WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020

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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Fae – that is very wise of you to be prepared. Do you know that we moved our generator here to NC 13 years ago and not once have we had to use it?

    Owingit4me – It’s NEVER too late to join. Welcome!

    Rebecca     – I bet someone with a fireplace took the branches, etc. for firewood

    Michele NC

    But 90% was wet pine cones and leaves. Its a quandary!
    💖Rebecca
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Rebecca - Wow Athena looks like you.
    My daughter has been buying peanuts for the squirrels in her backyard. She will miss them when her puppy scares them away. 😂

    Had a fairly decent day at work. Was going to leave a few minutes early as I left for the bank and usually just continue home afterwards but forgot my phone on my desk so had to go back.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    We do have similar features, but next to her momma all you see is her momma.💖
    💖Rebecca
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    :) My gratitude list frequently includes things like plumbing, electricity, wifi, my house, and other things I could easily take for granted. Not everyone has all these amazing things. I am also grateful for my health, mental and physical. On the occasional night I don't sleep well, I am grateful for the book I have downloaded to my phone so I can read something interesting while I wait for sleep to find me again. There are people who can't read or have no books or have no time to read.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA

    I do the same, Barbie. I don't take running water or hot water or flush toilets for granted. In the course of human history, most people did not have such things, and a large number would never have even thought of such things. And many people today do not have such things. We are indeed blessed.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Vickil57 wrote: »
    On the subject of Covid testing. Here you have to have a doctors order and the test is around $150, most insurance pays for it, but without insurance you have to pay.

    Blessings, Vicki GI NE <3

    My most recent test was free -- drive through at Rite Aid. I don't think it's available everywhere, and I had to take back some cursing of our president I had done months back where he promised drive through testing and didn't deliver. Oops. I did it, and indeed, it was free.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    :) lots of wind here on the Olympic Peninisula

    Windy here, too, today.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    hi, on page 36.

    Kim
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    I donated empty beverage cans to the food bank today & haven’t done much else. I’m not feeling good today, & let the city know that I wasn’t feeling up to participating in tonight’s meeting. :ohwell:
  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 864 Member
    Katla, hope you feel better soon!
    Heather, the new living room looks lovely! I have to agree with someone else who posted about a rug, don't buy one unless you love it! Never settle! lol I don't know how those things are priced in the UK, but here in Canada, they can be quite expensive, definitely too much for something that's "okay..."
    Rebecca, I can definitely see Athena in a young Rebecca!
    Way too many posts to comment on (or remember, sorry :( ) and it's getting late, must get some sleep tonite. Today was official wi day and against all odds I lost .6 of a pound! Not sure how that happened, Thanksgiving was not kind.... Well, maybe it was too kind! Definitely some good food, even if I am blowing my own horn. Got to see the grands, always cheers up a day! Our grandson used to be so stingy with his hugs, now he's done a 180 on that and gives them up quite happily. Gives me the warm fuzzies just thinking about it! As there is such a small group of us (4 adults, 2 small children) I opted to not buy a whole turkey this year, bought a frozen turkey breast roast and a couple of turkey thighs, a good amount. Hubby and I had turkey dinner again tonite (family was over on Sunday) and there is still enough for one more meal or maybe a casserole. I will be making a quiche to use up the rest of the veggies and then Shepherd's pie to use up the leftover mashed potato (and some leftover veg from a few days ago). A couple days of easy dinners! Love it! lol
    Hugs for those who need them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies! I know there's a few of you out there! Please tell us a bit about yourselves, what you would like to be called and a location that can be as general or specific as you are comfortable with. Also, please don't feel that you need to comment on every post, we are a chatty bunch and you would never get anything else done! Just jump in and comment on whatever moves you.
    And I am off for a shower and bed!
    Evelyn, on Vancouver Island, where the weather was downright fugly today! (that's f***ing ugly, my apologies if that offends anyone, but it's really the only word that applies to today's wind and rain!)
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,615 Member
    "Get to do"s and "chose well"s
    Chose well: dogs to powerline, donated 4 bags and a box to the Humane Society Thrift Store, Post Office, bottle return.
    Bonus: Freddie’s, postponed glasses appt.
    Get to do: library, board meeting prep, board meeting, submit grant pics and receipts, take pics of car, test Bluetooth speaker so can do BB&B or T’ai Chi from voice recordings, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (Nothing but You, Shake it like that, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right); make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep potato area and raised beds for beets, carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes and sow; weed drive again, finish weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; invest another 10 minutes in prepping living trust, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine, find and configure a screen time popup. figure out where to plant naked lady bulbs, Thursday: call Progressive adjustor, Pilot tech support 5034447924 to link subscription and fix login. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments
    Self Care October
    13: put down the to do list and let yourself be spontaneous: hot tub yay!

    Fae yah. It’s the old: “…if wife says so, reject, if you even hear her. If respected male says so, pay attention!” When we lived nearby, I’d drop a hint in BIL’s ear…
    Heather what do you mean by “it’s a money laundering check”?
    Welcome @owningit4me in CO! Never too late, jump right in and let us know what you’d like to be called.

    Not much news here. Joe’s eye still hurts, but the tingling has left his hands and feet. I’m still struggling to choose vegs and fruit over salty, sugary snacks. Only managed 175g fruit and 115 g veg. Wow, I shoulda had a V8!

    Lighter, lovelies!

    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    October: better than September.
    daily: sit with Joe: 13, weigh: 12, steps>5491=5635 vits=13 log=13 CI<CO=12 CI<250<CO=11 Tumble & Shadow 5=13 mfp=12 outside=12 up hill=12
    wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3= rx=2 dance= clean 30 mins=2
    mnthly: board mtg= grant=1 20for20=
    bonus: AF=7 play= sew=0
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    Thanks Karen. I'm off for my blood test this morning. Kind of middling with the symptoms.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    Barbara - It means the mortgage company is checking for money laundering. They have to know where her money is coming from. (What I wrote may have been confusing because of the spelling difference. I don't mean he wrote a cheque, but the bank was checking) :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    edited October 2020
    Feeling a bit lonely on here. Nobody posting? ;)

    My blood test was very efficient. No one but me in the waiting room. The nurse took extra blood to do the standard yearly check up, as well as the ones the doctor had ordered.
    For some reason I was much more nervous than usual. :* I think it was because the phone problem was preying on my mind and I was preparing to walk into town to the phone shop. It had been keeping me awake and I had tried everything.
    In the shop they had no idea what I was talking about and were completely baffled. :o The very nice young woman tried a few things, but no good. Then she fiddled a bit more and pressed some random buttons in the do not disturb area. IT WORKED! She said she had no idea what she had done,but she thought something had reset. It could be the media music button. :| No idea why that would make a difference, but, I now can answer my phone! :D Previously it rang perfectly normally, but there was no phone screen to answer it. :#:# This has been since I had it new and it updated - two weeks!
    So now I am collapsed on my bed with the relief!

    On the way home I called in at my favourite bakery and bought a gorgeous seeded sourdough bread and an almond croissant and a pain chocolat for DH, and a normal croissant for me for DH'S birthday on Saturday. <3 They are in the freezer.

    I've decided not to go to the French Circle tonight. Exhausted and legs aching. I've emailed my apologies. I'm sorry about it, but it's all so difficult with all our restrictions.

    Lots of love, Heather UK XXXXXXXX

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,620 Member
    Busy Day
    Work.
    Appointment.
    Zoom seminar while walking and on bus.
    Bicycle ride.
    Quick dinner out.
    Bunnings - hardware store.

    Walked 3.8 km and cycled 7.8 km.

    Machka in Oz
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,100 Member
    edited October 2020
    morning ladies~
    I am up having my tea and and watching the birds,have the slider open a crack so when the squirrel shows up Alfie can go send it on its way..
    my arm a tad sore from Flu shot ,but at least it is done... I am wondering if they will have someone come up and give Faith one..will ask Jean
    doing an overnight tomorrow and all day friday ,and I am hoping Sean will be coming home soon..
    I miss seeing him and Buddy the dog..
    will see how Trudy is doing and maybe make dinner for us tonight..
    waiting to hear back from Drs office from all that blood work..
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited October 2020
    Heather Glad you got your phone fixed. Hope your blood test shows you healthy. Thanks for clarifying the money laundering. :D

    Barbara If Joe is getting too much typical old establishment male, we may have to revoke his hippie status.

    Evelyn Thank you! Fugly is a great time saving word that I hadn't heard for years. Instead of a long string of unmasked socially distancing words, fugly says it all. I have the same fugly weather here.

    Katla I can never make any city council meeting as they start at 7PM. I am usually in dream land by then. Hope you get to feeling better.

    Flea Barbie Living off the grid in the mountains for 15 years, I still take nothing for granted.

    Rebecca Maybe someone wanted the wet cones and needles for decorations.

    Fae determine to survive the fuglies of 2020
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    edited October 2020
    KJ - Oh those heavenly, gorgeous boys! <3 Love the spaceship! :D

    Glad other people have joined in. I was beginning to think I was on the Marie Celeste.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Kelly . Oh my gosh those little faces. <3

    Rebecca . If there was a lot of pine straw in the piles, someone might have thought it was worth sorting out the leaves from the pine straw. I love pine straw, and one year took home bunches of it from my machatunim’s house.

    Heather You’re welcome! and Yay! for your phone to be working properly.

    >>>

    Today will be a puttering kind of day. A bit of winterizing prep for outdoor tender plants, prep the house for our cleaner, pay a couple of bills. Might have time for a continuing education unit. No work scheduled for today. I did agree to go to Costco so probably will get that out of the way shortly, then be home for the rest of the day.

    Thank you all for being here. It helps so much.

    Karen in Virginia

    Pretty hummingbird photo:
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  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    KJ - Oh those heavenly, gorgeous boys! <3 Love the spaceship! :D

    Glad other people have joined in. I was beginning to think I was on the Marie Celeste.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Better the Marie Celeste than your changing deck chairs on the Titanic. I decided to hang around this morning instead of guitar practice that no one hears but me. Barbara has me intrigued with her old hippie talk. Many use to call me a hippie chick, but I always thought of myself as a mountain woman. I did have a VW van for a few years and go braless and seldom shave my legs. My hair in those days looked like Jimi Hendriks after a severe windstorm. I once had a bird land in it when I was working for a log cabin company in Montana.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,620 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Busy Day
    Work.
    Appointment.
    Zoom seminar while walking and on bus.
    Bicycle ride.
    Quick dinner out.
    Bunnings - hardware store.

    Walked 3.8 km and cycled 7.8 km.

    Machka in Oz

    Further to this ...

    The bicycle ride was our first evening (after work) bicycle ride in ages!! We're hoping to do that once or twice a week over the summer.

    But the best part for me was that we didn’t have to rush back so I could get to work on a homework project! I started to get a glimpse of what life must be like for other people who don’t have pressing commitments 18 hours a day. I could get to like this!

    I had a talk to someone today about my stress level. She thinks that I've been so stressed for so long that I've adapted to it (although it is not good for my health) and will likely find it difficult to relax, which is true. I do find it very difficult (on many levels) to relax. So she and I talked over some strategies which I'll gradually employ.

    But she and I both found it amusing that when I emailed her a couple weeks ago, I told her I was trying to do relaxing things and I listed them off all tightly scheduled into my day. While all those things were fine, I was approaching them like I was preparing for an exam on relaxation techniques!

    Anyway, a gradual approach is probably a good one for me ... and little things like casually wandering around the garden centre at Bunnings, in no rush to get home is probably a good first step. :)

    M in Oz
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @Vicki "On the subject of Covid testing. Here you have to have a doctors order and the test is around $150, most insurance pays for it, but without insurance you have to pay." Wow! here it can be 1h-2h line but testing has been free since around and one can be tested repeatedly. sometimes it's hard to find a place that tests and gives results rather quickly but if one is able to wait in line and free up an early morning it's possible.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @KJ I love the spaceship! wow!
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,209 Member
    :) I have another blanket finished and ready to deliver to Project Linus. That should give you an idea of how much time I spend riding my exercise bike and watching TV.

    :) Yesterday's rain and wind didn't interfere with walking Sasha but it encouraged me to stay indoors and dance for an hour in the morning.

    :) My fun and relaxation tend to have a "usefulness" component to them. Walking, dancing, and riding my exercise bike all burn calories and knitting allows me to create something to give to someone in need. Half the reading I do is audio books while walking.

    :) I have been fortunate. The only reaction I've ever had to a flu shot has been an ache at the injection site.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    feeling grouchy. at the one school where we were told that the classes would be face to face, they sent and obscure mail to some of us very low on the university-level teaching hierarchy this week to say
    some of may have face to face classes
    some of us may have semi-presential classes
    some of us may have 100% distant classes,
    and they will tell us some time this week

    and they will send us a code for a new software to learn to use by Monday.
    (whereas I'm totally booked till Monday and starting Monday evening after a day of classes elsewhere).

    they had just previously sent a mail saying we would be trained on the semi-presential classes software and material during the first 20 minutes of class.

    it looks like they expect us to download and prepare in advance (on the weekend ? at night?) and we don't even have the info.

    what is sad is that my colleagues in the same field and situation will all just go along and say, ok fine, rather than saying no that is not unreasonable.
    the school is very spacious.

    there is NO reason for this secret till now.
    they wrote that this decision was made before the summer.
    but they sent us a schedule with our usual classrooms a few weeks ago.

    we had a big group meeting about 2 weeks ago.

    it's just usual duplicitousness, and disrespect for those lower down in hierarchy.
    of course NONE of the teachers higher up in the hierarchy will be giving distance classes (3X more work per hour and poor teaching conditions, and all sorts of problems with students, from those who are playing on video games during class, to those who have real connection problems to those who lack motivation.

    I'm angry and tired.
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited October 2020
    Kelly Wonderful photos and that spaceship is amazing.

    Allie Hope your bloodwork results are normal. My arm is always sore for 2 days after any injection and was really sore after the Shingrex.

    Heather While I was responding to your SOS, it appears many others were posting and get inserted in the back messages. I don't how this forum works as someone makes a reply several minutes after the last one but it appears back a page. I go back in an hour and see a lot of posts that weren't there earlier.

    M in Oz You seem to be a driven and efficient person and keeping that asset while lowering stress isn't easy. After visiting a doctor that also practiced clinical hypnosis many years ago, I learned self-hypnosis and I credit it as the main reason I am alive today. Also doing Tai Chi or similar disciplines with deep breathing first thing after rising in the morning, has been great therapy for me. Meditation is great but for driven people, it is difficult because it seems like wasted time. I still make myself do a 20-minute meditation at least once a month. Learning or playing a musical instrument is great. Improvising on an American Indian style flute can really unwrap layers of hard clad stress. There are no rules or right and wrong in Native style flute. I always found bike riding in the mountains to be great. As the old saying goes, "Just stop and smell the roses."
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,281 Member
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  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    KELLY: The space ship is magnif! And the grands are so cute. The younger one has the most gleeful smile!

    KAREN Va: Love the humming bird photos.

    Carol in GA
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,954 Member
    Rebecca - Aren't genetics funny that way, depending on the day I can see my SIL in my eldest or myself. I am continuously told almost equally that I look like my Father, my Mother and an Aunt.

    Evelyn - I'm so glad you had a nice Thanksgiving with your family and your grandson is free with hugs now. I remember when it was a trouble for you to even see them. I haven't heard the term fugly in quite a while, but we have that here this morning too, it is trying very hard to snow.

    Heather - Phones are a marvel and a pain all at the same time. My Grandson had put mine on night mode without me knowing it a few years ago. My daughter a few weeks later looked at my phone and said Mom, that's what this moon means.

    Kelly - What an awesome spaceship! So much fun for the littles. I never used latches with my kids or grandkids either. I had a bookshelf that displayed all of my pinwheel crystal when my girls and nieces and nephews were very small. After diverting them a few times they left it alone.
    I am so happy you had a wonderful visit and I understand what you mean. My Dad used to be upset when I visited others, but as the daughter in the situation I can understand that side too. It sure is a balancing act.

    Lisa - Glad you popped in and happy your daughter has been so helpful. Hope you continue to improve fast.

    Machka - When I was done at my previous employer I had been working under high stress for 2 years straight, when I was done I slept the better part of a month. I couldn't believe how it had affected me. Unfortunately, some of your stress is still going to be present, but I hope you do find some peace just getting University off your list.

    Covid Testing - Here you have to do an online assessment or call our Health Line, they walk you through whether you need the test or not. Doctors are not seeing you if you have any Covid symptoms. If you do, they schedule an appointment for you. They have stopped asymptomatic testing now that school is back in in an effort to free up spaces needed. All tests are free.

    Julie - That sounds so frustrating.

    Fae - I think as you are responding others can be responding too and you don't see their posts until after you look again and go back to see if you missed something. It's not the best platform, but it's what we have.

    Tracey in Edmonton


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