WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2024

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,714 Member
    My son has replied to say that he and Edie can come over on Wednesday for roast lamb. It's the shoulder I bought for John's daughter, and too big for just the two of us, even with leftovers. I will do a Greek salad to go with it for Edie, which she loves, but haven't quite decided on other veg accompaniments. I like a tahini and yoghurt sauce with it. I might do the root vegetables again. The rest of the family are off to the other grandparents, but Edie has two days of football.

    I've had a bit of a painful day today, but the last meds I took have helped. The worst thing about waiting is all these drugs. Hate it.

    We love our pine floors and had them refinished a few years ago. It only takes a day, all in, for a couple of rooms. No dust. Easy to look after. I inherited carpet in my upstairs bathroom, and would love to replace it, but no cash. At least it's only me up there. Our whole house needs loads doing, but it's not a priority for John, so I just close my eyes and live with it. Yes, it's frustrating, but unless I win the lottery.......

    Beautiful, warm, day here. I would have loved to go out for a walk, but no.

    Salmon for dinner. Fresh spinach in crême fraiche, and a few home fries. I always put the fries (chunky chips in uk) in a separate bowl. Chilled white wine.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 971 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Yesterday, I dug up bulbs ... some of the bulbs. We have quite a large bulb bed so I only got about 1/3 of it dug. I haven't done a lot of digging in the garden just recently and my glutes are feeling it!

    I also pulled weeds at the new place. It's been empty since January, so there are a few weeds around.


    Question about flooring:

    What is your preferred flooring?
    - carpet (thick, thin?)
    - vinyl
    - laminate
    - engineered hardwood
    - hardwood
    - tiles
    - stone
    - bamboo
    - cork
    - concrete

    And why?

    I'm thinking I would like to get rid of all carpet for allergy reasons and because I see carpet as dirty in the sense that it collects and hides all sorts of things.

    Concrete wouldn't work where we are, but I also see it as cold and industrial.

    Tiles have grout which (in my experience) ends up looking grubby over time.


    Machka in Oz

    I like bamboo or laminate. We put laminate in our first house and I loved it then and I still do. I have a friend with bamboo and it looks gorgeous and I suspect the care is similar to laminate.

    I'd avoid hardwood because it scratches. I like the look of tile, but unless the grout is dark, it'll look grungy soon.

    Tina in CA
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,316 Member
    On flooring -
    This house has a mixture of hardwood (living room and formal dining, main guest bedroom and my office), bamboo (the master bedroom and master closet), tile (the kitchen, den, breakfast room, guest bathrooms, half bath, our master bath and the laundry room) and carpet in the other two guest bedrooms. I would love to replace ALL of it with one uniform flooring, but I don't want to spend the money to do it. We also don't agree on what to replace it with. Hub wants wood look tile planks, I prefer engineered wood (real wood but prefinished and you can sand/refinish 1 or 2X depending on the thickness of the product).

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • Joy1580vb
    Joy1580vb Posts: 441 Member
    edited April 7
    Good afternoon ladies.

    Terri, beautiful painting! You have a talent for sure.

    Heather, so happy that you have your two surgeries set. I'm sure you will be glad to get rid of your pain.

    Machka, on the subject of flooring I'm sure there are many different opinions and I'm sure you will select what is best for you. We have hardwood flooring in our living room and I had posted some pics of it after we sanded and refinished it. It has been down for a long time and is still beautiful. We have pets and I have allergies so we stay away from carpeting. The rest of our flooring is parquet in the 3 bedrooms and the hallway. We installed porcelain tiles in the kitchen, entryway and bathroom. We got the tiles and grout from Home Depot and it was very easy to install. I did it myself as hubby has a hip issue and finds it difficult to be on his hands/knees. It's been down for about 25 years and still looks very good. It was a fairly new product when we got it and was advertised as a floating floor....no nailing....no gluing. The tiles snapped together and then the grout was applied. When it first came out some "experts" said it would not stay down and would lift in time but it certainly hasn't. I'm sure there are lots of newer options out there.

    We are going to have to replace our parquet flooring sometime in the future and I think we may go with cork flooring (plank or tile).

    Joy
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Lisa - so are you able to get the extra mortar off? or is it just that style? I have never done anything with bricks except setting them in sand to make a walk way.

    Kim in N. California
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,042 Member
    Lisa: Love the brick planter. I quite like the aged look that the mortar gives it.

    Time for bed. I’m working on improving my sleep schedule, so shutting down tech.

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

    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    ☘️ Terri
  • Poerava14
    Poerava14 Posts: 1,092 Member
    Happy day, Ladies. Count me in the LVP camp. Originally installed a plank with a cork veneer in living room. Looked gorgeous for about an hour. Took almost no time before Mars' Claws made first scratches. Luxury Plank Vinyl floors in the bedrooms look and feel great. And scratchproof!

    Lisa: Clockmaker and bricklayer. I am totally vicariously enjoying your enormous creativity and crafting skills. Your meds sound like all the ones I hear advertised while I watch Jeopardy. Hope next one is perfect with nary any of the 97 side possible side effects that the commercial voice over spits out in a torrent of scary sounding words.

    Machka: Welcome to home ownership. Bring on the paint chips, floor samples and the time and energy to bring your vision to life. So happy for you.

    Annie: The recent night time adventures your father has been on reminds me of the last 2 years that I cared for DH. It got so that I slept with my shoes on and just a blanket over me so I could pop out of bed whenever he made any movement in the direction of the front door. Hugs to strength to you.

    Tina: Sorry about your current funk. If you think it would help, I'm sure Lanette would loan you the teleporter and you could zoom to somewhere fun.

    Barbie: How cute you and Jake look!

    I am more excited about my facial tomorrow than the eclipse.

    We have had 2 solid days of dangerous wind and it wigged me out a bit to be driving home in some mighty gusts. Such a helpless feeling and a white knuckle ride.

    Time to nudge the cat off my lap and get a little movement done while I listen to a hockey game. Stay well, friends. We can do this.

    Rori
    Colorado Foothills

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,272 Member
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  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 864 Member
    Lisa, the planter looks great! I’m sure it will work perfectly well even if it’s not a professional job!
    Heather, so glad you have dates for both surgeries. Hopefully the docs will get the paperwork together for you for the travel insurance.

    I can’t remember who made the comments, but just wanted to clarify, my gp was led to believe that I had had a bone scan which involves a dye injection which is potentially damaging to the kidneys. I did not get injected with anything, what I had was a bone density scan which is completely non invasive (as well as quick and painless! YAY!!). And although I have osteopenia, he will not prescribe meds for it, not usually done at this stage, so it’s all up to me! I think I’m up to the challenge.
    I made the decision yesterday to skip the gym and focused on housecleaning instead. Got the place vacuumed, floors washed, dishes dealt with and a load of laundry folded. Oh and got some bedding plants planted. Felt really good to get all that taken care of. MFP generously says 300 calories for 90 min of light to moderate cleaning, I was on the go for just over two hours, but only used the 90 min number.
    Enough for now, I’m crocheting a baby blanket and must get on with it!
    Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to any new gals!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island