WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2019

KAREN love the FB entries keep em coming

HEATHER you two are legends indeed

TERRI loved the poem, I'd love to be able to write.

Kate UK

Barbara - Thank you for the advice about reading to the dog. I forwarded that to her mom and maybe she can start practicing reading to their pets.

Tina I, too, have noticed that something is wrong with the editing feature. The vanilla code refers to administrator privileges that some MFP moderators have (we don't have those privileges). Usually that error code comes up when it's been more than an hour (too late to edit). But recently, the code comes up, or the editing attempt simply fails, even if the editing attempt is within a few minutes of having written the post. It's an MFP glitch & hopefully there will be enough complaints that MFP will fix it.

Karen in Virginia

Morning, afternoon and evening, all... 'Tis a cold and breezy day, to say the least--down to 34 degrees (1C) per our thermometer up here on our mountain... and still dropping. Evidently nearly 600 flights have been cancelled in and out of O'Hare (Chicago) and they've already had one plane slide off a runway on landing (no one hurt). Snow-mageddon up north. For us, the rain is passing fast, and just supposed to be bitter cold, just barely getting up to freezing for the next couple days, and lower at night. If I don't want to go down the mountain to the gym in the morning, I can pull out the rower...

Terri - your poem was a harbinger for me, but much more beautiful than the reality of wet leaves slapping your exposed ankle on the way to the mailbox... The poem was gorgeous.

Margaret, and everyone else who was so kind, thank you for thinking about my husband. He's a good man, and an amazing family man.

Back to my spreadsheets - truly one of my favorite things to do, extrapolating out when you've got enough data to be able to do so. Still however, putting my elbow in my new bosses throat--she wants to be in every single meeting I'm in, and it's not just not necessary, and can be actively detrimental to some. I'm still politely telling her "no," and then explaining why. She doesn't get it, but is backing off when I request it still. So far, anyway.

But spreadsheets don't try to micromanage me... might be why I like them so much.

Later, y'all,
Lisa in AR

1948Peachy wrote: »

NSV ~ Not much, but, for the first time in 2 or 3 years, I walked the Pom a mile today! Thank the Lord for healing through knee surgery.

It is A LOT, Carol! Well done!

"only" 62 new posts since I posted yesterday!

@cityjaneLondon Thank you for that information about bone health. I actually always did think there must be an evolutionary reason that people gain with age. I thought it might be to have some extra weight in case of major illness. It did help my mom. She got kidney cancer at 55 and lost weight radically so the extra weight she started with was possibly helpful in her survival before she got treatment. I used to diet (try to lose weight) some mostly in my 20s but I was more an exerciser and was never very skinny. I used to drink too much (up to 4 drinks!) a bit on weekends w a friend in high school sometimes but since then I was nearly a teetotaller till about age 50 and now I have maybe 1-2 glasses per week average - sometimes nothing for months and sometimes maybe 3-4 glasses is the odd more social week - on holidays, vacation... Not sure about calcium. I used to eat tons of dairy but much less in past years - harder to digest. I might be low on the calcium area. (just bought cheese and yogurt etc!) dairy tends to give me the sniffles. my mom had osteoporosis. she was not athletic at all. How do you know you have stronger than usual bones? I'm supposed to avoid impact w kneed thing. and maybe weight bearing too. have been doing (boring) Exercycle and some weight machines of late. I find the weight training kind of interesting, maybe cause it's new to me and there are many machines. You don't know what is bothering your husband. I had an ex who was also a serious runner (marathons, then half-marathons) and he had not great upper body posture. I wondered if the running took a toll I guess.

sh0tzz99 wrote: »

Question for you all. Are any of you or do any of you know avid readers who are dyslexic? I ask because my niece is dyslexic and likes to read, but is being discouraged from being a "reader," because she reads slowly and it's "hard." I don't want her to think that just because of these things, she can't be a reader. But, if it's truly not likely to happen, I'd like to know that. I just don't want to believe it.

I sees some students who tell me they are dislexic in higher ed sometimes (plus those who don't tell me), so one can go pretty far (presumably involving plenty of reading over the years). Reading slower if necessary should be ok I think. Perhaps it depends on the degree of dyslexia.

"Without treatment, some people's childhood dyslexia continues into young adulthood. Others' will improve naturally as their higher learning functions develop." https://www.healthline.com/health/dyslexia-symptoms-by-age

I'm with TerriRichardson. I'm pretty sure one can often do very well with dyslexia.

@LisaInAR It was surely good for your DH to talk about his brother.

@ginnytez I went to see the work doctor Friday and he said he thought I should take some sick leave (due to stress, etc). I expressed concern for my student and he said if I didn't take some time off I would end up needing to take more time off later. I agree 23 is huge, plus in 3 schools so w some travel time. I used to buy gifts and send to the usa but SO expensive. Ordering a gift for another on amazon is not fun, so I agree with you.

from yesterday I only got lawyer thing done. Didn't go to the gym yesterday but went today and did 20 Min on cycle machine and about 25 min (?) of weight training. did not tidy at all and its aMESS. really not a good way to take care of myself to leave the place messy. I've really been having trouble with that lately. i guess it's psychological. I can go for a walk or to the gym but don't get to cleaning; that didn't used to be a big problem.

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Icy weather just hit hard. We’re miserable 😖 Hubby been sick now I’m getting the sore throat y JR nose is running ugghhh . Ice y Rain 🌧

Amber Tx

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Happy Origami Day!

"Let's get the world to fold! Celebrate origami by spreading the joy of paperfolding during World Origami Days, held each year from October 24–November 11, a 2-1/2 week celebration of the international community of origami!. ... October 24 is the birthday of Lillian Oppenheimer (1898-1992), who founded the first origami group in America. She was also one of the founders of the British Origami Society and OrigamiUSA. A dynamic woman, she was delighted in the magic to be found in a piece of paper and wanted to share it with the world."

SuziQ - This is a pretty small town so getting a farmers market up and running has been a challenge. We're an agricultural area, but most of our crops are not food crops (I see a lot of cotton and seed corn). So when we first moved here, the "market" might have two or three home gardeners trying to get rid of their surplus zucchini and that's about it. The whole thing was also hampered by a lack of space, but our new Heritage Square has fixed that. Right now we have a couple of grass-fed meat/poultry vendors, a soap and lotion maker, homemade dog treats, herb and vegetable plants, a small grower who sells vegetables and pickles, and various crafters. It's exciting to finally see the market getting some wind in its sails!

exermom - Interesting article about baking. I really enjoy it, and this time of year I do a lot of baking for gatherings and gifting. Got to get that stuff out of the house - or at least packed away into Philip's office - to avoid the temptation to over-indulge!

To those of you who have served in your country's armed forces or supported loved ones who served, thank you!


Well, it was 70 degrees Fahrenheit here this morning, but the overnight low is forecast to be 27 degrees and it is windy as heck out there right now. Think I got everything tucked away into the greenhouse or indoors. Then I got a call from my sister about Dad's river house, which we don't normally winterize until after Thanksgiving. I was afraid I was going to have to drive down there to cut off the water, but fortunately my niece, who is an hour closer, was able to go. Thank goodness - I wasn't looking forward to a two-hour drive each way in this wind!

Y'all stay warm!

-Yvonne in TX