WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2022
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Welcome to may peeps. 63, here I come10
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Thanks Barbie!
Have a great month peeps
Lanette
SW WA State0 -
Thanks for keeping this thread going Barbie! I think we would all feel lost without it!
RvRita in NM0 -
Thank you Barbie
Lisa that Floral arrangement was my favorite too. Loved that her DH made the frame.0 -
Do some of you remember the cauliflower cake Heather posted about a year ago? I found it again and it looks so yummy:
Karen in Virginia2 -
Happy May Day to everyone! Finals week this coming week with four commencement ceremonies next weekend, and then I transition to the summer schedule -- four day work week with Fridays off. Boy am I ever looking forward to that. The four days will be longer (still have to get in 40 hours), but it will be so lovely to have a three day weekend each week.
Final radiation treatments ended last Wednesday. My throat is very sore because they shot through it from all angles to get to C7, but the radiation nurse said it should last only a week or two. Other than that, I didn't have a lot of fatigue because it was only five sessions. Granted, each session was 40-60 minutes, so still a lot of rads, but very tolerable.
Now we just wait. I keep on my targeted oral therapies, and repeat scans in June (PET) and July (MRI). Hoping for the best.
Walking goes well, although this last week of classes was so full and tiring, I didn't get extra steps in when I got home, so just the steps I get running around campus and the hospital, which on most days is about 5000.
Thank you Barbie for this thread. I am thankful for all of you and the support you give each other for all kinds of wellness.
I read along almost every day, but do not respond when reading on my phone, so know that I am cheering you on and crying with you, as well.
Flea
Willamette Valley, OR11 -
Well today organized about 5 birthdays this month, cards letters etc. Of course there's lots of stickers, washi tape, and letters. Packed my gym bag for tomorrow morning. I know crazy huh?!! Well they have opened up the sauna and the lockers! So packed my swimsuit, matching fluffy towel and flip flops. Should be fun! It will make exercising that much more enjoyable knowing a sauna is my reward.
We bought 2 sturdy mats that Athena can put under her plates. One is a dinosaur one, and the other is a printing alphabet, and the other side is cursive. I know not fun at all, but she has SO many toys, and going to Disneyland with her momma and other grandma. So lets be the learning grandparents..... 😁
Her card is cute though. I had fun decorating it.💖
Here's a Athena fix😁💖Have a great day all!
Rebecca
Wa
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Karen - I often make a half size cake. The original is huge! Last time I made it I added feta.
Had a lo o o ng chat with my friend L today. She was distraught when she rang me. I think I left her in a better frame of mind. Her grief is so mixed up with her guilt. I'm encouraging her to write about it. She does not value herself enough.
Otherwise, I managed to write today. Amazing. I'm really at the editing stage now, but hesitating to embrace that.
Tomorrow is a Bank Holiday and DH and I are going out for lunch.
I'm looking forward to it.
Tonight we talked for ages about grief and regrets, prompted by L's experience. I really appreciated it. The loss of his previous partner is still present with him, but his biggest regret is leaving his two young daughters. They both love him, so he couldn't have got it all wrong.
I am grateful for him opening up.
Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx7 -
fajitas for dinner yesterday on his newly purchased griddle. Turned out great. Told him I wanted a repeat tonight. We will be taking it when we go camping.
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I am coming back after a few years. Nice to see 50+ ladies out there. I just turned 50 in August (2021) and am very overweight (sedentary job and addicted to carbs). Thanks for starting the new blog Barbie. Looking forward to the support.8
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@Barbie Many thanks for the new thread.
🌷🌱🌷🌱🌷🌱🌷🌱🌷
🌷🌱🌷MAY 2022🌷🌱🌷
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WOTY: CONSOLIDATE
I did fine in April. Working on Maintenance of the status quo by sticking to my solid habits. Look at it from a slightly different perspective in May.
I am grateful for FRESH STARTS.
So many of us waste our time and energy on feeling guilty about all the things we don’t do that we forget all the small triumphs we have every day.
This month I have decided to be mindful of the positives in my life, and to concentrate on what I HAVE achieved each day.
DAILY LOG: 1 May:
👌🏻- Mindful meditation
- Get up: do Wake-up workout
- Write/post intentions for May
- Update Habits Journal
- Weigh/record weight
- Short walk
- Herbal tea/supplements
- Plan/Log food for today
- Balance macros
- 30 minute Walking Workout video
- Shower/dress/breakfast
- Coffee with DH
- Prep veg for dinner
- Household chores
- Short walk
- Lunch:
- Visit to family
- Make dinner/clear up
- Watch TV/read/do puzzles
- Bedtime Yoga
🥳🎉 Cheers to those celebrating.
Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.
🙋♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.
☘️ Terri
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I walked another twenty minutes so I could fit in a little dinner. I had leftover pork loin.
Annie in Delaware4 -
https://moviestowatch.tv/tv/watch-stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-online-68098
This is a great series! CNN's Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy, is delightful! Like a travel log thru Italy's foods, along with great scenery. Belisimo!
Rebecca
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Evening ladies.. lovely day will check in tomorrow.1
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May 1 ... May Day ... The good kind of mayday, where in some places it is warm enough for girls to dance around the maypole and braid flowers to put around their heads. A happy day. A day with lots of joyful potential and promises. ..
... I remember one such Mayday back when I was a little girl living in a warmer climate than I live in today. I think, however, that it was dandelion blooms instead of daisies that made my ring of flowers.
I'm new to posting on this thread, and hope to stop back several times: get to know/be known by the 'regulars'. Seventy-Seven years old/young(?
) .. well old enough so that I can use my age as an excuse for when I act silly! What's not such fun is mobility issues ... yet, I'm working with what I've got.
Last month I moved from a single family house into a 62+ apartment. I've just about finished settling in and find it's not so bad living in a space that is less than half the space I used to have. Compact, less cluttered, less incentive to collect cause there's no where to put the stuff. Enforced downsizing! A really good benefit of this complex is that there is an elevator and there is a gym! ... I tried the gym out yesterday and did the rowing machine for about 5 minutes. Then my knee started to really burn so I had to stop. My plan for May is to use that exercise room's equipment several to many times, even if only for 10 minutes at a time. The other plan is to get outside and walk the streets of my new neighborhood as I get some sunshine and explore ... on nice days. I found out last week that I can make it across the street in the 19 seconds the crossing sign gives if I try really hard and lean into that wheeled walker. That gave me courage to go across the street a second time. And it will provide confidence when I venture out this week.
Neena
Western New York State14 -
Stat for the day-
housecleaning etc- 1hr 47min 30sec, vacuum, change sheets = 462c2 -
Grocery shopping is done for now.😊 I’m looking forward to a bit of quiet time, & maybe TV in a while.2
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I decided my next mini-goal is to fit into a pair of green shorts that I have. Hope I can do so by the end of May.
Do you have a mini-goal?
Annie in Delaware1 -
Whidislander wrote: »https://moviestowatch.tv/tv/watch-stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-online-68098
This is a great series! CNN's Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy, is delightful! Like a travel log thru Italy's foods, along with great scenery. Belisimo!
Rebecca
Wa
I just saw the commercial for that- will check it out.
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Spent a lot of this weekend cooking after getting great bargains shopping yesterday. Got ground turkey for .99 a pound for Foster Farm. Two packs cooked with taco seasoning for tacos/burritos/nachos/taco salad/chili and then two packs cooked with soy sauce,ginger, garlic, mirin, lemon grass for lettuce wraps or salad topper. Have two packs of turkey burger patties to cook in a little bit after frying up some turkey cutlets(all 99 a pack ) . Have beef ribs in the pressure cooker for dh- he likes them and found two packs marked down so he is happy with that with some rice. I will bake a potato for me(bake a few extra for the next few days).
Also cooked chicken and cheese enchiladas yesterday(meat wasn't on sale but half the pack from when I made the cashew chicken)- no left overs from either meal which is nice.
Have Zumba at the new location tomorrow night then we will be trying outside at the park on Wed. We will see how that goes.
Debbie
Napa Valley,Ca3 -
Did a Peak 10 Cardio Interval Burn DVD then one segment of AM Yoga for your Week DVD. Work tomorrow so no formal exercise. I’ll probably be at work later since I’ll give them extra prep.
Regarding the landscaping in front of our house: the guy is a great guy and does good work – when he gets around to it. Last May I asked him to do the work saying that I didn’t mind waiting until September. He came here in late May, we discussed things, he asked us to remove 3 landscape lights so he could get his equipment in to remove the bushes which we did in June of last year. It wasn’t until October that he removed the bushes. At that time his guys who were trying to chop a stump put holes in a pipe. They did put a tarp around the pipe, but it’s still exposed. In June I’m going to call him to say “do you realize it’s been one year since we’ve removed the landscape lights for you and six months that the pipe has been exposed” unless he does the work in the meantime. Somehow, I doubt it. He was also going to put in a lawn for us, we told him that we needed to put up the “fence” for the Halloween decorations, he told us to put it up, that he’s had good luck installing lawns in November. I told him that the fence stays up until after Christmas. So who knows when/if that lawn is going to be put in. We have other work to be done on the side of the house and I’ve been speaking to another landscaper (he does work for the Green Room and for one of my neighbors), he did come here to see what had to be done. I called him the other day to say how excited I am that he’ll be doing the work and left my number in case he needed to refresh his memory as to what needs to be done. Maybe he’ll get it done before the front of the house is done.
Loki nipped Vince the other day and his hand has swollen. He went to the MD and they prescribed augmentin. It’s still swollen some but he can move it more. BUT now his rib is hurting him. He thinks it’s because he has been doing things with his left hand and that aggravated the rib.
I told you that my Wii died. Well, we put it up on Craigs List, haven’t had any bites so I’m going to suggest that we just donate the board and the other things we have for it. I really don’t want to have that in the house any more. I did finally get him to get rid of the incandescent bulbs we had. He wanted to put them up on Craigs List. I finally convinced him that no one is going to want them, why not just throw them out? He finally did. But he left a bag downstairs so I asked him what it was for, he said that he was going to use it to put light bulbs in but it was too small. Why leave it downstairs, tho? So I brought it up and put it in recycling.
We only bought pictures to go in the downstairs bathroom a year ago. They still aren’t up, but what else is new? I swear, the older he gets the longer it takes for him to get to things. And he doesn’t like me to keep suggesting things that need to be done. Says I’m nagging. My answer is usually “why not just do it and shut me up”
Anne DE – you are amazing, the consistency! Good for you!
Rebecca – to use the sauna at my gym, you still have to make an appointment. What a pain! I many times can’t be sure what time I’ll get there or be done. Wish it was like pre-pandemic where you could use it any time and more than 1 person could use it at a time.
Motherofcats – welcome back!
Helped with the pool, got all the windows on the outside washed since it was cloudy today. I’ll save washing the insides for a day when it’s raining. Then I was even able to clean the grates for my oven. I didn’t think I’d get to that. Right now I’m copying a tape about exercises for the ball. I didn’t realize it was so long
Packed my overnight bag for Iowa and suitcase. Hope I remembered everything. Tomorrow the gal who is going to watch the cats is coming by to find out about the medications and I need to pack my food. I plan to work late (like until 11 or so) so that I can give them extra prep even if it’s for only one day.
Michele NC2 -
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dlfk202000 wrote: »Whidislander wrote: »https://moviestowatch.tv/tv/watch-stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-online-68098
This is a great series! CNN's Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy, is delightful! Like a travel log thru Italy's foods, along with great scenery. Belisimo!
Rebecca
Wa
I just saw the commercial for that- will check it out.
I have watched 3 episodes so far, thoroughly enjoy him. He was in the movie "Julie & Julia" as Julia Child's husband.💖👍
Rebecca
Wa2 -
Did a Peak 10 Cardio Interval Burn DVD then one segment of AM Yoga for your Week DVD. Work tomorrow so no formal exercise. I’ll probably be at work later since I’ll give them extra prep.
Regarding the landscaping in front of our house: the guy is a great guy and does good work – when he gets around to it. Last May I asked him to do the work saying that I didn’t mind waiting until September. He came here in late May, we discussed things, he asked us to remove 3 landscape lights so he could get his equipment in to remove the bushes which we did in June of last year. It wasn’t until October that he removed the bushes. At that time his guys who were trying to chop a stump put holes in a pipe. They did put a tarp around the pipe, but it’s still exposed. In June I’m going to call him to say “do you realize it’s been one year since we’ve removed the landscape lights for you and six months that the pipe has been exposed” unless he does the work in the meantime. Somehow, I doubt it. He was also going to put in a lawn for us, we told him that we needed to put up the “fence” for the Halloween decorations, he told us to put it up, that he’s had good luck installing lawns in November. I told him that the fence stays up until after Christmas. So who knows when/if that lawn is going to be put in. We have other work to be done on the side of the house and I’ve been speaking to another landscaper (he does work for the Green Room and for one of my neighbors), he did come here to see what had to be done. I called him the other day to say how excited I am that he’ll be doing the work and left my number in case he needed to refresh his memory as to what needs to be done. Maybe he’ll get it done before the front of the house is done.
Loki nipped Vince the other day and his hand has swollen. He went to the MD and they prescribed augmentin. It’s still swollen some but he can move it more. BUT now his rib is hurting him. He thinks it’s because he has been doing things with his left hand and that aggravated the rib.
I told you that my Wii died. Well, we put it up on Craigs List, haven’t had any bites so I’m going to suggest that we just donate the board and the other things we have for it. I really don’t want to have that in the house any more. I did finally get him to get rid of the incandescent bulbs we had. He wanted to put them up on Craigs List. I finally convinced him that no one is going to want them, why not just throw them out? He finally did. But he left a bag downstairs so I asked him what it was for, he said that he was going to use it to put light bulbs in but it was too small. Why leave it downstairs, tho? So I brought it up and put it in recycling.
We only bought pictures to go in the downstairs bathroom a year ago. They still aren’t up, but what else is new? I swear, the older he gets the longer it takes for him to get to things. And he doesn’t like me to keep suggesting things that need to be done. Says I’m nagging. My answer is usually “why not just do it and shut me up”
Anne DE – you are amazing, the consistency! Good for you!
Rebecca – to use the sauna at my gym, you still have to make an appointment. What a pain! I many times can’t be sure what time I’ll get there or be done. Wish it was like pre-pandemic where you could use it any time and more than 1 person could use it at a time.
Motherofcats – welcome back!
Helped with the pool, got all the windows on the outside washed since it was cloudy today. I’ll save washing the insides for a day when it’s raining. Then I was even able to clean the grates for my oven. I didn’t think I’d get to that. Right now I’m copying a tape about exercises for the ball. I didn’t realize it was so long
Packed my overnight bag for Iowa and suitcase. Hope I remembered everything. Tomorrow the gal who is going to watch the cats is coming by to find out about the medications and I need to pack my food. I plan to work late (like until 11 or so) so that I can give them extra prep even if it’s for only one day.
Michele NC
Oh that seems a bit cumbersome! I will see tomorrow, if there's any other stipulations husband didn't tell me about. I am bringing my suit and not "offending" anyone going naked, even though its in the women's locker room.🙃😁
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Hello. I'm new here.
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motherofcats2020 wrote: »I am coming back after a few years. Nice to see 50+ ladies out there. I just turned 50 in August (2021) and am very overweight (sedentary job and addicted to carbs). Thanks for starting the new blog Barbie. Looking forward to the support.
Welcome back. This is where you'll find the support you seek.
I'm new to posting on this thread, and hope to stop back several times: get to know/be known by the 'regulars'. Seventy-Seven years old/young(? ) .. well old enough so that I can use my age as an excuse for when I act silly! What's not such fun is mobility issues ... yet, I'm working with what I've got.
Neena
Western New York State Welcome. I am 76 and live in a 55+ community. I'm not as mobile as I used to be but I'm still walking.Hello. I'm new here. Glad you are here. Barbie in NW WA 3
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