WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2023

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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,153 Member
    Morning ladies
    Im dressed,but sore will do some laundry today.but thats about it
    Maybe wrap some presents.
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,733 Member
    Machka Thank you. I use baking soda to clean kitchen sink but for whatever reason never transfered that thought to bathroom. :p

    Back to starving mode. OMG! Ate 1400 calories for dinner last night after about 1000 during the day! I usually don't eat in morning until around 1130. I had to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as I was hangry. Probably not enough water so working on that.

    Love the pictures!
    Hugs to those who want ((()))
    Healing thoughts for those ill or hurt
    Cheering for each step we all take towards our goals.

    Much love,
    Kylia in Ohio where the day started at 23 and will get to 50 on the first day of winter.
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,659 Member
    Heather ~ I love the cake! That icing looks YUMMY!
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,361 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,792 Member
    Also, do the bits you notice first. The ones that are constantly in your eyeline. That annoy you the most. Dining room table? Kitchen counter? Entry hall?

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,392 Member
    2023 December Kindness


    Word of the Year: appreciate—Today I appreciate heat on a cold day.


    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%)
    4 months SOBER!
    2. Average 7,000 steps a week. 5907,5777,(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 2/2 (10,00%) 50%
    4. Contact close family every week (4x) 229/208—(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. 12/23. (681%,100,100,83)
    8. Read 12 books at least this year. 50/12
    (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. I will try to remember.
    10. Listen wholeheartedly to others without judging them. I need to learn to do this more.
    11. But an extra item and donate to a food bank. Did not have a chance to do this today.
    12. Be generous. Feed someone with food, love or kindness today.
    13. See how many be people you can smile at today. I didn’t count, but smiled at ask the hospital employees I meet yesterday while getting eye surgery.
    14. Share a happy memory or inspiring thought with a loved one. Will do!
    15. Say hello to your neighbor and brighten their day. Sounds like a plan for today!
    16. Look for something positive to say to everyone you meet today. My goal always!
    17. Give thanks. List the kind things others have done for you. Will do this in my journal.
    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: 4,392 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Not quite how I would have decorated it, but hey-ho! :p

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    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    The cake is awesome! Looks like a snow that got blown around. He did a good job I think. I like cakes with rough frostings, not the smooth ones they make now using a sheet of fondant.

    RVRita :smile:
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,902 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Well I took tylenol and took a nap. I'll be sore..but it is a blessing that I didn't break anything..Im sure I'll be quite sore the next few days but thats the price you pay for being a klutz,Tom called to make sure I was ok..

    So sorry you fell! When I fall the shock of it makes me turn into a wailing woman. Long enough that anyone one around me starts asking "is she ok" (like ok in the head me thinks). Anything physical turns my emotional button on high! You are brave, and fearless, and of course don't wail.💖🤗. Be easy on yourself until after the New Year.💖
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,392 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Good morning from the grayish gloom of a December morning in Arkansas,

    The silver lining in the clouds is that they keep the weather much warmer, already 25 degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this same time. Most appreciated!

    Just finished putting away a grocery delivery - Walmart provided one express delivery for free during December, so I took advantage. Not bad at all - ordered at 8:15, delivered by 9:15. Still won't pay their $10 usual fee afterward, even so. Usually not in that much of a hurry! Just don't want to get anywhere near there until about a week after Christmas, so I stocked up on what I could. Fresh veggies, etc., we can get in the local grocery stores, few lines.

    Haven't been able to get ahead of the pain this morning, but hope to soon. Acupuncture at 1 p.m., if I can get things to settle down enough to drive to the appointment.

    Later,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR

    Speaking of Walmart, I find it odd that the only Walmart store here in Roswell is never crowded for Christmas. When I lived in TN, there were 2 Walmart near me and you couldn’t find a parking spot in them from Thanksgiving to the first week in January. Same thing in CT! I wonder why not here. They have a Target but that is always not crowded. The only time I saw these two places was during CoVid and they were restricting how many people could be in the store at the same time. They both had lines that went into the parking lots!

    RVRita
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,392 Member
    Today is a good day to go Caroling while drinking Sangria!! 😂
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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,956 Member
    edited December 2023
    And... I may have powers beyond my ken... :smiley: The acupuncturist's office called to say that they needed to reschedule, so I'll see her next week, same day. I'm very pleased, as, even though I'm starting to feel better pain-wise, I'm exhausted from the morning's issues, so staying here curled up and crocheting sounds a lot better than going out for any reason!

    Heather - I'm proud of you for putting aside perfection to enjoy the good, both in the Christmas ornaments and John's cake. I'm still working on that myself.

    Rita - The Walmart nearest me is crowded from noon onward most of the time, but nuts around the holidays. The ones in the bigger town near us are just crowded all the time. Love your 5-year certificate, what a nice gesture! Can't believe it's been that long, I remember when you first sold up and got the RV.

    Carol - I loved your list, and may steal it.

    Annie - Thinking about you, dear heart. Hope you've had time with your sister.

    Time to just enjoy the rest of the day and whatever it holds. Hope it is/was a good day for all of us.

    Love,
    Lisa in AR
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,792 Member
    edited December 2023
    Yes, Lisa, it's a huge change in me. I feel not looking for perfection is one of my most perfect achievements! :p:p:p Sorry about the pain. <3

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,269 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    auntiebk wrote: »
    A bag of chocolate chips for $1.69? They START at $3.99 here and go up for different brands or flavors.

    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

    I was curious so I looked them up ... they start at $5 here for 200 grams (7 oz) of chocolate chips. Although they are having a sale right now so it's $4/200 grams.

    I haven't bought chocolate chips in years!


    Machka in Oz

    choc. chips here start at $1.99 for Hershey's if I get them at the 99cent store. I watch for sales at Grocery Outlet for them all year long because I know I will go through SOOOO many bags of them. I will go through 2 doz bags easily in the two weeks I do my candy making, may be even more than that.
    I did find Walmart has the best price for their brand of chips when I can't find any on sale
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,619 Member
    Gratitudes:
    Thursday 12/14: Mama, Papa and all the wonderful memories.
    Michele, wow! I’d love to be your neighbor, your displays would tempt me to walk every evening, just for the lightening of spirit.
    Annie ((hugs)) just ((hugs)) So hard to work out the couch vs armchair details of your new normal. Just thankful that your mom agreed to sleep in the hospital bed.
    Tracey I’d love to hear you reading the story with inflections and expressions. Your individuality and creativity will shine through!
    Heather your tea towel (our dish towel) and living room lighting wars sound exactly like ours, but you forgot the squeeze out the kitchen sponge/wring out the dish cloth. Sometimes I’m tempted to slap Joe with the sloppy, sopping things. :naughty: Love the expression “dirt blind.” I’m dust and dog hair blind myself ;) WOW you play so very very well. How would you paint a tea towel? Is there a special, waterproof pigment? Aha you send the image and they print it. Brilliant.
    Machka how ever did you clean the oily tea towels? Joe uses our dishtowels to mop up the grease from the top of the stove. s0959.gif :love: the “not stuff” gifts list.
    Lanette what a blessing you are to Mrs. Roger. Hope she has a cane or a walker that will allow her to start her 15 steps with less fear of falling.
    Kylia 50 dozen?!? Makes me feel less bad about the 4 dozen rum balls, 4 kinds fudge and batch of Matzoh Roca I made. Thankfully gave away more than half, and am doling out the rest to Joe in tiny bits. If I set the whole batch out, he’d eat it all at one go!
    Margaret :love: that “show up for yourself meme. Thank you very much, just what the Dr. ordered.
    Barbie your Christmas Day dinner sounds perfect, especially the dessert ;)
    Lisa :love: yours to Kylia about being kind to ourselves. Thanks, I needed that. Sure miss JanetR.
    Allie sorry for your interrupted sleep, glad you’re not going to pay your respects to that bully’s mom. She should have done better imho. ((hugs))
    Rita so sorry to hear about the aftereffects of your cataract surgery. Hope it was a success and your vision is all better.
    Vicki …”and the memories will last forever.” Great perspective!
    Rori what a special mobile. Share some pics of your crocheted ornaments?
    Rebecca “… travels through a black hole…” at the FPO. :laugh:
    Rosemarie, this is true wisdom “I have decided to do one thing each day for my enjoyment with the energy I have.” And inspiring. Thank you.
    Michele, could you upload the video to YouTube? Accounts are free and you could post the link…
    Through pg 36, but Ack! Past time to get up and get ready for line dance class. Need the steps ;)
    12/13: Move: ZERO sets PT, Jeopardy walking. Steps:7453
    Fuel: sugar in vs mfp=-37, CI<CO net=-80 vits=.5
    Live: Joe, readings, BP, AF, ptT, ptS, H, both well pets, DDS, Post Office. Wt: 132.3
    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD x8zcp1ya37k1.gif
    December: Move more: chair yoga, line dance, dailyish PT, play with dogs.
    Fuel better: less sugar, CI<CO, dailyish vitamins.
    Live NOW: dailyish time with Joe, readings, meditate 3 minutes/day. Open heart and mind before mouth.
    2023: Be of good cheer.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,361 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Worked then went to Aldi. Honestly, I thought it would be jam packed. But it wasn’t. Then had to go to Lowe’s Foods for lobster cakes that Vince will eat. Also bought potatoes that we need since they were 10 cents cheaper than WalMart or Food Lion. They weren’t busy either. Then stopped at the Salvation Army. There were a lot of cars there but not that many people in the store. Just got a pair of shorts that I’ll take to the condo

    barbie – Vince is the “I might need it” kind. Really, we had a bag of charcoal briquets. We moved them here! I kept saying “if we haven’t used them in 15 years, we probably won’t” “but we might need them” “if we do, then we’ll buy more”. I know that I have too many shirts, but I don’t feel bad buying them at the Salvation Army

    pip – which dogs are those

    Barbara – yup, walking outside makes me feel so much better. As far as the price of the chocolate chips – I buy them at Aldi. If I got them even at WalMart, they’d be much more expensive. Thanks for the katla update.

    Heather – lovely decorations. You would never know that you haven’t sewn in 40 years

    Yippee, looks like I’ll get to go for my walk

    Loki was scheduled to go to the vet today at 2. Vince changed it to 4 so that he could be sure he would see Dr. Bi. Well, Dr. Bi called in sick today so we’re going to see Dr. B. this should be interesting. We go to the vet at 4 then have Newcomer bowling at 6. I’m going to suggest we have dinner at the bowling alley.

    The reason he scheduled the appt is because for one thing Loki is due for his blood work but also because Vince feels he’s been losing weight, not as active, always going into hiding, not eating. He’s concerned that the cancer is getting to him. Personally, I think Vince is being somewhat of a worrywart. I feel “let him by comfortable” Just yesterday Vince said that he feels the same way. So why he wants to absolutely talk to the vet is beyond me. Well...we shall see. At his age, arthritis might very well have something to do with it. It IS colder.

    Michele NC

    Ours, Chispa is the small beige one and Lucy is the other
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,792 Member
    Barbara - Yes, you can get anything printed on a tea towel. Our Brave New World. I'm in love with it, as it is perfect for our decor. The colours are much more vibrant than I anticipated. When I tried to reorder they said they didn't have the image. :#

    An old friend sent me an email today. She has so many problems, familiar to so many of you. Close family, physical health, etc etc. I used to be very close to her. She lives in my old university city,- Bristol.
    I hope to re-establish a close connection.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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