WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2025

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  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,683 Member
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  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,767 Member
    Good Sunday!
    It is really hard to type with laptop and kittens in your lap! :)

    Katie I too struggle to log daily......It is like putting down the ugly some days, but I do know that it helps me make better choices. Speaking of which, I need to finish logging yesterday's stuffs. Fell asleep in recliner last night while watching New Amsterdam and coloring. When I woke up about 30 mins later, it was all I could do to get coffee set up for morning and cpap on for sleep. We CAN do this!

    Vicki I hope the storm passes quickly and that your appointment goes undeterred. Stay safe and warm.

    Tracey I hear you on the competent part. My ex really was not mechanical or a trouble shooter. I did as I learned from my mother. I do tend to be fiercely independent though.....sometimes a good trait and others not so much. Like Machka, I walk a fine line between allowing my DH (who is legally blind) to do things and doing them myself. He has gotten better at asking for help. I have improved letting him ask when needed. I can change outlets faster, but he CAN do it, so I have to let him. His downfall is thinking that I NEED him to take care of me. That came up in an argument early last year. I was quick to remind him that I am perfectly capable of making it on my own, but I choose to accept his help in our lives. He shut up after that......sometimes he needs a gentle reminder that we make choices every day in our lives. I hope your furnace gets fixed quickly and inexpensively. Glad you got your car to start. I am guessing the cold temps aren't helping that!

    Trust me....I really wanted to say to the customer that his lack of planning, didn't mean it was an emergency on my part. He wasn't even one of our customers. We just happened to be open!

    Vitamins I take B12, magnesium, iron, and in winter D3 with K2. Right now that is working for me. I don't do well on just a multivitamin. By taking these individually I can adjust how my body feels. Call me weird, but about once a week, I hold the vitamin bottle, close my eyes, and ask my body if I need this vitamin. If I sway that means yes, if I hold steady, I feel it is my body saying no. Sounds kind of woohoo, but has helped in my vitamin decisions. Probably need to add fish once or twice a week to my diet for Omegas, but yuck :neutral:

    Annie I hope you are reading along and doing okay. We miss you!


    Cali is so funny. She is not my lovey dovey kitten. However, she wants to be in the middle of whatever I am doing, just not touched! She will accept pettings on her terms, but those times are no more than about 10 mins daily. Because of this, when she will curl up on my legs and allow me to pet on her I relish it! She is definitely daddy's girl! Tory on the other hand just loves to be rubbed, kissed on, held. She is laid back and observant. When she chooses to play it is fun to watch her.

    Well, the weather forecast for us includes snow coming in starting around noon today. Snow accumulations of 6-10 inches and high winds. Any of us on that I-70 corridor looks like will be hit. Strangely enough, Ginny who is northwest of me is forecasted for less snow. Normally the line is I-70 heavy north, with little to nothing south of it. It is what it is since I no longer have to plow in it. DH is done hunting for the year due to lack of fellow hunter availability. They were suppose to hunt Monday and Tuesday. With the weather had already decided not to hunt Monday, but now just calling it done. That means one less thing I have to do on Monday morning!

    I should probably get off here and get a couple things done. Nothing stressing today. Made mine and my DH's lab appointments for upcoming doctor wellness appointments. Need to print his lab papers, mine are in the truck. Emails already checked. Finish hot tub clean to see if it worked. If not, then no hot tub until temps get above freezing again. I don't think it would be a good idea to turn it off and drain it with the temps in the teens. Oh well, not stressing, just really wanted to get back in it. It really is easier to take care of if it is used.....hmmm sounds like a lot of things!

    Know you are loved!
    Make the best choices you can today!
    Maybe fit in a little self-care special today!
    Inspired by all of you!

    Kylia in Ohio not stressing about upcoming storm
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,726 Member
    Heather - I'd love to see the science museum your grands went to. Interesting article about B6. In the US, additional B6 is often recommended as a conservative therapy for carpal tunnel. And since it's water soluble, theoretically, the body excretes the excess which isn't used. So I wonder if there was also something else going on with the fellow featured in this article. Or if he's just ultra-sensitive? But, it's good to know there might be another cause for peripheral neuropathy. Thank you for the link.

    I remember being surprised when my DH's Vitamin D level was checked. He was taking 5000 IU of D3 per day, no magnesium or K2 or any other vitamins which are thought to help the body assimilate it. Other than a small glug of milk in his one coffee, rarely any foods with added Vit. D. His D level came in at over 70 ng/mL, whereas I was also taking 5,000 IU per day plus K2, and a multivitamin with it, eating a lot of dairy and foods with D added. My D level was in the 40's. :# Dr. Lisa wanted me to be at least 50 ng/mL or over. Fascinating at how different we all are. I'm not sure if Dr. Lisa tests for vitamins other than D and B12. I've since upped my D3 to 10,000 IU per day plus K2 and magnesium, managed to get it up to 83 ng/mL this fall, which Dr. Lisa says is perfect.

    Vicki - I'm praying your road department will have the snow cleared so you can get your DH to the doctor tomorrow. Out here, cold temperatures and snow would have us paralyzed for a week. :p There aren't a lot of snowplows in most cities, and the county keeps theirs up by White Pass which is a high elevation of course.

    Kay - glad your mom's walker was found. My theory is if you have it, you won't need it. :p We're lucky that there's a thrift store in our community called Visiting Nurses where people donate wheelchairs, walkers, and commodes for people can borrow for a few months at a time. All they ask is the equipment be returned clean and in good order.

    Kylia - your story about the guy who needed his snow blower fixed immediately reminds me that I need to start the mower this week and let it run for a few minutes, we're supposed to hit 50F a couple afternoons. I did put gas stabilizer in it and ran it for a little bit when I did that. It's probably time for a new battery.

    Tracey - hope your furnace is OK. Your temp would be around 65F here, which is where I normally keep my thermometer, but then I wear a T shirt, a hoodie and a sweater too.

    Allie - Scary to think what your electric bill will be! Will you be babysitting Delia at your place or at her house?

    I signed up for Britbox again yesterday to catch up on the final season of Vera, I couldn't stand the suspense, lol. I see some of my other favorites like Shetland and Death in Paradise have started new seasons too.

    Here's the reminder for you gals participating in the Weekly Check-In (you probably don't need a reminder. :p

    Stay warm!

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,960 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
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    There's a lot of people sick that I know, friends and family, its no lie there's a lot of the flu, RSV going around. I got my vaccine against getting or transmitting RSV. It mimics COVID in that its a respiratory ailment. My friend on the island here has had RSV since the day after Christmas.😥
    Hugs all round!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa

    My husband and I got RSV on the way back to Australia from Canada. It is a respiratory ailment like a really bad cold. I lost my voice for a while, and my husband had the lingering cough for a month.

    Machka in Oz



    Uck, so sorry you guys had it. Had you gotten the vaccine for RSV, just wondering if it actually stops a person from getting it. My friend says she "thinks" she has RSV but hasn't consulted any medical doctors, she just moans to me. Its quite frustrating because she generally just takes poor care of herself, and she's a year younger than me! Its a friend that lives nearby, but we haven't socialized for 7 months now. Its one of those things, I ask her if she wants to do something, go out to lunch etc, and she says sure, but that's as far as it goes. Grr.
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa

    We have not had the vaccine. Probably in April/May when we get the flu shot and covid booster, my husband will get the RSV vaccine. I am not eligible - too young.

    Ah gotcha!
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,960 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Rebecca - I see the food porn queen is back!!!

    Vince said Jess said she was going to be here today. Not sure when. Well, I made a chicken bacon pasta salad and if she doesn’t come, we can have it (I should say Vince will have it, I don’t care for Ranch) Update: she'll come tomorrow. Then she'll drive back tomorrow. To me, that's a lot of driving

    Made cupcakes for Vince (and Jess can take some home if she gets here) then went to WalMart for the things for the chicken bacon pasta salad, baked chicken for us, made the salad, now I’ll make crab cakes for us

    Happy Birthday Michaela!

    Lisa – I’ve been reading the saga of your daughter and my heart breaks for you all

    Wish I could have gotten the RSV vaccine :(

    Trimmed the kitties nails

    My puzzle mat came in. Think I’ll change into my jammies and then try it out.

    Oh, Jess called. Said that Colby agreed to adopt the kitten. I KNEW she'd be a foster failure :) Unfortunately, don't know what this means for Ganon. But I do hope they change the kitten's name. They'd BETTER. Well..when we were there Colby did say "if we adopt the kitten, we're changing its name"

    Michele NC

    Food porn queens never actually stop the profession, we just cook food more quieter than other times.😂😂
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    WA
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,990 Member
    edited January 5
    Dropping back through, just to say that, like Rita, I've realized I seldom eat anything in the mornings anymore. Not fasting (as Rebecca will tell you) because I do use non-dairy creamer in my coffee, just not actually eating solid food. But the time without solid food usually lasts from 7 or 8 p.m. at the very latest to between 10 and 11 a.m. - 15 to 16 hours. I usually eat three or four small meals after 10 a.m. That's just my normal routine right now. It's maintaining my weight quite well, I was at 155.0 this morning, the bottom edge of my maintenance range.

    On vitamins - again, like Rita, due to the colitis, I take probiotics, but because of the Crohn's, I also take prebiotics (inulin for fiber), about 6 grams a day. I take a multivitamin for women over 50, b12 every other day, iron twice a day and Vitamin C to help absorb the iron better, folate, zinc and potassium separately. All the vitamins were in response to deficiencies in the past. My Vitamin D has been between 30 and 40 for the last eight years, and my doctors have been quite happy with that - so I think much of that depends on who you talk to.

    Off to the next thing.
    Later, y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • kymarai
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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,960 Member
    auntiebk wrote: »
    Invested most of yesterday in learning my way around Gmail, imported email addresses into contacts, drafted spreadsheet with links to line dances and created new calendar format. My friend T has been doing these tasks for the past few years and wanted out, so it’s my turn. Drew the line at creating fliers for special events, someone else will have to step up and do that ;)
    Machka I checked “None of This is True” at the library but it looked too dark for me. I get enough nightmares all by myself, no need to feed the beast.
    Lisa and Machka do you notice nightmares are more frequent when you sleep on your back? That’s my pattern ;{
    Carol ((hugs)) and prayers for you and your DH. Ditto Vicki’s hope that you are taking care of yourself as well...
    Terri was it you whose atomic habits included hip hinges after the loo? Taking a page from your book ;)
    Barbie brava for leaving dogs alone for 15 mins at a time. Well begun is half done.
    Michele, Ginny and Tracey you’re not the only ones suffering day-of-the-week confusion through these holidays. Thursdays feel like Mondays to me. Pastor’s wife can only tell what day of the week it is when Pastor retreats to work on his sermon, but that was not reliable Christmas week. . . ;)
    Kay like Michele said, try your local Elks for a walker. Here they loan them out for free.
    Voltaren is my friend whenever new storm fronts threaten.
    Tracey :love: the Michaela in tiara pic. Really love how you honor the dear departed, ((hugs held extra long)). What is a “junk journal”?
    Kylia I worry that you are planning so much travel Monday. Please consider staying home, DH can hunt another day and vet appointments can be postponed. Or as Joe said to me this morning “Choose to stay alive.” Well done on the “we have no magic.”
    I may try your woo woo vitamin bottle approach. Suspect one of the supplements (or several in combination) are triggering GERD to the point of retching. :sick: Ah, v. relieved to read the hunting trip’s off. Whew!
    Lanette heart monitor? Must have missed the backstory last month. ((hugs))
    KJ what you said about kids remembering. Truth that.
    Rebecca the hospital bed situation is dire. One of my pew buddies had kidney stones. She was told the nearest available hospital bed is in San Jose CA, 450 miles to the south. They suggested she have her husband drive her to Medford (3 hrs east) and go to the ER where they have to take you. Likewise it took two days for a bed to open up for my nephew at the UNMC hospital. (He’s scheduled for a heart catheritization Tuesday, then possible open heart surgery down the road).
    Heather that last science museum pic made me dizzy! Look forward to pics of the twinsies in their matching dresses. What is a “tanked kitchen”?
    Vicki scheduling your DH’s hip surgery is a strong motivator, but please please please be extra careful. Is there no way to schedule via phone or video appointment?
    Rebecca Lee rearranging the dirty dishes in the dishwasher made me snort my water. Now I know how Joe must feel when I relocate what he’s already put away. . .
    Flea thanks for the pics, but “gators”? [shudder] Yours to Debbie, thoughtful, informative. Knowledge counters the stress of the unknown.
    Allie I’m just so sorry to read of Jean’s behavior. You must be feeling Faith’s loss, you took care of her for so long. ((hugs))
    Today’s gratitude: While I was dithering about whether or not to travel to church in todays wind and rain, T texted me there were new spots of sunken grade on 101. Stayed home and watched on FB live ;)
    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
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    2025: Chose NOW: to move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, open heart and mind before mouth.

    Oh man that's tough with bed availability in hospitals! Kinda scary to be honest! I know with every hospital both husband and I have had to be in, they want you outta there as quick as possible! Husband was in hospital for a full week after his transplant. I was amazed.

    He also would check the dryer in the garage at our home in California when he got home from work. To make sure I did laundry! Of course I would purposely leave clothes in the dryer, out of spite! How dare he!😂😂😂
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,570 Member
    Did Weight Watchers Boot Camp DVD today then walked around the block. I used to go out to the main road, but out of boredom I’ve been going around the block twice. Just anything to do something different. Then went to Aldi.

    Jess is supposed to be here later today so I wanted to go before she got here. See, both of Vince’s cars are in the driveway. Not sure where she can park. If I don’t have to go out, she can park behind my car.

    Now have yogurt in the IP

    I feel that I eat healthy, but I do take a multivitamin. I’ve read so much that some brands of multis don’t give you the percentages the bottle says it does. But I figure between my healthy eating and the lower amount of vitamin in the multi, I’m most likely covered.

    Rita – thanks for the smiles

    I went out and picked up all the wooden blocks (we use them for the electrical connections), put them all away. It was like a freezing rain while I was out there, but it was warm. Go figure! I had forgotten that I hadn’t put away the bricks that were in some of the blowmolds (only about 7) so I put those away. Got all the blocks put away. I told Vince that I was going to take our cart and put the blocks in it. He went on about how hard it is to get out of the storage shed. No it wasn’t. And it went so so much faster rather than getting a handful, walking them to the garage, putting them away, then getting another handful and so on. Then I iced a few cupcakes for Jess to take back. I’ll probably also give her some of the bacon chicken ranch that I made for her to give to Colby

    Lanette – you are so right, if you have something. you won’t need it. But get rid of it? Then you’ll need it

    KJ – what a wonderful gift your daughter gave you!

    Flea – so glad you got your money back! And losing at that! Those pics of the gators reminded me of this place I went to when I went to FL one year and there were so many gators.

    Allie – I’m so sorry to hear about Faith. You’ve talked about her so much that I feel I know her. Why aren’t Tracey and the kids going to the party? Is Kyle being his SOB self?

    Jess just left. Poor kid, comes here, sleeps, has dinner, drives home.

    Going to play some mahjongg, take a shower and get to bed.

    Michele NC
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,301 Member
    kymarai wrote: »
    Good Sunday!
    It is really hard to type with laptop and kittens in your lap! :)



    Cali is so funny. She is not my lovey dovey kitten. However, she wants to be in the middle of whatever I am doing, just not touched! She will accept pettings on her terms, but those times are no more than about 10 mins daily. Because of this, when she will curl up on my legs and allow me to pet on her I relish it! She is definitely daddy's girl! Tory on the other hand just loves to be rubbed, kissed on, held. She is laid back and observant. When she chooses to play it is fun to watch her.



    Kylia in Ohio not stressing about upcoming storm

    It is funny how kittens , and grown up cats too, can be soo different. The triplets are all so different and they are so much more trouble than any of the other cats we have had(and almost everyone of the ones we have had over the years came to us as kittens found in our yard). They are climbing on top of things no other cats have ever tried to get on, knocking stuff over all the time. They all love to snuggle, especially at night, just some like it more than others. Tenshi wants to be in my lap anytime I am sitting down, Matcha is wild and climbing everything but at night, wants to sleep under the covers with me. Chai likes to play with her sisters and get wild part of the time but not like her sister.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,301 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Regarding letting a man fix things, Lee is of the opinion that he just calls other men (or woman) that know more, and get paid for know it, well he keeps businesses going in doing so. He is not a fiddler, or a person that takes something apart just to figure it out. I do let him do a lot of things though. If there is a power outage it is he that goes round and resets everything. He reorganizes the dishes in the dishwasher because evidently I don't do it correctly (frustrating)! I think each mate having different tasks is important. If I make a labor intensive meal (lots of pans used etc) he will tidy in the kitchen as much as he's able, putting leftovers in containers, dishes in dishwasher. I just have to hand wash some pots and the cast iron. I might bring in a load of bags first off from the car after a grocery haul, but I let him do the multiple trips from the garage, because I put everything away. I think its a give and take. I would be exhausted if not only did I have to make the meal but totally clean up everything. If your mate is on the "same level" health wise as you, you and him should delegate tasks equally. It seems only fair.
    That's my two cents anyways.😁💖
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa

    I like your "two cents"- sure would be nice. My dh also goes behind me when I do things like cleaning the litter boxes or feeding the cats, lawn work at his mom's house- because it isn't up to his standards- Yes, very frustrating.
    He does not help with any cooking, dishes, laundry, garbage, etc Then gets mad because he wants me to help him when he cleans the second catio(the cat keeps getting out because of the way he does it plus takes so long to do it, cleaning, vacuuming, etc every day and he is too fat to be inside with the door closed. Doing that catio is the one chore I don't do but I do feed them twice a day in there. Do it quick and get out before he wants to come out. He just wants to eat. The other cat just hides in there when I feed them-she is totally feral.

    Debbie

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