WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2021
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OregonMother wrote: »Snowflake1968 wrote: »We went to a couple of yard sales today. Our grandson though this was a brilliant invention.
I think it is a brilliant invention. The cubes actually came out of the tray without having to bang it on the counter or run hot water over the bottom.
Yes. I miss this contraption.
Don't get me wrong...I'm thankful for ice makers, though we really don't use much ice.
Tina in CA0 -
Allie-Sleep Apnea tends to make AFIB worse. Steve has AFIB and has used a CPAP for about 4 years. His nose piece is an air cushion. Not hateful for him or me. It is nice for me to be able to sleep as he snored horribly. Now he too sleeps through any snoring that I might do
FOLLOW DOCTORS ORDERS!!
Kylia working in Ohio again (though 2 hours later than should have started)
I tell people I sleep so much better now that husband has his CPAP- he has had it for years now. I spent so many nights sleeping on the couch before he got it. I am a very light sleeper and his snoring was so bad. He doesn't use it if his allergies are really bad and it is terrible. He is tired after sleeping without using it.
Debbie
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Did a body pump DVD today. Work tomorrow so no formal exercise
Started stringing the popcorn. I hope to get it finished by the summer’s start when I’ll be in the pool!
Allie – let your body heal itself. I know you will want to do more than you should, but resist. Kylia is right, sleep apnea can make a fib worse. Vince has an aeroflow dream station. Look it up. He needed a CPAP but he didn’t want a full face mask. This has a thing like the oxygen thing they put on you in the hospital with the tube on top of your head and not in front. Check it out, if anything, to see another option.
Heather – lovely tulips. That picture sure put a smile on my face
Bonnie got the first dose of the chemo drug (a pill). The vet said her tumor has really shrunk. Unfortunately, he warned us that this won’t continue. She still has about 8 months.
Katla – congratulations!!!
Barbara – last year I was SOOOO bored that I strung the popcorn in May. You know I found that I really thought that was great. Everything was done (and it’s a big job since now Vince wants to add ANOTHER tree) when we were decorating and I could concentrate on other things. Guess what I was doing today?????
Regarding Apple computers etc: Vince really doesn’t like Apple at all. I personally couldn’t care less. He feels that when he wants to do something (like maybe make a modification to the registry) too many times Apple won’t let you do it. To him, he feels that supposedly Apple knows what is good for you. And he wants to do what he wants to do. It may very well be that they are assuming that the average person who buys their products don’t want to do things like he does. Or if they do, they would really mess things up. So, therefore, they don’t let you do certain things.
I’m really missing seeing PJ. I want to go up Memorial Day weekend. This way we’d have an extra day since Denise has Memorial Day off. Vince seems to keep giving me all kinds of reasons why we may not go up. First he said “depending on Bonnie, we may not be able to go up” to which I just said “I really don’t think that a cat should take precedence over out grandchild” I know he loves the cat, I do too. But I’m sorry, it’s a cat. I would never in a million years hurt it, but to me a grandchild is more important. Just now I was looking at a bubble gun to give him (thanks for the idea Rebecca) and he said to me “aren’t you going to have it shipped there. You’re assuming we’re going up”. I just told him “well, Denise has problems making a decision/commitment. I say we say to her “if we don’t hear from you by xxx, we will assume that it’s OK with you for us to come up xxx”. We’ve already left messages to have her call us back and she hasn’t. We’ve told her that we have to make plans (I have to tell Food Lion that I’m not going to be there, we need to get someone to take care of the cats, etc). Why is he getting to be such a stick-in-the-mud????
Ceramics tonight.
Michele NC3 -
Michele
I really hate to see that you keep getting disappointed by your daughter. Maybe Vince is thinking that she really doesn't want you to come and that's his way of getting you out of going. You have made every effort to let her know you want to come and she just keeps putting you off. At some point in her life, she is going to regret the way she has treated you about this. I don't want to sound hurtful but that is just my opinion.
Prayers for all in America today that there will be no more riots and that people will be safe.
Carol in GA
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Afternoon ladies
Im just relaxing and watching tv.. yes I have been doing what the dr ordered and laying low... get back up and moving tomorrow but i still wont overdue...
Watching the Waltons3 -
Good day to all.
My desired talent would be to be able to fix anything that broke. I have a couple of friends who can do that and I so envy them.
WHO WOULD YOU INVITE TO A FANTASY DINNER PARTY? - I find these questions incredibly difficult. My grandparents would probably be my first choice. They have all passed and now I have so many questions I wish I’d have asked. I’d also like my parents, sisters and their partners, but my family is very large and broken (parents divorced), so am not sure how that would turn out. I feel like Machka. Celebrities are just people with the same issues we all have, though some have great stories, I’m sure.
Kelly-Pip’s “pile of dirt” is called Morro Rock. It’s massive and a nature preserve. We walked around it over the weekend and saw lots of life around it, including a rather long gopher snake. You can see that rock for miles when driving toward Morro Bay.
Lisa-We have tried the hop growing thing for several years. Where we are, they will grow about 2 inches per day over the summer. However, they always get eaten by something…an insect, the rodents, birds pecking at the flowers….we are likely giving up and they only ever produced enough for one dry hopped batch. I hope you have better luck.
So sorry about all the pets that are having a rough time or have passed. It’s such a difficult time us humans when that happens. Sending hugs.
We did spend the weekend in the central coast area of CA. It was lovely. We did some wine tasting, some roaming around, and a lot of beer drinking. We passed a small shop that was selling several varieties of avocados directly from the farm. I bought 3 types and if they ripen as I hope, we can do an avocado tasting.
Well, it’s time to get back on the eating well and less bandwagon. My clothes are entirely too snug. Since I can’t do much cardio, it’s totally up to my food intake. I hate not being able to exercise hard.
Tina in CA5 -
Hi to all. Work has been keeping MIA but finals are next week. Hooray! I did lose 5.9 pounds in the last 2 weeks, so there's some progress!5
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Took him out for a walk and put his jacket on to keep him cool. Later (2pm). Relaxing in the pool
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Well, my friends, I have absolutely no idea how DH gets himself into so many technical pickles.
Of course, the new gadget didn't fit his phone. :sad:
It did fit mine, but it was extremely complicated and was messing up my files, so I abandoned it.
He is going to return it.
We spent ages trying to find other methods. The direct phone to laptop connection doesn't work.
He cannot download the photo from email to his pictures file.
I was tearing my hair out.
Using OneDrive was a washout for him. Grrrrrr!
Eventually I hit on the idea of getting my old memory stick and emailing the photo to myself from my phone. I downloaded it by copying it onto the stick.
Then I gave the stick to him. He couldn't find the photo. Handing the laptop to me I found it and downloaded it. It’s ended up on Windows Picture Viewer, but he can now find it and work on it for his book cover. Phew!
I don't think he was sufficiently, grovellingly, grateful, but I think he secretly was.
Wow! I think I am technically challenged, but I am a genius by that reckoning!
I've ended up the evening quite agitated, but I kept my temper and I'm gradually calming down. I think I will sleep upstairs.
A very, very small problem in the context of world issues tonight, but we live in both the micro and the macro worlds.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Phone connecting - If you have an iPhone and a Windows computer, it's more challenging to do backups. The best option is to store photos to the cloud and access them on any computer or device using a browser. While I don't like storing data in the cloud, storing photos is a great way to keep backups of them and access them from wherever you are. The issue is that if you don't backup the data on your phones to a computer or to the cloud and something happens to your phone, you lose all of your data and start from square 1 with setting it up. Some are OK with that. I am not, so I backup, especially before I go on a trip where I have a higher chance of never seeing my phone again.
Tina in CA2 -
Happy birthday Terri- Hope your having a wonderful day1
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Allie--So glad it went well and you are on the road to recovery with no more problems. Just do not overdo and remember to take it slow and let your body heal.
KJ--You amaze me with all you do with your daycare children. They are so lucky to learn so much and I bet they are a head when they start school. You are such a Blessing.
Barbara--The hospital is 100 miles from us also. They do have this program where the mom and grandma can sign into a camera and check on and watch baby anytime they want. It seems to be on the box thing he is in. Praying he will go home in a couple weeks. So far he is doing well and growing.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND NE WHERE IT IS SNOWING AGAIN TODAY. 3 -
Heather and Barbara love the tulips. I just let nature take its course with composting. I do get my poets outside when it gets warmer.
Pip I had to put a jacket on Drew to keep her warmer today. Only high of 40.2 -
dlfk202000 wrote: »Snowflake1968 wrote: »Snowflake1968 wrote: »cityjaneLondon wrote: »DH found a USB stick that you can plug into your phone. Never heard of that. It has good reviews, so he ordered it from Amazon. Hooray!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
My daughter uses those all the time. I need to buy one for myself.
Tracey
What does the USB stick do? Or what's it for?
It’s a USB that fits into an iPhone or iPad charging port. You can transfer your photos and files to it for storage or moving just like any other USB stick. It’s quite convenient according to my daughter.
do you know if they have one for Android phones?
It used to be so easy to transfer pictures from my phone to my computer-one cable connecting the two and done. With my new phone it doesn't recognize the phone and won't let me download the way I used to.
I don't use my phone for much but that is one of the main things I want to be able to do(took me a very long time to figure out how to download my own pictures and not have to ask for help
Debbie
Are you waking your phone up when you connect it? I have to log in and be able to see all of the icons before a computer will recognise my phone.1 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Well, my friends, I have absolutely no idea how DH gets himself into so many technical pickles.
Of course, the new gadget didn't fit his phone. :sad:
It did fit mine, but it was extremely complicated and was messing up my files, so I abandoned it.
He is going to return it.
We spent ages trying to find other methods. The direct phone to laptop connection doesn't work.
He cannot download the photo from email to his pictures file.
I was tearing my hair out.
Using OneDrive was a washout for him. Grrrrrr!
Eventually I hit on the idea of getting my old memory stick and emailing the photo to myself from my phone. I downloaded it by copying it onto the stick.
Then I gave the stick to him. He couldn't find the photo. Handing the laptop to me I found it and downloaded it. It’s ended up on Windows Picture Viewer, but he can now find it and work on it for his book cover. Phew!
I don't think he was sufficiently, grovellingly, grateful, but I think he secretly was.
Wow! I think I am technically challenged, but I am a genius by that reckoning!
I've ended up the evening quite agitated, but I kept my temper and I'm gradually calming down. I think I will sleep upstairs.
A very, very small problem in the context of world issues tonight, but we live in both the micro and the macro worlds.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
I wish I could reach through my computer and help.
The direct phone to laptop connection doesn't work. He cannot download the photo from email to his pictures file.
If the photo is in his email on the phone, then it is also in his email on his laptop and you don't need a connection. Just log into laptop, open email and there it is! Before using One Drive, I used to use my email accounts a lot for that because they can be accessed at work, uni, home, or wherever and on desktop, laptop or phone.
If you were going to use a direct connection from phone to laptop, then you'd have to save the photo onto the phone and then copy it over onto the laptop. You would not be able to obtain it out of email because email accounts are basically "cloud" ... until you save your emails to a file on your phone, laptop, computer. Which is what I've been doing with my uni stuff recently - saving my uni emails onto my external hard drive.
However, it sounds like you found a workable solution.
Machka in Oz2 -
Michele
I really hate to see that you keep getting disappointed by your daughter. Maybe Vince is thinking that she really doesn't want you to come and that's his way of getting you out of going. You have made every effort to let her know you want to come and she just keeps putting you off. At some point in her life, she is going to regret the way she has treated you about this. I don't want to sound hurtful but that is just my opinion.
Prayers for all in America today that there will be no more riots and that people will be safe.
Carol in GA
I think this is wise advise, Michelle. I would be afraid of giving Denise an ultimatum. It is still really rotten, however. This is your first grandchild, correct?
Flea
Willamette Valley, OR.0 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Well, my friends, I have absolutely no idea how DH gets himself into so many technical pickles.
Of course, the new gadget didn't fit his phone. :sad:
It did fit mine, but it was extremely complicated and was messing up my files, so I abandoned it.
He is going to return it.
We spent ages trying to find other methods. The direct phone to laptop connection doesn't work.
He cannot download the photo from email to his pictures file.
I was tearing my hair out.
Using OneDrive was a washout for him. Grrrrrr!
Eventually I hit on the idea of getting my old memory stick and emailing the photo to myself from my phone. I downloaded it by copying it onto the stick.
Then I gave the stick to him. He couldn't find the photo. Handing the laptop to me I found it and downloaded it. It’s ended up on Windows Picture Viewer, but he can now find it and work on it for his book cover. Phew!
I don't think he was sufficiently, grovellingly, grateful, but I think he secretly was.
Wow! I think I am technically challenged, but I am a genius by that reckoning!
I've ended up the evening quite agitated, but I kept my temper and I'm gradually calming down. I think I will sleep upstairs.
A very, very small problem in the context of world issues tonight, but we live in both the micro and the macro worlds.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
I love your ingenuity!! The workarounds we have to do.
I can download pictures directly from my phone to my desk top, but it is a pain. It is much easier to send it to my mom through messenger (she will want to see it anyway), and then go to my desktop and download the picture, save it, and then do with it what I want. I'm not that old, but I just feel like I don't need to learn any more technology. I feel finished with it.
Flea
Willamette Valley, OR0 -
It is crazy hot here today. I have the air on in my office, but it really isn't cutting it. I do love the heat, though -- outside. Not so much in my office!
Campus cases are spiking again.
The last day of class is Friday. We are just hoping we can hang on in person through this week, then we could send students home to take final exams remotely. Apparently, positive students are not staying where they should, so they are spreading it near and far. I'm frustrated with them, but I am also reminding myself that they are 18-21 and have serious Covid fatigue, and some of them have senioritis on top of that.
Happy for the verdict this afternoon. I was thinking especially of you, Margaret, and wishing for more peace and comfort for you.
Take care.
Flea
Willamette Valley, OR0 -
CI<CO for one day in a row. I wish MFP would help me count streaks of good days.
I did a better job on my dumbbell exercise today. I got all sweaty and tired out. My glutes are feeling well used.
Annie in Delaware1 -
Yogi loving camping life with the parents
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Carol GA – My concern in not going to see Denise and PJ is that he won’t know us at all. As it is now, he really doesn’t know us since he never sees us (except if we go up there). Denise seems to be having a hard time making a decision. Not just this, but other things as well. That's why I thought of making the decision for her, hoping that would help.
Flea – yes, it is my first and only grandchild
Michele NC3 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Sorry, couldn't resist this one.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx
I’m taking a copy of this to send to the other management at the home.
Thanks for sharing
Tracey1 -
RV is under discussion. I t is O L D. We are wondering weather there and nack ir a reasonable choise. Advice welcon.0
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Well i fell asleep around 6 pm and was awake after 9 pm so just watching TV ,im sure i will go back to sleep eventually, i know one of you said sleep when your tired,so I have been doing just that..1
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »We went to a couple of yard sales today. Our grandson though this was a brilliant invention.
I think it is a brilliant invention. The cubes actually came out of the tray without having to bang it on the counter or run hot water over the bottom.
My grandson as he was telling us it was a brilliant invention was exaggerating how difficult it is to twist and bang to get ice cubes out. Lol0 -
Got kicked by one of the horses today when I was letting them into the back pasture. I make them stand still until I get the gate open but then Ruby the Arab went roaring past me through the gate and kicked sideways at me. She caught me just above and behind the right hip. No injuries except a big bruise. I have been icing it off and on this evening.
Terri - Happy birthday!
Allie - take it easy please.
Katla - would your DH be more amenable to traveling in a smaller RV? Maybe he feels there is too much setup, etc. With the big one.
Everyone take care Sue in WA4 -
had a post, something weird happened to the display, I clicked on the back button thinking it would restore the display, but no, it deleted the post and put me back to square one. sigh.
It was already getting late, so I'm just going to send hugs for those who need them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island3 -
Sue - here's hoping your bruise goes down quickly!
Hardly slept at all. All that techno nonsense fired up my adrenaline and lots of anxious thoughts were fighting for superiority. :sad:
In the end, having tried every relaxing technique known to wise people, I gave in and comforted myself with a design magazine. Actually found a new shade of pink worth investigating, so it wasn't time wasted. P.us an accent colour in a grey-blue.
We are hoping to stroll down to the Dulux shop soon and get a better look. You can’t buy the mixer testers online, only in store. It's easy walking distance.
This pink was Potters Pink from the Heritage range,which I think is only advertising speak for charging more. However, I can order testers of that range.
Another sunny day. No girly Zoom. It's tomorrow afternoon instead, because G is working. I could really do with a chat.
DH is out tomorrow, walking with his cricket friend. Pub lunch. Thst means I can make one of my strange concoctions. Usually something very spicy.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2
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