WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2024
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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.
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 xxxxxxxx4 -
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
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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?
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Good morning!
Michele I am suppose to recieve both the nose cushion and the canula types to try. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Kittens OH My! They are 9 weeks tomorrow and finally acting like kittens! Eating, running like crazy kids for an hour or so, sleep for two, repeat! They have not yet tested the 40" cardboard blockades that keep them out of laundry room, but Tory loves the top of the cat tree about 4 1/2 ft tall. It will go up higher, but I am not ready for that!
HeatherUK So sorry to hear you won't get to meet up with friends. Happy to hear recovery is going well.
Need to get a few things done before work.
Prayers for safety and healing.
Stay hydrated in the heat zones!
Much love,
Kylia in Ohio still in heat warning5 -
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
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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.
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
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Well .......... Best laid plans.
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.
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.1 -
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 xxxxxx4 -
LisaInArkansas wrote: »Rosemarie2972 wrote: »Lisa: Does the UV tint stay on the windows all year?
... I don't know how long I can keep the house and want to enjoy my yard.
Best,
Rosemarie from Georgia
Rosemarie - In all honesty, I don't know. I'm getting used to the tint on the windows, although at first, I kept getting surprised, looking out those windows and thinking it was getting dark outside. Much will depend on my willingness to take it down and whether it can be put back up once down. In theory, it is reusable. Is there some reason you might lose the house? Or is it a positive possible move?
Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa in AR
Our new place gets A LOT of sun, when the sun shines. Currently, we have blinds on all the windows, but I've had a look at them, and I'm pretty sure we can do double blinds.
They'd be like the ones in the photo here (not my photo). The under blind is see through but blocks the strength of the sun, and the one on top would be what we have now - heavy, block everything blinds.
M in Oz4 -
Today I get a Pap smear and a boob smash, fun fun, first time w/ Kaiser under the Medicare program. After a short ride, then I’ll walk there. Welcome new peeps
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Good morning ladies! Happy first day of Summer or Winter depending on your hemisphere.
Heather - sorry to hear about John's covid and how the plans with your girlfriends got derailed - hope you don't catch it. Seems like allergies and nasty non-covid viruses are still going around full force in our community. (Maybe it is covid and people aren't testing or testing correctly.) Happy to hear you are doing well and able to venture out a bit more all the time.
Annie - regarding your weight gain, as others have mentioned, you've been under tremendous stress with your mom and now your dad, housing decisions, so many other challenges you face daily that you can't control. Hang in there. We're here for you.
Debbie- Now I'm thinking MIL and mom's roommate living together WOULD be the fight of the century, lol. I'm waiting for the old shop cat (17) to pass away before I can get another, but it's sure tempting. Her litter box is in the part of the shop where DH's tools are - everything is covered with years of kitty litter dust. It desperately needs to be cleaned out. I see a welder, table saw, air compressor among other things out there. Kitty is still fat, matted and happy, lol. So that job is low on the priority list.
Pip- have "fun" at Kaiser today. Be nice to get it over with.
News flash - Most of my tomato plants have at least one teensy tomato. Despite the cool temps and rain. Actually seems early compared to other years. Let's see how long it takes them to grow and actually ripen.
Need to head into town this morning and catch up on some grocery shopping. Hope I hear from the Diabetes Coach today regarding the calories and macros I should be aiming for.
Lanette
SW WA State
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Hidee ho all
Over at the Walmart with Dan ,he is in for his exam an then we will pick out glasses
Nice to spend time with him.
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I watched a good you tube video on the adrenal glands last night. I did have the body of someone in adrenal fatigue. Weight in the middle and little in the butt. Besides insulin resistance there can also be something called cortisol resistance. Neither is good for your health long term. For adrenal fatigue and insulin resistance it is important to address stress as much as possible because it contributes to both of them. Walking is excellent for both of them, proper breathing, getting fit, and extra Vitamin C and D helps too. Sounding like a broken record a diet without highly processed food high in corn, wheat, bad fats, sugar, and processed salt also helps to reverse both of them.
Besides a body shape with fat in the middle...fatigue and anxiety also can be symptoms of adrenal fatigue. Because of stress your body is in fight or flight mode for too long. Fight or flight mode is meant to be a short term reaction for your body. When you get stuck in that state that is when the problems start to occur. It is reversible with the right tools.
It has been almost six months since I made changes to my diet and dealing with stress. The biggest noticeable physical change is loss of belly fat. Emotional change is I am calmer and take things more in stride then I did before.
Since joining this group I have learned the reasons I struggle with weight is complex. There are other factors other than diet that contribute positively to becoming healthy.5 -
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Had a scare earlier this morning. I had finished watering my plants and had 2 tomatoes in my hand as I turned the spigot off. I turned around to come face-to-face with two horses with riders. Totally unexpected!! The ladies said they followed the dirt road thinking it was the main road (this road has keep out signs and employees only signs on it)but it went into the campground. They cut across empty camp sights, including the one I was standing in, with the horses. I’m not particularly afraid of horses, just surprised me! They calmly walked past me and my campsite and went to the road. Sheesh! Can anybody read in this state!!????
Dinner yesterday was 3 0z pork loin, cauliflower salad with onions and black olives in Italian dressing, and 1/4 cup sweet potatoes.
Supper was a small apple with 1 TB peanut butter and the last Oikos Triple Zero I had.
Breakfast this morning was instant sugar free maple oatmeal with almond milk, 1T butter, 1T almond butter, and made with almond milk.
We have had fires here that invaded a town about 70 miles from Roswell. People have died in it and others are being evacuated here to Roswell. Some in my park. Now the area is having flooding due to a rain storm on the fresh burn scars. They showed a video of a shop that had been open since 1981 completely engulfed in flames. The owner wasn’t there and found out about the fire through the news! No one called him!! Fires are scary when in unpopulated areas, but much scarier when it goes to people’s houses and town businesses. One family I talked to yesterday said they lost their house. Another said she left because of the smoke and she had asthma, but her husband stayed unless the fire got too close to the house! People do some strange and irresponsible things! I wonder what they are thinking, they can’t save anything more by staying until it’s too late!~!
RVRita in Bottomless Lakes, Roswell
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Today is the longest (or shortest) day of the year! Summer Solstice (or Winter solstice depending on where you live). Enjoy an ice cream soda or vanilla milkshake (not both please!) to celebrate!
Ran into this little guy yesterday and forgot to post him here. He is a horned lizard or “horny-toad” to some! These are becoming endangered and I hadn’t seen one since COVID 2020 when no one was here. Glad to see him! Runs like a lizard but fat like a toad!
RVRita at Bottomless Lakes
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