WOMEN AGES 50+FOR MAY 2024

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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,502 Member
    Worked yesterday then went to Aldi. Worked today and went to WalMart especially to see if they have these eye drops because the one WM hasn’t had them for a while. Well, this WM didn’t either. Came home, walked around the neighborhood, now making a chocolate cake for Vince

    They’re having some sort of train show Saturday at the library in Hickory and Vince is gone to help set it up. Afterwards, the guys and their spouses are supposed to go out to dinner.

    Barbara – we’ve gotten calls from Jess at 2am saying that she had a bad dream and is asking if we’re OK. I remember you telling me that BK was out of a lot of things when you went. I don’t blame you one tiny bit for never wanting to go back. You know, I can’t help wondering if someone owns these franchises as a tax writeoff so they’re really not looking to increase business. I was surprised that they weren’t busier when they had the 1 cent croissanwich. I don’t think they advertised this. I gave them extra cheese for this but they weren’t busy. Everyone likes a bargain and you never know, someone might go and say “hey, this is pretty good” and come back. Oh well….

    Vince said that he got a notice that there’s a “fix” for my car. The “fix”? They install a resistor. And what happens if this resistor fails? Well, if it fails in the first 12 months, they’ll replace it. If it fails after 13 months, my problem. It doesn’t address the cause of the problem. Of course not, because the right fix would be to replace the ABS and that is expensive. Haven’t done anything about it yet

    Remember my girlfriend in Switzerland? Well, I heard from her that she’s going to a sanitarium for a week or two to work on her mental attitude, strength and resistance, and to get her meds adjusted. A sanitarium over there is sort-of like a hospital over here. M - do they have them in Australia? Does anyone else have one where they live? I have some questions.

    Jess was going to come down here this weekend, but we’re going out Sat. night and Vince will be gone most of the day. Shadow (her cat) does have a vet appt Thurs for an ultrasound of her kidneys so Jess asked if we could take her. We just need to coordinate when to pick the cat up.

    Put out the umbrellas, the clock, the speakerx, got down the ceramics and put some of them out yesterday.

    They were calling for hail so Vince put my car as much as he could into the garage. Nothing. Well...that’s good


    TeeTee - w/b. You can do this! And you will!

    Rita – wonderful beginning to a story! The part about the magnesium reminded me of the “spice” in Dune

    Rosemarie – they’ll miss you at the cat rescue place but you have to do what is right for you. When you go back, they’ll be thrilled. You’re moving on, I’m so proud of you. Now exercise class! Good for you

    Heather     – how wonderful of John to help Max out like that. I’m so sorry you’re in such pain. I’m so excited for you to get these operations!

    Found this “lower sugar” icing on sale so I thought I’d try it. Going to ice the cake right now and then have dinner. In a way, it’s so nice to be able to have what I want for dinner.

    Michele NC
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 18,964 Member
    Heather: Asperges Vertes, Soufflé au Grand Marnier for me please.

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

    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    ☘️ Terri

  • mcmillonmail
    mcmillonmail Posts: 103 Member
    edited May 9
    @cityjaneLondon ondon- That souffle looks impressive. I hope you enjoy your grandkids. I did some walking workouts, and my sciatic nerve was shooting pain, but I worked out anyway. I will take Aleve and a muscle relaxer tonight. Getting older is hard to do.
    @Rosemarie2972, the desserts from those programs are good. I love Jenny Craig's chocolate cakes. I wonder if they do that on purpose so we can continue to be customers. I purchased Wonder Monday cheesecakes, but I haven't tried them yet. I put them in the freezer in the garage. They are high in protein, but the carbs and calories are not bad. I get the built-in bars, too, for my sweet tooth.
    @Grandmallie, good sleep is priceless. I hope your day was productive.
    I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I will be working all weekend. I will check in with everyone on Monday. Take care of yourselves.
  • mcmillonmail
    mcmillonmail Posts: 103 Member
    @auntiebk, thank you for the welcome.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,559 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    G had the Gnocchi and a dish of the day, which isn't on there, plus the soufflé. According to their website, they do have a vegan menu, Machka.

    My back is a bit sore from my shopping.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxx

    That would be good! As long as they don't make everything with les champignons.


    M in Oz

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,211 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,559 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Remember my girlfriend in Switzerland? Well, I heard from her that she’s going to a sanitarium for a week or two to work on her mental attitude, strength and resistance, and to get her meds adjusted. A sanitarium over there is sort-of like a hospital over here. M - do they have them in Australia? Does anyone else have one where they live? I have some questions.

    Michele NC

    I think they're like private rehabilitation hospitals, aren't they?


    M in Oz

  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,027 Member
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  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,575 Member
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  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,635 Member
    Monique - hope your sciatica gets better. Seems like many of us in the group have sciatica or similar problems in the past few months. I came across this Bob & Brad video for hip stretches, and I'm going to start incorporating them. I've had some pain in the rear/legs from too much sitting and just when I think I need to make a doc appointment, the pain diminishes. I herniated a disc decades ago that is contributing, need to keep up with the walking and stretches.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3U3Ait9p_Y&amp;t=430s

    Kim - babysitting that dog sounded like a workout. Oh my word, that humping was something else. Since the owners are worried about her civil rights and don't want to spay her, maybe put her on birth control or a hormone maybe - if they have that for dogs. :p But at least you got good pay and a tip. Good to hear from you. :p

    Michele - is your friend in Switzerland in remission? By the way, I forgot to compliment you on that beautiful cross stitch. You are so busy, I am amazed at all you get done in a day and then have time to do needlework. Good job!

    Heather - so glad your surgery is soon and things are getting coordinated.

    Beth - I was wondering if you'd still need hearing aids or need to still wear some type of device after the implant. Sounds like you are healing OK and getting your equilibrium back on track. Thanks for taking us along on the fascinating process.

    Tracey - I'd love to be a mouse in your pocket when you are with the elementary school students. I have a hunch you'll do very well with them.

    Terri - Poet. Artist. Latin student. It's always fun seeing what you are up to. Thank you for sharing the photos of the lovely cards. ;)

    Social life: :p I'm invited to a birthday/retirement get together for 2 former co-workers tonight. Starts at 6, I might bag it since I am up so early this morning and 6 will be a good time to mow if I don't wear out beforehand. Tomorrow, I'm invited to a Mother's Day BBQ which starts at 4 and is just down the road which should be fun. Have made a tentative "date" for coffee on Monday with my guy friend L who I chatted with at the hardware store a couple days ago. He is also a Tai Chi teacher and I need a few tips. He's like a brother - it will be fun to catch up on his busy life and the lives of his kids and what his sweet wife is up to. He's also my cleaner Collette's next door neighbor.

    New ladies - keep coming back.

    Make it a great day everyone. <3

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State where it's going to be sunny and warm today.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,559 Member
    Friday Highlights
    - Day off!
    - Sleep
    - Visited new house with another load. Renos should start in about a week.


    Barbara - yes, I work with health data, but some of it includes people under 18, and everyone in the department is required to go through the Child Safety and Wellbeing training each year just like we all go through the Workplace Health and Safety training each year ... and several other training packages.

    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Machka - I would be going to another restaurant as well, however my French is very limited.
    I have been suffering from fatigue as well, but I think it’s the noise and movement in the school that I’m getting used to.
    When I was done working last year and a previous time when I had been under a lot of stress when things settled down it seemed I could have slept for weeks. You have been carrying a lot of stress since I’ve known you and it seems some of that has left now, your body may just wanting to rest now because it’s not in the fight or flight mode. I bet if you give into the naps without worrying about it you’ll feel so much better in a few weeks.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    Tracey - thanks for your comments.

    I have a feeling that I would have to settle and go through a long period of minimal stress before I would really start to feel less fatigued. Fortunately my current stress isn't quite so traumatic as it was a few years ago. It's just a new house, job hunting, working nearly full-time, and being a carer these days. :)

    I was thinking about how much sleep I do get and it works out to about 8 hours a night one week and 8.5 hours a night the next week. But I wonder if I were able to get an average of about 9 hours a night if that would make any difference.


    Machka in Oz

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,211 Member
    edited May 10
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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,177 Member
    woke up wide awake two hours before dh's alarm goes off and even earlier than when I would usually get up. Went out and moved the trash cans. I had bunched them all up a bit close so son could get out of the driveway when he went to work. The garbage men won't take it if they are too close together or too close to one of the cars.
    While I was up, got my one indoor/outdoor cat in for breakfast-brat was hiding last night so stayed out all night-don't like that, fed him and the strays out front, fed the inside cats then washed all their dishes.

    Really enjoying the quiet. More drama with dh/mil yesterday so the calm is much needed. He did finally calm down two hours after he got back from her place(was there all day, she demanded he take her to the dr so waited for an appointment)

    Going to catch up here while I have my second cup of tea and enjoy another hour of quiet, two hours until we have to go to MIL's. Then go shopping, picking up extra food for her for tomorrow. We will be in Lodi the whole day so he won't be going over there twice. He hasn't told her yet. I am sure she will be a real witch to him on Sunday- I will not be going over there. Church in the morning then not sure what, may garden or something. Not a big deal but know I am not planning on going to her house.
    I will call my mom Sunday- always do.

    Will walk the wetlands I think but depends on the weather as to how long I walk. Supposed to be 86 today. Not bad if there is a nice river breeze but with no breeze, it is rough.

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,CA
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,211 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,502 Member
    Worked then went to the soup kitchen. I’d had it written down that I didn’t need to be there, but I totally forgot. They had enough people so I left. Going to go to Food Lion to get Vince bananas and some ground turkey (Vince probably won’t know that it’s in the meatloaf)

    Vince said that our vet called. Seems he had been sitting in a cemetery eating his lunch (quiet and no one thinks he’s a dirty old man) when he saw these 13 kittens. Three of them were VERY bad off and if he hadn’t found them, they wouldn’t have lasted the night. Anyway, he was giving us a “heads up” because he knows that we’ll be looking for kittens after the first weekend of June. If they have 3 male orange kittens, I wouldn’t have a problem with that. He figures that someone just dumped off two litters of kittens. Is that sad or is that sad?

    Going to see “Sister Act” at the local theater with a friend of mine. Vince doesn’t want to go. Well, in his defense, he probably doesn’t find it funny since he’s not Catholic. See, I went to Catholic school and can relate to a lot of it.

    Kim – I like to put ACV on my coleslaw.

    M – yes, I do think a sanitarium is like a rehab place.

    Lanette     – unfortunately, no my girlfriend isn’t in remission. She has a urostomy (bag you pee in) attached to her right leg. It’s permanent. She has decided to give up the chemo and just live her life out. She’s only told myself and two other friends of hers. She needs medical help going to the bathroom, sometimes a suppository, sometimes an enema. She can’t live independently any more. I sent her 2 small religious placques/statues and a box of mixed tea. It cost $35 to send it!!! shipping to Switzerland is more expensive than shipping to Germany! But in the end, it’s worth it.

    Tracey     – that’s terrible about the fire!

    What’s going on with MFP? Whenever I go to log my food, I keep getting a “Bad Request” or an error.

    Michele NC
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,211 Member
    Stats for the day-

    Walk w/family- 2hrs 4min 55sec, 101elev, 2.93ap, 81ahr, 111mhr, 6.15mi= 616c
    Strava app = 754c
    Walk home to gym- 11.24min, .52mi= 51c
    Strava app = 64c
    Treadmill jog- 19.25min, 137ahr, 167mhr, mi 1 @6.0sp, 1/4mi @6.5sp, last 1/4mi @7.0sp, 9.42min mi, 2mi= 218c
    Walk gym to store then home- 17.59min, .85mi= 107c
    Strava app= 104c

    *on walk, Lucy walked 2.5 mi, rest in buggy*

    Total cal 992

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