WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2024

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    edited December 14
    defiant63 wrote: »
    Managing to stay on track with food and weight down 2 pounds I’ll take it
    Not doing Christmas cards as our postal system is on strike Will send electronic cards this year grandkids put the tree up last night and it smells so good in here now
    Hopefully gonna try some chair exercises later
    Having my hip replaced in jan and need to be moving a bit more
    Major water leak outside last week Got it fixed but now my front yard is a mud pit

    Karen in BC

    Yes, unfortunately Canada Post likes to do that around Christmas. I'm not sending anything to my family this year.


    Machka in Oz
    (Canadian/Australian)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Latitude27N wrote: »
    Good morning from Padre Island!

    I lost track here and couldn’t find my last post, so I hope I don’t repeat.

    Everyone sounds SO ready for Christmas! Since I got this new manager job I’ve been dog paddling through the days, just keeping my head above water and everything else has gone by the wayside. I’m basically on call 24/7/365 but took the job to accomplish a financial goal we’ve set ourselves.

    That said, I have a steadily growing pile of packages from Black Friday through Cyber Monday for gifts. I absolutely refuse to go out in the world shopping and even use the shopping service for groceries (!)

    I also laid in a stash of gift bags and goodies to make bags for my 25 employees (thank you Amazon) and hope to put them all together to hand out next week.

    I’m working on “improving and streamlining” one meal a day. I chose lunch. I made a pot of Cuban style black beans and bring 1cup plus an apple to work each day. Up until now, I have never eaten before dinner or taken breaks so the struggle is to let go of work and sit and eat for fifteen minutes. As it is, this week I ate at my computer while
    working, but it’s a start to a new habit. Next I’m making Cajun Red Beans to try.

    Cards will be my replies to my pen pals across the globe. I’m part of a fountain pen group and have been corresponding in that manner for ten years now. Just hoping I find the time—so many of my favorite pastimes are stalled with this new job.

    Thank you for the welcomes, I’ll try to keep up better this week!

    Diana

    Hello there from Whidbey Island. Your island is definitely more longer and skinnier than my island! Whidbey is 37 miles long and 10 miles wide. Yours is 100+ miles long and 1 mile wide, really interesting!
    I also write to about 15 pen pals all over. I like the pace of a letter. If you wish to add another pen pal it would be interesting to write to you. Just send me a Message on here.
    I try to eat one meal a day, but its usually 2. We are retired so there's that!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa


    Hi from another Island Girl! :)

    My island is down in the southern hemisphere ... it's a bit bigger and shaped like a heart. :heart:


    Machka in Tasmania/lutruwita

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
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    @jenferbar
    @josie1960abc
    @defiant63
    @Latitude27N
    @vwiemer

    As others have mentioned, the conversations here move quickly and are quite varied, but feel free to jump in wherever you like.


    Machka in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,345 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    edited December 14
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Fortunately this week doesn't look quite as busy. There's lots of work to do at work, but it will stay at work, during working hours. At this point, there's nothing on during the evenings which is really nice!

    Machka in Oz

    Well, that idea went out the window as I spent 15 hours working on the database I'm converting yesterday. Fortunately, I was working from home, so I was comfortable. By the time I'm done, this database should be about a quarter its original size and a lot more functional.


    It's a beautiful day out there and I would like to go for a bicycle ride, but my left hand wouldn't stand for it - way too sore. I'm going for an ultrasound on Monday.

    But I am going to head outside shortly.


    Latitude27N wrote: »
    That said, I have a steadily growing pile of packages from Black Friday through Cyber Monday for gifts. I absolutely refuse to go out in the world shopping and even use the shopping service for groceries (!)

    Diana

    I do quite a lot of shopping online too, including groceries. I've been ordering groceries online and having them delivered for almost 7 years. It's fantastic! I rarely have to go into a grocery store. :)


    kevrit wrote: »
    Books in my town and now in the park, we have mini-libraries. It is take a book, leave a book. We have a nice library here but these little ones are all over town. Since we put the one in the park, that is where I put my books and I keep it neat, looking at what’s available in the process. Someone put a bunch of DVD movies in it and they are all gone, including a few my DH took. It’s a nice option for tourists or campers to use without getting a library card. Many times, people leave books with me to get rid of or simply leave books on their picnic table. This is a great option for here. There is one of these mini-libraries by the Chamber of Commerce for example.
    RVRita in Roswell

    We've got those mini-libraries all over the place here. It's a nice idea. :)


    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    All that said - I know that I won't keep up with any system of organization that is more work to keep up with than it is to just do the tasks. Remember the big, long, tasks list? Yeah, I don't keep up with it. I just use it as a list to run through every so often to decide whether I need to do something. Sometimes, I remember to put the date I last did it. Most times, I don't. And I never put the due date for when it's due again. Those feel like hard deadlines, and make my stress levels go up when I miss them. I need to not do that.

    I do keep looking at various apps, like Sunsama, Microsoft Lists, xTiles, and other productivity organizers like them. None fit my current need. Still thinking about whether there is anything that actually would work without me having to do more work than it's worth... Playing with monday.com now. It's very visual, which is helpful. We'll see if it works for me.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR, which is warming up fast! No fire needed this afternoon.

    I like the Keep It Simple approach.

    I have a list which exists in Word which I've divided into sections.

    1. Book - these are things I need to book soon, like medical appointments
    2. Attend/Do - these are things which are coming up and have dates attached, like the medical appointments which I have booked.
    3. The following sections are divided into categories like Cycling (and the work I do with the cycling club), Paperwork (like cleaning up my emails, changing our address, etc.), and different parts of the house and garden.

    I place specific parts of that list in my Google calendar so I know what I've planned to do that evening.

    Some things are recurring - I order groceries on Monday evenings, for example, so my Google calendar has that on each Monday.

    I also place all my appointments, meetings etc. on my Google calendar. That's great because if my phone is with me, my calendar is with me, so if I need to book a follow-up appointment or something, I know whether I have space in my calendar or not.


    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Kylia - I don’t know why people insist on buying themselves something right before Christmas. It’s rather annoying.

    When I used to buy presents, I used to buy myself something first to start the whole shopping thing off. :grin:

    It was always something I knew I wanted and it was highly unlikely anyone would think to get me.

    BTW - You make such beautiful cards!


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    mcmillonmail wrote: »
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    Nice!! :)
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,067 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    Relax and enjoy the good things. :)

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  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,134 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    Rosemarie2972 wrote: »
    Machka: I have Libby! I just looked. Sure enough there are magazines...The New Yorker and I don't know what else yet! Thanks for the tip!

    Best,
    Rosemarie

    I have been getting National Geographic in my email Inbox, but I cancelled it today because I know I can just go to Libby to see it. One less thing appearing in my Inbox!

    M in Oz

  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,243 Member
    :) No place to go today. Hooray.
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,374 Member
    Today is:

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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,243 Member
    okiewoman510 wrote: »
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Well just got a phone call shocker
    My son just called and the guy he rents from sold the building so he wants to move in with me 😳

    Isn’t your condo a one bedroom that is age restricted?

    Okie in the TX Hill Country

    :)<3 just say no. You don't have to rescue everybody

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