WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2021

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,641 Member
    edited February 2021
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Machka: Good news that you will be vaccinated by the October dates. That will give you a lovely spring and summer to enjoy life. Will it give you more freedom to travel? :huh:

    Katla in cloudy NW Oregon

    The vaccine will make absolutely no difference to our lives. Everything will continue on as it has. I'll get the vaccine, but I'm not at all fussed about getting it sooner or later because nothing will change.

    We're having a lovely spring and summer to enjoy life now! :)

    And no, it won't give us more freedom to travel outside Tasmania.
    exermom wrote: »
    M – being able to (even if you don’t) leave the island is wonderful! Just knowing that you can if you want to/need to is fantastic

    Michele NC

    I'm sure it will be ... if it ever happens that we can leave the island .
    So far, there's no indication that we will be able to, so here we stay.

    I keep thinking ... thank goodness Tasmania is pretty.



    M in Oz
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,960 Member
    Machka - I enjoyed Lego Masters too. I think we are waiting for Season 4 here of Young Sheldon.

    Debbie - hubby and I have shows that we do not agree on ever and those we watch separately, but there are a few shows we watch together. We split up who goes where depending on our mood at the time. I really want to get a sitting room together but fear we would never watch tv together again so it’s been a do I or don’t I dilemma.

    Barbara - I agree about the home shows. I get discontented with our place too and lack of funds. I watch Mom too.
    I like some dramas, This is Us, A Million Little Things. I watched the first season of Filthy Rich and Why Women Kill. They both reminded me of more of a farce of old 80’s soaps.

    Kate - pretty puzzle. I’m like you, I don’t frame them, I just do them then tear them apart. I did buy one that I may hang in my bathroom which has our laundry in it. It’s is clothes drying on a line. I think it will go with my antique feel.

    Allie - I’m glad your brother is helping you out. My eldest daughter turned 32 on Wednesday our youngest turns 30 today.

    Dee - I agree on the Hallmark movies, I remember when they were some very nice holiday movies though. No romance, just nice movies. My favourite was Santa and Pete.

    Pip - Congratulations to you and Kirby, I can’t wait to see the pictures of how you decorate it.

    Kelly - one of my favourite memories is snow ice cream. My Dad and Grandmother made it each year.

    Flea - some of our staff have had reactions to the Pfizer second dose too. Just felt miserable for a couple days not major. Our residents get their second dose of Moderna on Tuesday. 😳
    Some movies I watch every single time I see them are: Blindside, Stepmom and Mamma Mia (1 not 2).

    I’m off to go layer up and then leave for our daughters outdoor party. I am concerned about the cold, but we will see how it goes.

    Tracey in Edmonton
    It is currently -21 with a Feels Like of -31
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Did a spinning download today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Quick Start DVD. This is one of the new ones and I have no idea how it is. So as a backup I have 10 Minute Daily Yoga Fix DVD

    Tracey – I have a recipe for KFC’s Makeover mac and cheese. I like it, but it seems that others only want the stuff in a box (like Jess and Lynette). BRRR your temps, stay warm

    M – being able to (even if you don’t) leave the island is wonderful! Just knowing that you can if you want to/need to is fantastic

    Kate – lovely puzzle! How long does it typically take you to do a puzzle?

    Pip – Wishing you and Kirby only the best

    Penny – what time zone are you in?

    Vince said that he would eat sourdough waffles, so I’m making them. Personally, I have a feeling that he isn’t going to like them. But I could be wrong. I guess we shall see Update: they were very light, didn't really taste "sourdoughey".

    Debbie – I’ve heard that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is only 65% effective. I do hope you can get the Pfizer or Moderma (or however it’s spelled)

    Rebecca – you have most definitely changed for the better!

    Barbie – that’s wonderful that you got your shot! We get our second in 4 days. Can hardly wait. Hoping we don’t have a reaction, but we shall see

    Michele NC

    Thanks Michele, I feel better, less bloaty these days. I was caring for sick husband at the time, and eating just anything. But I was a driver, so I felt accomplished about that.👍
    Rebecca
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,295 Member
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  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,050 Member
    :)
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,216 Member
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  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,050 Member
    Rebecca - that is a bobcat in the picture. We see the coyotes in our backyard on a regular basis and the deer come right up on the patio and look in the Windows but this is the first time we have seen a bobcat.

    Allie - glad you are home.

    Pip - congrats on the new home.

    Everyone take care Sue in WA
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,641 Member
    F was more challenging than I thought it might be! However I found the a suburb that starts with F and a couple streets within that suburb! And we got between four and five kilometres in while keeping an eye on the sky for the approaching thunderstorm.

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    Machka in Oz
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,616 Member
    "Get to do"s and "chose well"s
    Chose well: BP, input two months of call sheets into NFIRS, 30+ mins vacuuming, emailed textbook publisher and filled out survey disgruntedly.
    Bonus: beach brisk walk with C, T & D.
    Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, fire district: call Credit union re: credit card, ask for boots donator contact info, appreciation letter or certificate to boots donator, research effective conflict resolution, index mutual aid files; call S, call C, call R, FM Cu, watch STAS Day 20, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (Pure Movies to Wine, Beer, Whiskey, Sleeping with the Devil, 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???, call Wild Rivers (541 247 3514) for dog wash/nail trim appointments.
    Reward: inventory seeds, plan next year’s garden, wishlist replenishments,
    Friendly February:
    5: Show an active interest by asking questions when talking to others: T and D

    Kate I’ve gone back to West Wing too. Nothing today matches it.
    Allie sleep, the best medicine!
    Margaret brr. Drew is so lucky you took her in.
    Pip ConGrats on the condo and the trailer! Broke but set! ;)
    Rebecca Better? Heck yeah!
    Barbie con grats on round 1!
    Dee :love: how Bumble takes his ball on your walks.
    Welcome @LoriAnne0621 !

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    February: leaner/stronger/kinder than January.
    daily: sit with Joe: 4, weigh/wii: 5/14/49, steps>5627=8478 now that’s more like it!, vits=5, log=5 CI<CO=5, CI<250<CO=5, Tumble=2 Shadow=3 mfp=5 outside=3 up hill=3
    wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3= rx= dance= clean 60 mins= packwalk=1, wt=1/31:141.3 2/7: 2/14: 2/21: 2/28
    mnthly: board mtg= , grant= , 21 plan= bonus: AF=3 play=4 sew= waist=42.5
    2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,730 Member
    Penny - I'm so with you. I don't mind the spring one so much as I get to eat my meals an hour early. But the winter one is awful for me as I'm starving by meal time. My stomach is on a strict clock! :#
    I used to find it really hard when the kids were small. Their little internal clocks were very resistant to change. Grrrr! Waking up an hour too early, when they already woke up at 5.30 was the straw........ Plus walking them round the park trying to hang on for that extra hour before tea. .....


    Saturday is newspaper day. I don't do my writing. :D I will be going downstairs to read it on the sofa.
    Tonight is Kedgeree. Yum! :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,641 Member
    Lagopus wrote: »
    Michele - I'm in the central European timezone, one hour ahead of Kate and Heather and usually six hours ahead of you. Sometimes I'll be five or seven hours ahead of you because the US and Europe switch between standard time and daylight saving time on different days.

    Europe is probably going to stop switching back and forth this year. The suggestion is that each country chooses either to switch permanently to summer time in March, or to switch permanently to winter time in October. Hopefully, the choice will be coordinated between countries so we don't end up with a patchwork of different time zones.

    Up here in the High Arctic, changing the clock time is an exercise in pointlessness. A week after the switch to summer time we have light 24 hours a day, and four days before we switch to winter time, the sun has gone down for the last time that year. All we get for the change is mild jet lag. :s

    I'm so ready to stop that nonsense!

    /Penny at the
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    I wish we would all go to Daylight Savings Time. It just makes so much more sense because it gives people their evenings after work and school to wind down by playing and exercising outside.

    Thankfully, we're in DST here and will be till April.

    However, I keep sending emails to the appropriate area of government encouraging them to stick with DST.


    M in Oz
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,079 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
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    I need a crocheting gif. 😂
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,641 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    2021 is not a school year for me ... thank goodness. :smiley:

    2021 is my Things To Do List year ... slowly chipping away at it. :)

    In early January, I made my list ... in later January, I tried to start working on my list but for some reason, I just kept adding to it! Every time I turned around, there was something else to do.

    This weekend is another long weekend and this time we're staying home. So I've started working on my dressing room!!

    M in Oz

    I've spent most of my day on my feet working on my dressing room! I also did a load of towel, hung them on the line to dry in the wind and brought them in just before stormy weather resumed.

    We hauled up my clothing storage bins which were, fortunately, half empty ... so I've filled them. I keep a range of sizes. I've spent most of my life in the mid-low end of the normal BMI range, but when I was cycling a lot, I would drop down to the bottom end of the normal BMI range in summer and climb to the top of the normal BMI range in winter. I've been over that a few times since cycling less, and then I'll drop back toward the lower end of the normal BMI range ... or somewhere in between. I have always had a lot of trouble maintaining a weight, and as long as I'm somewhere in or very close to the normal BMI range, I'm happy, so I keep a range of sizes. However, I don't need them all in the closet when I can't wear them.

    I've also started a bag of clothes to give away. Sadly I need to get rid of a lot of my wool sweaters. I doubt I will wear them again ... I can't wear scratchy clothes anymore and I am always hot.

    My pants, sleeveless and short-sleeve tops are nearly all folded (Marie Kondo style) and stored. I feel like I've been folding just about forever now. But I'm pleased how good it looks and that I can see everything so much better!

    I took a short break to go for a short but hillier than hoped bicycle ride with my husband and I've just finished a little weights workout.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,641 Member
    TerriRichardson112 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    KJLaMore wrote: »
    Machka- What about blanket storage? Or shoe storage for the deep drawers?
    ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)

    I have something for blanket storage, but I was kind of wondering about shoe storage ... if I could store the shoes vertically in the drawers.

    If the drawers are deep enough, this would work. I keep my shoes/sandals this way in the bottom of my wardrobes. It means I can see all the pairs in the box at once.
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    Yes, I am definitely thinking of something like that! The drawers are deeper than that ... they'll take a size 8 shoe, set like that, with a bit of room left over.

    M in Oz
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,705 Member
    Good Saturday!
    Yesterday was good. All 4 goals reached. Hard boiled egg whites to the rescue! I was short on protein and calories. Didn't need more fat, but could have used calories, but only ate the whites for a win! Overslept this morning-smh. I fell asleep before I plugged in phone which is our alarm. Woke up at 230 to husband snoring! Plugged phone in. But neglected to see if it was on. On week. Not late for work. Just later getting up. Hot tub done. Will try to get some steppage in. Transferring manually stuff at work from one system to another. No, aren't compatible to just drag and drop.
    Look, it is saturday and SIL staying home again. She is so clueless. Yesterday, my husband asked me if I told an applicant what we were paying. No. I dont know. It isnt my job. No. I dont know where all the stuff for the computer is stored. Not my system. I am just an employee and have had no say, so they will have to figure it out. They talk about respect, but don't respect anyone-SMH. Oh well. I hope we continue floating, though I would rather be swimming.
    Anyway! On a brighter note, it is only 5 hours at work, then dinner with friends! I like that they eat early. OH! I really dislike oatmeal, yes, except for that sticky sweet instant stuffs. So yesterday I experimented. I made regular oats with less water and added unsweetened applesauce and cinnamon when I cooked it. I used the remaining applesauce to cool it down some after cooking. Added butter. YUMMY and FILLING!
    I have so many comments, but hard to do on phone. Blessed to have a job, sunshine, friends, food, and home!
    ❤🦋
    Kylia in cold but sunny Ohio
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,295 Member
    Oooo
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,913 Member
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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Lorianne: Welcome! :flowerforyou:

    TerriRichards: I admire your attitude about exercise. Life does seem to have turned into an endurance test. :ohwell:

    Barbie: Good luck finding a crocheting gif. :star:

    Machka: I have fond memories of line drying clothes on an “umbrella line” in the back yard. Now I hang them in the laundry room above a furnace vent. They don’t have that wonderful sunshine smell, but they aren’t targets for bird bombing. :wink:

    Kylia: I like your list of blessings; job, friends, food & home. You have a wonderful attitude. :heart:


    I thought we were all going to year around standard time, but It appears that is not the case. I don’t have any particular trouble with shifting although resetting all the clocks is obnoxious. Resetting my watch is the worst of it. If I had a say so, I would prefer year around daylight time.

    Katla in the dark at 6:27 am
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    edited February 2021
    MICHELLE I don’t know how long it takes to finish the puzzle because I only do it sporadically.
    Think I’ve done 5 since about June, couldn’t do any when I broke my wrist so must be about 6 weeks on average for each puzzle. Going to start a 500 piece one today, might keep record of how long it takes.

    Kate UK ❤️
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
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  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    TRACEY
    * So sorry your back is hurting
    * I feel for you standing in the cold for 2 hrs. There is no way I could do that. There in no way I could live in the
    winters you and some others here face each year.
    * Thanks for the idea of watching Investigation Discovery "Fear Thy Neighbor". I watch Dateline and all the shows
    seem to be reruns. It might be good to see something similar. (Am I nuts?)
    * Love the news article from the 1800's. I surely remember waring a girdle every day until panty hose came along.

    Carol in GA
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    OOPs: I think that show may be too scary for me to watch! :s:o:*

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