WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2023

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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,317 Member
    FYI,,,garlic to fend out ghouls is a REAL thing! LOL see the article in the spoiler
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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,813 Member
    That photo of husband was back when we lived on the Oregon coast. He was growing out his hair and his mustache! Now he's clean shaven and I shave his head with a #3. This morning he took all his button down, collared long sleeved shirts and washed them. He's been just wearing tees with sweaters, and his heavy rugby shirts most of the time. So I said, well you should just wear your suspenders as well, (jokingly said) but he said, "ooh I have to find them"! Oh heaven help me.😁. He should very entertaining though.💖🤗
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,813 Member
    Ok, he found them.
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    Now he says when we go down south to see the kids, we should go to the mall there, and look at sport coats, or "waistcoat" sweater vests. He's excited, and its nice to see.
    Heather, its hard to acclimate in environments you're not keen to, but you did great. My middle sons home has dog hair one side to the other, so husband and I don't stay there if its both of us. My son used to be hurt by this a little, as when its just me visiting, I do stay there. He just tells people, "my Dad doesn't like my dogs" which I kind of feel bad about that. Smokers in a restaurant would affect me greatly. My middle smokes and takes long drags when she's video chatting with me. I never say anything but to me if she didn't smoke she would not have the wheezing that she has when she talks. Pick and choose my battles is what I repeat in my brain.
    Love all the photos, and you taking the time to vicariously take us along in your back pocket.💖👍🏼
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,892 Member
    Rebecca - He looks so much healthier in the current picture!
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,658 Member
    Kim - so glad your questionable ouchie turned out to be a thorn. Good to have that worry out of the way.

    Lisa - your talk of foccacia has inspired me to make a pizza tomorrow. For years, that was the Saturday night favorite at our house and I loved making the dough and that yeasty smell stuff. I had to buy new flour - the bag I had in the cupboard expired a year ago. That's how long it's been since I baked anything. I'll stick the new bag in the freezer once I scoop out what I need right now.

    Carol - the nearest Lowe's is about 30 miles from my house. If I'm set on getting plastic roofing panels, I'll see if any of the local hardwares carry them. And I have other options - Charlie's wife volunteered to pick some up for me and bring them out. In that case, I need to sit down and figure how many I'll need so I don't have her wasting trips running for one panel at a time. I have my heavy duty snips and can cut them to size. I'm anxious to see how my jerry-rigged plastic panel works and just be content with that. ;)

    Have your DH's sleeping habits changed a lot recently? Just thinking maybe he's not sleeping well at night for some reason so is catching up with the long naps. Hopefully it's a temporary thing.

    Beth - I was glad to hear the end is in sight on the house siding project before the weather turns. And I remember what you went through to get your mom closer. Glad it worked out.

    Heather - I just read your latest update on DH's daughter's place. Interesting - a big change from your cozy well-organized house for sure. Sorry about all the smoke -I wonder if lung cancer and COPD rates are super high there. Happy Birthday to him, by the way. :)

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,189 Member
    CarolGaGal wrote: »


    Feeling sorry for myself. What do you do when your husband wants to sleep most of the day and then is up most of the night? I am beginning to feel like a widow. Can't plan to do anything together after lunch because he has to have his nap and it usually last 3 to 6 hrs.

    Carol in GA

    I feel that way about dh most of the time- mine isn't napping, well, sometimes he is, but is always in his room with the door closed(closed to keep the cats out so he can be on his laptop or working on a project without the cats in the middle of it)
    He does nap in the afternoon if he gets a chance then goes to his mom's at 4:30(plus at 9:30AM and stays an hour and a half or longer each time). He has been eating over there, says she gets mad if he doesn't eat something- isn't hungry for dinner at home but then after I go to bed, he is up in the kitchen snacking on something, other than what I cook and stays up well past midnight.

    Only time we spend any time together is to go shopping- that man LOVES to shop- shops pretty much every day. Mostly for his mom's stuff now but just to go shopping too.

    Debbie
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,658 Member
    MFP Weekly Check-in for October 16, 2023

    Kylia in Ohio – what a roller coaster ride scale wise this past week! I was 128.5 last Sunday. On Monday I was 127.5. On Wednesday, that dang scale read 130.3!!!! It was a job to get my mind to accept that that number was not true. It just wasn't possible. I have however only seen that number once since falling out of the 130s in 2017. More water. More logging. I am happy to say I weighed in at 128.2. So a loss of .3 lbs

    Rita in Roswell NM - Well only down 2/10 a pound from last week, and still about 1 pound over the end of last month. Junk food needs to go away!

    Debbie in Napa Valley CA - Will report next week.

    Lanette SW WA State – weight staying steady. Goal is clothing fitting better, and making progress overall. Health, at this stage, is priority over what the scale says. Incorporating drinking more water, getting more activity right after meals and pushing carbs to the end of the meal, starting with protein and high fiber foods.

  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,046 Member
    Went to church yesterday then came home and changed. DD and I then cleaned the gutters on the back of the house. We finished just as it started to rain.

    We changed the horses places as we are now feeding the old mare timothy hay pellets. They are soaked so she does not have to chew them. Hopefully this will keep her going through the winter.

    Kim - hope you are able to carve out some me time.

    Carol - I am with the others. See if you can find something just for you while he is sleeping.

    Everyone take care, Sue in WA
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,976 Member
    Carol, does your new car have Car Play? My cousin’s 2019 CRV had it, but my 2016 had built-in. If so, your phones map app will work through car play and it is actually better than built-in navigation. You can even ask Siri for directions while driving. I couldn’t do that with my built-in navigation. I had to be stopped in Park.

    Re b]bathroom rugs[/b]: our housecleaner comes every other Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday morning we wash all the bathroom and kitchen mats so they are nice and clean and ready to put down after she does the floors. We also do the sheets every two weeks. We do a load of regular laundry every day. Towels get done with the Monday and Friday loads, because those are Dave’s clothes and he doesn’t care. I sort mine and do darks one day, lights the next so that each gets done once a week.

    I don’t have a set schedule for the places the housecleaner doesn’t do, but just do them when they start to bother me. For example, I did the oven Saturday. It probably hadn’t been done in 6 months or longer.

  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,892 Member
    edited October 2023
    Kim - so pleased that it was merely that "thorn in your side..." and not cancer. I think it's become such a kneejerk reaction on the part of the doctors, it's a little scary. I have not had a doctor actually touch me in years, other than them clutching their stethoscope outside my shirt and pressing it to my chest, then telling me to take a deep breath. Techs, sure... mammograms, cardiograms, echocardiograms... but the docs just look at the test results and talk to me.

    Sue - how are your sarcoidosis symptoms doing? Better, I hope. I think of you often. I'm so pleased that you're making sure to give your old mare the best chance to make it through the winter.

    Heather - Many happy birthday wishes for Johnnie, and hope your birthday lunch out is absolutely wonderful. The delicacies for picnics in your room sound lovely and wonderful. Glad the holiday row is completed already... such a relief to have that over with! :smiley:

    Rebecca - Such an amazing change in Lee, just absolutely wonderful. You had to be so scared all the time at that point. So pleased the transplant was so successful.

    Lanette - I'm so pleased I've inspired you to make homemade pizza. The best thing I've learned here with all these lovely women is that I do best if I eat whatever I choose and control my serving sizes. It's simply much more effective for me than leaving out any type of food, like fats or carbs or whatever the latest style is... I do try to leave my early meal as late as I can handle it, but eating smaller amounts and less often has been the most effective thing for me for weight maintenance and control.

    Time to go pull the focaccia out of the oven, the house smells wonderful.

    Hope it's a lovely start to the week for everyone.

    Love,
    Lisa in AR


  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    kymarai wrote: »
    Any help with posting pictures from Samsung? I can post from laptop, just not phone or tablet. Just a wee bit frustrating.

    Not being able to post photos is a special feature that the Samsung & MFP app offers!!

    Try opening the internet version of MFP rather than the app, and posting photos there.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    CarolGaGal wrote: »
    Feeling sorry for myself. What do you do when your husband wants to sleep most of the day and then is up most of the night? I am beginning to feel like a widow. Can't plan to do anything together after lunch because he has to have his nap and it usually last 3 to 6 hrs.

    Carol in GA

    Clean the house
    Go for a long walk
    Work in the garden
    Join a ladies group that meets in the afternoon
    Go to the library for an afternoon event
    Volunteer somewhere
    Get an afternoon job

    It's freedom to do what you'd like!!


    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    I got triggered on the subject because I ran across some clickbait yesterday on the dirtiest thing in your house. Turned out it was bathroom rugs. Between people's hair, pet hair, dampness which creates a great atmosphere for bacteria, mold, mildew etc., skin cells, the usual dust mites, and dander, and then add the fact that most people only wash the rugs about every second or third month, they get pretty yucky.

    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in Arkansas

    I have one little rag mat in front of the sink and the type of mat that is like a thick towel (like you find in hotels) in front of the shower.

    They both get tossed into the wash each time I do towels.


    I've read that people's phones are the worst ... so I clean mine every couple days.

    Germy Things You Touch Every Day
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    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Benadryl knocked me right out last night!! But between it, the stronger cream, and time, the rash finally seems to be settling a little. Thank goodness!!

    But now I know that I need to be really cautious around essential oils ... and extra cautious around home made soaps and things!!

    Sometimes subsequent exposures can result in even worse reactions.

    M in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    edited October 2023
    Keep moving forward!

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  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,702 Member
    Machka- Expectations vs Reality! So true!
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,813 Member
    ginnytez wrote: »
    Kim-I have never gotten a rose thorn that embedded, but just getting stuck really bothers me. It is amazing they did touch it to try to determine something-good thinking on your part!

    Kylia-I think you handle your role in family business how you chose. It would be difficult marrying in to such a thing after other roles are already established.

    Rebecca-Lee looks pretty spiffy with his suspenders. I think it's great he is taking an interest in himself.

    Heather-sounds like you had a lovely visit with DIL. Her housekeeping may not meet your standards, but just focus on the visit.

    Tracey-cousin's son sounds really banged up-glad others are ok. I had to look up what a side by side is! Good luck in dealing with the vertigo.

    Machka-glad rash shows some improvements.

    Felt much better today from shot. Took some ibuprofen in morning. After lunch got a bit achy, took some more. Think it faded away around completely at about the 48 hour mark. Just passing on my experience for any of you who may get shot. Of course, we all respond differently.

    Off to get ready for bed.

    Take care all,

    Ginny in Ohio



    Yes, its kinda fun to see.💖
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,813 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Keep moving forward!

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    I kinda like the meandering journey better than the unrealistic straight one. For one its more exciting, more to see, and each different modes of travel unique.👍🏼
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa

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