WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2018

Hi ladies,

Heather, you are so close now.

Machka, of course you are going to the graduation! You deserve it girl. I expect to see a picture of you in your hat and gown.

Went to the dr today. First post op visit. They cut off the cast so I got to see what it looks like. Stitches and dried blood. Dr was impressed with my flexibility. Minimal swelling. Incision holding together well.

I’ve got a new green cast on. I think it needs polka dots, don’t you think? Will be in the cast for 3-4 more weeks, then back into the full boot and pt. I can start putting weight on the foot in 2 weeks. I’ll be back at work on the 27th part time for the first week. So I’ll have my scooter at work for when I get tired.

Terry continuing to heal in VT

Rebecca: The feeling shame is horrible. I hope you find your way out of it and focus on your talent, musical & homemaking gifts, and exemplary care of your DH & sons. I also hope you will give our Rebecca love and exemplary care, too, just like the men in your life. :flowerforyou:

Barbie: I am so happy to hear that you are feeling better. I share your views on gratitude.


I have planned a housewarming gift for one of my equestrian friends and wanted to wrap it as a cabin. I am not skilled enough to accomplish that, so I put pretty paper on it. I'll be sending it along to the next equestrian meeting with a friend. At the moment, we have a loaner car and both of our cars are at the dealer getting serviced. :ohwell:

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

lhscapil wrote: »

By the way, I loved reading everyone's simple pleasures and gratitude. I could add dozens more to my list.

Barbie - how encouraging you appear to be getting "over the hump" on your back problem. Rori, hope you are feeling better.

I had an "AHA" moment this morning. This past week, I've been suffering from pain in my sit-down bones. There are tendons there that I must have strained so have curtailed some of my SWSY exercises and it hasn't gotten worse but still achey. Also pulled a muscle or did something crazy just opening a window a couple days ago=zinger pain in the middle of my back. YUK. Took ibuprofen which helped but gave me a stomach ache.

And to top it off, my right hand little finger joint was hot and swollen the past few days. Arthritis this time of year? Maybe because I've been eating more tomatoes that can cause inflammation?

So I did a mental review of what I've been doing differently, and it struck me that a few weeks ago I stopped taking a daily turmeric supplement. I ran out and the ones I take - Curamed - are expensive and I wasn't sure they were doing any good.

I dug around in the cupboard and by golly, I found another nearly empty bottle of them, took one and bingo. Everything that hurt this morning is 90% better. So ordered another bottle which should be here Friday.

Thinking cool thoughts today!

Lanette
Hot SW WA State

Yes turmeric is an anti inflammatory. I add more to may cooking when I feel pain. I also add black pepper to get the anti cancer benefit. I do not know why the black pepper is necessary or how the work together. I also add ginger too. My dental hygienist takes ginger if she feels a migraine coming on.

Out temp are not too bad low 80's but humidity is starting to climb.

Simple pleasure today looking out kitchen window and seeing white phlox in bloom. I remember as a child picking a bloom and sucking on the end to taste the sweetness of the nectar. Smell delightful.

Margaret

We're baaaack! The kids had a ball at the Farmer's Market! Visser Farms brought some baby chicks for the kids to pet and hold and another farmer brought a piglet. One of my kiddos cried when the farmer said that they raise their pigs to make ham, bacon, pork chops, etc. We covered this information at my daycare this week, but it is a WHOLE different ball game when you have cute baby animals looking at you! lol

Heather- I am happy things are moving along for you; but I will reserve my big congrats for when you are in and papers signed etc. The whole "chain" of people makes me nervous for you!
Pip- I am positive, even though your rubber chicken has no squeaker, Floyd, Yogi and Bullwinkle are trying to play Pachelbel's Canon on it!
Terry- I think you need to get a little alligator stamp and make it a designer (Lacoste) cast. And look at you with your foot way high in the air! There's a resistance work out for you! How many leg lifts with a cast on can you do?
Welcome new girls!

Gratitude- I took BArbie's advice and started a gratitude journal last spring. I keep a daily journal; but my gratitude journal is different. Each day I write down five things that I am thankful for. Sometimes it is things that I have, sometimes it is things that I don't have, I allow repeats because some things need to be repeated. The journal helps keep me out of the pit of despair and self pity. A big thing that surprised me, I never liked my job before I started the journal. I felt like being a childcare provider was kind of where I ended up because of not having a formal education beyond high school. I felt trapped. The journal helped me see the little things. Helped me see the work that I have put into my childcare home and business. Helped me see the non monetary rewards.

This is the other thing that changed my life:


Becoming a grandma opened my heart. I think it was closed because I was unhappy in my job, I thought the kids were "out to get me", and the constant wear and tear on things was depressing and frustrating. Having Joaquin come along somehow showed me how to love this child that wasn't mine and enabled me to love all of these other children. Helping my daughter with patience in raising him has given me patience with these little ones in my care. This past year has been a revelation and for that I am eternally grateful!

You ladies are mentioned in my gratitude journal multiple times because you help keep me sane and on the right path! And I love you dearly for that! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)

KJ - I'm with you. I never was comfortable in the presence of small children until I had my own grandchildren. Now I am much more tolerant, even welcoming, when children come into a restaurant etc. Partly that's just being around my grands and partly that's seeing the amazing example of my DH in the way he relates to them. I can enjoy "playtime" so much more now. I also admire my DDIL in the way she manages them.
My own life with my children was chaotic and I was always wishing the time away. I loved them, of course, but i was just doing time and resenting how much they took away from my life. Now, although I can't do it for long, (I haven't got your dedication and energy), I can truly enter into the child's world. I find it quite wonderful. My conversion into a proper Granny is one of the miracles of my life.

Sooooooo glad the backs seem to be on the mend.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Kelly, you are my hero! The job you do is so incredibly important and you are so derned good at! You should earn more than a doctor, in my opinion.

Machka, I am so inspired by you and how you have persevered towards your goals despite the most daunting personal setback and obstacles in your path. I wonder if the university will have an online link so we can watch you on the stage?

Lanette, I also really notice it if I miss my turmeric. Some studies show that the whole spice works synergistically together and is more effective than an extract of just curcurmec. I add turmeric to lots of my foods and drinks. All my rice is golden and it hides well in any red sauce for pasta, or stew, or on eggs or in almond milk drinks or in smoothies. I also take glucosamine to keep my joints well-oiled.

I love dwelling on things I am grateful for. I could spend all day writing them down in my journal and savouring them! But I got to go feed them. LOL Wendy

barbiecat wrote: »

About gratitude. I learned that gratitude is an action, not just a spontaneous feeling. I have used gratitude to lift me from despair and it works. It doesn't matter so much what you are grateful for, but that you are grateful. Some of you have mentioned being grateful for having things in your life that I am grateful for not having. The important thing is that I am grateful for what I have.

Barbie from warm NW Washington

This is in line with what I think about gratitude/thankfulness. Eucharistic living. Giving thanks in all circumstances...painful times as well as joyful ones. I live with family members who have chronic health problems. When life seems out of control, I have made it a point of giving thanks for all of it. My family has also come to expect this question when they are in dark times ... "give me 5 things you are thankful for." We've sat in emergency rooms and played this "game" ... it always helps.

But on a lighter note, there are simple things that just give me inexplicable joy. You'll think me simple, but I truly get a kick every time I step on the retractable cord button of my vacuum! No rewinding! I am a sucker for slick marketing and recently bought 'glo-bowl" lights for our toilets. They're motion censored and do a kaleidoscope of colors at night so you don't have to turn on the bathroom light. There is something inordinately funny to me knowing that multi-colored lights are shining on my *kitten*. I smile every night. (They will eventually be pitched as they design is sort of stupid from a sanitary position).

The truth is, I could overrun this thread with my thanksgivings ...

Beth

I had a fantastic day with my DSinL, sister, and nephews! We went to a flea market and shopped all morning. That is my simple pleasure being with family and friends.

Have a fantastic day!



Mary from Minnesota \ Arizona