I wish I had insisted on the man who came to look at our soffits. I have had people come who will only put on the mask if asked. I will always ask now! No it is not a choice if you want my business now!
Call your doctor to see if they advise testing. If this happens again ask for the names of anyone they claim tested positive they have been around. Also, report them to their employer and health dept for withholding this info until they were done with their estimate or repair. Was this man forthcoming or was he playing the psyco game that is becoming popular with many young folks? Be around an older person unmasked and filthy hands and then tell them later their partner tested positive. It happened to a friend, an older HVAC tech. He was masked, gloved, etc., and when he finished the repair the lady told him she and her boyfriend were positive for COVID. The health dept had no record of either of them being tested. His company made him get tested and take three weeks off and stay in isolation. He tested fine at the end of 3 weeks. Beware of the sick games some are playing with us older folks.
Another game going around is for one to pull down their mask, cough in their hands or wipe their nose, then touch the checkout keypad. These keypads are rarely sanitized once a day let alone between customers. All we can do is be extra careful and keep the rules to enter our homes very strict. Report anyone that withholds information until they finish their visit. To do such isn't selfish, it is CRIMINAL!3 -
I had a laptop from Walmart that cost under $400 but it was crappy. The keys were not quite right. So this year I got an HP from Amazon for under $700. Much better. Their recommendation system makes it easy to pick one.
Windows 10 is unpleasant but doable. They promote backups to the cloud. And a antivirus subscription. So set-up goes through all that. It's painful if you hate giving personal information to the big corporations.
Annie in Delaware1 -
About the key pad this is why I always wear gloves in a store and immediately take them off before I get into my car. I also try to use a wipe when using a key pad and I use a plastic bag when getting gas with gloves. So yes I am one of the over and above people and make no apology for it.
I really do think the guy thinks he is immune. Big mistake. There are two versions of the virus floating around. Friend whose son who had it early on and was never officially tested now has severe stomach issues so still do not know long term effects. Now I feel I must be even more cautious for myself and loved ones.4 -
KJ I am with you on that tiny home dream. I have designed mine to be low upkeep, easy to clean, and energy and space-efficient and all on one level.1
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Went for my 5k run.
Warm day, but a breeze on the seafront. I found my back aching a bit, but managed to keep going to the end. 
It's scheduled to get cooler by the end of the week.
Nearly finished emptying the freezer part. Just a few things to throw away. I'm thawing them out as the containers are good ones. The company are supposed to be texting me tonight with the two hour delivery window for tomorrow. I will know then whether to switch it off tonight, or wait until the morning. The fridge part is absolutely filthy!
I tend to store a lot of things in it that don't really need to be in a fridge, like jam and pickles. Still have to sort out a few more of them.
Most of the time I'm just carrying on with my languages.
I'm feeling guilty about not getting on with my memoir this week, but I know I will get back to it soon. Nothing is stopping me, just me. All these home improvements have been the perfect distraction. 
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
Annie - I just turned off their cloud and their anti virus. I have my own ones that I use.
Barbara - Here you are. This is the picture they give you, (not my room). I am combining it with Urban Grey, so was pleased to see how well it goes with a line of dark colour.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Sunday -- good day, even if there wasn't much exercise!
Tidied several things.
Cleaned some of the bathroom.
Load of towels and floor mats washed and hung dry in the wind.
Shopping to get project bits and pieces.
Built a cap display for my husband to get his plethora of caps off the floor.
Watched Richie Porte do a great Time Trial and thus get on the podium of the TdF.
Opened the windows and enjoyed the warm weather.
Played with Rhody.
Still waiting for assignment approval so I can get going on that!
Machka in Oz
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Pip: Thanks for the dog cookie recipe!!! I have it printed and saved. The next thing to do is find a bone shaped cookie cutter. That seems like part of the fun. :bigsmile:
Snowflake: Enjoy transforming your craft room to be a comfortable sitting room.
Machka: I like “LOW RISK ISN’T NO RISK.” Thanks!
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
I got mine on amazon. Different sizes for big and small dogs. Different shapes1 -
Hey all! Getting my reading in; catching up on posts. Got my house cleaned and laundry done yesterday. Today I will clean up the room that Lauren and the boys will be staying in and doing some cooking for the week. I just put pot roast in the crock pot; so dinner is one less thing I have to worry about when I am tired tonight.
Pip- So...are you getting one of the Meerkat campers? As someone suggested; you could easily set up table and chairs in a screened in area outside and be able to leave the inside for sleeping. I love it! Puts me in mind of the tiny homes, that I would love to retire into.
Masks and other precautionary measures- I am still in a mask during the week while I am with the kids. IF we are outside, I have it on me, but not over my face unless we are bunched together. The only time I really wear a mask on the weekend is when I do my grocery shopping; otherwise I am home and mask free. Still cleaning every evening, deep cleaning on weekends, wiping down groceries (but that was a habit before COVID; after I saw the video of mice/bugs crawling across stored grocery items in warehouses/stores). I have noticed many of my families are easing up on "gatherings" with others. I am seeing lots of unmasked people holding my kiddos. I have no control over that; but I have control over me. I DID send out an email earlier this week informing families that the main college in our area (10 miles from my house) has had a HUGE surge in COVID positive cases. 600 positive cases since students returned to campus on August 22! As of last week, all students are under shelter in place orders (either in their dorms or off campus housing; they are NOT to go home) for two weeks or until numbers go down. All classes have switched to online format. 600 in a two week period! ANyway, I gave my childcare families this information and asked them to please continue to use caution with their exposure to others. They are well aware that even one positive case in any of their households, will result not only in their quarantine, but also mine and all of the other childcare families.
Well, I better get busy! The longer I sit, the less likely I am to get anything done. Plus, my coffee is eating a hole in my tummy this morning. Blech. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
We r going to San Diego to look at one, it’s definitely an option cuz it’s a lot lighter in dry weight. We will c.i want to take care of the camp 365 issue before dealing with another one1 -
Up, well awake, at 7:00 am on a Sunday. Amazing!
I am making more chocolate chip cookies today for son mostly. After mailing both middle, and youngest son's boxes with cookies, it really didn't leave much for him, maybe 6. So making more! I with wrap in parchment paper and plastic wrap. I might make a couple for me and put walnuts in those. Also have three bananas waiting to be transformed into banana bread. I am making mini loaves so I will put walnuts in 2 of them. I like walnuts, plus no one else here does, so its my way of claiming them! And also reinforcing that treats aren't forbidden. I am less likely to gobble up theirs if I have my own.
This has been a good week. Tough but good. Down 4+ lbs. Mostly the beginning, drinking a lot of water, phase. I should level off to a lb or two a week.💖
Watched the Navy Midshipman football game against Tulane. They won! I can't recall the ending score but we came from thinking we were gonna lose, to winning!
Sumo wrestling was extra yellish, as many of our favorites did well. The tournament lasts for 15 days, so we enjoy it nightly! We have nicknames for each of the wrestlers! One non native wrestler we have named "Gregg" because he looks like a high school friend of my eldest son's. ( If that friend had suddenly decided to gain 300 lbs!) Another has big sideburns so we call him "Elvis". Other nicknames aren't appropriate to mention. Some are just part of their name. One wrestler is called Sadinoumi, so we just call him Sadman. My favorite is Wakatakakage! I say it over and over until both my guys laugh and say, "will she ever stop"?
Have a good day ladies!
💖Rebecca
Whidbey
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Had a prerecorded message on the main phone to say the fridge/freezer is coming between 17.01 and 19.01 tomorrow. (???) They will ring half an hour before. That means I won't switch the old one off until the morning.
Made a chorizo, lentil stew for tonight. Yummo!
Because I don't have any accompanying vegetables we will have Pimientos de Padron for a starter. It will take me back to Spain, when often it was the only green thing on the menu! We adore them.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
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Beth near Buffalo: I share the challenge of caring for a medically fragile person, my husband. Like you, I wear the mask whenever I am out. Unlike your situation, nearly every person in our community does the same as we do. They all wear masks. You can’t go into the grocery store without one, and if you don’t have one, they will provide a mask.
Kim: I have no good ideas about simple computers or tablets. :ohwell: DH looked to see whether he could find something useful. He's found that the new ipad is likely a good option, but it would be wise to confirm that out with her bank. :flowerforyou:
Machka: I love the Lord of the Rings quotation. Brilliant for these times.
Lisa: Stores in our town have “senior hours” from about 8am to 10am. After that they are wide open. Everyone has to wear a mask or leave whether they are seniors, kids or anyone between. I haven’t seen any infants in the stores that were not fully wrapped up with faces hidden.
Margaret: We had to drop our cleaning service because they refused to wear masks inside our home. I offered to buy them masks and they declined. :ohwell:
Linda in CAN: “Remember to be good to #1” is excellent advice. :flowerforyou:
Barbie: I love the poodle getting a pat on the head. I suspect most of us need one, too.
Heather: I love the new duck egg color, now that I know what it looks like. Our bedroom is the same color.
Pip: Thanks for the doggy cookie cutter link to amazon. Good luck with your trip to San Diego. I hope you find just what you’re looking for. :flowerforyou:
We have a cloudy sky this morning, but the air quality still looks good. The Washington Department of Ecology says AQI is 16 and ozone is 3. It is safe to breathe out there!!! Good news! (We live directly opposite of the Columbia River from WA, & their air quality station is right across from us.)
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
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What was your body type when you were a teenager and what is it now?
I was always an inverted triangle despite weight gain or loss. My mother,
her mother, and grandmother were all inverted triangles. I learned in my
teens that I could change my fitness, but I couldn't change my figure to
the coveted hourglass. Any attempt to put size on my bottom resulted in
belly and waist fat. Has weight (loss or gain) changed your figure or just
changed your size?
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Julie - we talked about this at work the other day and we are preparing to go into 2022 with restrictions and such.
I think the Spanish Flu lasted at round 2 years too didn’t it? I wonder if they had as many people refusing to acknowledge it or follow restrictions?
Heather - New duck egg is the similar colour I had in my bathroom. I liked it with grey but my husband didn’t. I have yellow and grey in my bathroom now and we both like it.
I store ham and pickles in the fridge as well. I thought that was the norm.
Barbara - sometimes I wish for a quiet house. Rodger watches tv or plays a game when he is awake. I like to putter to music, but enjoy a bit of silence every night before I go to bed.
I won the google nest at work. In April 2 of them showed up at the nursing home as a donation from some company. They were intended for residents to use for video chats, we had already purchased two iPads for this purpose and the iPads were easier to be disinfected between “visits” so we didn’t use them. The nest has an almost cloth like speaker/base. This week in our biweekly team meeting we drew names from the leadership team for them. Our chef one the second one.
I’m with you, I miss hugs too and my friends. I do have my family and I’m very grateful for them.
Margaret - how selfish of that man not to wear a mask and tell you ahead of time. Fortunately you were outside and hopefully closer to 6 ft apart.
We are no longer doing asymptomatic testing in Alberta. I think that makes sense as it gives people a false sense of security. Just because you were negative the day of the test doesn’t mean you don’t have it a week or two later.
Kelly - I hope you have a wonderful visit with Lauren and the boys. I also your your families take heed.
As for a tiny home I couldn’t go any smaller than I am now. We currently live in in about 700 sq feet. In the dead of winter I long for more space. In the summer I can get outside.
I think my sitting room area will help with this in the winter this year.
Faye - I was an inverted triangle and am now more a diamond. Up until March I was working and starting to look more like the inverted triangle.
Well I have sold more items this morning. I have to go out and pick up some stuff for work and deliver it. I also need a few groceries.
I should get on with it.
Have a great day everyone.
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Tracy, you were right regarding the Spanish flu. It lasted 2 years according to what DH found online. When did the Chinese jets land in Portland & Seattle?0
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I found April 22 as the date flights from China with passengers carrying the Corona Virus. Correct me if this is not accurate.0
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They landed in Seattle & Portland. Things have been topsy-turvy ever since then.0
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Tracey,
I love your plan to convert your sewing/craft room into a sitting room. I have all my yarn and craft materials stored in a few boxes in a closet and do my knitting either while on my bike or at the dining room table. That allows me to use space in my house more efficiently. Having special rooms for single use is the domain of the wealthy with huge homes. We ordinary people have to be more creative in our use of space. That's great that you have been able to sell some unused items to have money to create your new space. Thanks to headphones, Jake and I can watch and listen to different things at the same time. Barbie in NW WA
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I think my dates are wrong.
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Tracey - It was jam, not ham!
My DH and i have an agreement not to make noise that the other can hear if the other person isn't actively participating. So, I wear headphones for my languages and he has his laptop on mute for sports. If we want to have something on TV that the other isn't interested in then we have to go into a different room. DH has a TV for sports in his den and I go up to our bedroom. I'm very happy up there as I use our bed for writing, Zooming, watching TV and my languages. It's my office. I always sit anywhere with my feet up. I need a whole sofa to lounge on.
Hate sharing!
Your idea of a room of your own is excellent. We spend a lot of time in different rooms. Keeps us happy!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
Good ride this morning while kirby took yogi for his walk. Did the course 2 times
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