WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2020

Rita It's really cute! The fabric is fun.

LISA ~ Congrats on your decision to leave the job. I have had that feeling that a weight has been lifted several times in my life. I know you will find new adventures to come and wish you well.

BARBIE ~ I too was 58 when I left my job. After 30 yrs, it had just gotten harder and harder each year to put up with all the politics and discouragements. I was very sad for a long time after my decision because my whole being was tied up to teaching. Now, I know it was for the very best. After leaving teaching, I sold vintage jewelry on eBay and Etsy for 4 or 5 years and loved it. It was fun going to estate sales, garage sales, and thrift stores to find treasures. Now all my treasures are packed up and I hope my granddaughter will enjoy this hobby when she gets older.

RITA ~ Love the hat and the fabric is so cute.

LUCY ~ What talent you have been gifted with. I am sure you were a blessing to all those folks you worked with over the years.

MUSIC ~ I took piano in 5th grade and that was it for playing a musical instrument.
I have two left feet and have never been able to keep time or steps to music.
Voice was a very soft soprano in high school chorus.

Carol in GA

Like Barbie, I knew when it was time to retire. I was a nationally board certified teacher. In Georgia that came with a 10% pay raise. When the state decided the best way to save money was to remove that supplement, it was a no brainer for me.

Karen, thanks for the links. I will check some of them out. I’ve been reading Dirty, Lazy Keto and looking at some of the Keto Facebook groups. I really don’t think it’s for me although some recipes do intrigue me. I am more of a whole foods girl, I think. I can’t for the life of me figure out what is healthy about pork rinds (although I do like them).

Today I made blueberry bagels with 1 cup each of self-rising flour, plain full fat Greek yogurt, and fresh blueberries. Brushed the tops with an egg wash and air fried for 10 minutes on 400 degrees. To. Die. For.

Rita - looking forward in seeing a picture of your baby sun hat, you've been a busy lady.

Another great day for me. I stayed on my diet, never veered at anytime, proud of myself.

Well i am outside with the pooch as it is hotter than the shades of Haties inside...made Faith a big supper and all she does is lie around all day.. so I brought my laptop in her room and we put on rogers and Hammerstein Carousel the broadway play and she ate her dinner while watching i actually got her to sit in a chair ... but because she doesnt get around alot it took me a bit to get her up and back to the bed..now she had her pills and is zonked for the night...
Very hard to redirect and when its sundown time that can be rough.. but we get through it..

Did a Dressed Up Drills DVD. There are a couple of different forms of programs, so I’ll just have to try the different ones. I tried a Mix and Match, not crazy about it since you have to stop all the time and go to a different cardio section. I’ll try another type next time. The plan for tomorrow is to do an Ultimate Weight Training Cardio Workout DVD.

They’re opening restaurants at 6 tonight. Some restaurants aren’t opening until later in the week to give their workers a nice Memorial Day weekend or in some cases waiting for supplies. There is a big thing about disposable menus. FINALLY! I always felt that the type of menu that restaurants had really harbored bacteria. I remember years ago Dixie Crossroads in FL had the menu as their placemat. They used to have good food at a reasonable price. It’s still good food, but after Emeril Lagasse interviewed them, the prices went waaay up. They changed to those booklet-type menus. Now they’ll be going back. Wonder how many restaurants will think to use them as a placemat?

Evelyn – I sing in the car, too. Actually, more in the car than in the shower.

Making yogurt. I went into the laundry room to put the wet clothes in the dryer and when I came out, the milk was bubbling up. I know that it’s over 180 degrees so now I’m just cooling the milk down. Wish I had some of the ice cubes from the soup kitchen.

I’m thinking that I’m getting a stye on my eyelid. Never had one before but it’s hurting a bit when I close my eyelid and this morning it looked like in that area the eyelid was a bit puffy. Well, at least my vision isn’t affected.

Pretty lucky, I haven’t gained during this stay-at-home stuff. On the bad side haven’t lost either.

Glad that I cleaned out my pantry, etc when I did so I could return things to the stores. Now they aren’t taking returns. I was thinking today. If it’s true that WalMart is no longer allowing people to try on clothes and they aren’t taking returns, all you have to do is wash the clothing in hot water. That kills the virus. They’re always recommending that you wash your clothes after going out, so what is the difference?

Lisa – I don’t know how many times lately I’ve thought to myself how good it is that I have so many exercise DVD’s, that I’ve been accumulating them for a long time now. Now I have variety. There are so many people who don’t have any equipment or DVD’s to do and just rely on walking as their exercise. I very very seldom do that mani/pedi thing. Mainly because I can’t see spending the money on my nails. I know this is a throwback to my grandparents having raised me. They would NEVER spend the money. Hey, they wiped off aluminum foil to reuse it and they dried bread/rolls, etc to make breadcrumbs rather than buying them. I know that my grandmother would never in a million years pay to have someone do her nails. It’ll be a while before I get my hair cut. Hey, I’ve lived this long, I’ll live a bit more. Plus, I’m sure there’ll be some “blips” when hair salons first open. They just can’t think of everything. So I’ll wait until they get them all worked out. I do miss going to the gym and I’ll at first only go to the one that always was super clean.

Steve was telling me about a meme he saw. There is this “lady of the night” leaning on a car saying in a very seductive voice “I’ll do anything for $50”. This guy says to her “great, can you cut hair?”

Tonya – the only store around here that sells dry ice is Ingles

Karen VA – we took one of our cats to the groomer to trim the “private parts”. Well, he’s long-haired and he had diarrhea. So you can imagine what it was like. Also, he really doesn’t care for people doing anything in that area. Many times he gets mats there and cutting them out is somewhat of a project.

Just need to get this off my chest. I just ignore these things. There is the one lady who goes to ceramics with us. She’s always saying about how she’s going to this concert and that concert. Then she posts things like “we should have free college. My daughter’s tuition is XXX” Now she’s posting something about her son needing his wisdom teeth removed and he has to have it done at a hospital and it’ll cost over $2,000. One time I tried to say to her on Facebook “part of being a parent is sacrificing for your children. Maybe you shouldn’t go to all these concerts and stay at hotels, but rather put that money toward your children’s future”. She just countered with “you’re saying that people shouldn’t enjoy themselves” You sacrifice. Now I just don’t say anything to her because she feels she’s right and the world is wrong.

Going to make some garlic bread for Vince for tonight. I’m just waiting right now for 2 slices to defrost enough so that I can break them apart. Wish I was as good as Lisa and can make my own!

Barbie – how thoughtful of your class to do

Not very windy so I strung some popcorn today. Going to try to finish the tree skirt tonight then I’ll probably make a scarf for the gal who helps me a lot with my crochet

Rita – adorable hats

Michele NC

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(((Heather~Ros)))

Luci OMG you are related to the Menuhins. I am gobstopped. Wow. Just wow. I wish NYKaren was still here. Girl.

Pip I am just warming up. You wench, you.

LISA!!! Can't wait to see what you do next! You are an ever-moving stream, my dear. GSA is a good organization, but it's an organization. Has its limits like all others. You have always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I wonder if you will reinvent yourself in a true one woman show…or just enjoy retirement…or go to work for someone else again (nah…).

Karen in Virginia

Still waiting

stats for the day:

didn't ride to wrk, just because...

Bike ride home 2 dome- 12.51min, 134mhr, 12.9amph, 2.76mi= 65c
Apple Watch- 85c
Bike ride puy 2 sumn sta- 15.50min, 13.6amph, 156mhr, 3.60mi= 164c
apple watch- 144c
jog sta 2 wrk- 5.14min, 143mhr, 9.56min mi, .52mi= 57c
apple watch- 59c
jog wrk 2 sta, windy!- 4.31min, 9.53min mi, 178mhr, .45mi= 59c
apple watch- 57c
bike ride dome 2 home, 15mph WINDS!- 19.37min, 7.9amph, 154mhr, 2.56mi= 197c
apple watch- 150c

total cal 542

Luci - I loved Glen Campbell but my first crush was Kenny Rogers. So many great musicians have passed now.

Lisa - it’s good that you are able to make that decision with peace in your heart.

Allie - we talked at work today about how Alzheimer’s residents eat heartily and often. Our Rehab Therapist told us how a lady she worked with in another facility battled anorexia her whole life and it seemed she forgot and gained weight.

Karen in VA - my grandmother bought an electric organ at the age of 67 and took her first lessons. My brother enjoyed playing around so much that they ended up paying for him to have lessons as well. The two of them travelled together every Saturday morning about 25 miles for their weekly lessons for about 2 or 3 years. I must ask my brother if he could still play.

Heather - hugs to you. It must be so difficult to lose a friend.

Katla - I so agree about mani’s I have stopped too. I do paint my nails myself fairly regularly and I love a pedi but haven’t had one in a couple of years.

Amber - I see that the hand sanitizer exploding has been debunked. The original fire department that shared it has since apologized.

Michele - Does all of the stuff you do for Christmas year long make you not like the season as much? We can’t think about doing our ornaments in the summer because we don’t want to think about Christmas.

I had to wear a mask at work today once for maybe 10 minutes and then again for about 5 minutes. My face broke out again. I stopped and bought some hydrocortisone on the way home and my boss told me to try another brand of mask next week.

I am off now until Wednesday so that will give my face a break. We are building a deck this weekend.
Our daughter that married last summer has put an offer in on their first home. It is in a beach area outside of the city. The crossroads are Leisure Lane and Lazy Link. The names do not suit them at all, my SIL has 3 jobs 1 full time and 2 part time. I told her maybe driving home will remind him to relax. I hope they get it.

Tracey in Edmonton

Haven't seen @SuziQ113 around recently ...

Great excitement this morning! I found a delivery slot for next Saturday between 9-10 pm. Days of searching for that! I found it at 6 am this morning. It was the only one, right at the end.
There are things I can only get from Waitrose that are essential to my happiness!
Thry said in an email that at one stage 2 million people were looking for slots.
It's too far to walk. I normally go on the bus. :noway:

Making Spinach and Feta pie for tonight.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Sue Sturgis?

"Get to do"s and "chose well"s
Yesterday was productive in sitting down desk work but otherwise for eating and activity. Pounds up, mood down, followed Joe down the slippery slope of Hamburger Helper and Bear Claw coffee cake. Thud.

Lisa “It was a weight lifted, settling into that decision.” That’s how you know it’s the right decision for you. Brava.
LuciB wow, not only a distinguished musical family but what a wide range of musical accomplishments in your own right! Who knew cleaning cabinets could be such a dangerous activity, hope your pain eases soon.
Heather the pics of your dear Ros. What a great smile.
Rita the Minions baby cap!
Barbie so glad you have fun dancing with your walking friend! Wish we had the space and surface to invite two of my dancing buddies over to dance, but alas…

Joe’s DDS and my massage therapist both called with appointments for us. Now if only the chiropractor…

“Convoying” with my friend to an organic dairy and an organic farm 30 miles to the south. We’ll each drive our own cars, but chat “hands free” so it will feel like a little day/road trip.

Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD