WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2023

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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 3,886 Member
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    2023 December Kindness


    Word of the Year: appreciate—Today I appreciate the Adult Center.


    Meditation: daily. 18/30 (82%(started Feb)(94%,100%, 74%, 93%,100%,100%,100,100,83%
    Feeling sick all month. Colitis crap!

    Recommended exercise: cardio 5 days 30 min /23
    Strength all muscles 2 x 0/8 a week
    Flexible (yoga, stretching) /8 a week 10 min
    Balance 5 days 10 min /20

    1. cut back drinking and limit to 2 days a week. 0/8–(300%,100%,100%,100%,100%)
    3 months SOBER!
    2. Average 7,000 steps a week. 5907,(7,700,100%-9851,100%-9526,100%-9,559,100%, -8347,100%—7465,100%—6328,90%—6059,87%—6458,92%,-6847,98%-84% 5882-)
    3. Update budget every 2 weeks 1/2 (10,00%) 50%
    4. Contact close family every week (4x) 227-208—(733%,100% My mom called me for a change, 100%)
    5. Contact Donat and sibs once a month (8x)99/96 100%)
    6. Weigh less last day of month compared to first until I reach 140. Start at 178.6,176,174.2,173.4,175.4,174,175.6,173.4, 172.2, 173.2, 173.4, 173.4 (600%) 100%,100%
    7. Develop a journaling practice by aiming to journal at least 5 days a week. 5/23. (681%,100,100,83)
    8. Read 12 books at least this year. 49/12
    (100%)
    9. Pay off credit card debt by January 2024 by making monthly payments to NDR/Reach Financial 12/12—(100%)
    10. Continue building emergency fund at SLFCU (min$25 a month)$25+$25+$71+700+25+25 +25+25 (100%) I put the money in, but end up taking it out.
    11. April started putting 4% on income in savings. 700,200,200, 107, 157,0,0,0,0
    500%) This has stopped. Spending too much.

    January Met —100%
    February met —-90%
    March met met —-90%
    April met——86.36%
    May met——-89%
    June met—-99%
    July met — met 81%
    August met—met 99%
    September met——99%
    October met —90.7%
    November met—75%
    December met—


    1.Spread kindness and share the December calendar with others. Sharing with my MFP friends.
    2. Contact someone you can’t be with to see how they are doing. Forgot to do this yesterday. Hope to do it today. I did this on Sunday 12/3.
    3. Offer to help someone who is facing difficulties at the moment. Helped my fellow host in learning what to do in 2 separate incidents with campers.
    4. Support a campaign, cause, or charity you really care about.
    5. Give a gift to someone who is homeless or lonely. Did not do this. No chance to.
    6. Leave a positive message for someone else to find. Did this yesterday.
    7. Give kind comments to as many people as possible today. I will try. A bit down today. Not feeling well.
    8. Do something helpful for a friend or family member. Will do!
    9. Notice when you’re hard on yourself or others and be kind instead.
    10. Listen wholeheartedly to others without judging them.
    11. But an extra item and donate to a food bank.
    12. Be generous. Feed someone with food, love or kindness today.
    13. See how many be people you can smile at today.
    14. Share a happy memory or inspiring thought with a loved one.
    15. Say hello to your neighbor and brighten their day.
    16. Look for something positive to say to everyone you meet today.
    17. Give thanks. List the kind things others have done for you.
    18. Ask for help and let someone else know the how of giving.
    19. Contact someone who may be alone or feeling isolated.
    20. Help someone by giving away something you don’t need.
    21. Appreciate kindness and thank people who do things for you.
    22. Congratulate someone for an achievement that may go unnoticed.
    23. Choose to give or receive the gift of forgiveness.
    24. Bring joy to others. Share something that made you laugh.
    25. Treat everyone with kindness including yourself.
    26. Get outside, pick up litter or do something kind for nature.
    27. Call a relative who is far away to say hello and have a chat.
    28. Be kind to the planet. Eat less meat and use less energy.
    29. Turn off digital devices and really listen to people.
    30. Let someone know how much you appreciated them and why.
    31. Plan some new acts of kindness for 2024.



    The results of your personality test are in. Here they are:
    Personality type: Logistician (ISTJ-T)
Traits: Introverted – 69%, Observant – 58%, Thinking – 75%, Judging – 56%, Turbulent – 54%
Role: Sentinel
Strategy: Constant Improvement
    Joined MFPL 5/26/2010
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 3,886 Member
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    Today is: These help me start the day with a smile; I hope it does the same for you! Have a brownie!!
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,267 Member
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    Lovely lights, Margaret! :D Like Barbie, I am thrilled to see other people's hard work, but I've got to the stage where I choose carefully where I spend my energy. This year I have no desire to decorate at all, but that may change. I do like my LED candles in the fire grate. And my red amaryllis. :D That seems quite enough Yule for me.
    I'm debating whether to make an arrangement of large baubles in a big bowl we have in the corner of the dining room and I want to put the felt decs I made up somewhere. Edie was thinking of coming over to finish her felt angel, but she's got a party, her mum said.
    The kids are growing up! Edie was asking if I thought John's 'boobs' she made were too big, or ought to be bigger. She talked about how some people have 'boob jobs' and 'lip jobs' and how she didn't approve. Then she grabbed my phone to look up 'boob jobs'. I was shouting, "No, no, Edie, don't! " I explained to her that I would get an endless amount of adverts ever after, plus she might end up inadvertently on a pornography site. Max said, "Oh then you'd see horrible stuff! Don't do it Edie!" She did stop. Phew! She doesn't have her own phone at the moment, though Max does. I know her insatiable curiosity will lead her down all kinds of avenues. Max is very rule governed, though goodness knows what the boys do at his school.
    I know her parents will talk to them about this stuff, and probably set parental controls, but it was a reminder of what is out there, a click away. I don't want it on my phone!

    Lanette - I made Scotch Eggs once upon a time, for a street party when we lived in London. 1973. It was a massive amount of work, deep frying them. We had various bands playing on a lorry stage, and one girl, a roady, came and took half of my neatly cut up eggs to give to the band. I was extremely annoyed! It turned out afterwards that the band was Pink Floyd. (Nick Mason lived on our street and was a sort of friend so I wasn't impressed at the time)
    My local butcher's ones are locally homemade, and my favourites, from the best butcher in town, are a great treat, when I am passing. I couldn't make anything better. Unfortunately, you can't freeze them, because of the egg in the middle.

    I've been fighting off a cold the last few days and today felt really 'off' and achy. Soooo stiff and very uncomfortable. I've just had a good nap and taken my temperature, which is normal. I did all my exercises this morning and my writing session, so I think it's some random virus. Hope it passes soon.
    Homemade pizza tonight. Green salad. Not really hungry, but will make it, and probably eat it. It's a wholegrain dough, and not large for two people.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • dlfk202000
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    exermom wrote: »
    Debbie – way to go girl!!!!



    Car passed inspection. Stopped at Ollies and got Colby a game that I needed to get him. Now all the shopping that I need to do is done until the middle of the month when I have to order gifts from Amazon. Wish they’d let you order and specify a delivery date, but, of course, they don’t and I totally understand


    Michele NC

    I wish that too about Amazon- Especially with the Black Friday sales. Sent gifts to former hubby last year for his parents(both in assisted living place near him). He put them in the attic and then forgot about them. Took a while for him to remember and get them to his parents.

  • dlfk202000
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    Poerava14 wrote: »
    Annie: If you haven't researched this yet, may I recommend you get versed in the art of the therapeutic lie? For our loved ones with dementia, we can only meet them where they are, then using artful fibs, "redirect" their attention or behavior around to where we want it. Adding my hugs and waves of energy to those of everyone else here.

    Rori

    Yes ... I learned pretty quickly that this was a viable method of dealing with various things.

    Unfortunately, people with dementia or brain injuries don't process things the way we do or don't have the same levels of reasoning and logic ... plus they forget a lot.

    I could have explained and explained and explained, but my husband just wasn't going to get it or remember it.

    M in Oz
    Dh needs to do this with his mom instead of trying over and over to explain it-with both getting louder and louder each time. Some things don't need to be explained in detail. Just gets them both frustrated
    Need him to realize and follow it though.
  • dlfk202000
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    bwcetc wrote: »
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    Barbie ... I see bubble lights on your former tree! I've been following a group on FaceBook that is into vintage Christmas decorations from the 40's through 60's. I am astounded by what people will pay for some things.

    My mom had a rough day with confusion yesterday. Sigh. I'm afraid her slide is picking up speed ...

    Today I am mailing the Christmas Cards, meeting with the pastor to go over what he's looking for in my Children's Sermon for Christmas Eve, running to Walmart for some things, and then figuring out what to bake for a Cookie Exchange I got sucked into for tomorrow.

    Have a great day!
    Beth near Buffalo where the sun is shining for the moment.

    I loved bubble lights when I was a kid. Many years ago when I was working and living on base, I bought two sets. I don't know if you can put them on fake trees so they are still in the boxes. I did try to put them on one year(one pack) but was worried about them so they stay in the box. Maybe next year I will have son help me put them on. He has never seen them. They are my favorite.

  • pipcd34
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  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,068 Member
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    Beth, I'm sorry to hear about your mom's confusion. It can make things difficult.

    Annie in Delaware
  • exermom
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    Lanette – Jerry is still sleeping in the tent. As far as I know, nothing is being done about him finding alternate housing. I once asked him if his sister is looking but he said that no one would rent to him because he drank. To me, that sounds like something his sister just said. I don’t know. I’m not quite sure why BK keeps him on. I suspect he might have some sort of relationship with one of the hourly managers. But since he has emotional issues, perhaps they get a tax break...I just don’t know. He hasn’t come to work drunk in a long time. I do know that he hasn’t given up drinking, tho

    Kylia – I’ve done the same thing...fall asleep while typing.

    I love that I can come here, type what’s on my mind, get different perspectives. Helps so much.

    Beth – we have bubble lights on our main tree. They do sell them today.

    I have to try on my elf costume. Honestly, I’m almost afraid to. It’s been years since I wore it (pre-Covid) and my figure has changed (and not for the good). Vince is going to wear his Santa outfit to the ceramics christmas party tomorrow and I’m going to wear the elf costume. Now to get the courage up to put it on

    Margaret “look good at night and during the day”. This is why inflatables just don’t appeal to me. I really like blowmolds. The disadvantage is that they take up so much space to store them whereas inflatables don’t take up as much room. But during the day when they are deflated, looks sad to me

    Vince went to Statesville (probably about 20 minutes away) to get this Old English sheepdog blow mold. It means a lot because when we were first married, we had an OES. It's soooo cute. He saw one at the Home Depot here, but it was sold so he went to Statesville for it. The bad part is that it doesn't have a light bulb inside it, but he thinks he can put one in.

    Annie – I’m the same way, if I read and don’t answer right away, it goes completely out of my mind

    Anne DE – I bet you’re also getting good at “accidentally on purpose forgetting to mention something or do something”

    barbie – that tinsel on your tree sure brought back memories

    Debbie – our bubble lights do get very hot. We just bought replacements and saw that they are selling the lights, but they do get hot. I do have to be careful not to have any ornaments very near them

    Tina – I’m so sorry to hear about your dh. And right before the holidays, too!

    Well, off to try on the elf costume. Wish me luck

    Michele NC
  • Anniesquats100
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    Michele good luck with your elf costume!

    I try to do what I say I will, but some things do get put off indefinitely. It happens.

    Annie in Delaware
  • Whidislander
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    To those of you I have sent Christmas cards to, don't feel obligated to send one back if that's not your thing. I like to send out cards, but I don't do it to get cards. Hugs from Whidbey!
    Rebecca

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