WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2020
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Michelle- my kids only call me when they need something.. so I feel you.. I might get a text from Dan for Mothers day and maybe a call from Tracy.2
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Michele- Thanks. Yup keep seeing even government officials pull their mask down to speak. Just talk clearly y loudly they will hear you. Nope they worry about appearances I guess or do it without thinking. I saw a few news reporters doing it right the rest Nope.
Amber Tx
Flash cards with JR . Hubby y me took turns. Trying to get hubby envolved more in his teaching since he’s finally at the age where I got him advanced enough to get what we’re asking more. Taught hubby that the red cards in his toy box he can have any time by himself (their super strong made is why ABC cards).. the rest some are exspensive y too thin! So can’t let him run off with those.
Went over calories but oh well was a treat from hubby which is a nice thing these days. He rented a movie on the tv 📺 y ordered pizza 🍕.JR attacked it! JR attacked spaghetti too today half a box gone only he ate it. His growth spurt in full swing he has a hollow foot at the moment. Gotta keep his calories up the minute the growth spurt happens he shoots up y thins out quickly. Packed a few things he outgrew put in the garage. I need to go through more tomorrow he an inch taller so his belly hanging out of some shirts. Weird how they all say 6,6/7,or 7 yet can be the same size or more like a 5!
Watching his shoes his toes touching on the new pair already
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JR since his growth spurt here’s him in March 9th his birthday blue #3 ribbon on the rest is now after the growth spurt May 2nd . Definitely looking older fastAmber Tx2
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Thank you for the new thread and inspiring words Barbie
I will be checking in, but am about to enter into a learning phase. My MIL passed yesterday morning. My husband and I spent quite a bit of time with her on Thursday. We are still working at this time. It is therapeutic for us all. Tomorrow we have to go to funeral home. Husband has to sign papers and make a few decisions. Pat had finalized things s couple of months ago before any of us knew how serious her illness was.
Thank you all for your support! I know if I have questions, concerns, or just need a shoulder that y'all are here for me.
Have a blessed day!
❤
Kylia heartbroken in Ohio
I'm so sorry to hear this Kylia. But I am glad that you were able to spend time with her and it's good that some things were finalised in advance.
Machka in Oz4 -
Well now after all that wondering and good advice from you ladies about my friend, here’s an update...
Hubby and I start out on the motorcycle to go to my friends, I’m a desert rat born and raised and it’s hot, 101+/- but if the bikes moving it’s not to bad! I’ve got water (never leave without water) , soda, beer, and Smirnoff ice in the tour pack plus stuff for the bbq. We get 45 minutes out of Vegas which is about 1/2 to my friends house in AZ and we break down. I drank my Smirnoff on the side of the freeway sitting on the guardrail in full 1 pm afternoon sun. Luckily we have a solid group of friends and one of the guys hooked up his trailer and got us and took us home.
I’m apparently still a bit of an emotional eater, because I had a tiny binge that included bday cake and a small scoop of ice cream, but as soon as I realized I was eating and eating I went up to my room away from the refrigerator. I’ll take the small victory where I can I guess6 -
Condolences to Kylia and husband.
People that I know peripherally are starting to get COVID-19. My mother’s first cousin’s teenage great-grandson has it. The same cousin’s sister-in-law’s entire family has it and her caregiver died from it. The caregiver would take the sis-in-law twice a week to the beauty parlor where my mother gets her hair done. This hairdresser works out of her home and continued to keep her shop open throughout the shelter in place. She told my mother that she cleans her shop once a week but there’s no way she can disinfect between every client. I can’t believe this woman admitted to my mother that she is blatantly ignoring the mandate from the governor. I have forbidden mama from setting foot anywhere near that woman’s shop. Luckily, mama agrees with me.
I think we are going to try to let the grandchildren visit next week. We will hang out outside and practice social distancing.
I have a hair appt Thursday. I think I am going to it. You have to stay in your car and text them you are there. They will disinfect between clients and come and get you when they’re ready. I’ve had this appointment since February. I missed my April one. The bangs are getting pretty bad. So are my roots, but I’m thinking of letting the color go natural.
There was no regular all-purpose flour at my grocery store last week. I paid over $5 for a bag of Bob’s Red Mill. Kim, I commend you for keeping your grocery budget so low. Barbie, I’m jealous that you are finding frozen veggies. Our freezer shelves at our grocery store are pretty barren. I’ve upped my game with the fresh veggies.
Karen, did you get the sum of 1 to 100 figured out? I can draw you a picture if you need it.
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I have been so incredibly tired for the last few days ... I've spent the majority of my days sleeping or lying in bed reading a novel. I guess all the work finally caught up with me.
During the month (so far) of staying home, I've continued to work full time in the data side of health care. That has definitely not slowed down!
Plus I decided to take 2 university courses this semester and had 2 assignments due at the same time last weekend. It also occurred to me that I have not had a break from university since last July ... going from one course to the next without stopping. I will get a few weeks' break in June but then I start my final course in July. I hope that all goes well so it is my final course of this degree!! Meanwhile, I've got 2 more assignments due in two weeks so I'll get going on them later today, I think.
Plus I'm on the board of the local Brain Injury Association and had some work to do and a zoom meeting for that at the beginning of April. Because we're also members of the Brain Injury Association because of my husband's injury, there have been several other things I've been helping out with or offering advice on.
A little bit more about the current situation with my husband's injury ...And I'm working on a couple other things specifically related to his situation. He has been informed by two specialists that he should never return to work and the second one did a whole person injury assessment on him which put him at about 30% injured. That's really high so we're figuring out what our options are ... it's also a bit disheartening for both of us. Tears have been shed. Meanwhile, he can't go to physiotherapy or anything like that right now, so I've been encouraging him to keep busy and active in other ways. He still has his procedural memory so doing active things, like gardening, is something he can do.
He will never fully recover but we/I am doing everything I can possibly do to make the situation as good as I can.
Plus I'm the president of the local Audax Australia region. Audax is long distance cycling. And I had to arrange and run our AGM via zoom which was held at the end of the month. Now I need to read and comment on a collection of policies in time for a mid-May national committee meeting.
Since we've had no new cases of COVID-19 in a couple days and none in southern Tas in about 3 weeks, a few things are starting to open up. I'm not thrilled about that because I really like the shutdown and wish it would continue for months, but I suppose there is the economy to think about. Fortunately, most things are remaining in shutdown until May 15 so I've got a bit of time left. I'm hoping my workplace will continue to encourage us to remain home (especially since the COVID-19 team took over our floor) and that the university will continue online courses now that they know they can!
Evidently after May 15, the first things to open will be some of the parks and reserves. That should be all right ... it would be nice to go walking in one quite close to us. And of course, social distancing remains in place which is reasonably easy in Tassie because we don't have a particularly dense population.
It's Sunday today and the last time I was out among people was Thursday. I attended an appointment with a specialist about my nose. It was the first place where they've taken my temperature ... and it was low, as usual. The specialist has booked me for surgery in July and I'll be off work for 2 weeks then. I will have to remain in the hospital overnight, which I don't mind BUT I am concerned about my husband.
In other news ... April 28 marked two anniversaries for me:
1) I have been an Australian citizen for 4 years.
2) I have been cycling seriously, avidly, regularly and logging it for 30 years!
Still very tired, but sleeping 12 hours each for 2 nights in a row, plus naps has helped a bit.
Machka in Oz7 -
@Glenda For people who pressure to drink, some possible answers: Forewarning "I'm happy to go out but i don't want to drink" Or at the moment: "It doesn't agree with me it just makes me tired and gives me a stomach/headache and it's not worth it" "I'm wild and crazy enough without it, you go ahead, no problem for me if you have a glass." Or what i used to do when younger that worked really well in a pinch. Offer to take half a glass, wet my lips and then just let it sit there. When much younger i used to get more pressure to drink and i really didn't want to and that worked very well. She could want a glass herself and feel guilty if you don't drink. I know that if i feel like having a drink and the person i'm with doesn't i don't put any pressure on them but i generally won't have a drink alone when out w another.5
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Heather: Your son is smart to sell his alcohol free wine to amazon and a big supermarket. I think it will lead to success. The restaurant business here is not doing as well as they would like. If the restaurant has a drive-up window it is easy enough for a customer to call in an order and pick it up at the window. If there is no drive-up window it is more difficult. Some restaurants are able to provide take out and have the customer pick up their food at the door of the restaurant. We haven’t tried that yet. We have heard that we can order a Subway Sandwich via phone and pick it up outside the store. I would like to give it a try in a few days. It will be a treat for us if it works.
(((Kim))): In our family we can make a phone call or use facetime for visits. We are thousands of miles apart and this technology is a blessing for us. In our neighborhood we go outside and talk to friends and neighbors on the paved access for our driveways. We can keep our distance and chat comfortably—IF the weather is cooperating. I hope you have received your stimulus check.
Penny: I love the mountain photo with red circles around the climbers. I’m very confident they’re succeeding at maintaining social distances.
SuziQ: What a great idea—starting the morning guzzling coffee using a straw in the coffee pot! :bigsmile:
Michele: I’m happy that you’ve received your stimulus check. I hope we get ours one of these days.
Barbie: I love the grumpy kitty—get a human they said . . .” :laugh:
(((Kylia))): I am so sorry for your loss.
Machka: It is good to see your post!!! I hope you will be able to rest and refresh your mind, body & energy.
Today has been pleasant. DH & I went "bike riding" in the garage together. We ride our terra-trykes on trainers burning calories while riding side by side to nowhere, and listening to our old time favorite music from the 60s and 70s. I’ve ridden on my own several times since we set the trykes on their trainers, but this was the first time DH rode with me. :bigsmile:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Milk - we use long life milk. I hardly ever use it ... maybe a dab on my cereal, but my husband likes it in his coffee.
Fruit & Veg - we have some delivered, but quite a bit is coming from our garden. I can't keep up with the apples.
Meat - we rarely use it. We have several packages of chicken mince in the freezer if we do want some.
Scorpions - they're out and about here. Saw a large one in the garden, then Rhody was chasing a small one last night. I'm more or less OK with spiders (although I think it was a spider that bit me during the summer), but I'm not at all fond of scorpions. Now I'm not sure what to do. If Rhody wasn't here, I'd be spraying everything with bug spray, but I don't like to do that when he's here.
Wisteria - I hoped the vines over our patio area would be wisteria when we moved in, but they're grape vines which have, once, produce a whole lot of small and slightly sour grapes. If they produce again next summer, I might look at what to do with them. Nothing alcoholic, of course, but maybe some sort of jam.
@KJLaMore ... well done with all the kids! I admire what you do with them and your tenacity with getting the qualifications, etc.
@bertiebassett127 ... you can bookmark a page by clicking the faint, clear star above the magnifying glass ... it will turn yellow when you click it.I have a question at this point where it seems most places in the US and in some other locations are beginning to open up at some level from very little to a bunch, What have you learned from this experience that surprised you?
Not really a surprise, but a realisation ... I am so ready for retirement. Unfortunately, I probably have another 17 years to go before that happens. And that's why I'm working so hard to get my Master's degree finished. My hope is that when we move off the island (which probably won't happen for some time now), I might have enough skills to get a decently paying job 3 or 4 days a week instead of a full 5 days. I'm also toying with the idea of going to a 9 day fortnight at my current job or maybe 4 days a week ... after I get my degree. I'll have to look into what effect that might have on things like holiday time and pension.
The second part to this is that I could quite happily move to a house some distance away from people and disconnect from most people. It seemed to me that quite a number of people I'm associated with through organisations etc. were all bored and figured this was a good time to schedule zoom meetings and long lists of things we could do to fill the time. I'm not bored. I have heaps to do and can entertain myself, by myself quite well. So in a time I hoped would be a nice break, I ended up absolutely swamped.
One thing I found a little bit surprising and very interesting was how easy it was to move to working from home and doing university from home. For years I've been told that those things would be so incredibly difficult to do ... almost impossible. And yet it took about a week.
Which brings me to this ...
Normal? - I sincerely hope we don't return to the way things were. I hope that this is enough to shake the world up and make people think about better, healthier ways to do things.
Regarding offices ...
I envision the offices of the future to be as follows:
A central office space with a large boardroom/lecture hall for big meetings, seminars, conferences, etc., and several smaller meeting rooms for smaller meetings. These rooms would have the necessary equipment so that office workers could come in with their laptops to meet, learn, and collaborate.
There could also be a small collection of cubicles for workers who would like to come into the office to work in quiet.
The office could have an area with photocopy/print equipment and other office equipment as well for those times when employees need to come in, hook up their laptops and print several copies of whatever for the next meeting, seminar or conference.
Otherwise, people would work from home or wherever.
Regarding universities ...
I envision the universities of the future to be as follows:
A few large lecture halls which would be used for seminars and conferences ... and could be hired out to businesses for similar things.
A small collection of studios for instructors to record quality lectures.
Labs - high quality, clean, well-spaced-out places for hands-on work.
Libraries - for getting physical materials if necessary. But no gathering spaces.
Classrooms - a few, roomy, airy, clean classrooms with the necessary equipment so that students or staff could come in with their laptops to meet, learn, and collaborate.
Otherwise, students and staff would work from home or wherever.
And a much greater focus on human-powered transportation ... being active, getting out in the fresh air, getting healthy.
I could go on ... I have quite the dream for the new world.
Machka in Oz8 -
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Kylia, deepest sympathy to you and your dear hubby and family on the passing of your mother-in-law.1
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Barbie, My deepest thanks, as always, for starting our new thread this and every month!
Irish Terry, thanks for your very insightful post yesterday. Once I hit goal weight, it became easier to maintain because I’d been faithful about tracking food for a year and a half. I love that MFP allows me (on Premium, which I treat myself to!) to set individual goals for each of my five “meals” a day, one of which is my meds and supplements. Yes, most meds are listed, and yes, I’m compulsive about it, but giving in to the better of my compulsions has gotten me where I am.
I’ve had RNY Bypass surgery when I was 75. I’m now 77, and have gotten my health back, thank goodness.
OW - 262.2
SW - 234.3 1/2/19
GW - 145
CW - 136.6
I’d like to regain about 5 lbs, I’m 5’5” tall and am now looking too thin.
Janet OKC, Lovely, lovely picture of little Lydia! Isn’t it amazing to think of being great-grandparents? For me it’s a bit like when I turned 75. The prevailing thought is kind of “How the heck did that happen without me noticing?”
Oh, Rebecca! I’m enchanted by your image of our happily nudist organs no longer hampered by their overcoats and mufflers of fat! Delightful thought!
Karen, what very good news about Josephine! And if I had a pink wig, it would be my favorite too!
Kylia and husband, my thoughts and prayers go with you on this journey. Rest often, stay well, and turn to others as you need.
Machka, do take the extra sleep you need. I tend to be a long sleeper, so 9 hrs a night is frequent. Some nights I sleep 10-11 with a brief wake-up and then dozing with kitties. And then there are the days I take nap after nap and actually sleep a total of 13 hrs or more. Our bodies know.
I too am feeling VERY touch deprived. Living alone in this time is difficult, but I prefer it in more normal times when I can be with people IF I CHOOSE. Often I don’t. I do quite well with shorter times alone. I am happy now that my daughter, who’s also a neighbor and well socially-distanced, will come and watch Outlander with me! That’s the only time I’m around a person.
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Kylia so sorry for your loss
Machka you have a lot on your plate right now, do take time to rest when you can. Sorry that the specialists think that your hubby should never return to work, 30% injured sounds as if that was higher than you were expecting, even though you knew he would never fully recover. You are very resourceful and I'm sure you will do everything possible to make the situation as good as it can be. Sending hugs, take time to digest this new information.
Amber JR is adorable. My niece's boy is big for his age, he's 6 in a few weeks, and towers over the rest of the 6 year olds at his school. I'll have to check what size clothes he's into so I can send him a little gift for his birthday. Loved your hair cut too, I'd make a mess of mine if I tried to cut it myself
Love to all
Viv UK6 -
Dr. Katie
Nah, I'm good with the math. My logic DID fail me - I erroneously was thinking there would be 101 numbers; 50 pairs of 101 plus one leftover (50): 50 x 101 + 50. Instead, of course, there are an even number of numbers (1 through 100); 50 pairs of 101 = 50 x 101. No lonely number 50 in the middle. The 49th pair would be 49 + 52, and the 50th pair would be 50 +51. It was just a logic flaw.
I just really badly wanted to put 49 and 51 neatly together at the end, leaving 50 standing, but that wasn't right. It was neat, but not right It was interesting to me to figure out where I went wrong - it was because my emotions got in the way when I was thinking about what happens at the end of the puzzle. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy to put 49 and 51 together, so I did it. LOL!!!! An enlightening discovery.1 -
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Karen in Virginia. 2 down, 1 to go. Working 9-7 EST.
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And one more spectacular shot from Nebraska Through the Lens FB group:
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Machka you have a lot on your plate right now, do take time to rest when you can. Sorry that the specialists think that your hubby should never return to work, 30% injured sounds as if that was higher than you were expecting, even though you knew he would never fully recover. You are very resourceful and I'm sure you will do everything possible to make the situation as good as it can be. Sending hugs, take time to digest this new information.
Love to all
Viv UK
It's actually good that the specialists think that my husband should never return to work ... a relief that they've stated it! I've known, pretty much since the accident, that his chances of returning to work were really, really low and hated how he was being pushed to do something he just couldn't do. It was stressing him out so much, which was having a detrimental effect on everything. His memory, his aphasia, his cognitive skills, his physical skills and his emotions all deteriorate when he's stressed ... which upsets and stresses me ...
I thought he might be somewhere between 15 and 18% ... so 30% was a bit of a surprise. His cognitive skills have been significantly affected, not to mention his fatigue and issues with his limbs.
Now we just need to get the insurance company to acknowledge it all, and that's not easy. I'm working on it. Maybe ... maybe not.
Meanwhile, this shutdown has been wonderful! No one is bothering him, he's so much more relaxed and happy ... and slowly plugging away at different projects mainly in the garden.
Machka in Oz
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Hello everyone.
A quick goal update. Since December 31st I am down 8 pounds and am fluctuating around a pound up and down. Very good sign. As mentioned earlier I am toying with dropping another 5 pounds or so. I am taking the month of May to decide.
And, not that I was in competition with my younger self (or maybe I am) but have proven we can lose weight like we did back “then”. I am so very grateful I have no health issues other than typical not so young things. Here is my “chart”. Note WW = Weight Watchers. After week 35 I did not keep my WW trackers and did not have enough foresight to keep a running Excel tracker. During post WW week 35 I would record in pocket calendars and toss after recording year end weights. Silly me! When I was 47 I had given up the ghost on myself and was caring for Greg and his addiction issues.
Those 40 pounds were a real burden and my body is so much happier with them gone. My knees do not hurt as much and I am able to be active without stopping every 10 minutes or so to catch my breath. I am looking forward to continuing to walk on the healthier side of life and all of the amazing things yet to come.
Thank you all for your continuing support, stories, adventures, challenges, and friendship. I am so thankful I found this group!
SuziQ – SFL
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