WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2019
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(((Rori)))1
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We went to Lidl and found a lot of real bargains.
I cooked a tortilla española, which should have been delicious, but I accidently left the hob on a low light, so it overcooked. Still tasted good, but a bit dry.
Then we decided to go to the French lecture. We really enjoyed it and chatted to a few people, in English! The lecture was about the history of French food so easier to understand and there were slides and a handout. I didn't know that the French way of eating is a UNESCO world intangible cultural heritage, but that pleases me greatly.
I was French in another life. :laugh:
A good evening and we will definitely go again. The minute I hear French spoken I feel immediately at home.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
Rori soup and going for walks and running errands, you are surely on the mend. ((( ))) and strength to you, does a home aide come to the house for a few hours to relieve you a bit?
NYKAREN3 -
Greetings Ladies -
Things here are continuing on same old, same old. I often think that is not a bad thing at all!
My eating is under control at the moment and as a result the scale is steadily moving in a downward direction. If I keep this up, I'll be back to not having tight pants before I know it. I am not unhappy with the number on the scale, well, not too unhappy with it, but I am unhappy that my pants are a bit tight. I will admit that I had the thought before I started back down that if I was hospitalized and they wrote my weight on the board for all visitors to see I would be embarrassed. That got me back on track pretty quickly. Being as tall as I am, it takes me about 20 lbs to see a change in size.
Hugs, prayers and a link to Pip's boot for whoever needs them.
Okie in the TX Hill Country2 -
Well ladies I'm home.. today was ok.. the morning I was sneezing and stuffy but got better as the day went by,here is hoping maybe allergies
Tomorrow Alfie goes to the groomers and then I go walk my pups then feed my FIL and then come back as I have s friend coming to give me a quote on painting the living room and possibly the cabinets,the ceiling ....then have to go cash and deposit my check ..the stupid direct deposit has a 30 day waiting period.. really? Big pain in the duppa.. and then pick Alfie up ,drop him home and go to my physical...
Then take Dan to get his taxes done.2 -
Checking in while I take a study break. You can get behind so fast but I’m glad this is such an active, supportive group of gals to be with. We had sun and no rain today!!! Just in time to have more rain tomorrow night. I was looking at some of the videos they had on TV for the 5 year anniversary of the gigantic sinkhole that opened up under the Corvette Museum— hard to believe the amount of damage there was, and all of those priceless cars. Time flies!
Nicole—I am right there with you! I was thinking my vertigo was starting to go away but, this morning, NOPE! Keeping fingers crossed for both of us.
Hello to those who are just joining us.
Kathy in KY4 -
Finally a little bit warmer today and no snow. It is even melting a little but will take a long time I fear. DD finally made it into work today although she went late. No choir practice tonight. Boo! I will miss it. Feeding horses and goats is a pain right now. Melting snow is flooding one of our shelters and the gate to the goat pen is blocked with snow that has fallen from the roof. I will be glad to get back to a normal routine. DH was unable to go to his infusion at the cancer center and has been rescheduled. I made chicken vegetable soup in the crockpot for tonight.
Rori and Allie - Sending you healing angels.
Lisa - Good for you keeping up with those exercises but don't sit too long at one time.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA
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Had my physical this morning and everything was good. He said keep doing what you’re doing and come back next year.
Tired tonight.
SueBDew in TX8 -
stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 9.03min, 9.8amph, 137mhr, 1.4mi= 91c
manual treadmill, walk- 40min, 126ahr, 147mhr, 2.52mi= 349c
bike ride gym 2 dome- 6.54min, 131mhr, 12.7amph, 1.4mi= 74c
bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 18.04min, 10amph, 142mhr, 3mi= 182c
walk/slow jog sta 2 wrk- 8.16min, 15.51min mi, 133mhr, .5mi= 78c
walk wrk 2 sta- 5.48min, 12.03min mi, , 143mhr, .4mi= 68c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 20.16min, 7.7amph, 152mhr, 2.5mi= 214c
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OT for the next 3 days. will start at 6am thurs and fri and I am starting at 4;30am on sat. my choice of hour start time5
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Did a spinning downloadable workout. The plan for tomorrow is to take the Power Hour class
Barbie – I sure don’t envy you with the mess. But it’ll look fantastic when it’s done
Tracey – my husband is the same as yours. Down here I’m the social butterfly (to an extent). I’m the one who goes to canasta, go to the crochet group, make something for the pot luck, makes all the plans to see people while we’re down here, plan the ceramics trips, he’d sit home all day and watch TV. Guess that’s his way of decompressing. I need people. As far as spending more when shopping all the time – I really don’t, I do find that I buy things that are needed. It used to be that I’d buy all the food, but then we had some left before we left. Now I can plan out the meals to take as little home with us as possible
Allison – get better fast. Will they want you at work being sick, especially since you are in such close contact with the patients?
Klanders – don’t worry, when you retire, you’ll wonder how you ever found time to work
Pip – how do you know when the gym is closed? Do they mention it on the TV? I remember once I went to the Y, things didn’t look all THAT bad, but when I got there they had closed (boo). Had I known, I would have done something at home
It’s rainy here today. I understand it’s sunny in NC. No fair!!! I’m determined NOT to come home with white legs. We’ll probably go to the ceramics place here when the rain lets up and then go to the ceramics place tonight in Orlando. We were going to go to the one in St. Augustine but the lady told me that she won’t have the mold of the thing I was particularly interested in, so that’ll be for the next trip. We’ll meet my cousin in Daytona for lunch and go to Orlando tonight. They’re open tonight and then tomorrow from 9-12. I knew Vince didn’t want to go then. Update: we haven't gone to the place here. We really should in case they need to pour something for us.
Exercised, then went to Aldi. Vince likes their mini wheats and he needed milk. I had to take a good shower (usually I just take a “wash off the sweat” shower) I get so very sweaty when I do spinning. Actually, that is the only time I need to wear my heart rate monitor. My heart rate can go up so much that I really need to be careful. The good thing is that it comes down quite fast, too.
About TV – I don’t watch much at all, usually shows that I’ve recorded. I’ve also found that I like to crochet while I’m watching TV. I do like to do other crafts, but I usually can’t do them while watching TV. Like right now I’m working on a few diamond dotz pictures, and I just can’t do that while watching TV. Maybe I can have the radio on
Got a bigger mug for my tea at the SPCA thrift shop yesterday, but I really was hoping for one bigger. Maybe I’ll make one at ceramics.
Nicole – I can do things at home, but I absolutely need to go to the gym at least for a few classes. I like the motivation and the comraderie. At one time I couldn’t drive and I thought I’d go crazy not being able to go out with friends. Vince is someone who will stay at home for days on end. Not me. So I understand how you feel about needing a class. Ever since meno kicked in I could see more and more in my middle. I don’t see the saddlebags as much, but that might be because the bigger middle doesn’t highlight the saddlebags as much.
Rori – you are an angel from above
Suebdew – wonderful news from the MD
Went to the place in Orlando. Found out that they haven’t been there for 3 years (thank you internet). I really should have given them a call, but they had such limited hours.
We had these Tyson beef strips for dinner. Too spicy for Vince, so guess who'll get to finish them?
Michele in FL where it is raining…no fair!!!
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Hi Gals,
Kylia – great news on Aunt and Aubrey!
Welcome to the new ladies…. We are very chatty and some have even met… but truly not click-ie or exclusive. Just jump in – most of us respond when someone or some comment calls us but not to everyone everytime…
Lisa, Heather, Allie, and Rori, glad you are all making progress on feeling better! Someone else said they were doing PT too, but I forget who So to all who have been under the weather, or had surgery feel better quick!
Heather – I had never heard of tortilla Española, and looked up some recipes – one took a CUP! Of oil…. Would you share your recipe? It sounds like a good lunch
I am beginning to catch up on the embroidery, mostly as our weather has been very wet or cold or both so gardening is out… that is good, I like to have stuff to do but not to be running the whole time. I have a spread sheet of thing to get done for me – pre-doing some Christmas and other gifts, but am sliding behind, so the next few days will be doing some of that.
The owner of the camp (that the YMCA ran and that laid me off as the gardener-effective may 31) has a possible company to come in and take over running camp and they want to interview all of the existing employees before committing to taking over. So I’ll be interviewing. I need to update my resume and come up with some questions and a list of things I feel like I can offer. I have read their entire web page and it seems they are interested in locally sourced food, so that could work ok. I’m pretty spoiled and don’t want to come across too spoiled but also don’t want to give up too much. No idea how soon this will happen, but better prepared than not. The weird thing is I was beginning to get ok with the idea of change.
I recently heard a pod cast about personal finance and it is done by a couple of 30somethings and one of their big “take homes” is to have a side hustle – so never never have all your eggs in one basket. So different than I was brought up, where you gave your company everything, but as I worked I should have learned earlier to have a side hustle. I have found in the last few years that multiple streams of income make the ups and downs easier.
Kim from N. California
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Did a spinning downloadable workout. The plan for tomorrow is to take the Power Hour class
Barbie – I sure don’t envy you with the mess. But it’ll look fantastic when it’s done
Tracey – my husband is the same as yours. Down here I’m the social butterfly (to an extent). I’m the one who goes to canasta, go to the crochet group, make something for the pot luck, makes all the plans to see people while we’re down here, plan the ceramics trips, he’d sit home all day and watch TV. Guess that’s his way of decompressing. I need people. As far as spending more when shopping all the time – I really don’t, I do find that I buy things that are needed. It used to be that I’d buy all the food, but then we had some left before we left. Now I can plan out the meals to take as little home with us as possible
Allison – get better fast. Will they want you at work being sick, especially since you are in such close contact with the patients?
Klanders – don’t worry, when you retire, you’ll wonder how you ever found time to work
Pip – how do you know when the gym is closed? Do they mention it on the TV? I remember once I went to the Y, things didn’t look all THAT bad, but when I got there they had closed (boo). Had I known, I would have done something at home
It’s rainy here today. I understand it’s sunny in NC. No fair!!! I’m determined NOT to come home with white legs. We’ll probably go to the ceramics place here when the rain lets up and then go to the ceramics place tonight in Orlando. We were going to go to the one in St. Augustine but the lady told me that she won’t have the mold of the thing I was particularly interested in, so that’ll be for the next trip. We’ll meet my cousin in Daytona for lunch and go to Orlando tonight. They’re open tonight and then tomorrow from 9-12. I knew Vince didn’t want to go then.
Exercised, then went to Aldi. Vince likes their mini wheats and he needed milk. I had to take a good shower (usually I just take a “wash off the sweat” shower) I get so very sweaty when I do spinning. Actually, that is the only time I need to wear my heart rate monitor. My heart rate can go up so much that I really need to be careful. The good thing is that it comes down quite fast, too.
About TV – I don’t watch much at all, usually shows that I’ve recorded. I’ve also found that I like to crochet while I’m watching TV. I do like to do other crafts, but I usually can’t do them while watching TV. Like right now I’m working on a few diamond dotz pictures, and I just can’t do that while watching TV. Maybe I can have the radio on
Got a bigger mug for my tea at the SPCA thrift shop yesterday, but I really was hoping for one bigger. Maybe I’ll make one at ceramics.
Nicole – I can do things at home, but I absolutely need to go to the gym at least for a few classes. I like the motivation and the comraderie. At one time I couldn’t drive and I thought I’d go crazy not being able to go out with friends. Vince is someone who will stay at home for days on end. Not me. So I understand how you feel about needing a class. Ever since meno kicked in I could see more and more in my middle. I don’t see the saddlebags as much, but that might be because the bigger middle doesn’t highlight the saddlebags as much.
Rori – you are an angel from above
Suebdew – wonderful news from the MD
Went to the place in Orlando. Found out that they haven’t been there for 3 years (thank you internet). I really should have given them a call, but they had such limited hours.
Michele in FL where it is raining…no fair!!!
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DH can't manage, but also doesn't realize he can't. I made him an early evening meal of a stew I had in the freezer, but in the time I wasn't watching him he didn't eat anything, swept the front room floor for about 2 hours, but never took out the overflowing trash, and misplaced the remote to our television. Have I mentioned how much I hate dementia? I'm forcing myself to sit up in the living room today, and making sure he gets meals, coffee, a shower and helps locate the remote! The shows we watch are local sports and news, but it's on alot with CNN or Smithsonian channel in the background.
Rori
Sniffling and SMILING
Colorado Foothills
I can sympathise.
My grandfather went through dementia, and now my husband's recovery from TBI has been very much like dementia.
A couple months ago we were to have a house inspection by the rental agency. I asked if he could clean the house while I was at work. He spent all day long scrubbing at a couple spots on the bathroom floor that have discoloured, and was in tears when I got home because he wasn't successful at returning those spots to their normal colour.
Meanwhile I was so frustrated because I had an assignment due which I was hoping to work on that evening, but instead, I had to vacuum, dust, wash floors, clean the rest of the bathroom etc. while he followed me around saying, "I didn't know this is what you meant". I felt like crying and yelling at the same time. So I just cleaned.
I also spend a portion of each day looking for things he can't find. We're still missing one thing. He took it out to have a look at it, and ......... I've no idea at all where it might be. It could be anywhere.
On the one hand, my heart breaks for him because he used to be on top of everything, and he kind of remembers that. On the other hand, it can be very frustrating and my patience has been tested like never before in my life!cityjaneLondon wrote: »Machka - I can't imagine how difficult it must be not having your husband and best friend not entirely present with you. It must be very lonely. (((HUGS)))
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
It can be very lonely. We used to be able to talk about everything in some depth ... that was one of the foundations of our relationship. Now, we can't. I have to avoid certain topics all together, and with others I have to be very careful not to include any slang, metaphors, puns, etc.
I just keep hoping it will get better ... and it is better than it was several months ago.
Machka in Oz9 -
A neighbor was just notified by the sheriff that some of her mail was found behind an auto shop in the next town. Most was junk mail but thieves had torn off the account number from her bank statement. She's alerted the bank, but may have to change account numbers for all the autopayments.
I've always preferred paper statements, but re-thinking my position... Might be easier to get a locking mailbox.
Machka Wish I could do your paperwork for you. Somewhere along the line I developed a taste for it. Now I'm trying to develop a taste for de-cluttering but it's not working... ;} Hearing about your husband's tears reminds me how difficult your life has become. (((hugs)))
Heather "French in another life" vraiment! Not me, tho', probably Italian
NYKaren how I wish there was an Ikea store nearby! We are 45 minutes from the nearest Home Depot and 3.5 hrs from the nearest Lowe's. Ditto your comment about needing structure. Fortunately in retirement I've been able to get some needed structure (and social connection) from scheduled activity classes, T'ai Chi two mornings a week, Line dancing two evenings a week, Dog group two afternoons a week (weather permitting.) Rounded out with weekly church and monthly fire district meetings and it's just enough for me, tho' too much for Joe. He'd like me to stay home with him and the dogs. While I think he watches too much TV, he's sure I spend too much time on the computer. It's true. Dadgummit next time he asks me to join him and the dogs outside, I'll do it no matter how tired I feel!
SueBdew, yes it's possible to get toxic levels of vitamin D https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/vitamin-d-toxicity/faq-20058108 Con GRATS on the "keep doing what your doing" physical. Well done!
sharon 1985nurse would you tell us your general location so we can keep you straight in our minds from Sharon (Trucker743) near Seattle?
Margaret and Evelyn beautiful snow pics!
Lanette would some oat bran on top of the casserole (like a breadcrumb topping) taste nutty good and add some fiber?
Barbie looking forward to pic of your custom cabinet installed. Exciting! But oh the chaos you have to go through to get there...
Sue in WA we have a hand crank/solar charger for cell phones in case of extended outage. Haven't had to use it yet, but it gives me a sense of security
pip GYM closed for 3 days in a row? Give 'em your BOOT! Brr for the bike on snowy road and Grrr to hanging out for hours at the train station because the gym is closed.
Tracey warmed up to -20? :noway:
Lisa 13 hrs of work and two PT sessions in one day, less than a week from your surgery? You are a powerhouse!
Kylia thankful for the news about your auntie and really delighted to hear of Aubrey and her great grand dad.
Yvonne, how did that lizard get in there?
Okie Hooray for the scale moving down. "...not a bad thing at all..." indeed!
Betsy both Katla's and my broken wrists salute your wise decision to put walking off 'til the ice melts.
Nichole so glad your vertigo is gone. Enjoy your gym classes! If Zumba is offered, its a real calorie burner and well as a laugh riot!
Carol are you looking in my mirror? Hate it! More on this another day.
Rori Big hugs right back atcha, held extra long. Remind me how you injured your hand? Still smiling? Brava!
allie good luck on your phsyical!
Kathy in KY Study break? What are you studying?
Michele sometimes I get tired just reading all your activities How can your legs get tanned when you don't sit still for a moment? :laugh:
Kim sounds like the new company could be a nice fit... your gardening and edible landscaping expertise and their local food focus. Never hurts to be prepared
Welcome April! "pork chop panties" LOL! You'll find many of us are more comfortable in our own company than in groups, so as Beth said you'll fit right in!
Fooey, my wii stopped working. Accepts disk, light goes on, but TV screen stays black. Dr. Google says it may be bricked. Local repair shop recommends buying a new "old" one. Would lose weight history, maybe not such a bad thing...[sigh]
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
walk one more step 13/28, 60 g protein 13/28, rx/vits 13/28, meditate 13/28, knee exercises 13/28, SWSY 3/8, play with Tumble 9/28, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 9/28.
Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD!
02/12 LT: SWSY-Y , MT: research loan options w/bank and CU-Y, ST: Follow up meeting with contractor-Y
02/13 LT: T'ai Ch-Y, MT: find runners for laundry hall-Y, ST: Ask at repair shop about wii-Y
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Did my physio exercises for my back/hip/leg.
Didn't like any of them except one ... a hot water bottle at my back. That I like!
The others tired me out much more than expected, hurt, and made me feel slightly nauseated. I hate being so out of shape.
Machka in Oz3 -
Kim - I don't make the entirely authentic version as I parboil the potatoes first. That means I don't need quite so much olive oil to cook them, but it should really taste of olive oil. It is not slimming. I am quite anal about my recipes as I don't like them fiddled with, so I only use onions and potatoes as in Spain. I don't flip it either, just grill the top which is not authentic.
Normally in Spain it is served as part of a tapas, in that you buy a slice like a cake. We had a third each for dinner with green beans, garlic and tomatoes, and I'm about to eat my final sixth for lunch before I dash off for my dance class.
DH got me a lovely big book for Valentine's Day. A History of Interior Design. Really looking forward to browsing through it. I spend a lot of time reading design magazines on my tablet. Unfortunately I don't have any money to actually implement any of my ideas. :laugh: I may win the lottery, who knows!
The man is here to mend the shed. DH is paying for it, thank goodness. I'm so glad he is not clambering around up there himself.
He is also putting new wood around the bottom where it's rotted.
Glad I can make it to my dance class . I went to one and then missed three. I hope I haven’t missed too much.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
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