WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2021
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Michele, nope she never mentioned feeling anything but ok. I recall texting her after my colonoscopy which was last Thursday. Her son said she must've passed in her sleep last week. I have never had a friend pass before, so all these feelings are new to me.
💖 thanks for sending my package! I am sending Athenas birthday package, with Princess band aids, and felt heart stickers that I wrote things like "grandma hugs" and"grandpa kisses". Also a check for $20 birthday check (she's two you gotta start low or we'll be financing a loan to gift her birthday money!).
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Rebecca
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Electric's back!
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Rebecca-$20 is a lot for 2! My dad still sends me $20 for my birthday. I tell him not to, but it's what he does.
Tina in CA
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Feeling proud of myself for making a delicious curry from left over roast lamb, which had been in the freezer along with a pot of the gravy.. Added lentils, spinach and peas. DH approved.
Still haven't decided what to do for tomorrow.
Brighton Pride has been cancelled. I'm very sad. It's an insurance problem as our covid numbers are very low. It was going to be in August, but I guess they couldn't plan the big, headline events without insurance. I was using it as a motive to lose weight as I wanted to get into my sparkly dress again to visit the start of the parade on Hove Lawns.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Stats for the day-
Walk w/yogi- 2hrs 25min 11sec, 3.41ap, 174ap, 95ahr, 121mhr, 8.31mi= 810c
Strava app = 1007c
Zwift bike trainer- 37.28min, 139ahr, 161mhr, 138elev, 17.7amph, 11.05mi= 368c
Strava app = 198c
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Spent the morning in the kitchen- got all the apples out of the dehydrator and the racks all washed and ready for the next batch. Got some sweet potatoes cooked and portioned out and in the freezer. I am the only one that eats them and I really LIKE them so portioning out and freezing them is best.
Now, have some pinto beans in the pressure cooker to make refried beans to go with some chicken enchiladas that I have prepped and just have to assemble- layering them so I can have a lot more filling(chicken, cottage cheese that I froze then thawed-it comes out just like ricotta, texture wise) and a lot less tortillas.
Lunch was just 220 cal(ham, sweet potato and 3 slices of bread and butter pickles) and skipped breakfast like usual(just tea) so I can really enjoy a big meal tonight- will make a salad to go with the enchiladas and refried beans.4 -
Third day under calories! I didn't ride my bike because it rained.
My mom's been fussing about giving a table to her sister. It was mom's idea to give it away but then she forgot and felt pressured into letting it go. It was their mother's table. So I'm trying to learn from this - that my mother's decisions are not always final, and that I have to help her remember what was decided. Meanwhile she is moody but that too will pass.
My dad dropped some food today because of the arthritis in his thumbs. That was a first, but is likely to become common. But things are not so bad yet.
Annie in Delaware3 -
Our barn swallows are back. They showed up yesterday swooping around the barn. We usually have a couple that nest in our barn. I like that they eat lots of insects but they build their nest right over the barn aisle and they are messy. The humming birds showed up today. I was mowing in front of the gazebo where the hanger is for the feeders when one of them flew up close, chattered at me then went to where the feeder should be. I think he was trying to tell me something. One feeder is now filled and hanging.
I got over 15,000 steps yesterday, first time in a long time. Being able to go to the YM makes a huge difference for me.
Lisa - Yay for electricity.
Sorry for those who have lost friends.
Everyone take care Sue in WA3 -
Our barn swallows are back. They showed up yesterday swooping around the barn. We usually have a couple that nest in our barn. I like that they eat lots of insects but they build their nest right over the barn aisle and they are messy. The humming birds showed up today. I was mowing in front of the gazebo where the hanger is for the feeders when one of them flew up close, chattered at me then went to where the feeder should be. I think he was trying to tell me something. One feeder is now filled and hanging.
I got over 15,000 steps yesterday, first time in a long time. Being able to go to the YM makes a huge difference for me.
Lisa - Yay for electricity.
Sorry for those who have lost friends.
Everyone take care Sue in WA
Glad to hear your swallows are back. Here dad would always watch for them. He said they usually would come back on my birthday. He loved when they were back.1 -
M – glad you got the vaccination. That’s definitely more important than going for a run. You didn’t know that you were going to get it?
Michele NC
No I didn't know.
Last Friday, everyone in my department was asked if they would like to go on a standby list. If the hospital had extra Pfizer, they'd call or email people from the list. I think most put their names on the list and I know the people in my area figured we probably wouldn't be called for a month or two. A few of us even made arrangements for a flu shot thinking we'd get that in first, and some time later we might be called for the Pfizer vaccine.
10:30 yesterday (Wednesday) morning my area got an email to come to the hospital and at about 11:45 am we were there getting it done.
My second shot is May 26.
My flu shot won't be till June.
M in Oz
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Garage door before
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Rebecca – LOVE the bandaids. I’m going to look for some for PJ. Being a boy, I’m sure he’ll use them
Lisa – dancing with ya. Are you on a well? When our power was out and we were on a well, we didn’t have water to shower with.
Debbie – I’m the same way about sweet potatoes. I’m the only one who eats them and I love them. Fortunately, they freeze well, unlike white potatoes
pip – I much prefer the type of garage door that you have now than the previous one. Good choice.
Went to ceramics tonight. Remember I told you that Adra from Newcomers husband died? Well, she's selling her house. It went on the market at 7:00 in the morning yesterday and tonight she told us she had two offers over asking price for cash (!) and two more are expected to be in. I'm happy for her. I know she'll miss the house. She put in an offer for a townhouse and I expect she'll get it.
Michele NC2 -
I had fun today. I found a lovely fuchsia and brought it home yesterday. Love it! Today I went looking for another and finally found just the right one. It is smaller and different but also lovely. I am happy. 🌸🌺🌸🌺4
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Heather: Sorry to hear that Brighton Pride has been cancelled. Wear your sparkly dress when you find the right celebration.
Sue: We have a tribe of humming birds that live in our area year around. Ours are Annas Hummingbirds. They are also quite opinionated. I love the little things. We have sugar water feeders on our windows in all seasons. In summer they seem to prefer flowers.
Machka: Congrats on getting the Pfizer vaccine. We had two doses a few weeks apart and are happy to have taken them. :bigsmile: In our community, people are wearing masks in public places. It is considered courteous.
Pip: Nice garage door! :flowerforyou:
It is early evening and DH has already gone up to bed. I probably won’t be far after.
Katla in NW Oregon
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I start my day off each fortnight tomorrow.
3-day weekend!
Friday is supposed to be a lovely day so I'm hoping to spend time outside.
Machka in Oz1 -
"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: BP, Tumble to vet, Post Office, typed hymns
Bonus: beach stroll with Shadow and T, called D re: sticky keyboard, researched, froze goat’s milk and ordered cheesemaking supplies, treated both raincoats to restore their waterproofing.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, USE those torture bands/do that BB&B video, budget meeting notes, board meeting minutes, Norton and windows updates, watch for refund from Interpath for Joe’s labs paid on Feb statement call S, fire district: ongoing: input 2019 call sheets into NFIRS, work with chief on equipment letter, substance abuse policy, NFIRS mutual aid and other missing details, call Credit union re: credit card, ask for boots donator contact info, appreciation letter or certificate to boots donator, index mutual aid files; watch STAS Day 20, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (Do Your Thing, Pure Movies to Wine, Beer, Whiskey, 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, 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 the last of the 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???, Reward: inventory seeds, plan this spring’s garden, wishlist replenishments (Milena F1 orange peppers).
Meaningful May:
5: Send your friend a photo from a time you enjoyed together: T in the blooming wild mustard.
6: Look for people doing good and reasons to be cheerful:
KJ neither had I, ‘til I learned from my college roommate to peel the tough skin off the stalks. Makes it cook more evenly, when stir fried with a bit of bacon. More tender when eaten raw. I don’t try to peel the florets, Joe gets those in his veggie bowl. But I do peel the stalk, with a paring knife, especially when slicing for dipping raw and eating. Yum (and I think less bitter too). Probably means less fiber, but anything to get us to eat more veggies
Lisa thanks for the Robert Maurer, just recommended it for my library to add to its Library2go. Hope you were able to sleep in until the house warmed up Halelujah and happy power’s-back-on dance!
Barbie thanks for your insights, especially daily-ish and unnecessary self-punishment.
Pip you ARE such a good dog mama! Huge improvement in garage door.
Heather Hip hip hooray for all your printing successes! Your curry sounds delish. Could you wear your sparkly dress for a zoom or livestream alternate Pride event?
Katla looking forward to pics of your fuchsias.
Michele your stuck bran muffin reminds me of a Kathy cartoon about eating the broken Christmas cookies… oops!
Rebecca ((hugs)) hope you can find comfort that she passed in her sleep, hope she hadn’t been suffering long. It’s been 16 years since my BFF passed. Miss her every day. “Bella” indeed! A $20 bday check for a 2 yr old doesn’t seem like starting low to me, I’d send a nice crisp new two dollar bill
Debbie didn’t know you could freeze cottage cheese. Hope that means I can freeze any ricotta I make from the whey leftover from my next chevre experiment
Annie congrats on the 3 day string!
Sue that humming bird has you trained :laugh:
Machka enjoy your first of fortnightly 3day weekends!
@bananasandoranges Julie R U OK?
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
May: leaner/stronger/kinder than April.
daily: sit with Joe:5 , weigh/wii: 5/1/14; steps>6362=7928 , vits=5, log=5, CI<CO=5, CI<250<CO=4, Tumble=3, Shadow=4, mfp=5, outside=4, up hill=4, clean 10=3.5
wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3= rX x4=1 dance=1, packwalk x2=2,
wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/30: 141.5 5/2:, 5/9:, 5/16:, 5/23:, 5/30:.
mnthly: board mtg=, grant=, 21 plan=, waist=42.5
bonus: AF=5 play=1 sew=
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW2 -
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Morning, afternoon and evening, my chickens,
Woke up in a sparkling mood this morning (I usually do anyway, but way sparkly this morning) because I was able to turn on the A/C and leave it on all night long, so slept better than I have since Monday...
Unfortunately, I was indulging in salty snacks all day yesterday, so hands, feet and ankles are all swelly, but I've got a lot of work to do outside, so the swelling will be gone by evening. Have to pick up and cut up (or haul to the burn pile) all the branches other than the big one. Once the adjuster's come and gone tomorrow evening, we can start hacking at that one... Right now, I can't even mow the lawn without running over major logs, so I'll have to get the small lawn tractor running, and drag things where they need going, or I'll have to cut them up where they sit if they're the size for burning this winter. I had thought to use my husband's chain saw for the larger stuff, but I picked it up yesterday and that is NOT an option. I do have an older electric one for the ones that are near the house, or ones that I can drag near the house, and will probably use that.
My appetite, other than yesterday, has been clawing at me much less than in months past, so I've been pretty relaxed about what I eat. Time to think about what I'm putting in my mouth again. My gut is doing really well... which is also a blessing of no small proportions.
Last but not least, spoke to my daughter, and the family is headed down to us around May 17th. They've got two weeks, and they'll spend as much of that with us as possible. I can't wait - now we've got their camper trailer parked here, we can kit that out for them so they don't have to sleep in the living room. This will make her father much happier, as he will have his privacy in the evenings, and help them stay longer if they're comfortable. The 13th is two weeks since my second vaccine, so I will feel much safer, and they've had theirs for months, at least the adults have.
Will also get to see my oldest grandson, because he won't go to his birth father's until early June, so we'll get to have them all here. Can't wait!
Later, y'all,
Lisa in AR4 -
Lisa- how wonderful for your daughters visit..
My DD is on her way back from fertility clinic ,she said she had to have more bloodwork done and then she is picking me up to go for a pedicure for Mothers day..
Then ill come back home and do laundry and get the place picked up.1 -
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18th meeting anniversary.
Opened our presents this morning. Yes, Tracey.
One gift to the both of us was a bottle of Lagavulin whisky. That was something we drank on our first date, when I lured DH back into the pub for a 'nightcap'. He had never had an Islay whisky before.
The morning got busy because I'd ordered the Waitrose delivery early. We were in the middle of exercising. During the delivery my son rang to rearrange the meet up for Max's birthday. Now we are going to pick them all up from school tomorrow. My son then called round to pick up the tent so we don't have to lug it around with us!
I also gave him my End of Life and Incapacity Information pages I'd written. He asked if I was taking up dangerous sports.
Then we had to go out to vote in the Police Crime Commissioner elections.
I popped to the shop to buy after school snacks for tomorrow.
Our lunch was the Iberico ham my son had bought me for Mother's Day. Plus some octopus that I bought cooked. I made it into Pulpo a la Gallega. The whole thing was absolutely heavenly. A glass of AF rosé wine went with it.
Now we have Singing Zoom. Phew!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Hmm. Most of the exercise I do counts about 1 calorie a minute, for moving and exerting, but not breathless. But moderate biking is listed as ten calories a minute. I chose moderate because the bike is heavy and the path has very gentle hills. Again, it's exertion but not breathless. Maybe I should list it as gentle biking.
Annie in Delaware3 -
Kirby wanted a new garage door and opener to give us a little more height because of the trailer. It did fit with the old one. The old one worked fine tho. Now we can open the back hatch on the car while it’s in the garage and it won’t hit the new garage door I can’t say no to him on a logical purchase. $1400 bucks gone lololol2
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We arranged our morning yesterday to get to Home Depot just after 8 AM so we could buy bags of dirt before the store got busy and still get home for a Zoom meeting at 9. How disappointing to get there and find out that the garden store didn't open til 9 so we went home, showered, went to the meeting and went back at ten. By then it was fairly busy, but we got what we wanted and got it home. I needed dirt for the bed where I'll plant the zucchini and Jake needed container dirt for where he'll plant the tomato plants that are waiting patiently on the kitchen window sill. I read a great story in the news about a woman who gave birth to nine babies and said that since God had provided her with the babies she was sure he'd provide a way to take care of them. That's something to think about when I get frantice about stuff in my life. Houses are selling fast here, too. There have been several houses on the market in the last month and all have sold within a few days of being listed. That is a great contrast to when we bought in this neighbourhood and there were 21 houses on the market and they waited months for a buyer. Houses are selling for double or triple
what we paid for ours. Barbie in NW WA 2
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