WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2020
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Heather France's cheeses are rotting for lack of consumers, especially the soft, runny kinds that don't keep well. You are going to have to step up and help your adoptive heartland out by eating more stinky cheeses quick.2
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It was raining enough this morning that Sasha was soaked and my friend opted to go home early. My 9:30 walking friend texted that she didn't want to walk in the rain. I thought the rain had slowed so I went for a walk by myself but it kept getting worse so after 30 minutes I came home. I have wet clothes hanging all over the house. The weather was better for the afternoon dog walk so we walked for 35 minutes. The ground was too wet to make working in the yard satisfactory so I've spent most of the day indoors. Thank goodness I have my exercise bike and lots of podcasts to listen to so I had an active and entertaining afternoon. Jake did all the laundry and I folded it and he made chicken with bbq sauce in the slow cooker. It has been a productive day.
Barbie in NW WA 2 -
We got a real soaker today. Enjoyed potting up my plants.2
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Quick hop on! Margaret- I meant no offense in regards to the dog. Just thought I'd maybe put a little light on a different perspective. Of course, you are there and can feel the tone/aggression; so you need to do what is best! Love and hugs to you! Stay safe!
It rained ALL DAY here; so I food prepped and made a treat for my daycare kiddos lunch, tomorrow. It is meatless Monday; so I made two focaccia breads, that I will serve with hummus and some fruit. They turned out very nicely. Quite pleased.
Well, T2G2B (time to go to bed). ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)3 -
M – thanks for posting that link. Wow! St. Kitts is doing really well. Wonder why they have such a low incidence? What are they doing right?
Michele NC
St. Kitts is a small island. Islands have moats. We pull up the drawbridge, as it were, and contain. As an island and with a relatively small population, it's reasonably easy to trace where the cases came from and follow their spread.
It's a similar thing with Tasmania.
Machka in Oz1 -
Hi all. I'm jumping in for the first time. I have not been following my plan at all for the last couple months and I've watched my weight creep up. I decided it was time to log in and get re-motivated!
Looking forward to meeting you all!
Jacque
Central Minnesota4 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »Helenite lolSophieRosieMom wrote: »Whidislander wrote: »Lanette, nice photo! 40 years ago we almost didn't graduate because of it! I remember the old man in the cabin that stayed.😧 I miss the ice cream cone!💖
💖Rebecca
We have a winner!! Great job Rebecca!! Yes, Harry Truman and Spirit Lake.
That earlier photo I posted was of Mt. St. Helens the day before she blew 40 years ago at 8:32 am on May 18th. And here's the eruption:
We were living east of Seattle at the time - weren't aware of the blast except our masonry fireplace cracked and a very light sprinkling of ash fell in our neighborhood. Today we live 50 miles away from the crater as the crow flies, both that and Mt. Rainer which is in Pip's back yard. On clear mornings I can see them from the end of our road when I take my walk.
A friend of ours (here in our County) was laying shingles on his roof that morning, and witnessed it with an unobstructed view.
Rebecca - any more memories of the event? Ash all over? Katla? how about you?
Karen... an emerald? Were you hiding that in the basement?
It's beautiful.
Lanette
SW WA State
Score!!!! I thought for a minute it might be Mt. St. Helens Glass.
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SophieRosieMom wrote: »Washington State has several stunning snow-capped mountains. Here's a photo of one:
Folks who traveled on I-5 in this area have probably seen it. Any guesses?
Lanette
SW WA State
That is St. Helens, I believe. 40th anniversary tomorrow.2 -
jacque - welcome!
Michele NC1 -
SophieRosieMom wrote: »
We were living east of Seattle at the time - weren't aware of the blast except our masonry fireplace cracked and a very light sprinkling of ash fell in our neighborhood. Today we live 50 miles away from the crater as the crow flies, both that and Mt. Rainer which is in Pip's back yard. On clear mornings I can see them from the end of our road when I take my walk.
Lanette
SW WA State
Yes. On a clear day, when I am heading up I-5 toward Portland, I can see Hood, Adams, and St. Helens. 3 volcanoes, in one view. There can't be very many places in the world where that is the case.
Because I was in Eugene in 1980, we didn't get a lot of ash, but my grandmother lived in Toppenish, in the Yakima Valley, and she was inundated with ash -- my mother probably still has some in a jar that my grandmother gave us.
Flea
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Hi Jacque!! Waves 🌊
Did my measurements since starting unaided sit-ups 60 on top of my exercise routine which includes 10 pushups now too I lost 1 inch in my waist. I putting calories one by one tediously by hand 🖐 lost 2lbs so a 55lb weight loss so far. Hopefully if I keep this up in a few months maybe another inch can shed off.
Amber Tx
Daughter bought The newest Scooby Doo on her Youtube account for JR to watch. He was so happy. Watched it even in his toy chest,3 -
SophieRosieMom wrote: »That earlier photo I posted was of Mt. St. Helens the day before she blew 40 years ago at 8:32 am on May 18th.
Lanette
SW WA State
OK ... that made me feel old!!
Kind of like when I think back to how long ago my HS grad was ... 35 years!!
I don't feel 53 years old ... most days.
M in Oz3 -
Jump right in ... but don't feel like you've got to reply to everything if you don't want. There are often several threads of conversations going on and many of us post what we're up to lately.
A little bit about me ...
I'm Machka and I am in Tasmania, Australia.
Some of my favourite hobbies/sports/activities include:
-- cycling
-- walking
-- hiking
-- running
-- reading
-- working on my website
-- photography
I bake, but don't cook, sew, knit, garden, etc.
Most of my day is spent working with health data, "attending" university (online now) working toward a Masters in IT, doing homework, and spending time with my husband (who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury 2 years ago) and new kitty, Rhody.
My husband is not able to work anymore, so one of his main activities is gardening. He works at that at his own pace and we've got quite a lovely garden of flowers, fruit and veggies.
This is Rhody ... an all black, 8-month old "domestic" who joined us just 2 months ago.
I joined MFP in February 2015 and promptly lost 15 kg, took a 1-month break, then lost another 11 kg. By Christmas 2015, I was down to a weight I hadn't seen in quite a few years ... since my early 30s.
In 2016, 2017 and the early part of 2018 I maintained while increasing my cycling. My sport, within cycling, is ultradistance cycling: Audax, Randonneuring, 24-hour races, etc.
Here's me in 2016 in Brisbane, QLD a couple days after cycling a 300 km event in 18 hours including all breaks.
In late 2017 and early 2018, my husband and I were in great shape and feeling good. We were cycling events and on our own and building up the distances in the hopes of going to France in 2019 to ride the Paris-Brest-Paris 1200 km event. We met on a Paris-Brest-Paris in 2003, and the 2019 one was going to be a bit of an anniversary trip.
And then on March 22, 2018, my husband had a very bad accident at work ... and life changed. He was in a coma for 3 weeks and post traumatic amnesia for 7 weeks and in hospital for 100 days. Then, a year after the accident, he had a tonic clonic (grand mal) seizure which set him back. He'll never fully recover but he's doing better then they originally predicted.
He is cycling again but gets very tired so can't cycle consistently or for long distances.
Because cycling is something we've always done together, this means I'm not cycling the ultra long distances at this point either. In an attempt to boost my exercise we've set up a home gym, and I've got into running again. I hadn't run since I was in my late teens!
But all the time sitting at the hospital and dealing with the aspects of care for my husband, plus working, plus attending university has taken its toll on my weight and I don't look like that picture above anymore!
This year I have maintained my weight but I'd really like to lose a bit.
So that's me in a rather large nutshell.
Machka in OzI'm Machka and I am in Tasmania, Australia.
Some of my favourite hobbies/sports/activities include:
-- cycling
-- walking
-- hiking
-- running
-- reading
-- working on my website
-- photography
I bake, but don't cook, sew, knit, garden, etc.
Most of my day is spent working with health data, "attending" university (online now), doing homework, and spending time with my husband (who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury 2 years ago) and new kitty, Rhody.3 -
Hi Gals,
Welcome to all newbies.
Virtual hugs to all.
I have been very thin skinned today, lots of tears for no apparent reason, but think finally I have figured it out. My finances are never great but are even more on the edge now, and my camp job had upped my hours from 10 a week to 20, the 3 days later dropped it back to 10, and I think is now at 15… but I have had lots of calls and texts and will put the story in a spoiler but am realizing how poorly managed and how likely that they will not make payroll and that makes my finances once again precarious and that is a HUGE stress for me. Which I am sure is part of the tears at the drop of a hat.So I have found out that for the last 7 weeks camp has been depending on hope to find new income sources and has followed through on Zero leads, put up road blocks and basically prayed and done nothing else. Now I am not churched, but “God helps those who help themselves” sitting on your hands for 7 weeks, not following up on leads is absolutely not helping yourself. So I am a gardener, but with tons of professional/management experience in business and camping- things I left behind to have the peace of running a garden. But not skills I have hidden; the staff here at camp knows. On Saturday in a 2 ½ hour call with my VP I was told how bad it really was. And my questions of well did you follow up on this or on that (I had already reached out with some suggestions) were no we just thought it would work out. I finally said you have 2 choices loose everything as this place is going under financially or DO SOMETHING! Stop waiting and pivot! We are a camp but we are also a 120 acres of private access land that can be used, we have a pool, one of the largest outdoor climbing walls/ repelling locations in N. California, a heliport, a huge meadow, a state of the art kitchen, housing for 140 ….F*&%ing pivot! Use the resources and network that we have and pivot!
Ok open mouth and guess what I’m in charge. I need to move this ship now, in the next 7 weeks I have to help find the income that we should have had coming in now because we had the last 7 weeks to get here. So I have spent time this weekend brainstorming with my friends and pulling in favors and will hit the ground running in the morning. A meeting at noon to build a final list of ideas and to assign them to folks to fill in the blanks and start to build relationships, and to get some income coming in. The saving grace is that I have a well connected group and am well thought of in the community so will be working my but off. The other thing I am very thankful for is that it is Covid time so I don’t have to have much of a wardrobe - because having to shop at this time would just be one more stressor!
Please send good thoughts that this group will be able to put up with me expecting them to work and work hard. There is no time left for slacking.
Kim from N. California
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Lanette & Rebecca: Mt St Helens erupted 5/18/1980. We lived in Tualatin back then and our kids were little. The man who stubbornly stayed in his house despite warnings from officials about the impending eruption, was Harry Truman—not to be mistaken with the former US President. Harry Truman died in his house on the mountain. My husband’s uncle died in Eastern Oregon just at that time and DH took our son to the memorial services. DH had to stop along the way to clean the ash out of his car’s engine air filter. Our daughter and I stayed home. We had hundreds of pounds of ash on our roof and in our gutters, from the eruption. So did all the neighbors. The ash lasted for a long while. :noway: As the days went by and the air settled we began scooping the ash out of the gutters. It was a long project and the ash was very heavy. :flowerforyou: The Gift shop at Multnomah Falls had beautiful blue earrings for sale that were made from that ash for years after the eruption. I didn’t buy any. I think they called the stones Helenite.
I currently live in a town named after the mountain and have a view of it from my windows on nice days.
Lanette: Thanks for the photo of the eruption.
(((Kim))) I hope you get your richly deserved pay. :star
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Lanette. My mom and stepfather worked in downtown Portland, so luckily they left before it got really bad ash wise. It turned dark though, and many were stuck because their air filters were clogged. We had ash drifts here and there in Gresham. I was more concerned about graduation festivities, but I remember watching the news and seeing all the tree blown down all one way, from the blast. It was horrific!
💖Rebecca2 -
Quick hop on! Margaret- I meant no offense in regards to the dog. Just thought I'd maybe put a little light on a different perspective. Of course, you are there and can feel the tone/aggression; so you need to do what is best! Love and hugs to you! Stay safe!
It rained ALL DAY here; so I food prep and made a treat for my daycare kiddos lunch, tomorrow. It is meatless Monday; so I made two focaccia breads, that I will serve with hummus and some fruit. They turned out very nicely. Quite pleased.
Well, T2G2B (time to go to bed). ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
No offense taken. I wrote about it to think through how to best feel safe in son's yard. I think I have a plan now.1 -
SophieRosieMom wrote: »KetoneKaren wrote: »Helenite lolSophieRosieMom wrote: »Whidislander wrote: »Lanette, nice photo! 40 years ago we almost didn't graduate because of it! I remember the old man in the cabin that stayed.😧 I miss the ice cream cone!💖
💖Rebecca
We have a winner!! Great job Rebecca!! Yes, Harry Truman and Spirit Lake.
That earlier photo I posted was of Mt. St. Helens the day before she blew 40 years ago at 8:32 am on May 18th. And here's the eruption:
We were living east of Seattle at the time - weren't aware of the blast except our masonry fireplace cracked and a very light sprinkling of ash fell in our neighborhood. Today we live 50 miles away from the crater as the crow flies, both that and Mt. Rainer which is in Pip's back yard. On clear mornings I can see them from the end of our road when I take my walk.
A friend of ours (here in our County) was laying shingles on his roof that morning, and witnessed it with an unobstructed view.
Rebecca - any more memories of the event? Ash all over? Katla? how about you?
Karen... an emerald? Were you hiding that in the basement? It's beautiful.
Lanette
SW WA State
Score!!!! I thought for a minute it might be Mt. St. Helens Glass.
Oh but it is…
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Rita Nice sewing machine! And score on the masks - pattern or not.
Lanette Have been thinking about dog harnesses for tiny dogs. The only one Molly hasn't been able to get out of is one that is too small & we both hate that one. Maybe this article will help:
Kim OMG. You need clones. and GoFundMe.
Karen in Virginia
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Lanette There is this one I found on Amazon with a handle that you could use to snatch your tiny dog off the ground quickly if you needed to:
I might order this one for my tiny houdinis.
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@Michele that seems surprising that the Y is opening!1
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@Beth thanks for your thoughts, i think it's easier to pick up and change continents early in life( before 50), or possibly after retirement. late in career can be complex for retirement and employment reasons. i have at times considered moving back to the usa close to family but no guarantee they will stay where they are, nor how connected we would all be once back. i have several siblings spread out over the usa. I don't know that moving and building my life around being near one sibling them would be wise. One lives in a very remote and cold place and will probably stay there her whole life. The others have seriously discussed wishes to move relatively far away. (one to another country, and the other many hundreds of miles south) Here i have 'relatively' secure very modest income, and i like my work, and some other aspects of my life. I have moved quite a lot, lived in usa, kenya, quebec, france. after all that i'm much less eager to move again, without a clear plan or connection (interesting, relatively solid work or strong couple relationship).
But if we can never see people who are not in our home and one lives alone that does not seem great. Paris is not the absolute best place to be at present, with the relatively high contagion rate, and very strict lockdown (time and distance for past 55 days and small apartments. a very unexpected situation.
Yesterday i met a second friend for a walk along a canal. she wanted to meet at 2:30 but i suggested lunchtime as the french tend to be eating at home then on sundays. indeed, it was pretty calm till about 3 and then the masses of people came out. few were wearing masks. social distancing is difficult with so many people. understandable though, first sunday w possibility to leave one's 1km radius for 2 months and also first possibility to legally walk or sit near someone who is not from same household or family. many places were open for take away and we got a froyo and sat by the canal. the police were mildly telling people picnicing they couldn't picnic (i guess that's the law), but froyo is not really picnicking and we had finished them.
they are talking on and off about possible reconfinement in less than 2 weeks in some places (certainly paris).
i would really hate that. i'm find about social barriers, but not being able to walk with others or to leave one's km radius is not a good solution for my life situation.
i pre-tracked today, unusual for me.
i have work to do today and my motivation to start is lagging, as is often the case. usually when i get into something it gets better as i get into it.4 -
Monday -- I took today off work so I could work on my paper. I think I might take Wednesday off as well. Maybe Thursday too. I'll see.
But I did get out for a run!
1.9 km into my run, I noticed something out in the water, and noticed that others were standing there filming it ... a dolphin! I watched it a little while, and filmed it too ... then a few paces up I saw the whole pod of dolphins swimming into the bay. They swam in then turned and swam back out again. I filmed them too.
Distance: 5.72km
Elevation: 87m
Moving Time: 48:58
Elapsed Time: 58:27
Pace: 8:33/km
Calories: 588
If you click the big blue square or the link below it should take you to a compilation of the two short videos. Sorry ... I couldn't figure out how to zoom in. The first 2 minutes is the one dolphin and then I turn and look across the bay and that's when you see them all.
I would turn the volume down a bit.
Dolphins by Machka, on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/49908579372/in/photostream/lightbox/
Machka in Oz2 -
Nice, Machka! Lifts the spirits.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
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