WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2023
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Morning ladies
Slept pretty well last night ,left at 7:15 ,because I was exhausted from a day of traveling.
Im going to get up and dressed for the brunch now and will bring an extta set for later.
Today is Carmines 15th birthday 🎂
Sweet sweet picture of the 2 kids, this is highly unusual.5 -
Good morning ladies -
I was on Sumatriptan for a period of time to tame my migraines. After menopause, the migraines eventually went away. I only had "aura" a few times, it was mostly intense pain, sensitivity to light and sound and nausea. Glad those days are gone.
I ran across this article last week regarding migraine relief - a Randomized Control Trial which showed ice packs applied to the neck/carotid artery for 30 minutes significantly reduced migraine pain in the majority of individuals. From what I could determine from reading the article, it was a small study and follow-up for long term relief wasn't addressed. So did the cold therapy derail the migraine or just postpone it? Looks like it was effective for some folks an hour after the pain diminished.
If I had a migraine these days, I'd be willing to try even if there's only a 10% chance. Here's the study-
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3727573/
Count me in having Pizza yesterday too!
Lanette
SW WA State
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For our Canadians, I'm so terribly sorry to hear about the Edmonton tragedy. There are never any words that can express the true horror of these senseless acts.
Karen - Oh my stars and whiskers, it would be wonderful if simply stopping a medication can get your partner's life back. I understand the part about "I’m trying not to be too hopeful," too. More on that later. So hopeful for you both!
Heather - I love the pics of the girls days as zookeepers! They both look absolutely blazingly happy, what a terrific gift for them. Your pots are lovely...
Allie - What a lovely picture of the kids...
Katla - Missing you!
Drug side effects: It recurs very occasionally still, but the vast majority of the time now, my left hand no longer tremors--the only difference was getting off Wellbutrin (buproprion). That was more than a year ago! More than 20 percent of the people who take it have this side effect. I informed my doctor, but with everything else going on the last few years, he told me to hold off for a bit. I eventually told him I was tapering off it, and have been glad I did.
On the flip side, per my gastroenterologist, I'm done taking Humira, which helped quite a bit for my symptoms, but is at a plateau, and will begin taking Rinvoq on Monday. I'm apparently a prime candidate for this next step - when a biologic in Humira's class simply doesn't keep progressing someone toward remission, the next step is Rinvoq, or another in its class. Funnily enough, I've found instances cited where it starts working in one day, one week, two weeks, and six to eight weeks.
The VA has approved Rinvoq for other patients of this gastroenterologist, so I'm really hoping there won't be any issues. Considering that the GoodRx price for it ranges around $6,000 for a month, it's simply out of my reach otherwise. When approved, my VA copay will be $11 for a 90-day prescription. As Karen said, just trying not to be too hopeful.
Happy Friday all,
Traveling grace to those on the move,
Welcome to all those who are new,
Later y'all,
Love,
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Good morning ladies!
Yes migraine drugs are tricky. The first prescription I had for them actually had more migraines as a side effect. And I got more. I always had the best results with a large dose of caffeine taken immediately when the migraine starts. I get the aura, which can render me blind for thirty minutes or so before the pain starts. But I haven't had many lately thank goodness.
Meanwhile I lost almost a pound this week. Yay! I'm starting the 160's which is significant to me as my clothes will be looser again. You were right about that one pork chop not being the end of the program. And I lost an inch from my hips. Yay!
Today will be a slow day. I have to go to the bank, and the pharmacy, and write an email to a friend whose birthday is tomorrow. And yoga and aerobic walking.
Have a great day my friends!
Annie in Delaware3 -
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Oh ... good news ...
The results are back: No Pasteurella multocida bacteria from the bite. 🙂
Well done hand sanitiser!
Machka in Oz8 -
Machka that's great!
Karen hope stopping the med works!
Allie have a great trip!
Heather that zookeeper day is awesome!
I'm having a lazy day.
Annie in Delaware1 -
Karen ... oh boy! If you're talking Depakote or Topamax ... both of which are used for migraines ... we had negative experiences with them in my family. My older son was on depakote for a time and had significant head tremors/involuntary movements and he lost his hair! My younger son took topamax for migraine and was left with so many concentration issues we had to take him off of it. I wouldn't let him try Depakote given his brother's experience. I'm hoping you have found your answer!!
Beth5 -
DH and I had a painting session after lunch. I painted the daffodils I took a photo of the other day. I think they came out OK.
Then I thought I would experiment with an improvisation I saw on Instagram. You start with a line of paints as a horizon and just add water top and bottom. Then you can riff with the result.
I had a go, and this was the result!
You can see it's still wet. Had fun anyway.
Lovely day here. DH has just popped out for a walk and I will row for a bit. I've made a huge chilli for dinner which will do four days.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Did Kathy smith Power Step DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do Les Mills Strength DVD. After exercise came hme and did the first load of laundry. It’s in the dryer right now so after it comes out, I’ll go by the pool. This afternoon we’ll go to WalMart so I can return one item and Vince can fill up on gas. Then we need to stop at Publix to get a shrimp tray for the pool party tomorrow. I know that shrimp trays always go over with Newcomers so I think it’ll go over here.
Karen – it’s amazing the side effects of medicines! Sounds promising. Do you ever play mahjongg online? If so, how great it would be to play together! Down here is the only time I get to play hand & foot, haven’t played bunco in years but enjoyed it when I did. I remember years ago FIL said “I’m so busy now that I’m retired, where did I ever find the time to work?”. And I remember thinking
yea, sure” Now I know what he meant!!!
katla – where are you?????
Annie DE – good going!
M – good news, indeed
Off to get the laundry and then the pool
Michele who is sad that the weather doesn’t look that good for Sunday3 -
Book recommendations:
"Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus----fun, funny, and very thought provoking
'Atomic Habits" by James Clear---about habits and very helpful
"Better Than Before" by Gretchen Rubin---about habits and very helpful3 -
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dlfk202000 wrote: »Trying a small patch of corn which I haven't grown in the last couple of years as a bear had been coming in and harvesting it before I could get to it. Haven't seen signs of a bear last year so hoping it has moved out of our area.
Enjoy your day everyone.
Joy
I've never grown corn, but have been thinking about giving it a go next year. I hope you get a harvest!
Machka in Oz
if you do plant corn, dad always said to not plant in a row but better to plant in a block-attracts more bees that way.
OK, that might change the location where I was thinking of putting it. Thanks!
when we were growing up, we planted almost an acre of corn. It did great.
Years after that when it was just mom and dad at home, dad planted some but in a few longer rows . It didn't do very well.
Mom may plant some this year-not sure what she has planned. May also plant popcorn again as we didn't plant any last year and the year before was when I planted rows of regular corn,popcorn, green beans,etc- and she forgot to water them. Nothing grew in the front garden that year but that was the summer after dad passed away.
Working on getting things going a little earlier this year, but again, it is on her, not me. Not going to be accused of pushing her to do stuff she isn't ready for(even though it is time-won't get a harvest if it isn't planted when it is supposed to)
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Machka: So glad your bite infection is being treated. I love Rhody!
Karen: 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Heather: ❤ Zoo Day Experience...what a memory.
Terri and Everyone Else Celebrating St. Paddy's Day: Enjoy! 🍺
I was hoping to have lunch with friends but instead I am in bed with Covid. Second time. First time was last June, and the symptoms subsided in 3 days. This time it's hanging on. Tomorrow will be one week since first sore throat. I'm sneezing, coughing and have zero energy. I managed to get myself into the shower yesterday, but was feeling weak by the time I got out and dressed. I've thrown in the towel and contacted my PCP for an Rx. Thankfully, I have very little scheduled so can just rest.
Stay well, friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills12 -
Debbie ~ Would you be upset if your mom decided she didn't want a garden?
Just curious!
Carol in GA1 -
PG. 51
March, 2023 Action for happiness.org
Word of the year: Appreciate : today I appreciate helpful people.Exercise goals added
Yoga 10 mins 3 times a week 7/15-(100%,100%)
Walk 7,000 every day 12/31 (84%,86%,)
Arm weights twice a week 3/10 (100%, 60%hurt my elbow, hurt my shoulder)
Meditation: daily. 10/31 (82%(started Feb))
1. cut back drinking and limit to 2 days a week. 9/8–(100%,100%)
2. Average 7,000 steps a week. 9484, 9104 (7,700,100%-9851,100%)
3. Update budget every 2 weeks 1/2 —(100%,100%)
4. Contact close family every week (4x) 9/158/ —(100%,100%)
5. Contact Donat and sibs once a month (8x)25/64–(100%,100%)
6. Weigh less last day of month compared to first until I reach 140. Start at 178.6,176,174.2—(100%,100%)
7. Develop a journaling practice by aiming to journal at least 5 days a week. 10/20-(100%,88%)
8. Read 12 books at least this year. 8/12 (100%,100%)
9. Pay off credit card debt by January 2024 by making monthly payments to NDR——3/12—(100%.100%,100%)
10. Continue building emergency fund at SLFCU (min$25 a month)$25+$25+$71(100%,100%,100)
Decided that if I do more than stated I will not grade higher than 100% 2/5/23
January Met —100%
February met —-90%
March met met
April met
May met
June met
July met — met
August met
September met
October met —
November met—
December met—1. Set an intention to live with awareness and kindness. I intend to live with more awareness and kindness every day.16. Get really absorbed with an interesting or creative activity. I have stones to paint. Will be distributing along the trails in exchange for free peddle boat and paddle board rentals. Didn’t do this. Too windy out. I colored instead.
2. Notice three things you find beautiful in the outside world. The blue water of Lea Lake, Snow on the mountains at a distance, walking a nature trail. All at Bottomless Lakes State Park.
3. Start today by appreciating your body and that you are alive. I am healthy and above ground. I can walk,talk,hear, see, taste, and smell (mostly). I appreciate that I alive and have a healthy body.
4. Notice how you speak to yourself and choose to use kind words. I will try…
5. Bring to mind people you care about and send love to them. I sent texts to my long distance friends to send them love.
6. Have a ‘no plans’ day and notice how that feels. Most days are like that for me. So much less stress!
7. Take three calm breaths at regular intervals during your day. Sounds like a plan.
8. Eat mindfully. Appreciate the taste, texture and smell of your food. Started at breakfast.
9. Take a full breath in and out before you reply to others. I will need to keep this in the front of my mind all day.
10. Get outside and notice how the weather feels on your face. Every day!
11. Stay fully present while drinking your cup of tea or coffee. In the process of doing that right now!
12. Listen deeply to someone and really hear what they are saying. I will have to really try to get this done today.
13. Pause to watch the sky or clouds for a few minutes today. I love doing this!
14. Find ways to enjoy any chores or tasks that you do. I made a necessary task to go for a liver scan enjoyable by buying lunch for myself for a change.
15. Stop. Breathe. Notice. Repeat regularly. I really need to do this today! Didn’t remember to do this.
17. Look around and spot three thing you find unusual or pleasant. Will do. 1. Lady wanting us to cut a lock off of her propane tank.18. If you find yourself rushing, make an effort to slow down.
19. Appreciate nature around you wherever you are.
20. Focus on what makes you and others happy today.
21. Listen to a piece of music without doing anything else.
22. Notice something that is going well, even if today feels difficult.
23. Tune into your feelings, without judging or trying to change them.
24. Appreciate your hands and all the things they enable you to do.
25. Focus your attention on the good things you take for granted.
26. Choose too spend less times looking at screens today.
27. Cultivate a feeling of loving-kindness towards others today.
28. Notice when you are tired and take a break as soon as possible.
29. Choose a different route today and see what you notice.
30. Mentally scan your body and notice what you are feeling.
31. Discover the joy in the simple things of life.Barbie's Happiness Commandments
Be Barbie
Lighten up
Do it now
Dance more
Choose strategy over willpower
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude
Come from a place of love
Stay in the moment
Act the way you want to feel
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
Don't expect praise or recognition
It is what it is
Don't take things personally
Treat yourself like a toddler
What's fun for other people may not be fun for you, and vice versa
You can choose what you do, but you can't choose what you like
Be kind, no exceptions
Ask always, how could my life be better with less?
RVRita
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Should have added that rows need to be close together....I plant about 2 feet apart.3 -
Rori - Big (masked) hugs for you, my dear.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
Debbie ~ Would you be upset if your mom decided she didn't want a garden?
Just curious!
Carol in GA
She really wants the garden and enjoys it but just has a problem with time management/procrastination.
The green house should have been planted by first of Feb, middle at the latest and she hasn't even ordered the soil that we use yet. Not sure if she has even ordered the seeds we will need.
My nephew is coming out next month to work the ground. This time they have already signed up to rent the tractor. Last year he came out and the place didn't have any available because she didn't sign up early enough.
The garden will be smaller than it used to be by half(if she plants the whole front garden along with all the raised beds.)
She has mentioned planting and having a "U-Pick" sign out front and make a little money to help pay for the garden. Not sure if she will. One time she says no, then yes.
If the neighbors that have said they will come help, actually do come and help, it would work out perfectly but they don't and she gets irritated, rightfully so. Don't promise if you aren't going to do it.0 -
As for corn, I always plant in short rows (usually 3) and have had good results.
Should have added that rows need to be close together....I plant about 2 feet apart.
Joy
Joy - I recall from my farm kid days that field corn is wind pollinated - so shorter rows, and more of them, should work for sweet corn. Your planting strategy is ideal.
I also used to hand pollinate my sweet corn when I only had a few rows - cut off tassles on the top of the corn and shake them/wipe the pollen over the silk emerging from the ears. Helping out nature a little.
I also used to hand pollinate my few squash plants, tapping the pollen from male flower onto the female.
Just a little insurance policy in case the fat bumble bees wanted a day off
Lanette 6 -
Karen I use a tens unit for my migraine headaches. It works well and gets rid of wrinkles. I have been using it since September 2nd. I have only had a couple of migraines at the beginning but now I am completely migraine free and virtually wrinkle free as a nice side effect. It also helps with the pain in my shoulder.
💕Mary from Arizona/Minnesota4 -
Heather--Looks like the girls had a great time on their Zoo days. What a neat gift. You are getting very good at your pottery.
Such sad news about the Edmonton police officers. It scares me as I have a grandson on the police department here and he tells me this town is not as safe as I think.
Lanette--I love the names you have picked out for your chickens. What fun seeing how they live up to the names.
Rori--Sorry to hear you are not feeling well. Pray it gets better soon. Hopefully the doctor can give you something to help with that.
Well it is Friday and I have the weekend off, then work Monday and Tuesday and have the rest of next week off. We are planning to go to Iowa to see DH's aunts and our son and family. I just hope the weather is decent.
Have a good weekend, ladies.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE 5 -
Lanette your chickens already sound like fun!
Rori so sorry the Covid came around again. Hope you feel better soon.
I would be doing yoga but my dad painted the basement steps. I could get by but Teddy would follow. Dogs and wet paint don't mix. So I am still having a lazy day. Exercise tonight.
I have leftover pork chop for my parents' dinner. I think I will slice it thin and then put barbecue sauce on it. I hope the sauce is not too strong for my parents.
Have a great day ladies!
Annie in Delaware
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Machka, Good news about your hand!
Rori, So sorry you have Covid. Hope it’s done lingering.
Karen in Virginia0 -
Rori - get well soon.
Karen - hope things work out for your partner.
Tracy - so sorry to hear about the Edmonton police officers.
Vicki - enjoy your weekend and your time in IA.
Heather - love the pics of the girls. DD especially liked the picture of the lemurs. She is planning a trip to Madagascar this summer.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA
Gorgeous day here, sunny and high 50s.1 -
cooked two large filets of salmon yesterday- Safeway has it on sale for $4.88 a pound this week. One we got was regularly $66 and we got it for $18.50. The other was almost as big. We all enjoyed it EXCEPT- MIL. Of course, because I cooked it, she wouldn't even try it. Have extra so dropping some off with my friend along with some of the corned beef I cooked yesterday for tonight. It is maddening about MIL because I know she really likes salmon. On Thanksgiving we were at our friends(ones I am sharing with) and we had salmon, took some to MIL and she insisted on giving them a gift card and cash as a thank you to the tune of almost $50. But now when I cook it, she won't even try it.
Dh is going to be gone for the weekend so I get MIL duty. I will only be going in the afternoon's. She can do her own breakfasts like she should have been doing for the past 5 months instead of dh going over every morning and night. He told me not to say anything if she doesn't eat what I take. I told him I will not walk in with an attitude but won't sit and take hers. He is worried about her giving his a hard time when he gets back if I do say anything. I am tired of her being allowed to get away with this, just to make it easier on HIM. She told him she wants me to just cook tv dinners for her. She would rather eat that than a home cooked meal. What ever. I will go, warm up her dinner, give her her pills and feed the dog and then I am done. She can wash her own few dishes. He does the dishes there but not one here at home.
Safeway has whole roasted chickens for $5 today for $5 Friday. Got two, already boned them out, made some chicken salad for tomorrow or Sunday. Plenty of left overs for the whole weekend for son,his girlfriend and I.
Have a few things I want to get done- a little decluttering, put winter decorations away and get spring ones out. Ezie said winter is over so put the snowflakes away.
Also need to clean out the fridges and maybe part of the big freezer.
Church on Sunday.
No other plans except HOPEFULLY sleep in a little bit each day.
Weather should be nice again tomorrow- 66 for a high today. Only 25% chance of rain tomorrow.
Rain Sunday again.
Debbie
Napa Valley,CA3 -
Welcome newbies and returnees! (((hugs))) to those who need them.
Again Heather, I am SO jealous of your coastal SPRING! I'd give just about anything for a glimpse of green right now. (and not St Patrick's Day green, thank you! lol)
OMGosh! I would LOVE being a zookeeper! Being that close to a lemur. I'd just die. I would. I don't know about the snake though. I actually held one just like that YEARS ago, but I think there was alcohol involved.
You're looking just beautiful Machka! And the background looks gorgeous too. Glad about your good bite news.
Awe... Happy Birthday Carmine!
It just breaks my heart any time a LEO is injured or killed. I'm so sorry for the loss in Edmonton. We had a horrible accident just the other morning when an officer was just finishing a traffic stop and pulling back onto the highway and got clipped by a semi that hadn't pulled into the center lane. It's the law here, but apparently they weren't obeying that law, that morning. Officer had to be extricated and he's still in critical condition. And he's only 22 years old.
Happy St Patrick's Day Terri and everyone! Freddy's making our corned beef and cabbage right now and the house smells heavenly!
17. Look around and spot three things you find unusual or pleasant... you mean besides everyone in green? Well, sunshine for a change! Blue sky and generally happy people. (I think that might have something to do with the flowing green stuff today)
Love and Blessings, Carla, in MN3
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