WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2022

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  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,037 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Hi Gals,

    Lanette
    Power discussion:

    So my home is 1016 square feet, built in 1962. It is not fully electric, I have a gas water heater and gas oven/ stove top. There is no central heat or air conditioning. The heat is a combo of a wood burning fireplace insert and an electric wall heater in the living room. I have had ceiling fans in my bedroom and in the sewing room. I have bought another ceiling fan for the guest room but haven’t had it installed yet.
    Another option for clothes lines in inside your garage, one of the ones that rolls up and then pulls out and you hook the end across the room. That only works if your garage is an open area.

    Beth - ceiling fans might help your son, They don’t really cool anything, but air movement makes you feel cooler.
    Rosemarie – would heated socks or vest help? There are ones with a battery pack so they can keep you warm while doing outdoor activities. I noticed that Heather recommended a similar thing.

    Katla – my heart goes out to you. Please work with your daughter or staff at the assisted living community to find/learn about the other transportation options in the area you are. Maybe the assisted living community has a shuttle bus that can take you to the store, hairdresser etc… or you could learn how to use the Lyft or Uber app on your phone. I am guessing that the issue for you is less the physical car, but more the freedom to go when and where you want. And other transportation might help.



    Smiles Kim


    Plant based foods week of 8/21/22
    1. Lettuce
    2. Red tomato
    3. wheat
    4. basil
    5. eggplant
    6. sun dried tomato
    7. oregano
    8. walnuts
    9. peaches
    10. portabella mushrooms
    11. red bell pepper
    12. grapes
    13. orange tomatoes
    14. coffee
    15. blueberries
    16. potatoes
    17. broccoli
    18. sunflower seeds
    19. onion
    20. dried cranberries
    21. avocado
    22. pear
    23. chocolate (cacao beans)
    24. banana
    25. artichoke
    26. spinach
    27.peanuts
    28. Corn on the cob
    29. button mushrooms


    Week of 8/29/2022
    1. Portabella Mushrooms
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Afternoon ladies
    Well miracles do happen,
    My SIL and brother have invited me up to the lakehouse this weekend. And I have accepted it is a 4 + hr drive but gosh how I love it up there... you can hear the loons in the early morning and late at night. Sit in the screened in porch and have tea. And best of all enjoy there company at least for a day. They are going down on Sunday to Van Morrison at Tanglewood, in the Berkshires for my Brother's Birthday. So I will have the lakehouse to myself overnight which will be nice.. and I get to bring Alfie..
    So im looking forward to that. Will be leaving in a bit for my echocardiogram and chest x ray
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
    edited August 2022
    Stat for the day-

    Nice ride to friant dam this morning , almost hit 1k calorie burn

    Outside ride - 1hr 54min 32sec, 312elev, 66aw, 13.4amph, 129ahr, 159mhr, 25.55mi= 941c
    Strava app = 509c

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  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,826 Member
    Kim ... I love ceiling fans too ... All the bedrooms have them as well as the family room. Took one out in the kitchen when we remodeled and have regretted it ever since.

    Lanette ... girl, you watch where you're putting those hands!! :D:D>:)

    Beth near Buffalo

  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,657 Member
    edited August 2022
    bwcetc wrote: »
    Kim ... I love ceiling fans too ... All the bedrooms have them as well as the family room. Took one out in the kitchen when we remodeled and have regretted it ever since.

    Lanette ... girl, you watch where you're putting those hands!! :D:D>:)

    Beth near Buffalo

    Beth - Get your mind out of the gutter naughty girl. :D:D:D

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State where my hands are currently warm - I just took the dog outside and it's 88F!
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,037 Member
    edited August 2022
    Cripes! Where did August go? All of a sudden, my groups are starting up!

    Visited an old friend today. It was lovely sitting in her garden in the sunshine. I hadn’t seen her since last summer.

    I have Shakespeare Study Group on Thurs afternoon, and Parchment Craft on Friday. I need to look out my books and materials. Time flies when your having fun 😝

    ☘️
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Beth - totally agree stevia and most of the other faux sugars have an aftertaste for me that is a bit like chewing on tin foil.... gross.

    Kim
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Evening ladies
    My brother is gripping at me
    And i kinda get his point ,Tracy really needs to find a back up babysitter so that I can have time off.. I would never take advantage of my mother to watch my kids all the time every day without a back up.. i do it for free,but i they dont have any close friends or anyone that does that .. will have to talk to her about that.. i would like to be able to plan things and not be tied down until Miles goes to school full time..I did my kid raising.. she did ask me if it was ok to take the job and i said yes.. but will have to work out something eventually.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Evening ladies
    My brother is gripping at me
    And i kinda get his point ,Tracy really needs to find a back up babysitter so that I can have time off.. I would never take advantage of my mother to watch my kids all the time every day without a back up.. i do it for free,but i they dont have any close friends or anyone that does that .. will have to talk to her about that.. i would like to be able to plan things and not be tied down until Miles goes to school full time..I did my kid raising.. she did ask me if it was ok to take the job and i said yes.. but will have to work out something eventually.

    Yes she might need to find a childcare centre where she can leave Miles on a drop in basis.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,528 Member
    Worked, took Jerry home and I suspect he might have had beer in a BK cup so from now on I refuse to take him home with any kind of drink. I don’t care if it’s just water, I won’t do it. Stopped at Dollar General and got a garden stake, then to Food Lion but the store manager who I wanted to talk to was on the phone so I left. Then went in the pool. Had ceramics tonight. Seems that it’s common knowledge that the ceramics building has been sold and that they’re looking at having ceramics at CVCC (the local community college, which is about 5 minutes from our house)

    Rori – so happy to see you so very busy and happy.

    Lea – welcome

    Allie – how wonderful you get to go to the lakehouse. I know how much you enjoy it there. Good luck with the tests

    Vicki – I just got a letter in the mail that it was time for my mammo! I already made the appt

    Rita – HUG

    Beth – I’m the same way – give me real stuff or give me nothing at all. I do not like any artificial sweetener. From everything I’ve read, they can actually cause you to gain weight and that’s something I don’t need. I agree that they have an aftertaste. Even stevia which is supposed to be a natural sweetener. To me, it has an aftertaste

    Meg – I’ve used pureed prunes as a sugar substitute. You’re right, you can’t taste the difference. Also used applesauce. Sometimes even pumpkin, depending on what I’m putting it into

    Not much else. Night everyone.

    Michele NC
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Meg- so good to see you posting. Hope you are well. I was gone for awhile but really missed the friendships.
    Allie- hope you get to go up to your lake house. It makes me think of On Golden Pond when you mention the loonies.
    Rori- you have had a wonderful summer. It is great that your roommate takes care of your cat and your plants.
    Katla- (hugs)
    SueBDew in TX
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,614 Member
    Belated welcome/welcome back @Galrayne Nikki in TX and @Shelle68 Shelle in MD!

    Machka, belated and warmest Happy Anniversary wishes to you and your DH. You are both inspirations and model truly good character. :love: the wedding pic, the story, and the translation your father read at your wedding.

    Only through pg 48 but time to get some good fuel in to counteract this mornings’ pastry fiascoes.

    Done:
    8/21: Move: 1.75 set pt, 10 mins grooming, 52 mins playing with plants, dogs to powerline. steps:5799
    Fuel: plants (running count for week) +12 so far: banana, basil, carrot, celery, cucumber, garlic, mushrooms-cremini, radish, romaine, scallions, spinach, watercress . CI<CO= -29
    Live: Joe, readings, BP, church & council, Freddie’s. Freezer purge pesto & turkey bone broth. Pantry purge pappardelle.
    Wt: 136.2
    Lighter, lovelies!

    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

    2022: Be still and listen.
    August: Move more, fuel better, live NOW.
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,046 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    edited August 2022
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Machka - I am reading a book called Star Crossed, it is set in Tasmania. The author is from Hobart.
    I took a food course from a health inspector one time that told us that food poisoning occurs about 12 hours from the food intake. Most people blame restaurants but 95% come from their own home. I don’t know if I’ve ever really believed that.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    I think the time food poisoning starts depends on the type of food poisoning.

    "The length of time it takes for symptoms to appear depends on the source of the infection, but it can range from as little as 30 minutes to as long as 8 weeks.
    With or without treatment, most cases will resolve in 1 week."
    https://www.healthline.com/health/food-poisoning#symptoms

    https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/food-poisoning#causes-of-food-poisoning


    Like this one, for example starts up quite quickly and could have been the one at fault. The food could have been kept at the wrong temperature ... which might have been why they heated it in the microwave for so long. They might have been thinking they'd kill off anything bad.
    https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/diseases/staphylococcal.html
    https://www.healthline.com/health/staph-aureus-food-poisoning


    I had the toxic form of bacillus cereus food poisoning from rice during a long distance bicycle ride. Have never thrown up so much in my life!!
    What I had yesterday could have been the other form of bacillus cereus food poisoning ... the one that causes the diarrhoeal type illness. I did order the rice and ate half of it. In comparison to the rest of the food, it was quite cool.
    https://foodsafety.asn.au/bacillus-cereus/


    I might have to look up that book!

    Machka in Oz
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Morning ladies
    Im awake and sneezing,but think i have found the culprit..ive been lax in cleaning the Cpap so will do that this afternoon.
    Yes it is a 4 hr ride up to the lake ,and I will have everything ready to go friday and go watch Miles and then come home and take a snooze and leave around3:30-4
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    edited August 2022
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    My Brother had to take my Mom’s car away from her when she first started showing signs of Alzheimer’s. It started out that she was driving to town 8-10 times a day and couldn’t afford it. At one point she called me because her car wouldn’t start and my brother (a mechanic) was too busy to look at it. When I called him to ask about it he told me she had ran it out of gas and luckily it was in the driveway. He did put gas in it, but she was soon getting lost and not knowing her way home. It was 7 miles outside of town through 4 miles of woods. He unhooked a wire so that she thought the car wasn’t working again. He sold it shortly after that. She was upset, and I think the loneliness exacerbated the Alzheimer’s, but it was for her safety.

    Tracey in Edmonton


    My grandfather also developed dementia, starting in his 70s if I recall correctly.

    I remember that one of his early symptoms was repeating himself frequently, and it seems that is quite common in people with dementia.
    https://www.scie.org.uk/dementia/living-with-dementia/difficult-situations/repetition.asp

    But at some point along the way, he had to give up driving too. I don't remember how easy/difficult the process of giving up driving was for him, but I do remember that my grandmother had to learn to drive in her 60s!!!

    My husband can no longer drive either but, as I mentioned, he gets around on foot or by bus which is good. And I try to take him places most weekends. I know that being social is important for him so despite the fact that I'd rather stay in bed most weekends and not go anywhere or deal with anything, we do get out and about.

    I had to relearn to drive.


    Katla, I've been glad to see that your daughter is taking you out now and then. Hopefully when your husband gets a bit better he might be able to go out for walks with you or to help you with other transportation as Kim mentions below ...

    GodMomKim wrote: »
    Katla – my heart goes out to you. Please work with your daughter or staff at the assisted living community to find/learn about the other transportation options in the area you are. Maybe the assisted living community has a shuttle bus that can take you to the store, hairdresser etc… or you could learn how to use the Lyft or Uber app on your phone. I am guessing that the issue for you is less the physical car, but more the freedom to go when and where you want. And other transportation might help.


    Machka in Oz
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,710 Member
    We have all the kids here, not just the girls. That is much more difficult, having an 11 year old boy in the mix!

    I've now got him designing a poster on my Canva app on my phone. He seems engrossed! :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxx
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,891 Member
    Ginny – Hope your brother’s surgery is wonderfully successful.

    Katla – You are in a very stressful time, with your husband’s heart issues and relocating, and the added stress with licenses and your car cannot be helpful. I wish I had words that would make it better… We are all sending virtual hugs and good thoughts, my dear. Transitions are hard, even if they're for good reasons.

    Rita - We're right there with you, lots of hugs coming your way too. Panic attacks are no joke.

    Rori - Love seeing you blossoming into this next life for you. It's inspirational as all get out. No offense, but I'm really enjoying not doing all the things you're doing. Yours and Heather's and everyone's busy lives and travel fascinate me, but I'm enjoying the quiet serenity of my current life.

    It's not always serene, though. Yesterday, I jumped about a foot--apparently, when lizards let their tail go, the tail continues to move. A lot. Still haven't found the lizard it belongs to yet, although Egg was fishing under the cedar chest when I caught sight of the lizard's twisty little tail. My omnivorous little beastie is stalking a fly at the moment. She chitters when she gets excited.

    Back to the city this morning for more urine and blood tests at 7 a.m. - and then a final appointment with my VA doctor on Thursday, who's relocating in September. I will need to get diesel for my car while I'm there - the last time Corey filled my car, it was over $5 a gallon, and it's back down to $4.29. I appreciate that.

    Later y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa


  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »

    It's not always serene, though. Yesterday, I jumped about a foot--apparently, when lizards let their tail go, the tail continues to move. A lot. Still haven't found the lizard it belongs to yet, although Egg was fishing under the cedar chest when I caught sight of the lizard's twisty little tail. My omnivorous little beastie is stalking a fly at the moment. She chitters when she gets excited.

    Later y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa

    Rhody has caught a lizard tail or two as well.

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