WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2021

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    edited April 2021
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Went for a walk late in the afternoon ... the river is a bit flooded from all the recent rain! But everything is so green!

    Later ... dinner at a local pub with a pleasant surprise: it was parmy night! We haven't had a parma in ages! But I was thinking about them recently. My husband had a Caesar parma and I had a Mexican one. They were excellent! The pub is known for an old motor race that used to turn the corner just there so it is full of memorabilia which fascinated my husband.


    Machka in Oz

    And then I watched The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ... one of my favourite movies. :heart:


    Evelyn : Nothing here has worked out quite as I expected.
    Muriel : Most things don't. But sometimes what happens instead is the good stuff.


    M in Oz

  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited April 2021
    Kelly & Carol - Dr. La Verne Wimberly is a class act, isn’t she? It tickles me that she has gone viral on social media. She brings people joy.

    Lisa - I am very happy you are getting your Covid-19 vaccination! And happy for everyone else who has had, or has scheduled, their shots! Who knew it would be so thrilling to get a vaccination? I have high hopes my older grandchildren, 12 and 14, will be vaccinated before fall. Probably overly optimistic.

    Karen in Virginia
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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,251 Member
    :) I ended March with an average of over 15,000 steps a day thanks to continuing my evening walks. I think Jake likes my walks because he can play his computer tank game guilt free with me out of the house.

    :) April promises to be a time to do more chores in the yard. My load of bark will arrive on April 9. That will be a happy day.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Kelly - Is this your favorite? It’s mine, too! :D

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    Karen in Virginia
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  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    Thanks barbie, for starting us every month!

    Exermom, i posted for you in march! sorry!

    Goals this month
    ******MAIN******:
    1.WORK AND REVENUE
    A. writing obligations
    -write 75 good pages on writing.


    OTHER
    update website
    update web profile in various schools i work, etc.
    -look into organizing exhibit in usa for teachers in my school
    - apply one in house job (maybe)

    B.Follow up usual teaching work
    -Write class description
    -contact P 1 more time about partnership, then write recap regardless .

    2. COMMUNITY & PEEPS
    - keep going out for walks for coffee, or juice outside

    3.HEALTH
    A.FOOD
    -aim for 24 BMI by end of month
    -TRACK EATING & CALORIES Current MFP proposal. 1220 cal net per day. Enter activity, not consume it all.
    Aim for 0-2x a week max foods with sugar cane.
    Aim for 5 different types of veggie per day

    B.ACTIVITY :
    -30 min/day walk 6x a week, any pace
    -at least 15 min 2x a week on recumbent, at 115 HR minimum
    -at least 1x 10 min upper body stuff (weights, stretches, twists, etc.), during cycling or not.

    C.TEETH
    - contact ortho

    D.ENDOCRINOLOGIST APPOINTMENT
    pay

    4.FINANCES
    - sort out tickets
    - all new bills and charge paid on time
    - if necessary transfer money
    - reduced housing application 1 step

    5.SPIRITUAL GOALS
    -Meditate at least 15 min per day 5 days a week
    - Aim to be off screen at least from midnight to 4 am (preferably more), turn off modem (it helps)

    6. HOME GOALS
    -Tidy 4x 15 min per day in 4 area per week x 5
    -get 1 or 2 geraneums

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,145 Member
    Sounds great Pip- Thank you Barbie our fearless leader..took a shower and am.dressed and took my walk,Dan will be here to pick me up in a bit so i get the car back.
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,665 Member
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    Heather. - Have you seen Dr. La Verne Wimberly’s outfits? She dresses for virtual Sunday services every week. Here is a youtube link:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiBeSmRRx_Q

    Karen in Virginia

    I love this, so much. I wish I could pull off hats like she does. I just look like a dork.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Madlyncarr: Welcome! You can do this. Let MFP set you calorie goals. Measure portions, and stop by often to give and get support. :star:

    Michele: Good luck! :flowerforyou:

    Heather: Enjoy your singing. :heart:


    Yesterday was vaccination #2. I woke up without a headache this morning! WIN!!!

    A dear friend is retiring from the school district where I taught for many years. We’re having a retirement celebration at a restaurant where I have never been. I HOPE I don’t get lost. It has been a very long time since I went anywhere near there. I hope I don’t get lost!

    Katla
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,253 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Hey Ladies, welcome to April!! Thank you Barbie, as always, 💖👍👊 for starting us out on the right foot.
    Not too swollen from all the salt in the ramen meal. Today is mammogram. Oh joy...

    💖 Rebecca
    No goals as of yet, but I will come up with some.
    Whidbey
    Washington

    I have my mammogram tomorrow-will be glad when that is over- they aren't as bad as the first one- now it is just in ,squish squish squish squish and done. back home in less than an hour usually(depending on parking) Got my PAP done, results back and good for 3 more years.
  • CSSJ09
    CSSJ09 Posts: 296 Member
    Again, thank you for all your warm words and prayers for my DGD

    Barbie Thank you for starting the month off right. Your dedication is amazing

    Katla and Sue I hope that you can ride whenever and wherever you want very soon. Winston Churchill once said that "no hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle". Very true.

    To everyone who is celebrating with or without family or friends, by computer, or in person, a very happy Easter or Passover to you. As the president said, for too many, a seat around the holiday table will be empty this year. Let us remember the lives well lived and know that the time will come when we can properly rejoice, together, as family, friends, a nation, and the world.
  • Just_Gran
    Just_Gran Posts: 2 Member
    Hi from Kim in Brisbane
  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,894 Member
    Tracey--I agree, I feel I know people on here better than, anyone else and consider you great friends. Thanks for being my friend.

    Thanks, Barbie for getting us started on the new month.

    Karen--Thanks for sharing the hat lady. Loved seeing all the different ones.

    Katiebug--Sorry to hear things did not go as well this time. Sending prayers and hugs for a better month, April.

    Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND NE <3
  • CSSJ09
    CSSJ09 Posts: 296 Member
    Karen Heather Flea Kelly Wow. I love the hats. I have some lovely hats that I still wear in Europe where I purchased them and where I used to live. I wish that we wore them in the US more often. The only time I wear them in the States is in the spring or summer to keep the sun off my face, but rarely the very pretty ones, just plain tan woven straw. Maybe we all should start a trend. Pretty hats winter and summer.

    I have been going to a dress shop in the city for many years (or did before last March) that has beautiful professional, party, formal, and holiday clothes, jewelry, accessories and hats. No casual clothes at all. One day, two ladies were having a disagreement as to who would get to buy a certain outfit because they did not want to wear the same thing at church. The owner whipped out her customer book and told them that someone else in their church had already purchased the outfit. Both were disappointed! She keeps careful customer purchase records and always asks where the outfit will be worn, whether as everyday office apparel, courtroom appearance, business function, or formal wedding.

    I can hardly wait to get back into dresses again at which point I plan to burn all my leggings and tunics and long sweaters, or pass them off to worthy young ladies for use as costumes. I hope that when we all return to our previous place of work, that we will dress up rather than adopt athletic wear :s as appropriate business apparel.
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,071 Member
    :)
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,885 Member
    dlfk202000 wrote: »
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Hey Ladies, welcome to April!! Thank you Barbie, as always, 💖👍👊 for starting us out on the right foot.
    Not too swollen from all the salt in the ramen meal. Today is mammogram. Oh joy...

    💖 Rebecca
    No goals as of yet, but I will come up with some.
    Whidbey
    Washington

    I have my mammogram tomorrow-will be glad when that is over- they aren't as bad as the first one- now it is just in ,squish squish squish squish and done. back home in less than an hour usually(depending on parking) Got my PAP done, results back and good for 3 more years.

    I always tell the technician, I really don't like the combination of wearing the upper gown, and moving, and her manipulation, so I just tell them straight up, " I am just gonna leave the gown off, and you can move me every which way".
    I had a pap back in 2018 so I am not sure if I need one. The doctor did say something about my last pap when I'm 60, in two years.
    This was a 3D imaging machine, so she told me to just relax and breathe. Took me a couple of moments to do what she instructed, so used to holding my breath in past procedures.
    Well have a positive boob squish tomorrow!
    💖Rebecca
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,885 Member
    How great Lisa, that he's sending you cute photos. I hope his 8 month contract goes well.👍💖. My eldest sent me pics of him on an empty military plane, when him and 7 others flew on a military plane to San Diego last Dec. Then he sent a video of his private room at his hotel. He's such a man/child.💖
    Rebecca
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    Hi. Thanks for the new thread, Barbie!

    I had a great horse back riding lesson. We put rings on a pole. Even if it was only at a walk, it was fun. I ride like a scared old lady nowadays.

    My diet has been bad all of March. I've got to break this streak. Exercise is not going much better, and now pollen season is here. So I guess it's dumbbells and marching in place.

    Annie in Delaware
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,253 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    dlfk202000 wrote: »
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Hey Ladies, welcome to April!! Thank you Barbie, as always, 💖👍👊 for starting us out on the right foot.
    Not too swollen from all the salt in the ramen meal. Today is mammogram. Oh joy...

    💖 Rebecca
    No goals as of yet, but I will come up with some.
    Whidbey
    Washington

    I have my mammogram tomorrow-will be glad when that is over- they aren't as bad as the first one- now it is just in ,squish squish squish squish and done. back home in less than an hour usually(depending on parking) Got my PAP done, results back and good for 3 more years.

    I always tell the technician, I really don't like the combination of wearing the upper gown, and moving, and her manipulation, so I just tell them straight up, " I am just gonna leave the gown off, and you can move me every which way".
    I had a pap back in 2018 so I am not sure if I need one. The doctor did say something about my last pap when I'm 60, in two years.
    This was a 3D imaging machine, so she told me to just relax and breathe. Took me a couple of moments to do what she instructed, so used to holding my breath in past procedures.
    Well have a positive boob squish tomorrow!
    💖Rebecca

    here they don't offer a robe or anything- just tell you to take your shirt and bra off while they are setting the machine up. Then, get dressed while they process it- by the time I am dressed she tells me if they are clear/not blurry so the tech can read it- then I am done.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,355 Member
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  • teklawa1
    teklawa1 Posts: 678 Member
    Thank you Barbie. Welcome to April....

    Betsy in NW WA
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,885 Member
    dlfk202000 wrote: »
    Whidislander wrote: »
    dlfk202000 wrote: »
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Hey Ladies, welcome to April!! Thank you Barbie, as always, 💖👍👊 for starting us out on the right foot.
    Not too swollen from all the salt in the ramen meal. Today is mammogram. Oh joy...

    💖 Rebecca
    No goals as of yet, but I will come up with some.
    Whidbey
    Washington

    I have my mammogram tomorrow-will be glad when that is over- they aren't as bad as the first one- now it is just in ,squish squish squish squish and done. back home in less than an hour usually(depending on parking) Got my PAP done, results back and good for 3 more years.

    I always tell the technician, I really don't like the combination of wearing the upper gown, and moving, and her manipulation, so I just tell them straight up, " I am just gonna leave the gown off, and you can move me every which way".
    I had a pap back in 2018 so I am not sure if I need one. The doctor did say something about my last pap when I'm 60, in two years.
    This was a 3D imaging machine, so she told me to just relax and breathe. Took me a couple of moments to do what she instructed, so used to holding my breath in past procedures.
    Well have a positive boob squish tomorrow!
    💖Rebecca

    here they don't offer a robe or anything- just tell you to take your shirt and bra off while they are setting the machine up. Then, get dressed while they process it- by the time I am dressed she tells me if they are clear/not blurry so the tech can read it- then I am done.

    Yours sounds more easy peasy than mine!
    😋👍
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,554 Member
    Work today so no formal exercise. The plan for tomorrow is to do a DVD for the rebounder.

    M – I see that I’m scheduled to work next week on Mon and Wed. I guess we shall see what Monday holds. If someone doesn’t talk to me, I’ll talk to the store manager, tell him that I realize this was a “work in progress” job. He said before that he wanted customers seeing us cleaning carts – is this still the expectation?

    After work made yogurt, put a load of laundry in and then went to Aldi. I really should get to cleaning the windows since it’s cool right now. This way, at least that is done when it gets warmer and I can work outside. Now to motivate myself to doing it. Update: did the windows in the two back bedrooms and have the step stool in the living room to do those windows, probably tomorrow. Maybe I'll even get to others?

    KJ – To be honest, I’m really not looking so much for a job. This works well for me, I actually sometimes walk there so it’s a close drive. 4 sometimes 4-1/2 hrs a day 2 or 3 days/week work for me. I’m not looking to make a car payment or anything like that. So what will be will be. I was talking to this one gal today and she said to me that they really don’t have a reason to fire me (except maybe if I was hired on a grant and that grant has run out). I would think they’d at least have me get things ready with the carts in the morning and then maybe do other work. I guess we shall see. Why they would keep some people is beyond me. The gal who was supposed to be there after me I understand always comes there late. Today there was this one guy who came to work who I swear looked like he had his pants down and the only reason you couldn’t see his butt crack was because he was wearing his shirt out of his pants. Oh well….. Maybe some of it also has to do with the bottom line. I don’t know what others are being paid.

    Jess just called Vince and told him that Colby is really, really pushing her to do her residency in NC. I’m sure it’s because he’s thinking that he will be able to get a job in the research triangle area. I’m wondering if he’s feeling that now that Elon Musk is sending up all these satellites, he may be out of a job eventually. I just would think that being out in Iowa he’d have time to take some classes online and get a degree. As it is right now, his resume doesn’t even show that he has a Bachelor's. Of course, I really can’t say anything to him

    Then she called to ask me for ideas of things to make for a party that she’s planning for Colby that are inexpensive and easy to make. I suggested a ham, a meatloaf, a pork roast, and a lasagna. I have a feeling she’ll go with the lasagna idea

    pip – have a great time on your trip

    Debbie – it’s interesting, when I had private insurance they wouldn’t pay for a 3D mammo. Now that I’m on Medicare, they do. Go figure!

    Kim in Brisbane – welcome!

    Bananas – the reason I took this job was because I’m more of a people person and having to be home all the time drove me insane. At least this got me out with people. So I really didn’t do any type of formal work before this.

    Michele NC

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