WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2024
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Today is a good day to have an interesting meal Orange Chicken, Tapioca pudding with gummy worms in it, eaten at the seashore watching for stranded marine animals, and celebrating all the elderly men you know.
RVRita in Roswell
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drkatiebug wrote: »Recently I’ve been getting a lot of men friend requests. I sent each of them this message, have you?
Hello,
Recently I have been getting an awful lot of friend requests from men and I am curious as to why. No rude or inappropriate comments or questions (yet). A couple of them asking if I was married or if I was happy which is weird. Can you enlighten me?
Thx
I just assume that they aren’t real men but spam bots. I’m not exactly sure how that works but they seem to have similar or the same profile picture and different names. I delete them and move on. Machka has talked about them before, I think.drkatiebug wrote: »Recently I’ve been getting a lot of men friend requests. I sent each of them this message, have you?
Hello,
Recently I have been getting an awful lot of friend requests from men and I am curious as to why. No rude or inappropriate comments or questions (yet). A couple of them asking if I was married or if I was happy which is weird. Can you enlighten me?
Thx
I just assume that they aren’t real men but spam bots. I’m not exactly sure how that works but they seem to have similar or the same profile picture and different names. I delete them and move on. Machka has talked about them before, I think.
Different profile pics on each account.1 -
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Rita - sorry that summer cold is sticking around. Drat. Was your DH a professional cook/chef? He sure makes yummy food. Everything looked very good.
Flea - great beach photos, so glad you could get away from the heat for a bit. Overcast at my house this morning, high around 80. Temps supposed to ramp up to 90 tomorrow then mediate a bit, 70's next week unless the weatherman gets it wrong. Again.
Many more I want to comment on but feel I'm running behind.
Checkup with Dr. Matt this morning. He's happy with the labs, my activity level, etc. He said the Farmer's walk is one of the best for overall toning and core, and said keep doing at least one session per day carrying 8# weights. Also you can't beat an early morning walk - the sun that is just peeking out has many benefits.
He also prescribed Vitamin B1 to help with my A1C. He said even after we change our diets for the better, it can take a while for the hemoglobin to reflect the positive change, and too much sugar can cause an imbalance in the B1. The vitamin is pretty cheap so I'll try it for 4 months until I get labs done again.
Lanette
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I never even look at the friend requests. I don't want Friends.
Michele - My sincere sympathy. So sad to lose a best friend.
Saw my hunky surgeon today. He asked to see my scar. I had put on my best cheetah print knickers! He was very pleased and looking forward to the next time. He has an unnerving habit of looking closely at you when he talks to you. Nice, but unusual. It felt intimate.
My elder son WhatsApped me about a video film he'd seen about the first ascent of Everest. My old teacher was on it. . She was hugely influential in turning me into a writer. Her husband Tom Bourdìllon failed to get to the summit the day before. I did a radio programme with her about finding her again as an adult. I called my elder son after him. He said it started him off on an obsession about Everest. She gave me her book called Visit to the Sherpas. Truly inspirational.
Made gorgeous mushroom risotto for dinner with flat green beans.
IMHO Barbie 's quote does not mean passively putting up with a bad situation. It means changing yourself enough to love yourself enough to do something about it. We can only change ourselves and that can mean choosing a different kind of life. We are not passive victims. We all deserve the best life we aspire to. Sometimes that means hard choices, not excuses.
Much love, Heather UK xxxxxx6 -
MFP Weekly Check-in July 15, 2024
Rita in Roswell, NM - Down another 1.3 pounds to 176.6 from 186.9 in 6 weeks! That’s 10 pounds gone. First goal met! On to the next 10 pound goal. Long term goal is to get down to 145 and stay there at least a year.
Debbie in Napa Valley, CA - scale is slightly going in the wrong direction. 150.2 this morning. I did track all week and did good on exercise.
Sue in WA State - Made it to water exercise twice this week. The water was very refreshing since it has been hot. Also got yoga and strength done all days this week. Weight has stayed steady. Been drinking lots this week especially since I found out dehydration can be a trigger for A-fib and there were a couple of times I was feeling a little wonky. I have 2 more sessions in the Healthier heart program I have been doing.
Barbara on the Southern Oregon Coast - Better than yesterday:
Move: steps 6/7, PT 3/7 and hours of shovel work in the garden.
Fuel: sugar 5/7, CI<CO 7/7, AF 3/7
Wt down 0.2 lbs
Proud of myself for 2 BB&B classes, hanging in there. ;}
Challenge this week will be to do some form of PT every day there is no BB&B class.
Evelyn on Vancouver Island, BC - Another beautiful day on the island! And I’m down 1.4 lbs!! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Lanette SW WA State – weight still holding steady at 161. I’m just about where I want to be after 4 months. Picking up some great tips from Rita and the diabetes prevention class. Continuing early morning sunrise walks, Farmer's Walks and PT stretches and exercises for my back. Getting the kinks out early really helps.
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We had a bad storm Saturday night. Lost internet until 7. Fortunately I did not lose power. Neighbors across the street did so I let them run a cord to keep their refrigerator running. I did lose a big branch that landed in neighbors driveway. Fortunately no cars were hit! I chopped it up and put in the garage until I can get it to the compost pile. I want to wait until it dries out because it can be quite muddy there.
Ended up going to a friend's house to hang around in her pool. It felt great with our 90 degree 70% humidity. We were going to go to an outdoor play but we decided it was too hot and buggy for that. Another time...
She noticed the changes in me. I look younger and more vital. Affirming I am on the right path for me!
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Lisa--Thank you for thinking of me. I have really been in a strange state of mind since my friend passed away. I know she is in a better place. Also things at work are carzy. 2 full time people quit and 2 had surgery the same day. So I have been working 12 hour shifts alone. Which means I can not take my water pills and I gained almost 10 pounds in a couple days. So this last weekend I was off and took extra pill as doctor said and I have lost 6 pounds and I have feet. Today I am working alone, but next couple someone is here with me so I can take my pills and go to restroom as needed. Thursday we are leaving for Iowa for a family reunion for DH's family. Will come back on Sunday. Going to the park out there we put a memorial bench for our son. It got washed away in a flood several years ago and they put what was left in storage. So planning to pick that up and bring back and have repaired. Only thing is under the bench his 2 daughters put their handprints. I want to see if we can find them and somehow make a cast so we can have them put on the bench.
Lanette--Prayers you foot and ankle are doing better.
Tracey--In the early 90's Richard Simmons had a day event at the college about 50 miles from here. A freind and I went over for the day. He was very nice and we did the sweating to the oldies. I was sorry to hear he passed. Love the chest, such a beautiful gift.
Michele--Sorry to hear of your friend's passing.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE Where it is over 103 today.8 -
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Debbie - I’ll have to see if I can find that brand in Canada.
I thought I posted this last night but apparently got distracted.
Tracey in Edmonton
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Hello, my chickens, from yet another heat advisory day. Index is running at 108F today (42C), and will tomorrow... supposed to break on Wednesday and drop back to something a bit less scorchy.
Just woke up from my nap, and might just have to add that to my daily chores, since it's part of my life now.
Got my CT scans in. TL;DR, all good news - Organ recital:Everything as expected... a little compression in my disks in my lower back, a few stones in my kidneys, which I've known about for years. Not causing any issues unless they break loose. I've had kidney stones my entire adult life. A little bit of calcification showing in the aorta, consistent with my age. All other organs (the ones that are left! 😲😁) looked normal. The only place that was inflamed is the colon, and that is showing thickened walls, consistent with my diagnosis. The last time they looked, the inflammation showed quite far up past the sigmoid colon, so it's a really good sign that it's only there now.
I knew when I had that exam that resulted in the CT scan request that I was ouching because she was being rough, not because I hurt internally in those spots. Same gal I've been seeing for a few years now, and she's never been that stabby before. I'm assuming she wanted a good look at the whole gut, and needed a reason to order it.
It's possible she was just having a bad day, too.
I'll have to go in for blood and other tests a couple of weeks after my next injection of Skyrizi - which I'm following up AGAIN through the VA pharmacy. No sign of it yet in my medications list online. Waiting on a call back from them.
Edit before I got finished with this post - Got that callback, and the VA did get the request through. It's in the queue for approval now, and as long as it's approved, I'll be getting it through the mail. No reason they wouldn't approve it, they approved the onsite infusions, so this should be just paperwork getting filed. Phew! If for some odd reason they don't approve it, they'll notify me and tell me why so I can get whatever hoops need jumping through done.
Nice busy morning, restful afternoon. No work done on the quilt, but got all the watering done outside, and made it through three loads of laundry and some kitchen cleaning before I fell over for my nap. Terribly grateful for air conditioning these days; if it wasn't for A/C, I couldn't live here!
Heather - Glad your visit went well with your surgeon. Such a scandal you are in your cheetah-print scanties and all! 😁
Margaret - You seem very much at peace with your life these days. It's wonderful to see!
Vicki - I worry about it when you put your health aside for work - you know those ten pounds of water are terribly hard on your heart and your whole system. Won't fuss though. I know you get plenty of advice, and I know you have your reasons for continuing. Just sending lots of hugs and understanding. 💗 Glad you'll have help at work. Fingers crossed that continues!
Flea - Your pics made for lovely memories of cool days on the Oregon beaches. I loved the summers there.
Corey will be calling soon to say he's on his way. He was working up north all day, where it was even hotter than it is here. Bless him, he's falling asleep on the couch most nights by 7, and I have to wake him up to take a shower and go to bed. This weather is hard on everyone.
Much love,
Lisa in AR
Good thoughts out to Kim, who we haven't heard from in a bit and Ginny, who I think is on vacay...4 -
Stat for the day-
Walk w/family- 2hrs 11min 6min, 82ahr, 100mhr, 117elev, 6mi= 588c
Strava app735c
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drkatiebug wrote: »Recently I’ve been getting a lot of men friend requests. I sent each of them this message, have you?
Hello,
Recently I have been getting an awful lot of friend requests from men and I am curious as to why. No rude or inappropriate comments or questions (yet). A couple of them asking if I was married or if I was happy which is weird. Can you enlighten me?
Thx
I just assume that they aren’t real men but spam bots. I’m not exactly sure how that works but they seem to have similar or the same profile picture and different names. I delete them and move on. Machka has talked about them before, I think.drkatiebug wrote: »Recently I’ve been getting a lot of men friend requests. I sent each of them this message, have you?
Hello,
Recently I have been getting an awful lot of friend requests from men and I am curious as to why. No rude or inappropriate comments or questions (yet). A couple of them asking if I was married or if I was happy which is weird. Can you enlighten me?
Thx
I just assume that they aren’t real men but spam bots. I’m not exactly sure how that works but they seem to have similar or the same profile picture and different names. I delete them and move on. Machka has talked about them before, I think.
Different profile pics on each account.
Still bots ... not real men.2 -
I’m on day 11 of this summer cold thing. DH has it too. One day I feel fine, the next my glands are swollen and my ear hurts, my head hurts, stiff neck and feels like sinus junk and just want to sleep. Guess it’s going around.
Dinner yesterday was not the best but really good. DH took some Whomp biscuits and made a pizza out of them then topped with home made tomato sauce (no sugar) onions, peppers (from the garden) mushrooms, provolone, pepperoni (just a small amount). It was heaven! Haven’t had a pizza in years! Before and after pictures. Supper was 1 avocado toast snack were an orange and 1/2 an apple with a handful of mixed nuts. Breakfast yesterday and today was the last of the instant oatmeal with Almond butter, butter, and 1/2 a banana. Trying for 5 fruits/veggies a day not counting seasonings. I got it with this pizza for sure!
RVRita in Roswell👽
COVID?
We have pizza each Saturday!1 -
Afternoon ladies
Made a grocery list..
Watching the Help..one of my favorite movies..
I did take a nap..
I feel better..and Miss Siri is snoozing on the pillow behind me.3 -
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Well ladies, its official, I am bone tired and its only been the first day. Still doing my intermittent fasting, pretty much a two hour eating to have my one neal, then its closed again. So a 22/2. Carrying Eli a 19 lb kettle ball of smiles. 😁. I am so sore! I gave them a heads up. Remember when I said they could chill for awhile before looking. Just scratch that.💖. Both are non-stop getting and doing. Did I say I was just zapped. They are maximalists. I am a minimalist. I am not here to clean, though husband says I should just jump in and clean. But he can say that because he's home. Loving the smiles from both of them.💖
Rebecca
Whidbey
WA
This is Athena up at our home when son and her cane to pick me up. She's riding a rocking horse husbands dad built. So her great grandfather.
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“Waiting for my friend to contact me when she is settled in her guesthouse. “
My visitors arrived safely, and we picked them up on Saturday morning for coffee which stretched into lunch 😂 after lunch we took them for a trip down the coast to see some of the countryside. Karin and I had so much catching up to do. We met many years ago through an exchange programme between our towns, and have kept in touch for over 30 years.
On Sunday we took them to visit the Glens of Antrim, and afterwards had dinner back at ours. Yesterday they spent the day exploring our small city and we met up for a farewell drink in an old Irish pub near the seafront. They are leaving early this morning to travel to Belfast and Derry, before visiting the west. coast of Ireland.
I will try to catch up today on what I missed.
🤗🤗🤗 and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.
🙋♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.
☘️ Terri
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Today’s gratitude: good long chat with former work buddy.
Lisa 11 whole days? Whoopeeeeeee! Yours to Vicki.
Annie “broccoli from heaven” Brilliant!
Tracey Bravissima for taking your walk. Baby steps.
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
Open heart and mind before mouth.
2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.
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We've got a big low pressure system just off the coast bringing us 3 days of wind, rain and big waves. They're predicting up to 75 mm of rain (3 inches).
https://www.windy.com/?-42.883,147.331,5,i:pressure
Machka in Oz
We're up to about 55 mm (2.2 inches) of rain so far. The little hurricane eased up for a bit, but came back shortly before I had to drive home.
Commute Comparison
Previous: 17.2 km but took about 45 minutes each way by walking and bus. 1 hour 30 minutes a day commuting.
Current: 23 km but takes me about 35 minutes each way including driving, walking and bus. 1 hour, 10 minutes a day commuting.
Of course, that does vary depending on weather and whatever is going on with the traffic.
Today, for example, things were moving more slowly on the way home because of the return of wind and rain, and of course, the darkness. The return home took about 45 minutes.
I'm not overly excited about driving ... much prefer public transportation or human powered transportation ... but it'll do for the moment. There is potential for other options.
One other option is to bus from the main road in our new community. It would require me to be there a bit earlier than I'm used to and I would get there by walking 1.6 km (1 mile) or cycling. Right now, however, there are no bicycle storage facilities, but apparently, when the weather improves and we get more daylight, works will start on a Park & Ride including a bicycle storage facility.
There is also the option of cycling from where I park to catch the bus. Right now, the bridge is not pleasant to cycle across but in the next couple years, apparently they are supposed to build a cycling lane.
There's also the possibility I could drive to a certain point, then cycle to the ferry and take the ferry across. And there's talk that they are planning to build a second dock down the way a bit for the ferry or another ferry soon.
So we'll see.
At our previous location, there weren't so many options to get up and over the mountain that stood between home and work.
Machka in Oz
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DH and I have been taking walks together a couple of times a week. It is nice. I am not sure if we will do more walks than that together, because we walk in different ways. He walks and wants to talk and I walk and want to look around and listen to trees, birds, and breathe in fresh air. We are also taking walks separately. lol
ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
When I walk with my husband, we walk very slowly and talk. Periodically, he says "I can't walk that fast". I'm not sure if it is just perseveration or what because I'm walking at a fraction of my normal walking pace.
When I walk by myself, I motor ... while looking around and listening to trees, birds, and breathing in fresh air, and thinking about things. I walk fast enough to pass many other pedestrians and to be huffing and puffing. Just shy of a jog.
M in Oz
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Good morning beautiful ladies!
My Dad's hearing aids are broken so he can't go to his classes. I hope to get new parts for a quick fix this afternoon. Fingers crossed!
I have to pick up a bit before the cleaners come. So just a quick hello!
Have a great day, and may you all be happy, healthy, safe and free!
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Good morning, my chicks,
Just a quick note from my pre-dawn quiet moments. Corey's just gotten up to snag his cup of coffee, make his lunch, then finish his morning ablutions before heading out to work. I cleared my decks yesterday of chores, etc., and will spend the morning with the quilt.
Daughter was able to spend our grandson Tyler's 13th birthday with him on Sunday--he's living with his birth dad in Corpus Christi, about 3 hours each way from the school she's attending. Kinda missing those every other morning calls, but talked to her on the weekend. Pics of Tyler the second time we met him (he was born in Germany) one that was taken two years ago, and one of him opening our card yesterday. They grow SO stinking fast.
That's it for plans for today.
Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa in AR, staying inside today...
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Lisa ~ Tyler is so handsome and he has a really sweet smile! Glad you had good news from your check up.
Michelle ~ So sorry about the passing of your friend in Switzerland. Every day I think about my long time friend who passed away last Spring.
Vicky ~ Those 12 hour days are so draining on you. And, I hope you get to keep taking your water pills. It seems like you are constantly losing help in your hospital. Pray it will improve.
Carol in GA3 -
Lisa - Oh wow!! Time just whizzes by. A lovely young man. ❤️
Just made a coleslaw to go with the pork pie this evening when we get back from my son's house. John had to pop out for carrots after lunch so I could make it. I hate bought coleslaw, but love my own homemade.
He excelled himself yesterday by cleaning the undercounter rubbish cupboard (trash). We have both recycling and normal in there, and it had got really dirty. I didn't feel I could crouch down for long enough to clean it, so I just mentioned it casually to John. He did a great job in a very difficult space for a 78 year old!
I will have a quick nap and order an Uber later. My son usually brings us home. Don't know if we will be needed next week, as it's the last day of school for the girls. Max broke up last Friday.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx4 -
Work - frustrating day. Every time I feel like I'm almost finished this sub-project I'm working on, there's more!
Basically, I have successfully matched most of the data in 3 very different datasets. But now I'm doing error checking and comparisons, and that's just painful. I've asked the question "Why???" about a million times now.
Home - unpacking. Little bit at a time.
Several things are being set up in a similar way to how they were in our previous place, but I am also rethinking several areas.
For example, we have a glass display cabinet and in our previous place, it was tucked in a corner where it wasn't very visible and I had a bunch of wine glasses and other glass things in it. Here it is in a more visible location and for a moment I was going to put the wine glasses back in it, but then I thought, "We don't drink alcohol! Why would I display wine glasses?" So the wine glasses are going onto a bottom shelf of my china cabinet, and the glass display cabinet will contain cycling ornaments!
M in Oz6 -
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Lisa--Thank you for your support. I have little choice right now because of the insurance and DH's long haul Covid. Also fianancal I have to work. I think about giving up the suprerisor, but them I would have to answer to someone else on what hours I work. Have a new full time person starting Aug 5. Then it should get better for awhile.
Looking forward to getting away for 4 days this weekend. Not going to answer my phone.
Carol--It's just not me that have trouble with help. So many people don't want to work and it used to be something to be proud of to have a job and be there a while. Now if you can find someone they don't stay long. Guess I don't understand as I like being able to pay my bills and have money to do things and not starting over.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE6 -
Finally feeling better. I hope it stays. I was able to do a 1/2 hour walk this morning before breakfast. First time in a week. So back too it!
Last night supper: NaaN with avocado, 1/2 apple. Had an Orange for dessert at dinner. Not sure what to call this mess that DH made yesterday: Jasmine rice, mushrooms, left over chicken, onion, black olive slices, celery and a touch of tomato sauce (Ragu). Not his best, but he wasn’t feeling well. I added cucumber to finish an old one and make the plate look more like the ‘My Plate’.
Breakfast today was a container of Oikos Triple Zero, 1 T craisins, 1.5T raisins, 1/2 banana, 1/4 cup Red Mills Muesli. 410 calories and lots of good protein! Starting the day with 3 fruits, not counting what was included in the Muesli, I think dates.
RVRita in Roswell.
PS. Not covid, I tested, just a summer virus that everyone around here is getting.4 -
Today is strange as they celebrate snakes and guinea pigs the same day. Snakes eat guinea pigs! Corn fritters and elderly women day. Celebrate! We are women but not elderly!! 🤪
RVRita in Roswell 🛸2
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