WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2021
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Stair Climbing
At work we do stair climbing challenges each month. We've measured the height of the stairs, done some calculations and then climb to the height of a mountain of our choice in the month.
I'm climbing Mt Kosciuszko this month. I need to climb up 35 flights of 20 stairs (and down again of course) each day I am at work at least.
Each month's total is added to the months before with the goal of climbing to the top of Everest. One lady made it at the end of last month. Took her 4 months! I am on track for 5.5 months.
I have noticed that the lady who climbed Mt Everest in 4 months appears to have lost some weight, and I know I have!
Machka in Oz2 -
This has been a pleasant day. DH has a new doctor that he likes & I was impressed with the doctor. I had the pleasure of sitting by an old friend and former neighbor while we were each waiting for a family member in the clinic. 😊❤️1
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M – during the pandemic there was a hazardous waste disposal collection near here. Previously, we’d gone to it and waited maybe ½ an hour. This year we waited over 3 hours! It was amazing how many people brought TV’s. We said to the guy who was directing traffic “don’t they know that they can take those TV’s to the landfill any time at all?” Great stair climbing. When you mentioned Mt. Kosciuszko, the first thing I thought of was the mustard...lol
Michele NC who can’t fall asleep1 -
Barbie - DH told me not to worry about the money and he would pay our share if that is how it turned out. I am feeling better about it and I'm determined to relax and enjoy myself. Just got to find out about the music.
Going to start transferring stuff onto my new tablet this afternoon.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Ladies - what did you do with your supplies when you made it through the final phase of perimenopause and reached the bliss of menopause?
A bonfire seems appealing.
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: dogs to powerline, chiro, 5 mins T’ai Chi at home.
Bonus: veg prep, Grocery Outlet, Freddie’s, copied wallet to Just In Case binder.
Get to do: take BP, T’ai Chi, recycling, dogs to powerline, call pc guy to schedule tuneup, USE those torture bands/do that BB&B video, pack go bag call S, fire district: board meeting minutes, research NFPA, grant NIMS requirements, input 2019 call sheets into NFIRS, work with chief on equipment letter, substance abuse policy, NFIRS mutual aid and
other missing details, likewise Lee skills/tasks, ask for boots donator contact info, appreciation letter or certificate to boots donator, index mutual aid files; watch STAS Day 20, declutter sideboard, learn new dances (Tequila Little Time, Homesick, Nothing but You, A Little Less Broken, Blame it on my beating heart,; Do Your Thing, practice dances: One Margarita, I’m so used to being broke, All Night, Pure Movies to Wine, Beer, Whiskey, I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat),); 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, ask Te about GB’s FD firetruck tax levy – contacts, media, advocate???, Reward: inventory seeds, plan this fall’s garden, wishlist replenishments (Milena F1 orange peppers and beit alpha cukes next year).
September
9: Aim to be good enough, rather than perfect. Start with minutes and dusting.
10: When you find things hard, remember it’s ok not to be ok. Really.
Vicki how awful to have your privacy/journal violated like that.
KJ prayin’ it is just a cold and nothing worse. Do you take zinc to shorten colds’ durations?
Julie thanks for the four excuses and Brava for speaking up, both at the optometrist and at the café. Enjoy your organic caffeine!
Annie ((hugs))
Pip thanks for doing the MS ride every year. The man who introduced Joe to me, and later roomed with us for a couple of years, ultimately succumbed to MS.
Katla what a relief that DH likes the new Dr. I still miss the Dr. I had in Boise, until he retired.
Heather Max pics, wow! Glad DH will cover your couple’s share of the cost if it comes to that. Hope you can find a restaurant with little or no background music and have a good time.
Noticing a few gap days in my BP log. Gonna have to do better.
Copied all the cards in my wallet and put the pages in the “Just in Case” binder. Will pack up the go bag tomorrow.
Actually ran through the T’ai Chi form while at the powerline meadow with the dogs. Wonder what they thought Mama was doin’? :laugh:
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
September: leaner/stronger/kinder than August.2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
daily: sit with Joe:9, weigh/wii: 9/0/0; steps>7222=7433 vits=9, log=9, CI<CO=9, CI<250<CO=6, Tumble=10, Shadow=10, mfp=9, outside=12, up hill=10, clean 10=4.
wkly: Sun: Mon: Tue:LD=, Wed:TC=1, PW=1, Thurs: TC=5mins, Fri:TC=1, Sat:PW=1, rX x4=1.
wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/30:141.5 5/31:142.4 6/30:141.5 7/31:140.2 8/31:140.0 9/5:140.2 9/12: 9/19: 9/26: 9/30:
mnthly: board mtg=1, grant=, plan=, waist=42.0
bonus: AF:4, play= sew=
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Hi folks. In the middle,of a massive reorganisation of our Hobbies Room. It's a time consuming task 😂
Yesterday I bought a large shelving unit for our the room. It's a perfect size for my 12 in wide containers. I spent the late afternoon and some of the evening clearing everything out from where we are going to put the unit, and am working on finishing that job today. After that it will be a massive Declutter of all the stuff I removed, and replacing what I am keeping. I will donate/recycle/bin as necessary anything that does not spark joy. Hobbies should spark joy, Right? Arts/crafts are one of my lifelong passions so this is a first serious Declutter runthrough of the materials I have gathered up over five and a half decades. I need to learn to implement the 'one in/one out' rule!
I will catch up later.
☘️ Terri
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Um ... is it ... safe???
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Katla, great for the new doctor! Running into old friends and neighbours can be such a delight
Barbara, the taste of the organic was no better, but it's better for health in theory and also fair trade. Unfortunately it's in capsules (not good for the planet) but I can't evoke that after they bought it for me. You sound really on top of things with copies of all the cards. Were the dogs looking with wonder at your tai chi?
A LOT of you seem to be organising and uncluttering! I'll aim to take inspiration from you. it always feels good to be organised and uncluttered.
Today - at café to start.
Priorities
1) writing
2) reading
3) good CICO and tracking.
I signed up for a dance class I used to go to at a moment of inspiration this morning but I've since lost my motivation.
It's a good half an hour away, and the music tends to be a bit loud and also there is a bit of a flirt scene there -which is medium for me -
Have any of you tried or done 5 rhymes dance? I used to do it A LOT for about 2 years about 10 years ago.
Also I'm getting more into reading and writing than I was early in the day when signing up.
I just feel like cancelling! I'm thinking of that "excuses" video. I can say I'm teaching my nephew who zeus is.
Atehaven't eaten much yet. Had soy yogurt soy milk 10g of protein powder "cereal" frozen blueberries w 3g of sunflower seeds and a bit of gomasio and nutmeg.It's 1pm. rest of days plan.pick up a few food items, break for lunch, 15 min exercise, 15 min cleaning, Then 2h reading, 1h break to do other stuff, (work in park) and 2h writing. Why would I rather veg out than go dance!? Cause dance feels effortful...3 -
One of my projects is to organise the bathroom. It is getting out of control. And I've discovered something ...
I have enough lotion to moisturise a crocodile! I laughed out loud with this statement!
So ... if you've got heaps of a product like lotion, what do you do with it?
Machka in Oz
Machka ... I am always being gifted scented lotions and shower gels/soaps. (I wonder what my friends are trying to tell me ...) Scented products give everyone in my family headaches. I also have particularly dry skin on my legs and use unscented only. So, what I do with the lotions is donate to a mission that serves homeless or battered women. They are usually unopened products, but I know others who have given lightly used bottles.
What I've heard people say (and may have even said myself at one time or another) is that buying people gifts that can be used up is a great idea! It means you don't clutter up people's homes with things they don't want. You give them a cute little shower gel and scented lotion set, and the idea is that they use it up in the next month or so and all will be well.
But in real life, several people will have given you so-called "disposable" gifts of a quantity you'll never get through in a year ... and they just keep building up!!
M in Oz
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done a purge a few years ago. I don't use much makeup but at least now I can see it if I want it.
M in Oz
I spoke too soon!
I opened another box ... and there was the rest of the makeup! So according to these articles, I will be tossing most of my makeup.
Pity ... it's pretty. But I so rarely use it.
One of these articles, or maybe another, suggested buying travel sizes or sample sizes of makeup to use it up before it goes off.
When Should You Toss Your Makeup?
Find out how to avoid infections and reactions from a skin care pro
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/when-should-you-toss-your-makeup/
When to Throw Away Your Makeup, According to a Dermatologist
It's time to get rid of that tube of chunky mascara.
https://www.health.com/beauty/when-to-throw-away-makeup
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Journals Gah! I totally understand the urge to burn or shred your journals, once you have vented in writing and the journal is full; BUT...if you have children, please consider just locking your journals up or hiding them away, somewhere! My mom passed when I was 26. She left one journal. I have read and re read that thing. Looking for answers. Looking for a connection. Looking for empathy. I desperately wish she had lived longer and kept more journals. I have three notebooks. I don't write daily. But I keep them hidden (not well hidden) in a drawer. I have sent letters to my kids, letting them know that they are there and that when I am gone, they are more than welcome to read through them. I, personally think, that reading about my struggles and concerns, might help them when they are older and dealing with similar things. Or at the very least, feel a little closer to me.
Still battling the cold. Mucinex 12 hour tablet (plus my normal daily vitamin and allergy med) at 6 am, saline rinses/gargles throughout the day, Mucinex Nightshift and Mucinex nasal spray (at night only to open my nasal passages). If my cold doesn't get worse, it will be gone in a couple of days. Looking forward to a normal Monday.
The kids were crazy yesterday. I think they are all tired of having colds and tired of each other. Three of them actually got into a fight (screaming and pushing) over "who gets to pass out the lollipops". I walked over to mediate the argument and found out the lollipops are not only pretend, but also invisible. SO, after much eye rolling on my part, I handed them all an invisible bunch of lollipops and told them they all have to share. I hope today goes better. lol
Kids arriving. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)8 -
Journals Gah! I totally understand the urge to burn or shred your journals, once you have vented in writing and the journal is full; BUT...if you have children, please consider just locking your journals up or hiding them away, somewhere! My mom passed when I was 26. She left one journal. I have read and re read that thing. Looking for answers. Looking for a connection. Looking for empathy. I desperately wish she had lived longer and kept more journals. I have three notebooks. I don't write daily. But I keep them hidden (not well hidden) in a drawer. I have sent letters to my kids, letting them know that they are there and that when I am gone, they are more than welcome to read through them. I, personally think, that reading about my struggles and concerns, might help them when they are older and dealing with similar things. Or at the very least, feel a little closer to me.
Still battling the cold. Mucinex 12 hour tablet (plus my normal daily vitamin and allergy med) at 6 am, saline rinses/gargles throughout the day, Mucinex Nightshift and Mucinex nasal spray (at night only to open my nasal passages). If my cold doesn't get worse, it will be gone in a couple of days. Looking forward to a normal Monday.
The kids were crazy yesterday. I think they are all tired of having colds and tired of each other. Three of them actually got into a fight (screaming and pushing) over "who gets to pass out the lollipops". I walked over to mediate the argument and found out the lollipops are not only pretend, but also invisible. SO, after much eye rolling on my part, I handed them all an invisible bunch of lollipops and told them they all have to share. I hope today goes better. lol
Kids arriving. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
Good point! I have one of my grandma's journals from 100 years ago! It is pretty tame - nothing very racy but one can read a bit between the lines and get a sense of a very young lively woman very different from the one I met when she was her 60s and early 70s with long white hair, who was married for 50 years.2 -
I have a good friend who writes in a journal daily and has kept her journals from the at least 40 years that she has done so. She doesn't seem concerned about who might read them after she dies. I kept a journal for a year and when I went back over it, it seemed so ridiculous that I threw it away and never wrote in a journal again. On the subject of giving gifts, I remember when my mother told me that the only gifts she wanted to receive were "consumables". She said it she couldn't eat or drink it or slather it on her body, she didn't want it. I've gone one step farther. I don't want any gifts at all.
When I went to pick zucchini yesterday, I discovered that several giant zucchini has appeared as if by magic overnight. I thought I had been so careful checking the plant twice a day but these monsters had camouflaged themselves so I couldn't see them. Barbie in NW WA 2 -
My teenage journals have been indispensable to me for writing my memoir. I have boxes of journals from my 20s, 30s, and 40s in the attic, but more or less gave up when I met DH.
This is what I posted on Instagram yesterday.
Plans have changed for this afternoon. My lovely brother rang this morning and said he planned to drop by this afternoon, after dropping off his niece at her new live-in job in Brighton. I am just waiting for the doorbell.
Won't be sorting out my new tablet.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx
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Barbie- those darn zucchini lol when they get that big are they still good ,or do you use them for zucchini bread
I spoke to my brother last night and we will meet him at the cottage Wednesday when Trudy and I go up to N.H.
So looking forward to getting away for a couple of days.
Im mad at Alfie he has decided that pooping in the living room is a good a good thing.. uhhh no... so i took him out there and showed and raised my voice and told him NO.2 -
I had diaries when I was a kid, but they were the kind where the daily entry gave you 3 small lines to write in. This sort of thing:
I received my first one when I was maybe 8 or 9 years old and was puzzled by it so I asked my mother what I was supposed to do with it. My mother suggested I write the things I did that day. So that's what I did.
Brushed teeth, went to school, did homework, rode bicycle.
Later, I started entering stats like rode bicycle 5 km, walked 2 km, read 3 books, etc.
Later, I started using them as Things To Do lists and checked things off as I went.
All that migrated into me keeping a cycling journal since 1990 of all the kilometres I've cycled. I've also kept an exercise in general journal since 2015 which I use to enter things here now and then.
And I've got one long To Do list I work on which is in Word.
If I could remember where exactly they are, before I handed them over to anyone to read, I would want to glance through them first. but I suspect anyone reading them would be bored to sleep.
I've maintained data for getting on toward 50 years.
I'm not even sure how I would go about writing feelings in a journal.
Ah well, there you go. I've vented about all the things that happened this week which I have not written about here.
Machka in Oz
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So my mom's doctor cancelled her appointment because the doctor is taking off that day. She keeps getting this primary care appointment confused with her cardiologist that she stopped seeing. I explain it, but an hour after I'm done she reverts to her confusion. Like she doesn't quite believe me. Very frustrating.
Meanwhile my dad's AOL email is finally no good anymore; Verizon won't support it. So he wants me to fix that. I can't, he has to start a new email address. I know it's a pain but I can't change Verizon's business decisions.
And I twisted my ankle somehow. Just lightly. It can bear weight but is unsteady on the stairs.
So much for focusing on the negative. On the positive, my mom is washing towels and blankets, so she must feel good. And it's a beautiful day.
Annie in Delaware1 -
Journals Gah! I totally understand the urge to burn or shred your journals, once you have vented in writing and the journal is full; BUT...if you have children, please consider just locking your journals up or hiding them away, somewhere! My mom passed when I was 26. She left one journal. I have read and re read that thing. Looking for answers. Looking for a connection. Looking for empathy. I desperately wish she had lived longer and kept more journals. I have three notebooks. I don't write daily. But I keep them hidden (not well hidden) in a drawer. I have sent letters to my kids, letting them know that they are there and that when I am gone, they are more than welcome to read through them. I, personally think, that reading about my struggles and concerns, might help them when they are older and dealing with similar things. Or at the very least, feel a little closer to me.
Still battling the cold. Mucinex 12 hour tablet (plus my normal daily vitamin and allergy med) at 6 am, saline rinses/gargles throughout the day, Mucinex Nightshift and Mucinex nasal spray (at night only to open my nasal passages). If my cold doesn't get worse, it will be gone in a couple of days. Looking forward to a normal Monday.
The kids were crazy yesterday. I think they are all tired of having colds and tired of each other. Three of them actually got into a fight (screaming and pushing) over "who gets to pass out the lollipops". I walked over to mediate the argument and found out the lollipops are not only pretend, but also invisible. SO, after much eye rolling on my part, I handed them all an invisible bunch of lollipops and told them they all have to share. I hope today goes better. lol
Kids arriving. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
Kelly - I agree with you about keeping journals. I reread my Mother’s and Grandmother’s regularly. Mom mostly wrote about what she did that day, what my Dad, Harley and I were doing. Very few feelings. My Grandmother has two sets, one set is the original from early 1930’s to 2007. Her second set are excerpts from her originals in shortened form with notable dates or things. The originals are more fun to read, but if I’m looking for something quick the shortened ones are nice. She mostly write about feelings in her younger years, the middle years was just recapping life and worrying about my brother and I.
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Ladies - what did you do with your supplies when you made it through the final phase of perimenopause and reached the bliss of menopause?
A bonfire seems appealing.
If you have unopened boxes, try donating to a place that works with at risk teens/foster youth. I also suspect if you put them up on a neighborhood giveaway/exchange site, someone will take them (opened boxes or not). Those things are expensive.
When the time comes, I'm donating mine to my nieces.
Tina in CA
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Carol – I hope your appointment for a hearing aid goes well.
Heather – The photos of Max are excellent. He has grown into a handsome boy. :flowerforyou:
Michele – Our local thrift shop supports the Senior Center and the meals on wheels program. We have shopped there and also donated items there.
Machka – “The change” was a relatively slow change for me. Things slowed down but didn’t suddenly stop. I eventually realized I didn’t need the supplies any more. I kept a small number of pads for a while, “in case.” They make excellent bandages if you cut yourself. When I knew that I didn’t need them anymore, I donated unopened boxes to the school nurse’s office where I taught, for either staff or students.
Barbara – Both DH & I went to the same doctor for years. She was excellent but wanted to be a stay at home mom with her high-school aged daughters. I miss her but respect her choice. I have a second appointment with my new doctor next week. :flowerforyou:
Barbie – I’ve told my zucchini story before. They turn into monsters over night! I will buy them at the grocery store and enjoy eating them, but I don’t expect to plant one again. :noway:
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Tower in New York on 9/11. I saw every minute of it on live TV back then. I expect TV programs about it tomorrow and I may watch. September 11, 1911 was my mom’s birth date. I am grateful that she didn’t live to see this horrid event. It would have broken her heart. It broke many of our hearts back then.
Katla in cloudy NW Oregon
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I'm not even sure how I would go about writing feelings in a journal.
Ah well, there you go. I've vented about all the things that happened this week which I have not written about here.
Machka in Oz
Drawing or scribbling is great for journaling regardless of skill. When I did have journals when I looked at a drawing I could remember quite how I was feeling and what that was about - whether a realistic sketch or a scribbly scribble.2 -
Brother just gone. Boy, can he talk!
It was great to see him and have a catch-up.
Of course, it means I have not taken my wrong tablet case back to the depot and have not done any bonus afternoon exercise. Nor have I transferred my data to my new tablet. But it was worth it.
Friday night is wine night. Pink tonight. Food is prawn, veg and pesto pasta. Yum!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Allie, I will cut the giant zucchini into smaller pieces and put it in the compost bin to become nourishment for the soil for next year. Every recipe for using giant zucchini uses so many fat, sugar, and calorie laden ingredients that it negates the healthy purpose of the zucchini. I have eaten a huge bowl of steamed zucchini for supper every night since it started producing. I like it because it is light and healthy. Barbie 2
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Ladies - what did you do with your supplies when you made it through the final phase of perimenopause and reached the bliss of menopause?
A bonfire seems appealing.
If you have unopened boxes, try donating to a place that works with at risk teens/foster youth. I also suspect if you put them up on a neighborhood giveaway/exchange site, someone will take them (opened boxes or not). Those things are expensive.
When the time comes, I'm donating mine to my nieces.
Tina in CA
it was only 5 years ago but I don't remember precisely. I didn't have a big stock I must have kept for a while to be sure it was over (1 year?) and then give away to a younger friend whatever I had left over. I wonder if high schools would be takers. When we were in high school there were only those crazy big dispensers of things with belts that NOBODY wore, so in case of real emergency I'm sure we went to the nurse. Any place that houses women is likely to have a little stash. (hotels, meditation centers, women's shelters again. many of those things are in individual plastic wraps per unit so may be donate able in that case. IF not - they might be for the bin. Any neighbours, colleagues etc. Work bathroom, etc., etc.?
"Can you donate unused tampons?
Yes, as long as they are unused and individually sealed or in a sealed box."
https://isupportthegirls.org/faqs/
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS
Australia (Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney and Victoria) 13 h to Melbourne by car and ferry?
"What kind of tampons or sanitary napkins do you accept?
Any brand or size as long as they are individually sealed."
I don't know about Tasmania.0 -
Here we have many "informal places" pop up cultural and social centers and official and non-official temporary migrant settlements. I am sure there would be takers in such places, if they exist in "Tassie".0 -
M – during the pandemic there was a hazardous waste disposal collection near here. Previously, we’d gone to it and waited maybe ½ an hour. This year we waited over 3 hours! It was amazing how many people brought TV’s. We said to the guy who was directing traffic “don’t they know that they can take those TV’s to the landfill any time at all?” Great stair climbing. When you mentioned Mt. Kosciuszko, the first thing I thought of was the mustard...lol
Michele NC who can’t fall asleep
Not in NY you can't take a TV to the landfill. No electronics of any kind. We have to take to a designated location AND pay a fee if it's not a sponsored collection day.
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