WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2021
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Except 5.
For the most part, I don't want deadlines this year.
M in Oz
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I am sorry I cannot remember who chose the word light as their word this year.
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Flea - I am glad that you were able to be in the appointment with your Mother. That makes a big difference for you I’m sure.
Tina - we didn’t want to have to put our Mom in a home either, but there was not a safe alternative. My brothers house was too small and he still had a young son, they both worked and the only heat source is wood. They didn’t dare leave Mom to tend fires and that’s how her house was heated too. She is safer and, truthfully, much happier in the home.
My Mom is still considered young she will only be 75 on May 1st and she has been in the home 3 years last month.
Katla - I saw the eye doctor before getting my glasses replaced as well. It made sense since I was going to be looking for some in a couple months anyway. The only downside was I was about 6 weeks away from benefits that I missed out on. Glad your wrist isn’t hurting, when do you see the specialist?
We had another round of resident swabs that were all negative. So far, staff are too. If we can make it to Jan 28th we will be considered out of Outbreak. All of our residents received their vaccine today and by months end all staff that chose to will have their second one. We can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. I don’t know how we’ll get through emotionally if we get a positive now.
Tracey in Edmonton4 -
This is truly me right now.
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Worked today then work tomorrow. Then soup kitchen Friday
Allie – oh no!!!
Kylia – It was 2020…that should explain almost all of what happened to you. (((HUGS))) It’s so hard to lose one of our furbabies. Love your word for 2021.
We have all the outside decorations in and most of the totes for the decorations in.
Penny – 70 years!!!! What an accomplishment. Like your mother’s humor
Like Tina, we told our realtor that if all the living area wasn’t on one floor, don’t even bother to show us the house, that would be a definite deal breaker. As it is, all the living area (LR, Kit, BR, laundry room. Bath) is on one floor. The downstairs has another bedroom (ours is on the main floor) and another bathroom, my exercise room and a play room. So, really, I don’t ever HAVE to go downstairs.
Allie – thanks for keeping us updated.
After work made yogurt and it’s now in the IP. Should be done late tonight and it can drain in the refrig overnight. Then went to the MD about the foot. She took an x-ray and said it healed really well. The only thing is that the bone bends a little to the left. But it’s not something to worry about and certainly doesn’t require surgery. I’m still going to be careful doing lunges. At least until I get the other orthotic taken care of. She put this pad on the bottom of the one orthotic and it needs to be done to the other one. Had I known, I would have taken it with me. Well, she said I can just drop them off. The MD I was supposed to see is out AGAIN. Really has me wondering. But she’s very nice and thorough. Then went to the Salvation Army (didn’t get anything), stopped at Aldi, then took a puzzle that I am going to return to Kohl’s but it’s evidently not an Amazon return but UPS. So tomorrow after work I’ll go to Publix since there are a few things I need to get there (that’s the only place I can get them) and on my way back I’ll go to the UPS store.
Tracey – My MIL was the same way. Once she got into the home, she was very very happy. Yea for all negative!
Michele NC
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Tracy, I had my eye exam this afternoon. The doctor prescribed the new glasses. The lenses are ordered & I want to use my current frames . They’re in good condition & comfortable. I’ll get a call when the lenses arrive,2
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: play trained both dogs twice
Bonus: 36 mins vacuuming, made stir fry pork loin with snow peas and kung pao cauliflower for Joe.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, call S, fire call data into state system, index mutual aid files, watch STAS Day 20, submit grant pics and receipts, 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. Reconcile Joe’s EOB’s Thrivent shows only 2263.48 so far, next BGBS ask Terry about GB’s FD firetruck tax levy – contacts, media, advocate???, Thursday: call roofer.
Reward: inventory seeds, plan next year’s garden, wishlist replenishments, Happier January:
6: Take 5 minutes to sit still and breathe: sure needed to but didn’t. Just stepped out to the deck for a minute, breathing and looking into the forest, too cloudy to see the stars.
Pip Hubba hubba indeed!
Tracey thanks so much for the Ottlite recommendations. Your best friend’s SIL has a great voice
Hope the health dept changes their phone calling script. How scary! “Trying to see if that one salad…” choking on my tea rotflmaowmp!
Heather you tempt me but think’ I’ll opt for KJ’s kiddos’ version :laugh:
Flea ((hugs)) psyllium fiber caps and ((hugs))
Tina so glad to hear shortness of breath is improving. Might allergies be triggering the drainage cough?
Allie ((hugs)) prayers and ((hugs)) Thankful for negative C-19, any improvement on the pain?
Food and activity choices went off the rails midday to day. Gonna take an aspirin, go to bed, hope for a better tomorrow.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
January: leaner/stronger/kinder than December.
daily: sit with Joe: 6, weigh/wii: 6/10, steps>5592=3474 vits=6 log=6 CI<CO=6 CI<250<CO=5 Tumble 5=5 Shadow 5=6 mfp=6 outside=5 up hill=3
wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3 =2 rx=1 dance=4 clean 60 mins=2 packwalk=1
mnthly: board mtg= , grant= , 21 plan= bonus: AF=3 play=5 sew=
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW3 -
Heartbroken today
My poor native country 
/Penny, at the airport on the way to my current home at the North Pole.
... and on my phone so no icon...7 -
Happy Thursday.
Healing thoughts for all in need.
I hit my water goal yesterday! Yay! I am an awful drinker. I mean that for any beverage. I am trying to be more aware. CICO is easier for me than water.
Husband wanted alarm changed from 5 am to 6 am. We slept until 630. Oops! No biggie really. We don't have to leave for work until 830. Just less time to get things done. More sleep, less morning news is a good thing.
Yesterday was a good day. Accomplished lots at work and home. Great customers!
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Be the Light for someone today even if it is YOU!
Kylia2 -
Holy cats! Slept horrible! Due to my online training, I missed the news "live" version. Just as well. Watched a couple of "highlights" and had to turn it off. Technically, it is not in my "bubble". Nothing I can do about it (other than post on social media, which I won't do and write letters to my own reps and congress, which I do often). Today I am thinking happy thoughts, focusing on my own "bubble" and making the world a better place one child at a time.
Love and hugs to all who need or want them! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)6 -
I finally got my grad presentation photo! Obviously we couldn't shake hands, so students walked across the stage stood for a moment for the photo and then kept walking.
In this photo, I am looking up at my husband.
Machka in Oz12 -
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Machka does the weather affect your hip? The rain sure gets my knees…
Not so far. The weather has been nice here for a while, and yet my hip started acting up.
Losing a few kg might help.
I am using it differently now and that may be helping.
And I've started doing a few exercises ... I have a collection of hip exercises and remember just a few.
I'll have to dig out my exercise page. But nevertheless the hip pain has eased a bit.
M in Oz2 -
hi, what a world!
I absolutely need to take care of insurance and dental appointments today! I'm putting it off (like myriad things that need to be gotten to).
class today ok.
a bit hard to start at 8:30.
we had some scheduling confusion this year for various reasons. so though the class started really well, it got a bit bumpy. There can be a tendency to arrive late for 8:30 am classes, and putting them online really didn't help. I was not quite ready at 8:30 either, but it was fine.
THIS IS NOT NEW NOR ORIGINAL BUT
since social life, living alone and having work 100% online only with students (almost 0 contact with colleagues!), is nearly zero, and many other pleasures eliminated (going to gym, pool, too seaside, tiny trips, meeting new people, going to café...), I'm finding that eating is one of the remaining possible pleasures, and it's more challenging than usual not to eat too much. in normal times I could naturally go to café, get a green tea, and work for hours, and not give food the slightest thought.
today I was looking around for organic bananas in decent shape and went to 4 (very nearby) shops before finding some. one advantage of changing shops is looking for stuff one sees less often.
I followed machka's suggestion, looking for lowcal food.
I didn't find much, but got some ground coriander and marinated ginger.
also got roast organic chicken and roast potatoes to go with (not low cal), a few pre-packaged meals (medium cal) some GF chips I thought were lowcal but are not so much, and a naked carrot cake bar (no sugar but not low cal--I only had 1/3 of bar -50 calories though).
I had breakfast at 7 min break in class....
Lunch after class at about 1pm: roast chicken breast, roast potatoes, endives, 1/3 naked bar, and 1 of my frozen maple sweetened bean brownie.
Feeling a bit sad with this long aloneness, but just have to go forward.
I went for short walk but the weather is unappealing: around freezing (0° or 32°) and very gray and humid, got an espresso at local café (takeaway) while going through newspaper.
15 min slow on recumbent bike after lunch.
MEGA PRIORITIES:
1) make dentist appointment with number given by S.
2) Ask B. for recommended dentist from last dentist.
3) go through insurance offers
4) and do all to concretely and definitively change offer (may require sending registered letter). France is one of the countries that's horribly demanding for paperwork.
5) 1h on thesis
Then, if time:
15 min each
cleaning
meditation
paperwork
then, if time
more and faster on stationary bike
upper body work
Hey, good thought, my divider got here yesterday and it looks nice. At present I'm using it as a background when on zoom work calls. it's about 1m70 high and a bit more than 2m wide when unfolded
. it makes a decent zoom background
my living room is fairly sober and unpatterned so it makes a nice flash of color.
I have prune coloured curtains but the rest is mostly wood, white, gray, and black...
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Getting to know each other question ...
What makes you laugh?
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I chose last night to walk Drew then sit with her and give her extra love. She found going through the car wash with me a traumatic experience. Then I scrolled through my timeline on Facebook and looked at all the beautiful pictures I saved from throughout the world. I came across the one that said for those of you having a bad day here it a hedgehog wearing striped pink socks. The share still made me laugh. (answer to M question) and I shared it again.
This is one reason I love the Light being a good word for this year. If I can be a light that makes someone day a bit brighter it makes my day a bit brighter too. I said before I found a car magnet for my car that says treat people with kindness. This is how I chose to go forward regardless of what goes on in the rest of the world.6 -
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Hi all!
Very heavy frost last night. The house is struggling to get back up to temperature. I might leave the heating on tonight.
But ......the sun is shining!
We grabbed the opportunity to walk our 5k on the seafront. Quite a few people about, but not uncomfortable. The sea was a gleaming millpond. 4 swimmers and 2 paddleboarders. 
Gorgeous out.
This morning when DH finished his elliptical he said it was his best time since March. Of course, that spurred me on and I did my second best time ever.
Listened to a BBC World Service programme on the Swiss guy who made a serum against bubonic plague. In Vietnam. Never heard of him before.
I'm taking a leaf out of Lisa's cookbook and making oven baked meatballs today. Tomato sauce and roasted cauliflower. There should be loads of meatballs over to freeze for another day. Yesterday was vegetarian and the previous two days were fish, so I feel a bit of meat is in order.
All good here. Still writing regularly.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
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Getting to know each other question ...
What makes you laugh?
Machka in Oz
Hmmm, often best laughs are spontaneous moments... conversations, live with friends (or family).
I laughed out loud at some things seen on line recently but I can't remember what. Often humor that is a bit deep, and a bit quirky.
In terms of shows SOME SNL skits are SO funny to me, others are off the mark.
I'm not big on animated in general, but really liked the show "Big mouth"...
I liked the show "Let Down"... sort of slice of life things with a bit of darkish, or quirky or edgy (but not extremely dark and not mean) humour. I don't like mean humour.
@Machka9 sorry about your hip I hope it's better soon...
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Tina so glad to hear shortness of breath is improving. Might allergies be triggering the drainage cough?
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Lighter, lovelies!Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
January: leaner/stronger/kinder than December.
daily: sit with Joe: 6, weigh/wii: 6/10, steps>5592=3474 vits=6 log=6 CI<CO=6 CI<250<CO=5 Tumble 5=5 Shadow 5=6 mfp=6 outside=5 up hill=3
wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3 =2 rx=1 dance=4 clean 60 mins=2 packwalk=1
mnthly: board mtg= , grant= , 21 plan= bonus: AF=3 play=5 sew=
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
Yes, the drainage is allergy related, but for some reason I cannot get a handle on it this season. I tried zyrtec before and it does not help with the drainage cough, but I'm giving rhinocort another try and taking far too much diphenhydramine. But, the diphenhydramine stops it. I just know it's not good for me to take so much.
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Machka: My wrists are doing okay this morning. The left was more damaged in the fall. I used DMSO on the left wrist and on the left side of my forehead. I bought this product from Amazon. I’ve been using it for many years when it is needed. My physician, who has since been long retired, told me it was safe and okay for my external use. My vision is below par and has nothing to do with DMSO. It is because of a severely scratched lens from the fall.
Your graduation photo is one that shows triumph! CONGRATULATIONs! :bigsmile:
Pip: I love your dog photos!!
Our next-door neighbor is having some remodeling in her townhouse. We share a common wall. The carpenters started pounding before 7 am this morning. We are NOT happy about this. We may complain to the home owners association. I’m considering talking to the HOA President about it. :grumble:
Katla, the wounded and grumpy
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