WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2020
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Regarding hair, nails, etc. ... I am capable of doing my own.
I've never had my nails done. I have thought, on occasion, it might be nice to do for a special event or something, but I can't be bothered and it would probably be a waste of money. The first time I went to adjust something on my bicycle, I'd probably chip or break them. Plus I usually like my nails quite short ... easier for typing.
And my hair ... I dye it myself and have cut it myself on several occasions. Just bend at the waist, flip it forward and cut! But I had it cut just before the shutdown and that'll do me for a year.
My husband also does his own hair ... just runs clippers over his head and he's done.
We're low maintenance in that regard.
Machka in Oz2 -
Music has always been a big part of my life. I sang with a group when I was in grade school. Sang in chorus in Jr. High and high school. Have sung in church and community choirs since 1977. I sing alto and used to be able to sing 2nd soprano. Unfortunately my range has shrunk since sarcoidosis diagnosis. I took accordion lessons as a child and guitar and piano as an adult but not really good at any of them. I like all kinds of music except rap. DH and I had season tickets to SD Symphony for over 30 years. Not a big one for dance. DH and I took some ballroom dance lessons and I tried line dance, just didn't keep up with either.
We are thinking about taking a trip to SD over the Father's Day weekend to scatter DH's ashes. Will see if we can manage that. SD never did officially shut down.
Everyone take care Sue in WA3 -
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 xxxxxxxx2 -
Tracey Maybe you could wear the surgical mask over a cloth mask.0
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Sue Sturgis?0
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BIL has taken a turn for the worse. He rallied on Thursday even had something to eat. Family told he could probably go home yesterday but yesterday morning they received a call to say he was worse and they could see him for a few minutes. His son said he was unconscious and on morphine. Signs not good. We have never really got on too well with him and his wife but quite close with their kids. Feel for them.
Worried about my daughters business, they run a lot of courses for Universities who are saying that next year most teaching will be done online. Still going to charge the students full fees which doesn’t seem fair. Daughter could run part of their course online but First Aid course has practical element.
Sorry for the downbeat post today
Stay safe
Kate UK ❤️9 -
Hi i skimmed and i think i got most or all personal messages. Thanks.
Worked well last couple of days and less so so far today well into morning.
Worked about 7h yesterday and got some major files sent to corrector. she can only correct them for Sunday and monday. i need to gather visuals and take care of other stuff. when stuff is non urgent i have been sometimes dragging w confinement (or semi confinement).
ate too many crackers yesterday and didnt track. slight starchy overdo. i get these GF thin wafers but lately when i open a package there's a risk of munching the whole package : 75g. could be worse, but ya know.
Went food shopping late yesterday.
Almost no good fresh fruit and veggies late in day at supermarket: just radishes for good veggies! i enjoy them but one can only eat so much radishes.
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: board meeting minutes,
Bonus: C-19 grant follow up call and estimates, quick stroll with dogs, I hr in hot tub
Get to do: invest 30 mins decluttering and cleaning Office, carry over 10 mins cleaning Bedrooms, Dining Rm, Guest Bth, convoy to organic farms, pick up and deliver C-19 certification, mat work, BB&B, practice new dances (Read Deal, Get it Right, Quarter after one, Half Past Tipsy, Senorita), board meeting minutes, transplant oregano and parsley, make garlic almonds for Dan, transplant oregano and pineapple, prep raised bed for carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes, finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed, finish cleaning and start de-rusting Aunt Elsie’s stove, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine.
Reward: inventory seeds, plan garden, order replenishments, next week final? follow up for Joe’s labs, call for his Dr. appointment.
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 AHMODMay: better than April.
daily: steps=3098 vits=21 log=22 CI<CO=19 CI<250<CO=9 Tumble & Shadow 5=15 mfp=22 clean 10 mins=20 outside=17 up hill=17
wkly: BB&B x3= rx=3 dance=1
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=1 review 20for20=
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Allie - It might be a good business, setting up yourself up as a substitute caregiver for those who are caring for a parent or loved one who has Alzheimer's or dementia, so the caregiver can get away. The exhaustion and depression caregivers suffer is no joke, and your experience would make you perfect for that.
Tracey - "peace in your heart," yes that's exactly the description I would use.
Karen - "you are an ever-moving stream." It's so funny you would say that. More than once I've described a new beginning as being "a tree in the river of information, letting it all flow by, but it all comes clear eventually."
Re mani-pedis: The only time I consistently got manicures was the year I was a flight attendant, and that was mainly because the acrylic nails are a great beverage opener, one my regular nails would have never survived. By the end of that year, as someone else said, my personal nails were extremely thin and weak. Had French tips put on both my fingernails and toenails for my wedding, no manicures since, and only one pedicure. I still find it weird to have someone else touch my feet, as I am so touchy... and they cut my toenails too short both times, so then I have to deal with ingrown toenails for a couple months. Not my idea of a good time.
@SuziQ113 did say she had a major systems implementation coming up, but it has definitely been a while. The funny part is, when I read your note, Machka, I kept hearing "Suzi, SuziQ, where are you?" to the Scooby Doo theme song. Now it's stuck in there, and I'm trying to evict the earworm...
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR3 -
I'm in the middle of the stretchy/growy/shrinky time flexing thing... In other words, I want to be moving on with my plans, but haven't even left my current job yet. Woke up thinking, "I need to get this on LinkedIn, and note that I'm open to grantwriting jobs," and then I realized I haven't told my current employer yet, and won't until Tuesday. It would be a teensy bit impolite to announce it on LinkedIn first. I'm also not that sure whether I even want to write grants for a while.
So... just making plans for those things where I can make plans. Mostly right now, I just want to take care of my husband and our place. Still deciding on whether to get chickens or not, but if I do, I want to build a chicken tractor first. Honestly, it puts me very much in Farmville mode, if you ever played it (I got sucked in). It's a video game, where you have to have coins to buy animals, and to do that, you have to plant crops, and so on and so on... it's a cascade of actions if choose to just stay home. Which right now sounds awfully good.
Apparently it does to my husband as well--who turned to me last night and said out of the blue, "I am so happy." I asked him why, because in 11 years of marriage, I don't ever remember him saying that, or at least not unless I asked first whether he was happy. He said, "We're in the right place, doing the right things, and looking at the right moves. Makes me happy." Which pretty much took out my last worry, that my not working would stress him out. Over the last week, I've made his work lunches each morning, giving 15 minutes back to him, so it's not a rush for him to get out the door, and I think he has gotten a glimpse of what being taken care of will mean for him. I'm aware he could set his alarm earlier, but apparently he is not. Love that man.
So... here I sit in my own place of serenity, tippy-tapping on the computer keyboard, Egg asleep on my lap, laundry whooshing a few rooms away. And I'm four pounds lighter than I was a week ago. I honestly thought I was just maintaining, but I looked at my journal, and on May 15, I was four pounds heavier than I am today. Each day, getting under the calorie count seems to get a little easier. Just means I'm in a better mental space, I think.
The plan for today is that once Corey's up and around, we will be taking his little Spark back to the dealership. We got an offer that will basically get us out of the loan on that one, which is all we were looking for. Corey was given a work truck at the beginning of the year, and they pay for his gas, as well, so it only makes sense to stop making car payments. I was honestly surprised the dealership was OK with buying it back. I was under the impression that car sales were way down. But, I've got a written offer and I'm holding them to it.
On our way back from the dealership, we have to stop at a hardware store and get pieces/parts for both toilets - one has a tiny leak from the bottom valve, where it enters the tank, and the other is whistling like mad when it fills. There was a mains break just a few blocks away from us on Wednesday, and the water hammer that hit our lines afterward tweaked them both. Need to get them fixed. While I work on both toilets, Corey will be swapping out the engine on the zero-turn mower he bought, which has already been shipped in. I'm staying as far away from that job as possible, as it will involve much cussing and three trips to the auto parts store. No thank you!
Later y'all,
Love,
Lisa in AR
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Luci > Sorry to hear about your back! Back pain is the worst. I hope it feels better soon. My girlfriend has been telling me about Dr ho.. It is a tens machine and she raves about how awesome it is for pain. I looked at it on amazon but it is over £350. Don't know if there are other brands that may be cheaper or Dr Ho may be cheaper in the states but apparently it is amazing for any type of pain in your body and can also help with nerve damage and circulation.
Also thank you so much for the compliment on my Randie I will post a couple pics of her now. It is much harder to get a pic of her now as she is a teenager..lol (15)
Lisa > I don't blame you for not wanting to go anywhere near a gym. Had to laugh at your hairdresser comment not wanting anyone touching or breathing on you..lol I am the same, I don't really care what my hair looks like I have not been leaving the house. I am not one of those mani/pedi people either. I do that myself.. too darn expensive for a start
Karen > Luckily we moved some of the food to our freezer in the shed (small chest freezer) and took the rest to the in-laws. The bummer is the service guy wont even be here until June 3rd. I'm sure that is thanks to the Covid once more! lol
Thanks for those links I am always looking for a good blog with low carb meal ideas
Barbie > That is so nice of them to have planned a celebration. Chinese take-out sounds good! I have not had a take out in months. I usually had take-out far too often. Hope you enjoyed your food x
Jaxsgma > Hope you have a wonderful visit with your family My mum has been so lonely not having anyone coming around other than to bring her groceries and stuff. Canada is still in the social distancing I believe. We are also here in the UK. I just hope it is okay by august as we have our holiday booked for then.
Rita > I LOVE the hat!! That is so cute How can any kid not love a hat covered in minions You did a great job! I cannot make anything but a rat hammock ...lol
Katla > I know they are opening a lot of things in the US. Is it true that they are now getting allot of new covid cases because of it? We are still pretty much in lock-down, I think they have eased a few things still pretty much essential travel only.
Michele > I can totally feel you on the topic of people who brag about lavish life and then complain when their child needs something. I know a couple people like that...lol My daughter always comes first with me. My mother had sacrificed a lot for us kids. She would buy cheap clothing to give us better stuff. She always went without for us.
Tracy > Yikes, that would be really hard to wear the mask if it is affecting your skin like that. Fingers crossed that your daughter gets their new home I love the crossroad names!
Machka > You and your husband sound just like us over here. We are very low maintenance.. My husband just shaves his head down and I get mine done very rarely..lol As far as the nails, never had them done professionally.. way too much money to me! I guess I'm just too cheap to put money out on that..lol If I want to grow them, I do and just maintain them myself
Kate UK > Sorry to hear about your BIL taking a turn for the worst.
Hopefully it doesn't affect your daughters business too bad. Since Covid, I think alot of things are going to change and there will be just a new type of normal.
Barbara > Everyone slips down that slope now and then..lol Can't say that hamburger helper and any type of coffee cake does't sound good right about now..lol Don't beat yourself up about it though!!
Sounds like fun, your road trip with your friend in separate cars Hope you have a relaxing day and get what you are after at the farm xx
Lisa in AR > I used to play farmville years ago..lol It was an addicting game!! I used to be thinking about that game while I was out and about.. Like, I need to check my crops and plant new ones..lol While I am on holiday can you take care of my crops on farmville..lol Now I like Grand theft auto 5 ..lol Was totally addicted to that and for the last 6 months have not played anything but bingo blitz online.. (free bingo )
That is so sweet of your hubby to say that I think people should say how they feel more often! Even with all the horror of Covid, it has certainly done a lot of positive things as well. Has improved the condition of our planet, it has brought families closer together. I think it has really taught us what is really important in life.
That is fantastic about your weight loss! 4 pounds is awesome!! Well done you! The weight I have lost so far has really changed the way I feel. I have a couple hundred left to lose but one day at a time and I will get there
Hello *Waves* to any newbies I might have missed xx
Love Tonya UK
Some recent ones Luci The two images at the bottom also have my two nieces in them
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morning ladies
day 4 and settled into a routine..I miss being home, but know i am helping out my family and I can do it justice. as of right now 3 days a week ,with an occasional holiday weekend such as this one.. I should be able to get by with this and Alimony
when I work a 24 hour shift I get $250.00 which works out to about 10 an hour, but I am sleeping through some of that so I have to take that into account.. if I am working 8-4 im getting 18.00hr and will be up to 20.00 in a couple months..it will help pay the bills, and the way the crazy world is right now.. better than working in an office or out in the public,,,
Faith is sleeping alot now,she is an insulin diabetic so we have the routine we do in the morning with pills,insulin etc... she gets her breakfast and right now she is napping... she will wake up and want lunch and then another nap,then she will fiddle around with stuff on her bed..and then want dinner at 5 .. she has a heck of an appetite so thats what she has going for her.. but you can tell she is slowing down she will be 87 in August..
so right now I am to hot to drink tea so having some vitamin water and checking in with you all..dreary and rainy today ..3 -
Happy Saturday
Rori, Janetr and Kylia are on my mind this morning for some reason.
SuziQ too. When I walked into Walmart the other day, they had racks of small woody plants with beautiful pink flowers. It didn't look familiar but then I'm not a landscape plant person really, so I got one. Mandevilla. When I got it home I looked at the tag.... zone 12? Doesn't like temps below 50?? Grown in Florida? Ut oh. Some buyer at Walmart should get his/her rear chewed. Our temps here don't get above 50 for about 6 months out of the year. I put it into a bigger container and I guess it will turn into a houseplant come fall.
My Trumpet vine didn't make it.
Rita - what a cute hat! Have you done a lot of sewing throughout your life? I am amazed at how quickly you whipped that up. Great job.
Lisa - love reading your story about prepping for the next chapter in your life. That feeling is so familiar. I remember when I gave my notice at the 911 Center, the stress of it plus my parents in hospice in Indiana, I decided it was time to leave the job to someone else. DH and I planned it out and I actually gave them a month's notice which turned out to be a waste since my Director didn't do diddly to figure out what I did.
Anyhow, I had a great summer on the farm, not having to drag into work each day and not needing to respond to phone calls. A part-time job found me, much to my liking, and I was able to use accounting skills.
Our county is officially "Phase 2" - salons and pet groomers open, plus many other businesses. With sanitizing and safe practices of course. Our county has done a lot of testing and still is, infection rate is very, very small. Some restaurants are going to slide into phase 3 which allows more seating capacity and I don't think anyone will bat an eye. Others are choosing to stay with carry-out for the time being since they can operate with a much smaller staff than providing a broader menu and staff to handle table service for just a few customers.
About habitual binging:I've been doing a lot of introspection and self-analysis of my eating after supper, often bordering on binging. I ran across Marc Lewis, PhD, who wrote "The Biology of Desire" about how and why our brains function with addiction which includes eating disorders. He has several good presentations on YouTube.
I watched this twice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=aOSD9rTVuWc&t=1106s and even took notes.
I thought it was fascinating. He explains how the different parts of the brain interact with habit formation. So the addicted brain acts the same during drug/alcohol abuse or binging on food, the internet, sex, porn, even falling in love. It sets up a cycle which pumps out dopamine despite harm to the person and their health and relationships.
While I don't consider this night time binging true addiction, there are many aspects that fit.
I could write pages, and will post more this week. I have ordered his book from the library - I checked it out on Amazon and the "take a look" feature actually gives a lot of information if anyone is interested.
OK, time to get the dogs up.
Make it a good day, ladies.
Lanette
SW WA State
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BIG
We might be retiring earlier then the original plan which was June 1 2021. Because of the uncertain housing market, he is wanting to sell the house now rather than later. A realtor is coming over to look at the house to give it a quick look over at 1pm. If it sells quick, we may be out of here by September. Kirby went to work and should be home by 1.
Still up on the air about the MS ride whether it’s gonna b a real ride or virtual one my fundraising has stalled at 503.00
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Lanette > I have always had a problem with binging. I am going to check out that YouTube video as I am sure I would find it interesting so thank you for the link. I have been doing very well for the past few months and have not binged at all but there are many times I am so tempted to. I try to stay away from food that cause my binging (junk food mostly).
Here in the UK we are still in lock-down but they have eased some things right now.
Allie > Morning to you (afternoon here) It is great that you are helping out the family with your work hours. The money does not seem bad at all but please be careful at this trying time. Are you normally a carer? I think caring for people would be something I would enjoy.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!
Love Tonya UK xx
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Pip- bless you and Kirby here is hoping the future is exciting for you both xoxo
Alfie and I watching beachfront bargain hunt..1 -
Our Chinese take out lunch yesterday was great. I went with Jake to pick up the food. We were the first customers shortly after 11. Jim got to talk to the owner which was fun for both of them. Three other customers came in after us. Not everyone was wearing a mask, but everyone kept their distance. My food fed me lunch and dinner. Jake's fed him lunch and dinner and he some for a snack today. There's enough left on the gift certificate for two more meals.
Tonya, your daughter has grown into a lovely teenager.
Lisa, I love the description of your husband fixing the mower.
Barbara, The two of us barely can keep our distance in the spare room. I can see out the window while we dance and the view is the driveway. I keep trying to figure out how I could include a larger group to dance with us, but dancing on concrete isn't good and since I don't have a CD player we're using my laptop and the sound isn't loud enough for more than two of us. That doesn't even consider what the neighbors would think of it.
Our county won't be in stage 2 until June 1. I hope that means that the grooming appointment for the dogs, scheduled long ago will be happening. I don't plan to go out any more than I do already. I'll dash over to the post office this morning to mail two books and take care of the mail for my friend---I pick up her mail from her PO box and send it to her in California about once every three weeks. Our post office is tiny so it is likely that there will be no one there but me and the clerk and maybe one other customer.
Barbie in NW WA
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