WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2024

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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,529 Member
    Hope – so sorry you are dealing with so much, but glad you found a set of exercises to do.

    Vicki – so glad the mess isn’t in your office. But still...what a pain

    Allie – did you try Dollar General for your distilled water? Many times they do have it. It’s someplace I wouldn’t have thought of when I first saw it.

    Poor Yogi – to be forgotten :(

    Jess came here and brought Shadow. Left her in our garage and called to tell us she was there. Jess said that she was coming here this weekend to pick Shadow up. By then she’ll be out of quarantine.

    Guess I’ll go spend the night with Shadow. She is in a different place so this might help her.

    Still occasionally get those cramps in my stomach, but not nearly as much as earlier. I’m wondering how much the new antibiotic is doing. I have 3 more days of taking it and my gum still feels swollen. Wonder if it’s supposed to feel this way.

    Michele NC
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,095 Member
    My dad loved the Red Sox ,i bought a Red Sox urn for 450.00 and we rented a pine box for viewing ,but then he was cremated and we buried him on hos borthday the year after he passed at the Veterans Cemetery.
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,895 Member
    Margaret - Thinking of you as you work through each of the realities of the days to come. Many hugs.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,267 Member
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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,815 Member
    ((((hugs)))) our dear sweet Margaret! My thoughts are with you during this difficult time.🙏
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Heading home early with my laptop and stuff. I started to feel very tired. In the morning my coding was going well although I felt like I had lost an engine. In the afternoon everything started shutting down.

    Gorgeous Day! 30C / 86F. I love this sort of temperature outside!

    Machka in Oz
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,951 Member
    Barbara - that looks like a nice tray, I swear the reasons we never heal fast or properly is because we just keep doing.

    Machka - my neighbour had to run three electric heaters because her furnace couldn’t keep up with the cold for a day and a half waiting for a furnace tech to come. According to rant and rave there are a lot being used to help keep pipes from freezing. I have two here ready to go if necessary, I may need to to keep pipes from freezing.

    Rosemarie - I bet the handyman can get those things done rather quickly.
    I am very bad at just “motoring through” things, but over the last few years when I have been in pain in one area of my body or another I have learned small bursts work best. I also treat my house like a job, I work during the day but evenings are for leisure. It has given me an even keel that seems to be working.
    Right now it isn’t because I have things disorganized because of my classes. My one room has one too many pieces of furniture in it, my desk and it’s throwing the whole thing off kilter.

    Heather - your story of Edie and your books, I think I was 12 or so when I snuck an Aunt’s Danielle Steele book called The Ring. I then started sneaking Harlequin’s from my BF’s mom. Finally I quit sneaking and just started borrowing from the library. My Mom never read the same books I did so I got by. My eldest daughter was 13 or so when she started reading my books. I told her to skip the sexy parts. That worked. I’m sure. 😂
    I hope you have a better night tonight.
    Maybe your son will make you a wonderful dish in it at some point.
    I love your painting.

    Lisa - I would love a gas fireplace. I’m not interested in wood. Haven’t been since growing up in a very cold house. Levi has the sweetest smile.

    It is -40 here this morning. It’s supposed to be -18 tomorrow. I hope the predictions are accurate.

    Ginny - DH has a heated jacket and heated boots, he says they work really well.

    Annie - so glad the service went well and your sister is there to help you for the next week. I found it so hard after all of the fuss was over and I had to come home.

    Tina - I hope your headache goes away.
    I’ve noticed the blurb changes.
    I’ve been talking about WTForecast so often that I now have a suggested ad for it. 😂

    Michele - I don’t understand the EV and power grid issues myself. We never set up the voice recognition on our Google Nest. We wouldn’t even have one if I hadn’t won it.

    Rosemarie - it must feel nice to have those things completed.

    Rodger had to drive into the city for work tonight to be told that it’s too cold to work. They don’t get paid anything if they don’t show up though. I think I’m these situations they should just pay the two hours and not make their staff to go out on the roads. I went into my friends today and counted 12 cars frozen on the side of the road in maybe 15kms.

    Ladycopnh1 - Sorry for the loss of your Mom.

    Barbie - Happy Anniversary to you and Jake. Sounds like a wonderful day.

    Debbie - What a nice surprise for you from DH

    It’s cold in the house tonight. If we weren’t supposed to be conserving some energy I would be putting a heater in our hallway to help give the furnace a fighting chance.

    Well this was all from yesterday, I thought I had posted it, but seem to have forgotten.

    I’ve read throughout the day today but have been busy all day and just now sat down and don’t have the energy to make comments.

    I had a new class start today, went for a massage, hoping to help my foot, then went to help my friend finish packing her house up. My daughter came today to help as well.

    I’m off to bed. It’s been a long one.
    Tracey in Edmonton where it is a balmy -25C this evening a full 24 degrees warmer than last night.

    I’m hoping the house warms up tomorrow now.
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,815 Member
    We got paperwork from our tax lady (the same nice tax lady we had on the Oregon coast in Warrenton). She prepares them, we sign them and send them back to her, and we get back a pretty folder with the date, her bill plus if we owe, the paperwork to send that in. It works out the last couple of years we got money back but its the same as her fee. It all evens out in the end and we don't gave to mess with it.😂💖👍🏼
    On Saturday my youngest called and we video chatted for an hour. Then my elders wanted to video chat so I just added her in the mix. She was surprised but happy to see my youngest. It warmed her heart when he called her "Uncle Pam" as when he was young he didn't know the difference. She laughed at that.💖😂
    I have been working hard on my Japanese lessons these last couple of days
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    Its been fun!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa



  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    kymarai wrote: »
    Lunch was at 1:30 (I had been up since 5). It was a box lunch. Choices were Italian sub (pork) or Turkey, ham, and roast beef.

    Thank you for all your support!
    Love you all,
    Kylia in Ohio

    No vegetarian choices? :open_mouth:
    monie_is_getting_fit wrote: »
    Macula that looks very nice. I would love a place for my cats to be outside on nice Summer days.


    I had a Webex meeting tonight to get information about what my student teaching semester will look like and tomorrow morning I have another which will be about the same things and some more added information from the Office of Field Experience at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where I graduated in December 2021 and only have this last hurtle to do in order to start teaching in Fall. I just wish I knew where my placements will be as I am supposed to start the 22nd and one of the first things I need to do before that happens is to contact my cooperating teachers.


    Rhody (our black cat) wasn't as fond of the original location for the catio ... kind of low in the yard and tucked into a corner. He couldn't see too much. But he seems to like the new location better ... better views.

    What are you teaching?

    And congratulations!



    Machka in Oz


  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Vickil57 wrote: »
    Well I have the monior on and hope it shows what they need. I am concerned as it only happens in no pattern. I told doctor I was afraid it wouldn't happen in the 48 hours I have this thing on. But he saw by my watch what it is doing. It's in God's hands.

    Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE <3

    How did it go?

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    edited January 16
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Machka - I don’t know how I would handle it if I couldn’t be creative. It sure keeps me occupied and engaged. I have never not done something and if I am between projects I tend to get a. It “lost” maybe that’s why I’m a little cranky right now.

    My cousin is decluttering her kitchen this week. It’s funny how everyone seems to be on the same tasks.
    I’ve never been able to handle stuff all over my fridge. My grandmother put cork on the inside of a couple of cabinet doors for her stuff like that. The side of my fridge here, I have hooks for my potholders and a couple magnets on the kitchen side, on the hallway side I have hooks for keys and hoodies. The front is still clear though. Lol

    Our fridge is inset between the pantry and another awkward corner of the kitchen. So we can barely see the sides of the fridge. We do have slower cabinet doors, but no uppers.

    The kitchen is not particularly well designed - too many awkward corners and wasted space. Actually, if this were our place, I'd change several things around the whole house. However, since it isn't mine, I work with what I've got. :neutral:

    But I would like to remove about half of what's on the fridge. As mentioned, much of what's on the fridge is emergency information because of my husband's brain injury ... numbers to call, medication lists, allergy lists, seizure tips, reminders, etc.

    I'm not sure the fridge is the best place for all that sort of thing, but if I remove it, I'm not sure where else I would put it.

    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Lisa - I think Rodger would die of shock if I actually tried to send him with a list to any store. This sounds like a complaint and it’s not really, but I do everything here when it comes to managing the house. When we were first married we did things together. When he drove truck I had to do it alone. Then we moved out here and started doing things together again, then he took a couple of out of town jobs and I started doing it alone again. It just never went back until this past summer we did go to Costco together a few times, he would buy things only he would eat and I would throw a bunch of stuff out.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    My ex husband used to do the grocery shopping, but he had an odd sense of what I might want. We had quite a tight budget when we were together, so I'd send him off with a list, and then sometimes, if I figured there would be an extra few dollars, I would suggest an optional item or two. I remember one time, I suggested a jar of marmalade (one of my favourite jams which I rarely got in those days) ... and he came home with liver instead of the marmalade!!!!

    My husband and I used to go grocery shopping together all the time ... until his accident. Now we order groceries and have them delivered.

    However, my husband goes out to the local shop (about 400 metres away) to get an item or two now and then. That was actually something his Occupational Therapist and first carer did with him quite a bit in the beginning as a part of learning to be more independent. If something happened to me, it's good for him to know how to handle a shopping experience.


    drkatiebug wrote: »
    Refrigerators - I can’t do clutter on my refrigerator or things under the beds. Both of these cause me great anxiety. At some point in my life I may have to live in a space so small that I will have to utilize under the bed storage, but I will not like it. Consider it my weird quirk. I do, on the other hand, have a command center with a bulletin board, and it can get cluttered similarly to some folks’ refrigerator with things like appointment cards and post it notes.

    We use the limited space under our beds for bedding.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Rosemarie2972 wrote: »
    3:49 and I can no longer sleep. I am pre-occupied with the decluttering and need to relax. I need to build in time for knitting and audio books. I can't just motor through this. It will take a year anyway. As they say, it is like an onion that needs to be peeled away.

    The handy man called and wants to come this afternoon. I want him to put together a tv stand and mount the tv on the stand. And he said he would bring wood to measure my bed to make better fitting bed boards. I also have a rug I would like to lay out. And the hooks to the Christmas wreaths are still on the windows. I got the wreaths down. I am not sure we can complete all this. He might have to come back.

    I am pretty excited but tense about all this activity. It would be so easy just to knit and binge watch Murder in the Building and listen to an audio book.

    Best,
    Rosemarie from Georgia

    Pace yourself. :)
    Some days you'll want to get into changing things ... other days you'll want to knit. :)


    Rosemarie2972 wrote: »
    I just had 2 handy men leave. This was my first time working with them and they were excellent. I had purchased 2 inexpensive rugs off of Wayfair and a new tv stand off of Amazon. They helped put new bed supports on my bed frame and lay the rugs and finished putting together the tv stand. So 3 rooms have a different look and feel to them now. Having this done, decluttering and getting a new vehicle have me feeling a little anxious. I think I was set in my ways and not use to so much change. I think I will pause a little now and rest. My budget says it is time to rest!

    Best,
    Rosemarie from Georgia

    Well done!! It's good to find people to help with all those things.

    barbiecat wrote: »
    :) We had a great anniversary. We ventured out carefully to pick up our groceries and then stayed home by the fire. Instead of going out to pick up a festive meal from a restaurant, I fixed one of our favorite lunches (chicken Alfredo with cascatelli pasta) and Ben and Jerry ice cream for dessert. I had a beautiful walk before sunrise this morning. No cars, no people, and favorite music to listen to.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA

    Happy Anniversary!


    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    edited January 16
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Returned to work today.
    1st day of work in 24 days.
    Brain shut down at 4 pm. All of a sudden my 3 computer screens contained meaningless scribbles.
    I packed up and headed home.
    Napping on sofa at home at 5:30 pm.
    I was only going to nap for about 20-25 minutes but ended up asleep for an hour.
    Going to bed early to give tomorrow another go.

    I might work from home starting partway through the day tomorrow and for the rest of the week.

    Machka in Oz


    2nd day of work.
    Brain shut down shortly after 3 pm and I felt so tired!
    I packed everything up and headed home.
    Shortly after 4 pm, I was napping on the sofa.
    I was only going to nap for about 30 minutes but ended up asleep for 1.5 hours.

    I'm working from home the next couple days.

    Meanwhile, I figured out (using Plant Snap) what one of the most popular (with the bees) groups of plants in my garden are! It's the oregano I planted!! I've never seen oregano grow before.

    Interesting article:
    https://www.buzzaboutbees.net/Plant-Oregano-For-Bees.html
    Bees love oregano and marjoram (Oreganums), this group of fragrant herbs are irresistible for bees.

    Machka in Oz
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,030 Member
    edited January 16
    We have several inches of snow, but it is already thawing. It passed over in the night. It’s actually sleeting at the minute. I’m planning a day indoors. Having a lie in. DH is talking about going to badminton. I may do some gentle decluttering. I cleared out my dining room on Sunday morning. And decluttered my desk. Also I’ve got to collect tax stuff together to pass to my daughter for checking (she’s a chartered accountant) I don’t have to file a return as everything is deducted at source.

    Annie: Glad things went well and sister is helping with paperwork.
    Maergaret: Thinking of you and you negotiate the formalities. It’s good that you have son to support you.
    Barbie: Happy Anniversary
    Vicki: Hope you get useful readings.
    Machka: I know how you feel. It took ages for my energy levels to recover after I had Covid.

    🤗🤗🤗 and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.

    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    ☘️ Terri
  • teklawa1
    teklawa1 Posts: 678 Member
    <3
    Betsy in NW WA
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,711 Member
    edited January 16
    We had to Zoom the kids one at a time in strict rota during covid. Even then it was pretty chaotic, but MUCH better. Of course, one or other of them was always interrupting!

    Waiting for Bea to arrive. I've cooked her farfalle, as it takes ages. I just heat it up with the pesto. I descaled the kettle and boiled the gas rings in soda while I was waiting. They look much better, but not pristine. The hob is probably 2004.

    The next door neighbour just called and apologised for the deluge from her broken downpipe yesterday. She has tied some sticky tape around it and is waiting for a call back from a company. The guy who did it before hasn't come back. He did our roof gutter and I had him marked down as a shyster. John is too trusting. Hopefully, a proper repair will be done soon. She is a sweet woman, but a bit fey.

    Love to all. Love from Heather UK xxxxxxxx waiting for the tornado to arrive. :p
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,095 Member
    edited January 16
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    Poor little guy is out of surgery..all went well..
    Got him a magnadoodle as a get well gift ..will go see him tomorrow.
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    On his way home with a new stuffy but first falafels...
  • pipcd34
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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,319 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
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    Poor little guy is out of surgery..all went well..
    Got him a magnadoodle as a get well gift ..will go see him tomorrow.
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    On his way home with a new stuffy but first falafels...

    What was the surgery for? Poor little guy.

    RVRita

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