WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2023

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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,791 Member
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »
    Saturday afternoon already; the weekend is rushing by!

    To get started, here's a song that takes me right back to 1971. Neat rendition.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QpjR6-Uuks

    Barbara - thank you for sharing the pictures! Love the wedding photo, you were a beautiful bride. <3 Nice to catch us up. :p

    Kate - nice to see you pop in, what have you been up to?

    Joy - sounds like you had an awesome vacation, good for you. Sorry to hear about that smoke, I wonder how far it will come into the US. I need to check and see if any east winds will blow it our way. I am very envious of your orchard and blooms by the way. Thanks for sharing your photo - great backdrop and the name Joy fits you. You find joy wherever you go.

    Ginny - sorry to hear you caught some crud. I do hope you are better soon.

    Rebecca - welcome home, sounds like you had a wonderful time being Athena's grandmother! Who is that older gentleman in some of the pictures - her other grandpa?

    Rori - thank you for sharing your vacation photos! We are ready to send bail money but it looks like you are behaving yourself so far. :p When you get together with Heather, tho, all bets are off.

    Kind of a crazy day yesterday - went in to get an oil change, the mechanic said the old Sube needed new brake pads. I hadn't noticed anything but he's probably right. I also need to get the tires rotated and will do that soon and have Les Schwab guys check them out too. I rarely drive the thing anymore but want it to be safe.

    Gosh I miss my DH - he could have double checked them in a second. :'( I never know if mechanics and car service departments are trying to take advantage of me or not. They would try in the past and DH would straighten them out.

    Then on the way home, once I got onto I-5 and hit about 30 mph, I noticed the hood starting to flutter - it hadn't been completely latched! I pulled off as soon as I could and slammed that baby shut. I called the oil change guy and let him know, he said he's sure his crew did everything right. Mercury must be in retrograde or something.

    This morning I remembered I hadn't washed the air cleaner filters on the heat pump. Ever. That was always DH's job. I managed to get them out, washed them as best I could; they were filthy. Struggled to get the door back on once they were dry and put back. But I made it.

    I can do pretty good mowing and keeping up outside but anything mechanical or electrical kind of freaks me out, plus I don't have the strength to tackle some of this stuff even if I could figure it out. :|

    I've decided I would be OK with a 65 year old boyfriend as long as he had a son or grandson nearby that liked to do things and show off his skills.

    Potted up tomatoes this morning, need to get some kind of a wind screen put up and pop more squash in the dirt. I'm going to try containers.

    Have a great rest of your weekend, ladies!

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State

    That is the famous crotchety retired Chief of a husband. Heehee😂
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,791 Member
    exermom wrote: »

    Got to Replacements. At the last minute I decided to take some pearls that I had with me. Well, I’ll be getting $450 for them in addition to the $277 I’ll be getting as long as they buy everything (and I think they will).

    Been walking around the block or going down to Food Lion. Volunteered at the soup kitchen yesterday. Church tonight. At the soup kitchen took home these orange cream cookies. Never heard of them but they were good. Had to try it to be sure that it was orange and not macadamia nut.

    White shoes: when I was a little girl, I had a new pair of white sneakers. I was at my aunt’s house and they talked about going to the “black dirt”. I figured that was just a figure of speech. Nope! My white sneakers were never white again...lol I have been wearing white pants and just now started with white shorts

    Grocery prices: for the first time in a LOOOONNNGGG time, eggs were under $2. We very seldom eat out

    We’ll be getting new phones and I found a cover that I like. We’re also getting new tablets. Only the cover I like has 0 reviews. The ones that have a fair amount of reviews are just the boring solid color. What to do????

    Made an orzo shrimp salad to take to a cookout tomorrow. Then made banana chocolate chip cookies for Vince

    M – I can’t fathom spending $300 a week on food!

    The only thing that I don’t like about sauerkraut is that it is so high in sodium. Otherwise, I love it

    Vince said he wants to go to the race at Charlotte next weekend so I’m thinking that maybe I’ll go to Jess’. We shall see, it’s just in the thinking stage right now

    KJ – how wonderful you cook so healthy for the kiddos

    Debbie – I love my freezer. As a matter of fact, I wish I’d gotten a bigger one. Like you, I buy when something’s on sale and then freeze it for use later

    Kim – sounds like you have things in place for your mom. If the PT company is concerned about no grab rails and your mom still doesn’t get them and falls, what happens then? So glad there’s a light at the end of the tunnel for you.

    Mary – when we were transferred, the mover said to put one of those coffee filters in the refrigerator and it’ll keep the smell away. We honestly just figured “well, it’s worth a try, but I’m not holding my breath”. But it worked! We one time unplugged the refrigerator down at the condo and had a problem with the freeon so we had to purchase a new refrigerator. So...what we do now is keep the refrigerator on the lowest it can be and put a few bottles filled with water in it

    katla – good luck at the eye MD’s. With how much you love to read, I sure hope he/she is a great help.

    Rori – so glad you’re having such a wonderful trip. Looking forward to hearing more about it

    Fortunately, I can’t drive around to different stores since there are only 2 stores that I drive to: Aldi and WalMart. I can walk to Food Lion, but their prices are high so I only get what’s on sale or that I can only get at that store.

    Ginny – hope you feel better fast

    Rebecca – what wonderful memories you are making with Athena! How often do you get to see her? Congrats to your son. Welcome home. Love your attitude

    Need to go take a shower, maybe work on the jigsaw puzzle or watch TV then get to bed.

    Michele NC

    I get to see her a couple times a year, usually in May or June, and then this year for a short time in Sept when her brother is born. I hope to have husband come with me in September, and we just rent a hotel room for a weekend. Then Athena can swim in the hotel pool.💖
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,791 Member
    Joy1580vb wrote: »
    Rebecca, lovely pictures. You have a beautiful granddaughter who you are giving wonderful memories to. I applaud your attitude.

    Joy

    Thanks Joy, she's so sweet, funny and it was great to soak up her aura for a week. Had some great chats with son, daughter in law not so much, but we are really pleasant to each other and hugged good night every night.🤗💖
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,791 Member
    lightstrongma wrote: »
    @Whidislander Us Grandma’s have to create fun everlasting memories with our grand children every opportunity we are given. Looks like you both had a blast!

    Yep I sure did. I played with her using every imaginary tricks I had, which she loved and she just ran with those. Strange I had no problem falling asleep each night, my brain fried. Kids drain the wholly life from you, in a good way.😂💖🤗
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,791 Member
    myvt9v4crh wrote: »
    Way to go Rebecca! You have always been a beautiful Mother, and Grandmother. ❤️ Athena is a lovely little girl.

    Katla

    Thanks Katla, a sweet thing to say.🤗💖. The experience harkens back to when I visited my maternal grandmother. Holding hands, playing, cuddling, and saying I love you. 💖
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    edited May 2023
    Michele lots of different ideas about refrigerators. Another one that we have done in the past is to fill it up with balled up newspaper and close the door. It kept the refrigerator from smelling and mold buildup. We used to do that in our RV in Arizona. We found that it did work.

    💕 Mary from Minnesota/Arizona
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,249 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    edited May 2023
    ginnytez wrote: »
    Having very lazy day today. Picked up some sort of bug at conference.
    Got home Thursday evening, was doing some running around chores yesterday. Started coughing at some point during the day. Got to feeling achy, etc at dinner time. By 7:30 or so felt miserable. Took some night time cold and flu medicine (hoping to sleep it out.) Up every couple of hours with severe aches. Went to bathroom, got excessively dizzy in there-had to lay on bathroom floor for a bit. Have slept most of today (off and on). Still have body aches but no more dizziness. I think I picked up a sinus thing from hotel (or maybe one of the 1,100 people there passed something on! Did not drive to memorial service for DS FIL-wasn't comfortable with driving, feel miserable and most importantly don't want to pass anything on to DIL.

    Going to slowly try to pick up some things and work on ironing (got laundry washed and dried yesterday). Not worrying about steps, etc. Will try for walk tomorrow morning if body aches better.

    I have read all of the goings on for the past few days-brain is too fuzzy to make comments I want too! Plus all of my joints are very painful-including wrists and fingers so typing is not comfortable.

    Take care all,

    Ginny in Ohio

    That was my reaction to my second COVID shot ... might be worth getting tested. Just saw that you did test for it.

    I do hope you feel better soon.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Vicki - I am as long as I don’t have any work issues brought to me. I am still getting texts. Just the thoughts of it get my heart racing.
    I hate switching jobs, I don’t know how these people switch from one to another.

    Machka - I agree. 2020 made people realize how little they actually spent with their families and after reconnecting it ended up becoming a priority again.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    In 16 months, just recently, I was in 4 jobs.

    January 2022, I finished up at a place I had been 8 years and went into a 6-month fixed term position to try out something different. While there, we also moved offices.

    July 2022, I started a new permanent position.
    October 2022, we moved offices.

    December 2022, I was offered the position I have now, and I accepted it.
    March 2023, I started my new position back in the department where I worked for 8 years, but in a different unit. And that department moved into a new office just before I started. I narrowly missed another office move by a couple weeks.

    So not only 4 jobs in that time, but also 6 different offices.

    A number of people in my newest place don't like the new office, and I've had better, but I've been through so many office moves recently, it doesn't really matter.

    In that time, I've met a lot of people and learned a lot of different things including some things about myself.


    It has been challenging to do all this job switching, and stressful, but with each one, I've gone into it thinking: this is a chance to learn more.


    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    edited May 2023
    Joy1580vb wrote: »
    Pic of orchard trees….apple, plum, pear…apple and plum blooming. Pear is pretty much out of bloom but fruit forming. My bird killing cat is also shown with pear trees.

    Another smoke filled day. Was out for a bit but smoke bothering my throat. Was so thick last night that I could not see across the road which is close to the house.

    Your orchard is well developed! Nice.

    Our trees are still quite spindly in large pots (plastic garbage bins).


    M in Oz
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,945 Member
    If any of you are looking for something for a laugh. There is a movie on Prime called The Hot Flashes. Not the best movie ever written but good for a laugh.

    Tracey
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,040 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    You've seen the first photo. If you were here, and you turned about 90° to the right, you'd see the view in the second photo. The second photo is yet another portion of our yard.

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    A bigger view of the second photo:
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    Today was about 1.5 hours in the garden ... which I counted as 15 minutes in the tracking software. I never feel like I'm working hard enough to count gardening as the whole time I'm out there. I wielded the mattock and used a rack/hoe like thing, plus digging with bare hands.

    Then I did 20 minutes (3.2 km) on the rowing machine and 33 minutes (3 km) on the treadmill.

    I dropped even more weight when I hopped on the scale today, but Sundays can be a little funny like that. I usually hit my low weight of the week on Sundays, but Monday I will be a little bit heavier (back to Saturday's weight) which I will maintain all week, then I'll drop a little on Saturday and a little bit more on Sunday, and up a bit on Monday back to Saturday's weight.

    So while it is really nice to see Sunday's weight, I don't believe it. :)




    Machka in Oz

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Well im glad im on my own begore I had all my health issues,because he would have ditched me for sure lol
    Everyone is busy with there own lives so I deal with what I need to on my own..
    Not to worry im taking it in stride..
    Laundry folded and partially put away.. and will go out and pick up groceries at noo n..then back and get my garbage together for my son
    He is going back out to LA again in June to Vidcon i think solo again staying at the same place and all.. he is no longer a rookie
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,249 Member
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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,879 Member
    Funny, same here on the DIL vs. SIL. I've pretty much gotten along with the sons-in-law while my daughter remained married to them (not afterward, so much), but the third one has my heart. He and I were standing at the kitchen counter, and my husband and daughter were talking near the back door. My son-in-law said, under his breath, "My God, she is so beautiful. I'm the luckiest man ever." His eyes were glistening, and the look on his face was that helpless look of those truly in love and lost in it. There's a calmness and serenity to him that I just love, and he's been so good for Kelsey and the grands.

    My son's engaged at the moment, and I have yet to meet her, so all opinions are withheld until I do. But his first wife was so scared of me, she quivered like a hunted rabbit any time I was within 10 feet. I am not terribly patient with those who are scared of me, so that relationship was pretty much dead in the water. Not my finest trait, I admit.
  • minicooper452
    minicooper452 Posts: 644 Member
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    Happy SONday!
    Love and Blessings, Carla, in MN
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,592 Member
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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,303 Member
    2023 Mindful May

    Word of the year: Appreciate : today I appreciate working in my garden.


    Exercise goals added
    Yoga 10 mins 3 times a week 1/15 100%,100%,80%,73%)
    Walk 7,000 every day 8/31 (84%,86%,94%,93%)
    6 min HIIT -1x a day start April 1- 0/31 (93%)
    Arm weights twice a week 0/10 (100%, 60%hurt my elbow, hurt my shoulder 30%,50%)
    Meditation: daily. 13/31 (82%(started Feb)94%,100%)

    Feeling overwhelmed this month. Taking a break from the list above until I feel more in control.


    1. cut back drinking and limit to 2 days a week. 8/8–(100%,100%,0%,0)
    2. Average 7,000 steps a week. 10818, 8171, 8856, (7,700,100%-9851,100%—9526,100%—-9,559,100%)
    3. Update budget every 2 weeks 1/2 —(100%,100%,100%,100%)
    4. Contact close family every week (4x) 54/208/ —(100%,100%,100%,50%should be 86 by June1)
    5. Contact Donat and sibs once a month (8x)40/94 (100%,100%,100%,100%)
    6. Weigh less last day of month compared to first until I reach 140. Start at 178.6,176,174.2,173.4,175.4 (100%,100%,100%,0%)
    7. Develop a journaling practice by aiming to journal at least 5 days a week. 16/15 (100%,88%,100,100)
    8. Read 12 books at least this year. 19/12 (100%,100%,100%,100%)
    9. Pay off credit card debt by January 2024 by making monthly payments to NDR——4/12—(100%.100%,100%,100%,100%)
    10. Continue building emergency fund at SLFCU (min$25 a month)$25+$25+$71+700+25+25 )(100%,100%,100%,100%,100%)
    11. April started putting 4% on income in savings. 700,200 (100%)

    January Met —100%
    February met —-90%
    March met met —-90%
    April met——86.36%
    May met
    June met
    July met — met
    August met
    September met
    October met —
    November met—
    December met—



    1. Do something kind for someone you really care about. I need to think about this and plot! I gave my son a gift card to Netflix. He needed something to make him smile.
    2. Focus on what you can do instead of what you can’t. I will try. Did this.
    3. Take a step toward an important goal no matter how small. I have to think about this. I did not buy beer today. Working on not enabling my DH.
    4. Send a friend a photo of a time you enjoyed together. DONE!
    5. Let someone know how much they mean to you and why. It’s my brother’s 59’th birthday today. Going to call him. We never really call each other.
    6. Look for people doing good and reasons to be cheerful. Will do! And found them all over all day!
    7. Make a list of what matters most to you and why. Did this in my journal.
    8. Set yourself a kindness mission and help others today. Do this every day
    9. What values are important to you? Find ways to use them today. Will try.
    10. Be grateful for the little things, even in difficult times. It is hard right now but trying.
    11. Look around for things that give you a sense of awe and wonder. There is plenty here at the park. Wondering how a cave could turn into a lake.
    12. Listen to a favorite pieces of music and remember what it means to you. I will try to remember to do this. Did not have time.
    13. Find out about the values or traditions of another country. Sounds like fun! I looked up Canada and specialty Quebec where my family originated.
    14. Get outside and notice the beauty in nature. I love doing this!
    15. Do something to contribute to your local community. Helped a homeless man today.
    16. Show your gratitude to people who are helping to make things better. Will watch for this. Did this to school group’s surprise visit to the park.
    17. Find a way to make what you do today meaningful. I try every day by helping people find campsites in emergencies.
    18. Send a hand written note to someone you care about. To be completed. Did not finish.
    19. Reflect on what makes you feel valued and purposeful. Did a grateful meditation on the Balance app this morning which helped me do this.
    20. Share 3 photos of things you find meaningful or memorable.
    21. Look up at the sky and remember we are a part of something bigger. For sure! I walked the dog at 3AM and looked up at the vast night sky. I was able to see the Milky Way and billions of stars. Awesome view.
    22. Find a way to help a project or charity you care about.
    23. Recall 3 things that you’ve done that you are proud of.
    24. Make choices that have a positive impact on others today.
    25. Ask someone else what matters most to them and why.
    26. Remember an event in your life that was really meaningful.
    27. Focus on how your actions make a difference to others.
    28. Do something special and revisit in your mind tonight.
    29. Today do something to car for the natural world.
    30. Share a quote you find inspiring to give others a boost.
    31. Find three reasons to be hopeful about the future.
    RVRita in NM

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