WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR NOVEMBER 2018
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Hi newbies!
Penny here. I sign myself /Penny at the
and that's almost true. I live with my arctic scientist husband in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, just 800 miles from the North Pole. We have a son and a daughter living in Stockholm, Sweden, and our son has a son and a daughter, 7 (almost 8) and 6 years old.
Living in the High Arctic has its challenges and rewards. We have no trees and no real summer, but no mosquitoes or snakes either. It's nowhere near as cold as you think, but on those rare occasions when the weather turns really nasty it can be dangerous walking as little as 10 yards outdoors. We have midnight sun (=24-hour daylight) from mid-April to late August and polar night (=24-hour darkness) for about three months in the winter. The sun dipped below the horizon about a week ago and won't rise again until mid-February. But don't anybody feel sorry for me! Like most of the long-term inhabitants, I LOVE our dark season!
I'm 63 years old, 5'2" tall and currently weigh 150 lbs. My weight has varied over the years but I've generally been a bit on the heavy side. When I log my food, I lose weight. Back in the spring, I lost about 7 pounds through consistent logging. For the past couple months I've had far too much work to do and quit logging my food, but I've maintained weight stability by getting lots of exercise. I jog almost daily and recently hit a grand total of 600 kilometers since 1 July. (I hope to get to 1500 km before 30 June 2019.) I'm a freelance editor and translator, mainly focused on scientific literature. I also teach scientific writing to PhD students.
Machka - Great gratitude calendar! I'll add my two-bits worth.
1. Smell - The spicy, musky smell of the sun-warmed fur of a cat at the end an outdoor summer. Or a Scandinavian peat bog, which smells surprisingly simliar!
2. Technology - Modern dentistry! I shudder at the thought of the agonies people must have endured in the old days. (And I sympathize with those of you who are currently discussing procedures involving orofacial/maxillary surgeons and endodontists!)
3. Color - The translucent coppery color of newly unfurled oak leaves. I rarely get to see that nowadays.
4. Food - The sweet, crunchy rutabaga in my daily 500-gram raw veggie box. I found a really good one this week!
5. Sound - Silence the vast, living silence that often envelops me when I step out my door in Longyearbyen. It rejuvenates my soul.
/Penny, finally getting a handle on her workload at the
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Bonfire Night here, lots of fireworks last night but expect more tonight. Hairdresser this morning for the full works, too much grey showing.
Have to get exercise done before I go so will catch up later.
PIP well done
Kate UK 2 -
Can't believe it is 5th November and I'm already 12+ pages behind
I'll have to stop reading now as I need to get ready, getting my eyes tested (broke my previous pair of glasses) but it has been nearly two years since my last eye test so maybe a good thing?
Weather turned quite cold here so I'll need to wrap up. Have a great day everyone and welcome to the new people
Viv UK
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Morning, all,
Welcome to all the new ones, and welcome back to the ones we haven't seen in a bit! Viv - it's good to see you posting again. Hope the eye test goes well.
Up at 3:30, as someone else said, because was out of it by 8 p.m. last night. Was restless sleep, as it was the first time in a while I haven't taken a sleep aid, so only made it 6 and a half hours, but nonetheless, feel fine.
Penny - I'm right there with you on the quietness - and my husband marvels at how quiet it is here all the time. Not like "nearly to the North Pole" quiet, but so much better than in the city.
My favorite sound is the domestic noises that mean I'm home. I miss them so much when I'm traveling...
I did take pics yesterday, but was too exhausted to post 'em up on the blog. Going to go do that now, as I'm pleased with how it's all turning out, especially the bathroom, which has just a few tiny things left, getting the new door put up, a bit of baseboard trim, and it will be fully done.
Next weekend, three doors to put in (one outside, bedroom and bathroom) and we're yanking out the dishwasher. We need a bit more storage in the kitchen, and want to be able to put a bar stool both sides of the kitchen counter. We've decided we're only going to work one day each weekend on the house, and reserve Sundays for ourselves, and whatever we couldn't complete on the Saturday. We all need a break.
Love y'all,
Lisa in Arkansas3 -
Morning Ladies~
well I didn't get to sleep until almost 10 which is super late for me lol. had a great time last night..I worked with Ray and have known him more than 20 yrs...we lost touch as he had been dating someone but ,now he is single a confirmed bachelor at 63... but he and his whole family are sweethearts.. working 9-5 today...1 -
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lol It took me two hours to write the above as I was up and down doing things. NY Karen I giggled when I saw coffee as your grateful food. Coffee has made my gratitude journal too many times to count! (probably more than any person!)
Especially the first one in the morning!! For me, that's when I arrive at work. Drop all my stuff in my office, go make a cup of coffee ... and then I can begin my day.
M in Oz1 -
Machka love your Tips and Extras, sounds similar to what works for me. When I'm feeling low or bad, the "just do one thing" to make myself feel better really helps.
I'm doing a lot of the "just do one thing" lately. Last week, I felt like I was spinning in circles and getting nothing done, and then on Friday I told myself to "just do one thing" ... I did and felt much better for it. And I've been doing that each day since then ... and actually getting some stuff done!!
M in Oz
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DanaReel180 wrote: »Gratitude #4 - Since I grew up in SoCal and lived in Texas, TexMex or Mexican food, is my favorite. I love cheesy enchiladas, guacamole and tortilla chips, and tortilla soup. Hot salsa, fajitas, cilantro and quesadillas!! My DH usually go out for Mexican on Friday nights. So I limit my calories so I can partake.
Yeah, I love Mexican food too ... not easy to come by in Australia!!
M in Oz
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Good morning all! Happy Monday!
Janet- Love the ornaments! You always use such gorgeous colors! I love the jewel tones.
PipWhoot! Go girl! Did Kirby scold you for waiting for him and missing the under 2 hour mark? I am guessing you and Kirby carry phones in case one of you needs the other or help? IF you tell me that those calls that interrupted your race were political; I would believe you. Those are maddening and should be illegal! O.M.G. Your legs are gorgeous!
Michelle- I had problems yesterday logging my food. I had no problem logging in, but every time I tried to log a food item, it will send me to the "site is temporarily down..." page. I just hit the back button and it would take me back to the food diary page, I would hit refresh and it would let me enter it AND it would accept it. But yes, a pain in the booty having to do that each time.
Sharon- lol don't sweat the long post; we all do that from time to time. Except maybe Pip, she tends to keep her posts short and sweet (or sometimes not so sweet
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Well, time to fly. I have one who just finished his breakfast and a couple more pulling in. ttfn xoxoxo
Kelly
Hmmmm #5 A sound I am grateful for today...my alarm going off in the morning, because it means I have another day!2 -
It reminds me of my late sister and a book we read when we were little about trees with golden leaves and little chocolate cookies grew on the trees. lol I can NOT remember the name of the book and I have searched for it, and asked sis (who couldn't remember), so I am wondering if it really wasn't a tree that grew cookies and that storyline was just one that we made up before we were able to read, and had to tell the story from pictures in the book...
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has trees that grew various candies and cookies and things.
The Magicians Nephew has a tree that grew from a packet of toffee, with leaves like the paper the toffee was wrapped in and fruit that was like toffee but juicier.
Or maybe it was "The Cookie Tree".
https://www.amazon.com/Cookie-Tree-Jay-Williams/dp/B0006BPSUU
To quote one of the reviewers ...
""The Village of Owlgate was quiet and tidy, and nothing surprising ever happened there." So when an extraordinary tree with silver bark, golden leaves, and cookies growing on its branches, inexplicably appears in the middle of the square, the villagers are at a loss with what to do with it. Some don't believe it exists. Some think it's a sign of impending doom. Some just can't figure out what its for. The children, however, believe that it is a gift to the city from a kind magician."
Machka in Oz1 -
Good morning all! Happy Monday!
Janet- Love the ornaments! You always use such gorgeous colors! I love the jewel tones.
PipWhoot! Go girl! Did Kirby scold you for waiting for him and missing the under 2 hour mark? I am guessing you and Kirby carry phones in case one of you needs the other or help? IF you tell me that those calls that interrupted your race were political; I would believe you. Those are maddening and should be illegal! O.M.G. Your legs are gorgeous!
Michelle- I had problems yesterday logging my food. I had no problem logging in, but every time I tried to log a food item, it will send me to the "site is temporarily down..." page. I just hit the back button and it would take me back to the food diary page, I would hit refresh and it would let me enter it AND it would accept it. But yes, a pain in the booty having to do that each time.
Sharon- lol don't sweat the long post; we all do that from time to time. Except maybe Pip, she tends to keep her posts short and sweet (or sometimes not so sweet )
Well, time to fly. I have one who just finished his breakfast and a couple more pulling in. ttfn xoxoxo
Kelly
Hmmmm #5 A sound I am grateful for today...my alarm going off in the morning, because it means I have another day!
The. 2 calls were from my brother and his wife calling me from the finish line to see how far away I was so they can take pics of me crossing.2 -
DanaReel180 wrote: »Gratitude #4 - Since I grew up in SoCal and lived in Texas, TexMex or Mexican food, is my favorite. I love cheesy enchiladas, guacamole and tortilla chips, and tortilla soup. Hot salsa, fajitas, cilantro and quesadillas!! My DH usually go out for Mexican on Friday nights. So I limit my calories so I can partake.
Yeah, I love Mexican food too ... not easy to come by in Australia!!
M in Oz
Many, many years ago when hubs and I were living in Shanghai, we spent Chinese New Year in Australia and New Zealand. Our hotel suite in Auckland had an oven, which we didn’t have in Shanghai, and we made nachos with lots of jalapeños. We had been missing Tex-Mex and that was the best we could do.
Okie in the TX Hill Country3 -
Rebecca - thank you for finding my mojo! Looks like it's having fun.... but it hasn't showed up here yet, lol. Maybe today.
Machka - I am considering going into the cookie tree business, lol. That looks like a great little book, by the way.
Pip- congrats on the race! Drat that phone. Bet it felt good to be in warm sunshine. Looks like we'll be having cool sunshine later this week - some of you are seeing temps in the 20's or lower already at night. Yikes!
Penny - I always love hearing about life in Norway. Is your DH Scandinavian? Do you speak both Norwegian and Swedish? You probably posted and I skipped right over it. Way to go on the jogging!! Is the lone reindeer still around?
Lisa - love the house tour. What lovely property (now that you can see it, lol.)
My decluttering today will be a shelf, maybe 2, in the office. I look around in the living room here and there's plenty that needs to be attacked, but I need to get DH out of here for a few hours so the activity doesn't interfere with his TV watching. Hey, I might find some of my mojo hiding somewhere, lol.
Here's a question about pain.... do any of you notice when you binge on sugar, your arthritis/various aches and pains seem worse? My shoulder pain seems to have started a month ago when those fun size candy bars jumped into my grocery cart. Seems it's getting better now that candy season is over.
Have a good week, ladies!
Lanette
SW WA State
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New office manager here..from North Carolina,has quite the drawl and same name as me but with Ls ..we shall see how it all works out...you know me I get along with everyone...but who knows what changes will happen..4
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Today is my 69th birthday. I received this card from 19 year old newlywed granddaughter. Things like this remind me of why I want to be the best, healthiest me I can be.
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Heather: I am happy that you are so pleased with your new home! I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a home that was three stories high, unless it was actually a basement plus two stories. I hope you’ll eventually post pictures. :flowerforyou:
Pip: Congratulations on your medals. WTG!!!!! :bigsmile:
Allie: Congratulations on a wonderful evening.
I hope your new office manager turns out to be a good person. :flowerforyou:
Machka: Today I am grateful for nature’s hummingbirds. I love your 30 days of gratitude. Thank you so much for sharing.
Michele: I’ve seen the site down screen, too. I seem to be able to get around it. :huh:
Penny: It is so good to see your post! I’ve missed you. :bigsmile:
Lanette: We haven’t had frost yet. The forecast for us has a potential low of 34 on Thursday night. Being next to the river, temps are often more moderate here than just a few miles away &/or higher in elevation. I’m NOT complaining. :noway:
I’m hoping to go to yoga today, and shop for a new phone charger with a nice long cord. The one by my nightstand disappeared. I have no idea where it is. :grumble: Yesterday's bareback pad riding lesson left me with a very sore backside. I think I've already whined about that. I'm guessing I'll have to work at keeping my whine to myself.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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