WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2023
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Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa
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Ladies - a reminder that anyone who wants their info included in the "weekly check-in" please send it to me today or no later than tomorrow morning.
Lanette
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Rebecca - What lovely paintings your sister has done. Real care and attention.
I've been listening and watching videos and podcasts about walking and running. I will put all I've learned into effect. I realise I have a problem with my very knock knees and my patella that does not run smoothly. I do daily exercises to help with this. I was born with feet that did not bend and had regular visits to the big hospital in London. Luckily, the top half of me is fine!
We have been doing a bit of research on our first stop. Lyon. I've got a picture of the lie of the land and a few top places to visit. Our hotel is in a quiet spot, but a walk across the rivers from the main action. I hope my legs will hold up. There is a metro. The hotel can tell us about buses. I will take a taxi if I can't manage and DH can go off on his own.
Lyon is famous for its traditional local restaurants, with hearty fare! The old town is hilly, with a funicular!
Weather good for the first two days, then some rain, but not cold. I will definitely take an umbrella.
My son is coming tomorrow to pick up the boxes he deposited with us before they started renovations. There are quite a few! I guess most of it will be chucked out. I know they have missed one or two things.
Will have a read through of my book tomorrow.
I'm going to save the tax return for when we get back from France, but then I have to get a move on. I haven't got the headspace to do it now.
Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
Rita- Carmine knows I love her and she just has a huge chip on her shoulder.
Alot of it comes from her dad who has anger issues,and raising a teen daughter who has the same temperment clash and Tracy is stuck in the middle.. and with a 2 yr old to deal with it just amplifys it even more..
Vibrantreader that is an explanation of the granddaughter and right now she is living with her boyfriends parents who are doing there best to help her get the help she needs.
She has been to a therapist been on meds which she needs,but in defiance she flushed them..
She walks around at least around us like a big black cloud..
Ok enough about that..
Off to fold clothes.
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Hi Gals,
Love seeing all the pictures and hearing about everyone’s happenings.
All the talk of insomnia has made me so grateful. I rarely have trouble falling or staying asleep. I am pretty controlling about caffeine, screen time, lighting, and rarely eat after 7pm. I am lucky that my life has me both mentally and physically fatigued at the end of the day. I just wish there were more available hours for sleep. I tend to get 7 a night but my body would like 8-8 ½.
Had a couple of fun?? things happen one is a gal from my book club is moving to Oregon – her job is remote and her DH is retiring and will consult up there… they will be close to the grandkids. That’s not the fun part…LOL but she has decided to not move her freezer contents or the contents of her pantry – and so I went over and picked up anything I wanted out of that - I ended up with a ton of food! (8 cloth shopping bags filled to the brim) Much of it things I would not usually have but thing I will have fun figuring out recipes for, and just using. One I could use your help with. I ended up with 2 containers of grits. So I have never had grits, and the name is not good! I just think of eating at the beach and the grit of sand --- yuck. I realize it is corn and similar to polenta (better name 😊) But anyone have suggestions on how to use it… I think there is 5+ pound of it.
At the same time that was happening another gal in book club’s husband decided I should cook dinner for their family. It started as a joke and evolved. They are a family of 3 they have a 13ish daughter who plays on both a basketball and a soccer team – big eaters so one day a week starting this week I will make dinner bring it over with instructions on how to heat it up and they’ll pay me. I think it will be fun, I already meal plan at least a couple of meals for me a week, and then do leftovers, but this way I will do a meal that will mean I don’t have SO many leftovers, cooking for one often means lots of leftovers and sometimes I get tired of them. I’ll freeze them, but still…. This weeks will be meatloaf, twice baked potatoes, broccoli (I think – maybe green beans) and 6 cookies - I NEVER make myself meatloaf I don’t like enough, but I will make mine in one of those tiny loaf pans, so basically one dinner and a small sandwich – Perfect!
Love ya all,
Kim in N. California
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We've been food shopping in the freezer and the garden again. I made focaccia bread wayyyy back in July, and froze the majority of it, and Corey has tomatoes that need cooking, plus there was an attempt at lasagna made from frozen ravioli, and a full dinner's worth was put in the freezer at the time. I HAVE to remember to date these things... I think it's a month or two old. )
Anyway, going to harvest the sauce and the beef and the cheese from the lasagna, because the ravioli masquerading as lasagna noodles was kind of a bust anyway. Corey's going to add those to the tomatoes, which are cooking down now, and then we'll put together something resembling personal pizzas with the focaccia bread. Hopefully, creativity will be its own reward in this case. I've said before that, if you like all the ingredients, you'll probably like the end result. Fingers crossed!
Later, my chickens,
Love from Arkansas,
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Margaret ~ How wise you are!
Kim ~ I LOVE grits. I eat a bowl of grits with an added cooked egg several times a week and often for lunch. Follow the directions on the package for cooking and add salt and butter to taste. You can add cheese. Also, Shrimp and Grits is a very popular dish in many restaurants.
Rebecca ~ Is this the sister you visited who does the beautiful paintings. She is so very talented.
Today is my son's 49th BD! We will visit him this afternoon for a steak dinner as he is a very talented cook.
Friday was my grandkids 7th and 8th grade homecoming dance at school. I kept both of these children when they were babies and can hardly believe how grown up they now look.
Carol in GA
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Sorry for the photo size as I don't know how to resize here.1
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Another few amazing photos.. put summer clothes away and am trying to get the fall and winter stuff together..4 -
All the photos of the grands are absolutely wonderful Carol, Rebecca, Allie, Heather, everyone who posts them! It's so much fun to see these beautiful children grow over the years... was going to post the latest on my grandson, but they were goodbye photos as he left to go back to Texas, and made me too sniffly.
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Stat for the day-
Housecleaning etc- 4hrs, vacuum, dust, change bedsheets/duvet cover, laundry fold/put away, clean/refill front patio fountain, sweep front entryway and front patio, water plants, trim hedges, water off back patio= 1062c4 -
Jake is quite forthcoming about the fact that he doesn't care for unsolicited advice and yet he is a champion at doling it out, usually prefacing it with "You might want to...." LOL. We've been married for over 30 years and it still surprises me. He loves to tell people especially his friends and loved ones to "be safe" or "lock your doors" and can't understand why his daughter is regularly offended by those statements, taking them to mean that she wouldn't do those things without a reminder from him.
Barbie
"Be safe" and "lock your doors" isn't advice, it means "I love you" or "I care about you."
M in Oz
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Debbie why a “Western” outfit for church?
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
October: Move more: chair yoga, line dance, dailyish PT, play with dogs.
Fuel better: less sugar, dailyish vitamins.
Live NOW: dailyish time with Joe, readings. Open heart and mind before mouth.
2023: Be of good cheer.
One Sunday a year they do a "Round Up" Sunday- Not exactly sure why they started it-I have only been going there 7 yrs. They want everyone to bring/"round up" guests to come to church and wear Western wear then have a big potluck
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Margaret ... well said.
Thank you ladies for the kind words about my grass seeding photo! We were very tired at that point and acting silly. The grass germinated before it got cold. Yay! It's only going to be in the 40s this week and rain and rain and rain. We have a green sheen over all of that hay ... except for a few places that the chickens ate more seed than I thought. Hopefully it will get a little bit more growing in before winter.
Lanette... yes, the neighbors are supposed to be moving soon. I liked the chickens, but I won't be sad to see their vicious dog go. Of course there are zoning restrictions here and they pushed the envelope. For the number of animals they own, they should be on at least 5 acres. They're on an acre lot. Which is why they're moving ... they told me they had "outgrown their yard."
Rebecca ... I just smile every time you write that you chatted with your oldest and your youngest!
Betsy ... sending prayers that your sister's tests bring good news.
Kelly ... glad to hear that your sister has been getting some good news regarding her cancer!
DrKatieBug ... the talk about vitamins made me realize that a change to my vitamin D might be the cause of increased knee pain. My vitamin D levels are at the upper end of accepted ranges and my doctor asked me to cut back ... which I've done. I forgot that the last time I tried this my knees complained then too. So I'm going to go back to my normal dosage and see what happens.
Attended a wedding last night. A lovely venue where they have the ceremony outdoors and then dinner under large tents and a barn. Sadly, the heavens opened up in a down pour right at the time the ceremony was to begin. They said their vows inside the dining tents, but it just wasn't the same. The sun did peek out for a little bit and I could see that their photographer was making use of it with the fall foliage as a backdrop. Risky business scheduling outdoor weddings in October... and it was cold!
Today, we recorded our Buffalo Bills playing football (they were in London) so we could watch the game after church. Hoped no one would give updates at church, but of course they did. Still watched the tape. Not a great day for the Bills.
Picked two bushels of apples yesterday from our tree (still loads to pick or let the deer enjoy) and spent the game peeling them for pies that I'll freeze. Fireside Apples. Didn't expect the tree to produce this year but the apples are large and blemish-free. Go figure. Used my new fruit picker! Where has this tool been all my life? Never had to get the ladder out and I made certain to pick the largest apple at the top!
Beth near Buffalo
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Margaret - once again, very nice post. You explain things so well. You and my grandmother would have been good friends.
Vibrantreader - do you have any health/exercise/nutrition/weight loss tips or questions for the group? Not sure if you've been on here long enough to notice - many of us have either regained or are working on our health journey using various strategies. This group is great at that kind of support.
Kelly - sorry to hear about your sis and the cancer diagnosis.
Regarding supplements - If I could only take three supplements, they would be: 10,000 IU of Vit D3, 100 mcg of Vit K as MK7, and a high absorption Magnesium. All taken together, daily. So much has come out in the past few years about the benefits of having D3 levels above 60 ng/ml. Mine's at 67 and I intend to keep it there. Higher levels of D3 keep our immune system strong - so anti virus properties; good for bone health and work as a cancer preventative. My system needs support in all those areas.
Carol - wow your grands have grown fast, I remember when they were littles. Happy Birthday to your son. I've never eaten grits. But when I was a kid, my mom often cooked up a pot of cornmeal mush, poured it into a loaf pan, cooled it then turned it onto a platter, sliced it thinly and fried the slices. We'd eat it with butter and syrup. Burp. Loved it.
Lisa - maybe your grandson winging his way back to Texas will stay with Kels longer next time.
Time to do dishes then rake leaves. But first I need to run out and see if Fairy just laid an egg! She's singing her song LOUDLY and I can hear it here in the house.
Lanette
SW WA State
UPDATE - yep, nice chocolate brown egg.
Another UPDATE - Beth - interesting your higher Vit D level might be causing your knee pain. A good reminder that we are all individuals here and react to supplements in different ways, and to check with our medical folks. My doctor gave me the go-ahead to keep my levels high for the reasons I mentioned above.
Also Beth - what a nice surprise your apple tree gave you!3 -
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Jake is quite forthcoming about the fact that he doesn't care for unsolicited advice and yet he is a champion at doling it out, usually prefacing it with "You might want to...." LOL. We've been married for over 30 years and it still surprises me. He loves to tell people especially his friends and loved ones to "be safe" or "lock your doors" and can't understand why his daughter is regularly offended by those statements, taking them to mean that she wouldn't do those things without a reminder from him.
Barbie
My dh is always giving unsolicited advice or "knowledge". Always thinks he knows everything and he is always right, tries to "prove" he is right, even when I know he isn't.
Last night I was talking to my friend about the Soda Stream CO2canisters- he was telling me how much he paid. Dh said friend was wrong, that he had checked at Target and the price was a lot higher. Even when I showed dh a screenshot of his order with prices, he still said he could prove that wasn't right-asked me if I wanted him to prove it- Told him no thanks and walked away.4 -
Whidislander wrote: »[
Yes she does sell them at a arts and craft fair that's coming up. Its down in the Salem Oregon area. She is excited and hopes to paint about 30 items to sell. I like that her paints are so sweet. Simple.🤗💖
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa
Rebecca- those are amazing- so cute!!! Would buy them if she was at the craft fair here.
We are getting ready for a show the end of November- Not crafty like that though- letting the 3D printers do most of the work. Doing Fan Expo in SF. I sure hope it turns out. First time dh is really going to sell instead of just having a few items to sell at his friends both with his friend paying for the booth. This one they are splitting-it is a 3 day show but someone else is doing the Sunday part- He wants me to help on Saturday. He and his friend can do Friday I think. We will have to sell over $700 to just break even for our share of the booth. We have 5 of the six printers going pretty much non stop in the week since he found out he was doing it.
Lots of different sizes and styles of dragons and a few serpents-One is 27" long. Doing some cats and sharks and cobras now. He wanted 50 dragons done before the show and we are half way there. Hoping we can do some other things for a bit, want a better selection. They are all different colors because of the tri-color or multi color filament.2 -
@margaretturk
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences.. it’s much appreciated by me. Sorry it’s gone.
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I'd like to go on record saying that I love the big pictures. They allow me to see details and are not a problem for me, not even on my phone. Keep all the great photos coming.
Barbie in NW WA6 -
CarolGaGal wrote: »Margaret ~ How wise you are!
Kim ~ I LOVE grits. I eat a bowl of grits with an added cooked egg several times a week and often for lunch. Follow the directions on the package for cooking and add salt and butter to taste. You can add cheese. Also, Shrimp and Grits is a very popular dish in many restaurants.
Rebecca ~ Is this the sister you visited who does the beautiful paintings. She is so very talented.
Today is my son's 49th BD! We will visit him this afternoon for a steak dinner as he is a very talented cook.
Friday was my grandkids 7th and 8th grade homecoming dance at school. I kept both of these children when they were babies and can hardly believe how grown up they now look.
Carol in GA
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Regarding the grits question from Kim, I keep forgetting to add - one of my absolute favorite treats is grits made to the directions on the box, with added cheese of your choice melted into them then topped with toasted French-fried onions. I don't make them anymore for obvious reasons... You can also just treat grits as if they were cream-of-wheat cereal. My sister fed it to her kids for years for breakfast, with a little milk and honey.
You can also use them half and half with cornmeal to make cornbread. I think you may already have said it, but it basically is polenta, just made from white corn instead of yellow corn. I like polenta if it's spread out on a cookie sheet until it's about a half-inch thick, and refrigerated until fairly solid. Then cut into round or square patties, and brown with just a little cooking spray. Gives a wonderful, nutty flavor, and you can put meat sauces over it, like spaghetti sauce, or Chinese dishes, in place of rice. Has to be browned in a nonstick pan, it's sticky stuff! Grits have significantly fewer calories than the polenta that you buy premade in stores, too. I like grits, can you tell? Shrimp and grits, with a lovely garlic sauce, is one of the better dishes ever in my estimation.
Regarding vitamins, I just take the ones I can snag at Walmart or Sam's. I have prescriptions for minerals, including iron, zinc and potassium. For vitamins, I take B12, folate and one Women 50+ multivitamin. At the moment, I seem to be near equilibrium with the vitamins, minerals, and meds, so I don't change up a whole lot.
Later,
Love,
Lisa
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I want to echo Heather's recommendation of Dr. Chatterjee's podcasts. I have listened to a lot of them. I get them from iTunes so I can download them to listen to on my phone while I walk. They are also available to watch on YouTube. If you are seeking a solution to what ails you, Dr. Chatterjee probably has a podcast or several that will be just what you are looking for.3
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Vibrantreader Thank you. As I said at the end of the post, I meant it when I said I am glad you are here. The discussion made me think deeply about how I respond to language that affects me negatively. I try to meet it with love the best I can. I am sometimes more successful than others. Sometimes forgiveness is where I need to start.
One example I gave showed how a group in charge of a funeral met a family and friends grieving suffering a horrible loss who used raw language in the pain or their loss with love and compassion rather than asking them to stop.
The other example I used was when I was teaching and a student would make bad choices in their language I would tell them they were too good looking to use that kind of language rather than scold them.
Thank you my friends... I feel so fortunate to have all of you with all your love and your wisdom. I appreciate all the support given to me here.
Margaret
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SophieRosieMom wrote: »
Regarding supplements - If I could only take three supplements, they would be: 10,000 IU of Vit D3, 100 mcg of Vit K as MK7, and a high absorption Magnesium. All taken together, daily. So much has come out in the past few years about the benefits of having D3 levels above 60 ng/ml. Mine's at 67 and I intend to keep it there. Higher levels of D3 keep our immune system strong - so anti virus properties; good for bone health and work as a cancer preventative. My system needs support in all those areas.
Carol - wow your grands have grown fast, I remember when they
Another UPDATE - Beth - interesting your higher Vit D level might be causing your knee pain. A good reminder that we are all individuals here and react to supplements in different ways, and to check with our medical folks. My doctor gave me the go-ahead to keep my levels high for the reasons I mentioned above.
Also Beth - what a nice surprise your apple tree gave you!
Lanette … I didn’t mean to write so confusing. My doctor thought my vitamin D was too high at 90 so she cut me back. Since I’ve been taking less, my knees have started to bother me again. I’m going to go back to my regular dose to see if the pain lessens. I was taking 35,000 iu per week, dropped to 15,000 and I’m going to go back to 35,000 per week.
Beth
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Carol and Lisa - Help! it is in a tupperware container, no directions on package! Do you have a package with directions? this gal told me she had to order it online because she could not find it in our stores. I have never seen it on a menu. California just isn't very southern LOL!
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Kim - Start with cold water, and the ratio is one to four, 1/4 cup to 1 cup of water, and it scales up the same. You can add a bit of salt as well. You can also use milk. If the grits are 5-minute ones, it will take them 5 minutes to become quite creamy and thick. If they're regular grits, it will take ten minutes. The only way I know to tell which is which is just if they're done at the five-minute mark... and by "done," it really does look a lot like cream of wheat, and gets to that same texture. If you're making it as a savory dish, chicken broth works, too.5
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Did Cathe Travel Fit DVD. Haven’t done a band DVD in a while. Then took a walk around the neighborhood. Then WalMart. Made the dessert for bowling tomorrow, just need to put the whipped topping on it before we go. Put out the rebar for the “fence” while Vince was at the train show. Then went to Penney’s since I had a $10 coupon that expired today to see if they carried IP air fryer lids (which they don’t). I couldn’t find one but saw one that is an IP and an airfryer. I thought it was the one the sign said was originally $200 on sale for $130. I was seriously considering getting it but it wasn’t the one on sale. I don’t know why they had it under the sale sign. Oh well...not like I really needed it anyway. I do want to go to Ollie’s to see if they carry it. If they don’t, looks like I’ll have to get it online. Then went to WalMart (again) because I needed more of the whipped topping. I thought I had enough
While I was putting out the fence my hand started burning. When I looked down I saw these red ants on my hand. I brushed them off. My hand was burning so I put it under cold water and got a pair of gloves that I took from BK
Sadly I had to wear pants while I was taking my walk. I really don’t like the cold
Lisa – I used to have a pasta machine like that! Now I have the pasta adapter piece for my Kitchenaid. Honestly, I like this one much better. The other one (like your pic) kept coming loose from the table.
KJ – yea for no alcohol or chips! Fantastic! So glad your sister is in remission
Rita – blast from the past. We have furbys!!!
Kim – after your “shopping”, what time should I be over???? How wonderful that you’ll be making meals!
Carol – a new name?? When did that happen? I must have missed it
Denise called to tell us that they are planning a trip (her and Pete) to London next June and would we sit for PJ at their house? For one thing, it’s so far off. Of course, we’d really love it if they’d bring him here. Not sure why she insists he has to be at his house. Anyway, it sort-of saddens me that she’s one of those (in barbie’s words) people who give up what they want in the future to have something in the present (or words like that)”. She would like a bigger home, a new car, yet she’s going to London to go to a baseball game? Like I said, it’s a ways off so who knows what’ll happen. It also saddens me to know that she can go to London, but she can't come to North Carolina. Oh well....
Well, better take my shower and get to bed. Work then bowling tomorrow then ceramics.
Night ladies
Michele NC5
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