WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2020
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I just added this on my Android phone
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Machka - I gave them all the clues and the pic of the alarm clock. Plus they regularly use our exercise machines with that display. My son thought about the lines but couldn't make it work.
Wonderful 5k along the sea front. I went on my own for the first time in ages, as DH was shopping. Heavenly weather. As I was alone I went down the busier end as I can weave about more. People were being very good, but it's definitely more crowded than last week. Police cars cruising to keep an eye out. Marroccos has opened up for takeaway ice cream, with a table across the entrance and social distance for the queue. They are only selling tubs, not cornets.
On the way home I passed our friends the two stone dogs. The kids love them. Here is one of them suitably attired.
Love Heather UK XXXXXX8 -
Interesting about the mfp ap for Android. I always thought I had gotten my permission settings too restrictive, like not allowing the ap access to the main memory or something. I have never been able to post a picture here from my phone. I can see the buttons that ought to do that, but no success.
Meanwhile it's a beautiful day here, with a storm expected this afternoon.
Annie in Delaware4 -
Michele- They make mats to go under the car seat to help with spills y for the seat itself for pee accident to spills. We use a car mat under the seat y a cloth pad made for pee accident for any spills plus Nuby sippercups the ones that spill the least we can. Food they make cups baby sticks their hand in made to stop spills. Of course Moms have to check a lot to make sure the cups not upside down or on the floor etc y food of course clean y wash regularly. I don’t allow eating on the car (chocking hazard if theirs a car accident). Until high school then I only allowed drinking at red lights but be aware in case a hit from behind (Daughter watched her mirror I rather it hit the floor than her teeth 🦷 in an accident) y a quick bite if her vegan tacos 🌮 back then. Everyone’s different.
Walmart to other sites type in
Carseat protector mat - look for one for that type of car seat or similar
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Summer-Infant-Baby-Non-Slip-Mat-for-Car-Seat-Protector-Black/16405758
Also this for when they kick the back of the seats with muddy feet
Kick Mat
http://www.walmart.com/ip/SafeFit-Kick-Mats-Baby-Car-Seat-Protector-2-Count/130204696
Nuby bottles y sippercup (create a account add company name like Michele DayCare they don’t ask for more just address )
https://www.nuby.com/usa/en
Travel snack cup
http://www.walmart.com/ip/OXO-Tot-Flippy-Snack-Cup-With-Travel-Cover-Navy/229102195
Here’s JRs car seat pee protection it’s washable easy to remove Waterproof Carseat Covers for Potty Training Stroller Protector Piddle Pad Machine Washable Car Seat Protector https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071Z9CNCQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-ZVNEbMWJKA9Y
Amber Tx
All lower cost ones shop around tho. Nuby site is cheaper than in store but always price check.1 -
Today exercising indoors like usual,eating last of the boiled eggs 🥚 y toast with jam. Salad yummy 😋 as my snack. Special K cereal with unsweetened almond milk,toffee granola,y a few butterscotch chips . Crystal light type lemonade,water 2 liters every day or more (I dehydrate easy poor absorption issues),y Gatorade zero.
Amber Tx
Cleaning bedding hot water,little bleach,y detergent (Mines not for show so not worried about discoloring but I still use color safe bleach carefully)4 -
lol...yikes!
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Machka: Your van story sounds like the fuel at the gas station was contaminated, likely with water. I hope all gets fixed and your van is okay.
Barbara: Deer have been living in our town for as long as we’ve lived here. I recently saw a doe with twin yearlings walking across our lawn. It put a smile on my face. :bigsmile:
Rebecca & Karen in VA: That photo of Athena sleeping is a delight.
Viv UK: Being confined to home except for needed grocery shopping is getting old and tiresome. I’ll bet there are millions of us around the world who are tired of isolation. :grumble: At least we have the opportunity to visit with one another here on MFP. :flowerforyou:
Karen: Here in the land of legal MJ, all you need is a valid driver’s license that shows you are of legal age to buy it at one of the many pot shops. Each state that has approved it has set up its own rules and regulations. The list includes OR, WA, CA, AK, NV, CO, IL, ME, DC, MD, MA, MI, MO. NV, NM, NY, ND, VT, HI. Each one of those states has its own rules and regulations. I think they’re closed in Oregon right now. We’re able to buy groceries, hardware, and gasoline but many businesses have been closed by order of the Governor during the COVID epidemic. :ohwell: I’m not sure which other states may have legalized MJ, and no idea about Canada or other countries. :noway:
Lanette: I’ve always thought the many renaissance paintings of women lying around with their boobs out were created by mostly males because that was what they wanted to see.
We’re cozy at home today. It is overcast and cool after several days of warm sunshine.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Afternoon ladies
Windy,chilly and storms rolling in later ..Homer and Alfie are chilling out.and we are watching little house..2 -
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Thanks @cityjaneLondon for that work around!0
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KetoneKaren wrote: »LuciBThinner wrote: »I
Tina Thanks to the people who have become addicts, chronic pain patients have a tough time these days. I went to the ER with pain that kept me awake 3 days straight…they gave me Tylenol. I told them I needed to get rest. They wouldn’t admit me or give me anything to help. I left crying (I never cry) and felt they had broken their oath by not helping me. I hadn’t taken anything strong for pain in a few years when that happened. It was the weekend, so I couldn’t call my regular doctor. After another 24 hours, I finally fell asleep and got 9 hours of sleep! I woke up a new person!! Ice is normally best friend – I also use Lidocaine patches and biofreeze…if I lived in a state where marijuana was legal, I would have a card. My doctor is very much in favor of it.
Love, health, and safety to All!! Luci in WNC
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Luci,As a health care professional, my take on this is as follows: while health care professionals are ethically bound to relieve pain and suffering, people who suffer from exacerbations of chronic pain should not expect ER physicians and urgent care physicians to prescribe strong pain medicines for them. Appropriate and ethical management of chronic pain must be done by a pain management specialist or other community-based doctor who has an ongoing relationship with the patient. Treatment of chronic pain with strong pain medicines is rarely warranted, but when it is, a thorough, longitudinal knowledge of the patients history, imaging studies, physical findings, etc., are essential in managing that patient's pain; in other words, a community-based primary care physician, spine specialist, rheumatologist, neurologist, oncologist, or pain management specialist. Emergency rooms and urgent care centers do have a role in treating acute pain - pain from a broken bone or a gallbladder attack, for example, - but not chronic pain exacerbations. In your case, you did get relief 24 hours later by simply sleeping, without narcotics, which could have caused harm to you or set you up for rebound pain. I empathize with chronic pain sufferers, but after 30 years of treating patients in an urgent care facility, my obligation to "do no harm" outweighs my obligation to "relieve pain and suffering" in a chronic pain patient who should have contacted their own physician. It's a tough choice; none of us wants to see patients suffering. However, it is the patient's duty to establish and maintain a relationship with an appropriate pain-management provider, and to contact them for exacerbation of chronic pain, rather than go to the ED or urgent care facility.
I agree that it's the patient-doctor relationship that should be managing pain. In our case, there are plenty of medications available to him right now. They just don't work. We want a diagnosis so we can take appropriate action. For example, if stretching will harm, we don't want him to stretch. However, we just don't know what is causing the pain in order to lessen it until things start opening up again.
I feel for those of you who do struggle with chronic pain. My grandfather had to my entire life and he was very cranky. I rarely heard him laugh or see him smile. When I did, it was special and the memories are sealed in my brain.
I have aches and pains, but nothing that keeps me from being active or causes me to think about the pain all the time. Opioids are responsible for our friend's downfall a few years ago. He is in a program now, but it almost ruined his marriage, his relationship with his kids, and any sense of normalcy for him. My cousin overdosed on pain patches many years ago. They can truly do harm.
I am glad that opioids don't seem to work for either of us so there is no need to take them. Marijuana is legal in my state both medically and recreationally, but I don't partake and haven't had a good reason to start-thankfully. That said, he's used a combo THC-CBD topical cream that seems to work better than the hardcore meds he's been prescribed. But it's not adequate and it's not a long term solution.
Tina in CA5 -
Interesting. I was able to post an Athena video but you still have to click on it.💖4
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https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/Jzw5bkkiSxWnfSP1gjyrKg.mPZqtSqV7QFPz_ic6JRFT-
One more, just because.💖
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Aww she painted!! So cute!
JR chasing Buckles (bubbles but he can’t say it) in his new shoes, sz 6 shirt he has on was tight but bubbles are messy. Surprised but glad some companies are starting to produce recycled containers for deodorant but got to get on a waiting list like a new game or phone.
Amber Tx5 -
Rebecca ~ Athena is going to be walking in no time. Love it.
Amber ~ JR looks like he is having a blast.
Carol in GA1 -
Love the videos of Athena and JR's bubbles look like loads of fun.
Aren't kids the best!
My chicken, spinach, lentil and pea curry was delicious.
I was too tired to make brownies. Boo! Plus, I didn't write today.
I will write tomorrow. Might get round to the brownies.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
And now, y'all need a towel huh! She is not reserved with her noises!
Today is the mirror image of yesterday eating wise.
Appetizer: 6 Triscut crackers with guacamole cup, farmers cut pepper jack cheese slice, 6 or so kielbasa sausage rounds that I cooked up yesterday.
Meal: 3 cups of chicken broth with lots of turmeric, a handful of cut up roasted chicken, a couple of baby potatoes, and a bit of wild rice. Then coffee the way I like it.
Not a lot but it stayed on my belly just fine. Presently doing a 22/2.
Wrote my youngest son finally, had been putting that off for a couple days. I did tell him to sort out his phone issues. In this day in age, and technology, there is no reason why he can't call me. Not hearing his voice for a year doesn't do this momma nothing but grief. I wrote it was hard on this ol' mommas heart! I did state that we agreed on a once a month text check in. I did cut him some slack, with what the whole world is dealing with. When I write a letter to him, its difficult because with out any feedback, I usually just ramble. ( Kinda like I'm doing now). I send it, and it goes into a dark void, never to be answered. That kid has not written a letter since boot Camp! But I do a lot of positive thinking. No news is good news and all that ballarky. I accept the things I cannot change. I have to think that the Navy is caring for him now, not I. 💖
💖Rebecca6 -
I think the painting was food coloring and whipping cream! The reason the dogs were so captivated, she was playing with food and they wanted some!😁
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Lol we make homemade play doh same reason.
Flour ,water,food coloring optional, y salt 🧂 mom did it for years. Can bake them to make ornaments to baby hand print keep sales 250* 2hours spray pan with Pam spray (to keep hand print paint after it cools to keep it hard y intact) (bigger ones sometimes 3hrs just check off y on) no right or wrong to mixing it can put the amount of salt 1/4cup ,1 cup of flour y add 3/4cup water can adjust as needed. To add scents don’t use anything other than some food seasoning like ginger or cinnamon! Safety first it’s so if they eat it their safe. Add a hole y ribbon paint it got a Christmas ornament for a few years. Reason for painting is so it doesn’t go moldy with age lol it is food.
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KetoneKaren wrote: »LuciBThinner wrote: »I
Tina Thanks to the people who have become addicts, chronic pain patients have a tough time these days. I went to the ER with pain that kept me awake 3 days straight…they gave me Tylenol. I told them I needed to get rest. They wouldn’t admit me or give me anything to help. I left crying (I never cry) and felt they had broken their oath by not helping me. I hadn’t taken anything strong for pain in a few years when that happened. It was the weekend, so I couldn’t call my regular doctor. After another 24 hours, I finally fell asleep and got 9 hours of sleep! I woke up a new person!! Ice is normally best friend – I also use Lidocaine patches and biofreeze…if I lived in a state where marijuana was legal, I would have a card. My doctor is very much in favor of it.
Love, health, and safety to All!! Luci in WNC
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Luci,As a health care professional, my take on this is as follows: while health care professionals are ethically bound to relieve pain and suffering, people who suffer from exacerbations of chronic pain should not expect ER physicians and urgent care physicians to prescribe strong pain medicines for them. Appropriate and ethical management of chronic pain must be done by a pain management specialist or other community-based doctor who has an ongoing relationship with the patient. Treatment of chronic pain with strong pain medicines is rarely warranted, but when it is, a thorough, longitudinal knowledge of the patients history, imaging studies, physical findings, etc., are essential in managing that patient's pain; in other words, a community-based primary care physician, spine specialist, rheumatologist, neurologist, oncologist, or pain management specialist. Emergency rooms and urgent care centers do have a role in treating acute pain - pain from a broken bone or a gallbladder attack, for example, - but not chronic pain exacerbations. In your case, you did get relief 24 hours later by simply sleeping, without narcotics, which could have caused harm to you or set you up for rebound pain. I empathize with chronic pain sufferers, but after 30 years of treating patients in an urgent care facility, my obligation to "do no harm" outweighs my obligation to "relieve pain and suffering" in a chronic pain patient who should have contacted their own physician. It's a tough choice; none of us wants to see patients suffering. However, it is the patient's duty to establish and maintain a relationship with an appropriate pain-management provider, and to contact them for exacerbation of chronic pain, rather than go to the ED or urgent care facility.
I agree that it's the patient-doctor relationship that should be managing pain. In our case, there are plenty of medications available to him right now. They just don't work. We want a diagnosis so we can take appropriate action. For example, if stretching will harm, we don't want him to stretch. However, we just don't know what is causing the pain in order to lessen it until things start opening up again.
I feel for those of you who do struggle with chronic pain. My grandfather had to my entire life and he was very cranky. I rarely heard him laugh or see him smile. When I did, it was special and the memories are sealed in my brain.
I have aches and pains, but nothing that keeps me from being active or causes me to think about the pain all the time. Opioids are responsible for our friend's downfall a few years ago. He is in a program now, but it almost ruined his marriage, his relationship with his kids, and any sense of normalcy for him. My cousin overdosed on pain patches many years ago. They can truly do harm.
I am glad that opioids don't seem to work for either of us so there is no need to take them. Marijuana is legal in my state both medically and recreationally, but I don't partake and haven't had a good reason to start-thankfully. That said, he's used a combo THC-CBD topical cream that seems to work better than the hardcore meds he's been prescribed. But it's not adequate and it's not a long term solution.
Tina in CA
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TIna, my comments were meant to address chronic pain where a diagnosis has been made. For those patients, there should be a pain management plan in place that addresses weekends, etc., and keeps chronic pain patients out of ERs. ERs should be reserved for emergencies and urgent issues. Your mister doesn't have a diagnosis. That's very different. Without a diagnosis and plan, no one is at the helm in managing or even understanding his pain.
Chronic pain is life-sucking. It can take all the joy out of life.
I am all for CBD products, and in states where THC is legal, it can be the difference between a decent quality of life and sheer misery. Creams may not deliver a high enough "dose" for more severe pain. It's really important to get a diagnosis and a plan, and I hope you are able to find the right specialist to pin it down for you.
Karen in Virginia5 -
Rita, what is the interesting middle plant? I love doing that with my celery, by the way.
The only gardening I’ve had a chance to do is to decapitate the flower heads on the dandelions that are growing in my sidewalk. I have the kind of walkway that’s made of bricks and cement blocks. There’s ample sunshine to the point I wonder if I shouldn’t plant tomatoes there. If I didn’t need a handrail along my walk I’d plant them right alongside. As it is, I think I’ll try the upside down planter you can hang overhead. I have a beam at the end of my porch that’s made for hanging baskets, but I’m not fond of petunias and fuchsias need more shade. This is in full sun. Tomatoes would be ideal!
As for my yard, I mainly just let things grow. Dandelions, buttercups, thistles. But I do draw the line at blackberries and English ivy, which becomes seriously invasive here.
I’m having a very lazy day today, but will start a load of laundry later. It’s amazing how very little laundry one accumulates when one is a rule-abiding nudist who goes out twice a week when not working.
Sharon Near Seattle4 -
I want to get my garden spot ready to plant beans. DH has is car parked in such a way that I can't get in and clean things up for this year's planting. I've just checked my planting dates and it is clearly time to get ready. Time to speak up and get that car out of my way. I grow only a few things but we enjoy them all year: green beans, blueberries, and herbs that I grow in pots.
Katla in NW Oregon2 -
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Sharon and Rebecca Do you have only cloth-upholstered furniture? I was looking around my house thinking about what it would be like to be a nudist, and all those wood and leather sitting surfaces gave me goose bumps. It would be like sitting on a cold toilet seat every time. Please enlighten.
Karen in Virginia4 -
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