WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2020

Looks like I’m at 2860streak days... 7.84 years

Had some wholemeal spelt spaghetti today. Don't know how long it had been languishing in the cupboard, but certainly well before we moved here. Anyway it was delicious with the king prawns, homemade pesto, peas and spinach. Not a low calorie meal, but I have a 900 burn. AF today.

Did some rowing today for my bonus exercise. And had a little nap.

Looking forward to singing tomorrow. Won't have to battle the wind and rain this week. It's just cold.

I'm preparing for my weekend guests by washing their bed linen etc. I might even iron it, for once in my life!
One thing I love about Burns Night is that the menu is decided for you! I'm going to have nibbles in the living room when they arrive of blinis with creme fraiche - half smoked salmon and half faux caviar. Then, at the table, the haggis, neeps, tatties, something green, and a whisky and cream sauce. Then I'm sure we will be too full for dessert so we will retire to the living room again for chocolate truffles and maybe a fruit nibble, like mango cubes on sticks. Or cherries, if I can find any.
I have a tartan table runner and napkins in the form of Scottish pound notes. The men will wear 'Wee Jimmy' tartan berets, with ginger hair attached. We do the whole thing with bagpipe music, reading the 'Address to a Haggis' and the stabbing of it with a big knife. We have five different kinds of single malt whisky.


I tried to write my memoir this morning, but only managed a few words. One thing I am steeling myself to do is look through my old diaries from when I was 13 or so. I have got to that point in my memoir and I want to quote the occasional entry. I am, quite frankly, nervous. It was a very difficult time of my life. This afternoon I got as far as getting the Memory Box out of my upstairs wardrobe. It is sitting there on the carpet.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Luci Those kids. So beautiful.

Amber Your husband had a complicated childhood.

Katla I might start yoga class. I find yoga difficult. That's probably why I should do it.

Janetr & Carol Holding both of you in my heart.

Heather Go forward with a fierce heart as you delve into your 13-year-old's diaries. You can do this. (((Hugs)))

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I'm going to complain a little about my partner. She is temperature sensitive. I gave her a nice ChiliPAD and a wonderful electric blanket, but when she is sitting in her bed propping up her casted R leg & feels too cold, she uses her iPad to change the whole house's thermostat settings by 5 degrees. Geez. $$$

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Karen in Virginia

Got the diaries out of the box.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Hi everyone, my name is Kathy and I'm from Oregon. I'm a little late on getting the new year started but here goes. I've gained back all 50lbs that I lost in 2011 and would love to blame it on my Rheumatoid Arthritis being out of remission or turning 55 or being happy and in love but I honestly think what it comes down to is will power and maybe some of the above all mixed together. I just keep gaining it back. My new year I like to take a moment to reconnect with myself and get my life under control again. All I've done these first few weeks is gain another 5lbs. Today, January 20 I start again. Refreshed and thinking straight and ready to tackle my self esteem and take control of my body. Is anyone else struggling like me? Any positive input is appreciated.

thermostat wars are real. I basically live in a hot house, visitors will actually strip down —not kidding. My DH has very poor circulation and starts to turn on the heat in October at the first inkling he feels chilly. And yes, he can and does control the thermostat remotely! KarenVA I can relate!!!
NYKAREN

I'm home and in bed.had a meeting with Dr P and then he had a meeting with the 3 of us..Mary I could tell was getting her hackles up because he mentioned staying on task and no chit chatting.. and that we need to work together.. I talked with him earlier and told him what a nightmare friday was.. and he asked what Mary was doing and I answered him honestly saying I was to busy to notice what she was doing.. Poor Zina her dad not doing well and they were going to intubate him this afternoon..so I ended up.assisting this afternoon..so Mary and Aimee had to do the insurance which is what I usually do..but she threw a dig in out of earshot of
Dr P saying well I'm doing YOUR work and mine.. and I told her I am doing Zinas work and we all need to rally around her and do our share.. she also made sure before I left to make sure to stay close dont take off anywhere in case we need you..
I cant wait for this vacation....

Agree with Barbie. Habits are the key. Two people I follow regularly have both recommended Atomic Habits. I havent read it yet, but I’m going to try to get it on audiobooks from the library. I have to make a trip to Nashville next week - six hours in the car there and back would be the perfect time to listen to it.

"Todo"s and "done"
Lanette, coach Ken calls them our “A” and “B” sides, recommends doubling up whichever exercise on the B side ‘til the strength equalizes with A. Then he confesses there are days when we have two “B” sides 25 steps each side sounds like a lot at one time… are you holding for 3 seconds each step up?
Welcome Kathy in OR!

Time to leave for the movies.

Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

Heat in the house - I grew up in a very cold house and swore I would never be cold again. I keep the heat up in our house but last week when we had to keep it exceptionally high so our pipes wouldn’t freeze was even too warm for me.

On Saturday evening they ended our cold weather warnings. Today at lunch time it reached 0. What a nice day it was.

So much more to say but didn’t take notes.

Tomorrow I go get the post put in for my crown and a filling. I am not looking forward to it. Thankfully I have Atavan to take before I go. Hubby will drive me and pick me up.

Tracey in Edmonton

Katla49 wrote: »

Heather: Looking at your old diaries from early teen years would be a challenge for many of us. I think it is a sign of strength & courage that you are willing and able to look at the past and include some of it in your memoir. It is a worthy and admirable effort. :flowerforyou:

My diaries from teen years are B-O-R-I-N-G!!

I've always been a data/numbers/lists person.

So from my first diary when I was about 10 years old, my entries read like:

Went to school.
Did language arts homework.
Start math homework.
Organised sock drawer.
Cycled for an hour.

By my late teens, I felt constricted by the tiny entry spots of children's diaries and migrated to appointment books and lists where I would write down everything I wanted to accomplish the next day in a list, and at the end of the day I'd check off what I did and write the rest onto the next day.

I recall that the summer between Grade 11 and Grade 12 I resolved to (and successfully did most of the time) read a portion of a book 5 days a week ... a chapter or for an hour or something. One day (let's say, Monday) I made my way through my mother's medical textbooks, the next day it was my father's accounting texts, the next day it was my French texts. I remember those three in particular ... I think a fourth was exercise books on running, cycling, weight lifting, etc. and I'm not sure, but the fifth might have been math. It seems to me I tried to wade into calculus without much luck. And I dutifully wrote down what I had read in my lists. Ah the summer when I was 17 ... I remember it well.

When computers came along, my lists were computerised which makes them less time consuming. I've got stuff to do in my calendars with notifications that pop up to remind me, and also a running list where, when I complete something, it goes to the bottom.

It seems to me that my mother saw what I was writing in my diary at some point early on and told me that I could write my personal thoughts and things there rather than just lists, but I was horrified. Why on earth would I want to commit my personal thoughts to paper for someone else to read?? So I don't think I ever did that.

Even when I tried to write fiction in classes in high school and some of my earlier post-secondary programs, instructors said my writing was somewhat detached and didn't show any emotion or feeling or anything. It was like I was writing an instruction manual.

I have since learned how to throw adjectives and adverbs into fiction to create a sense of feeling in order to get a decent mark in class.

And I have since learned that I really enjoy writing instruction manuals. And now I must get back to work ... I'm writing an instruction manual!!


Machka in Oz