WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2023
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Barbie and Jake ~ Thinking about you and hope Jake will make a quick recovery.
Kelly ~ How exciting to have the family closer!
Lisa ~ The sudden weight gain has to be water weight. Just keep doing all the good things for your health that you have been doing.
Rita ~ Add my good thoughts that your son will recover quickly.
Rebecca ~ Love Eli's hair.
I have been wearing a knee brace when I go out to the grocery store and today discovered I have a huge purple area on the outside of my knee that must be broken blood vessels. I don't know if it is the brace or another problem.
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Barbie-how horrible about the infection. I assume it is all internal (or you would have noticed outside signs). Hope it heals thoroughly and they determine the cause. Take care of yourself.
Heather-hope it isn't Covid. Sore throats can come from many sources but I think you are smart to test when you have the generalized symptoms. Latest booster just got FDA approval here. I will try to schedule close to long weekend next month. I have learned with all vaccines to give myself rest/recovery time since I seem to have definite reactions to them.
Rebecca-Eli is gorgeous! An amazing amount of hair. Since I had 6 and 7 lb. babies he doesn't look tiny to me at all.
Need to get stuff together to leave town for a couple of days. I plan to stop by house and change into jeans for drive and evening, but want it all ready to go. YS and DIL coming to hotel to meet for dinner.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
His father was 7.7 oz so he looked utterly beautiful. He was wearing the onesies we bought him. They had bulldozers etc on them.🤗💖
Rebecca
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LisaInArkansas wrote: »Barbie - Thinking about Jake, so glad he went to get the knee seen to! Thinking of you, as well. Glad, too, that the kept an eye on him for the night. Hope there is no joint damage from the infection.
Ginny - Hope you enjoy the dinner with your YS and DIL!
Tina - First, welcome back! The pictures were just wonderful. Second, I'm with Machka - 78 degrees would drive me right round the bend for in-home temperatures. I get horribly cranky when I'm too hot for too long.
Heather - Glad the results were negative, and hope you feel better soon! I'm going to have to look into my next booster as well, now that the FDA has approved them here. Jessamy is such a lovely woman - and all three of your grands have such great combinations of her features and Jack's. Handsome family.
I've gained four and a half pounds in the last four days, and I've been tracking my food. I'm not eating nearly enough to account for the gain, and I've been moving, not being sedentary. I'm well aware that a large chunk of it is water weight, but I don't care how far we get past our "dieting" days, it's disconcerting.
It has me seriously contemplating a two- to three-day bone fast at the beginning of next week. Corey was totally fascinated by the complete reset my system went through from the clear liquid fast prior to the colonoscopy. While he usually doesn't weigh in on my food choices, he has urged me to try a two- to three-day liquid fast (without, of course the complete laxative purge after!) to see if it would help me reset my system once more. I still haven't decided whether I'm doing it, but am going to go ahead and get a chicken in today to roast and then re-cook for bone broth, with the thought of attempting a bone broth fast. Has anyone tried this kind of fasting (or any voluntary 24- to 48-hour fasting), and if so, any advice or suggestions?
Hope it is or has been a lovely day for all,
Love,
Lisa in AR
I have done a couple of 48 hour fasts. 🙃😁. I ate a good dinner at 6 pm and then fasted the whole next day. It helps to line up some projects so food isn't even "in the wheelhouse". If Cory isn't fasting just let him fix his own meals that day. It is hard to play chef when you want to eat. Water and or black coffee or plain tea. Eat nothing that will prompt your body into thinking food is coming. Even herbal teas can start the process. Usually that first night (at 26 or so hrs mark) I get super cold. Its just that all my energy is going to organs to keep them happy, so hands and feet you're on your own. I take baths or showers. Remember it is not just fasting that you're doing, but you're giving your body a rest, its cleaning house, and its a great reset. If you need to call me, tag me on Facebook and we can giggle at each other on Messenger.🤗. My face is my profile pic.🙃
Rebecca
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I wear socks, shoes, slippers all the time EXCEPT in bed. Can't stand them on in bed but otherwise always have something on my feet.
Sodium is something I pay attention to. My meals are generally low sodium but when I veer from that path (packaged foods or restaurant foods) I see the difference on the scale immediately and it takes days to reset when I go back to my regular foods. I don't take the scale too seriously one day at a time and look for trends. Jake is lonely in the hospital and sent his first text to see if I was awake at 3:15. When I got up at 4:20 I had so much to do getting dressed, taking dogs out, feeding them, taking them out again that it was 5:30 before I could talk or text to him. They are coming in this morning to see Jake for physical therapy and other treatment so I was able to postpone bringing things to him until later. I host a Zoom meeting at 8:45 AM so my visit would have had to be very early or wait to leave the house until after 10. It is about a 30 minute drive to the hospital. Instead, I was able to have quality time in the yard with the dogs and still take my 90 minute 10,000 step walk.Kelly, what a great plan to have your grandsons included in your day care group. I wear shoes and socks almost all the time so I'm ready to go out with the dogs. I wear socks to bed. I am barefoot only in the shower. We keep the thermostat at 69 in the winter and 74 in the summer with programming to go down to 60 at night in the winter and 70 in the summer. We wear lots of layers when it is cold and have small blankets available, as needed.
Barbie in NW WA
In bed- it is wear as little as possible but have extra blankets if I need them. Tank top, even in the winter, can't stand feeling the sleeves(very restrictive). Dh, on the other hand can sleep in a sweater and sweat pants and socks on(but sleeps on top of the bed).
The heater is set at 62 at night and at the most 68 during the day in the winter. Grab a jacket if I am cold. I stay in the living room most of the time(no one else is in here hardly at all) and for some reason, this room is always cold which is great this time of the year but not so much in the winter. If I am the only one home, I usually keep the heater down, don't want to warm up the whole house just for me. The guys stay in their rooms most of the time- the rooms are small with lots of electronics on that heat up their rooms quickly. I have a few electric throw size blankets I keep in the living room on the couch if I want to use them. Usually I am at my desk on my computer. I also have an electric foot warmer under my desk- don't use it often but nice to have it when my feet are too cold and start aching.
Need to pull it out and clean it before I need to use it- has been under my desk since last winter, time to pull it out.
I hope your hubby starts feeling better soon. It is crazy thinking it was something pretty simple to finding out it is something totally different.
Years ago, my dh went to the dr. thinking he had something wrong with his knees. He works full time on his feet on concrete floors in the store- at first the doctor thought he was pulling something to get out of work,even sent him to psych- actually wanted help so he could continue to work. Had a hard time even getting him an appointment(then one of my daycare parents pulled some strings and got him in beings she worked in that department)- decided to xray and at the last minute added his hips to be checked too. Results came back and the doctor really changed the way he talked to dh. Good news was, knees were fine, bad news was he needed double hip replacement. The pain he was having was from his hips, radiating to his knees. Had them replaced, four years later, they failed big time with metal poisoning and had to have major reconstruction done to repair the damage and have new hips a second time. They are still not right but better than he was.
Rita- glad your son is doing better and pray he makes better choices in the future.
Kelly- Hope you get more kids enrolled. I remember that happening a few times over the years. I never had the big daycare. I was only licensed for 6(8 if two were school agers) and had a few times where I was down to 0 and was stressful. Always seemed to happen right around the holidays.
Pip- nice Cannondale- we picked one up at a garage sale a few years ago- hoping our son would ride it- he didn't like it- now it sits in the garage- I think we paid $150 for it. It sits with our other bikes- would love to ride again but not by myself, at least not at first. May have to just do it if I want to ever ride again. Thinking of getting a bike rack for my car so I can take it to the wetlands.
Second cup of tea done, need to get up and get something done- need to do an hour of decluttering in the living room and then go out in the garden.
Still not used to not having Ezie every day.
Only real thing planned today is class tonight.
Debbie
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Rita - It says they can't find the site. ????
Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
Machka-I can relate on the heat issue. I seem to be warm all the time now and have random overly-hot periods of a few minutes. Not like hot flashes. Those came from inside and radiated out. This is just an overwhelming heat all over, mostly on my head. However, the mister is always cold (I think a side effect of some medication he's taking), so we have a battle with the thermostat. He keeps it at or over 78F/25.5C. I want it well below that in the daytime and I'd love it around your temp at night. He likes to sleep in a sauna (always has). When he's at work, I crank the A/C down and I'm comfortable. At night, I toss and turn and sweat. Then he complains that I have health risks for not getting enough sleep. Well, he can just wear a sweater and get another blanket! It's so frustrating.
Have a good day!
Tina in CA
The temp simply wouldn't be that high in my house!!
I'd either burst into flame or melt like the Wicked Witch of the West.
My husband and I sleep in separate beds, but same room. One of the benefits of that is he can sleep under a large warm down duvet ... and I can sleep under a sheet and light blanket.
I have a friend who lives in Honduras. She seems to like it.
M in Oz
I have mentioned the separate beds idea and he won't go for it. So, when I get too hot, I go into the guest room and sleep with the fan blasting. This will happen more and more often for the next few weeks because it's just stinking hot here and we no longer have house guests. I generally sleep much better when I'm alone in a bed.
I frequently feel like I'm bursting into flames. I know it's the house temp because I'm generally just fine when we are elsewhere.
Tina in CA
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Barbie-Hope Jake is on the mend!
Heather-Hope you feel better soon too! Glad it's not COVID.
I am considering the latest vaccine because I have to work at a conference soon. Thousands of people and lots of talking.
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Barbie - healing thoughts for Jake. Joint infections are serious.
Heather - hope you feel better soon.
KJ - exciting news about family moving. It will be so much fun to have the boys close.
Rebecca - love that baby boy's hair!
I am recovering from another sarcoidosis flare but the prednisone is making me dizzy this morning. This is a common side effect but has not bothered me in the past. Could deffinitely do without it now.
Beautiful day today. I am going to try to pick some blackberries this afternoon if the birds have left any. We will see.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA7 -
Machka-I can relate on the heat issue. I seem to be warm all the time now and have random overly-hot periods of a few minutes. Not like hot flashes. Those came from inside and radiated out. This is just an overwhelming heat all over, mostly on my head. However, the mister is always cold (I think a side effect of some medication he's taking), so we have a battle with the thermostat. He keeps it at or over 78F/25.5C. I want it well below that in the daytime and I'd love it around your temp at night. He likes to sleep in a sauna (always has). When he's at work, I crank the A/C down and I'm comfortable. At night, I toss and turn and sweat. Then he complains that I have health risks for not getting enough sleep. Well, he can just wear a sweater and get another blanket! It's so frustrating.
Have a good day!
Tina in CA
The temp simply wouldn't be that high in my house!!
I'd either burst into flame or melt like the Wicked Witch of the West.
My husband and I sleep in separate beds, but same room. One of the benefits of that is he can sleep under a large warm down duvet ... and I can sleep under a sheet and light blanket.
I have a friend who lives in Honduras. She seems to like it.
M in Oz
I have mentioned the separate beds idea and he won't go for it. So, when I get too hot, I go into the guest room and sleep with the fan blasting. This will happen more and more often for the next few weeks because it's just stinking hot here and we no longer have house guests. I generally sleep much better when I'm alone in a bed.
I frequently feel like I'm bursting into flames. I know it's the house temp because I'm generally just fine when we are elsewhere.
Tina in CA
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We sleep in the same bed BUT- have our own sheets/blankets. He stays on his side and I stay on mine. I have the sheet folded in half with just one blanket on my side right now- will add a few more during the winter. The catio is connected to the window which is on my side of the bed and it is open 24/7 all year long-I do close it 1/2 way when it gets really cold and they are not out there as much. He sleeps on top on his side with a blanket available if he needs it. He used to be terrible about taking all the blankets and I would get so mad at him. Now, not a problem.
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Betsy--The other chiropractor when my hip was out he was very rough and I do think he hurt my ribs. It was very intense. So Monday I went back to my regular one and he did wonders. I will be going to him now.
Rita--Thanks I will check that out.
Rebecca--Eli is so cute, Athena looks like a good big sister.
Barbie--How scary, I pray Jake is doing better and home soon.
Heather--Very nice write up about DDIL.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE 2 -
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Hi Friends,
I am 33 pages behind but just wanted to pop in an let you all know my vacation was wonderful. I got home safely, albeit 6 hours late, on Sunday. My friends in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania were happy for my visit and were wonderful hosts. My special friend in New Hampshire exceeded my expectations for compatibility, compassion and fun. Even my friends bonded with him. Our story would make a pretty typical Lifetime movie. ❤ (sigh)
Stay well friends. I'm going back to reading and catching up with your busy lives.
Rori
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Hi Friends,
I am 33 pages behind but just wanted to pop in an let you all know my vacation was wonderful. I got home safely, albeit 6 hours late, on Sunday. My friends in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania were happy for my visit and were wonderful hosts. My special friend in New Hampshire exceeded my expectations for compatibility, compassion and fun. Even my friends bonded with him. Our story would make a pretty typical Lifetime movie. ❤ (sigh)
Stay well friends. I'm going back to reading and catching up with your busy lives.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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Stats for the day-
Walk w/family- 2hrs 3min 36sec, 53elev, 2.89ap, 79ahr, 102mhr, 6.05mi= 576c
Strava app= 741c
Walk home to gym- 12.24min, .52mi= 49c
Strava app = 64c
Treadmill jog- 33.29min, 2.60mi @5.5sp, .40mi @6.0sp, .10mi @ 7.0sp, 10.47ap, 132ahr, 172mhr, 5k= 340c
Walk gym to home- 12.57min, .53mi= 52c
Strava app= 66c
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Barbie: I hope Jake is okay and that the antibiotics clear this up.
I am feeling much better and the COVID is gone. I plan to walk in the morning and get to the bank. The weather is a little better now so I booked 2 nights for next week out on the GA coast. This will be my first trip alone as a widow. I plan to walk the beach, watch the sunset, read and listen to an audio book. I don't have great plans but to enjoy the change of scenery.
Best,
Rosemarie from GA11 -
So we did something out of our comfort zone today....
My DH and I zip lined!!! Yes, it was scary, but we had a great time! They said there would be pics, but unfortunately there weren't. We asked ahead of time due to DH being blind. They said just to listen and he did great. Neither of us saw the black spot so came in hot and hard every time! They controlled the braking, hooking up, and unhooking us. There were three zips, two rappelling, and one set of stairs. I didn't get steps in, but man we had a great time.
Leftovers were dinner tonight. Too busy downtown by the time we were back.
Stairs goal done as climbed the tower again as well as the treetop walkway.
Skipping record....I love this area!
TTFN,
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Jake is doing better. Much less pain and walking better. He is staying another night. The food in the hospital is great and he spent most of our phone call talking about it. I am frazzled from watching puppies and doing chores and recovering from one sleepless night but I slept great last night. Thank you all for your prayers and good wishes. Barbie in NW WA 13
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Not used to using phone for this-left Mac at home. Had nice dinner with kids. They brought a pack and play (they have been given 3) so I can set one up for baby. They also gave one to her brother so we are all set. Exciting stuff! Went for mile walk after I returned from dinner. Didn’t sleep well last night so curling up with kindle and watching expedition unknown.
Take care all,
Ginny on Ohio7 -
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I have done a couple of 48 hour fasts. 🙃😁. I ate a good dinner at 6 pm and then fasted the whole next day. It helps to line up some projects so food isn't even "in the wheelhouse". If Cory isn't fasting just let him fix his own meals that day. It is hard to play chef when you want to eat. Water and or black coffee or plain tea. Eat nothing that will prompt your body into thinking food is coming. Even herbal teas can start the process. Usually that first night (at 26 or so hrs mark) I get super cold. Its just that all my energy is going to organs to keep them happy, so hands and feet you're on your own. I take baths or showers. Remember it is not just fasting that you're doing, but you're giving your body a rest, its cleaning house, and its a great reset. If you need to call me, tag me on Facebook and we can giggle at each other on Messenger.🤗. My face is my profile pic.🙃
Rebecca
Rebecca - Thank you for the advice! Luckily, Corey's the chef, so no worry on me having to cook for either one of us. Plus, he's really good about cooking things for himself that I don't like, such as pork chops, or chili, or sausage and beans. And unfortunately, no Facebook or Messenger... walked away from that a couple years back. And...
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LisaInArkansas wrote: »I have done a couple of 48 hour fasts. 🙃😁. I ate a good dinner at 6 pm and then fasted the whole next day. It helps to line up some projects so food isn't even "in the wheelhouse". If Cory isn't fasting just let him fix his own meals that day. It is hard to play chef when you want to eat. Water and or black coffee or plain tea. Eat nothing that will prompt your body into thinking food is coming. Even herbal teas can start the process. Usually that first night (at 26 or so hrs mark) I get super cold. Its just that all my energy is going to organs to keep them happy, so hands and feet you're on your own. I take baths or showers. Remember it is not just fasting that you're doing, but you're giving your body a rest, its cleaning house, and its a great reset. If you need to call me, tag me on Facebook and we can giggle at each other on Messenger.🤗. My face is my profile pic.🙃
Rebecca
Rebecca - Thank you for the advice! Luckily, Corey's the chef, so no worry on me having to cook for either one of us. Plus, he's really good about cooking things for himself that I don't like, such as pork chops, or chili, or sausage and beans. And unfortunately, no Facebook or Messenger... walked away from that a couple years back. And...
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That's Egg, signing off for the night.
Well if you ever need a chat down off of wishing to chow on yer arm, just send me a private message and I will happily give ya my phone number. Just let it ring some because 1957 rotary phone is upstairs so I gotta make a mad dash to catch it. Many times I don't rush because I don't want to be outta breath talking.😂
Rebecca
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Tina - love the photos
Barbie - Sorry to hear Jake is in the hospital, but so glad they found the infection and can get him treated.
Rebecca - what sweet pictures of Eli and Athena.
Bare feet - I am always bare footed. I really don’t like anything on my feet. In the summer I will walk out into our yard barefooted. In winter I manage to put footwear on outside, but again am bare in the house.
Kelly - I am so excited for your daughter and family to be moving closer to you. What a wonderful time you will have with your grandsons.
I understand your daughter’s struggles working at a desk is what did me in as well.
Like others, my weight is up right now. I had been doing well but got lazy again. I need to keep it up.
Rita - glad to hear your son is doing better, I hope he makes some changes to his lifestyle as well.
Kylia - I would love to try zip lining.
I had a lovely birthday one of my former coworkers surprised me with lunch at Olive Garden, DH came home with a bouquet. I am excited to turn 55, I’ll now get the seniors discount at Michael’s.
I made a couple to hang in my living room window for the Fall season.
Ceramics tonight. I finished the project I was working on
Tomorrow I have a doctors appointment. Hopefully my last for a while.
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Rori - So happy to hear from you. Glad things are going well.
What a lot of adventures of the heart.
Tracey - Looks like you've been busy! Good job on being creative. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Beautiful bouquet.
Kylia - Wow! Ziplining! I'll never say never, but you are a lot braver than me! Bravo!
Not too bad a night. Paracetamol and Sudafed inhaler. I'm upstairs again, so as not to disturb DH with my snoring, coughing, and sneezing. Haven't slept in the same bed since the heatwave began. I'm enjoying it for now! I always take him a cup of tea in the morning, and we chat for a while, holding hands, so we don't lose the connection.
I slept for two hours yesterday afternoon, and was asleep by 10 last night. Had a break in the night, but got back to sleep again. It's turned out to be a streaming cold, which makes me achey and shivery, but nothing terrible. Haven't had a really bad cold for a few years.
I will be missing my MDMD meeting today. It's a small room, and I don't want to spread this around. Shame, as I was going to treat myself to lunch and window shopping. I still have the Saga £25 voucher to spend. I have emailed the co-ordinator, who is lovely and understanding.
So, a quiet day, with just a bit of writing. I didn’t even do that yesterday. I would like to get to the page today and write a few quotes that have inspired me. I was looking at some in the middle of the night.
Barbie - Hope your patience is holding up! Plenty of opportunity for spiritual growth.
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »Tina - love the photos
Barbie - Sorry to hear Jake is in the hospital, but so glad they found the infection and can get him treated.
Rebecca - what sweet pictures of Eli and Athena.
Bare feet - I am always bare footed. I really don’t like anything on my feet. In the summer I will walk out into our yard barefooted. In winter I manage to put footwear on outside, but again am bare in the house.
Kelly - I am so excited for your daughter and family to be moving closer to you. What a wonderful time you will have with your grandsons.
I understand your daughter’s struggles working at a desk is what did me in as well.
Like others, my weight is up right now. I had been doing well but got lazy again. I need to keep it up.
Rita - glad to hear your son is doing better, I hope he makes some changes to his lifestyle as well.
Kylia - I would love to try zip lining.
I had a lovely birthday one of my former coworkers surprised me with lunch at Olive Garden, DH came home with a bouquet. I am excited to turn 55, I’ll now get the seniors discount at Michael’s.
I made a couple to hang in my living room window for the Fall season.
Ceramics tonight. I finished the project I was working on
Tomorrow I have a doctors appointment. Hopefully my last for a while.
Tracey in Edmonton
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Very sore tooth or teeth today. Nothing appears to be broken. Suspect I just clenched my teeth tight last night and that pressure caused issues today.
Starting a 3-day weekend right now (on bus on the way home). It'll be a busy one!!
M in Oz6
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