WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020
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They started on our awning today. My husband became the helper. This will be a 3-day project. They just put up the support posts today. We ordered blinds and will soon be able to have a little bit of personal shade.
Lanette yes I am still doing my kettlebell exercises 6 to 7 days a week. I had to download from 45 lb down to 30 lb due to injuring my shoulder. I had an accident coming out of my RV my husband put the stairs up without putting them back down and I dropped 3 ft to the ground while holding on to the railing with one arm which injured the muscles around my right shoulder blade. Luckily I was holding on or I could have been injured much worse.
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A miracle! I have found a rug!
Gwendolen told me she had been into town and visited a well known furniture shop called Heals. She said there were some quite decent rugs there. This evening I went online and found several that I really liked. Only one was the size we had decided on. Showed it to DH and he loved it. So I ordered it.
It will take a few weeks to arrive as it's made to order.
I've been looking every day recently, so it's quite a relief to have found it.
Love to all Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
This is it.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Engrossed in a new art project. I will catch up eventually. 😂 Up to page 53
☘️ Terri2 -
Heather, the rug is beautiful.1
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Finished page 54. Off to bed now.
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Michele ... I finally gave up on the pool stain project. I did everything the pool store and direct calls to the manufacturer suggested and the copper stain didn't do diddly-squat! They told me the product always works. But when I asked if most people use the product when the water was 40 degrees, everyone got quiet. Spent a lot of time and money and will have to work on it next year. Only thing it did was remove the metals from the water. So at least there was that. Now I'm back to rebalancing the water before we close.
Welcome to the new girls!
Heather .. your rug choice will look wonderful with the newly painted room!
My food choices have been off the rail and I need Pip's boot! Pip?
Beth
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Bought a slab of carpet for $40 to protect the carpet from our sweat and potential markings
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Pip, “potential markings” LOL
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So glad I'm finished uni ... I wouldn't have time for it! Yesterday was nuts at work and today is similar.
I'm trying to finish or nearly finish 3 projects. As with all projects that involve code, it's rare that things work right the first time and there are numerous steps to everything. And then, right in the middle of it all, I was tossed a 4th project. And I had to get them all to a certain point before 1:45 pm when I left to go to the dentist.
Then there was the dentist. Nothing is ever simple with my teeth. I have extra-long roots and nerves in places they can't seem to "freeze". So for this appointment I was given nitrous oxide. At first the dentist was going to proceed with the set-up for the installation of a crown but a particular nerve was giving me a lot of pain, then she was going to go to a Plan B, and then some of the freezing and nitrous oxide must have taken effect because she was able to proceed with Plan A. An hour and 15 minutes later, my tooth is ready for a crown! But I had to come home and nap because the nitrous oxide and whole appointment left me feeling wiped out.
Then we're in the midst of preparations for the weekend cycling event. We're organising it so I had to get maps, cue sheets, emails, etc. out. We were also putting together the supplies and discovered that a couple bags which had been stored in our "basement" had been invaded by mice. They must be very fat mice now! Funny thing was, Rhody was most interested in those particular bags. I don't know if he has ever encountered a mouse, but something in the smell spoke to his inner hunter!
M in Oz
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M in Oz- bless you wears me out just listening to all you do..
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Michele ... I finally gave up on the pool stain project. I did everything the pool store and direct calls to the manufacturer suggested and the copper stain didn't do diddly-squat! They told me the product always works. But when I asked if most people use the product when the water was 40 degrees, everyone got quiet. Spent a lot of time and money and will have to work on it next year. Only thing it did was remove the metals from the water. So at least there was that. Now I'm back to rebalancing the water before we close.
Welcome to the new girls!
Heather .. your rug choice will look wonderful with the newly painted room!
My food choices have been off the rail and I need Pip's boot! Pip?
Beth
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KetoneKaren wrote: »Pip, “potential markings” LOL
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Grease and sweat, mind in the gutter??5 -
Why is there no laughing button on this site?!? 😂6
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Went to the grocery store today for the first time in several weeks. Now the fridge and freezer are full. Barbie in NW WA 5 -
Did Step by Step DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Get Moving with Chris Freytag DVD
Allie – I like going for tests or to the doctor’s office early in the day for that exact same reason! I’m in and out, they haven’t had a chance to get behind yet. My second choice is to have my appointment right after they get back from lunch for that same reason. Good for you saying “no”. I agree that until you get the results of your test, you should not be taking care of Faith. Jean will just have to make other arrangements, poor girl. You’re such a caring person, you’d feel horrible if you passed something (anything) on to Faith. Wonder how Jean would feel if Faith caught something?
Lanette – I was thinking about Lenora the other day when we were discussing people who haven’t been here in a while. Feel better soon
Carol – next time you “talk” to Lenora, give her my very best. I see that the last time she logged in here was 6 months ago!
SuziQ – your Christmas gnomes reminded me of Cousin It, basically you make it the same way
Wonder how Rori is doing???
Heather – love the rug. It reminds me of the rug we have in the living room
Worked, then got ready for tomorrow (I’m going to see a friend of mine who just moved to the mountains), went to the dollar store and got more dish towels (it seems that I really shouldn’t give someone just one), worked on the puzzle (I found that many times the piece I’m looking for is right in front of me and I see it much easier when I first go downstairs), had dinner, now going to work on the puzzle some more. Fed my sourdough starter, I’m thinking that it’ll be nice to give someone some of the towels and a loaf of bread.
Beth – did you try putting vitamin C tablets on the stain? We have a fiberglass pool and that got it up. Admitted, it did lower the pH, but the stain came up. We used this stuff which is really vitamin C but it was in powder form and it did squat. The pool company recommended it. Hah! Good luck on the rebalancing act. I know how frustrating it can be.
M – I’m glad you got the temp. crown.
Michele NC
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got started on dead-heading my roses today until it got a bit too warm. I will work on them again tomorrow. Was busy and forgot about eating so didn't snack at all. Went out with a friend to walk around the park for an hour. Was great to just visit and just be out.
Came back- logged my food for the day and was only at 500 for the day so had a treat of a gingerbread mochi ice cream. Should be hungry but after that and my cup of ginger tea, I am totally full. May have some cheese or something in a little while.
Debbie
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Fae- That looks like Mt Hood to my eyes. Beautiful!
Allie- Staying close to home is the best plan until you get test results and know you’re healthy.
Mary- Sorry you had a mishap getting out of your RV. I know what its like to step down the RV stair and discover it was retracted and there was a long step to the ground. I hope you weren’t hurt. :flowerforyou:
Heather- Congrats on finding just the right rug for your home. YAY! I love the colors. Waiting for it to arrive will be the hard part.
Pip- Looks like the rug you found will do a great job for you. WTG!!!
Barbie- Congrats on having full fridge & freezers. :bigsmile:
DH wants to replace stools in our kitchen. He finds them uncomfortable. I’ve never liked them and will be happy to look for something better.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Katla thanks! I just had to take a few weeks off to heal. I'm two weeks into starting over with my kettlebell. I'm not feeling any pain so should be back up to the 45# kettlebell in 10 weeks. I'm going really slow Mary from Arizona/Minnesota 2
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I have been looking at kitchen barstools online and haven’t seen anything that looks just right. Shopping for them online doesn’t seem like the right way to go. I want to see them in person & sit in them in order to make a good choice. Luckily this isn’t an emergency and we can take our time looking & choosing.4
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Just taking a few minutes before going shopping. Just finished pg 55. Back later2
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Hello, all,
Up at my usual hour of 1:30 a.m., but will go back to bed after I put this down. I know y'all have been quite worried, as well as curious, and I am ever grateful for your presence and your support. I tried to write down the saga and even I got bored, so I've got it in the spoiler, but it's definitely the condensed version. Feel free to skip.After months of symptoms, I was diagnosed with SIBO over the phone by a VA gastroenterologist and sent a course of antibiotics. I had a terrible reaction to them, which about one in ten people does. The reaction sent me into a physical and mental tailspin, and eventually to the emergency room, where they swapped the antibiotic to a combination of two that I tolerated better, and after one setback, I started to feel better. Incredibly slowly, and with much assistance from my daughter, I started coming out of the brain fog that the first antibiotic inflicted on me.
Just after she arrived, the blackouts began. Back to my doc (over the phone) and after discussion, figured out it was my blood pressure dropping every time I stood up. After I blacked out and bounced my head off the living room rug without warning, I learned to get really careful about standing up and moving too fast. However, with that came a worry from my primary care doc that, combined with the SIBO damage prior to getting treatment and test results that showed some massive inflammation, we needed to get my heart checked out. So I'm wearing a cardiac recorder right now and will for two weeks, and then they will do a heart ultrasound.
When I said the "SIBO damage," I talked to the gastro doc yesterday, and effectively, for months before seeking that consultation, the overgrowth of the bacteria in my gut was absorbing nutrients and vitamins, so matter how much or how little I ate, my body was getting very little benefit from the food. I was starving all the time I was eating, thus the profound fatigue that dogged every step. Malnutrition of that sort can have lasting damage far beyond the gut, and they want to make sure my heart wasn't damaged in that time.
I have never been that ill and hope to never be again - I glossed over lots of drama/trauma, but I have to, as it serves no purpose to go back to that place. And it's not over, although hopefully, the worst is. I'll be taking the antibiotics that I can tolerate for ten days each month through January to keep knocking down that bacteria load.
I'm feeling so much better that I can't even describe it. But to say I've got a ways to go to get my complete muscle tone back is an underestimation. I walked as far as the mailbox yesterday, and I hope to improve some every day, but not pushing too hard (swear!). The cognition side of things is improving each day as well, and I hope to be able to read more than a few paragraphs at a time soon. There are silver linings out of all of this, and I'm sure I will be able to find them, in the end. For right now, just glad to be on this side.
Love y'all,
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(((Lisa)))
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Oh, Lisa. I'm sending positive thoughts your way. So glad to see you back online and posting.1
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: dogs to powerline, planted 5 more naked lady bulbs, Shadow to vet, minutes.
Bonus: finished the deck rails and bench, delivered cider to Denise, chatted and listened.
Get to do: 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, shop for part D. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments
Self Care October
20: Find the joy in completing a long put off task: Minutes done!
All the activity of the past three days may have been too much, Joe’s eye is hurting again, so I finished painting the deck and he just put all the paint stuff away. Led to a little insight: one element of a good marriage, both partners willing to clean up after each other.
Sheri in BFE(:laugh:)) Ohio, People use spoilers for pictures that may be too large for people viewing on phones, for long repetitive items like stats and check ins, and for things that might be upsetting to read. Our cardinal rule is no judgement. Secondarily we avoid divisive discussion topics like politics and religion. Those can be found in a group (separate from this thread), let me know if you’d like the link. We are a chatty bunch of gals who speak our minds, but gently and with compassion. I hear you about the weather shock, as a native San Francsican being transferred to Boise Idaho in February was rough. We survived there for 20 years but are back now on the coast where we can laugh when the Idaho forecast is for snow. When we moved here to our 15 vertical acres on in the woods above the sea, and three hours from the nearest airport, one of my faraway friends never failed to chafe me for moving to BFE Oregon. :laugh:
Kay yah falls are not fun and seem to be more frequent as I age. T’ai Chi or BB&B help but it’s more mitigation than prevention. Maybe that’s why we “slow down” it takes more time to be mindful of every move. [sigh]
Lanette what beautiful big blooms, in such a tiny pot!
Carol thanks so much for the Lenora and Kylia updates. Please give them my best.
Heather, left your mask in your leggings? So glad you didn’t lose the pink Parisian scarf.
the rug!!!
Pip that downward dog!
Fae “emergency liner” :laugh: I too prefer rose or even red gold, but there was too much bling on that ring for my taste, and the top two round pink prong ends looked like frog’s eyes to me. :laugh:
Welcome @SimplySoldierOn ! Would you let us know what you’d like to be called and your general locale?
Allie brava for setting a reasonable limit with Jean. Hope you feel better soon and that “3rd time is the charm.”
Beth, why was the water so cold?
Mary Oww! What an unsettling thing to step onto stairs that were no longer there.
Oh Lisa thank you for going to the effort to share your story. (((hugs))) Had no idea the bacteria could do all that. Go, antibiotics, GO!
Rebecca wherefore art thou?
Yesterday’s 1.5 lbs came back off this morning. Alas I overindulged in pizza today, so know what to expect.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
October: better than September.
daily: sit with Joe: 20, weigh: 19, steps>5491=2892 vits=20 log=20 CI<CO=19 CI<250<CO=16 Tumble & Shadow 5=19 mfp=20 outside=18 up hill=18
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3= rx=3 dance=1 clean 30 mins=3
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=1 20for20=
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Lisa- Glad to see you back!
Pip- L VE the pic of Yogi! Downward Dog, right?
Karen VA- Definitely need a laugh option! "potential markings"
Mortgage burning parties- Hmmm....if throwing one is bragging, than throwing a retirement party is the same thing! I plan to throw a HUGE party when my home is paid off! Are you kidding? Paying off a 30 year mortgage?! I'm going to celebrate that til the cows come home. (still about 15 years away)
Well, it is Wednesday and that means pancakes for the kids this morning; so I better get cracking. Love and hugs to all! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)2
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