WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,189 Member
    edited October 2020
    So relieved to see you Kate UK and Lisa. <3<3

    Gradually getting things back into the living room, but trying to go slowly so my OCD doesn’t peak. :# We still need to get the TV fitted up which always causes arguments about what goes where (we have an attached recorder) When my son comes i will get him to help move the TV table, masks on. I also want him to replace an extremely high up light bulb in the kitchen and swap over a lightshade to the living room.
    I'm intending to get the kids to help plant the tulip bulbs in our big pot, mask on. DH usually gets them to help fill the bird feeders.
    I've paid the decorator online, which always gives me palpitations. :o
    DH cleaned the grate and the stained glass window in the living room. It is amazing how much grime came off the window, both sides, and now it is shining brightly! :D

    Slowly getting there. I will post a photo when we are done. Kids arriving in half an hour.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,042 Member
    edited October 2020
    Kate UK I am watching a you-tube video Healing Trauma with Courtney Armstrong and reading her book Transforming Traumatic Grief. In both she give practical ways to deal with anxiety that trauma can create. I do not know what the source of your attacks. Some of her methods I have encountered before like breathing technique and mindfulness. It has been helpful to me to review these. One new technique I learned from her is to add the sense of smell. Adding that gives a space that helped me navigate the week I just had. I used lemon, orange, and peppermint. I also had to use the big guns of Valerian and Passion Flower tinctures to help with sleep and getting upset.

    This week I dealt with a suicidal neighbor, getting soffits fixed on son's house because bats were getting in (he went to wrong house and left one soffit not done so still on the list, getting car fixed at two places (works great now), getting Xfinity to just give me internet at son's home put on hold for 35 minutes, (fortunately when I went to pick up Modem I had an appointment otherwise I would have had an hour wait on a chilly day outside.) I needed to order a pole trimmer online to get a discount. Yes you guessed it at check out no discount. Fortunately I was able to get a very detailed person on the line and was able to get this matter fixed in what is short order today. (15 minutes) In addition to argument with DH about taking a drive to see the leaves. I suggested it because I thought it was something he would enjoy. Still not sure how this started an argument. With everything else I dealt with this past week did not help my nerves. Plus DH gets very riled about politics. Fortunately I have already voted by absentee ballot.

    There was a Facebook message I wish I could share here. It basically said at the end of the day the politicians are not going to watch your house when you are gone for a trip, help with yard work when you are incapacitated, help you get your discount you are owed, fix your car,roof, refrigerator... It is your neighbors and service people that will be there for you. So again I am glad I have the magnet on my car. "Treat people with kindness "and if they are having a hard time doing that at the moment maybe they just lost their son and trying to get three major things fixed at once and are on their last nerve.

    "So sorry to hear this. These troubles are just momentary...stay strong.... praying for you." This comment was made by a friend to a friend who is dealing with her mother who is dying and her basement just flooded. The friend's comment is directed at the basement issue not her mother. It was a timely comment for me too!
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
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  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited October 2020
    I fear all the strains of flu way more than COVID even though I keep current on all flu and virus shots. There is always a new strain of bird flu that rears its ugly beak.

    Fae east of Chicken Charlie's island.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @auntibk
    "it's comfortable doing little but doesn't feel good in long run;” This is so true. I should put a timer on my laptop that puts this on the screen and keeps it there, preventing access, for a minimum of 10 minutes." There are software programs that stop, remind, slow up, keep track, etc. I don't know if that's any help to you.




    Today I was slow to go out for a walk. I went to my café at about 2pm. Since I'm a quite a regular there thy let me have a just an espresso in the nice part of the patio, whereas it's mostly reserved for lunchers during mealtime, which is a bit stretched out, in terms of hours on Sundays. Then I walked to and around Montparnasse cemetery as I often do, for a good 30+ walk at moderate pace. I wanted to go shopping after getting home but I was SO TIRED that I stopped at less cheap place on the way and got just bananas (normal price) and apples (a bit more expensive) so I'll have my 2C of fruit for breakfast on Monday.

    I'm sometimes concerned when I feel SO TIRED. But so far there is no major cause found.

    I have had chronically low white blood cells for about 12 years, with very slight gradual decline in WBC with no determined cause. My GP wanted me to see a specialist again. (saw one once in 2008 and one in 2016 but who didn't give me full results), but my appointment was march 20, 3 days after lockdown, so was of course cancelled. And I wasn't able to reprogram (my schedule and theirs) till November. Probably it will once again be nothing. The GP suggested in her note to the specialist that I had not yet gotten a puncture. She was surprised that that had not been done, to test bone marrow.

    It's such a weird time and life these days it's hard to tell, what's what.

    according to meddling
    "depression symptoms were three times higher during COVID-19 lockdown than before the pandemic, up from 8.5 percent before COVID-19 to 27.8 percent during." I don't know about after.

    I'm gonna just aim for my 15 min cleaning today and 15 min filing and then do the minimum required at least (which is far from nothing) for tomorrow's many classes.
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 18,034 Member
    Up to P31

    back after family Skype.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    according to "medline", not "meddling" no thank you, spellcheck. still unable to edit posts anymore for 3 days at least.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,504 Member
    To peeps- seems like so far we r using the car about 2 times a week. We still try to walk everywhere
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Machka: Lilacs are lovely. Enjoy yours! :star:

    Barbara: Columbia County, where I live, now has a total of 225 Covid cases. We continue to wear masks when outside of our home. All of the grocery stores here require masks. One restaurant near us has been packed with people when I’ve gone by and I’ve seen nobody wearing masks there. I guess this is the beginning of round two. I don’t know that for a fact. :ohwell:

    Fae: We stayed inside with the air-conditioner running through the furnace filter system while the air was filled with smoke. It helped. We also had access to EPA Air quality information. There is an air quality station right across the Columbia River from us. Our air quality is currently good and it is raining as I type. :star: On another topic, I’ve had my flu shot in our local pharmacy. I am not needle phobic, but DH is needle phobic. He has an appointment with our doctor to take his flu shot. He’ll give himself the flu shot with the doctor as his witness.

    Kate UK: I hope you feel better soon. In the past I broke one wrist slipping on unseen ice in our driveway, and later broke the other wrist on hidden ice while I was out for a walk in the neighborhood. Each wrist was cracked but not broken all the way through. I had a brace that I bought in Walgreens for the first broken wrist and bought a second brace for the other one. It surprised me to find out that the braces were for left or right and were not interchangeable. :flowerforyou:

    LISA!!!!! I am so glad to see your note. :heart: :star::heart:


    I’m having a cozy morning watching the weather. It isn’t raining this minute, but the sidewalks are wet. I’m looking forward to horseback riding later this afternoon. YAY!!!!

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 9,677 Member
    Morning ladies
    Got up early and went shopping.. have most everything put away ,made myself a sandwich and will.take a little snooze.
    I put cube steak cream of mushroom soup,lipton onion soup mix,and 3/4 cup of water in the crock pot. Bringing that to my friends for dinner.
    Lisa- so good to hear from you and that your feeling better..please keep up in thd loop.
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited October 2020
    Katla I also stayed inside with AC fan running 24/7 when smoke was bad, but after about a week with stagnate air over 400 on AQI, my throat and nasal tract finally felt raw. I love the rain and so wish I wasn't suffering allergies brought in from who knows where. Some years in February, I have allergies from winds blowing Juniper pollen from central Oregon. I am allergic to most trees, grasses, and even sagebrush. I am not a needle fan either. The Shingrex shots were the worst, but nothing compared to the belly shots I got while in the hospital. I gladly grit my teeth to get my yearly flu shots. No way I could give myself a shot.

    Fae
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 2,931 Member
    auntiebk wrote: »
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    Debbie those Groots ARE cute. Wish the tardis were bigger and functional ;) Interesting pic, family dynamic doesn't show...

    Lighter, lovelies!

    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    October: better than September.
    daily: sit with Joe: 10, weigh: 9, steps>5491=5665 Thursday, 6468 Friday, 5628 Saturday, vits=10 log=10 CI<CO=9 CI<250<CO=8 Tumble & Shadow 5=9 mfp=9 outside=9 up hill=9
    wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3= rx=1 dance= clean 30 mins=1
    mnthly: board mtg= grant=1 20for20=
    bonus: AF=5 play= sew=0

    Thanks-
    He can make the tardis bigger but sadly, NOT that big and not functional.
    sorry- I don't understand the "family dynamic doesn't show" comment.
    That is one of my favorite pictures. My father in law was the sweetest guy. He put up with so much,living all those years with my mother in law. He and I got along great. He welcomed me into the family right away, told my husband he was lucky to have me. She still doesn't treat me like family

    Debbie
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited October 2020
    Faetta: When there is a vaccination for CoVID 20/21, I will be in line to get mine. Meanwhile I’ve already taken my flu shot and DH has an appointment to take his on Thursday. :star:

    Katla in misty NW Oregon
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,504 Member
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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 2,931 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Hi all!
    Had the most wonderful time with the grandchildren.
    It always amazes us how fresh and alive they are and how they treat these strange times with a shrug and a smile. They are so forgiving and carry on as if nothing is odd. So grounded. So alive. A real tonic.
    They loved the biscuits I had bought from the deli for snacks.
    Here they are playing boules.
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    We are back in the living room. Because my son texted me to say he would be a bit late, I decided to bite the bullet and get the TV and recorder set up. Miraculously I remembered all the connections. o:) I haven't quite got all the ornaments back in, but here it is. We desperately need a new rug that brings all the tones together.

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    We are delighted with it.

    I've got our plumber coming tomorrow to sort out our downstairs toilet. Not flushing properly. Unfortunately it is boxed in, which makes things difficult. He is coming tomorrow at 8.00 . :o to have a look at it and estimate.

    Phew! Didn't get the tulips planted because they were having too much fun with the boules. Tomorrow. You can see in the first photo that I have put the pot on top of another pot, so we will be able to see the tulips from our breakfast table. <3

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    their smiles are AMAZING!! Can't help but smile too.
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited October 2020
    Cold or allergies? Since I have a watery left eye and this suddenly came on yesterday with the rain, I am leaning toward allergies, but only time will tell. I generally have a light temperature with a cold and so far my temp is remaining normal. Here is a good article on telling the difference. Because of my glaucoma, I cannot take medication for either a cold or an allergy. I am using my slippery elm, white willow bark, royal jelly, zinc, and vitamin c pills in addition to my daily vitamin and mineral regimen. My physical symptoms are a slight bit improved and my mental state is greatly improved.
    https://www.webmd.com/allergies/cold-or-allergy

    Fae
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 9,677 Member
    edited October 2020
    Afternoon ladies
    Took a bit of a cat nap and trying to get the energy to pick up bit..i wont say the place is a hot mess but it needs cleaning..
    Heather- Johnny looks like he is having such a great time with the kids and you and he make wonderful grandparents..
    I so worry about my son .. but i finally got a text out of him saying he is doing better.. probably just saying that to shut mom up.but at least i heard from him...
    My DD said dont go crazy and call anyone,just tell him your there for him and if he wants to talk ,im always there..
    The dinner is all set in the crock pot and I will keep it warm until i take it to my friends.. will make one for Dan ,but maybe drop it off at work tomorrow..
    Fed his highness and he demands treats right after he finishes .. lord nothing but spoiled he is,but love him to death..
    Will get a hold of my brother and see if he is coming home.. I sure do miss seeing him..
    Barbie- wishing Jake the happiest of birthdays and it sounds like you both enjoyed it...
    Well I have thr dishwasher going and have some of the things picked up so at least its a start..
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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