WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2024

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,785 Member
    Oops, something weird happening to my keypad. Couldn't sign off. :o:*

    Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,145 Member
    Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.

    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    ☘️ Terri


  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,785 Member
    Happy Anniversary, Machka and Rowan! :D<3

    Managed to sort out my keypad. Momentary panic! :#

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,250 Member
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  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,655 Member
    Beth ~ So very glad you were finally able to get your mom in a facility that sounds like a wonderful place for her to be. When my brother-in-law had to be moved to the memory part of his assisted living facility my heart felt so sad for him. His room was TINY, dark, and barely able to fit his single bed, dresser and computer table. Then, the tv room was also dark and very depressing. I don't think he got very good care there and it probably contributed to demise.

    Rosemarie ~ I hope you enjoy your skinny jeans. The rest of the family probably won't think anything at all about what you are wearing. My granddaughter did ask for the wide jeans for her birthday from American Eagle. There is no way I could wear the wide ones and I much prefer my pull on old lady jeans.

    Machka ~ Happy Anniversary! We will have our 55th on Monday. Probably won't celebrate because I have PT that afternoon. Then on Wed. we will go to a Japanese Restaurant to celebrate grand daughter's 13th BD. I don't like the food there but the family thinks it's their favorite place. I would be happy with pizza. LOL

    Kylia ~ Hope your DH's mood is better today. It's funny how badly our spouses mood can turn our day upside down. When that happens here I spend the day wondering WHY?

    Carol in GA

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,355 Member
    GodMomKim wrote: »
    pip - they are both cute on you! I hope offerup or marketplace work out for you. Do you ever use FB or nextdoor to sell things? I am getting a collection of some of my mom's stuff I don't want and wondered which of all the sites is best.

    smiles Kim in N. California

    I also posted it on Nextdoor. Facebook marketplace is quite posted it too. I’ve sold a lot of stuff. Most buyers have come from OfferUp.

    These dresses do still fit but what’s the use of having them if you don’t have the place to wear them to, lolol
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,355 Member
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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,383 Member
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »
    GodMomKim wrote: »
    Lanette - I have had luck with New Balance at DSW (designer shoe warehouse) if there is one nearby, and if you know which model and the size I have found last years colors or some color combo that did not sell on the web page for better pricing than in the store.

    smiles Kim

    Kim - thank you, I'll check it out. I went to the New Balance Outlet this morning - evidently this particular model - 1080 - is one of their most popular. Hardly any on the shelf of ANY size. I'm a 9 1/2 D (wide). I'm not choosy about colors.

    Lanette B)

    Lanette, have you tried looking them up on Amazon? Since you know the model and size, you may be able to find them on Amazon for a decent price. I use New Balance as well and get them from Amazon. I wouldn’t buy other brands online from them unless I know ahead of time if they would fit properly. Are these the ones?
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    If so, I’m looking for new ones also but don’t know the model I have. Could you share where I might find the model number on the old pair?

    RVRita in Roswell
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,292 Member
    I guess another way for me to look at it. It is not refined sugar and refined starch fault it messes up my insulin levels to the detriment of my health. It is not their fault they are calorie rich and nutrient poor. Being calorie rich and nutrient poor is also true for seed oil. They were processed that way because they do not spoil, and they are addictive. Perhaps that is why the big cigarette companies bought some of the food companies. According to Robert Lustig he does not even classify them as foods because you gain no health benefits for your body from eating them. I no longer choose to eat them if possible knowing the effect they have on me.

    The talk last night was on the health of your colon and intestinal track. They discussed for some individuals adding more fiber causes gas and bloating, so those who are affected are likely to give up adding more fiber. What could be going on is that the gut itself is inflamed . Calming the gut down comes first. SIBO is an inflamed small intestine. Adding fiber until that is addressed is difficult. Dr. Davis who wrote Wheat Belly has a yogurt recipe he uses for his patients if he figures out they have this condition. Crohns disease and irritable bowel are other diseases that make it difficult to add fiber to your diet. If any of these sound like you finding the right health care provided to calm the inflammation and rebuild your gut may be the way to go. Hopefully they do it through change of diet and adding the right probiotics you need and not steroids. Steroids will not get to the root cause.

    Others speakers reminded where bitters play in the diet. Bitters help wake up your digestion process bile, enzymes.. to do their job in digesting your food. Bitters are foods like coffee (no sugar or cream sorry) Argula, dandelions...Online I found all kinds of tinctures. I guess bitters can be classified as warm and cool. Still learning more about that distinction. It just reminds I need to try to eat a bitter food or take my tincture about ten minutes before I start my meal.
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,885 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
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    Our story: https://machka.net/2021/08/21/rowan-charlene/


    Machka in Oz

    Happy Anniversary!🎉🎊🤗🎶🎵
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,885 Member
    Anniesquats100 wrote: »
    Good morning beautiful ladies!

    Kim what a snafu! Hope the lawyer can push effectively.

    Rebecca and Beth Yay for new fasting projects!

    Carol sorry about your knee pain.

    Lanette Yay for finding the necklace! I hate the way sneakers change models and leave us guessing. They ought to at least provide a replacement recommendation on the website.

    Beth Yay for moving your Mom! So glad you have found good care.

    Machka happy anniversary! And great job losing 1 kg!

    Heather Yay for family meals! I was raised to eat that way.

    Teddy had a good vet visit. I'm much relieved. His heart murmur is stable at grade three of six. They said he needs a canine cardiologist workup only if we are doing anesthesia for his teeth, so I said we are skipping all that. Too hard on his poor little heart. He chews the dental greenies. I might try a dental rinse again but last time it just sat on the counter.

    My sitter did come, bless her heart, and so all was well. And we went out to dinner with my buddy, and I left food on my plate! Yay me! I did change my clothes in a rush and ended up in comfortable leggings instead of something more formal, but no one seemed to care.

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

    Annie in Delaware

    Thanks friend! It is quite a project! Last night I was glad to not have heartburn and take my nightly Tums, but my stomach was achy all night. I just kept thinking, "feeling hungry isn't an emergency, this will pass".
    Glad your Teddy had a good vet visit.🤗. Going out to dinner is always fun in my book! Good job leaving a tad, I did the same with my huge taco salad (in a serving bowl which annoys the snot out of husband). What else should I use to toss everything nicely? Then get ANOTHER bowl to serve my own self? That's crazy thoughts there!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,251 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    dlfk202000 wrote: »
    I chatted with the security guard while they were being helped, She was saying how good a son he is to be so patient- I told her a few of her mean comments to him lately(not wanting him, wrong son died when his brother died)-this wonderful lady, a total stranger, had tears running down her cheeks. She could not imagine a mother being so mean and hateful but he still was there to help her.

    Has she said those things recently? Or was that quite a number of years ago.



    (((Kim))) ... I really hope you can get things sorted.


    Machka in Oz

    the part about the brother happened 10 yrs ago, the day after he died, the part about never wanting him, she said that last week but his dad told him that is how she felt back when he was 14yrs old.
    She tells everyone she has no one, no one to help her. Just her and her little dog- with dh sitting right there next to her.
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,292 Member
    edited August 24
    (((Betth))) I am so glad you found a much better place for your mom. Sigh of relief!

    Talked to a friend today and she reminded me that if I want to add more beans to my diet to do it slowly. Start with a tablespoon. Add a little bet more each day. It is a good way to add any new food or food that gives you problems. Eliminate for a while then add back in slowly especially if there was an underlying issue that prevented enjoying food in the first place. She also gave me the idea to make Chia pudding from the little left over milk I have from making yogurt the last time. I can add fruit and no sugar. If I make pudding the recipe I have calls for added sugar.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,785 Member
    edited August 24
    I chatted to G for a while this morning, but kept being interrupted by yelps, as her back was twingeing. :p

    This afternoon, I phoned L at a prearranged time, and we chatted for over an hour. The power breakdown, while she was on holiday, and the mouldy fridge/freezer has been a bit of a nightmare, but she thinks the mouldy smell is beginning to retreat. She has every kind of odour absorbing stuff in there, including cut up lemons. :o

    For dinner I used up most of the leftover chicken, in a lentil curry, with fresh spinach. I did a raita. The last of the chicken will go in a lunchtime ciabatta tomorrow. Dinner will be mushroom risotto.

    I don't know if any of you have read the Robert Harris books. I am currently reading An Officer and a Spy, about the Dreyfus affair. It was 99p on Kindle. :p His best was Pompeii. What I really admire about him is the pageturnability of his novels. I would love to understand how he does it! A rare gift.

    It's a Bank Holiday weekend here. Luckily, the family are leaving for the airport tomorrow at 4 a m , so they should miss the traffic. Stansted Airport is North of London, so a longish drive. I don't envy them, getting up at 2.45.

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

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