WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2023

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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,505 Member
    Rebecca – sounds like you’re having a wonderful time.

    On my way back from my walk stopped to talk to one neighbor. Found out her husband has been on hospice for the last year. No wonder I haven’t seen her or him out! He’s at home, on a feeding tube, can’t speak, is only getting 9oz of nutrition/day. She has hospice come in once/day. His organs are starting to shut down. I feel so bad for her. Her son comes every weekend.

    Ginny – glad the marker is stable

    barbie – I love ebooks! That’s really the only way I go about reading. Wish there were more ebooks, tho. I’m signed for Libby, Hoopla, and the library down in FL

    Annie – have a great lunch.

    Kim – you sneak!!!! Sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do

    Rita – at this point, I don’t care if all we get for the coins is face value! To those suggesting we save them for PJ, trust me, he’s going to be getting a good trust!

    Michele NC
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,073 Member
    Rebecca- suck up whatever time you can..its a blast isnt it?
    80 degrees outside.. very comfortable here ..have the windows open.. recouping from last night.. my Samsung watch says I only got a 56 percent rating for sleep and only 45 mins of REM sleep and thats with the CPAP..its the darn hips that wake me up,I constantly toss and turn ugh..oh well
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,221 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,569 Member
    GodMomKim wrote: »
    Hi Gals,

    Annie- I have had a similar problem with my mom on the bills, of course, it has some differences. But what I did was get a old fashion paper address book. I found one at Staples – it’s a chain of business/home stationary supplies – not sure what is in your area. And then I used it to begin to collect data. So for example who is the cable TV/internet supplier - I just unplugged her router and told her it was down and I needed to call the company – because my mom is hearing impaired (especially without her hearing aids- which she would prefer to not wear) I got her to give me the company name, phone number, web address and her account number - I then called and told her I would play around and see if I could fix it while I was on hold. Well I did fix it…. Lol… I just plugged it back in. I told her that it was fixed. Then I logged into the company web page and made an account to get in and manage her account myself. I have been working on my list for about 2 years now and have gotten it pretty complete. Because of the hearing impairment and the fact she hates to wait on the phone, I can leverage those things to get what I need to get access.

    My managing many things for my mom requires me to keep my life as organized and streamlined as possible in order to free up time for managing another household. I am no where near good at it but keep listening for suggestions of what others do and trying stuff that even seems possible.

    Love ya all,
    Kim in N. California

    Well done!!

    When my husband had his accident 5.5 years ago, I had access to about half our bills and things ... and had to get access to the other half.

    He was in a coma, so I couldn't consult with him ... so I pulled out every trick in the bag to get access to everything. In the end, I think there was only one thing I didn't have access to, and it didn't matter much. I think I just let it expire.

    I was very glad I worked with computers and had taken courses in computers and knew people who were more skilled than I in computers!!!

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,569 Member
    Ginny when my mom gets home, I will have home health care come in every week. I picked the company and made the initial call. I'm hoping I can get coverage for Thursday afternoon when I ride horseback. I haven't decided whether Dad can watch Mom for a bit or not. Maybe I need someone to watch both Mom and Dad. Mom mostly naps on the couch, or reads or watches TV so unless she is hungry, she is easy. It's dad that won't stay within his limits.

    Annie in Delaware

    From what you've told us, your dad expects your mom to get up and do what she did before ... I'm not sure if I would be confident leaving her in his care.

    You could tell the health care worker that both parents need watching, and tell your dad that the health care worker is there for your mom ... if he objects to being watched.

    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,569 Member
    Regarding the rash - it is better, but not completely gone. It eases up nicely for a day or two, and then flares up again. Not as bad as it was in the first week, but annoying. It has also migrated down my arms. Again, not as bad as what was on my face, neck and chest in the first week, but annoying. And very itchy.

    I'm not sure why it keeps flaring up and spreading. But I just did a load of laundry with liquid sensitive skin detergent, so I'm hoping that helps.


    Regarding e-books - I have accessed several through Kindle/Amazon and one through Libby just the other day. I've been pleasantly surprised at the number of free books available!!

    I still prefer an actual book in my hand, but it's nice to have the online options.

    I'm reading Mary Higgins Clark these days.


    Machka in Oz
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 18,974 Member
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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,073 Member
    Heather- it sounds like a fun time was had by all.
    Lisa- reason I went is because my friend Michael was playing and my friend's Sue and Bob were up from N.C. and it's her brother and a friend that was playing last night. And I always always wear earplugs. If I know im going somewhere ..I can hear the conversation, and drowned out alot of the background noise.
    Believe you me I usually don't go out to those things to much either.
    I did a whole bunch of nothing today..
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,221 Member
    Stat for the day-

    No time for spin or the gym today

    Walk w/family- 1hr 54min 36sec, 65elev, 3.14ap, 80ahr, 102mhr, 6.07mi= 578c
    Strava app, 744c
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    pip - is everything ok?... "No time for spin or the gym today" is just not like you!!!! Hope you were busy doing very fun stuff!
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,180 Member
    Walked the wetlands yesterday- met up with a friend's husband who was out walking their dog so finished walking with him. Nice to have someone to chat with instead of the walk alone. Sometimes I like the quiet but sometimes it is nice to chat with a person and not just the birds and ground squirrels.
    Walked last night at the park with my friend. Hit just over 18,000 steps.
    Walked MIL's dog this morning-just 30min walk. Was supposed to meet up with my friend again and our zumba teacher to walk the wetlands under the full moon- they both canceled on me. I didn't want to go by myself- it was an event for the wetlands so other people would be there but I wanted to go with friends. Oh well.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,569 Member
    Nice (but cold) 20 km bicycle ride today ...
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    And then a great (but colder) 5.6 km walk!
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    Machka in Oz
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,942 Member
    It was sad to read about Matthew Perry this evening.

  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,030 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,569 Member
    My Mom was going to town every day 3 or 4 times a day, the cost of this was more than she could afford. One day she called me complaining that her car was broke down and my brother, a mechanic, wasn’t looking at it. She said he was too busy. I called my brother and he told me that he knew what was wrong. She had run out of gas in the driveway. He went on to explain that she still had two weeks before she would receive money and only had a tiny bit of money. He was trying to help her save some money by keeping her at home.
    Shortly after that we had to take her licence away completely because she wasn’t safe to be driving.
    Alzheimer’s is such a terrible disease.

    Tracey In Edmonton

    I've read of people disabling their parent's vehicles in some way so they couldn't drive. I hid all the keys for our vehicles from my husband until I was sure he wouldn't drive.

    M in Oz

  • Miss_Idelia
    Miss_Idelia Posts: 6 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    @auntiebk thank you for the welcome! I have wondered if anyone read my post...and I cannot really figure out how to comment on someone else's post yet **shrug**

    Use the quote button under the post. See ... it says Flag, Quote, Insightful, etc.

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    Machka in Oz

    Thanks !

    Miss Idelia (Wanda) in Iowa
  • Miss_Idelia
    Miss_Idelia Posts: 6 Member
    @Miss_Idelia Welcome to the group. It’s a busy group, but people do read the posts, and comment when they have more time.
    I have wondered if anyone read my post...and I cannot really figure out how to comment on someone else's post yet **shrug**
    I sometimes use the <Quote> and edit the content. Or, I put the person’s name in bold, and comment.

    Machka: We are also in a wet rainy period which is forecast to last several days.
    Heather: Boo! to being unwell, and safe travels.
    Tracey: 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for a speedy recovery for your cousin’s son.

    Planning to make a batch of crab apple jelly this morning, and boil a gammon for our salad for dinner tonight. Also going through my winter clothes so that I can swap for summer clothes in my wardrobe. I intended to do this a couple of weeks ago, but we had a late spate of settled warmish weather.

    🤗🤗🤗 and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 to all.

    ☘️ Terri

    Thank you Terri xox

    Miss Idelia in IA