WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2021

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  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK ❤️
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Tracey ~ Love the ornaments. You are so creative! :)

    Carol in GA
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,294 Member
    Tracey WOW
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,708 Member
    Hi Gals,
    Love the Christmas ornaments…. I used to make ornaments for my family years ago… when I retire!
    Speaking of retirement, before I owned my own business I worked in the IT in Silicon Valley and as many of us did I changed jobs every few years, that was how you got a raise or better opportunity. None of the companies had pensions, but they did have 401K (a retirement plan that you put money in tax free and sometimes an employer will match some of the $ you put in – you pay taxes in retirement with the assumption that your tax rate will be lower then) I have rolled the money out of these accounts and into one account that an investment professional is helping me with, in the process he has had me list every company I have ever worked for and is tracking back to verify that all of the money has been accounted for. A company I worked for in the 1980’s did not appear to have been rolled in, I was able to track it, and WOW the money was there, and had been well invested that amount will make a nice difference in my retirement – happy days! I don’t plan on retiring until I am 70 as that will allow me to have the max from Social Security - based on how well my mom is doing at 92 ½ I have to plan for a long life and want to have the cash flow to enjoy those years.

    Allie I am so glad you are surrounded by family – you sound so happy

    Machka – Glad to hear you are taking a break and that you are on lockdown, I know it is so much better for you. But of course sad to hear that the numbers are up again.

    Tracey – isn’t interesting how sometimes it takes a stranger to say something in order to believe. Veggies and portion control is something that we know – may not always practice, but you know! Then along comes a dietitian and it is heard! LOL

    Beverages – I have a 10 oz cup of decaf coffee with non-fat milk in the morning, and then I convert to water and tea – the tea is iced in the summer and hot if it is cold, and the tea is always decaf, mostly herbal… so not true tea. I only use tap water, the carbon footprint of bottling water often some other area’s tap water transporting it and then dealing with the plastic bottle is not something I chose to participate in. Occasionally (1-2 times a month) I’ll have a glass of wine with dinner.

    Smiles Kim in N. California
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    I woke up to a foggy morning and a cup of coffee. My grumpy knee is feeling better today! I am happy to be healing from my trip & fall on the concrete steps to the parking area. 😊😊😊
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    zonked
    5-7 doing stuff online
    7 am 2nd to last nurse appointment
    8-9:30 preparing présentation
    9:30 online dr's appointment - dr too late (20 min late) - had to cancel
    10-13: class, with my presentation towards the last hour. my presentation went well but there was complicated issue to deal with in class. with my 1%#)** director.
    13h15 new appointment for same online dr - also bout 20 min late -BUT good appointment.
    prep next appointment
    3pm meet M for coffee
    4:20 online dr's appoint GYN (have to get annual MRI ! due to "endometrial kyste" in ovary. She informed me for 1st time that it's better to have it removed for post-menaupausal women -me. She said research is changing on that - no rush).
    Food shopping (I go live, then have delivery ordered).
    I'm exhausted!
    had to come right home for 5pm cause I'm SO knackered.

    I'm supposed to go to B's house tomorrow out of town -- I might have to cancel due to exhaustion and work.



  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Cheri ~ Happy, Happy Anniversary! Such a cute couple. <3

    Carol in GA
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,390 Member
    B)
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,790 Member
    Gorgeous, Cheri. :D<3<3

    The kids are here. They see currently playing a dice game Max made up in DH's study. Edie came with me to carry the pizzas. <3 Then Bea created some chaos running around the house, but it's calmed down now. :) I am so glad DH is here to take the load!

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,072 Member
    :)
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,835 Member
    Happy Anniversary, Cheri! ... 40 years is an accomplishment worth celebrating!

    Beth
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,708 Member
    happy anniversary Cheri and Mr. Cheri!!!
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Posting pictures on here! for some reason I cannot post any pictures on here is there someone that can help me with this??

    <3 Mary from Minnesota/ Arizona
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Cheri- You and your husband were a beautiful couple. WOW! I haven’t seen a recent photo of him, but I know that you are lovely. ❤️
    HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,895 Member
    Happy Anniversary Cheri and hubby!!💖👍😊🎉🎊
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    edited October 2021
    Happy Anniversary Cheri <3
    It's great to see that you have been with your best friend for a very long time!! <3
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,358 Member
    Vvvvvv
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,148 Member
    Afternoon ladies
    Wow its been a whirlwind today....but gosh if you could see the house we went to the luncheon. OMG it was straight out of house beautiful.. they even had a kitchenaide huge drawer built in ice maker that was right next to the fridge, i looked like a stainless steel cabinet.
    Had a lovely time.. but it will be quiet for a few hours as moat everyone will be at the rehearsal dinner.
    Ive had to lay low and keep my feet up my right ankle is swollen up like a balloon and the other one is swollen but not as bad..
    So Ive been sitting on the couch with my feet up for the last 4 hrs..
    It is absolute chaos here right now as everyone is getting ready to go to rehearsal
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,252 Member
    :)Cherie Happy Anniversary

    :)Tracy I love your ornaments
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    Did Denise Austin’s Ultimate Fat Burning DVD then took a walk. Very brisk out but it felt good. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Gilad Step and Tone DVD

    Tracey – one of the reasons I don’t care for musicals is because to me they are so fake. How many people, for example, break out in song and dance on the sidewalk? Those ornaments are stunning! So creative! Love the expressions on the snowmen

    Julie – I normally drink tap water. But when I’m at the soup kitchen, they only have bottled water so that’s what I have. Ever since we’ve had to wear these (stupid) masks, my throat actually starts to close up when I talk. The hour at the soup kitchen, I’m so busy working and talking, that I normally drink 32oz. I just take a drink of water when I feel my throat close up and I’m fine. As far as what kind of tea – most anything except black tea. Not fond of Earl Grey, either. Is that a black tea, I wonder? Think the last time I had coffee was about 5 years ago. And then I had it at a Marriott Hotel so you know it wasn’t a cheap brand. But I still thought it tasted horrible. That’s probably because I hadn’t had coffee for about 2 years before then.

    Kylia OH – so sorry for your friend’s mother. Vince is on coumadin. Yup, Vince is on a CPAP, too.

    Cheri – happy anniversary

    Church and by the time we had dinner it was too dark to go for a walk. Gawd, I hate this time of year. Have another loaf of sourdough in the oven.

    Vince wants to cut the grass (aka weeds) tomorrow.

    Michele NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    dlfk202000 wrote: »
    Vet just called with the test results for Umaku- they show NOTHING- no idea why he was in so much pain, unable to pee, but a dribble, with blood in it. $1000 for that visit.
    He is doing ok now- peed normally yesterday, nothing yet today but it is early, he just woke up. Slept with me all night again.

    I hope they can figure something out!


    bwcetc wrote: »
    Sent the husband out with a very large grocery list. He's informed me that when I am back on my feet he is never grocery shopping again. LOL! I have news for him ...

    Beth near Buffalo

    Can you order your groceries online and have them delivered?

    I've been doing that for 3.5 years now and it's marvellous! I love not having to GO grocery shopping. I will still pick up a few things in a grocery store or fruit & veg market now and then but that's not a regular thing.

    Before my husband's accident, we went grocery shopping together once a week.



    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    I drink two large mugs of tea with milk at breakfast time, one after lunch, one mid-afternoon, and one after dinner.
    I have one mug of strong milky coffee around 10.30 am. I might have an extra tea if someone offers me one.
    I drink flavoured fizzy water with lunch and a beverage of some sort as an aperitif around 5 pm and another with dinner. Sometimes alcohol, sometimes AF.
    I love my tea, proper British tea. Strong, with milk, no sugar. Nothing comes close. :D<3

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    The first time I went to the UK, I stayed with a friend and his family. Immediately upon my arrival, they offered me tea and asked how I take it. I take my tea black, maybe with a pinch of sugar. They looked horrified but gave me that tea ... the first time. After that I got strong, with milk, no sugar. :lol:


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    bananasandoranges wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    bananasandoranges wrote: »
    Michele you sound so calm despite the emergency trip the hospital.

    Heather get well soon.

    Flea I'm glad you are getting a month of sick leave soon. Understandable that you be so tired with chemo.

    Rebecca, sorry you had. rough night.

    Tracey- I think seven would be the earliest "normal" wake up time in Paris. In the country-side or just outside of Paris things can run an hour or so earlier.
    I would say 9 am is the usual starting time for work in PAris.
    It can even 10 am in some fields. It's very rare to have a class or meeting before 8:30, which is the early-bird hour bemoaned by many. Some shops open at 9 am but others at 9:30 or 10.
    Dinner is never before 7pm (which is early). 8pm is a more common prompt dinner time and in fact one can have dinner at 9pm or 9:30. It's not unusual at all.

    Barbara, I am not going now but I have had good experiences with acupuncture.

    Where I work, we can show up anytime between about 7 am and 10 am. :)

    A few people turn up really early (between about 7 and 8) but most people turn up somewhere around 8:15 and 9:15.

    Stores usually open about 10 am.

    Cafes about 7 am.

    Uni classes at 9 am.

    Dinner somewhere between 6 pm and 8 pm.


    Machka in Oz

    It sounds somewhat like here except - work wouldn't be open at 7 am- I think most offices would be closed and locked till at least 8 or 8:30. When I lived in the usa and had a summer office job as a teen we could arrive at between 7 and maybe 8:30...?

    And dinner never starts before 7 here. (in Boston you could have dinner from 4:30 to maybe 9pm latest. I remember one time telling my Dutch then-boyfriend that I was having dinner at 10 or 10:30 after dance Classe-which we did a LOF - he thought that was so funny and wierd almost unbelievable to have dinner at 10pm)


    Our office is locked until 8 am, but the few who come in early can do that using an After-Hours code.


    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    A few of our ornaments. We do have a FB page with pictures of a lot of our work. Prices are on them for the virtual market tomorrow. I’m not trying to sell them here. 🙂
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    GodMomKim wrote: »
    Hi Gals,
    Love the Christmas ornaments…. I used to make ornaments for my family years ago… when I retire!
    Speaking of retirement, before I owned my own business I worked in the IT in Silicon Valley and as many of us did I changed jobs every few years, that was how you got a raise or better opportunity. None of the companies had pensions, but they did have 401K (a retirement plan that you put money in tax free and sometimes an employer will match some of the $ you put in – you pay taxes in retirement with the assumption that your tax rate will be lower then) I have rolled the money out of these accounts and into one account that an investment professional is helping me with, in the process he has had me list every company I have ever worked for and is tracking back to verify that all of the money has been accounted for. A company I worked for in the 1980’s did not appear to have been rolled in, I was able to track it, and WOW the money was there, and had been well invested that amount will make a nice difference in my retirement – happy days! I don’t plan on retiring until I am 70 as that will allow me to have the max from Social Security - based on how well my mom is doing at 92 ½ I have to plan for a long life and want to have the cash flow to enjoy those years.

    Smiles Kim in N. California

    Well done!


    bwcetc wrote: »
    Tracey ... good luck with the virtual sale ... the ornaments are super cute!

    I forgot to mention yesterday that in PT we used scales to determine my weight and how much 25% weight bearing would be for my broken leg. Fully dressed of course and with a heavy range of motion brace, I have lost at least 10 pounds in the last 7-1/2 weeks. I think this is an amazing accomplishment given that I have not expended any energy in that time period. All I've done is fast at least 19-20 hours each day and stopped grazing through the 4-5 hours I allow myself to eat. My husband says it was all due to his "cooking" ... which is probably partly true! :D

    Rainy day today, but I received two floral arrangements this morning! One fall floral arrangement from my church telling me they "miss me" and a vase of red roses from my husband for sweetest day. It's a good day.

    Beth near Buffalo

    Congrats on the weight loss!

    csofled wrote: »
    38th wedding anniversary today! 40 years with my best friend!

    Cheri
    College Station TX

    Happy Anniversary!



    fanncy0626 wrote: »
    Posting pictures on here! for some reason I cannot post any pictures on here is there someone that can help me with this??

    <3 Mary from Minnesota/ Arizona


    Are you using a phone or computer?


    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Julie – I normally drink tap water. But when I’m at the soup kitchen, they only have bottled water so that’s what I have. Ever since we’ve had to wear these (stupid) masks, my throat actually starts to close up when I talk. The hour at the soup kitchen, I’m so busy working and talking, that I normally drink 32oz. I just take a drink of water when I feel my throat close up and I’m fine. As far as what kind of tea – most anything except black tea. Not fond of Earl Grey, either. Is that a black tea, I wonder? Think the last time I had coffee was about 5 years ago. And then I had it at a Marriott Hotel so you know it wasn’t a cheap brand. But I still thought it tasted horrible. That’s probably because I hadn’t had coffee for about 2 years before then.

    Michele NC

    Earl Grey is black tea.

    I like Lady Grey which is a milder version of Earl Grey and one I can drink without sugar.

    I don't like green tea.

    I do like Rooibos and some herbal teas.

    I haven't tried white or oolong.

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    sh0tzz99 wrote: »
    exermom wrote: »

    Tracey – one of the reasons I don’t care for musicals is because to me they are so fake. How many people, for example, break out in song and dance on the sidewalk? Those ornaments are stunning! So creative! Love the expressions on the snowmen

    Michele NC

    I have broken out into song and dance while walking/running down the sidewalk. I've also done this in my kitchen. However, the fact that musicals are not real-life is exactly one of the reasons I like them. I don't need to see "real life" when I want to be entertained. I live in real life. The songs are often really good too, and the singers tend to be excellent in musicals. But that's me.

    Tina in CA


    Yes ... me too! :)


    One of my favourite musicals is Chicago.


    M in Oz

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