WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2020
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Allie - Hugs to you. Feel better soon.
Annie - You are in a difficult position. I remember watching and listening to my father go through that with my grandfather. Getting him to stop driving was one of the most difficult tasks, because my grandfather considered it one of his last bits of independence. In the end, my grandfather scared himself to death and "decided" not to drive anymore (he backed his car through his garage door). He justified it as not wanting to get my father into trouble because he was in law enforcement at the time and my grandfather didn't have a valid driver's license. My father would just not fix the car or "lose" the keys before that to keep him off the road. It caused a lot of riffs.
You can always take food and give it to the food bank or to someone in need. Perhaps it just "spoils" randomly and you had to toss it out.
I thank my stars every day for my siblings who watch over the family while I hang out 1600 miles away. It also makes it easier to hide my ailments and not worry them. But I do miss them a lot.
Dr. Katie- The bandages look very inconvenient for you. Take some time to practice with your non-dominant hand. That's never bad. Hope you heal quickly!
Katla - I use Library to Go too. I love it.
Heather - Glad you're feeling better. Hope your DH feels better soon too.
Tracey - When my mom turned 50, my dad used to joke he was going to trade my mom in for two 25's.
SuziQ - Glad to hear they figured out the roof/insurance situation. There should be laws against insurance companies taking so long to pay up. We have insurance for that very reason and all they do is everything possible to avoid paying up!
My follow up appt with the specialist.I had my appt. with the specialist yesterday. Basically, we can only try things now because "elective" surgery is off the table due to stupid COVID. So, she changed my medication (crossing my fingers) and sent a tissue sample to the lab for biopsy just to rule out cancer. If it's negative, we will try some other things until I can get on the schedule. She didn't rule out any treatment/surgery, so basically I get to choose what I want to happen. I am at my wit's end. I need this to end.
Hope you're all having a great weekend.
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grandmallie wrote: »I have lost 25 lbs since i have locked up here just had lunch of salad and soup..will walk a bit and then back for a nap
That's a lot in a short time. I hope you are not having side effects. Perhaps you can treat yourself to a cookie. Take care of yourself.
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RVRita: Look up fodmap on line. This is something developed “down under” for people who can’t tolerate wheat. DH was having nasty eating problems and it has been fabulous for him. We printed it all & put it in a binder. He eats gluten free and it has been a tremendous improvement. There is explanation AND excellent recipes.
Katla4 -
I hope that I’m back. Microsoft has been “updating” my computer. I am irritated. If they want to do this, why in the middle of the day? :ohwell:5
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Just popped on before I go to sleep to see what you’ve all been up to today.
Allie: You are in the best place you can be in. Just relax and let people take care of you for a change
It was such a good day today that we put up a good portion of our outdoor lights. It’s cheered the place up no end. I’ll post a picture when we have finished the display. We also set out the gifts we have bought so far and discussed what still needs to be bought. We plan to deliver to the family on Christmas Eve, and will organise a present opening Skype sometime on Christmas Day.
We are planning small portions turkey, with stuffing, veg and roast potatoes, followed by plum pudding. Just the two of us.
I love all the pictures of Christmas lights and the Kindle poem.
Hugs to all.
☘️ Terri5 -
Worked today and then helped Vince with the outside decorations and started on decorating the main tree. I just can’t do the top. There is no way I can climb a ladder. Not sure what I’m going to do tomorrow, probably nothing because Monday I’ll do a body pump video since I work Tuesday.
Barbara – the goo gone worked. It took some doing, but eventually it worked. I then washed all the towels with fabric softener so that they wouldn’t smell of goo gone. It didn’t stain the first 2 towels I did as a test. Wow! North Carolina is 40th. Guess that’s good, well, better than 39! Still wish we were lower in the chart. It’s not wet food that Vince puts down for the cats, it’s dry. Only Lexi gets the wet and she’s a slow eater. But I still slip on it. Like Joe, Vince shows he cares for me in many other ways.
SuziQ – when we got Bonnie & Clyde, Vince and I volunteered at the Humane Society and saw how they reacted first-hand. Jessica was a foster failure.
Jess and Colby are on their way here. Then they leave the 21st for Idaho.
Fae – I’m with you on the color of lights. All white is BORING. Cool guitar
RV Rita - I mailed almost all my Christmas cards. Need to get two large envelopes and mail one package Monday. Then that’s all done.
As far as buying Christmas presents: I buy for myself and then give it to Vince to give to me. At least I know it fits, and that I like it.
Allie – Take care of yourself.
Put the puzzle I made for Vince in the frame. Now he has to put it up….lol Think I’ll go start on Pete and Denise’s puzzle for next year. Did quite a bit of walking so a bit tired right now.
Michele NC
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Stat for the day-
Walk w/family- 2hrs 7min 44sec, 3.33ap, 96ahr, 117mhr, 7.12mi= 638c
Strava app = 862c6 -
It is crazy early but I am tired. I plan to read in bed. There is nothing on TV that appeals to me just now. Have gid evening.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Good evening to all. I was lucky enough to visit my adult kids on line. They seemed well & happy. 😊. We are working on Christmas decorations here at home and making progress. I think they’ll do well enough to put smiles on our faces now & then.
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I put the article under his photo, :-)
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Rebecca - i can just imagine your heart on coming across that article! Sending hugs to you, as I know you are really missing him. Becoming a man is such a complicated business.
You are all shaming me with your Christmas cards done! I bought mine in September and bought all the stamps last month, but I haven't written a single one! I had very good intentions! Must get started today. I don't write my memoir on Sundays, so there's a chance. I love getting cards, so I have to write them. I always write to a couple of old boyfriends first, because I'm curious as to what has happened in their lives this year and want a reply! Other very old friends I haven't seen for years are next. I'm curious and nosey. Then people i am in touch with anyway last. The old relatives who used to get a card are all dead now, so the list has gone down a bit. I love to get a few sentences back with some news. Just a signature does not cut it!
I have been better this year at keeping in touch with friends.
We still haven't had a Christmas present list from my son. I'll text him today and remind him. I'm happy to buy the kids something without a list, but my DDIL usually tells us what they want. Max normally wants a game.
We're not doing adult presents this year, apart from a small fun foodie thing.
Tracey - Your husband's talent with wood is amazing! Love the headboard. What a special present.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx5 -
I hope that I’m back. Microsoft has been “updating” my computer. I am irritated. If they want to do this, why in the middle of the day? :ohwell:
Hi Katla, can you contact them and ask that they do their updates at a different time? I had to change the time that my computer updated and called Comcast where I actually could go into my account and change the time they updated my computer since it's so annoying.
charsuzy
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Windows Updates
Go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update ... and make changes to the time you prefer updates there.
Christmas Lights
I have coloured ones on the tree, in the windows, and on some trees outside. I have plain ones in the patio ... the ceiling is a mass of white twinkle lights ... and on my two wreaths.
Christmas Cards
I gave up doing them several years ago. If I do any, it will be one card to my parents and one card to my husband.
I talk to the people I care about and am interested in throughout the year.
Cookie Exchanges
Not a thing here or anywhere I've lived in Canada. I hadn't actually heard of them until I started posting here! Aside from shortbread, cookies aren't a Christmas thing.Canned Cranberry Sauce – At one time it was a delicacy. Then I started making many things from scratch and found I prefer making cranberry sauce from scratch. I love being able to control the sugar and adding different fruits and spices so I can adjust it to the meal/sides/stuffing.
Hugs to all and prayers for those in need.
SuziQ – SFL
I don't know if I've seen canned cranberry sauce. I'm pretty sure my grandmother used to make it when we had Christmas dinner with her. Otherwise we didn't have it.
It comes in a jar here.
I also eat dried cranberries with breakfast cereal sometimes.margaretturk wrote: »Starting to put up our tree. I am taking the branches outside and letting them air out before I put it together. The tree is over twenty years old and part of it is stored in a cardboard box. I just learned this year. Cardboard can harbor mold so I figured an airing in sunshine would be good for the tree. I can do it this year too because we do not have snow that is sticking yet.
Christmas decorations in general harbour dust mites. I'm allergic to dust mites and have to double up on the allergy medication when the Christmas decorations emerge from storage all over the town.
So, when we have pulled out the Christmas decorations in the past, I've sprayed them down with Eucalypt spray in some attempt to kill off or at least slow down and confuse the dust mites. This year we did something different.
Machka in Oz
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: take BP, dogs to powerline, 10 mins Leslie Sansome fast.Machka thanks for the “it’s ok to …” meme.
Bonus: spicy pecans, maple walnuts, ooey gooey chewy flourless chocolate cookies.
Get to do: livestream church, take BP, dogs to powerline, call CD, call R, email info to grantwriter, watch STAS Day 18 (go sniff), submit grant pics and receipts, test Bluetooth speaker so can do BB&B or T’ai Chi from voice recordings, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat), A Little Less Broken, One margarita, I’m so used to being broke, All Night, Nothing but You, Blame it on my beating heart, Homesick); finish mulching flowerbed; broadcast cover crop seed in veg garden areas, 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, and soon as it warms up above 50 and dries out below 60% humidity I’ll tape and spray paint those rusted areas of Aunt Elsie’s stove.
Reward: inventory seeds, plan next year’s garden, wishlist replenishments.
Do Good December
5: Make a gift for someone who is homeless or feeling lonely: flourless chocolate cookies for T, spicy pecans and maple walnuts for B, C, D, M & T.
Heather it will be no problem for me to be up and listening at 07:00. My sleep pattern is a little weird, usually wake between 5-6 am, fall asleep about 12 hours later, sleep 5 hours, wake, goof around on the computer, then back to bed for 2-3 hours. It will still be dark here at 07:00, but when the lessons and carols complete, it will be light, a different kind of magical start to Christmas. What has the doctor said are next steps in figuring out DH’s nighttime discomfort?
SuziQ your lights. SMH at the assessment even though it’s less than originally thought. Why on earth doesn’t the insurance company pay for all? Isn’t that why we buy insurance??? And waiting for roof repairs for three years sounds scary to me.
Fae the Christmas tree reflections from guitar practice.
Katla I wimped out on going to dog group. Had the chance to break in my new rain pants but instead spent the day in the kitchen making goodies. Maybe Wednesday I have read one or two books on my laptop via Amazon Kindle, but don’t have the device, and don’t want it. I love the feel and smell of books, especially old ones. And I like to read magazines in the hot tub, would be nervous about anything battery operated near all that water
Allie Hard way to lose 25 lbs, but congrats! What others have said. Please be “patient” with yourself and let them take care of you. It’s about time someone did.
Tina SMH. Surely surgery to stop this bleeding should not be considered elective? :noway: Sounds more like emergency surgery to me.
The aerator on our kitchen faucet failed a few weeks ago. No biggie, few dollars at hardware store, swap out ok done. A few days ago the faucet started squirting a stream of water from just above the aerator. I tried tightening it, no improvement. Worked around it long as I could but then today it got me good. Stomped in to Joe’s cave and announced “I have a Christmas compromise for you. I’ll pay for the freezer you bought if you’ll put up with and contribute toward a plumber to replace the kitchen faucet.” “You don’t need a plumber. It doesn’t squirt me.” I grabbed his hand and put it on my chest where it was soaked to the skin. He went to the sink, tightened the aerator… and it fell off. The threads on the faucet had corroded to rust and dust. “You need a plumber!” The reason for the compromise is that while I like to get presents, shopping is horribly stressful for him, so I’m choosing to “let it go” and try this instead. Emailed the plumber with a link to the faucet I want:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Glacier-Bay-Upson-Single-Handle-Touchless-Pull-Down-Kitchen-Faucet-with-TurboSpray-and-FastMount-and-Soap-Dispenser-in-Chrome-HD67857-0001/305764886#overlay
but he recommends Moen, American Standard, Kohler or Delta so looking at these:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Delta-Marca-Single-Handle-Pull-Down-Sprayer-Kitchen-Faucet-with-ShieldSpray-Technology-in-Chrome-19780Z-SD-DST/312644664?MERCH=REC-_-visuallysimilar_1_0-_-302701607-_-312644664-_-N&#overlay
https://www.homedepot.com/p/MOEN-Arbor-Single-Handle-Pull-Down-Sprayer-Kitchen-Faucet-with-Reflex-and-Soap-Lotion-Dispenser-in-Chrome-ARBORCH-SOAPDISP/207053184#overlay
Like the Arbor’s handle shape but the magnetic hold on the Marca. If I ordered it tonight we’d get it by Friday Dec 11…
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMODDecember: better than November.
daily: sit with Joe: 4, weigh: 5, steps>5505=4626 vits=5 log=5 CI<CO=5 CI<250<CO=4 Tumble & Shadow 5=5 mfp=5 outside=5 up hill=5
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3 =0 rx= dance= clean 30 mins=1.5
mnthly: board mtg= grant= 20for20=0
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Morning ladies
My life never without drama.. so im sitting in the chair and Matt the nurse said you feel ok and as i was about to say yes went into severe
AFib and they come with the crah cart hot me in bed put pads on and by then things had settled down a bit,this will im sure slow down my getting home..
Bless my nurse she found me a nice chair and im all tucked in this morning.12 -
It is with great relief I can say that the cycling event was a success!
We threw everything at the riders ... 207 km, hills, wind, rain, cold, hail and all ... and everyone made it.
(BTW - it's summer here. Snow down to 1000 metres isn't exactly appreciated, nor is the accompanying cold and hail.)
I am exhausted!
I got about 5 hours of sleep last night because I was worried about the event, and I never do well if I've got to get up early. We were 12 hours on the road and waiting for cyclists. I stood for 4 hours at the finish line, barely ate, barely drank anything (my feet started cramping), cold and damp. But it was worth it to welcome in all 22 participants.
M in Oz
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Good morning all:
Have no idea why I woke up so early today, but I did.
Foster party went well yesterday, but I ended up getting very cold! First hour or so wasn’t bad at all, but then the clouds moved in, wind picked up and it changed. Took me forever to warm up when I got home. Even though I didn’t sleep when I got home, I spent some time on the couch under a blanket so maybe that rest time disrupted sleep. Anyway-it was worth it attending the event. The staff did a terrific job and it was nice to see the families get gifts. They usually have craft making stations for the kids/families to make small decorations. This year each family was given a gingerbread house set to make and given the candy, icing, etc.
Michelle NC-sorry to hear about crochet hook-it being your grandmother’s makes it very special. I have found lost items in the bottom of couches.
Dr. Katie-I missed exactly what hand surgery you had, but I have had two and dealt with the same sort of bandage. They removed cysts that were giving me trigger finger-one was for middle finger, the other for ring finger-both on right hand. It is awkward for several days but I found it worth it.
Lisa-glad your meds seem regulated. Good luck with the last dose of antibiotics. Any of them can make a person feel bad on the way to getting better. The regime they have you on would seem to compound all of that, but it does seem like it is working!
Allie-hope they get everything in control. It is sounding like it is a very good thing you went to ER when you did. Don’t push yourself. The 25 pounds off should help your heart issues. I hope they get the afib straightened out soon. I wonder if the nurse could “see it coming” this morning by watching your monitors?
Well, since I am up will stop by store (Meijer) early this am to pick up a couple of things and then go to curbside pickup at Kohls (they are basically next door to each other). Don’t need much at store but may see if meijer has a small roast for me to make on Christmas and a couple of other things they carry that Kroger doesn’t (I swear stores plan that out!). Then home for church on line and a walk before football games start at 1.
Enjoy Sunday,
Ginny in Ohio
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