WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2024

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,915 Member
    The first thing I did, after telling the family, was to do a Waitrose order for tomorrow. John normally does a fresh fruit, vegetable, and salad shop on Thursdays, but this will save him from that.
    We will get the guy to leave the stuff at the door. :s

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,310 Member
    Heather hope you and DH feel better soon. This Omicron variant is more like a cold. I wonder if I've got it, although Dad tested negative at the beginning.

    My eating is on track so far today! Yay! Except for the cough drops which I didn't count.

    Annie in Delaware
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,547 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,915 Member
    CJ - So lovely to see you. Yes, as Lisa says, just settle in slowly. <3

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,547 Member
    Stats for the day-

    Walk w/kids- 2hrs 3min 46sec, 55elev, 2.93ap, 87ahr, 150mhr, 6.15mi= 621c
    Strava app = 754c
    * put Lucy in buggy after 2mi, put Chispa in buggy after 4mi*
    Walk home to gym- 11.29min, .52mi= 56c
    Strava app= 64c
    Treadmill slow jog- 33.37min, 5.5sp for 3mi, 7.5sp for last .10mi, 133ahr, 177mhr, 159spm, 10.49min mi, 5k= 335c
    Walk gym to home- 12.25min, .54mi= 66c
    Strava app = 66c



    Total cal 1078

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,868 Member
    Anniesquats100 wrote: »
    Heather hope you and DH feel better soon. This Omicron variant is more like a cold. I wonder if I've got it, although Dad tested negative at the beginning.

    My eating is on track so far today! Yay! Except for the cough drops which I didn't count.

    Annie in Delaware

    Back in December, my first test was negative but I tried again the next day and it was positive. Apparently it can take a day or two to register.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,547 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,604 Member
    Worked then we cut the grass (aka weeds). Afterwards, went to see about the orthotic. I’ll get it in 2 weeks to the tune of $450 which Medicare won’t pay. Then went to Hamricks to see about shorts, but they didn’t have anything nice. So I decided to go to Conns which is right next door only they didn’t have anything nice, either. But I did get a bowl for Ganon for $5. I couldn’t make it in ceramics for that price.

    Love the kitten photos

    Kim – good thoughts being sent for your friends

    Flea – I thought NJ was the only state where you couldn’t pump your own gas!

    Kylia – so glad Cali is better and gaining weight

    Debbie – I don’t think I’d ever do zumba, but if they had Aqua Zumba I would probably give that a try. The door is pegboard and about 4” high. Seriously, I can’t reach the latch to unlatch it to get out without a stepstool. Even then it’s a stretch

    Wednesday here, I think I forgot to post last night. Anywho…..

    Did HIIT and then water class. Afterwards went to Burlington to see if they had any shorts, nothing decent. So decided to go to TJ Maxx since they are right there. Found one pair that I’m not sure I like. I was surprised that TJ Maxx isn’t less expensive. Well, part of the problem is that I’m used to buying at thrift stores.

    Then went in the pool. After dinner, I think we’re going to go to Lowe’s Hardware and then WalMart. Vince needs to get some things. I’ll probably do some shopping at WM Update: I only went to WM. I want to make gazpacho so I got most of the things I need and then some others.

    I’m getting that “see if you are human” message when I log in, too

    Annie – I have these eye drops and each time I have to have Vince open them. The only time he didn’t have to was when I got them in FL. Evidently the CVS down there has a different supplier.

    Kylia – when I went for my sleep study, they tried to put a CPAP on me that had the thing in that covers your nose. I had a bad experience as a child with having a mask on my face, and even now I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t open my eyes. FINALLY they gave me one with the tube on the top of my head and just a nose thing. That I could do. Seems I have mild sleep apnea. I have a Resvent cpap, with the tube on the top of my head and just a nose thing (like the oxygen thing in the nose). That I can handle.

    Heather – yea for the walk! You go girl! So very sorry for Johnny (and you) Bummer

    I’ve decided that unless I’m going to FL or the dollar store, I’ll go walking after dinner. Another good thing is that this way I won’t be munching (so much) after dinner.

    CJ – WB

    Michele NC
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,365 Member
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »

    Debbie - if I was in charge of the world I'd lock your mom's roommate in with MIL for a few days and see who survives :p . Let them go a few rounds! Who knows, it might be a good~! Regarding you pulling up stakes and moving in with your mom, could your DH be trusted to take care of the cats or is that mainly your job? I'm not sure about getting another cat but those little Siamese mixes you are taking care of sure are cute. Glad you don't live close. :p

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    Lanette B)
    SW WA State


    Mom's room mate and MIL are so similar - both are bullies, opinionated and Japanese!
    I would love to put them in the same house for a while.

    If you really wanted, I might just be up for a road trip to drop off the kittens ;)
    I understand- they are cute but I am ready for the living room to be back the way it was- it is full of the huge play pen and their other toys. Can't even get to the back door so I have to go all the way around the house to go to the garden. I could get out of the back door but it is easier to just walk all the way around.
    He could do all the cat care(he does it, for the most part, when I am at mom's but very hard on him, especially with the 4 kittens) but I am the one that does most of the feeding, etc

    Debbie
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,651 Member
    Popping in again for a few.
    Very belated welcome @Babytessie01 ! Please let us know what you’d like to be called and your general locale.
    Kim thank you for www.fire.ca.gov. Prayers and thoughts for Debbie’s Mom, your friends, and all affected both residents and responders.
    Allie what did the ER say about your fainting and nausea?
    Through pg 30, time to snooze.
    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
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    2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,365 Member
    [quote="exermom;c-48151658"

    Debbie – I don’t think I’d ever do zumba, but if they had Aqua Zumba I would probably give that a try. The door is pegboard and about 4” high. Seriously, I can’t reach the latch to unlatch it to get out without a stepstool. Even then it’s a stretch



    Michele NC[/quote]

    peg board, the kind with holes? They will use those little holes for spots to grab their nails in and be over that soon. I thought the new scrathing post was going to be too big for them but they climb and sit on the top of it with ease then jump off. They are about 10 weeks old(we have had them in the house just a few days past a month). This is the one I got at Black Friday for $2.

    https://www.amazon.com/Ahomdoo-Scratching-Thicker-Vertical-Scratcher/dp/B0CK2NJ1V5/ref=rvi_d_sccl_7/146-6009082-9097220?pd_rd_w=XHq4V&content-id=amzn1.sym.f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_p=f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_r=RG55QWZRNKNQW0G196X3&pd_rd_wg=sRJnR&pd_rd_r=9a428b88-8399-4b39-9e39-e62c9d47914d&pd_rd_i=B0CK2NJ1V5&psc=1


    First one is going to his new home tomorrow we think. Was hoping she would take two but told dh just one- she has not seen any of them yet, just pictures. They do so much better with two.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,365 Member
    Kittens just got put back in their playpen for the night-already sleeping.

    No zumba because of the holiday so friends from class were supposed to meet me at the wetlands to walk. All three canceled on me so I didn't go. I stayed home and painted the new mahogany in the hall. Two coats of it then dh put the trim up. So much nicer than the old pressed paper paneling that was up there.

    Have Ezie tomorrow and Friday- will figure out a few projects to keep her busy- have one that she started last week but didn't finish plus she will help watering the garden

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,CA
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,134 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,915 Member
    edited June 2024
    Tracey - I just used the lateral flow tests that I bought from Amazon a few months ago. They are still in date and worked perfectly. John was very reluctant, until I explained about P's operation and G's autoimmune problems. He was astonished!

    I'm still feeling OK, but I'm sure I will catch it. I was up first thing this morning, doing my exercises. Getting stronger. My knees feel slightly stiff, which may be the covid.

    Lisa - So sorry you had a bad day. :#<3<3

    I'm going to make a big pot of chilli today in the IP. Should be enough for 4 days. I love having ready made food in the freezer. We have a butternut squash to roast to have with it. Waitrose is coming late afternoon, so I can use the flat beans they are bringing, for a green item.

    I will walk outside again today. No shopping though! I was so happy to be able to buy the chocolate yesterday. :'(

    Much love , Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,868 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Heather - I think inviting your friends to your home with pizza is a wonderful idea. I find myself more relaxed when visiting in a home compared to a restaurant.
    It must have felt wonderful going on the walk.
    Oh how upsetting that you can’t visit with your girls.
    Hope John feels better soon. I don’t even know where we can test anymore for Covid.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    Testing kits are available at all the pharmacies here. COVID is a notifiable disease like measles and others, so there has to be a way to check.

    And it's definitely still around.

    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,868 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Debbie – I don’t think I’d ever do zumba, but if they had Aqua Zumba I would probably give that a try. The door is pegboard and about 4” high. Seriously, I can’t reach the latch to unlatch it to get out without a stepstool. Even then it’s a stretch

    Michele NC

    Won't be long before the kittens are over that! How old are they now?

  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,310 Member
    Good morning beautiful ladies!

    Yes Machka, I think my Dad got tested too early. But it's only a theory. I should probably go get tested, but I'm not going anywhere in this heat.

    My next book delivery was delayed, so maybe I will get some indoor things done today. Dad has Bible study at the senior center. And I will likely take him to Starbucks. It's such a waste but he gets some kind of frozen caramel coffee most days.

    Have a marvelous day, folks! May you be happy, healthy, safe and free!

    Annie in Delaware

    Annie in Delaware
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 3,087 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,868 Member
    edited June 2024
    Rosemarie2972 wrote: »
    Machka: I love that you are near the beach!

    We've been about 750 metres from a beach for the past 10 years, and a beach that often has noisy waves crashing on the rocks of the cliffs on either side of the beach. There's even a blowhole in the cliffs that doesn't shoot spray much anymore. There would have to be a massive storm for it to act like a blowhole anymore.

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    I will miss the sound of waves, but being on a hill (up to the left out of the picture) makes it very difficult for my husband to get down to the beach and back up again, or anywhere in this area.

    The new place is in a much flatter area of the island, and much closer to the water ... bay water, salt water, but not wavy water unless there's roaring wind. :) However interestingly, the bay we're on is a Shark Refuge Area which is an important breeding habitat for many shark species (especially school and gummy sharks), skates, and rays.

    I think we can canoe on that bay because the canoe wouldn't disturb the wildlife too much, and we might be able to put in quite near our place. :)

    I do love being near the water! And I'll have lots of pictures around our new place eventually.

    Rosemarie2972 wrote: »
    Quiet day today! I sat out on the deck for a couple of hours and enjoyed the green back yard! I have a book group at 5:30 and then meditation at 6:30. I am thinking of reading The Book of Delights by Ross Gay because the local book store is having someone speak about the book. It is different...not caregiving and then not going to the cat shelter. I am not quite sure what I want. Right now I am content on my deck. I need to exercise more!
    Best,
    Rosemarie from GA

    Your deck sounds lovely ... just take your time. You don't have to decide what you want to do right now.


    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,868 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Well .......... Best laid plans. :o:#:o

    During the Zoom with my schoolfriends I mentioned John's bad cold. P and B are both doctors. P is going, in the Saturday following our meet up, for a double cataract operation. She was very worried it might be covid. I poopooed the idea, but she asked me to test John anyway, as she didn't want anything to stop the op. G is also immune compromised.
    So I asked him to test. He was very reluctant, but went with it.
    Guess what. Yes. Positive. :o:#
    So, I won't be able to meet up with them, after they've come all this way to see me. They are still going to get together, and I may, if I am well enough, meet them on the beach, in a mask,to wave at them from a distance. I must say, I am beginning to feel a bit 'off'. We have told the family. Edie was here on Saturday, the day before he had symptoms.

    He has hardly been anywhere, apart from local shops, so he has no idea where he caught it. Good call, P.

    I will have to postpone my DEXA scan. :'( Big boo.

    Luckily, next week is clear for me to get over it. Shame, mega shame about the girls meetup. B is flying down from Scotland.

    Oh well, life happens. I just hope I get it mildly. John has had 8 jabs, and I have had 5, because I'm not quite 75.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    I hope you both get well soon.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,915 Member
    I've rescheduled the DEXA scan for the 12th July. A bit earlier in the afternoon, so better for driving outside the rush hour.
    On and off I'm convinced I'm getting something, then I feel better again. :*
    I made the chilli after breakfast, so that is ready and waiting. John will peel and chop the butternut squash.
    I got some paracetamol delivered so we won't have to visit the shops. Waitrose can leave the groceries at the door.

    I was going to go for a walk, but feeling a bit achy now. I will see how I am after a nap. Knees very stiff.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxx

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