WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2021
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Tracy beautiful ornaments! Thanks for letting us see them.0
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: Friday take BP, type hymns. Saturday take BP, learned first 16 of the right GDLL.
Bonus: Friday: Walk with Shadow and T. Saturday: Cider press, half hour grooming Tumble.
Just one thing: Friday: made salad from veggies on hand for A,.watched Bogus. Saturday chose not to go to firehall for pizza night, watched Made in America.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, livestream church, make up T’ai Chi from Friday, make up pack walk from Saturday, practice WBW, DM, SWTD, review SL, learn the right GDLL, backup files, then call pc guy to schedule tuneup, text C, fire district: board meeting minutes, research district tax exemption for volunteer firefighters, AFG grant requirements including NIMS, call NFPA cancel inactive accounts, clarify benefits included in annual dues, 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; start Part D research with new rx info, 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: All Night, TGIF, I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat), One Margarita, I’m so used to being broke); 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???, Sunday: call S, Reward: inventory seeds, plan this fall’s garden, wishlist replenishments (Milena F1 orange peppers and beit alpha cukes next year).
Reminder: Weekly: Mon=15 mins SWSY. Tues=30 mins line dance at home. Wed=30 mins T’ai Chi & 1 hr pack walk. Thurs=15 mins BB&B. Fri=30 mins T’ai Chi. Sat=1 hr pack walk. Sun=15 mins pilates, yoga or wii balance games.
October
14: Do something constructive to improve a difficult situation: I’m stumped on this, unless it is to choose to hold my tongue
15: Thank yourself for achieving the things you often take for granted: remembering to be grateful and express it.
16: Put down your to-do list and do something fun or uplifting: cider press outside at church instead of dog group.
17: Take a small step towards a positive change you want to see in society: remember to be respectful even when disagreeing.
Annoyed with myself for allowing guest to choose time, so felt obligated to offer lunch. The annoyance robbed me of energy so important daily routines seemed overwhelming, including checking in here. Vicious cycle. If pressed, next time offer to meet for coffee outside, not here.
Kylia big hugs held extra long. When our friends suffer and grieve, so do we. Take care of yourself and yes, what Tracey said. Dropping your DH off at work and doing your work from home alone sounds like a good idea to me.
Tracey, Joe has been having nerve pain in his left thumb, hand and foot, as well as the high pressure in his left eye. He’s been taking a supplement (Nervine-basically just alpha lipoic acid) as well as prescription Gabapentin, but the pain persists. In his youth he had good luck with acupressure so thought to give acupuncture a try. He doesn’t feel any differently but I think he looks straighter, lighter, better. He may not realize it, but he started walking Shadow all the way to the mailbox and back (about 1 mile round trip) the day after his first acupuncture session. That is an improvement I’ll take!
Machka did you know lockdown was coming? 6pm curfew, no cars and road blocks sounds so severe…
Kim so happy your advisor found that 401K!
Beth con VERY gratulations for finding the benefit in your DH’s cooking :laugh:
Cheri the very happiest of anniversaries to you.
your smiles!
@fanncy0626 Mary are you trying to post from a phone or a laptop? Using the website or the app?
Sue I am so sad to hear of your siblings’ strife at this sad time. ((hugs))
Tina I’m with you. Neither do I need to see real life when being entertained. Real life can be so hard and sad. Give me a song and dance instead!
Every morning starts with 3 cups of Bigelow Lemon Lift tea (from boiled tap water), each with 5 or 6 grams of sugar. Then it’s mostly bottled spring water (until our water system gets upgraded), AF beer with main meal (or red wine on THOSE days), occasional Honey Lemon Ginseng Tea if I need an energy boost mid day, and once or twice a week Equal Exchange Dark hot chocolate mix with non-fat dry milk powder before bed.
Finally watched the last of four Whoopi Goldberg movies on a long-overdue-to-the-library DVD. It was “Made in America” with Ted Danson. From the very first scene I was transported back to the UC Berkeley campus, full of wistful nostalgia. Relished and enjoyed seeing it again as it was. Would never be comfortable walking there again alone after dark, but I have my memories.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
October: leaner/stronger/kinder than September.2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
daily: sit with Joe:16, weigh/wii: 16/2/31; steps>7228=Fri:7478, Sat:7489 vits=16, log=16, CI<CO=16, CI<250<CO=12, Tumble=13, Shadow=17, mfp=15, outside=20, up hill=17, clean 10=15.
wkly: Sun:P, Y or W=2, Mon:SWSY=1.87 , Tue:LD=2 , Wed:TC=1.87 , PW=2, Thurs: BB&B=2.1, Fri:TC=1.77, Sat:PW=2, rX x4=2.
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 9/30:141.2 10/3:141.3 10/10:141.8
10/17: 10/24: 10/31:
mnthly: board mtg=1 , grant=1, plan=, waist=42.
bonus: AF=10, play=31 sew=
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And they all sang CUMPLEAÑOS FELIZ.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx8 -
Heather
- The joy on Johnny's face is just wonderful, so glad you're in your grandchildren's lives - it's such an amazing relationship.
Kim
- So pleased at this unexpected financial boost for you! Feeling secure in your future is always a wonderful feeling.
Barbara AHMOD
- So glad that Joe's open to alternative solutions for his pain. My sister takes Gabapentin as well, after a fall from a ladder a few years ago that left her in constant pain. It's done wonderful things for her nerve pain.
On musicals:
My love for musicals may have left me for good. I tried to watch Cinderella on Amazon, and within ten minutes had to turn it off. In that time they shoved four different songs in and nearly no dialogue. I need some story to go with the singing. Some of the old ones I loved: My Fair Lady, Singing in the Rain, Chicago, Oklahoma, Brigadoon, and all-time favorite, On a Clear Day with Barbara Streisand.
On what I drink:
Mornings now I'm drinking Honey Vanilla Chamomile tea, with a little honey and coffee creamer. I've been unable to drink anything with caffeine in it for more than a month. I love coffee, especially the smell of coffee, and miss it sometimes, but I had to walk away from it, as well as teas with caffeine. I fill a 16-ounce adult sippy cup with lots of ice and water, so it's as cold as I can get it, and drag it with me everywhere. Note - I've been unwilling to drink water since my gastric bypass as, throughout those years, plain water hit my stomach like a brick. I survived on tea and coffee for 15 years. Now I can drink water - and I crave it. Don't what made the change, but I like it. Also, I don't drink alcohol, not out of any moral stance, just because I don't like the taste. Don't even like the smell.
Up again at 3 a.m. Not sure why, but not fighting it either. I can nap later if I need to.
Off to the races,
Love y'all
Lisa in AR
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Machka did you know lockdown was coming? 6pm curfew, no cars and road blocks sounds so severe…
I had a pretty good idea ... in our office some guessed it might come a couple weeks ago already. Various ones of us, including me, had begun taking bits and pieces home.
On Friday, everyone had to be within 5 km of home by 6 pm. And from 6 pm Friday until 6 pm Monday, we have to remain within 5 km of home.
We can walk, cycle, drive or whatever within those 5 km for essential purposes, like getting groceries or attending a medical appointment. So there have been a few cars around but not many.
We are allowed outside to exercise for 2 hours a day, alone or with one other person, within 5 km of home.
All non-essential businesses are closed. No weddings. No funerals. All the usual stuff in a lockdown.
Not everyone has complied. Some are in jail. Some have been fined.
It's all fairly run-of-the mill stuff for Australia, but we haven't gone through this in over a year.
If no further cases are found tonight and tomorrow, the lockdown will be lifted at 6 pm Monday. If some are found, the lockdown will be extended.
You can read all about it here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/hobart/
We're to run a cycling event in a week's time but at the moment, we don't know yet if it will go ahead.
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LisaInArkansas wrote: »On what I drink:
Mornings now I'm drinking Honey Vanilla Chamomile tea, with a little honey and coffee creamer. I've been unable to drink anything with caffeine in it for more than a month. I love coffee, especially the smell of coffee, and miss it sometimes, but I had to walk away from it, as well as teas with caffeine. I fill a 16-ounce adult sippy cup with lots of ice and water, so it's as cold as I can get it, and drag it with me everywhere. Note - I've been unwilling to drink water since my gastric bypass as, throughout those years, plain water hit my stomach like a brick. I survived on tea and coffee for 15 years. Now I can drink water - and I crave it. Don't what made the change, but I like it. Also, I don't drink alcohol, not out of any moral stance, just because I don't like the taste. Don't even like the smell.
Up again at 3 a.m. Not sure why, but not fighting it either. I can nap later if I need to.
Off to the races,
Love y'all
Lisa in AR
I drink Honey Vanilla Chamomile tea (or one or two other types of Chamomile tea) in the evenings to help me relax and sleep.
I started drinking water at work and now I crave it as well. It seems that the more you drink it, the more you want it. For me, it has to be quite cold though.
M in Oz
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Making a bug house.
Now they are gone. How quiet it is!!! DH had a wonderful time.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx7 -
Cycling
Distance: 11.05km
Elevation: 61m
Moving Time: 34:16
Elapsed Time: 34:16
........................ Avg ............. Max
Speed ............ 19.3km/h ..... 43.6km/h
Heart Rate ..... 131bpm ....... 162bpm
Cadence ........ 76 ................ 109
Power ............ 64W ............. 120W
Calories ......... 125
Plus:
Rowing
Distance: 2,028m
Elapsed Time 13:37
........................ Avg ............... Max
Speed ............ 3:21/500m ..... 2:58/500m
Cadence ........ 28 .................. 41
Power ............ 43W ............... 57W
Calories ......... 101
Plus:
Some weights.
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Morning ladies
Wow boy I was tired,i think ill just lay here for a bit and then take a sbower..
It is cold like it is up in Ct but didnt have room to pack heavy clothes oh well
Today is the wedding but for us cousins etc it doesnt start until4:30 the immediate family has to be there around 1 or 1:30,the youngest daughter who will probably be getting married in the next year or 2 has gone to college to become a event planner ,she has done her sisters wedding down to like every 15 minutes..
Im going to be so exhausted ehen i get home from this trip,but a happy exhausted..
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Tracey - Hope the virtual sale was a great success!
Cheri - Love the pics of you and your DH - Happy anniversary!
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Good Sunday
Happy Anniversary Cheri ! Amazing!
Mary I can't add pictures from my phone. I have to do it on laptop. I send them from my phone usually to Facebook (only me) , save to main screen, then can add here.
Thank you all for the hugs! I felt them all. I ended up at work yesterday. The customers were thankful. After work, DH and I went to dinner in the new Shelby. Small town pizzeria. I had A glass of wine. We walked around town after dinner. It was relaxing. Visited with friends afterwards. They gave us a bunch of fish he had caught. I have frozen fresh salmon, crappie, halibut and some other kind. I have no idea how to cook any of it! I have a freezer full. He also gave us a smoked fish of some kind. Oh, and fresh apples from Michigan. Nice day.
I am not happy with my youngest daughter right now. She knows my life is crazy, yet never let me know when grandson was playing locally for football and didnt let me know about the HS community night last night where GD was performing with the jazz band. I found out from a customer! When I mentioned GS football games, she said if I was interested I could have looked them up. SMH. A simple hey mom, they are playing in town this coming whatever wouldn't have hurt. I ended up watching GD perform on live stream. None of them have texted back. Oh well. This brings me much anxiety. I had hoped things would get better when son in law changed jobs....reckon I will call her today. They owe house payment for both September and October. ugh
Musicals are my favorite! Cats is one I watch over and over. Tap water at home. We have water cooler at work. The tap water there is nasty. I am sure because of old lines. Lisa Funny about the water. My sister in law says the same thing especially when the h-pylori was so bad.
I better get my day going. Laundry to finish, kitchen to clean, and work stuffs to do. I might even dust-Haha. I do need to plant some mums
Love you ladies!
Kylia in Ohio where Fall is in the air.
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Yesterday was the first time I've been able to use my own bag at a store. I was very excited. 0 -
🍾🥂🍾Happy Anniversary 🍾🥂🍾
To Cheri and hubby0 -
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DH went for his booster jab. I fell fast asleep. Did me the world of good.
The shoulder of lamb is in the oven, quietly roasting in beer and herbs. I am about to peel a load of root vegetables.
DH's several presents, from different sources, consisted of wine, beer, and rich fruit cake.
I forgot to clean my teeth and I haven't done any intentional exercise.
Knackered!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx who could do with a new lockdown! (Machka)1 -
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Thanks for all the well wishes my friends. Truly appreciated.
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Barbara – In our neighborhood no one goes into another person’s home because of the CoVid Virus risks. We talk from outside one another’s homes or use telephones &/or computers. None of the people who live here have gotten sick so far. :flowerforyou:
Heather – What a lovely photo of Johnny and the grandchildren!
Lisa – My favorite tea is not caffeinated. I love Celestial Seasonings Peppermint Tea. I drink coffee in the mornings and peppermint tea the evenings if I want a hot drink.
Machka – I am sorry that it was necessary to lockdown again. I hope it will be safe to lift the lockdown on Monday. :flowerforyou:
Cheri – Happy 38th Anniversary! Your photos are wonderful. I especially like the photo of you and DH in your wedding finery.
Barbie – I have been able to use my own durable plastic bags at the store for a very long time. I fill the bags myself and the checker doesn’t ever need to touch them. This helps the checker to stay healthy and allows me to reuse my own bags so that I don’t end up filling the local landfill with plastic, or to waste trees to create paper bags.
We have cloudy skies this morning. Yesterday our parking lot was filled with cars from Halloween Town tourists. I parked my car on the driveway apron next to my garage door.
Katla in Halloweentown
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Managed to drag myself to the rowing machine to clock up 300 cals. I watched the first episode of the new series of Family Business on Netflix. It's a French black comedy. I love it.
Now opening a bottle of Margaux (present) for a relaxing evening.
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Well the wedding party is out of the house kind of ,now I have to go get a card and get back to the hotel and change and then to the venue..5
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Machka ... we do have delivery services of all sorts for groceries and I used them exclusively during the worst of the pandemic in my area (when I was washing groceries as well!). Grocery prices are climbing in here in the States. That coupled with increasing delivery fees and tacked on "service fees" has me (or my husband) doing our own shopping again. I'm a bit tight with our finances. We do, however, get curbside pickup for those stores that don't add fees (like Walmart).
Heather ... what size bugs do you get?! That's a pretty large bug house!
Reusable Bags ... New York State banned disposable bags a week before Covid hit in 2020. Other than a short period of time at the beginning of the pandemic, reusable is all we are allowed ... or we can purchase a paper bag ... which defeats the purpose of eco-friendly to me.
Well, it's official ... I am incredibly uncoordinated. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to walk by putting only 25% weight on one leg and hopping with the other. I ended up hopping on the broken leg ... sigh. Don't feel worse for it but I'm not doing any more exercises today on it either.
Beth near Buffalo ... a gray and very chilly day.
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Barbara thanks for answering my question!! I am trying to post from an Android phone. I have tried both the picture and the camera and I can open my photos but when I click on it for select it never posts! Just wondering if I need to go somewhere and get permission to use my phone? I used to be able to do it right from my iPhone but now that I have the Android it doesn't work! Has Joe tried a reflexologist?? They work on your feet and it actually can help with nerve pain. My husband goes to a reflexologist all the time for nerve pain. It really helps him! Mary from Minnesota/ Arizona 1
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