WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2018

exermom wrote: »

Did Rodney Yee’s AM & PM yoga DVD I must say, that guy has one hot bod! The plan for tomorrow is to do some hula hoop, hold my plank then take the extremepump class.

Barbara and Katla – my lenses are progressive and invisible bifocal, too. For some reason, the other day one of the pieces that go behind the ear just came right off so I had to get another pair of glasses asap. Fortunately, I was able to get them. But I’m not crazy about the new frames. Reminds me of my father some. I would like them thinner and smaller. Actually, I found a pair that I REALLY liked, only (unbeknownst to me) they were for a child.

Mary – have fun at the party! You’re not going to do all that driving in one day, are you? Continued prayers for your daughter

Did I tell you that we’re supposed to go up to Jess’ place in VA? She called and asked if we could help the bf move. Oh, I remember mentioning this (because I remember mentioning that we don’t have a problem helping our daughter – but her bf?). Well, honestly, I don’t know if he knows what he wants completely. He’s starting a new job. Since we’ve known him, this is the 4th job he’s had (I guess he and Jess have been together 2 or 3 years). He mentioned to me that he was going to be living somewhere else for 2 or 3 weeks. We were talking about this one bed that they have and he was saying about how he can probably keep a bed where he’s staying for a week or two. Then Jess told us that he’s moving in with 2 other people. So what’s going to happen, that I don’t know. I told him that if the only thing he’s thinking needs to come to the storage unit in NC is the bed, we could probably fit that in the back of our Outlook. I don’t know what his plans are for the other furniture. Then again – not my problem. I’m sure what he’s thinking is that we’ll come up, we take the bed, we drive to NC, and we unload it. Jess wants us to bring her cat down here. Update: now he's not moving in with the two friends, he's looking for an apt for himself. Well...not my problem

Rita – I love reading about all your adventures.

Esocha – welcome!

Katla – we have one of the 40 gallon recycling bins and a 40 gallon garbage can. Honestly, after two weeks our recycling container is so full that there have been times when I’ve needed to borrow my neighbor’s recycling can. Yet, (fortunately) even after 2 weeks, our garbage can is usually only ½ full. I was reading in the paper, tho, that some cities are considering doing away with the recycling because too many people put trash and plastic bags, etc. into their garbage which taints the recyclables. We took a tour with the Newcomers to the local recycling place a while ago, and it was VERY interesting and informative.

Pip – a good helmet is very very important. So glad you changed yours. We don’t need you having an accident.

Well, we cleaned up Jess’ room which is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time but especially now that we’ll be getting Shadow. See, right after Jess left and Shadow was with Colby, she started peeing out of the litter box. This was not like her at all. But our (and the vet’s) best guess is that she was expressing her displeasure at losing Jess. Well, she’ll be losing Colby so I’m trying to get prepared just in case she starts peeing at our house. We took a lot of Jess’ things and put them in her storage unit. Some of the other things I put in the closet. Vince thought I was being OCD, he felt that we should just leave the basket of clothing she had out in the open. To me, IF Shadow were to pee on it, I really don’t want to have to go finding out what piece of clothing she peed on. Vince told me I could just wash the whole load. Well, why do that if I can just put it in the closet? Then I went in the pool, now to get dinner ready

Allison – yes, you do do well with the elderly. Sounds like a job made just for you. I do hope you get it

Talking about food and hydration, when Vince went to the MD he was told that Gatorade was good to keep hydrated and that he should be sure to drink it cold, something about it getting into his system better. Anyway, he knows that I’m a big water drinker but I don’t mind if it’s room temperature, I just don’t like it really cold (I always order “water no ice”). I wonder if it’s the same way with water (you should try to drink it cold)

Carol in GA – so sorry about your friend.

I call Rebecca’s front pocket to be in when she goes to the hospital!!!!

Vince got some lights to go over my ceramics so we’ll go out when it gets darker out and check them out.

Michele in NC

Machka9 wrote: »

I'm back at University (Uni) again!

I am now officially in my Master's Degree program.

In Australia, a person gets their Bachelor's Degree (4-5 years of University). I did that in Canada, and my 4-year Bachelor of Education was accepted in its entirety here in Australia.

(A person could also go the Vocational Education and Training route ... attending TAFE or a private college to get a diploma or certificate in a more skills-based area. I have done something similar in Canada as well - getting Engineering Technology, Software Development, Business Administration - Accounting, etc.)

However ... after the Bachelor's Degree, a person might want to pursue a Master's Degree.

There are (at least) two ways of doing this:

1) Complete a Bachelor's Degree, then leap right into the Master's.
If the Master's is in the same area as your Bachelor's Degree, your Master's will be 12 courses (1.5 years full time). If the Master's in is a different area as your Bachelor's Degree, your Master's will be 16 courses (2 years full time) because you'll take 4 additional courses to bring you up to speed.

2) Complete a Bachelor's Degree, then ease into the Master's by taking it stages.
If your Master's is in the same area as your Bachelor's Degree, you'd take 4 courses and acquire a Graduate Diploma. Then you'd take the remaining 8 to get the Master's.
If your Master's is a different area as your Bachelor's Degree, you would take 4 courses to acquire a Graduate Certificate and get up to speed in the new area. Then 4 courses to acquire a Graduate Diploma. Then the remaining 8 courses to get the Master's.

Getting the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma both improve employment odds because some jobs will say that they want someone with at least a Graduate Diploma in this area. In other words, they want someone who has a 4-5 year Bachelor's Degree in whatever plus additional courses at a Master's level to get them up to a Graduate Diploma level, ideally specialising in a particular area.


As I mentioned I have a Bachelor's Degree in Education ... when I decided to pursue my Master's I wanted to do it in IT. So I took the 4 courses and graduated with a Graduate Certificate in 2016. Then I took 4 courses, and will graduate with a Graduate Diploma this coming August. And now I have commenced the first of the 8 courses to get my Master's.

I take the courses 1 at a time because I work full-time and just can't handle more than 1 at a time.


Fortunately my instructors know all about the situation with my husband and have been surprisingly supportive. So hopefully this will go all right.

Essentially ...

"This unit provides students with an understanding of the management issues surrounding information technology (IT), the knowledge of management functions and responsibilities necessary for IT managers, and the knowledge to apply IT management principles in the organisational environment."


Machka in Oz