WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2021

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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 2,944 Member
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    auntiebk wrote: »
    "Get to do"s and "chose well"s
    Chose well: take BP, livestream church, fire district c-19 grant reconciliation and agenda response.
    Bonus: Joe took the dogs and me to Crissy Field. Mild despite the rain.
    Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, fire district: retrieve voicemails, forward to HD masking number, unlock, grantwork prep for Monday pm, J & Credit union re: credit card, debit card pin, 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,
    Happier January:
    31: Write down your hopes and plans for the future. I hope to be kinder. I plan to be stronger by doing BB&B and SWSY at home. Two weeks after Joe gets the second vaccine I’ll return to T’ai Chi, Line Dancing and in person church. Something to look forward to.
    Thanks Barbie!

    Belated Happy Birthday Sue in WA!
    KJ: Favorite scents: baby puppy milk breath, cloroxed laundry, baking cookies, sauteeing garlic, Christmas trees.
    Kylia :love: the cherry almond scented Jergens, reminds me of the samples the Fuller Brush man used to hand out. Mama always passed them on to me.
    Julie “. . .more high and fast when I'm stressed. . .” ditto.
    Dee safe travels. Know you’ll knock ‘em dead!
    Tracey ((hugs))
    Debbie in Napa Valley would you share a pic of your airfryer? Can you use it for everything for which you used the toaster oven?
    Michele dairy helps cool hot chili. Sour cream, cheese. Boiled potatoes might help too. If you can fish out any of the chili peppers’ seeds or whitestuff that’s where the really hot stuff lies.

    January Summary and February Plan
    Summary:
    Yay: average steps, CI <250 CO, log, mfp, dogs, outside, up hill, pack walks, cleaning, grant work, board meetings
    not bad: Sitting with Joe, vits, CICO,
    I can do better: AF, BB&B, SWSY, T'ai Chi, dancing, 21 planning all need improvement.
    Plan:
    Daily: sit next to Joe for at least a little while, weigh/wii, more steps than Jan average, vits, log, CI<CO, CI <250 CO, 5 mins training or grooming Tumble or Shadow, check in mfp, get outside, walk up hill.
    Weekly cleaning 2x half hour, BB&B, TC or SWSY x 3, dance x 2, pack walk x 2, Rx and review 21 plan.
    Monthly: board and council meetings, grant progress.
    Bonus: AF: , play: , sew something: .

    Since Feb is a short month measuring today.
    daily: sit with Joe: 94%/97%, steps=average: 5627 vs 5592 step days:61%/68%, vits= 94%/100% log=100%/100% CI<CO= 90%/97% CI<250<CO= 74%68% Tumble 5/10= 87%/87% Shadow 5/10= 90%/87% mfp=100%/100% AF= 58%/61% outside= 90%/65%, up hill=81%/65% cleaning 355%/170%
    wkly: BBBorTC x3= 22% /0%, dance=22%/0% walk with T or Joe and the dogs instead of pack walk x2=67%/100%, rx=80%/100% review progress on 21 goals: bupkes/.
    monthly: board mtg=100%/100% grant= 31
    Jan 31: 141.3 Jan 1: 145.3 Dec 1:143.3 Jan 1 2020: 142.3 down 1 lb since Jan 1 last year. Could the needle finally be moving?
    Waist:42.5 unchanged from Jan 1.

    February resolve- maintain or improve January’s most important: Joe, steps, dogs, strength, dancing.
    Daily: sit next to Joe for at least a little while, weigh, more steps than Jan average, vits, log, CI<CO, CI <250 CO, 5 mins training or grooming Tumble or Shadow, check in mfp, get outside, walk up hill.
    Weekly cleaning 2x half hour, BB&B, TC or SWSY x 3, dance x 2, rX and review 21 plan.
    Monthly: board and council meetings, grant progress.

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    February: leaner/stronger/kinder than January.
    daily: sit with Joe: 28, weigh/wii: 30/12/44 steps>5592=7591 yesterday 3963 today vits=28 log=30 CI<CO=27 CI<250<CO=23 Tumble 5=25 Shadow 5=26 mfp=29 outside=26 up hill=23
    wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3 =2 rx=4 dance=4 clean 60 mins=16.75 packwalk=5, wt=1/3:144.2, 1/10: 142. 1/17: 142.4 1/24: 140!!! 1/31: 141.3
    mnthly: board mtg=1 , grant=3 , 21 plan= bonus: AF=18 play=25 sew=1 waist=42.5
    2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW


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    this is like the one we have(have different brand, have Farberware but I couldn't find it) that was not as expensive.

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,Ca
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,198 Member
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    Dee - That was great and so very imaginative! :D Just shows what you can do.

    Ate far too much haggis >:) and sweet potato. Broccoli. Whisky sauce. Ooops! I did manage half an hour bonus rowing listening to my German. But I will only squeak through after stewed apples and yoghurt. But at least it's a squeak.
    It's not been a brilliant day, but I am being kind to myself.

    Singing Zoom tomorrow.

    I've been ordering a few Valentine gifts for DH. A pair of extra warm ski gloves. He suffers horribly with cold hands, but I know he won't keep up with the rechargeable heated ones. :# I bought him hand warmers a few years ago, but he never takes them out with him. Grrrr! Hard to change the habits of a lifetime.
    Plus our very favourite cocoa dusted truffles. Posh ginger biscuits. (He loves them) And a card, because our shops are all shut.
    Haven't decided yet what to eat on the day. One year he cooked the whole meal and it was amazing! If I cook it's got to be easy peasy.

    My purple camisole arrived today. :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • dandl1986
    dandl1986 Posts: 94 Member
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    Anniesquats: That narrows hike is high on the list of walks I must take in life! Eventually I will make it to Zion.
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,606 Member
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    Dee- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Started Divinchi code this morning. It has been years since I have gotten lost in a book.

    Progressive glasses- my eyes are a mess. One is far sided. One is near sighted. Astigmatism in both. Cataracts starting in both. Can't read with either. I LOVE my progressive lenses . Just tilt my chin a little differently for different vision. I really think it depends more on the prescription and the glass maker. Before progressives, I went to a chain place for prescription and glasses. They weren't even progressive lenses, but made me sick everytime I tried to wear them. They remade lenses 3 times. I gave up. At that point needed them to help with headaches. A few years passed. Went to private eye dr. When my glasses came in with progressive lenses, I put them on my face and never had a problem. Everyone is different, but I wouldn't trade my progressive lenses except for clear vision or contacts 😂

    Allie -good to hear from you!

    ❤
    Kylia
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,037 Member
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    I wear bifocals with the line cut low instead of mid pupil. It makes distance easier because that dividing line is lower in my field of view. It doesn't bother my reading to have it that way. But I have separate glasses for the computer.

    My meditation group starts soon. I have two, both on Zoom. It sounds weird to meditate together online, but I highly recommend it. It is calming and social, without the stress of actual conversation. Plus I would skip a lot more without the group meeting.

    Annie in Delaware
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
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    thanks for all the sharing on glasses. many approaches!

    @cityjaneLondon Heather; for cold hands, I really recommend silk under gloves. something about silk like wool, it keeps you warm when touching your skin. I swear by them. they can be worn alone or under other gloves. They are not expensive. They are about 10 euros in France.

    link
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
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    I have not yet answered my evil employer, after his horrible, inappropriate mail Thursday evening. Today he wrote, "I would be very grateful if you would..." pfft
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
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    I was not fast, but also I took some break. I just worked a tiny bit on thesis. I was following that video I posted about today that said to do something for 1 minute a day is better than to say you're gonna do more than you can manage.

    better than nothing. now it's 10pm.

    good day though, finished and sent off test. (deadline today)

    I think the high HR for 20 min on recumbent really ups my morale.

    I felt out of sorts, and concentration before and way better after.
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 2,816 Member
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    Guess I needed better glasses, I picked the wrong picture. This is me two summers ago with Bandit.

    Everyone take care, Sue in WA
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,532 Member
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  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
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    Progressive Lenses
    I have worn progressive lenses for many years. I have astigmatism and am far sighted so I think it is impossible to have lasik eye surgery (at least that's what my eye doc said). I am hoping at some point if/when I need cataract surgery to get my vision back without glasses. My mom could see everything without glasses until her death at 91. She had cataract surgery in her 60's. My biggest problem with progressive lenses is stepping off a step or curb. It's like I have to stop, look down and judge the distance.

    Carol in GA
  • dandl1986
    dandl1986 Posts: 94 Member
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    kylia: I love Dan Brown books. I always learn something new and the plots are always exciting. They are certainly hard to put down. I understand why you were up late to finish!
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,532 Member
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    Stats for the day-

    Zwift bike trainer- 30.36min, 184elev, 21.7amph, 139ahr, 162mhr, 11.04mi= 337c
    Strava app = 266c
    Walk w/family- 2hrs 26min 3sec, 181elev, 87ahr, 109mhr, 8.17mi= 747c
    Strava app = 989c

    Total cal 1096
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,337 Member
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    Worked today so no formal exercise. The plan for tomorrow is to do a body pump video

    Mrs_Hoffer – what a lovely tribute to your father! When my father passed, Vince couldn’t understand why I needed to bury his ashes asap. He kept saying “they’re only ashes”. But I needed closure. Even tho we had a memorial, mass and everything, I just couldn’t have this hanging over my head. Now when his mother passed, I insisted that they mail her ashes to his family (his cousin is an undertaker) mainly because I knew that he’d never get around to burying them. And here we are, 15 years later, and he STILL hasn’t gone out to MO. I’m guessing by now his cousin has retired and they probably buried the ashes. She wanted to be buried in MO, and I just knew Vince would never get to it.

    Debbie CA – I don’t think I’ve ever had starchy water spewing out of my IP. Now I have had just regular water

    Went to senior bowling. Didn’t even break 100 all three games, but one I came VERY close to breaking 100, I was just 2 pins off. Oh well… Mahjongg tonight

    Barbara – unfortunately, I can’t fish out the peppers and stuff. I think it was too much of the cayenne pepper (and that’s a powder). Oh well, if anything it gets me to drink more  :)

    Kylia – I didn’t know that freezing your chili makes it hotter!

    Heather – do you cook the sweet potatoes individually or can you do multiple at one time? If you can do multiples, how do you determine the cook time? Thanks for reminding me that I need to get Valentines cards for Jess, Denise and PJ. I usually take them with me to FL but this time I will probably mail them from NC

    Carol GA – have you been in touch with Lenora?

    I have the progressive lenses and really like them

    Sue WA – beautiful rainbow!

    Going to work some on the jigsaw puzzle for my girlfriend, then have dinner, then mahjongg.

    Take care everyone!

    Michele NC
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 2,944 Member
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    Peach1948 wrote: »
    Progressive Lenses
    I have worn progressive lenses for many years. I have astigmatism and am far sighted so I think it is impossible to have lasik eye surgery (at least that's what my eye doc said). I am hoping at some point if/when I need cataract surgery to get my vision back without glasses. My mom could see everything without glasses until her death at 91. She had cataract surgery in her 60's. My biggest problem with progressive lenses is stepping off a step or curb. It's like I have to stop, look down and judge the distance.

    Carol in GA

    I have astigmatism and far sighted too. I had cataract surgery 4 yrs ago(both eyes, three months apart)- I had the option to have them fix my vision so I wouldn't have to wear glasses, which I have done since forth grade BUT Kaiser wanted to charge an extra $1400 per eye to add the fix (I think that was the price, might have been more but I do know I am too cheap to pay that much more)

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,Ca
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,198 Member
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    Michele - It doesn't matter how many potatoes you have as long as they are the same circumference. The one I cooked tonight to go with the haggis was just over 8 inches and came out perfectly.

    Feeling a bit achey. I will sleep upstairs tonight and take some pain killers. Plus indigestion tablets . :p

    My son gave me his log in for Netflix and I managed to put it on my tablet. I will investigate our TV tomorrow. It is pretty ancient and most Internet stuff has closed down. Some dispute with Samsung. . ;) We did try to fit a Fire stick once, but it didn't fit in the slot. We could get it on DH'S tv, but I don't want to sit in his study! I don't think DH will be interested anyway and we already have masses of stuff recorded to watch, but I really want to watch Call My Agent and The Dig. I like watching on my tablet and it means I can row at the same time.
    He is only allowed two watchers at once, so have to choose my moment! Not early evening because of the kids or much of the evening at all because the au pair might be using it. :* Looks like afternoon then!

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,843 Member
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    Regarding Glasses --

    I also have astigmatism in both eyes, but it's different in each eye. My vision is also different in each eye.

    In my late 40s, my vision changed (again) and the advice was to get progressive lenses. I went to a chain store and got a pair of progressives. They told me it would take me a few days, maybe a week to get used to them and then I should be good to go. Two weeks later I still felt seasick every time I wore them and could not see clearly through any part of them.

    I went back to the place and tried again ... nope. Didn't work. We were in the process of moving to Tasmania then, so I told them to give me a pair of bifocals and a pair of distance glasses.

    That worked for a while, but a couple years later when I started university and was spending 18 hours a day in front of a computer between work and uni, I needed something different. I debated about going to the chain store - after all it was cheap - but then decided to go to a more professional place. They did a much more thorough exam and got me into progressives that work!

    My husband also goes there and has progressive lenses with prism in one lens to help correct his double vision. Recently he attended an eye surgery (specialist eye clinic) and they confirmed that the choice our optometrist had made for him was as good as she could get it. They were impressed because some places are sloppy.


    Regarding Valentines <3 --

    I had forgotten about it! It's kind of a low key thing in Australia and we don't really celebrate it except for maybe exchanging cards.



    Regarding Books that keep me up late --

    At this point, I like my sleep better than reading. :)

    But I'm wading through a whole bunch of "mystery" genre books these days. I read a chapter or two on Friday and Saturday nights or on holidays.


    M in Oz

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