WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2019

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What interesting discussions here today!

Karen, I had to look up existentialism and still can't figure out what you were saying about your brain. I do the Washington Post daily crossword and am constantly having to look up the meaning of some of their clue words. I also do Pogo Scrabble online and am amazed at some of the words the players come up with.

When I was in college 50 yrs ago, there were no computers to help with spelling. In my English 101 class, the professor told us that if there were any misspelled words in our papers that we would automatically get an "F." So, I sat on the floor with a dictionary and had to look up many, many words.

Before I began teaching, I worked as a secretary for a large insurance company. I was so embarrassed when the president of the company brought a letter I had typed back to my boss because it had a commonly used word misspelled.

Today, spell check is my friend! Love it!

Carol in GA

Carol I was just playing a silly game with misspelled words and an incorrect word choice ("existentialism" instead of "existence"). It didn't actually mean anything, LOL! It was my warped way of saying "spelling is the bane of my existence".

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Tracey Is this the cutest couple EVER?

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Karen in Virginia

Karen in VA: This is not an optimal time to bury a loved one in New Orleans, to understate the situation. My son’s best friend since grade school lives there and we’re hoping he and his family are safe and dry. I’ve seen pictures of water half way up their front steps. :ohwell:

Allie: Your willingness to be forgiving of your cheating ex is amazing. I admire your generosity of spirit. I certainly couldn’t do it. :noway: Kim’s advice on spelling is excellent. If you are filling out job applications, you need to be sure your spelling and punctuation are accurate. It will make the first impression of you & is likely to make a difference to someone who is hiring an employee.

Meg: WTG! Yard work is good for the body and mind. :flowerforyou:

Lanette: I’ve been missing Barbara’s posts, too. I hope we hear from her soon.

Machka: You are not alone in expecting LY to be used properly.

Snowflake: Good to see that you’re still around!


Yoga at 10 today. I’m still in my jammies. It is time to get moving!

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

A silly spelling story story: Our county's Director of Public Works used to have a fast-typing secretary who'd often type "Pu bic" (space left intentionally) instead of Public. IT department finally had to go in there and tweak Word on her PC disallow the word "Pu bic" lol.

In proofreading my own correspondence when I worked there, I often made the same error myself. Yikes!

Did anyone in the Seattle area feel the earthquake just north of there early this morning?

Lanette

Missed posting and reading yesterday. Phone app wasn’t working. Trying to catch up again. Super hot here and I’ve found I’m very intolerant to heat all of a sudden. Not sure what’s happening there.

Pg. 35 done

RV Rita

Happy Friday! It is still HOT here and the water outside of town is still flowing hard and raising. DSIL is still fighting and I am worried about this whole deal. We both don't work this weekend so I am thinking another trip to Kansas is in the works. Tomorrow afternoon is our great grandson's 5th birthday party and don't want to miss that if possible. Car is still in shop so motorcycle will have to work.

Beth--Sorry to hear about all the problems with your son's care.

Barbie--Glad to hear your extra class was fun. Not surprised you are not tired. You have more energy then most people I know.

Shannon--Glad your dentist appointment went well. I am the same way.

Tracey--I enjoy hearing all about the wedding and the part about the first kiss was something I have never heard of, but what a special moment. Just looked at the pictures and thanks for sharing. Beautiful.

NYKaren--Good for you on inviting neighbor to lunch. I like to do things like that but chicken out.

Well ladies time to sign off.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE

Woke up with the thought in my mind that this thread is what the Internet was supposed to be... a way for geographically separated people to be part of a community that isn't possible in the physical world. Not one single thought or way of thinking, but all of them, wound around each other, centered around a few points of congruity, women, over 50, reaching for a healthier life. Best of all, we know as a group and as individuals that physical, mental and emotional health are ALL part of the equation. My thoughts exactly!
I am still here, only just finished page 33, need to do some catch up, but life has gotten in the way! A couple of notes:
Pip, hoping Kirby had a very happy birthday!
Rebecca, Athena is just so perfect, I've never really seen such a perfect "rosebud" mouth!
Machka, glad you had such an enjoyable time at the farm, the photos really are lovely and Mr Higgins is very pretty.
Kelly, excited for you for the imminent arrival of your family!
That's all my memory allows for now! The scale is being kind and then not so kind, but I am taking solace in that the numbers that are bouncing back and forth are, in general, lower than they have been previously, so it looks like progress may be being made.
I decided a while back that I would like to get a bicycle and ride to work, it's about 10k and can be mostly done on a very popular recreation and commuter trail so not a lot of traffic to worry about. A friend of mine offered to lend me her bike for a bit to see if I really did like it and, my concern, if I could actually do it! Well, turns out I can do it, went for a practice ride on Monday, then biked to work on Wed. It's been really good having the loaner bike, I've found out a bunch of stuff that I will be looking for when I buy a bike and the seat is going to be a major consideration! She just has the narrow "usual" seat and, well, my backside has never felt more abused! I also noticed that I will need a helmet with a brim of some sort, or I will be getting a baseball cap to use under the helmet as on my way home Wed I had the sun in my eyes a few times to the point where I could not see anything. This only happened a few times and for very brief periods of time (split second) but it was very unnerving. It was just the angle of the sun, so I feel a visor of some sort would be a huge help. I also found out that I need a smaller bike than hers, and I want a bell on mine, easier than calling out to people when coming up behind them. All in all a fairly positive experience, even though I fell a few times, can't quite get totally coordinated on the stop the bike and put down the foot thing, but I'm getting better! It'd been about 25 years since I'd been on a bike, so feeling pretty proud of myself for that! This will only be a fair weather and longer day thing, not prepared for riding in the rain or the dark as this trail is not lit at all.
Happy Anniversary to a few people, Happy Birthday to a few more (Sue good on your hubby and family for the surprise party!). Congrats to those celebrating anything else, hugs for those who need them and welcome to the newbies! Just jump in when a topic interests you, we are a chatty bunch! Also please sign a name and general location so we can keep everybody straight (not that that always works for me, but.... lol)
Evelyn, Vancouver Island, still on Facebook, but constantly using the buttons to "hide" stuff from various folks that is reposted and of no interest to me, it is gradually making my facebook feed more interesting!

@Machka9 "But sometimes trauma means that there is a lot of extra work dumped on people. Recovery is not an easy, smooth, straightforward process." I agree. some people just have a lot of work they have to do. It can depend on cost of living and income per hour. a cleaning person in an expensive city has to work many hours to get by, plus still clean the home, pay bills, take care of kids if there are some, and so on. or a worker in a factory in china working 16h a day to not make a living wage. we don't all have equal situations.