WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY2022

pipcd34

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skuehn48

wizzywig

Didn't get out into town yesterday after all, I was getting ready and noticed it was pouring with rain. Rained for most of the morning so decided we'd leave it until next week. Mind you the weather forecast for next week is hotter than ever, temperatures are predicted to reach 38 degrees We have never known temperatures so high - not that I can remember anyhow.

I slept a bit better last night and feel more energised this morning. I'll need to get all my chores done before the weather gets too hot. Who knows I might even try and get some exercise done too

Need to go to the pet shop today to get Leah's food and treats, I don't know this dog costs a fortune to feed, she has to have grain free food which is more expensive than the normal cans of dog food you get from the supermarket. When I was working I used to get Felix cat food and Winalot dog food at a discounted price at the staff shop, but Leah we can't give Winalot to Leah it has cereal in it and she is allergic. I have to check the ingredients on her treats too and make sure they don't contain any cereal. It can be difficult (and expensive) to find grain free food.

We are a bit worried about our cat Maggie, she has been sick a few times this week. Not sure if it is the heat or if there is something going on with her. She seems in good spirits and eating/drinking, so I'm hoping it is nothing too serious. We'll see how she goes and if it continues or she looks to be losing weight we'll get her to the vet.

Better get a move on, it's starting to get hot

Take care and love to all

Viv UK

wizzywig

Vicki good to know that your TENS machine works for you, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it helps with my mums pain as she does struggle with it every day.

Viv UK

auntiebk

Carla 12 hours in a car with ANYONE else could cause me to do violence…
Rebecca, “…Helping shouldn't make someone cry…” ((hugs)) Yours, Karen’s and others to Katla :
Barbie “forget injuries, remember kindness” words to live by.
Vicki yours to Rebecca, spot on. Good luck with the reviews, one of the worst things about being in a supervisory position.
Kim I too really need another pair of summer weight pants. Gritted my teeth and tried in the only store in town that sells new clothing, Fred Meyer’s. Added to all you said, there were absolutely no petite anythings. At 4’10” that stinks. And ditto what you said about online shopping. Even after reading reviews and checking inseam length, had to return the pair of khakis I ordered as the length from waist to crotch was way too long. Made me look like an old lady gangsta wannabe. Just ordered straight leg Dockers, hope they’re the same as the ones I’ve worn out, and that if the 29” inseam is too long, I can find someone in town to hem them. Capris as ankle length pants? Brilliant!
Debbie your determination to make 10K step goal in difficult circumstances is inspiring!
Allie prayers for Jean’s mom, her family and you. You took care of her for quite awhile, know it’s hard. Fingers X’s for an easy, painless and favorable mammo.
Annie hope the bloodwork order was easily found.
Machka its rare I can find petites at either of our two thrift stores, but I should try again.
Miss Kellie sounds like a real “Peyton Place” at yours
Carol I loathe shopping for clothes in stores and trying them on, but dislike getting them home and finding they’re not right then having to decide to go through the return hassle or squander the $$ and donate the item. Barbie’s decision fatigue kicks in with no good results. Brava for walking with hand weights!
Terri bon voyage, what a proud and happy journey!
Katla ((hugs)) hard decisions. Relieved you’ll be moving to your DD’s property. Praying for your DH’s strengthening and safe flight to join you there. Safe travels and keep us in your pocket.
Heather heat complicates fatigue. Imho better to keep cool than try to push.
Michelle ((hugs)) to you and Vince. Hardest but kindest thing. Praying for comfort and healing to Vince, grief and injury are a hard combination.
Lanette tape measure waist, inseam, crotch to waist and broadest of beam, brilliant! Will put those measurements in my phone and tuck my mini tape measure in the glove box for whenever I get inspired to try again.

My basic attire: jeans, turtlenecks, plaid shirt jacket, smart wool socks, hiking boots. Church wear is worklife leftovers. On our rare hot days, its Hawaiian shirts and light weight long pants. I like tunics but haven’t found any that were “just right”.

Only through pg 30 but time to snooze.

Done:

7/13: Move: 1 set pt, pt appt, 10 mins laundry, 96 mins line dancing active mins:303 steps:
Fuel: protein=58g sugar=67g fiber=16g sodium=1078mg fruit=1 vegs=2 CI<CO=926
Live: Joe; readings;BP; 94 minutes filing and meeting prep; board meeting
Wt: 138.2

Lighter, lovelies!

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

2022: Be still and listen.
July: Move more, fuel better, live NOW.

TerriRichardson112

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cityjaneLondon

I was inspired to try out my new running shoes this morning. I was out of the house at 8.15. I managed to 'shuffle-run' the whole 5k. First time in over 4 weeks, with covid in between. I did sit on a bench for 4 minutes to let my hips recover, but otherwise I did the whole thing in one go.

The beach at 8.20.


We are expecting extreme heat on Monday and Tuesday. It's never as bad down here by the sea, but DH is not going to the funeral of his friend and G has cancelled her trip to London to see v old friends.
I won't go to pick Bea up from school. DH can go if he feels up to it. He could do the Uber thing, like I did this week, or drive, but I suspect he will not make life easy for himself.

I listened to a long podcast while I was out shuffling. It's on Spotify, Dr Rangan Chatterjee. Feel Better, Live More. #291 Tim Spector: The latest science on gut health (and how to find the right diet for you)
I'm ignoring the Zoe stuff at the end, but I enjoyed listening to what he said and will be changing my 10 year habit of counting calories and logging my exercise. In truth, it isn't working any more. The best it does is stop me putting on even more weight, so I'm going to try intuitive eating and exercising with the emphasis on a healthy gut. I'm going to try trusting myself and listening to what feels good for me. I've been AF for the last couple of evenings and that feels very good. I will continue that for a while longer. I'm eating very healthily with at least 30 different plant based foods a week and nearly all unprocessed foods, so I just need to renew my commitment now that my covid slump is over.
Strangely, when I did not really fancy eating during covid and afterwards, I was eating much more and much worse, and drinking every evening. Now I have my energy back I'm not doing that.

Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

LisaInArkansas

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Restless night, but they can't all be good. Bless him, my DH was out in his recliner by 7:30 p.m., and I finally woke him enough at 9:30 to get him to go to bed. I'm pretty sure he's going to sleep in this morning if I can convince Egg not to try to wake him. She gets worried if he isn't up in time to go to work. After all, he's the reason for the never-ending supply of kitty kibble... Smart cat, but she still hasn't figured out weekends.

Laundry's in the dryer and second load is whooshing in the washer, adding to my usual domestic bliss cocoon of sound. Ambitions for the day are... nonexistent. Possibly going to Walmart, but that will be around noon because Corey wants to go, and bless his heart, getting him out of the house before noon isn't even worth trying. For the moment, Egg is curled up in my lap, being zen kitty. Her tail has finally stopped twitching, so all's right with her world.

Kinda tired of the heat, but then so is pretty much everyone I know. There's no relief in sight, though:

Stay as cool as you can, my dears.
Love,
Lisa in AR

barbiecat

Lisa, Your low temps are higher than our high temps and we complain that it's too hot to work in the yard in the afternoon.

Barbie

KetoneKaren

pipcd34

Ii

fanncy0626

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SophieRosieMom

TerriRichardson112

Heather: 🎉 Bravo 🎉 on the 5km.

Lisa: Your post made me feel very zen.

☘️ Terri

minicooper452

Debbie, I just don't know how you and DH do it. God Bless you both.

Rebecca, I just had to SNORT at your "military wife" comment bc we MoMs had a friend who was a Mom and an Army wife and not just any Army wife, but a LtCol wife. Well she was on FB all the time, knocking down "a particular" President and spoutin' off and she used her real name. We kept thinking, "doesn't this bother Johnny and doesn't have some affect on his career?" But she kept on. Then one day, her name changes to her maiden name. Apparently, someone in some "higher place" saw something and yeah... You can have your opinion, but when you're attached to the military, you keep it to yourself or you support the military and the government. PERIOD. We have a GREAT group of MoMs in MN and we watch each other's backs like that too.

Hunter has a bd party today and Caddie is just hanging around the house with the guard-chug for company. Ah, the life of grandparenting.

Carla, in MN

1948CWB

grandmallie

Morning ladies
Just spoke with my brother.Jeans mom is home and doing well..bless her.like a timex watch that woman.back home ..
Sean and Jeans Anniversary is tomorrow they have been married I think 5 yrs been together alot longer. They are up at the lake..
Id love to be up there.. Jeans family has a place right on an inlet and it is so peaceful.. but alas I am never invited ..
Have one load of laundry in,need to start another.

kevrit

Lisa in AR do you have humidity with that heat? Our highs for this week are 102-105 degrees but the humidity is only at 26% or less. Still 🥵 to 🥵 hot!

Talked and worked with a financial company to fix my finances. Going to be a bi relief!! One more stress gone!

Still feel like I have a cold or something. The ENT did say I would feel like a sinus infection so hoping that’s all it is. No fever so that’s good. Might do a CoVid test just to be sure.

Have ENT followup this week and a psych appointment this coming week.

RvRita in NM

SophieRosieMom

Good morning ladies!

Leslie - sounds like you and your DH had a nice little getaway. Cute photo of you two! Beautiful area!

Heather - nice looking shoes. So glad to hear you are out again taking your runs. Tim Spector also helped to change my outlook on calories and nutrition. So many things are coming together for those of us in our 60's and older, focusing on health more than what the scale says. I'm thinking of sticking our scale out in the garage.

Carla - I think as time goes on, more folks are thinking twice about political posts whether they are military spouses or not. I don't mind reading FB posts from all sides of the political spectrum, but if they are based on pure emotion instead of verifiable facts: "rants" - I unfollow those folks pretty quickly. In the same vein, we used to like to watch Johnny Carson and Jay Leno - they let everyone in office "have it", lol. It was funny and enjoyable then.

Carol - good job getting the new modem set up! Since my DH was the computer/techie whiz, I feel kind of lost dealing with this type of stuff. Very thankful for YouTube videos and instruction manuals!

Lisa - I was going to ask you when Corey was getting back = he's back! Barbie is right, the lows in your area are considered "too hot" for us. Last year we did hit 106 a couple days in June, but it didn't last more than several days then settled down into more normal weather.

Estate cleanup stuff:

I remembered yesterday that I hadn't notified the State of WA Dept. of Retirement that DH had passed. I had been getting a reduced benefit because we were on a plan that if I passed first, he'd be eligible for 50% of my retirement. With him gone, it will go back up to full benefit. I called DOR yesterday to let them know, they said they already had been notified by DOH (???) but I needed to talk to the "death" department to get more info, lol. After calling that number twice and being on hold 20 minutes each time, I finally sent an email.

And I also remembered I hadn't checked my credit report in a couple years, did that, all OK. Putting in credit freezes. I need to call the 3 credit agencies though and let them know DH has passed if they don't know already. Not sure if things can go haywire since WA is a community property state, but will check.

Lunch and hug:

Yesterday I met a former co-worker for lunch. He is retiring soon, then he and his wife are moving back to the Midwest where they were originally from. He was one of my favorite "guys". After lunch I got a wonderful hug. He's the same height and weight my DH was ten years ago. It was nice but a little poignant .....the last year of his life, DH had become so fragile it was like hugging a little boy.

So now I have my radar up to see what guys I know will be good for hugs who won't think I'm harassing them!

Better get back to my tasks. I upped the garbage pickup to once a week instead of every other - I don't have to look far in DH's shop to find outdated computer CD's, worn out coveralls, just plain junk. Garbage can is filling up fast!

Make it a fabulous weekend! Hug everyone you love or can get away with

Lanette
SW WA State

LisaInArkansas

Lanette - Touch is such an important part of human survival, and there are a number of studies that prove this very clearly. Finding a masseuse might be a really good idea. Might keep you from jumping some good-looking feller, too.