WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2024

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  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,046 Member
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  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,290 Member
    Thanks Barbie!

    Lanette glad you found a choice that you feel good about.

    I did twenty minutes on my bike and fourteen minutes walking! Yay!

    Annie in Delaware
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,609 Member
    Good morning ladies!

    I'm back on earth today. Got a solid 8 hours of sleep last night plus a nap after supper, lol.

    I'm staying put. The house was cute, nice smaller size, very well kept except it will need a new roof. There were many things about the property that wouldn't work for me, however, so for now my gut is telling me to stay where I am and keep decluttering, getting that handyman and electrician in to put things right at my current house so if I do stumble on the "perfect" place, I won't be in a tizzy trying to get workers lined up.

    After spending hours on the phone yesterday, I learned a lot about different types of bridge loans, the housing market, and interest rate projections which was pretty interesting. You know how I like rabbit holes, lol. :p

    Now, I need to catch up with that you fine ladies have been up to. Back later.

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State

    The house market is like that ... we've discovered. I understand the Escape to the Country comments much better now!! It's amusing to look though and not a bad idea to have an eye out for an easier place.

    M in Oz
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,949 Member
    I too have had yellow teeth my whole life, I never knew it was from antibiotics though. I had a terrible experience at the dentist when I was young too and still struggle to go see one. I need to go when I get benefits again though.

    Machka - hugs to you, that was such a traumatic, life altering experience, for you and your husband. Those tears were probably necessary. You’ve been an inspiration in how you’ve handled this and I’m sure we only hear a very minute part of it.

    Lanette - I’m glad you took the opportunity to do some research and to look. If you hadn’t looked you might have always wondered if it was the right decision or not.

    I am awake an hour before my alarm. I have not been sleeping well for a couple of weeks now, maybe it’s time to start trying Melatonin.

    Tracey in Edmonton
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,317 Member
    edited March 22
    Today is “Pride in Gryffindor” day! Yesterday was Slytherin. GO GRYFFINDOR!!!

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    RVRita is Roswell 👽🛸
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,290 Member
    Wow Rita quite the experience with dentists!

    I haven't had much work by contrast, but I still don't like dentists.

    Thank you Joy!

    Annie in Delaware
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,258 Member
    edited March 22
    Annie A book I read years ago Emotional Genius by Karla McLaren. She has since revised this book to The Language of Emotions...in her preface she wrote ...take from this book what works for you and leave the rest on the table. Since then when I read or listen to someone I try to process what I learn in this way. What works for me may or may not work for someone else. The same is true for them. Sometimes there is conflicting information out there too. Sometimes there are many variables that cause the problem and to help solve the problem more than one solution needs to be used at once.

    Two take points I remember from her is when there is a major conflict resulting in anger "What must be addressed and what must be restored" and depression often has more than one cause and it your body asking for a time out. Her view on emotions is that they are messengers.

    Anger alerts you that there is a problem that needs addressing If it is ignored too long it damages boundaries with yourself and others if it goes into rage. It is often a boundary issue.

    Depression alerts you to feelings of being overwhelmed and powerless. Oftentimes there is more than one cause of depression. It is your body's way of saying STOP! Your body and soul need time and tools to rebuild your energy stores and strength... to go from being overworked or a victim to one who is confident in their decisions and actions by learning to say no.

    She had interesting meditations too. Like the current author I am reading she agrees about the importance of grounding yourself first when starting to meditate.


  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,200 Member
    :)Lisa, I scanned and organized my photos in small amounts over a year. I used one of my happiness commandments to suffer for 15 minutes so I gave myself permission to work in small amounts. It worked for me.

    :)Annie, If you read Gretchen Rubin's books, listen to her podcasts, or read her blog, you'll find out all her "know yourself" ideas, things like are you an abstainer or a moderator, are you a sprinter or a marathoner, are you a satisfier or a maximizer. Those things helped me discover what suggestions would work for me and what wouldn't. I wrote a list of "happiness commandments" that I refer to often. They are posted on the refrigerator. I live by a vast assortment of spiritual practices and they are my choices and helpful.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,891 Member
    Barbie - Your patience and ability to spread a chore like photo scanning over a long time is something that I'm only just beginning to learn. The refrigerator painting took me nearly three months to add one color, one idea at a time... and I genuinely never got impatient with myself or the process. But then I still find myself working to exhaustion on things like photo scanning, or even just vacuuming, where I feel like I must vacuum the whole house or I'm not done. That kind of focus and ability to continue working on something until it was complete was part of my success in my working life. I'm beginning to cop to the fact that I don't have to do that now. Leaving four decades of that drive behind is harder than I thought it would be.

    Betsy - Hope your sister's able to get her gut settled down and get to Alaska. But as someone who deals with colitis symptoms on a daily basis, I can say that the inability to be more than a few steps away from a bathroom is debilitating on many days. And unfortunately, those days are unpredictable. Figuring out triggers to avoid to keep the gut happy is just an ongoing battle. I gather it's a common issue with folks who've been through the medical interventions like your sis. Thinking about you both.

    Gray and gloomy day... not my favorite. Watching the birds swoop in flocks, twisting and turning, in between the rain showers is lovely. Spring rain is the more usual reality here in Arkansas, but will be glad to see the sun this weekend if the little weather weasels are right. Trying to get ahead of the pain without noticeable success so far.

    Later, my lovelies,
    Lisa in AR
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,604 Member
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