WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2022
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Worked today. Tomorrow I’m going to TRY to get to the gym and do a body pump DVD.
Later today I have an appt with a physicians assistant for the pain in my leg. More and more I’m convinced it’s sciatica. The pain starts in my backside and radiates down the leg. I’ve been using the voltaran. It just gets me from excruciating pain to pain. I know when I had sciatica on the other side I was convinced I needed hip replacement, but the MD just prescribed prednisone for me and inside of 3 days I was getting relief. Hopefully, this PA will do the same. Next I would probably try Aleve, but I think this is probably the faster route.
Beth – how wonderful you’re progressing so much. Sorry to hear about your mother.
Today Jerry got some sort of pin from BK. I think he needs something like that. See, I don’t need so much a visual but I think he does. I just said to him “that’s wonderful. See, all your hard work has paid off”. He did refer to me when I took him home today as his friend. He told me how he tries to help out his friends.
FINALLY replaced my windshield yesterday. Fortunately, it rained today so I could easily tell if it was leaking or not.
Stopped at Food Lion yesterday on my way home from work. Got Vince gatorade and they had cabbage on sale for 59 cents/pound so I got 2 heads. I’ll probably make some soup with at least one head, I’m going to try to look for ideas for the other head. Also got Easter cards at the dollar store for Jess and Denise. Got one down in FL for PJ, cost me all of 12 cents. Like he’s going to know! If you buy 2 things of Gatorade, you get $2 off. So even tho FL is usually more expensive, with the $2 off it's worth it
Allie – none of my kids had colic, but I’ve always heard that if you put a colicky baby in a car and drive around the block, that puts it to sleep. Loved KJ’s hints. Never thought of the washer, but that makes sense.
Tracey – I hope you get the pictures. Pictures mean so much
M – that apple pie loos just delish. I can just taste it here
Lucy – welcome! You don’t HAVE to give your location, it’s just that if we have a few people with the same name, it helps to keep people straight. But I don’t think we have another Lucy so you’re OK.
Nanacutler – Love the elk. What a wonderful thing to see in the morning
Julie – yea for negative tests!
I’m someone who likes to clean things out and if I don’t use them or haven’t used them in a while, I’d donate or somehow get rid of it. Now Vince – he saves just about anything “in case”
When Covid hit, I cleaned EVERYTHING. I even cleaned the top of my freezer!!! Much to Vince’s dismay, I pulled everything out of the closets and went thru so much. I had so much to recycle, that I had to take it to the recycling place, too much for our recycling bin!
Rori – good to hear from you. You get to see a lot of interesting plays. So happy for you
pip and katla – you are both in my thoughts
Michele NC
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Thoughts to all that are having issues, dealing with serious things, and awaiting news. Just wrap your arms around yourself, and that's us💖🙏.
Got my 1st Moderna booster and now just feeling uucky. Headache, and achy. Going to channel my soup guides and drum up a nice chicken soup with noodles, carrots, mushrooms, and onions. Of course my chicken from the store bought roasted chicken from last week. I was able to get 4 hefty servings of meat from it, and put in containers in the freezer.
Husband didn't nag me too much when I passed on the gym this morning. Life happens.
Hugs, to the new peeps, all your mental baggage you just just throw on the pile there. We periodically set it ablaze and dance round it.🙃😁
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Pip—CONGRATS on 3650 days! 10 years is awesome!
Bananas— Rest is best any time you’re feeling off.
Debbie— DH found and is now wearing his bracelet and necklace. Thank you!
Barbara— Congrats on being down 3+ pounds! WTG!
We’re visiting the clinic today for DH. Our daughter also wants to discuss me. 😕
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Nanacutler, Doberdane! I just knew Maisie HAD to have Dane in her! We had a Great Dane grandpup years ago. What a sweetiepie! Omgosh. They think they're freakin' lapdogs. Puppy is right. Gauge was a gorgeous Harlequin. Maisie looks to be a Merle Dane. Her coloring is beautiful. Ava looks to be taking everything is stride and taking her rightful place on the couch! And the elk are amazing... woah! We have deer, but nothing that massive!
THANKS Auntiebk! Don't think that will ever happen, but we're glad to be rid of him, so that's the plus side of it! lol
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Heather--Glad you had some one on one time with Edie. Children ask some interesting questions. I think both your grandchildren and DH are Blessings for each other.
Rori--Sounds like your job is so much fun. So happy for you.
Pip, Michele, and Katla--Sending prayers for all your appointments today.
Allie--sorry to hear about your taxes. We had to pay in also, but not even close to that. Just glad that it is done for another year. And next year should be better as I am not working all that overtime and DH has cut his hours due to his health.
Rita--Sending hugs and prayers.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE
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A funny I saw today.😂
My soup today. I have about 2 bowls leftover for later this week.
Going to sip on more broth, and then take a nap. I'm beat.
Rebecca
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Good news, will type later18
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Yay Pip!
I did 8 mins elliptical, 6 mins marching, and 58 mins of yoga. Yay!
Annie in Delaware4 -
Carol, I know exactly how you feel about the decluttering, but I finally realized I am spending way too much energy dreading it, and not nearly enough energy actually making headway.
I have ordered a book entitled, "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter". I remember someone on this thread mentioning it. It should arrive today. I am determined not to leave this stuff to my family, but I have to admit it is really hard to let go of things.
When I am in my best frame of mind, I can look around any given room and pick out the very few things I would actually want to keep when we downsize. There are things I love, but it doesn't mean I actually want to keep them. As my mother would say, I've already had and enjoyed those things. I don't need them any more.
When I was emptying our "other house" (sold in December after blood, sweat, & tears), I was paralyzed by my mom's Singer sewing table, an unusually beautiful walnut piece of furniture that my mother spent many hours at. After some tears and a couple of days of mulling, I put it on a community-based freecycle page with an explanation of how dear it was to me. I got the most thoughtful responses, and one young woman who had just lost her grandmother and inherited her sewing machine captured my heart. Instead of sadness, I was happy to see that piece of my heart go to the young woman who was going to learn to sew in tribute to her grandmother. She sent me pictures of the machine installed in the beautiful cabinet & all set up with her little chair. I do not regret for one minute letting it go.
I am hoping that, and other, experiences I have already had will help me get on with this house, the one we actually live in.
Observation: once I get rid of something, it's gone, and I never have to deal with it again.
Barbara,Brother saga: 6 months ago my younger brother got COVID pneumonia despite being fully vaccinated. He became hypoxic and fell 4 times, breaking his foot and ankle. It turned out that there was inadequate night supervision in the group home where he was living, so my depressed, confused, sick, injured brother had to get his brain together enough to call 911 himself. I still feel so bad about it. Anyway, surgery on his foot was delayed for weeks due to COVID protocols, and then the home where he was living did not accommodate his post-surgical needs to comply with the doctor's orders as they promised they would. He was required by the owner of the group home to bear weight; it didn't heal, and became infected; the surgeon then had to take him back to the OR, remove all the hardware, clean out the infection, and put new hardware in. Since then, weeks and weeks of antibiotics and non-weight-bearing and rehab, and finally the decision to move him to a different home that could accommodate him. It has all paid off; not only did he avoid the amputation that was being discussed, the foot is pain free and showing evidence of good healing. He has to go back one more time after being off antibiotics to be sure there are no bacteria sequestered away in the nooks and crannies of the hardware.
Pip, I hope you & Kirby are getting through today OK.
Edited to add: Just read Pip's latest post! Yay!Yay!Yay!.
Update: The trip to the museum was a success. We saw a visiting Tsherin Sherpa exhibit for a second time, and also looked at African masks, Tiffany lamps, Lakota Sioux items, and some John Singer Sargent paintings. We had lunch in the museum cafe, and walked around the gift shop. They had 4 pieces of glass art by Dale Chihuly for sale! Pricey.
Next month we will go back to see the Whistler to Cassatt exhibit. This is what makes my brother happy. Here are examples of my brother's current art renderings:
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Kelly-I love the idea of a zen garden, but I don't like the idea of sand being tracked into the house. Maybe there is a compromise, but I do kind of like that idea of "digging" in and raking the sand while we're out there.
Barbara-The community college idea is good. I'll look into that. Maybe they can design it too. That's where we are getting hung up, as well as the overwhelming selection of tile and stone types, sizes, colors, etc.
Pip-Hope it's all good news today.
Heather-Sorry to hear about your brother.
Beth-Hope your mom is on the mend.
Katla-I hope your DH is getting the help he needs.
Machka-I like how you just went for it on the garden. I'm sure it's a wonderful place to hang out and destress.
Annie-Way to go on your exercises!
Karen in VA-Hugs to you. That's a lot of "stuff."
Had a lovely time having coffee with a friend today. Now...back to work.
Tina in CA
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nanacutler wrote: »The dry stream I'm putting together in the front yard could have a zen element to it.
Machka in Oz
What is a dry stream?[/quote]
It's a "riverbed" with no water. See image.
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Karen ... all that regarding your brother's post-op care makes my blood boil ... glad to hear that he is finally doing well. And his art is spectacular!
Pip ... yay! Fill us in when you can ...
Katla ... praying you and your husband are getting sound direction. So glad your daughter is with you.
Decluttering ... I am always on some mission to declutter, but I have been completely derailed with my oldest son's things, my younger son moving back home during the pandemic and now my parents "rescued" items and things they want stored. I go into my basement (2000 sq ft) and I'm in tears. Everything I touch to remove is vetoed by someone for some reason. It is keeping me up at night fussing about it. So today I told my husband and son to back off while I try to find some place to start. And I did. One small section has two bags to donate and one large garbage bag to trash. Small bites. Small bites.
Apparently my mom fell forward out of her wheelchair while trying to access the bathroom on her own. She was propelling herself forward in the chair. Fortunately, no new fractures. Unfortunately, they found a pressure sore on her heel that is now causing issues. The hospital/podiatrist wants to clean it out to ensure there's no infection ... but if it's above a level 2 wound she won't be allowed to return to the apartment. So where will she go? Back to the rehab that didn't take care of her foot well to begin with? Sigh.
Beth near Buffalo7 -
minicooper452 wrote: »Nanacutler, Doberdane! I just knew Maisie HAD to have Dane in her! We had a Great Dane grandpup years ago. What a sweetiepie! Omgosh. They think they're freakin' lapdogs. Puppy is right. Gauge was a gorgeous Harlequin. Maisie looks to be a Merle Dane. Her coloring is beautiful. Ava looks to be taking everything is stride and taking her rightful place on the couch! And the elk are amazing... woah! We have deer, but nothing that massive!
I have a trial trying to get her to not bark at customers this past month. when she turned 6 month she all of a sudden felt that she needed to bark to let me know that I was talking to someone lol But today she has listened perfectly. She walks up to greet but then goes beck to her bed. I'm so proud of her!3 -
POST OP UPDATE- what i had was a “serious borderline tumor” and it didn’t show any signs of cancer on everything they took out of me (hysterectomy) as well as the mass. To ensure that nothing is growing and that I’m still okay, i will be doing follow up appointments for the next couple of years. She said usually when they grow back since it was on my right ovary, it would grow back on my left ovary. Since they took that out, no chance of that happening. Basically, continual appointments to make sure I’m ok and nothing is growing back. Next appointment it 4/27.
BIG PLUS-
+. They took me off of blood thinner shots (which burned like hell and i didn’t like) and they put me on pills twice a day.
+. They took off the tape strips that were covering up my big *kitten* scar. Now i can start using the oil that Lisa Huber Kraynak suggested.
+ my weight is on track and i shouldn’t have to worry about (skinner than i have ever been)
I still need to take it easy and listen to my body and not over do it which is a given for me.
Thanks for all of your support and concern, i feel the love.17 -
Whidislander wrote: »A funny I saw today.😂
My soup today. I have about 2 bowls leftover for later this week.
Going to sip on more broth, and then take a nap. I'm beat.
Rebecca
Oh my gosh that looks great! I Love the cast iron. That's all i cook in! I have some stainless pots for boing water for pasta but that's it. Hope you feel better soon, and what a great idea to freez portions of store bought rotisserie chicken.0 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »Carol, I know exactly how you feel about the decluttering, but I finally realized I am spending way too much energy dreading it, and not nearly enough energy actually making headway.
I have ordered a book entitled, "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter". I remember someone on this thread mentioning it. It should arrive today. I am determined not to leave this stuff to my family, but I have to admit it is really hard to let go of things.
When I am in my best frame of mind, I can look around any given room and pick out the very few things I would actually want to keep when we downsize. There are things I love, but it doesn't mean I actually want to keep them. As my mother would say, I've already had and enjoyed those things. I don't need them any more.
When I was emptying our "other house" (sold in December after blood, sweat, & tears), I was paralyzed by my mom's Singer sewing table, an unusually beautiful walnut piece of furniture that my mother spent many hours at. After some tears and a couple of days of mulling, I put it on a community-based freecycle page with an explanation of how dear it was to me. I got the most thoughtful responses, and one young woman who had just lost her grandmother and inherited her sewing machine captured my heart. Instead of sadness, I was happy to see that piece of my heart go to the young woman who was going to learn to sew in tribute to her grandmother. She sent me pictures of the machine installed in the beautiful cabinet & all set up with her little chair. I do not regret for one minute letting it go.
I am hoping that, and other, experiences I have already had will help me get on with this house, the one we actually live in.
Observation: once I get rid of something, it's gone, and I never have to deal with it again.
Barbara,Brother saga: 6 months ago my younger brother got COVID pneumonia despite being fully vaccinated. He became hypoxic and fell 4 times, breaking his foot and ankle. It turned out that there was inadequate night supervision in the group home where he was living, so my depressed, confused, sick, injured brother had to get his brain together enough to call 911 himself. I still feel so bad about it. Anyway, surgery on his foot was delayed for weeks due to COVID protocols, and then the home where he was living did not accommodate his post-surgical needs to comply with the doctor's orders as they promised they would. He was required by the owner of the group home to bear weight; it didn't heal, and became infected; the surgeon then had to take him back to the OR, remove all the hardware, clean out the infection, and put new hardware in. Since then, weeks and weeks of antibiotics and non-weight-bearing and rehab, and finally the decision to move him to a different home that could accommodate him. It has all paid off; not only did he avoid the amputation that was being discussed, the foot is pain free and showing evidence of good healing. He has to go back one more time after being off antibiotics to be sure there are no bacteria sequestered away in the nooks and crannies of the hardware.
Pip, I hope you & Kirby are getting through today OK.
Edited to add: Just read Pip's latest post! Yay!Yay!Yay!.
Update: The trip to the museum was a success. We saw a visiting Tsherin Sherpa exhibit for a second time, and also looked at African masks, Tiffany lamps, Lakota Sioux items, and some John Singer Sargent paintings. We had lunch in the museum cafe, and walked around the gift shop. They had 4 pieces of glass art by Dale Chihuly for sale! Pricey. Next month we will go back to see the Whistler to Cassatt exhibit. This is what makes my brother happy. Here are examples of my brother's current art renderings:
Karen in Virginia
I am an only child and have inherited everything from my mother and grandmother. Things I never use but feel a guilty attachment to. I liove and use most on the antique furniture but have started letting go of some to my children. but small items they don't want.... I just can't seem to start.4 -
...Son had competency hearing Monday and final hearing today so should be hearing about that sometime today. RvRita
Rita - Hope your husband's colonoscopy comes up clean and your son's hearing goes well. Depression can be awfully hard to shake. Are you getting some help for that? I hope so.Our daughter also wants to discuss me. 😕
Katla - I know it's hard to hear, but I'm so glad your daughter is stepping up for your health, as well as your husband's.
Barbara AHMOD - Congratulations on the 3+ pounds! So many commiserations on the knee stuff.
KJ - Congratulations on your loss, too! Sounds like a busy weekend...
Pip - SO glad, doesn't sound like the news could have been any better! Bet Kirby's a happy guy...
Rebecca - Hope the rest does you right up.
Beth - So pleased your news was good, and so sorry about your mom. Please keep us posted...
My best friend and I were both trying to talk each other out of our respective trees today. Typed out long explanations for both, and bluntly, not even worth it. We're both still hanging on to the lowest limb, anyway. Mine is just same caca, different day.
The morning's loopiness was disturbing enough that I still don't feel I should be driving. Hoping tomorrow it won't be so bad. No worries - I can wait until the weekend if I must and have Corey drive me, just feeling a little housebound.
Later, y'all,
Love,
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PIP ~ So happy about your news!2
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Well I died for 1.5 hours, hard! I guess I needed it. Having coffee the way I like it, (not fasted black), and a knockoff brand of a blueberry poptart. I like the cheaper kind better! So essentially sugar and caffeine yay!
Yay Pip, I am so happy, and relieved!
Glad you love my cast iron pans, Nancutler! I do too! I bought them last summer, and they are really quite easy to maintain. I scrub them every so often with Kosher salt and the chain mail scrub Lodge sells. But other than that no worries. I use this one 12" and I have a 17" too. I have lids (kind of) from my old pans, but they are still a wee bit small and so I just balance 2 wooden spoons and perch the lids. I have priced the lids and they're like $25! So making due presently! I love making frittata's! Its like refrigerator soup for egg lovers!
Hugs ladies!
Rebecca
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Wow Pip! Hip, hip hooray!
I had a feeling that would be the case, but it's great to have it confirmed.
So many friends on here with worries and troubles.
I feel rather overwhelmed. Beth, Katla, Karen, Lisa, Kay, and so many others, Barbara, Barbie, Lanette, Flea, oh, I simply can't remember. I read and feel a pang for all of you. ❤ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜
Please forgive me if I haven't mentioned you. I care.
Watched Knives Out thus evening. Daniel Craig's accent was about the worst I've ever heard since Nicholas Cage in Captain Corelli's Mandolin. A good romp though.
Love to all, and may all things be well. That is my wish for you.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Pip,
Nanacutler, Years ago, my mom had wanted this truly beautiful DR furniture forever, and finally she & Dad splurged on it. A year later Dad was dead and Mom decided to downsize. I felt so bad for her about selling the furniture, but it turned out she didn't feel bad about it at all! She said she had owned that furniture, she had enjoyed it, and she didn't need it anymore. I try to remember that - the things my mother and grandmother owned and loved?...they had those things, and they enjoyed them, and I have enjoyed some of them, too...but none of us need or want them anymore. Grandma & Mom are both dead, and I need to put my house in order to liberate my energy. My mother would let things go if she was alive - so I can let them go, too. I am a sentimental fool, but my experience with my mother's sewing table made me realize that if I am holding on to items only out of nostalgia or especially out of guilt, they are burdensome rather than sparking joy. Mom (in heaven) gives me permission to get rid of ANYTHING.
Karen in Virginia, thrilled for PIP12 -
Karen - Would it help to take photos and write something about the object? Say something about why it is important to you? It could become a book about your family history.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx4 -
Heather, A very helpful idea for certain items! Now that I think of it, taking photos of my mother's sewing table and writing the little blurb for the community Buy Nothing group was part of the "letting go" process, very similar to what you are suggesting!
Some of the nicer small items I have taken to a consignment shop for vintage collectibles - it helps to think that they will be purchased by someone who will treasure them.
But most of the stuff just needs to be pitched, or donated in a more pedestrian way, like a thrift shop or Freecycle.
My kids don't want anything.
Last spring the Buy Nothing Facebook group for the neighborhood we currently live in did a subdivision yard "sale" where everything was free. Oodles of people, big success! I found out about it too late to participate, but if they do it again this year I will probably put stuff out.
Karen in Virginia2 -
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Pip, to everyone thinking about decluttering. It took me years to deal with all the stuff plus reading books on the subject and listening to more than 100 podcasts by The Minimalists Barbie in NW WA 3
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