WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR NOVEMBER 2018

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,169 Member
    Ketonekaren- yes feeling better, thx
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,615 Member
    Cari - Happy Birthday and congrats on losing a kindergartener! What a neat way of looking at it. I still have plenty of recipes left in my binder and drawer which is now organized and I was able to unearth some of my old favorites. I have some on the computer which I want to print off. I'm still not convinced technology is 100% foolproof, lol. Computers crash, we lose power and/or internet from time to time.

    When I was cleaning out a desk drawer a few days ago, I came across a handwritten letter from a dear friend who passed away several months ago. She'd write 10 page letters in longhand, had beautiful handwriting as did my mom. I saved Glenda's letter and will treasure it. Also ran across a letter from my mom in the recipe drawer which brought back a flood of good memories. That one is saved as well.

    I can't imagine what will be lost in another generation where nearly all correspondence is emailed. Kind of makes me sad, handwriting tells so much about a person. "Maude Doe also known as MaudeDoe1978@aol.com passed away December first. Our computer crashed and the dog ate the memory stick so we have no photos of her. She was proud to be one of the longest patrons on Facebook. She'll be cremated and there will be no services per her request." In ten years, will anyone remember Maude existed, or care?

    Karen in VA - I also love Memorial Day for the same reasons you did. Walking in the cemeteries, imagining the lives of our ancestors, having a picnic with cousins.

    NY Karen - how neat you were able to do the DC weekend. In the mid 70's DH and I lived in Arlington when he was still in the USMC and worked at the Navy Annex. I could imagine your sightseeing but I'm sure it's a lot different than what I would remember! They were just putting in the subway when we left.

    Lisa     - I am in love with your sewing center. All of that room! So organized! It just keeps getting better and better. When will you know about that other job?

    I might tackle some boxes in the spare room closet today. My left shoulder is giving me major grief and have doc appointment on Thursday. Dr. Google says rotator cuff. :s My favorite orthopedic doc retired so I am bummed.

    Some of the boxes are on the top shelf so will have to not go overboard.

    I agree with Barbie about doing a little bit! I've dropped way back on the dumb bells/upper body because of the shoulder thing but can still do my ankle weights. And got my walk in this morning, it was pretty brisk. But I did it.

    OK ladies, time to get cracking.

    Lanette
    Chilly (29 degrees) and sunny SW WA State
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,600 Member
    #11 Christmas Eve. The lights, the baking, the smell of a real Christmas tree, eggnog and fruit cake, the memories. Papa got double time-and-a-half for working Christmas Day so we always celebrated on Christmas Eve. After the pageant, Mama would drive past the park where we would watch the not quite reindeer graze. Precious peaceful moments.
    #12 Tumble's silky ear hair. Also the coarse outer, fluffy under coats. Petting Tumble is just one of the very best things!

    Lisa, lovely craft cave, so bright, compact and organzed! If you're ever on the Southern Oregon coast... ;) Ah "studio" MUCH better name.
    Machka you are the Master of persistence. After receiving such a deposit, I wouldn't find listening to the birds very serene.
    Michele "... forgot to put the second stick of butter..." when I double recipes, the doubled ingredient I forget most often is the eggs. :P Thanks for the Lenora update. Avocado cookies? :noway:
    Sharon the terriers could eat the chipmunks, if the terriers weren't so persnickety. I'm just hoping our creek doesn't move away ;)
    Karen in VA wrote my #12 before reading about Casper. Reminds me of my Jasper who also had the best coat!
    Viv the SWSY is supposed to be hard. That's what makes the muscles stronger. We can do this! ((hugs)) on the sad anniversary.
    Allie getting up and going is the hardest part. Doing is what will build stamina to enable you to do more. Start where you are. Ditto Barbie and NYKaren's suggestions to start the habit. Could you link new habit it to something you already do daily? Perhaps after listening to Joyce Meyer, do a Leslie Sansome 5 minute walk on YouTube? If your leg hurts too much, could you do 5 minutes of chair exercises? You CAN do this!
    Miss Kelly "bird pooping on you" is good luck? Yuck! :noway:
    Beth "pumpkin roll" oh nooo!
    NYKaren 9 miles? Brava!
    Betsy when I start to fall off the logging-what-I-ate bandwagon, then it's time for me to start plan-logging instead of after-logging ;) Haven't logged it? Can't eat it 'til I do ;)
    Heather sorry your DH is upset. You're understanding of the factors contributing to his upset helps but its hard when they're cranky. Is there some cheap temporary fix you can make to the panic button? A decorative box or mask or something velcroed to the wall to cover it?
    Cari The very happiest of birthdays to you. Well done and keep on keepin' on!

    Washing machine is making truly horrible noises so can only run when Joe is out of the house. Alas, he's a house mouse. This morning he went for a bike ride, and scooted back before the first load was done. ;{

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
    walk one more step 11/11, 60 g protein 9/11, rx/vits 11/11, meditate 10/11, knee exercises 11/11, play with Tumble 6/11, core 3/8, SWSY UP 3/8, SWSY LOW 2/8, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 9/11.

  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    I had a basset named Sam when I was a teen who had the softest, silkiest ears! And he didn't mind my running them through my hands for the better part of an hour when I was upset - which, being a teen, was fairly often! Talk about textures reminded me of him! He was probably the most interesting dog I ever had.

    He was a lazy homebody, but could escape from our yard no matter how foolproof we made it. And he was super-fast, given those short lumpy legs under that long clompy body! However, if anyone in the neighborhood had glimpsed him, we knew to follow that trail in a straight line. He wasn't one to meander - he was a man on a mussiin, and if we followed that line, sooner or later we'd find him indulging in olfactory bliss, snuffling all around what he'd scented all the way back home.

    What was really difficult was catching him if he hadn't arrived at his goal yet! His coat was slippery and he was as agile as a lumpy overweight snake. About all you could do was grab around his neck and bulldog him to the ground like the cowboys did a steer. My brother was champion at that. I was afraid of skinning my knees. Girls didn't wear jeans much after 13 or 14 in my neck of Columbus suburbia.

    Once we decanted him into the car (a mile or so of dragging Sam wasn't good for any of our dispositions!), he'd smell the joint up with a horrific musk that hounds emit when they're all lathered up about something.

    For all his quirks, I lived the old rascal to death. I've had several Bassets since, and they're wonderful funny individuals, but there was only one Sam, a teen's best friend and confidant.

    Sharon near Seartle
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,656 Member
    Catching up on my days of gratitude:

    #10: My grandmother's home made bread and butter pickles. I haven't tasted them in over 30 years, but I can still recall it immediately. Nothing I've had since has even compared to their taste.

    #11: It might actually be thanksgiving. Christmas seems like it is always a disappointment because it was my favorite holiday when I was a child, and I have so many wonderful memories of it. Thanksgiving was not that big of a deal when I was a child, so my expectations are much lower. So it's a low pressure day and I can manage my expectations better.

    #12: The skin of people I love -- my husband, my sons, my mother, and I'll include my dog and cat, as well, because they are people too in my family. <3

    Felicia
    Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,656 Member
    auntiebk wrote: »
    Sharon we're also ~600 above sea level, fair tsunami protection. I've hear that when the Cascadia fault gives it will be an area wide depopulating event. The I-5 corridor will get all the resources and people here will be on their own for months if not years. Good reason to enjoy and be grateful for the "now". What is your PCP's objection to the cardiologist's clearance?

    We're at 180 feet above sea level, but in the valley and far enough from the river, that we should be "okay," meaning still standing and not flooded. The recent instructions we've been given in the case of the Cascadia quake is to "camp at home." Have you all heard that, too? That's what we are prepared for -- we have a solar panel on the RV, a generator, and not enough food and water, but we are getting there. :-)

    My biggest worry about it, and mind you, I don't spend a lot of time worrying about the big one, is that it will happen while I'm at work. First, because my building will not survive, so while the official advice is to shelter under my desk, I don't think so. I am about 20 feet from an exterior door, so I will make a dash for the outside -- from there, I'm not sure where to go. We are also on a heavily wooded hill, which I assume will slide, so I will probably try to run down the hill, about a quarter mile, to the road. Second, if it happens while I'm at work, then no one will be home -- everyone will either be at school or at their own work, and in my husband's case, he could be anywhere (Ontario last week, Dallas, this week). If I survive the initial quake, I need to try to get the 8-10 miles back to my house. My oldest works about 30 miles away, on the other side of the river, so it's probably a lost cause for him to try to get home. The two younger boys could walk from their schools, even though for my 12 year old, it's about two miles. :-( Third, our house is only two years old and built to code, so I really want us all to be home when it hits. We should be able to safely ride it out and then hold out for as long as possible. We are on the I-5 corridor (about two miles from I-5), so supplies, when they begin to run again, should get to us quickly, in comparison to more rural areas. Add to that the fact that we are in/near the state capital, and I feel pretty confident about our chance for survival -- as long as we are all home!

    Okay, so it looks like I have thought this all through a lot more than I led on. :lol:

    Felicia
    Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    #11...Valentine's Day

    #12...Silk

    Cari: Happy Birthday! Have fun at your lunch!

    Carol in GA
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,169 Member
    Pppp
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,656 Member
    edited November 2018
    Felicia - :o<3 That sounds just like the kind of conversation I have with myself in the middle of the night. Woke up at 4.33 this morning.

    The window man turned up on time and declared the window f*****. He was able to drill the lock out and remove the glass, put it back and get the window closed. DH did ask the price of a replacement. :o Currently we have an illegal, totally sealed shut bedroom window. Can get out of the exercise room window next door.
    Things need doing, but I need to win the lottery. That bedroom is a joke. The blind only pulls up one side and there are no blinds at all on the stained glass side windows. OK this time of year, but I want it done by the early spring. It was occupied by a teenager so it's in a state. Including the sockets I'm having mended tomorrow.
    It's also got a panic button :o and a motion sensor for the alarm in the corner. Bit weird when you get up in the night!!!!!
    We are not handy and DH is worried about money. Oh well.
    Good news is that my elder son rang me and has arranged to come and see me in December. :D:D<3<3<3<3<3 Amazing.
    Lots of love, Heather UK XXXXXX
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,310 Member
    Happy Birthday Cari!

    Okie
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,231 Member
    Good morning Cari!
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    popping back on. lol I don't know who told me that a bird pooping on you is good luck. It was years ago that I was first told this. Maybe you should feel lucky that you are alive and moving to be pooped on?!
    Lanette- I often think about the loss of human connection in the generations coming up. I do believe that the more people are on screens (computers, tv, phones, etc) and the less they interact in real life that they lose the ability to be empathetic/compassionate to others (this is my theory on why so many young men of a certain age seem to be acting out violently). BUT...I also know that I dearly miss those that I have only known online (this site being the only one that I have become close to strangers) when they pass. Gloria <3 . And I would miss any of the rest of our group.
    Heather UK- hmmmm...is a panic button like a fire alarm or life alert button? When you need help from emergency personnel you press the button? You are right to want to get rid of it/hide it. Kids love buttons! If it is screwed on, you might be able to unscrew the front and disconnect one wire. That should be all you would need to do to interrupt the circuit so that it doesn't sound. (Obviously shut down the power on that wall, first)
    Felicia- Great senior pic! Handsome young man! Like you, skin is a favorite texture of mine.
    Janet- Wonderful pics of your family!

    #11 Holiday I am grateful for: For me it is the season. I love the season of Thanksgiving/Christmas. The family, the smells, the food, the memories, the feeling...It is not so much the DAY itself, but everything that leads up to it. For me, the day is only disappointing because it marks the end of "the feeling".
    #12 Texture I am grateful for: Like Felicia, my favorite texture is skin. But not just any skin; there is a little divot on the base of babies heads, where their head meets their necks and the skin there is so soft, and when you hold them and rock them to sleep, your hand strokes their little heads and finds that little divot...just lovely.

    I have eaten well today (not strayed from my meal plan) and I got my walk in. I am quite proud of those things because I am soooooo tired! Going to get busy now, the kids will be waking from nap and it is baby James' birthday (1 year old) and we are having birthday brownies. Well, the kids are. I will have coffee. I have Trentin tonight until 11:30. Four more days!
    ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,169 Member
    yesterdays stat for the day:

    stairclimber- 30min, 161floors, 2629steps, lvl 8-12, fat burn program, 131ahr, 150ahr = 306c
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Texture I am grateful: all crunchy food textures, like almonds, or the snap of a juicy crispy apple! Why I love to eat!!!
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,169 Member
    stats for the day:

    rowing machine-30min, 118ahr, 139mhr, 71aw, 5307meters= 304c
    helix machine- 32min, 60arpm, random hill program, lvl 7, 153mhr, 3.86mi= 304c
    other- quick jumping- 10min, 137ahr, 160mhr, = 106c

    total cal 633
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Raining cats and dogs all over Georgia and supposed to do so through Thursday! :):'(

    Carol
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,257 Member
    :)
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Heather: We have a small shredder in our office for docouments that we want to destroy. It also shreds envelopes from bills, etc. It is worth the peace of mind knowing that nothing identifiable will fall in the hands of strangers. We put the shreds into our trash can and the garbage company hauls it away weekly. The trash and recycle cans sit out at the street every week on pick up day, and anyone could go through them. The rest of the time they are in our garage. I doubt anyone has, but they could. I’m a privacy freak. :ohwell: I’m glad you found your post box. :smiley:

    Lanette: I have recipes in a 3x5 card box and also in a 3 ring binder. We’ve had a massive change in cooking habits since DH was put on the fodmap diet, but I’m keeping my recipes. Many of them are easy enough to adapt. The challenge is getting rid of wheat flour, garlic solids and globe onions, and that is easy enough. Making garlic infused oils takes time and effort but is worth it. I prefer green onions anyway. I suppose we could make onion infused oil, but I’m not willing to do it at this point. :flowerforyou:

    Pip: Kirby is lucky to have you. You are a good partner. If you are racing, speed matters, but otherwise running together is wonderful and enjoyable. :heart:

    Rori: Your Mexican get away sounds wonderful. WTG!!!

    Sharon near Seattle: My kids are far away and I seldom get to see them. We are planning a road trip next spring to visit our DD’s new farm in IL, and also our son and DDIL in VA. We hope to see places like Mt. Rushmore along the way. I hope we can make the trip a reality. :flowerforyou:

    Lisa: I like the photo. Your shelving looks residential and I like it. We have metal shelves in the garage, and they are definitely industrial. I don’t care whether our garage is “homey.” :star:

    Allie: I love the photo of you and your friends. :smiley:

    Keytone Karen: Today is 11/12, and I am grateful for the texture of the hand knitted pot scrubbers I buy from a local crafter. They are scratchy enough to get off dried egg yolk easily, but never make scratch marks on dishes or cookware. :star:

    Dana in AR: I share your love of cinnamon. :smiley:

    Barbara the Southern Oregon Coastie: We live beside the Columbia River. Our elevation is 23 feet above sea level. If the tsunami ever comes here, our house will wash away. We will have plenty of notice to get to higher ground. The RV is our back up plan at the moment.


    Yoga today was mahveous, and I'm currently woking on knitting a baby blanket for my grandniece's baby. I have a few months to get it done, but I'm happy that Ive already started and expect to keep at it until it is done—ahead of time.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,169 Member
    :'(:/ Today the contractor discovered that the black mold had spread into the other wall of the water heater closet so more work is being done. Right now the water heater is sitting in the back yard while the walls and floor of the closet are being replaced. We have no water and are enormously grateful for our practice of keeping about 40 gallon bottles of water in the garage in case of emergency. The water heater will be functional by bedtime.

    :)Sarah, the possibility of tsunamis is always in the minds of people who live near the Pacific coast, if for no other reason than that there are many signs pointing in the direction to drive in case of a tsunami. I don't think there's any great threat right now.

    :) I've started reading "Decluttering at the Speed of Life" and enjoying it immensely. I highly recommend it to anyone who is considering learning more about getting rid of stuff or making their house look less cluttered.

    <3 Barbie from beautiful, chilly, sunny NW Washington
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,169 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,527 Member
    edited November 2018
    Machka9 wrote: »
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    My sister-in-law posted this and I thought it was good ...

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    Nov 1 - my roses. :)
    Nov 2 - social media and staying connected with family and friends.
    Nov 3 - blue. The blue of the mouth of the river/bay/start of the ocean out my window. The blue of the sky. My new blue sleeping top that was nice and comfy last night.
    Nov 4 - food ... cheese. I ate a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches when my husband was in hospital. They were my comfort food. Also cheese has calcium which I think I need. Unfortunately, cheese does tend to be a bit high in calories so I shouldn't eat too much of it. But anything cheese-y is comforting. :)
    Nov 5 - sound. I like listening to the waves and the birds, but I think the sound I'm most grateful for today is my husband's voice. Just the fact that we can talk to each other again. :)
    Nov 6 - "What in nature are you grateful for?" ... That's hard to narrow down to one thing. Oxford dictionary describes nature as "the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth". I am grateful for all of it. I find that getting out into any sort of nature helps to relieve stress.
    Nov 7 - "What memory are you grateful for?" ... Another one with so many choices!!! Recently, I've been grateful for two memories. 1) June 2017 ... my husband and I had a wonderful visit to Canada and did several things to make great memories ... hiking, cycling, visiting my family. I clung onto those memories during the months he was in hospital. 2) When I was 9 years old, my family moved away from where my grandmother lived. One of of the last days there, my grandmother took me to her window and showed me a full moon outside. She told me that on every full moon, we could both look at it and know that even though we were far apart, we were both looking at the same moon. That's a memory which has stuck with me all these years, and every time I see a full moon, I think of my grandmother. She's 97 years old ... but not doing so well ... so I've been thinking of her a lot. And I've also been very glad that my husband and I were able to see her when we visited Canada in June 2017.
    Nov 8 - "What book are you most grateful for?" That's easy ... The Bible. :)

    I've enjoyed reading all your memories. :)

    Love the discussion about books! :)

    Nov 9 - "What place are you most grateful for?" This is not an easy one for me because I don't have the sense of "home" that many people have. I've moved too much for that.
    So ... I've had to give this one some thought.
    What place?
    Well ...
    I'm grateful for our current house. It's comfortable enough. It's not very big so it's fairly easy to manage. And it has a great garden which my husband has been able to work in since returning home from his accident. It is also close to a couple beaches, which is nice. :)

    Nov 10 - Taste! Hmmm ... salt. In the "Do you crave sweet or salty" discussion, I fall on the "salty" side.

    As it happens, I have a diminished sense of taste and smell for whatever reason, so I divide foods into the basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour or bitter, and from there it's harder to distinguish precise flavours. Although, I do seem to have some odd tastes like, for example, meat and tomato taste metallic to me, and I don't like that. If I salt them well, the metallic taste goes away and they taste salty, which is OK.

    Then, one of the side effects of my husband's accident is that he has lost most of his sense of taste and smell. He has regained a little bit, and they say it should return very gradually. But he'll comment that dinner has no flavour, and I'll think, "It just tastes salty to me. Is there supposed to be more flavour than that?"

    Nov 11 - What holiday are you grateful for?

    Christmas!!! :)

    I've always loved Christmas. I even picked up 3 Christmas CDs yesterday. I like having a decent amount of time off ... not just one day ... so I can get things done. I like all the decorations. I like the music. I like the services and celebrations.

    Nov 12 - Texture. Smooth. Very, very smooth. Clothing with no texture. Textured clothing is unwearable. Smooth clothing is good.

    Nov 13 - Abilities. Right now, it would have to be organisation. While I feel like I'm in the midst of a chaotic whirlwind (and have been for the past 8 months) and I don't feel very organised, surprisingly enough, stuff is getting done.

    Maybe I should include things like endurance and tenacity ... "skills" I've honed from my long distance cycling carrying over to "real life".


    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,527 Member
    So ... I was just looking at my leave situation here at work, what with Christmas coming up, and suddenly realised that I haven't had a real holiday/vacation in about 17 months.

    No wonder I'm feeling like it's time!!

    I don't know when I'll be able to do that, but I am hoping for a bit of rest over Christmas.


    M in Oz
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    Katla, being along the Columbia is a nice place to be. I think that might be a decent trade-off for a little ol’ tsunami here and there! Or not. I think I’ll take my 630’ high Island universe. As long as my house doesn’t fall down I’m in great shape. Acres and acres of wood nearby, neighbors with fireplaces and wood stoves, and I have a generator. Gas COULD become a problem.

    Sarah, what area do you live in? Climate sounds nice. I love the 60-70° temperature range.

    Machka, you’re long overdue in my opinion. I know how to do it with hubby is a problem. Do you have farmstead vacations there, or ranch stays? Somewhere you don’t have to cook, but the stress of eating out every meal is gone sounds like a possibility perhaps.

    I’m still in limbo about my surgery date since today is our Veterans’ Day holiday Monday. I’m feeling fretful, but have to let that go. Annoyance can be triggering for me.

    Sharon Near Seattle

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