WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2024

OregonMother

Congratulations, Tracey!!!!!! Excellent news!

Flea
Willamette Valley, OR

OregonMother

RE: Osteopenia

Machka -- I assume I will be told the same thing next Friday. Keep walking and hiking, add weight training, which I have already started. Recheck in two years. The DEXA report recommended a repeat scan in two years, so that's why I assume we will follow that advice.

Both of my parents had osteoporosis, so that I have the hint of that now is not at all surprising.

Take care!

Flea
Willamette Valley, OR

pipcd34

LisaInArkansas wrote: »

Hello my chicks,

Not altogether conscious, but am waking up as I rattle to y'all. I slept for nearly nine hours! Woot!

Finally finished the quilt in both general and specifics and will pack it up today. Realized I never showed y'all the back of it, and then realized I never actually took a picture of the back of it! Here's the finished thing:

I took it in the back bedroom so the bed doesn't overwhelm the quilt. Easier camera angles, too.

I'm sending it with the mistake intact, which will surprise Corey no end. He thinks I'll tear it apart and fix it - the quote being, "Yes, but I know you and you still have the pointy thing that rips out stitches. Put it in the box and send it!" 🥰 He loves me.

Lots of transitions this week, the antibiotics and steroids time is now finished. Time to see if the ship will continue to finish righting itself in terms of my gut health. I'm gaining weight again (mixed blessing), my hair is growing, I'm having to cut my fingernails much more often, and am overall feeling very well. All signals that the nutrition I'm getting in is actually being used by my body instead of just being dumped in my gut and making me ill, with little real absorption.

Got to get another cup of tea in me and get moving... don't know yet if the quilt will fit in a large flat rate box, and if not, I'm going to have to rustle up a box.

Later, babies,
Love from the once again quite scorchy Arkansas River Valley
Lisa in AR

Love it! I would pay you to do one for me, it would have bikes and runners on it of course :0)

pipcd34

Stats for the day-

Walk w/kids- 2hrs 7min 50sec, 114elev, 2.85ap, 83ahr, 142mhr, 6.20mi= 620c
Strava app = 760c
Zwift home spin bike- strava stats- 1hr 49sec, 869elev, 90aw, gear 28, 12.8amph, 94ahr, 115mhr, 13.03mi= 303c
Strava app= 314c
Zwift stats- 1hr 49sec, 870elev, 90aw, 47arpm, 12.83amph, 13mi= 314c
Zwift home spin bike- strava stats- 43.41min, 108elev, 89aw, gear 28, 17.4amph, 97ahr, 118mhr, 12.64mi= 219c
Strava app= 222c
Zwift stats- 43.41min, 109elev, 89aw, 47arpm, 17.31amph, 12.6mi= 222c

Total cal 1142

cityjaneLondon

Tracey - Hip hip Hooray!

Heather UK xxxxxx

barbiecat

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

Just popping in to say that I have received an email to advise that I will be receiving an offer letter soon!

Tracey

Yippee ☀️🌻🌞😆

LisaInArkansas

Woke up happy for your news Tracey, after a quite unexpected afternoon nap...

PIp - If you do get serious about doing a quilt, let me know on Facebook. We're connected already there - I'm Lisa Hannon. I've absolutely done commissioned quilts in the past. However, just note that I am not, shall we say, inexpensive.

Later,
Love,
Lisa

pipcd34

LisaInArkansas wrote: »

Woke up happy for your news Tracey, after a quite unexpected afternoon nap...

PIp - If you do get serious about doing a quilt, let me know on Facebook. We're connected already there - I'm Lisa Hannon. I've absolutely done commissioned quilts in the past. However, just note that I am not, shall we say, inexpensive.

Later,
Love,
Lisa

I will talk to kirby. I’ve paid for 2 t-shirt quilts already, one of his t-shirts and a different lady did mine of my t-shirts.

We will connect. I wouldn’t expect it to be cheap.

drkatiebug

Yay, Tracey!

I’m taking my brother for hernia surgery tomorrow. I have to pick him up at 4:30 a.m., which means I have to leave home about 3:45. Yikes! He needs it desperately though. His belly button looks like a horn growing out of the middle of his stomach. It’s at least the size of 8-ounce drinking cup.

TerriRichardson112

We have had another wet day here. Quite cool as we haven’t had a break in the clouds all day. Tomorrow should be a little better.

Lisa: I’m sure you’re glad to get that quilt away. It does look lovely though. You inspired me to return to my unfinished crochet project. It’s a gilet made out of grannie squares of different sizes. I have it laid out on my dining room table and am slowly piecing it together.

Collected the new glasses and they are great. Crystal clear once more. They were very very speedy, but worth every penny.

Virtual (((hugs))) held extra long and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

☘️ Terri

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

Just popping in to say that I have received an email to advise that I will be receiving an offer letter soon!

Tracey

At last! They obviously recognised your worth.

exermom

Sleep – I have to keep on the same schedule, weekend or not, if I’m working the next day or not. Usually I get up at 5:30 and I need to keep that schedule even on the evenings preceding days I don’t work. Now Vince doesn’t have to do that.

I love the fact that in this group, you learn so much from other’s experiences

I couldn’t believe the rain AND wind when I came out of work today. There was one point where it was so windy that I couldn’t move. I felt like Jim Cantoni….lol

Made the marinade for the pork chops I’ll get ready tomorrow. Now I’m thinking I’ll make the salsbury steaks for next week and then the rice krispie bars

Lanette – I sure hope you find that necklace. Something like that would drive me absolutely crazy

Tracey – So happy you’re going to get an offer letter soon.

I just got an email saying that I was eligible for student loan forgiveness….lol

Katie – wowzers!

Went for a walk around the neighborhood. Took the umbrella with me. Needed it at first, but then I didn’t. Tomorrow is supposed to be nicer. We shall see….

Michele NC

1948CWB

Dr.Katie ~ Best wishes for your brother's surgery.

auntiebk

I’m squandering too much time on mindless iPhone games. Time to set it down, maybe even uninstall a few, in favor of getting up and doing even 5 minutes of PT, or grooming dogs. ;}
MFP not letting me login from laptop yesterday morning, recaptcha verification failing.
Debbie what do you and your mom do with 3x100’ rows of squash?
Lisa wow that quilt! What you said about swirling with gratitude. Amen, sister, amen. Yours to Tracie in WI, truth that.
Margaret conVERYgratulations on getting your BP down. Just another sign that you are on the right track for your body.
Lanette hawkbit, aha! Thanks! We do have some dandelions too, but the hawkbit ?hawkbits? predominate. Funny how the genus name “leontodon” means “lion tooth”, just like dent-de-lion. . . but different genus.
Kay, “deer food garden” made me snort my tea! LOL
Tracie in WI what kind of dog? ;}
Belated welcome @MounjaroMia Mia in the UK!
Barbie Rejoicing that Jake is home. For an introvert, you have two very reliable friends.
Only through page 12.

Moose, the prequel

I wasn’t looking for another dog. Wasn’t haunting shelter websites, no midnight petfinder.com rendezvous, honest! BUT, when I saw the post about Moose to our FB dog group page, well something happened. Tracey you are very insightful. I wasn’t sure I wanted Moose, or that Tumble would accept him if I did. I for sure didn’t want to fight with Joe over a dog, ever again. The Dixie story turned out for the better, but it was a painful growing time. The Gino failure just about killed me. When Joe started to backpedal from his initial openness, saying he really didn’t want another dog, but that “You’ll do what you want.” I got that sick-to-my-stomach feeling that I was headed for more grief. Lasted four days.
Poster had bred Moose (“an Australian labradoodle? SMH) and had given him to W to “socialize” before adding to her string of studs. Then Covid hit and W and Moose bonded so breeder let W have him. Earlier this year W had a stroke, can’t walk and is in a care facility. Breeder placed Moose in a foster family. The first potential adoption fell through, due to transportation issues. Then she posted to our dog group’s FB page.

gratitudes:
Thursday: Deep, box breathing finally stopped the retching. An hour and a half is a looong time. :sick:
Wednesday: Shadow joined Moose on the bed for a while this morning. Settling in process.
Tuesday: meeting with Moose went miraculously well. Tumble barked, went up to him and sniffed and seemed to recognize him, and quieted down. Shadow still suspicious.
Monday:: stretching and luxuriating in bed, the feeling of the sheets and blankets, and petting Shadow by my side.

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.

grandmallie

Tracey- yehaa on the job front ..Im so very happy for you...
Alfie is over at Toms until tomorrow night or Saterday morning.his stepdaughter is moving in with a couple of dogs for a couple of weeks until her new place is ready.. she has Australian shepards and Tom is worried that Alfie will get hurt.. so .. he wanted alone time with him before the onslaught of the wild beasts lol.
Im going to try and get some sleep..
Tracy measuring at 37 weeks though she is only at 31 ,all is well.. she has 3 appointments next week and then one a week up until the birth.

LisaInArkansas

Katie - Good grief! That sounds so horribly painful. Hope the relief is immediate and a quick recovery.

Barbara AHMOD- An hour and a half of retching? I barely last five minutes and I'm weeping. So glad the box breathing stopped it. I hope Moose is a lovely and peaceful addition. Terrible name for a lovely looking little guy.

Terri - So glad my completion was inspirational. I never know if I'm here to be a bad example or a good one... 😁 Now I'm walking around slapping ideas out of the air... Stop it! Stop it! Take a break! 🐿️😝😂 Doubt it will work, now that my energy levels are rising too. I've unleashed a kraken... 🐙🦑🌊 and it's about to swamp my craft room.

Loving my life, and genuinely reveling in living inside a body that does not feel sick and exhausted. So much joy in that.

Here's to joy,
Love,
Lisa in Arkansas

margaretturk

Tracey Congratulations!


M when I breathe through my mouth at night it adds to me getting dehydrated. I wake up with a scratchy throat. Breathing through your nose also raises your nitric oxide levels in your blood which in term helps with your circulation. I believe part of my cramping problems has to do with circulation. I have good calcium and magnesium level. Vit D is also good now too!

Machka9

margaretturk wrote: »

Tracey Congratulations!


M when I breathe through my mouth at night it adds to me getting dehydrated. I wake up with a scratchy throat. Breathing through your nose also raises your nitric oxide levels in your blood which in term helps with your circulation. I believe part of my cramping problems has to do with circulation. I have good calcium and magnesium level. Vit D is also good now too!

What about your salt levels? If you're really watching your diet, you can sometimes end up with low sodium levels.


Machka in Oz

Machka9

Snowflake1968

Machka - Are you all moved now?

Terri - I agree about us all being there for one another. Aside from my friend that was visiting, DH and Kaitlyn you ladies were the next to know I was getting an offer today.

Annie - I hope the new medications slow your dad’s decline.

Lisa - the backside of the quilt looks like looking out a window to the sky to me.
Beautiful.
We have flat rate boxes here in Canada too, it is the most economical way to send anything these days.

Allie - what a face on Miles. 😂

Lanette - 😂 have you ever watched the episode of Big Bang Theory when Raj starts a deep friendship with the Apple equivalent of Goo-Goo. If you can find it you’ll get a chuckle.

Thank you all so much for being with me this past month’s journey waiting for my job offer. I read through and signed this afternoon, I also went and got my security clearance I needed. I start on Aug 19th, it’s a bit more money than I was expecting, more vacation time than I was expecting and benefits start day one. I’m quite happy tonight.

I’m glad it’s starting after next week because they should give me time to get my table finished. I’m hoping to get a lot of sanding done tomorrow and maybe can start staining on Saturday. I’m really hoping I can pull this off.
I’m nervous as all get out, but decided I can’t make the table any worse than it was.

Katie - I can’t even picture your brother’s hernia, hope the surgery goes well and recovery is swift.

Terri - I had to look up what a “gilet” was, it sounds lovely.

Barbara - it looks like the dogs are all adjusting well to one another.

Well I don’t have much else to say tonight. Thank you all for your best wishes and for bearing with me always.

Tracey in Edmonton

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