WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2020

stats for the day:

back to under a 10min mi. finally

bike ride hm 2 gym, wind n sprinkles- 9.09min, 135mhr, 10.4amph, 1.59mi= 63c
apple watch- 64c
ROWING MACHINE- 10min, 68aw, 119ahr, 140mhr, 1758meters or 1.09mi= 77c
apple watch- 96c
arm ski machine- 10min, 52aw, 124ahr, 139mhr, 1610meters or 1mi= 88c
apple watch- 101c
floor exercises- 2sets of 10ea, 6 diff exercises, 110ahr, 141mhr= 31c
apple watch- 43c
bike ride gym 2 dome, rain- 6.36min, 135mhr, 13.8amph, 1.52mi= 55c
apple watch- 59c
bike ride puy 2 sumn station, rain n wind- 17.26min, 145mhr, 10.4amph, 3.03mi= 152c
apple watch- 112c
jog sta 2 wrk, rain- 5.21min, 9.26min mi, 154mhr, .56mi= 70c
apple watch- 64c
jog wrk 2 sta, rain- - 4.35min, 9.50min mi, 153mhr, .46mi= 57c
apple watch- 59c
bike ride dome 2 hm, rain-- 20.36min, 7.5amph, 152mhr, 2.58mi= =189c
apple watch- 148c

total cal 782

kymarai wrote: »

So I have been asked by two people what I would do for my birthday if I could do anything.....sad part is....I can't really think of anything. Then youngest says, adult only or with grands. This weekend as we all work and they are out of town next weekend. I know that for my 60th I am planning on being in the Philippines with my long time girlfriends, but that is 3 years away. Saving money now. Maybe the museum in Cincinnati. Was thinking of things my husband wont do with me but there really isn't much on in the movie theaters. The dinner theater is $68 a person! The theaters dont have anything going on. We could just go get our nails done and have lunch....Man, I dont like questions like that. My days revolve around work and helping husband. If it was spring/summer trail walking. Ideas? Cold here in Ohio....

❤
Kylia

I usually celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, etc. etc. by cycling. Or sometimes hiking.

I don't know what the road conditions are like, so cycling might not be the most pleasant option right now.

In that case, I might go with ...

-- a day (or morning or afternoon) at the gym taking in a couple classes and maybe a personal trainer session.
-- a 1-hour massage.
-- maybe doing something different like trying rock climbing or taking a dance class.
-- going on a walking tour.


Happy Birthday!

Machka in Oz

Machka- thank you for the ideas. I will check a couple out. I hope the meds from doctor help.

Barbie- I don't do parties for my birthday. I am content with dinner with my family. My girls understand this and had to fight hard to get others to understand that when I turned 55. We will do something fun.

Husband's birthday is tomorrow, Wednesday . The local kids are coming over with pizza and cake after work. I ordered him some pancake mix he likes from Pigeon Forge. He kept asking when I was ordering more. Nothing fancy.

Tracey- I feel you! This has been the longest 2 days of work! It doesn't help that we have been slow. Like NO customers from 1-530 today. Ugh! I have been cleaning shelves, walls, and equipment. I hope your belly is happy now.

😍😴
Kylia sleepy in Dayton, Ohio

Katla - Sorry to hear your DH isn't feeling well. It's hard to be happy when they are off colour. Mine is making a valiant effort to be cheerful, but his back is still bothering him and he worries about it. I hope he will be ok at dancing tonight. If he doesn't want to go I will go by myself, but I would love him to come. To my surprise he is loving the singing! A lot of it is down to the brilliance of the teacher. As teachers ourselves, it is something we appreciate. Your chair yoga sounds similar.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Viv - (((HUGS))) for your family. Such a lot of stress for them. Make sure you have some fun.

Kylia - I don't really bother with ordinary birthdays. Just the ones with 0 on the end. I hate parties, so I ran away to my cruise last year. I was happy to have a little tea party and cake with the grandchildren, but my DDIL turned it into lunch and invited my elder son, so I had to put him up for a couple of nights and feed and entertain him just before I was going away. Grrrrrr! Not at all what I had in mind. Normally I just ask DH to cook dinner, or we go out for lunch and a stroll. The rare times when I have chosen to go out for posh dining I have got very nervous before hand, which isn't fun. Low key is much better.
Nails and lunch sounds good!
This year will be DH's 75th, so we might do something for that. A trip abroad?
DDIL is having a cream tea at the Grand Hotel and a trip up the i360 for her 40th. That is the family bit. We have to pay for ourselves!!!! I'm not impressed by that. For her friends bit she is having an all girls overnight party at her house and my son and the children are coming to stay with us. Hmmm! Seems as if we are facilitating this celebration. Then my son asked us if we could have the kids while he and she went away for the night somewhere. Hmmm! Luckily the dates he suggested we were away on our cruise. Phew!
For my 40th I had a huge party! Those were the days.
I keep threatening to have a silly disco party with all my favourite silly tunes, like the chicken song and YMCA etc, but I don't have the money to make that easy on me. If I could hire a great place with great food etc, I would, but that is not possible. I could do it on the cheap, but I would stress over micromanaging it all and that is not fun at all! My idea of a good party these days is just turning up in a nice dress, not giving myself a lot of work! That's why I chose the cruise. Let the company take the strain!

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

I took one antihistamine after I got back from the Dr and started dozing off over my work. Finally I decided to go home a little bit early. I fell sound asleep in the bus but fortunately woke up just in time to get off.

When I got home, I took another antihistamine, and went to bed. I was only going to nap for an hour or so ... and then go for a walk. Instead, I was out like a light for 2.5 hours.

This antihistamine ... my Dr told me that they came in 10 mg and 25 mg but because I have a long record of being sensitive to medication and having bad reactions to medication, she recommended I get the 10 mg. She also told me that I could take up to 70 mg at a time ... but again, because of my medication history, I should start with 10 mg and see how that went. If I didn't feel overly fatigued and was still feeling pain and itching, I could go to 20 mg and so on.

I can't imagine taking 70 mg!! 10 mg is enough to put me right out. 70 mg would probably require a visit by the paramedics.

Anyway, the 10 mg is easing things a bit. Hopefully it'll start to heal now. I've got it all covered by bandaging at the suggestion of my Dr. so that I don't bump it or inadvertently scratch it.

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Meanwhile ...

My university is discussing what to do about the coronavirus.

They're expecting roughly 4000 students from China, many of whom will be in my department.

I've enquired and the response I received was, "At the moment we encourage students to stay home until it is safe." ... but I don't know what that means. Are Chinese students to stay home? Are students who feel ill to stay home? Are all students to stay home?

Semester 1 doesn't start until Feb 24 so there is a bit of time ...

I'm trying to encourage them to change the courses to online rather than in-person. I've been trying to encourage them to go to online courses for years, and have been told "No", "No", "No", "No", "No". But finally I've had my most positive answer to that suggestion ... "we'll discuss it". I would be thrilled if this virus situation would be the trigger to changing the courses to online ... it would be a positive outcome from a bad situation.


And I've been thinking about something as we've been discussing the flu shot ...

I used to get sick about once every year or two in some way, but most of the time it hasn't lasted very long ... except for the years when I've worked with children.

Until I started going to this university. Since I've been going to this university, I get sick and stay sick for a long time. I didn't get sick the winter my husband was in hospital, but then I rarely attended the university. I was able to arrange things to do most of my work from home. But last year, I was back at the university again and I got sick right before getting the flu shot, and again a couple months after the flu shot.

This is another reason I really want to finish this degree this year. I want to stop attending university!!

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And now, I'm trying to get a bit done this evening. I've got laundry on the go and plan to work on my Christmas decorations a bit.


Machka in Oz

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morning ladies~
busy day today..yesterday was a very dark day for me...i only went to take care of Homer and spent most of the day in bed.. i have an appointment with the dr at 9:30 today, then a hair appointment, then have to take my neighbor to the dentist, think i might have a UTI or bladder infection.. plus hopefully they can tweek my meds

KJLaMore wrote: »

Supertasters- Seeing you post the "signs" of a supertaster, I really think it is describing my husband. Nearly all foods he tries, he claims that they taste or smell like something, in my mind, really crazy (like sour, bitter, dirty, or "chemical-y") He uses sour to describe a great many things. He is also a cilantro hater ("tastes like soap").
(Kelly)[/b]

I often use the word "sharp" to describe foods that aren't very good ... that are sour or chemical-y. My husband used to look at me like I had lost my marbles, but he got used to it. For example, a tomato-based sauce over pasta will likely be too "sharp" for me ... and I'll have to salt it like mad to tone down the "sharpness" so I can eat it.

Capsicum (especially green peppers) are a really "sharp", chemical, bitter thing. Not only do I not like eating them, I also don't like eating anything they've touched. Like if they're on a pizza, and they've touched the cheese, they are so strong they will have tainted the cheese.

And "dirty" ... have you ever had plain wild rice, not mixed with a domestic rice? That's a great description of "dirty" ... plain wild rice tastes like the whole swamp has been included!

On the positive side, it makes sticking to pretty much the same thing every day very easy.


Machka in Oz

Cooking - I taught myself having a special needs mother I didn’t have the benefit of old recipes to watching her make things from scratch. I never learned how to apply makeup or do my hair so simple stuff lip balm (colored sometimes as a teen) with some glitter eye shadow for children. Always straight hair sometimes in a ponytail or with a easy to figure out hair clip on one side. We took classes at the Memtal Health and Retardation government run center together to teach her to cook y me to help her. Dad before that cooked it was grilled steak, hotdogs,fruit, baked beans from a can,y toast. Mom made cereal 🥣,Toast with butter,or easy stuff like TV dinners y pop tart. So growing up was not the most stomach disease friendly foods for me. She learned from cooking classes y us kids to make chili, Gravy, burnt pork chops, fried chicken with coating burnt falling off because she put it in too early lol,soup from a can. Stuff that was easy my BF y me taught her for hours. Dad gave me a public school then homeschool cooking classes on top of the government ones I got good at it.

I can only make restaurant ranch dressing from the Sysco packets of powder add ingredients shake y stir then refrigerate serve to customers. Homemade stuff like that y yogurts beyond my abilities still (Have tried many times finally mastered Jello! ) Funny cause I started cooking Duck 🦆 ala orange young for Christmas Dinner when Dad wanted it to made homemade salt pickles ... yet jello always came out watery lol. Finally Realizing the fast way it says on the box doesn’t work for me! Tried another way now easy to do. Mom learned to stick mandarin oranges in a can in her jello guess that be my next step lol. Funny cause I have worked in restaurants but since it’s mainly grilling to flat grills I find it easier than a regular kitchen stove! I have had to learn it all myself. Learned how to dress myself for my era too late but finally did it. I still wear bell bottoms tho lol just call them boot cut lol people accept that lol 😂.

Amber Tx

Bought some groceries online from Walmart.com again wish they were in-store!
Gets tiring having to guess shoe sizes for JR online hope it’s right. Got my protein shake powder 2 of them.Of course a few more things to Hubby some night slippers hoping they fit.

Their is 4 types of Coronovirus not sure if this new one fits in the 4 previous categories or if it’s a new one that will need its own. Cold virus to phemonia is a type of coronovirus.

1.Alpha
2.Delta (I keep wanting to call this one Omega lol)
3.Beta
4.Gamma

SARS y Mers is also a coronovirus. Novel Coronovirus is the brand new one.

Wear a face mask ,wash hands,avoid crowds, stand with ample space in between who your talking to not up close,air filter that gets more than most for AC/Heater ,wear gloves like our ancestors look like your going to a cocktail party lol,y hygiene is all you can do.
Even then you can catch it in your house 🏡 with no contact so what will be will be. So live life don’t worry. Stock up on a few foods in case like China we get shut in or something.Will live off rice y apples here lol 😂 a reason to get rid of it.

Amber Tx

Machka- tomato sauce Prego only one I like all others even homemade I got to add sugar a tsp to cut the sharp taste. Anything in a metal can metallic taste even canned corn so I cook each a way I can to not taste it like lemon juice! Added helps me to pepper Blk or water added after it’s drained fry it in a frying pan to brown even peas. If milk products a week before turning I taste sour without seeing the date. Made me a test subject at work lol taste this. Put milk on the list Amber tastes sour! Got a week use it up! I find my taste buds like Dads ,Daughter,y JRs is considered to be over active or very fine .We have been test subjects for food companies we taste tested Sierra Mist ,zero drinks, cereals, etc. we stopped after Daughter joined the Navy.

Amber Tx

Margaret- Big hugs 🤗. Ever since JR been a roller coasters 🎢 lol .He has learned how to climb the couch so stress is a constant with this kid lol. I do wear face mask 😷 certain parts of winter y avoid crowds. What will be will be. We have huge windows in our home let’s light in which I love even the doors are windows. Lots of veggies to protein shake for Vegan n my house. Salt y sugar avoiding as much as you can now if days. Impossible to fully cut it out (processed foods to GMOs) . The big windows open makes walking indoors feel more open

Went on the bus to my favourite supermarket. I talked to the woman next to me all the way there and the same woman caught my bus back and we chatted again.
The weather is gorgeous. Good job as we are walking to dancing this evening. Looking forward to it immensely.

KJ - yes, my DDIL's 40th birthday, in March. I'm feeling a little bit resentful, but I'm trying to get over myself. I don't see why we should be taking the strain of a kids sleepover more than once, and I'm a bit annoyed at them inviting us to something, us accepting happily, and then being told we have to pay. I accepted before I knew about the paying and I'm not sure I would have accepted the i360 if I knew I was paying. Cream tea for all her family at the Grand Hotel sounds nice and I don't mind paying my share. I hope I will have the courage to refuse the second sleepover if my son asks us again. Don't want to do two weekends in quick succession. The cricket season starts in April, after the cruise, which is a help. I'm happy to help once for her birthday girly bash, but after that.......
I very much hope your zoning etc goes ahead and you get what you want. You more than deserve it. How you are managing to lose weight with all that going on is amazing! Well done. :drinker:

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx