WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2019

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My big accomplishment this afternoon was to wrangle my cat and cut his toenails. What a job. He fights it all the way but it has to be done. Otherwise he snags every soft surface he walks on.
Shirley

Hello all.

Although I was frustrated with MFP over the past few days I will say the support team does respond. MFP was aware of the issues many users were having. All seems to be resolved.

I have a Windows phone which is no longer supported by MFP so I cannot use it like an app on my phone. I access using Chrome (Google) and/or Internet Explorer on my laptop. I won the phone via a contest at work and phones here in the US are so darn expensive I will not upgrade until this one no longer works.

Thank you all for your feedback and MFP statuses.

I cannot believe tomorrow is the last day of October! Where has the time gone?!

Carol- 40 minute drive to my Dads church theirs nothing for kids I watch JR during service y Sunday school when we attend.
City Churches here’s rules are scary I feel sorry for kids forced to go !
1. Security system with eye y finger scanner plus ID to drop off y pickup.
2. No notice to parents if child becomes ill might have a piece a paper 📝 in bag at pickup
3. No food substitutes even for diabetes or allergies
4. Cannot check on child or pickup early
5. All 2yr olds up (some churches say 4) must be potty trained
6. Cannot know who workers are or see play area
7. Doors are locked until pickup times
8. Lots of questions like discipline they refused to answer.

So nope 👎 not an option

He’ll be in school soon enough anyways

Heather – So sorry to hear about DH’s aunt. The poor dear. How terrifying for her! I keep trying to get in the habit of carrying my phone everywhere just in case, but like most leave it laying around. I must try and get better at it even if I am just taking a shower. Sending positive thoughts for her quick recovery and hoping she can continue an independent life. Happy one-year anniversary in your home!

Rebecca – Thank you for sharing the pictures. Tucker is adorable. Athena has such a personality. She is a cutie!

RvRita – Happy for you and the scale moving in the right direction for you. Those plateaus can be frustrating. Love the fact you did not derail and stuck to the plan!

Vicki – Hope the new neighbors work out. I always get a little antsy when one of the units around me sells and I have to anticipate getting to know the new neighbors. Sorry to hear you have had such an awful experience. The last unit sold to a much younger couple and I said to myself, “oh no, lots of parties and such”. My internal thoughts proved to be incorrect and reminded me not to judge before I get to know. They turned out to be a lovely couple and when parties are going on I am always invited. I actually call the husband, the mayor. He knows everyone and keeps abreast of everything going on in the community.

Rori – I would be as traumatized as your DB. I cannot remember the last time I saw snow!

Michele – Hopefully the permanent bridge will be installed soon! You have had your challenges with the replacement process. Sorry about Loki. If this is unusual behavior Loki may be ill and it may be time for a vet visit. I still do not know how you bake so much and manage to not partake. If I made brownies they would never make it to the freezer!

sh0tzz99 – I have always been a napper but also an extremely early riser. My favorite thing to do during the weekends is to take a decent nap each day. Sounds like some mediation and/or visualization exercises may assist. 100 years ago I used to stress out and an old timer at work said to me, you have to start thinking differently. When you go through that door (leaving work) pretend you’re a duck and just let it roll off of your back like water runs off a duck’s back. I started visualizing the day rolling behind me every time I left work and it helped. Enjoy Disneyland – maybe the break is what you need!

Katie – Sorry about your dad. Poor guy. How many soft foods can someone eat before it is entirely boring! Hoping he has a quick recovery.

Evelyn – Hope your mini-goals are working out. I think sometimes we stress ourselves out trying to tackle too many things at once. Changing one small thing can make such a big difference.

NYKaren – Love the penny idea!

Mallie – Congratulations on your weight loss. Wow, 51 pounds down! What a fabulous milestone. Hope all works out with the doctor and he is reasonable and realizes you’re an asset. If not, it sounds like you have a solid plan in place.

Amber – I do not know how you and DH keep up with JR! Wow, I see how some of the City Church rules are related to security, but wow! And, parents cannot know workers and/or check on their child. Sounds like a set up for abuse. It’s great you have options, but I imagine other parents do not. And, simply just scary to me!

Pip – Hope you have a great trip!

Lisa – I just love when Smokey the cat complains about something he is not happy about. He is strictly an indoor cat and will sit and meow at the window when he wants fresh air. He’s pretty good about not waking me in the wee hours of the morning.

Grocery Delivery – I haven’t tried it. Living alone it’s best for me to run out to the stores to make sure I am amongst humanity every now and then. Reading through the positive comments I will consider if I am ever sick or just too busy to properly shop.

Whew – I think I am caught up for the end of October. If I missed anyone it was not intentional – see you next month!

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Allie – do you think my gums would recede in three weeks? Or my teeth shift in three weeks? Now if this was forever, I would say that they might, but in three weeks? I’ve already had the bridge put it back in place once and less than 24 hours later it came out as I was having soft cheese.

How I wish Vince would replace some of the bushes. He has to stand on a ladder to trim a few of them. A couple don’t bother me, but there is one that I get scared to death every time he trims it. Yes, it’s only once/year that he trims it. But it’s on a slope, I have to hold the ladder while he’s using the electric hedge trimmer. It really does scare me. Maybe now he can do it, but what happens if he can’t. If he can’t, I’ll have the bushes replaced with bushes that don’t grow real tall so that I don’t have to trim them.

Jess is going to have a white Halloween….what a change from the Caribbean

I feel so bad for the trick or treaters. They’re calling for thunderstorms tomorrow. Rained all day today. We don’t even have the inflatables out, and we probably won’t get them out. Well, for us that’s good because before you can put them away, you have to dry them. At least we won’t have to do that.

Bought this item, skinny pasta. Think I’ll give it a try. Someone at bowling suggested it. Well, it can’t hurt. It’s not something that needs refrigeration like shirataki noodles The package says that they’re made of konjac. To be honest, I’d never heard of konjac. It says that it is a plant native to Japan and has been used there for hundreds of years. The roots are harvested to create noodles. Konjack contains fiber and absorbs water to help you feel full.

Regarding Haunted fridge: I make things and then portion them out and put in the freezer. The only thing in the refrigerator are the meals that we’re going to eat the following week

Michele in NC

Hi Gals,
Readers (and non-readers) thank you for the great list! I’m going to read reviews and then check a few out of the library.

Today was a total busy crazy day! Gardened for 3 hours, embroidered, meet with clients, unloaded and stacked a cord of firewood, then took my ½ nephew and his girlfriend (they are in high school) out to dinner. Totally shot any chance of calorie count – we had fish and chips (but really fish and fries) for dinner.

I had not met the girlfriend before, she seems very nice, bright and looking to be challenged at school and in a career. She’s 17 and isn’t sure which direction she wants to go. Mike (my ½ nephew) is much less forward looking, he is constantly looking for a get rich quick scheme at just 16 – the current one is he is trying to find someone to sue for something/anything. Much of dinner conversation was about what a stupid lame idea that was; I’m not sure he understood that all the “just because” suing just costs everyone money and there is no magic bucket of money he is dipping into. I will be coming back to this idea in the future.

Kim from N. California

Regarding posting while using a phone or tablet ... if you move the phone or tablet mid-post, it will disappear. You've got to keep the phone or tablet still.

Also, there was a time that if you used emojies in a post, while using a phone or tablet, the post would disappear. I don't know if that has been fixed or not.

But that's why I find it easier to post using my desktop or laptop.


M in Oz

Morning, afternoon and evening, all...

Second time this fall that it's been below freezing in the morning morning, but not far below, just one degree here - they were thinking they'd get snow on the north side of the mountains (we're in the southern foothills), but that didn't pan out. At least it's dry, and supposed to be for the next four days. Then the rains start up again.

I try not to post on phone or tablet because I'm so blinking slow with that dinky virtual keyboard, but never had issues losing posts other than the fact that I'd hit the "done" button instead of the "post" button, so it was my own fault.

Good day yesterday - mini-reorganization at work, but little to no impact on me. During weekly one-on-ones on Mondays, still slugging it out verbally with my new boss, but she used to write grants, so while she pays lip service to me being valuable, she still thinks I'm doing it wrong, because I'm not doing it her way. Lots of words. Trying to capture what value I can from it, but most I simply let roll off. Upper management is happy with what I do and how I'm doing it, so I'm less worried than I might be.

I am trying to adjust to honestly being happier than I've ever been in my life. That sounds a little weird, and may be yet another outgrowth of all the endorphins from exercising daily--but I find myself just beaming at people for no reason. Stresses roll off my back. I love my husband, love our house, love my job, love the fact that he loves HIS job. Can't remember ever being in a space where I wasn't pushing up against something large to try to change it. Which is why the whole struggle with the new boss is quite minimal. She's what she is, I can't change her, all I can change is my attitude toward her.

OK, time to go put on my gym shoes and head down the mountain. If I don't stop in later, we'll see you all in November! For the new ones, Barbie will post a link at end of her day which will lead you to the new monthly thread.

Love y'all,
Lisa in AR