WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2022
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Stat for the day-
Walk/jog w/yogi- 1hr 17min 40sec, 24elev, 4.63ap, 140ahr, 179mhr, 6.04mi= 646c
Strava app = 740c0 -
Rebecca ~ Love the photos! You look so pretty with longer hair! Please keep it that way. Your sister and niece are pretty too. A pretty bunch of ladies!
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Happy Friday ladies!
Well this is Day 4 of Covid and it has quickly morphed into a allergy/head cold for me, which is what it's been doing for some other folks. I did wake up pretty early this morning with an earache. Messaged the doc, she said try Flonase but I didn't have any in the house and didn't feel like driving to town. So I took Zyrtec and an Advil and it's been doing the trick.
She did put me on "restrictions" thru the middle of next week - no overdoing it, plenty of rest, etc.
She also said I'll be developing some super antibodies so I'm glad to have the experience under my belt with really minimal discomfort when I look at it. I go off "quarantine" on Sunday so am working on my shopping list.
Need to try to get a nap in this afternoon.
Make it a fabulous weekend!
Lanette
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Afternoon ladies
Phewww ,Miles is wearing me out he is skidaddling all over the place now and I have to keep up lol.
He sure is adorable though..
And we have fun...
The poor little guy though is cutting teeth left and right and was miserable today ,he took a couple of smaller naps today..
Im going to hold off a couple of weeks before getting the vaccines for the variant and the flu.. and the 2 questions I had were answered on the Today show this morning..
Went to the Verizon store,and the young man there helped me reset my phone.. here is hoping that did the trick.. I have to reset all the passwords for the Wi-Fi places I use but thats ok.
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I woke up from my nap dreaming about peanut butter. Had to have some!
Annie in Delaware5 -
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My son laid on a fabulous spread. Really top notch. The kids are eating much more variety of foods these days and Edie made the salad dressing. We finished with the gluten free cake my son made. Really excellent.
He drove us home.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx9 -
Many happy returns to Edie! Lovely picture.0
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Heather- Edie looks so grown up... Happiest of Birthdays to her...
Im tucked in with barky boy.. and really haven't turned the T.V. on...they are showing Elvis in the movie theater here tonight but im not really interested.
Talked to my brother .he is back in the swing of things thankfully..
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Machka, Hmmmmm...I wonder if it could be ITB Syndrome. Do I recall that you increased cycling about 6 months ago? Not sure if I am remembering that correctly.
Karen in Virginia0 -
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Well I did about half my yoga today. Better than nothing but I really need more to get back into a weight loss range. And I need to cut back on the sugar too. Gotta make it my priority.
Annie in Delaware0 -
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For all the sugar detox people, you might enjoy Eve Schaub's memoir "The Year of No Sugar"
I got my new glasses yesterday. They do nothing for the shadow at the top in my left eye but everything else is clear. The shadow won't go away but also shouldn't get worse. I feel grateful since I have been the driver for my friend who goes for macular degeneration treatments that she describes as injections of jalapeno juice.
Barbie in NW WA4 -
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dlfk202000 wrote: »dlfk202000 wrote: »lawn is mowed, veggies picked from the garden- hit my 10K steps, just need to do another 1/2 mile to hit 5 miles for the day. Pretty good for a day I was planning on not walking at all.
Was getting a little snacky-(not really hungry but wanted to eat something) so ate a big cucumber and a tomato that I just picked.
A bit too early for dinner for me. If I eat this early, I will for sure be snacking before bed time.
Dh is coming home at 8 from his mom's then going to work at 3AM- need to get to sleep before he does so I can sleep and not have to hear the snoring or I will be on the couch until he leaves.
Do you use ear plugs?
We both need to and I find mine great for blocking out all sorts of noise. My husband can snore (with his head in the opposite corner from me in our sleeping room), Rhody can meow, kids can be dropped off by all the driving parents at the nearby school, and I hear nothing!
My eye mask also helps ... blocks any light that might disturb me.
M in Oz
I need to find better ear plugs- the ones I have are not good enough- barely block any sound out
what kind do you have??
I use these: https://www.bunnings.com.au/3m-disposable-ear-plugs-80-pairs_p0054518
A pair usually lasts me anywhere from 1 to 5 nights, then I toss them and start another.
So let's say a pair lasts 3 nights on average, the 80 pair bag lasts me 240 nights.
My husband uses these:
https://otifleks.com.au/goodsleep-earplugs.html
I have the women's version: https://otifleks.com.au/ladybuds-earplugs.html but haven't figured them out yet.
A work colleague sent me a link to these ones. Her husband does shift work, so he needs to sleep during the day at times. Apparently these are the best he has found:
https://www.happyearsearplugs.com/the-original/
And I'm also thinking about sleep headphones (see Amazon link for several choices). I would definitely like to have one each for my husband and I for the next time we fly ... which could be some time yet.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sleep+headphones&ref=nb_sb_noss
I added noise cancelling to my selection and got these choices:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=noise+cancelling+sleep+headphones&crid=P5U4ANPSRM9L&sprefix=noise+cancelling+sleep+headphones,aps,309&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Machka in Oz
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dlfk202000 wrote: »dlfk202000 wrote: »lawn is mowed, veggies picked from the garden- hit my 10K steps, just need to do another 1/2 mile to hit 5 miles for the day. Pretty good for a day I was planning on not walking at all.
Was getting a little snacky-(not really hungry but wanted to eat something) so ate a big cucumber and a tomato that I just picked.
A bit too early for dinner for me. If I eat this early, I will for sure be snacking before bed time.
Dh is coming home at 8 from his mom's then going to work at 3AM- need to get to sleep before he does so I can sleep and not have to hear the snoring or I will be on the couch until he leaves.
Do you use ear plugs?
We both need to and I find mine great for blocking out all sorts of noise. My husband can snore (with his head in the opposite corner from me in our sleeping room), Rhody can meow, kids can be dropped off by all the driving parents at the nearby school, and I hear nothing!
My eye mask also helps ... blocks any light that might disturb me.
M in Oz
I need to find better ear plugs- the ones I have are not good enough- barely block any sound out
what kind do you have??
I use these: https://www.bunnings.com.au/3m-disposable-ear-plugs-80-pairs_p0054518
A pair usually lasts me anywhere from 1 to 5 nights, then I toss them and start another.
So let's say a pair lasts 3 nights on average, the 80 pair bag lasts me 240 nights.
My husband uses these:
https://otifleks.com.au/goodsleep-earplugs.html
I have the women's version: https://otifleks.com.au/ladybuds-earplugs.html but haven't figured them out yet.
A work colleague sent me a link to these ones. Her husband does shift work, so he needs to sleep during the day at times. Apparently these are the best he has found:
https://www.happyearsearplugs.com/the-original/
And I'm also thinking about sleep headphones (see Amazon link for several choices). I would definitely like to have one each for my husband and I for the next time we fly ... which could be some time yet.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sleep+headphones&ref=nb_sb_noss
I added noise cancelling to my selection and got these choices:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=noise+cancelling+sleep+headphones&crid=P5U4ANPSRM9L&sprefix=noise+cancelling+sleep+headphones,aps,309&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Machka in Oz
I will check some of those links- I have ones like yours and they don't block the sound out enough for me.
THANK YOU for all the suggestions
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KetoneKaren wrote: »Machka, Hmmmmm...I wonder if it could be ITB Syndrome. Do I recall that you increased cycling about 6 months ago? Not sure if I am remembering that correctly.
Karen in Virginia
I did increase my cycling a little bit last summer, but the quantity of cycling has really dropped off through this winter.
I have struggled with ITB Syndrome when I was cycling massive quantities in my 30s and 40s ... lots of fiddling with bicycle fit finally got it sorted for the most part. But I never lost feeling in my lower legs.
Now my ITB feels the best it has in ages ... probably because I've hardly cycled in months.
However, it is one thing my physiotherapist is considering.
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Anniesquats100 wrote: »I woke up from my nap dreaming about peanut butter. Had to have some!
Annie in Delaware
When I was on a mission to lose weight a few years ago, I'd dream about eating cake all the time. Fortunately, getting cake involved making cake, and I didn't have time for that.
M in Oz3 -
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Popping in to check on everyone. Will up date stats when have more time.
Karen Fingers, toes, and eyes all X’d that the mixup gets straightened out, the ID and birth certificate arrive in time to hold the apartment for your brother. Whew! The irises print is beautiful, Will you hang some of your brother’s art? Think it would go well with the irises.
Lanette Covid’s “silver lining” :laugh:
Carol could you walk a shelter dog? Our shelter here has a program where volunteers walk shelter dogs. It helps to calm them, burn off any excess energy and makes them more adoptable.
Barbie, Jake and Bessie (((hugs held extra long)))
Rori Led Zeppelin (tribute) and Ru Paul, that’s quite a combination!
Debbie I had a Gunne Sacks dress I loved to pieces. Wore it to every Ren Faire for a decade. Then I got married and fat. Wonder whatever happened to that dress, did I donate it?
Tracey Michala in her pink glasses. Made me think of a younger version of Elle from Legally Blonde.
Machka I’m with you about sewing. Not my gift. Fingers X’d MRI shows issue easily and noninvasively fixed. My vote is for PT.
Welcome back @jam0525 Jeannie from NM. Was it you who shared the ab rehab exercise routine your daughter used after surgery? Think I still have a copy around here somewhere…
RvRita so glad that spilt tooth is gone gone gone. Such pain for so long must have been cruel. Glad its behind you now.
Welcome @leighFC2E Leigh from FL! You can do this!
Vicki back to OT and long shifts again? :noway:
Rebecca the pics.
Katla, Betsy, Viv, Sue, Pip, Lisa, Heather, Terri and everyone else I missed, know I read your posts and my thoughts are with you.
Pooped from Medford semiannual skin scan/shopping marathon, so its off to bed I go!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2022: Be still and listen.
September: Move more, fuel better, live NOW
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It was so lovely last night. DH and I took a taxi over as it was pouring with rain. We knew the girls were out playing football, so we joined my son in the kitchen. He was cooking up a storm! Steak, French fries, sweet potato, broccoli, mozzarella and tomato salad, green salad, cucumber. Some was cooking in the oven, but most of it was finished in a cheffy fashion on big griddles on the top of the gas stove. Of course, it made a lot of smoke, but the flavour was heavenly.
His attitude to entertaining is completely different to mine! I want everything to be easy, and prepared ahead, so I don’t have to be slaving over a hot stove at the last minute, and can can drift around cooly in nice clothes, and he likes to be performing acrobatics with grill tongs and juggling multiple dishes! Very manly! He was a professional chef for a while in his student days, but has always been keen and knowledgeable.
The table setting though leaves a lot to be desired. In the end I set it, but with odds and ends of old mats and cutlery.
The cake was fabulous, and he makes his own honeycomb.
I'm inspired to try it next weekend. Have any of you made it? Kim?
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
On medication ...
8 Creative Ways to Remember to Take Your Medicines
Medically reviewed by Leigh Ann Anderson, PharmD. Last updated on July 1, 2022.
https://www.drugs.com/article/taking-your-medicine.html
Some good tips.
Machka in Oz0 -
Barbara, The problem will be choosing which of my brother's art to display. May have to rotate some pieces if I can't narrow it down enough.
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Here's Olivia and her mama:
Karen in Virginia13 -
Wonderful photo of Olivia, Karen. That one of her in the hospital with all the tubes is still fresh in my memory.
How is the ballerina, Josephine?
Love to all the kids we are linked to in this thread.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
Morning ladies
About sewing
I made 1 dress I wore to an 8th grade dance and I remember it was red gingham with a tie in back.
But the sewing teacher we had wasn't nice.. she was an old maid spinster named Miss Ramage and she reminded us girls of the wicked witch of the West..
Now on the other hand our Home Ec teacher Mrs Chapman was wonderful and she ,had us try so many different things like artichoke ,I still have some of her printed recipes and that was from 7-8 grade..
Well Alfie woke me up
So now im up.6 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Wonderful photo of Olivia, Karen. That one of her in the hospital with all the tubes is still fresh in my memory.
How is the ballerina, Josephine?
Love to all the kids we are linked to in this thread.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Yesterday I drove past our little ballerina's house and realized we hadn't had a recent update. I'll email her mama today.1 -
I spent a good time with DH at the nursing home where he is staying now. This facility employs highly skilled nurses. He has been there to recover from a heart attack. In the recent past he has been hospitalized because of three severe heart attacks. He seems to be improving his health now and is getting ready to return to our apartment. Our daughter spent a good while buying shirts for him yesterday and I will be washing them today.
Katla, now in Illinois
I miss my house and friends in Oregon, but DH’s health is improving and our daughter is nearby.
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Happy early morning from the wilds of Arkansas... OK, not that wild, but not exactly urban, either....
Woke up feeling well, first time in a few days. I'm so grateful when I do. Not just grateful to feel well, but grateful to wake up. Not being morbid, honest. Just glad I'm here.
So grateful too, for the images of your lives - Rebecca, you and all the women in your family are beautiful, and when your sister was able to put her sadness to the side for the moment, the smiles were just blinding; Karen - thank you for the pic of Olivia and her mom. Those blond curls just slay me; Heather, your beautiful Edie, and Tracey, your gorgeous little Michaela looks so pleased with her glasses! It's nice when they're old enough to understand that they need them. I remember my sister's tussles with my three-year-old niece when she would rip them off every time my sister turned her back--my sis found them all over the house!
I have been off the antidepressant for a bit now (and weaned down from it very carefully, I might add.) It's been interesting to see my gamut of emotions return. Don't worry, I'm not wandering around the yard behind the little animals--Egg wouldn't put with it for a minute anyway! I just didn't realize how flat my affect was until I started feeling the emotions again. I'm laughing more, which is great, but I'm also crying more too. Cried on my sister's shoulder on the phone yesterday (hey, she said I could. )
After the last few years, I really needed to give Corey a break and lay all that emotion on someone else. I owed him to try to find someone else who could listen to me fall apart. He's been my rock, but even rocks wear over time. For most of the men I've known, the worst thing you can do to them is to hand them an issue they can't resolve at any level.
Anyway - today is a better day. Hope everyone has a good day.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
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