WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2019

Beth: Thanks for your good wishes. Today was a good day with my horse group and I felt like I was able to help just a bit. It put a smile on my face. They are trying to create a rest-stop and recreation spot for people with horses in a county park. Many people already ride there, and the improvements they are working to create will make things easier and better. People who are travelling with their horses to the Oregon coast will have a rest stop to get their horses out of their trailer so they can stretch their legs and rest a bit. Other people just love to ride in this park and they will be able to do that more easily. I’m just a worker/gofer. Others are designing, planning, and so on.

(((Lisa)))

DH sees the surgeon for a consultation Tuesday. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a good plan, and ultimately a good outcome.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

Lisa: What a day. So sorry you had to go through all that, especially losing your mother's note.

Katla: Yay for you lending a hand to the horse rest area project. Hope you will be able to enjoy it.

I had a long post drafted about the completion of the guest bath makeover, and in the process of attaching photos, I lost it. 🙄🙄🙄 Will try again tomorrow.

Rori
Colorado Foothills

Hello,
I had a crazy evening and now I can't sleep. My father was working on a window air conditioner and it fell out the second story window. It hit the gas meter so the gas company came out. There was no damage and no leak, so that's a relief.
Meanwhile my boyfriend and I hit a stumbling point. Not sure where we are headed from here, but it needs more discussion.
And my mom keeps washing my dog. Last time she used dish liquid, this time it was baby shampoo. What's wrong with the puppy shampoo? Or even letting my dog alone! She is 87. My dog is not dirty. But I don't know how to convince her. Crazy problem!
These are the issues in my head tonight, and unfortunately they led me to the refrigerator. Now I have extra calories on my mind too.
Hope you all are sleeping soundly,
Annie in Delaware

Did the Firm’s Maximum Cardio Burner DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do Leslie Sanson’s Walk Away the Pounds DVD

We had a lot of water spots on our hardwood floor so last night I put down this stuff “Rejuvinate” which is like a wax. I certainly hope this doesn’t mean that I’ll have to wax my floors every couple of weeks. What a PITA if I do. Had to run to WalMart to get more Rejuvinate so bought the things that I needed from there. I think maybe when Vince comes home we’ll have to redo it once more. There are spots that I missed.

Ginny in OH – we had wasps living behind one of our retaining walls. Last summer I don’t know how many cans of wasp killer I went thur. Well, this year we got a WHY (wasp, hornet, yellowjacket) trap. It seemed to catch A LOT of wasps. Now we shall see what it’s like next year.

Made chocolate cupcakes for when Vince gets back. Oh, he’s driving with Jess to Iowa. Next I’ll post what she posted on facebook so you’ll know why he’s going to Iowa. I am staying behind to take care of the cats, etc. A friend told me to put amaretto in the icing so I tried it. Not bad at all. But I did need to add some more powder sugar to compensate for the liquid amaretto. Next time instead of the water, I’ll use amaretto

Here’s what Jess posted:

Furry purry (and life) update: We are moving house!!!

I started my vet school journey in the Caribbean and the experience truly was life changing - from getting acquainted with modern forms of learning, to re-adjusting back to school life.

In short, I enjoyed the school and all the friends I made in it but after many positive interactions/meetings with professors, and the dean himself, I decided to continue my vet studies elsewhere.

As many of you know my mother, Michele, has been a huge career inspiration for me - to where I spent most of my professional life doing pharmaceutical/toxicology and biomedical research. The research at Ross was more geared to environmental than biomed.

And with the closing of one door - another one opens. I was accepted to Colorado and Iowa - both of which have amazing research opportunities and many people I know from AALAS. The decision was hard with lots of factors in play, but in the end Shadow and I have started our 2 day journey to Iowa State to continue to become #becomingDrLeGrand

Amy – you’re doing great with your exercise. I didn’t know that someone with Lupus should avoid plastics

We have a landline and our cell phones. The reason we do is because (and this makes sense) Vince is afraid that if the cell tower goes out, we can still make a call to the cell company to tell them there’s a problem

Rebecca – Athena is so gorgeous. I hope your son owns a gun because he’ll need it when she grows up….lol

Terri – that trap may work for you, too. I did read not to use the attractant they have. It’s expensive and someone said it doesn’t work. They suggested apple juice. I tell you, for a while there I was having to change the apple juice every day there were so many insects in it that there wasn’t room for any more. I did get those 8oz bottles of apple juice. Now it’s around where I only change it every other day. At first I was using a whole bottle, but realizing that I was changing the apple juice every day, I started only using ½ a bottle, but that still caught a lot of insects (we’ve even gotten beetles!) Congrats for negative test results

One thing I’m on the lookout for is a ceramic bisq cup so I can paint it. But…I want the cup to hold at least 24oz. I told you I’m a big tea drinker. I’ll leave the cup down in FL

Lisa – thanks for reminding me that I need to cut up cheese I bought last night. I think you would be able to sell your home for more than you paid for it. Even tho you’re not planning to sell it, you put a lot of work into it to bring it up to decency so I really think if needed you would be able to sell it for more than you paid for it.

A friend of mine was in the hosp. a while ago and I sent her this card that said “on the outside: get well soon” and on the inside “because at our age replacement parts are hard to come by”

Phone quality on landlines IS much better.

Got dinner ready for tonight so I just need to warm it up when I get home from church. Went in the pool, cut up a cantaloupe and cut up the cheese.

Katla – my way of dealing with the “Negative Nellie” is to kill her with kindness….lol and stay away from her when possible.

I find that my weight usually goes down if at night I have some applesauce. I get those small cups, put in the freezer, then at night take it out. Like water ice

Lisa – I’m so sorry that happened to you. Isn’t losing/having your wallet stolen a royal PITA? I understand how you feel about that letter. My wallet was stolen a few years ago and everything was replaceable but this scapula that my father always carried with him. To this day I wish I had it. I had a hold put on my credit, too, when it happened. Shortly after that we bought the house down here. I had to show my Social Security card to buy it! The realtor said she’d never seen that. I told her it was because a hold was put on my credit.

Vince’s credit card was compromised a few times. I must say that American Express is WONDERFUL about replacing the card. They overnighted a new one to him. They call if there is a suspicious activity. But replacing the card is wonderful.

Annie in DE – (((HUGS))))

Luci – I’m in Newton right off 40. Oh, that would be so wonderful to meet up. I met up with a lady (she hasn’t been here in a long time) and we had a great time.

Michele in NC

Katiebug - re: the credit card pinging me, I'm with Capital One, and as Amber said, it's a setting on my phone app that I was able to turn on. Didn't set it up for my husband, as it would drive him crazy, but set it up for me. So, when he comes in, I can say, "Hey, I see you stopped for gas at Harps!" Luckily, he's not trying to hide anything from me...

Was also able to lock the cards right after the first ping came through showing a charge I didn't make, and did it straight from my phone app. Worth having, that little security feature, and cost nothing.

So - some advice on basic security moves you can all make and learn from my issues:
1. Make a copy or scan everything in your wallet that's important to you. Both ID cards and credit cards, and both back AND front, as that gives you the numbers to call if you need them. Please note - I had NOT taken that copy of my work credit card, and it took quite a while to get the number to call through my finance people at work, and they had time to really work that one over.
2. Unload anything from your wallet that's precious to you that you don't need on a daily basis - you don't need to carry around things to make you feel better, you can keep them at home.
3. Don't put a wallet in your back pocket, unless you're sure it will stay there.
4. Use the security features the bank builds into the apps, and make sure you know what they are.

I'm so done thinking about this.

Luckily, to distract me, Egg just brought a cicada in from outside, and I need to go rescue it and dump it outside before she wakes my husband up.

Love y'all,
Lisa in AR