WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2020

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Irish Terri Both of your girls are old enough to join us.

It was them who put me onto MFP in the first place. They are both members, but inactive at the minute.

Tookk the extremepump class today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Denise Austin Power Zone DVD

KJ – that pie chart to me is sometimes interesting. But I don’t hold a lot of stock in it since it doesn’t differentiate between good and bad carbs. Now THAT’S something I’d like to see. But I know that it won’t happen

Barbara – many times I would love to just have an appetizer for dinner. I’m really not that full. But the biggest problem is that most times the food on the appetizer menu is deep fried. Same for the child’s menu. Not all the time, but most of it.

Another thing I do when we go out to eat is I almost always have water no ice. I don’t care for coffee and don’t want to put diet soda in my body. I’m not a soda drinker. The only time I might have something other than water is when I have tea (no sugar or milk)

M – that cruise sounds lovely. I agree, in the sun is the ONLY way to listen to a course, or anything for that matter

SuziQ – what I did this morning was used a soup ladle and got most of the yogurt out of the pot. Then, for the little that was left, I put that in a small bowl and then put the bowl in the bag and turned it upside down. Worked fine and didn’t need someone else to hold the bag open. I knew I could do it by myself!

Heather – keep watching DH.

JR- happy birthday

After exercise went to the Salvation Army. Didn’t get anything. Then I decided to stop by Michael’s to see if I can get more yarn but ACMoore was still there. My understanding was that Michael’s was going to be in there by the end of Feb. But ACMoore did have a good sale. Admitted, they didn’t have a lot of things, but what they had was anywhere from 50-70% off. Just got a few things. Off to bowling now. I’ll see how high my team got in the standings since I wasn’t there.

Went to ceramics and picked up my Jiminy Cricket

Go to the dentist tomorrow a.m. for him to start on the crown that I need

Sharon – so sorry about your daughter. How great that you’ll be there!

Katla – if someone else hit you, how can you get sued? I must have missed something. You certainly have some of the worst luck

Michele NC

Yesterday (Monday 9 March) was Labour Day or as it is called in Tasmania "Eight-Hour Day". It's nice that Australia celebrates my birthday (March 9) with a long weekend.

The idea behind "Eight-Hour Day" celebrates the idea of 8 hours rest, 8 hours work, and 8 hours recreation and a post on FB asks:

Are you able to divide your day into 8 hours rest, 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation?





I nearly choked on my tea when I read that ... 8 hours recreation??

I get 7 hours rest if my day has gone well, and the remaining 17 hours are work/uni or preparation for work/uni or getting to and from work/uni or attending medical appointments and other appointments related to brain injury or taking care of personal business ...

Recreation comes in minutes here and there when I might be able to process a photo I took that day or occasionally read a chapter of a fiction novel or if I actually pay full attention to a TV show for a moment or two instead of having it as background noise.

And it's all very well and good telling people that they don't need to do so much ... but there's work to be done and someone has to do it.

Got a work email today that hinted restrictions may be coming ... cannot wait! Probably won't happen but it would be so nice to be told to stay home and not go out for a couple weeks.


Machka in Oz

Well my weight lost chart looks like some stone in Utah.... The dramatic uptick and back down towards the end there was me just settling into my eating habits.👍
💖Rebecca

Hi ladies just a quick post, mum not feeling well so on my way over to give her a bit of company. I think she feels worse because she hasn't got my dad to look after/think about so her own aches and pains are on her mind more. She hasn't been well for months now. Seems I'm calling the doctor every week, wish she could at least get rid of the sciatica pain.

Amber I'm loving the little video's you have been posting. Parenting through the ages Yikes some of the things they did. Also the kids trying different lunches - so funny.

Not sure how the drive in testing for corona virus is working, I'll maybe have to look it up, wonder if it's like a drive through at McDonalds (going from one window to another getting tested)

Still catching up, take care everyone.

Love Viv
UK

DH and I walked around the neighborhood discussing the back fence that our neighbor wants to put in, we think it is a good idea but are going to wait and see what the estimate and our share would actually be before we decide to go all in. The spring time weather, the tulip bulbs sprouting, the later sun set time, all have been my focus to staying positive and confident. It is key to functioning for me, that and my DH and I use humor to refocus our worries.....I also suggest finding one reliable source for news and medical directives and ignore the rest. I have agency over my feelings, staying mindful

NYKAREN

Good Tuesday,
Massage was wonderful! Went to grocery. The produce was slim picking. I did get berries so I am happy again. I didn't get home until 830. Had yogurt with berries for dinner(I was starving). Put groceries away. Forgot to close food diary last night. Curled up with magazine in bed a little after 9. I actually got 7.5 hours of sleep!

If I knew my friend better I would probably approach. She is an introvert (that much I know). Her socializing is only good for a max of about 60 minutes, then she gets shut off. I just know that if I go out again with them that I have something to entertain with afterwards😎

Michelle- LOVE Jiminy cricket. You just settle back in wherever you are!

Amber- it sounds like JR had a great birthday.

Sharon- prayers for your daughter. Congratulations on reaching goal!

News- grumble.....It is overwhelming....I briefly listen in the morning. My husband just asked me about toilet paper! I guess stores are running low. Just how much toilet paper can even a family of 4 go through if they had to stay home for 2 weeks? SMH! One more thing for my anxiety ridden friends to stress about. A friend who is a manager at a local drug store says no one is buying regular soap, spray lysol, or liquid bleach. They only want hand sanitizer and powdered bleach. It is like everyone got allergic to water or something. I personally am not a fan of hand sanitizer. I find it sticky and smelly. I get sometimes it is the only option, but give me soap and water. As for the virus......I get my flu shot, I try to stay healthy, wash my hands, and keep pens out of my mouth. The rest is what it is. I refuse to add that fear into my life.

I am struggling with a few feelings right now. First, my MIL. She has slowly but surely pulled herself from all her friends, she has sold all her properties (one still up for sale), she isn't sleeping(I hear a lot of that), she isn't eating well. None of this is new, but is getting worse. She won't wear her hearing aids and can't hear. She goes to doctor, but won't take meds. I am MAD at her!!! I am MAD that she is stressing out her son! I am MAD that she won't change things that might help her. I don't know what to do......suggestions?

The second is work. This is probably just the "contolling" side of me. My sister in law half does things. She helps me by totalling invoices, but only some. She puts prices on some of the invoices for me to figure estimates. She calls some invoices. Grumble. Now......probably Just in my head.......I feel like she is judging why I have a hard time getting them done.....As I said....probably just in my head. I don't have the luxury of ignoring the customers while I am totalling bills. I get that the customers want to talk to me. I do know my mowers. It isn't going to change so just need to change my attitude. She left at 2 yesterday. We are going into Spring one mechanic short and I need help at front counter. This will be an interesting Spring.......attitude change is all that I can change. Husband concerned about a new shop in town. I said they spend a lot on advertising. They do things with the community. All i can do is make sure to treat all my customers fairly and ensure their units go out correctly repaired. I can't make changes to advertising or community involvement. Changes in attitude! I have y'all to help me with that.

Machka- I am trying to figure out how to get 8/8/8. I am excited to get 7.5 hrs sleep. I am working including transit 10 hrs most days. They didn't leave time for cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc. It would be utopia if we could manage 8/8/8.

Changes in attitude. Changes in latitude. (A little Jimmy Buffet)

😗🤗🦋

Kylia in Ohio