WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2025

grandmallie

Morning ladies
Well i slept pretty well last night I was awake for about an hour and a 1/2 but was able to get back to sleep.Silly kitty decided to wake me up a couple of times but settled down after a bit.
Little girl is snoozing right now.

Machka9

What day is today? I lose track these days.

Today was a work day. I know I was working throughout the weekend, but that was my long weekend off. I am busy enough for 2 people at work these days. So today was work, work, work, work, work. I finally logged off at about 9 pm when the site I was trying to access was having issues. I took it as a sign that I should log off.

Also did a few things around the house and made dinner.

Although, it did just dawn on me that it's almost midnight and yet I should do the grocery shopping!! I was meaning to do that earlier.

I did have a relaxing 20 minutes or so on the deck with my husband ... I coaxed him out into the sun and fresh air, then sat and chatted with him while we looked over our view.

I also went for a decent sort of walk.

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My poor husband is a bit bored. He's not used to just sitting and feels he should be doing something.

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I've made some discoveries recently.

I've been having a lot of right hip pain, so I decided to get a memory foam mattress topper. That helped somewhat.

But a few days later, I developed a very stiff neck. Initially, I thought it was because I had increased my walking and cycling. But then I noticed that my head was not comfortable in bed.

I've always liked a fairly high, firm pillow, but decided to try something lower. For some reason the memory foam mattress topper seemed to make my usual pillow too high.

The lower pillow did help, and the stiff neck improved somewhat, but last night I tried a smaller, even lower pillow and today, my stiff neck is almost gone!!

Meanwhile, as I sit in my chair in the living room, I have been propping a cushion behind my right hip thinking it might help the pain. But it didn't seem to make much difference. One evening recently, I shifted the cushion over behind my left hip, leaving a bit of a gap behind me for my right hip ... and my right hip pain improved!

Little things make quite a difference.


Machka in Oz

1948CWB

LisaInArkansas

pipcd34

Mo the donations are collected throughout the year, I always used to get them all by riding day in September but I think the deadline is in November, to be safe I would say by October .

But to try to catch up to first place 🥇I’m not going to walk the kids with Kirby for the next two or three days, I’m just going to get on the bike.so I can finish exercising earlier. Coming home from a 5 mile walk THEN getting on the bike for a good distance makes for a long day.

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margaretturk

kevrit

Thought for today:

I don’t play soccer because I enjoy the sport.

I’m just doing it for kicks!

RVRita in Roswell

kevrit

Been meaning to show you all what I found on the beach the other day. A pyramid made with balls of equal size and shape. An alien visit?
RVRita

dlfk202000

exermom wrote: »

Vince wanted to leave Jess’ early today because he says that he needs to pack for FL. I have almost everything done. Hmmm….Maybe it would have helped if he had done things in advance and not just watched TV...do ya think? Well, it’s his problem if he isn’t packed. Really, I don’t have to pack any clothes...have everything down there. When we got home today he said “I have to clean the litterbox we used to go up there since we’ll take the large one down to FL”. I asked him “why don’t you just put that litter into the big litterbox so when you clean the big one you’ll also clean the smaller one?” “No, I need to scoop out the small one then I’ll put the litter in the big one”. Why do twice the work????? whatever….

Update: Vince rushed us home on Sun. saying that he had to pack. Then what happens when he gets home? He’s watching CSI. I don’t understand him. He doesn’t want to go to ceramics for long. Was only there 1-1/2 hr today. Come home and what’s he doing? Watching TV



Michele NC

Your dh reminds me so much of mine in both those areas- obsessed with cleaning the litter boxes, for mine, especially the one in the new catio where we put the two feral/stray cats. He not only does the litter box but wipes everything down and vacuums any litter that is on the floor. He does the same for all the litter boxes inside.The way he has it set up, the cats have pretty much taken over my bathroom- both bathrooms are small but they have over half of it with boxes and supplies for them..

He is the same way about tv. Tv is always on. He told me he had things to get done, I walked in and yep, there he is, in his recliner , watching tv with a few cats on his lap. Minutes later, he is asleep.


Never got my nap yesterday, drank a V8 Energy before going to zumba. It worked, got through the whole class BUT was very restless all night. Kept waking up. I did end up with over 16,000 steps/ 7.3 miles yesterday.
Only exercise today is walking MIL's dog. I will walk him a bit longer both times than I did yesterday.
Only 43 right now but it will be ok, better than 31.

Dinner last night was a bowl of oatmeal. Dh couldn't eat anything else yet and that was quick and filling after class.


Debbie
Napa Valley,CA

cityjaneLondon

John didn't feel too good this morning, but improved as the day progressed. He did walk to the school. I caught the usual two buses, and managed to visit four charity shops at the change over point. One had chalk paint and finishing wax, plus brushes. It's all far too expensive for the two bedside cupboards I'm thinking of redoing. Last time we just used emulsion. They could be thrown away, but might be worth a quick coat when it warms up.
Has anyone else used chalk paint? I've looked at a tutorial.

Bea wanted to play in the brand new playground in the park. It only opened at the weekend. Must have cost the council a fortune! There were long queues for the prime attraction, the zip wires. She eventually got two goes. She did a few other things, and then I got too cold to wait any longer, and John was turning white.
At their house they showed us their new passion; skipping. Bea was amazing doing crossovers, forwards and backwards.
The parents went off to the Parents Evening, to get excellent reports.

This morning I tracked G on my Flightracker app to Madeira. She is now safely ensconced in a lovely hotel, with a view of the sea from the rooftop bar. Warm and sunny! She has been a bit down recently, because her autoimmune disease seems to be coming back, so I hope this will revive her.

John is cooking our meal for Valentines Day. Moussaka, my favourite. My homemade lemon ice cream is for dessert, with ginger biscuits, and I said I would provide a starter. I found John's favourite in Waitrose, on the way to pick up Bea. Potted brown shrimps. One tiny pot each. I also bought cress. I have some crackers. So, a very British starter. And no work!

Tomorrow is French Circle. I am determined to go this time, so we will get an Uber. The lecture, in French, is about a lake in the Jura region of France. We stayed near there the first summer after we met.
This evening, I passed my 150 days streak on Duolingo Spanish! Edie and I conversed in Spanish for a bit. She is going with her school to Madrid in May, and they are going to attend a school there for one of the days. She is so looking forward to it. Her reading is better than her conversation, but her accent is excellent. (She and Bea go to a bilingual school, but it's mainly in English)

Much love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

dlfk202000

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I got a whole frozen duck when I helped at the food program on Saturday.
My question is, has anyone cooked one? Any tips to make it tasty and not tough.
DH loves the Chinese roast duck so would like to make something tasty for him
There are so many recipes online but want a good one so I don't ruin it.

Debbie
Napa Valley,CA

GodMomKim

sorry Debbie, no experience cooking a duck.....

pipcd34

Stats for the day-

Rouvy home spin bike- strava stats- 38.40min, 138elev, 156aw, 21.0amph, 121ahr, 141mhr, 13.54mi= 303c
Strava app= 344c
ROUVY stats-

ROUVY home spin bike- strava stats- 51.52min, 1047elev, 163aw, 18.8amph, 131ahr, 158mhr, 16.21mi= 438c
Strava app= 484c
ROUVY stats-

ROUVY home spin bike- strava stats- 35.41min, 197elev, 144aw, 21amph, 118ahr, 149mhr, 12.46mi= 276c
Strava app= 295c
ROUVY stats-

ROUVY home spin bike- strava stats- 32.32min, 289elev, 149aw, 19.5amph, 124ahr, 150mhr, 10.56mi= 254c
Strava app= 278c
ROUVY stats-

ROUVY home spin bike- strava stats- 33.30min, 801elev, 146aw, 13.7amph, 126ahr, 146mhr, 7.64mi= 282c
Strava app= 281c
ROUVY stats-

Total cal 1553


Total miles ridden 60.41


Total time ridden 3hrs 11min 35sec

152.01 miles behind 1st place rider.

Can’t find my rides on the ROUVY app, I asked for help.


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