WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2022
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Morning ladies from a dull and wet UK - seems to have been raining forever! Not sure I will get the grass cut before winter sets in.
I've been thinking about Christmas, my friends have decided to forego the bran tub/secret santa this year and have a meal out together instead. This is fine with me, one less present to think about.
A lot of people over here are worried about the cost of everything, I feel so sorry for the ones with young children, according to the newspapers (if you can believe them) there will be a lot of children without gifts this year.
My decluttering journey has stalled. The kitchen is the only room where everything has a place. I can't seem to get the rest of the house as organised. I've been watching a lot of decluttering videos with Dawn (Minimal Mom), Cas from Clutterbug and Dana (A slob comes clean). I need to do less watching and more doing
I'm getting there slowly, I rearranged my bedroom yesterday, but not sure I like it, I'll leave it a few days to see if I can live with it.
Still catching up so hope everyone is doing okay, sorry I forgot to take notes.
Take care and love to all
Viv UK
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Beth: I hope your Mom gets the rehab she needs to get into assisted living!
Machka9: Sad about the gene mutation you experienced. Must have been a sad time to learn about this. Great about current times and working on the office and dining room and thinking about a Christmas tree!
kJ (Kelly). Adolescent leave: Now that is a good idea!
Lisa: Interesting group of men in your family! Congrats on getting the writing done!
Karen: I purchase greeting cards from FineArtAmerica online. I wonder how that works for artists.
Lanette: I missed seeing the trust document as well. Your life took a different direction than having children. This must have been sad at the time and I am sorry about this. I only had the one. I was in my early 30's when I married and my husband wanted to save 100k before we had a child. Well that didn't happen.
Heather: I would have gone to see the Queen as well, although I don't know why I follow the royals...but I do. I always feel poorly that I looked at People magazine with pictures of Diana when I was younger. I feel I helped participate in the media's hyper-attention on her.
Evelyn..Evie1958: I hope your DH's never pain is able to heal. Must be very uncomfortable and tiring.
I love black ice coffee and sometimes drink it too late in the day. My favorite thing to do is to go to Starbucks and get an ice coffee. I have switched to getting small ice coffees to save money. They are still around 4 dollars. I try not to get anything but the ice coffee! I also have the pods and make them at home.
Rosemarie from GA5 -
Morning, all...
Doctor's appointment early this morning, so I need to be out of the house in a bit less than an hour. One thing to pick up for Corey on the way back, and then back home. I'm letting him do the grocery shopping this weekend. Those trips just wear me out.
Just need to get my early morning meds taken, finish getting my meds list revised and printed, my Friday injection done, a quick shower and out the door. First cup of tea half down, will be taking the second one with me. There's a good chance they'll ask for more tests, so am skipping eating until I come back. Easier that way.
Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa2 -
Continued adventures of the office organisation ...
Because the "office" ended up spilling out all over the dining room a few years ago, today's work was largely in the dining room.
We had moved an under drawer unit to the dining room when I started working from home at the end of March 2020 as part of the great shutdown. Now it's back in the office. I've gone through all of its drawers and half the drawers in a small desk that will stay in the dining room.
I've also shifted a few things around in the dining room and it looks better -- less crowded -- but I'm not happy with it yet. I don't feel we're using the space well. I'll have to give it more thought.
One of the things I've done in the past is to measure the area, measure the furniture, and the map it all out in PowerPoint. Then I can move things around on the screen to see how it could fit. I might need to do that again.
Tomorrow I plan to finish going through the drawers in the little desk. I'd do it now, but I'm feeling tired, and when I feel tired, I don't make good decisions.
Stage 1 of the process was to get everything into "meaningful piles" like: university, filing cabinet, craft, cycling, shred, toss, etc. That's done.
Stage 2 will be dealing with each pile. My husband is taking care of the shredding. Tossing is easy. The cycling stuff might go downstairs, for now anyway, to give me more room to work with. Then I'll likely start with the university pile. I want to shift as much of the university pile as I can into the shred pile. I'm taking great delight in having my university stuff shredded!!
I've emptied one university binder already, but this stage will take a while.
Tips:
- Take allergy pill when working with a room that hasn't been organised in a long time. So. Much. Dust!
- Any little bits of organisation you can do now in a spare few moments, you future self will thank you. I came across a set of papers I'll need to file, and somewhere along the lines, I labelled each one with the file folder it should go into. Thank you younger me!
- I work well with the stages process I described above and getting things into "meaningful piles". It means I've moved some things out of the room entirely and the rest in in one place so I can move through it and can see my progress. I'm not left thinking, "but wait, is there another bin of university stuff somewhere?" Now I can choose to spend an evening here and there working on each pile without having to figure out where I am or where I left off. Plus if other priorities move in and I don't get back to it for another year, I'll be able to thank the "right now" me for getting things in some semblance of order.
Machka in Oz4 -
Exercise:
Lots of time on my feet walking back and forth between office and dining room.
16 minutes rowing briskly on my rowing machine.
About 15 minutes lifting weights.
Machka in Oz1 -
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Kids are here. Thoroughly enjoying themselves. Lunch went well, with dessert of ice cream, raspberries, strawberries and sprinkles.
Half way through lunch the new washing machine arrived. We had cleared a way through the garage, directly into the utility room, which made it much easier for them.
I have now put on the first load of cotton type stuff. I did read the instructions first.
Parents coming to pick them up in a few minutes.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx
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Morning ladies
Im here with Miles and he is napping which is nice..
Tracy was saying he is falling and bumping himself alot...I told her thats going to happen especially with him starting to walk.. there are going to be bumps and bruises
They keep it cool in here so im bundled it up and so is Miles..
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Just waking up and heading to the coffee pot. 🌹3
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i got my hair cut yesterday.. first time since november 2019
in this picture I am holding my niece's baby - she cut my hair
in this picture I am at another friends holding their cat....
I will donate my hair and even though it feels like it is so much lighter I weighed the pony tail and it is only 3.9 ounces
smiles Kim in N. California14 -
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Kim - Holy guacamole, when you get your hair cut, you get it cut! It looks great! So does Christmas Levi...
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Kim ~ Love your new hair cut! And, your pup...
Lisa ~ Love the photo of you with the curly hair.
Carol in GA2 -
I started the day frustrated and angry. Since then I have chatted with friends and our son. Frustration is still present, along with a level of anger. Talking with our son helped. I expect to see our daughter in person sometime today.
On a happy note, a neighbor here is moving across the country. She gave me a beautiful and large ceramic vase. It includes lovely artificial flowers.
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Pip--Like the color of the new car. New furbabies are cute. They are lucky to have gotten such a good home. Looks like they are getting settled in.
Kim--What a difference. Thank you for donating your hair. It will help someone I am sure.
Katla--Sending hugs and prayers.
Well it is Friday and I have so much I want to get done this weekend. It is still cool and rain off and on, so will be good to stay inside tomorrow and work on projects.
Yesterday afternoon we got word that we do have to wear masks, unless doing direct patient care. Today I just feel strange without one and different being able to see people faces. We wore them at work for 2 and half years. I am very happy with having them off. Work is the only place I have worn one in a long time.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE 7 -
Morning ladies from a dull and wet UK - seems to have been raining forever! Not sure I will get the grass cut before winter sets in.
I've been thinking about Christmas, my friends have decided to forego the bran tub/secret santa this year and have a meal out together instead. This is fine with me, one less present to think about. A lot of people over here are worried about the cost of everything, I feel so sorry for the ones with young children, according to the newspapers (if you can believe them) there will be a lot of children without gifts this year.
My decluttering journey has stalled. The kitchen is the only room where everything has a place. I can't seem to get the rest of the house as organised. I've been watching a lot of decluttering videos with Dawn (Minimal Mom), Cas from Clutterbug and Dana (A slob comes clean). I need to do less watching and more doing I'm getting there slowly, I rearranged my bedroom yesterday, but not sure I like it, I'll leave it a few days to see if I can live with it.
Still catching up so hope everyone is doing okay, sorry I forgot to take notes.
Take care and love to all
Viv UK
Organizing is a unique journey for each, that's for sure! When I was struggling, I came across a phrase, that each room provides a purpose. So if you do arts & crafts while you watch tv, well then find a container where you can put by you. No sense putting it in a bedroom if you never do it in there. Same as the bedroom, it shouldn't be a storage area, it should just have the necessities. Our bedroom looks like the day we moved in. Dresser, bed, chair, two nightstands. Its blank walled because I have never figured out what I wanted to put there. Its ok, its just for sleeping. I would suggest writing down each rooms purpose. Then just slowly weed out items that don't make sense to you in the room.👍🏻💖
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Good morning ladies. Photo proves nails! I actually bought some clear polish and painted them! I hadn't don't that task since 2014/15. They are hard nails, but are a wee bit wavy, and ridgy. I used to be quite the nail and cuticle picker. I declare myself cured! Now I just have to get used to them as I ho about my day. Of course I didn't grow these puppies overnight, so maybe I have gotten used to them in the long run.
Rebecca
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Doctor visits exhaust me these days, but I liked her a lot. The lady doc I saw today is the head of all doctors in the VA of the Ozarks, which covers an awful lot territory. That she's stepping in down here shows what kind of shape they're in, personnel-wise. Am hoping they can get my old primary care doc back. It would mostly be by telemed, but they have the technology, and he was/is truly awesome.
Anyway, the good news is, they're also bringing alternative medicos to the clinic starting in about 60 days, including an acupuncturist and a chiropractor. Should be interesting... However, unless they're prior military, I don't think most doctors understand how the VA actually works - definitely nothing like civilian practices. In three months, they hope to have a physical therapist available as well.
Nothing new other than that - every current test looks in good shape except the iron, and I'm headed north to get that infusion next week, then again two weeks later. Fingers crossed it helps the anemia--tired of being tired.
Later, my chickens,
Lisa in AR
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Afternoon ladies
Back from my daughter ,and my daring Miles is taking a couple steps on his own..
Got a text from my son checking in which is nice nice to know he is still alive lol
Im going to take a little nap and then start working on decluttering.. that is my project for the weekend.. im going to try my darndest.1 -
Rebecca ~ Your nails and hands are lovely. I am jealous!
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He doesn't think he's handsome...
He's wrong.
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October 28 Day 20 of life is good challenge. I feel we should continue without the counting. And yes explanation if you want! Lol
RvRita in NM
PS… my DGS and me!9 -
This thing gets me giggling every time. Plus, Halloween is Monday.
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Worked today. Then soup kitchen. Went to get a prescription for Loki and then to Sam’s to find out that we can’t make a payment on the credit card at that Sam’s then WalMart since Vince needed to get a few things.
Beth – thinking of you and your mom getting to the assisted living place.
Heather – glad to hear you got your new washing machine!
Allie – I always said that kids are made of steel with a rubber coating!
Kim – great haircut! That is so good of you to donate your hair. I know Jess did that a few times
Rebecca – lovely nails! I used to have nice nails, but it seems that since I started at BK and my hands are always in water, my nails break more often
Lisa – does he have any brothers? Cousins? Around 40 years old would be nice. I have a daughter who is doing her residency in vet….hint, hint….lol
Welcome Lucy and Cheespas
Well, I think I should start decorating the small tree in the kitchen before Vince gets too upset that it isn’t done.
Michele NC2
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