WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2023

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,356 Member
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  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
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  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 866 Member
    Tracey, I'm so sorry to hear about your father in law. I am glad that your hubby managed to get out there to see him. I hope you and your daughter have a safe trip. {{{HUGS}}}
    Lanette, that is such a sad story about your neighbour.

    Once again, been reading but not commenting. Having some low energy days lately, skipped the gym today as I slept in and had wanted to get some baking done for hubby and the grandkids. None of that got done, but I did crochet a "grinch" scarf and got a snowman once started. Also got some resin casting done, trying out coloring the resin with mica powder instead of liquid resin dye. Not entirely unhappy with the result, but not totally happy either. Had the best result when I used both powder and liquid, but still not sure it's as deep a color as I want. I will keep on trying!
    I seem to recall that a few others have lost loved ones recently, my condolences to you also, sorry that I didn't take notes or comment right away, but please know that I was thinking of you.
    Well, it's late and I have my granddaughter tomorrow. It's not looking good for the gym for tomorrow either! Hopefully the weather will be decent and I'll take her to the playground. She'll love it and I'll get some fresh air too!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,689 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    My Father in Law passed this evening.
    My youngest daughter is here and we fly out in about 6 hours.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    So sorry. :heart:
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,689 Member
    Pointsettia's ... aren't very good for cats, so I've never had one.


    MammySher wrote: »
    I myself have written software manuals and compiled a tool catalog for my work. I always wanted to write books but don't have the confidence to do so.

    I've also written all sorts of documentation - instruction manuals, papers, project stuff, etc.

    I have written some short stories and have waded into writing a book or two. I've even submitted a couple of the short stories to magazines. But nope.


    bwcetc wrote: »
    Michele ... you should not have been transporting Jerry home to begin with and he blew it!

    Beth near Buffalo

    Agreed. That's one thing I don't do. Of course, most of my working/school life, I've taken the bus, cycled or walked, but when I have driven, I don't drive others.


    SophieRosieMom wrote: »
    Good afternoon ladies!

    If I remember correctly, when a person goes in for surgery in our area we have to certify someone will be with them when they get home for at least the next 24 hours. I think to make sure their brains "wake up" OK.

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State

    Also ...
    "Ideally you should have someone (a relative or a friend) stay with you for a period of time after anaesthesia and surgery. One reason for this is because the effects of the operation may limit your physical activity. You may need assistance with everyday things, such as washing and dressing. Even when you are physically quite capable of attending to your own needs, you should arrange to have someone with you, in case you develop pain, vomiting, dizziness or a surgical problem like bleeding."
    https://asa.org.au/going-home/


    dlfk202000 wrote: »
    Katla49 wrote: »

    Kymarai—I grew up with parents who were thrifty. My mom canned peaches and pears at a “do it yourself” cannery. There were never any labels on mom’s canned fruit, and none of the cans rusted or failed. They were either peaches or pears. Good memories—😊

    my mom always canned veggies and fruit, so did my grandma. We grew all of our own veggies/meat/fruit. Bought very little at the store. Mom still does. We have always had an acre of garden so lots to process. Growing up, it was for our family and extended family, then it was more for Farmer's Market, then they started selling to 8 restaurants in town. Then Covid hit and no one bought. Then dad passed away. Mom hasn't done much planting the last two years but hopefully this year I can help even more and that the friends who say they will help, will show up.

    I plant a little garden but don't can on my own. I help mom but don't feel comfortable doing it on my own.


    Debbie
    Napa Valley,CA

    My grandmother and great grandmother had big gardens and did a lot of their own canning, jam making, etc. too.

    My husband has done a little canning from our garden and has frozen quite a few veggies.

    I make jam from our fruit or other fruit I can get on sale..


    Machka in Oz
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,150 Member
    P 55

    I have to take my car in for it’s MOT service at 10.30am. Hoping that their is someone available to take me to the town shopping centre.

    Intentions for today:
    ♦️car service
    ♦️Latin prep
    ♦️Sort out card supplies
    ♦️look out fabric for embroidery journal
    ♦️solid habits

    Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for all those those who need them.

    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    ☘️ Terri

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,689 Member
    1 Sit in silence for three minutes... it's harder than you think. Does silently working in the garden count? Done! I sat silently for 7 minutes and prayed.

    2 List 5 things using each of your senses. Right now? I can see my Christmas decorations, I can hear Christmas songs, I can taste my coffee, I can smell my coffee, and I can feel a comfortable temperature in the room.

    3 Let go of at least 5 items in your house. I'm not in a downsizing or reducing mode so I've taken some lunch things to work, I will take an item to be mailed and another to be given to the people at work.

    4 What was your favorite Christmas gift? (this year or ever). I can't tell you what my favourite Christmas gift this year is yet. It's a secret.

    5 Move for at least 30 minutes today. Absolutely. It's a very rare day that I don't.

    6 Share a goal you achieved last year. We completed the longest bicycle ride since my husband's accident and the fastest.

    7 Slow down and savor one meal today. Mmmm ... pizza!

    8 Who was your favorite teacher. My father. :):) But I've had quite a few good teachers, in addition to him, over the years.

    9 Create something today. I finished creating my first work-related project plan today.

    10 What is your favorite lyric from a song. Difficult one given that I like so much music. But let's go with: "A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices"

    11 Send a card/note to someone today. Do emails count?

    12 What are you looking forward to in 2023? Can't tell you that! It's a secret ... same secret as my favourite Christmas gift. :)

    13 Tell a random person they look "good" today. It's a bit late in the day to read this and didn't meet too many random people today ... or people in general. But I smiled at some horses and told Rhody he's gorgeous.

    14 Tell us three amazing things that happened recently (you decide what "recently" means...lol)
    One is a secret ... I should be able to tell you by the end of the month.
    My skin cancer surgery went better than expected and all my margins are clear.
    I've been able to hold my granddaughter.

    15 Call or text someone you haven't talked to in at least a week. Well, I did email a couple people yesterday. :)

    16 What made you smile today. Do you mean like evil laughter?? :naughty: Or a happy smile? :smiley:
    Happy would be big fresh strawberries from our plants and my colouring book. I'm colouring little rainbows right now.

    17 Take a photo of something you're grateful for
    Our garden

    18 What material comforts are you most thankful for? You can make your list as long as you like...
    House
    Bed
    Comfy PJs
    My Chair
    Food

    19 Write a positive review for a company for goods or services you've received recently.
    I have been going to my optometrist and optical shop for several years now. I went there again today and again I was very happy with with their service.
    20 Write down five things you like about yourself
    21 Pay it forward in some way
    22 What do you most desire in your life right now?
    23 Go an entire day without complaining
    24 What about you makes you special?
    25 Spend time with a loved one
    26 When was the last time you felt pure joy?
    27 Hold the door for a stranger... or a friend
    28 What fear have you overcome?
    29 Engage in a random act of kindness of your own choice
    30 When was the last time you laughed so hard you almost peed?
    31 Now try to "meditate" (sit in silence) for ten minutes...

    Machka in Oz


  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,787 Member
    edited January 2023
    Tracey - My thoughts are with you as you wing your way eastward. I hope your time there will give you the opportunity to see those who matter to you. Best wishes to Rodger. <3

    E-mailing morning today. Just going through my contacts and letting the appropriate ones know about MEMORY BOXES. :)

    DH is out for lunch. I hope the car will have de-iced by the time he gets into it. Heavy frost last night. He's having a pub lunch in the countryside with his cricket friend.

    Then Zoom later this afternoon with my old schoolfriends. My friend G texted yesterday,
    "Have started reading .... glimpsing the travails of your youth, makes me (almost) glad to be old"
    I replied, " I wholeheartedly agree"
    :p:p:p

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,728 Member
    Tracey My thoughts and prayers are also with you and your family. Safe travels. ((Hugs))

    Lanette I knew they recommend someone to be with a person for 24 hrs. I thought more for Machka's reasons. I didn't realize the effect on the brain. Someone has always been available for me luckily, even when I think it is unnecessary.

    Managed 7 hours of sleep last night‐yay!

    Evelyn ((Hugs)) Winter, rain, yuck, None of those help energy. You did remind me to take my Vitamin D this morning. We are averaging a couple hours of sunshine a week.

    Hugs to all because we all need them!
    Encouragement to all in our daily lives!

    ❤
    Kylia in Ohio where winter is trying to come back
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,319 Member
    Tracey - I’m so sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you and your family. I hope you can see your Mom while you’re there.

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    Tracey I'm so sad to hear about your father-in-law. Hope your trip goes smoothly.

    Annie in Delaware
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,950 Member
    Tracey - I'm so sorry about your dear father-in-law, I'm glad your daughter can be with you. I'm sorry, too, because I know you wanted to see him before he passed, but I'm glad Rodger was there. My heart and thoughts go out to you as you and your family go through this.

    Much love,
    Lisa in Arkansas
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,356 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    My Father in Law passed this evening.
    My youngest daughter is here and we fly out in about 6 hours.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    My thoughts are with you
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,293 Member
    edited January 2023
    (((Tracey)))

    Kylia Like you I like it when I am able to have a clean surface. We have a desk in our kitchen and a dining room table that I am working to keep uncluttered. I tend to clutter the kitchen and DH the Dining room table. They do inspire me to keep other areas less cluttered.

    Carla yes agree with you I think this is a challenging winter this year. Fortunately on our side of town we did not get as much of the heavy wet snow as predicted. The grayness and two weeks of shoveling, chipping out ice , and roof raking has given me a carb craving. I doesn't help that DH gave me 5 boxes of chocolates for Christmas. I did give some small bags to friends and took some to church which helped. DH is also helping himself to some with my blessing.

    I do give good reviews when asked on line for service people who did a good job for me or us. I also keep Target thank you cards handy to give to those who help us. We just got a new dinette set to replace our 20+ year set. The two men who delivered took the old table to the basement.I gave them each a card.

    I gave our mailman one recently. They are not allowed to accept cash but gift cards up to $20 are okay. People are really complaining about the iciness of our streets, but many are not doing their part to keep their sidewalks and driveways free of ice. I gave him his gift card right after I saw him fall on a neighbor's driveway. We had quite the discussion about how difficult walking is right now. I see it first hand in trying to walk DrewB. I do keep ours and help two neighbors keep theirs clear so she and I can get out for a brief safe walk. I also made some paths in our backyard.

    Barbie I just had 4 spots frozen off too. One was an age spot so it wasn't pre cancerous, but it got puffy and itched so I asked him to remove it.

    In the lull from snow yesterday I did make the drive down to Redwing to see DS. I beat him at scrabble by 9 points. I gave him the updated Scrabble dictionary for Christmas it helped both our games. Now it will be my turn to keep the score. First time in a long time.
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,656 Member
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  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,656 Member
    (((Tracey and Roger and Family)))

    Michele ~ Every time you speak of peeling and slicing onions I cringe. I hate peeling onions! :s

    Lisa ~ Congrats on the iron numbers increasing. Hope your health continues to improve. :)

    Allie ~ Miles is just as cute as can be! <3

    Lanette ~ 75 grams of protein seems like an awful lot.

    Debby ~ Your photos of the wet lands are lovely and I can see why you enjoy walking there.

    Trying to get back on a healthier eating program!

    Carol in GA

  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,258 Member
    edited January 2023
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Morning again, y'all, sunny day here, but cold, at 38 degrees.

    Good news from the blood tests - my iron storage levels (ferritin) went from 11 to over 55, which means my bone marrow is doing its job. All the other tests improved very slightly, which is good - there is still inflammation showing from the colitis, but my body is dealing with it a little better.

    Have I mentioned that I am not a patient person? Yeah, incremental progress is frustrating. But those ferritin numbers are (literally) a shot in the arm. They mean no more infusions for the moment, and they'll check on me in 90 days. Needed a little positive news right now, and I got it.

    She was NOT happy about the continued weight loss, but as I told her, I've been stalled here at around 149 for two weeks, hope to stay here. Enough weight off to help make exercise easy, but not so much that I have no fat reserves to get me through.

    It is intensely weird to have to make sure I'm eating more after nearly 50 years of restricting my calories. Corey's enjoying cooking for me because he can use butter and cream for the first time in our marriage, but he's also eating what he cooks and has gained a fair bit. He's also 53, and his metabolism's slowing down, too. I just nod and say nothing. He's watched me long enough to know what to do to change that, but he's not ready yet.

    (((Tracey))) Thinking of you, all of you.
    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR

    great news on your test results

    Our weather is exactly the same as yours today.
    Woke up and Alexa said it was 38. Very sunny, no clouds at all. She says we have no rain expected the next seven days. We did have a big storm go through last night. Loved listening to it.

    My husband doesn't cook but loves to eat. I am hoping he will follow my example a little sometime soon.He is over weight, diabetic and high blood pressure but still eats what ever he wants, not thinking about his health at all. I cook healthy for the most part but can't control what he picks up on his own or what he gets while he is out.

    Debbie
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,950 Member
    Oh my, Allie, Miles is getting cuter by the minute. Thanks for the pictures...
  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 971 Member
    Tracey-So sorry for your loss.
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,665 Member
    I'm sorry, Tracey. Very sad for your family.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley OR
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    Lisa one step forward for your health! It's been a long struggle, so glad you had some good news.

    Annie in Delaware
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Tracey sorry for your loss 💕 Prayers for safe travels for your family. I’m glad that your daughter is going with you.

    💕Mary from Arizona/Minnesota

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