WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2018
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Happy sunday ladies, great to hear from folks checking in with us, your voices make me happy.
Beth can’t believe kids are starting their 3rd year of school! I do find that clearing the clutter 5 minutes at a time (ala Margaret) the best approach for me. Hope the new placement for OS does fix the problem and the Reno is quick.
I am back to blood pressure checking 3xs daily— a blast from the past. My petite stature or metabolism or whatever simply cannot handle excess weight and salt and is basically like an alarm system going off—hey, handle your stress and drop the salty bag of chips!!!
So, monitoring 3xs a day, also following the calm app intro to meditation (the free app) and drinking more water. Exercising daily and ridding the house of trigger foods, if my BP is not under control I will have to go back to Meds, something I haven’t had to do for 3 years!
NYKAREN5 -
Penny I have a friend traveling in Glacier National Park right now. Both of you remind me how awe inspiring mountain can be.
Machka I have had those moments too. Mine was two years ago when we had to deal with our shot out window on top of my mother's death, a hotel room that I had to move out of the day of my mother's funeral because something went wrong with the water, (they did give me a snack out of the snack machine to compensate for my inconvenience.) my niece's dog attacking another dog because I accidently let him out, coming home after the funeral to a refrigerator that had died, delaying my drive back I drove myself to St. Louis a ten hour drive because we were having our first snow where I live, DH was ono a trip with his sister in the middle of all this., (he left the day after our window got shot out), having Fed Ex just drop my inheritance check with a brief knock on the door I waited for this before I drove down to the funeral., I still do not know why my brother thought this was a good idea to do three days before the funeral and not send it registered mail, and a son who has a chronic medical condition. It was very hard to find my patience in that time. I tried to remind myself to breathe. Sometimes I just broke down. When I read what happened to me I just give myself a big mental hug and realize sometimes (chips) does happen and if someone treats me ill I try to remember I have no clue what that person is going through.
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Morning Ladies~ Ol Allie is feeling it this morning, got up and dressed and went and fed my DFIL and walked Alfie then I think I might just go back to sleep for awhile...I am really tired,,,2
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Pip: Sometimes rest is best. I hope you feel better soon. I love your doggie photos. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:
Vicki GI NE: I've had the two new shingles shots, too. They were not pleasant, but if they work they're worth the discomfort. DH & I both had chicken pox as children, so we are at risk for shingles. He has been advised not to take the new shot, so I took them for both of us. :ohwell:
Barbie: I looked up your bird and it seems to be a Spotted Towie. Lovely photo!
Beth near Buffalo: It sounds like your son's caregiver is not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree string. It is nice that they want to treat him well so he'll feel happy, but feeling healthy is more important in my opinion. I hope you're able to get it sorted out.
Rori: I hope your back heals quickly.
Penny: It is great to see you post again! :bigsmile:
Barbara: Today was my alondrate day. The wait time is up and I'm having my coffee. Yay!!!
NYKaren: You are doing well at self-monitoring. I had a salt festival yesterday from potato chip consumption and won't repeat it today. Ridding the house of trigger foods is a brilliant strategy. :flowerforyou:
Allie: Rest well!
This will be my day to visit Arrow and give him some exercise. My riding friend is not able to ride her horse due to horsey health problems, so I'm on my own. I won't go trail riding alone--don't think it is safe. I'll stick around near the stable and enjoy the morning weather. This afternoon will be in the high 80's or low 90's Fahrenheit.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Lol, IIRC I’m pretty sure I can find a saved e-mail or two from the 1990’s. I have had one continuous email address since 1991 - it is not one I often use NOW, but occasionally an acquaintance from the past or need to rummage through old saved emails makes me glad I still have it.
When I worked an information heavy job I saved just about EVERY email. And they would hang about in my inbox for months before I filed them sometimes. My memory would often work in time chuncks (I. E. My mental process goes like this: Someone on my team sent me an email about the change to that presentation in early April, which I remember because I made that joke about April Fools day when I read it so I can find it easily if I leave it in my inbox and don’t have to wonder how I might have filed it. ).
At my current job, inbox items are auto deleted after 3 months. This causes me no end of anxiety and I often find myself not being able to put my hands on stuff because what seemed inconsequential and got deleted is now important and I have no email trail to jog my memory.
Somehow I am a terrible judge of what is important and needs to be saved and what can safely be deleted.
So, I’d be THRILLED to find several years worth of emails that I would archive file in one place (for instance: (Correspondence Circular File, Jane Smith, 2014-2016) where I could dig into later if necessary.
I find it so interesting to see how people are different in these regards. As to email or electronic files, I probably would be considered a hoarder.
Rye2 -
Please help me -- I'm running out of room
I have these DVD's that I'm willing to sell someone for the price of the postage (which is typically less then $3)
Low Impact Aerobics and Daily Exercise Routine with Nancy Marmorat (these are two separate DVD's)
More Than Mat Pilates (Beginner)
10 Minute Solution Pilates
Christie Taylor Totally Hot Cardio
Christie Taylor Solid Gold Cardio
Extreme Makeover the Workout Weight Loss Edition
Transform Your Body with Brooke Burke
Winsor Pilates Power Sculpting
Pilates Intermediate
Pilates for Inflexible People
The Firm Power Yoga
Rodney Yee's AM and PM Yoga
Just PM me.
Michele in NC0 -
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We went on vacation last week, and I am up 3 pounds. Too many meals out in "family style" restaurants where there was limited access to healthy options (Meat and 3 place plus dessert had only carbohydrate sides, so I ended up eating an iceberg lettuce salad and vegetable soup, for example). Back on track now and focused on eating healthy at home again and tracking on MFP again.
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Happy Sunday ladies!
Katla - is it foggy down your way? We too will hit some of the hot weather today and most of this coming week. Foggy/overcast/cool right now, whew. Great time of the day for you to exercise Arrow
. I just got in from watering and tying up tomato vines, picking a few gravenstein apples....seems like they are a week early. I am still loaded with applesauce from the past couple years so will be giving most of them away.
Karen in NY - good for you monitoring your BP and working on your extended non-eating. My daily goal is 12 hours - I made it to 13 this morning.
I stopped eating at 5 last night which is normally my goal but somehow a handful or two of nuts slips in around 7 pm. Last night tho I held firm - trying to get that fasting blood sugar to 100 or less. Also took a 20 minute walk after supper to burn off some glucose before I went to bed. It worked - FBS was 100 when I got up this morning.
Rita - that reminds me, you are awesome with your FBS in the 80's! Sorry to hear about your migraines. How are the allergy shots coming? Are you on maintenance yet? I am down to once a week and no longer having reactions at the injection site. The allergist said when no reactions, go back up to twice a week but I'm holding at once.
Pip - hope you are feeling better. I wanted to kiss that big black doggie nose, lol.
Lisa - holy smokes I didn't realize there was so much upheaval at your work and so much falling on your shoulders. Totally understandable the joy you are finding in refurbing the stone house. Working toward a tangible goal like that is so rewarding. Not that job successes aren't rewarding as well, but this is different. Glad DS got his wi-fi going. How neat the way all of that is working out.
Machka - again, many thanks for posting the caregiver challenges you are facing and straightening out. Loved the beach photos of you and your DH.
Rori and Barbie - sending virtual PT's and caring massage therapists who'll bring gentle music and pleasant scenes. Imagining you getting some deep healing sleep and waking up pain free from your ouchie backs.
Terry - hey there girlfriend, glad to see you back on here. Wondered if you were still making your jewelry and you are and that necklace is gorgeous! Glad you could get out a bit and great idea your DH building you a ramp. We were thinking of getting a wheelchair accessible ramp put in whenever we redo our back deck, but I see there are metal ones a person can rent. Our deck guy is having some family things - sick wife, possibly ovarian cancer - that is taking time from his weekend jobs so he might not get to ours this summer. As long as we don't fall through the couple rotted 2 x 4's we'll be OK to wait.
The Skinny on Fat has lit a fire in me, lol. I decided to check out the websites and books of a few of the folks interviewed in that series.
Just finished reading "The Big Fat Surprise" by Nina Teicholz and am in the midst of "Deep Nutrition" by Dr, Cate Shanahan. "Deep Nutrition" almost reads like a college textbook - she started out in college studying bio chemistry and is well-versed in all things concerning nutrition and fats.
They - and many others - are convinced that faulty science has let to decades of "low-fat" and "low-cholesterol" disasters regarding American's health. What's sobering is that time and time again, lobbyists had a major influence on the American diet guidelines and it's going to take many years to overcome.
Bottom line - get a cookbook from the 1940's or 1950's and eat up, use butter and lard. Of course, rip out the chapters on cookies, pies, cakes, candies and breads.
Dr. Cate had recommendations on cholesterol numbers and of course I grabbed the last blood tests DH had done. DH's LDL was high (according to Dr. Cate, not high enough to worry about as his HDL is and has been amazingly high) and his doc wrote on the face of the test results he mailed to DH: "cut down on dairy and cheese". DH doesn't eat cheese and eats very little dairy, lol.
Enough on that, I need to get busy. Have a good day, ladies!
Lanette
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Happy Sunday. I am working and got timecards done so we can all get paid this week. Next month they have decided they are going to change our paydays to the other Friday. They want all of the hospitals in our group to have the same payday. I have been here over 30 years and now they think they have to change so many things so all the hospitals in CHI are the same. I just pray I can make it 5 more years to retirement.
Karen--Pray things are calming down and you do not have to go on meds again. When I was at the doctor friday the first time they took my BP it was high. Doctor had them take it again before I left and it was down. I told them it was because I had talked to our DD just before I came in and she stress me out.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE
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Lanette FBS? Allergy shots are every 10 days while we are traveling. Once we land back in New Mexico, we will get back to the every other day routine. Unless that is we find an allergy group office in our travels that will let us continue with the original plan.
My DH turns 65 this month. I will need to research what happens to disability insurance then.
Migraine gone. No chocolate last night. Just residual eye blurring. Could be from allergies now.
Up 2 pounds overnight. Water retention from migraine me thinks.
We leave tomorrow for half way drive to Idaho. Need the change and new adventures. I wonder what will be next?
RV Rita in Cathedral Gorge Nevada for one more night.6 -
Vicki white coat syndrome is real! I am ramped up about upcoming travel and that gets me anxious.
I too am looking at 5 years to retirement, the changes keep coming at work and I am feeling less involved with the merry-go-round of managment (administrators in education). But luckilly I still love the kids and the work, (the nonsense I try to ignore). 5 years gives me time to prepare emotionally and financially for retirement. I have to say I like knowing that I have a hand in shaping the little ones along the way.
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Feeling less than, this morning. I might have to take a long bath, just paying attention to myself, shaving an such! Dear husband is now able to ready himself in the mornings, so that's good. He did request politely eggs, bacon, toast and tea which I did. I just wanted cereal.
Painted rocks yesterday. When they're dry I'll post pics.👍
Yesterday I had a nice chat with middle son. He and his wife live in Vancouver WA and seems content and happy. His wife is studying to be a nurse, but will take a semester off to take ENT classes so she can part-time work as one, instead of part-timing at Home Depot. Smart on her part. They seem happy, but sometimes their interactions seem more like roommates than husband and wife.
Later in the day I then received a call from youngest son. He's starting week 4 of his 8 weeks of Operations Specialist school. He seemed perfectly jolly! He said most of his classmates are so young and wet behind the ears! Funny, my son feels so weathered and seasoned sailor because he was in Nuclear school for a time! Failing Nuclear school might have been the best thing that has happened to him. He got a 100% on first week exam, 92% 2nd week, and 100% on 3rd week! Grasping material, and not on the verge of failing, has done wonders for his moral👍💗. But I miss that sweet boy of mine!
Pics of them so you can know them too💗.
Middle son and DIL😀
Youngest son last Christmas when he had leave! 8 months of not seeing him. Hopefully he'll have leave again this next Christmas.
Well each of them seem like they are going down the road (of life), so all I can do watch and pay attention. Appreciate the moments when they do call and connect. Not wallow in the time between them.💗
Happy Sunday all!
Love Rebecca
Whidbey island
Washington
My eldest son's cute Japanese truck at a Hot wheels car meet yesterday! It still needs a lot of work, but hopefully it will be drivable before it gets too cold here. He rides his bike, in his uniform, which has to be uncomfortable!
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Last weekend, when we visited my DSIL, I went on an expedition to find the house that my grandfather had lived in when he was a small boy before 1900. We found it! Of course it has been "modernised" and looks quite trendy, but it is the same house. Here is a pic which I forgot to post last week.
He lived in another house in the same town after that until he left home, but I haven't found that yet, though I have a photo from an online archive.
While I walked around the town I was thinking, he would have known this building, this school, this bridge. Quite a strange feeling.
Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx
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Lanette FBS? Allergy shots are every 10 days while we are traveling. Once we land back in New Mexico, we will get back to the every other day routine. Unless that is we find an allergy group office in our travels that will let us continue with the original plan.
RV Rita in Cathedral Gorge Nevada for one more night.
Rita - oops, I thought it was you who mentioned your blood sugar (I call it FBS - fasting blood sugar?) was down in the 80's? Well, whoever it was, way to go, lol.
Lanette2 -
no workout today,59 is a banner year, never did that b4. you can thank kirby,cuz if he was working, I would have gone. I'm slowly feeling better, thanks for all your thoughts8
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LANETTE I have ordered Big Fat Surprise on Amazon so looking forward to it.
Nice to hear from Penny
Kate UK 1 -
Good day in the end. Deleted about a thousand emails, wholesale... Yay for me! Felt quite empowering, actually. After Corey got up, we headed out to the mountain house, got all the rest of the major heavy mowing done with the big string cutter (that was me, I love that blinking thing). It will cut through everything, up to as thick as your little finger. Quite satisfying.
Knees are yelling, but got them propped over a rolled yoga mat, and they're getting less strident. Happy with today's progress, even though it was mostly incremental. Feeling more in control, always something I strive for.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR10 -
Remember me? I had to do some catch up reading so I would know what you guys have been up to. I will tell you About my cruise, which was wonderful, at another time.
Barbie - so sorry to hear about your back troubles. Sending healing thoughts to you.
Penny- we loved the white nights and the wonderful cool temps in Norway.
Re- so sorry for your loss of your Mom. Big hugs.
Will be back tomorrow. Can’t believe it is August.
SueBDew in TX7 -
Hi Gals,
Newbies – welcome!
Terry – welcome back, you can do this! You know how and we are here to cheer!
Machka – Good for you for being firm- what a crock of *hit that 3 options to meet is not being flexible!
Heather – I am listening to the soul music pod casts – I am enjoying it as well. Thanks for the lead on finding them.
This up coming week is my birthday (Wednesday) and I’ll be 60, I am finding it to be interesting as for what ever reason this year, I am being a bit opinionated about what I want to do, I am not accepting what others decide what I want to do or get for my birthday. I’m being as gracious as I know how to be, but am being clear about what I want, example a friend decided to take me to dinner for my b-day, that’s fine but her favorite place, a steak house; is not where I want to go. I do meat as more of a condiment… so there is nothing more unappetizing for me than a slab of meat on my plate. So when she told me she was taking me to this steak house (where I have gone with her for other of my birthdays and gotten the side salad, and an appetizer) I said I’d love to go out but could we go there for her birthday and to one of my favorite places for mine, we did – great Burmese food – but she was so disappointed that they did not have steak, and honestly I did not care much that it wasn’t her favorite (she ate every drop of what she ordered). It seems I have had to correct everyone who wanted to get me something or take me somewhere… and it’s working I am going places I like and getting things I’ll enjoy, but my friends and family are all a bit shocked at finding out what I like – about time! And it’s weird that everyone has been we are going… I’m getting you… no one has voluntarily said what/where would you like for your birthday.. I am bending a bit with my mom, so came up with a compromise that is much closer to what I want then her idea. I am not sure if it has always been me going along or if things have shifted…
One of the things I did was a friend took me clothes shopping at my favorite thrift store, it just happen to be 50% off day, so I got a summery skirt and 5 tops for $14. Just perfect for me. I wash everything before I wear it – thrift store or regular store, but the skirt I got is a bit of a surprise, it is one of the long skirts of the crinkly fabric, a “broomstick pleat” it’s a khaki and black print – or – so I thought, it requires hand washing so in the sink it went…and I was sure the black color was bleeding but after about 20 changes of water it is a bright white and black print, won’t go with the necklace I had planned but I think it is cuter than when I got it.
Smiles
Kim from N. California
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My internet has been splotchy so I got way behind. I think I’m caught up.
I just want to mention a couple of good books on decluttering. The absolute best, most practical advice I’ve ever read is “Decluttering at the Speed of Life” by Dana White. It is wonderful for those so overwhelmed they don’t know where to start. The most interesting thing I’ve been reading is the clutterbug stuff by Cassandra Aarssen. I haven’t actually spent the money to buy her book because I get the gist of it from her videos. She classifies you into one of four different “bugs” based on whether you like to see your stuff or have it hidden away and whether micro- or macro- organizing works best for you. Although I don’t fit perfectly into one box, I most identify with the bee. Her theories make perfect sense as to why we need to find an organizing style that works for us, not some Pinterest ideal that you can’t maintain. These two are a refreshing change from FlyLady and Marie Kondo, although I like them, too.6 -
Lanette FBS? Allergy shots are every 10 days while we are traveling. Once we land back in New Mexico, we will get back to the every other day routine. Unless that is we find an allergy group office in our travels that will let us continue with the original plan.
RV Rita in Cathedral Gorge Nevada for one more night.
Rita - oops, I thought it was you who mentioned your blood sugar (I call it FBS - fasting blood sugar?) was down in the 80's? Well, whoever it was, way to go, lol.
Lanette
My FBS is at 120, I want to get it down to 80.
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Lanette FBS? Allergy shots are every 10 days while we are traveling. Once we land back in New Mexico, we will get back to the every other day routine. Unless that is we find an allergy group office in our travels that will let us continue with the original plan.
RV Rita in Cathedral Gorge Nevada for one more night.
Rita - oops, I thought it was you who mentioned your blood sugar (I call it FBS - fasting blood sugar?) was down in the 80's? Well, whoever it was, way to go, lol.
Lanette
My FBS is at 120, I want to get it down to 80.
Rita
Sorry, I misread! Good luck on the 80 I look back at old records and see a decade ago, having a FBS of 90 was the norm for me without having to do anything special like walk more or cut out sweet stuff. Hoping now that I've straightened up it will fall back in line.
Lanette1 -
Did the pilates portion of Bernadette Giorgi’s Just B Live DVD and the abs portion of the Kathy Smith DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do some hula hooping, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class
Lisa – very insightful about our addiction to overeating. Welcome home! Maybe you can make a folder for 2014 and one for 2015?
Penny – lovely photo, just like all of yours
Vince wants to cut the grass today. We’re just waiting for one part to dry out from the morning dew
Took my car to the Mazda dealer yesterday. They do have the TCM in but their computer is down. So I took the car in case they had time to put the TCM in, then when the computer is up and running all they have to do is check it out. Tomorrow, bowling then ceramics then mahjongg.
Kim – happy birthday. Good for you speaking up for yourself. You deserve what YOU want. A friend was telling me that she used to be in the fashion industry and what they did to keep clothes from bleeding was they’d soak the item in vinegar and then wash it.
I just saw where Loki peed on the rug in front of the bathtub in Shadow’s bathroom. If he objects to Shadow being here, why does he keep going in her room? Well, I washed the rug (admitted, I just got it at Aldi’s), and when it dries I’m going to spray it with that repellant spray stuff. I guess we shall see if it’s effective or not. Jackson Galaxy, where are you?????
Cut the grass (weeds) today. Vince used to use the weedwacker on part of the hill on the side of the house, but now he uses the walk behind mower so I start rolling up the extension cords for the weedwacker. Then I went in the pool. Made brownies for us to have when Jess is here. Made them before we started cutting the “grass”, baked them while we were eating dinner.
Michele in NC
Who is off to take a shower
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As a late joiner, my goals for the rest of August:
Lose 3-5 pounds
Yoga daily
Walk 5 days a week - 1 mile
Keep recording meals3 -
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Michele, did you say Loki was an older cat? Cats don’t usually pee outside the litter box unless there is something wrong. When our cat started doing it, it was because of renal disease. It was like he couldn’t make it to the box in time so he just peed wherever he was.2
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This has been a stressful time for us. Jake is very tired from his treatments and my leg is hurting a lot. He can walk enough to take the dogs out but doesn't have much energy. I have a ton of energy but it hurts to be on my feet too long. We decided that together we equal one whole person. I did the laundry today which is usually his job which allowed him to walk the dogs and have time for a super long nap. When it looked like the dogs might need to be walked while he was still asleep, I went out to the yard with them and sat in my chair on the patio and let them run around in the yard. When he got up, he took them for a real walk. I'll be calling the doctor tomorrow to find out what she wants me to do next. One good thing that has come from this time of enforced rest is that I've made some good progress with my photo scanning project. Barbie 10 -
Penny Lovely to see your post; gorgeous photo. You've been very busy! Thanks for catching us up!
Kim I had to smile over your birthday post (Happy Birthday, by the way!). It's so much more fun to figure out what will make a good gift for someone, rather than what you would like yourself. My daughter-in-law is ecstatic with 3 luscious pears, a bouquet of Oriental lilies & a day at the spa. My son wants a gourmet meal at a restaurant with fine wine and then a cigar & cognac or chocolate & port afterwards. My partner loves a 2-3 day trip, preferably to the seaside. Me? I want to spend the day doing a quiet, relaxed pre-planned activity with one or two of my grandchildren, & DO NOT enjoy a big family gathering at a restaurant with singing and a birthday cake. Torture! And no gifts, please, except perhaps a refill on my favorite soap.
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And the answer to the puzzler is: Minus 40 degrees Celsius = Minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit
Karen in Virginia6 -
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