WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2020

Karen in VA: You have a busy life. I envy your proximity to your grandchildren, and your opportunity to spend time with them. Enjoy your babysitting.

Amber: Raw celery is a great snack when you really feel like munching is a necessity. It takes more calories for your body to digest than the celery contains. Win for the dieter. You can eat all the celery you want when the munchies hit. Don’t dip it into calorie loaded dips without counting the calories in the dip. :noway:

Rebecca: Your son texted you!!! YAY!!! :bigsmile:

Kim: You were absolutely right to intervene with your mom. Good for you, and even better for her. I am happy that you were able to spend time with your nephew.

Viv: Prayers for your SIL. :flowerforyou:

Heather: You seem to have a huge number of options for enjoyable activities. Good for you & DH!!! :bigsmile:


This morning I’m scheduled for a bone density scan at the hospital. DH doesn’t feel good enough to accompany me, so I’ll be on my own. :sad: I guess I’ll just have to put on my big girl panties. :ohwell:

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

still feel yucky.

RvRita

Machka, what great ‘‘tis on goal setting! I’ve jotted them down and plan to keep them in my weekly note file to review.

I hope the fires I see marked in Tasmania are fat from you, and perhaps more easily controlled in your less arid climate. Like most of us in the USA, I’m horrified by the battle going on on your mainland. The photos and news clips have me nearly in tears, and I’m not an easy crier.

I’m concerned, of course, for the koalas and bird life, but especially for the various flying foxes, since I’ve followed the videos from Batzilla (a rescue near Brisbane) for several years. I find myself really wanting to go back to the nocturnal house at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo to watch them there. I hate to see any creature confined in a zoo, but I can work toward things like getting aquatic mammals re-homed first.

Lisa, Levi Matthew has the bemused stare I see on many newborns in just-post-birth-cry mode. I interpret it as being comparable to adults’ “what the h_ll just happened?” look. You must be delighted to see him, even by internet.

Amber, i found myself in the middle unwillingly of an emotional fracas between my D3 and DGS4 over MY car. With 4 adults, 3 with jobs and one in charge of my autistic DGS9 (number, not age - he’s 7), transportation needs have a way of getting misunderstood. Screaming match between the two ensued. On his account, dgs3 is just newly started on a medicine to treat his depression and was heading to his counseling appointment. On d3’s account, she’d just sent dsil3 and child to meet bus and was due to leave for her work at once. Gah! Then sarcastic dsil3 decided to make snarky comments. Ignored the drama as much as possible and focused on “who has or needs what car?” D3 off to work in hers, dgs7 off to appointment, dsil3 left to mutter imprecations at dishes, I left to make healthy choices for breakfast - not. They seemed wise at the time, but when I added things up! Wow! Readjusted the rest of my day to include R&R for my cold and disposition. No work, thank goodness.

Oh, Rebecca! Your post just allowed me to start forgiving myself for some years of awful neglect of my father after mom died and I moved out on my 21st birthday (age of majority for Ohio women then). I would call or write maybe every 6 months. Calling was still expensive in the 60s, but he wrote often, even though dealing with my mentally ill and later drug addicted brother, a failed re-marriage after too short a time and 3 children of hers involved. I realize now that he loved me the same as always, worried about me as always, and wanted to see me as much as I wanted to see him. 2200 miles is a long way, even today. I feel better after reading your post to your son.

More later, maybe! Sharon

Heather: Good news about your pleasure with the singing group. YAY! Your white Irises sound gorgeous.

Rita: I hope you feel better soon. :flowerforyou:

NYKaren: The bone density was easy-peasy. There was no need to adjust clothing. I chose to wear yoga pants with no zipper. The scan just looked at my pelvic bones.

Sharon: Great to see your post! I’ve missed your comments & I am happy that you are back. :bigsmile:.


I did just fine driving on my own to my bone density scan. Traffic was not a problem at this time of morning. DH needed the rest, and I felt good about getting something important checked off on my to-do list. :bigsmile:

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

Go SuzyQ !!!!

Just watched yet another inspiring choir programme by Gareth Malone. This one was set in a prison for young offenders. Wow, was it hard, but the results were truly touching. His choir efforts have inspired the nation to get singing.

Another AF day for me today.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx