WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2020

Lisa Wonderful office space.

Loving all the baby/children photos. Precious Bea asleep on the floor…

Thinking it's about time for our quarterly Joaquin & Miguel fix…

Zooming with my Nebraska friends today. Can't wait!

Ordered caladiums online. They were here in 2 days, huge bulbs, and they sent 3 extra! Super impressed. Caladiums Direct, if anyone is interested. They also sell elephant ears. Now if I could just find a company that's as good for cannas.

11-year-old swimmer granddaughter had an intramural meet early last evening while it was still light. It was the best swim meet I've been to! Mainly because of pandemic distancing. No crowded muggy poolside Cluster. We were allowed to poolside with masks on when our swimmer was competing, otherwise we had to stay in the parking lot. It was a tailgate party! I got to see my son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and my ex-husband. It was easy to maintain distance and very calming to see everyone doing so well. I walked between events once the catching up was done and the conversation changed to less engaging topics, on a trail through the woods to the local high school and around. My granddaughter performed well, although she was quite unhappy with her butterfly form when she looked at a recording.

Karen in Virginia

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Did some HIIT today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Yogini Workout.

The gym takes your temp. before you can workout but they had something that I’ve never seen. I’ve always seen those things that you run across your forehead to find out your temp. Well, they have this thing where you put your wrist up to a light and it registers your temp.

It did feel good to get back to the gym. I do have to say that it was nice being able to get a parking space so close to the door and it was nice not that many people were there. There usually aren’t a lot in the morning, but today there were even fewer. I know that isn’t good for the gym, but I liked it. I honestly believe that gyms should be allowed to reopen. I suspect part of this rioting is the fact that people are letting off some steam and this is a good way. If gyms were open, then maybe people would let off steam that way. The only thing I forgot was that I took my towel out when this whole pandemic thing started. Fortunately, I had a towel in my car. I usually keep one even in summer because there have been times when it’s rained and some water from the umbrella has gotten on the seat or the rain came in the door while I had it opened so I could get in the car.

Pip – I’m so happy for Kirby and you


– Remember you told me this one tool was a knife sharpener? Well, how would I know if it still sharpens? I have another knife sharpener and I used that. It “felt” different and made a different sound when I used it. The knife got sharp. Not sure about the other one. How would I know?


Amber – my cherry pitter has these small metal spokes that come down on the cherry and push the pit out. I can pit 8 cherries at a time

Viv UK – that’s one thing I’m not crazy about with DVD’s. All the people in them it seems are 30, 40, even 50. So I just go slower/lower impact. I’m not 30 any more!!! So sorry about Logan

Vince wants to cut the grass after the soup kitchen. It’s supposed to be hot. Hopefully, afterwards I’ll rinse off and then go in the pool.

SuziQ – Vince always complains that there are so many upgrades needed for apps because the app isn’t tested before it’s released. It’s released and then when someone has a problem they put out an update. I love FL, but hate the humidity. As soon as we open the car door when we get down there we say “welcome to FL” I’ve heard of the quarantine 15, too, but I have to admit that I’ve pretty muchly maintained my weight. Maybe it was because I continued to exercise, maybe it was because I continued to measure, I don’t know.

Lisa – silly as this may sound, one way I keep track of the days is I say to myself “what exercise was I going to do Friday, I did HIIT so it must be Friday”. Also, I have my big outing for the week – the soup kitchen. Great work space

Off to the post office, the ATM, then the soup kitchen.

Michele NC

Machka - Happy to read that Hubby's surgery went well. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

Heather - What a lovely time you had on the beach with the family. I'm happy for you.

Suzi - Our deck isn't attached so it wont be affected by the levelling. It just may be harder for them to get in under it. I had problems all afternoon yesterday getting onto MFP on my phone and laptop. I agree, I wouldn't pay for this with the bugs in it. I have certainly joined the average person and gained 15 during Covid. I was 185 in February, starting to work my way back down, but it's been hard to get disciplined to do it.

Pip - Glad that Kirby's test was negative.

Lanette - I like the book listing quiz. I sent it to my daughter who is a more avid reader than I.

Karen in VA - How wonderful that you got to see your granddaughter swim.

Michele - we have temperature "guns" here at work, it can be 1-5 cm's away and can be taken on the wrist or the forehead. It's quite handy for the number of people we have to monitor each shift change.
My Dad used to sharpen knives all the time, his test to see if it had worked was he would hold a piece of paper up in the air and cut at it. If it cut it passed his test, if it just moved the paper he would sharpen longer. He used the one that you have pictured with the red handle.

I should receive my Covid test result today, others that had theirs the same day as me got their call yesterday. I have to go into the city today to go to the bank for work. The local branch that we use for the manor is closed due to a sewage backup. I will leave work early today to go do that.

Tracey in Edmonton

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"Get to do"s and "chose well"s
Sadly, my friend’s mom with Alzheimer’s passed very early Tuesday morning. Thankfully my friend was allowed to be with her and was holding her hand when she passed. So :sad: for all those who couldn’t be with their loved ones.

When I arose yesterday morning, I was delighted to find that Joe had already hung the magnetic screen. No nagging, no hints, no reminders, just the one Puhleeze and bingo bango done. Thanks Joe!

Margaret what a lovely walk and an unexpected kindness. Big smile!
Amber the pics, especially the ones of you and your DD, your hubs and JR, and the before and after of you. VERY well done! That cherry pitter sounds like too much work, I'll keep paring them in half and twisting the pits out
Debbie in Napa, You and KJ and all who have provided child care have my utmost admiration and respect. Not my gift. Neither am I a fan of “tough it out, you’ll get used to it.” Give me a wide padded seat for my wide padded seat!
Machka and Kay congratulations to both your husbands for walking after surgery. Hope it brings rapid healing.
Heather a little bit of everything ?!? Wow what a variety! Wish we had more ethnic food options here. We have one Thai (very good), 3 Chinese, 6 Mexican (at least one is very good), but no Italian (other than 3 pizza which I consider standard US fare), Indian, Mediterranean, or other. Then again, looking at my CI lately it’s probably a good thing to have fewer tempting options. :devil: I thought paddleboards were solid too!
Viv sending waves of healing and comfort to Logan and you.
Lisa your office!
Karen in VA, Carol, Heather, Viv and others having socially distanced face to face meetings, Yes! They can be so restorative, so long as we remember about the “six feet apart better than…”
Katla feel your cell phone pain. Last weekend both Joe’s and mine showed “no service” . At first our carrier’s (Consumer Cellular) website was down too so we couldn’t report it. No outages showed on either partners’ (ATT and TMobile) websites. When is an outage, not an outage?
When it’s an issue with a local cell tower! Finally got through on webchat to carrier’s customer service and after going through her long troubleshooting script, she submitted a trouble ticket to ATT. Service was restored within the hour. Fingers X’d for your test, procedure, and trips to the hottest spot.
Michele I covet your 8 cherries at a time pitter!
Okie thanks for the paddleboard info, that makes sense.

Went over last night on calories, red, red, wine. But enjoyed lovely long walk with friend who showed me a loop from the port all the way to the beach, through the RV park and along the commercial docks then back to the coffee shop for an Italian Soda

Whoops, stove repair guy will be here any minute. Time to fly!

Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

Well, I googled paddleboards and found out there are two kinds. Solid and inflatable. It was my DDIL who told me they were all inflatable.
It seems there is much debate around which is best. Amazon sells a lot of inflatable ones, which are best for travelling, but the work to blow them up is considerable! However the debate does say that the solid ones are more easily damaged.
So I wasn't entirely wrong. The ones I have seen in the Lagoon for hire and lessons are clearly solid.
My son's family do love their toys. Sometimes I blanch at the money they spend on them, but we never had that sort of money to spend. I am a bit of a penny pincher, apart from food.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

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"Get to do"s and "chose well"s

Chose well: Chiropractor, vacuuming mins: 6 Dining Room, 2 Guest Bath, 12 Living Rm, 2 Master Bath,
Bonus: 9 mins vacuuming Kitchen,
Get to do: 9am stove repair guy to adjust kitchen flame and assess Aunt Elsie’s stove; invest 20 mins cleaning Bedrooms, carry over cleaning mins: 4 Dining Room, 8 Guest Bath, 8 Master Bath; call Dr’s billing office about statement, call Pacific Vision for appointment, call PC guy about mic/speaker, BiMart for rx, Library to return DVD, check Post Office Box, Grocery outlet for H20, practice new dances (Evergreen, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right, Quarter after one, Half Past Tipsy, Senorita, Dance Monkey; next week final? Follow up call for Joe’s Dr. appointment, transplant pineapples, bean, melons, cukes; make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep raised bed for carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; Friday Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine,
Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments.

Sadly, my friend’s mom with Alzheimer’s passed very early Tuesday morning. Thankfully my friend was allowed to be with her and was holding her hand when she passed. So :sad: for all those who couldn’t be with their loved ones.

When I arose yesterday morning, I was delighted to find that Joe had already hung the magnetic screen. No nagging, no hints, no reminders, just the one Puhleeze and bingo bango done. Thanks Joe!

Margaret what a lovely walk and an unexpected kindness. Big smile!
Amber the pics, especially the ones of you and your DD, your hubs and JR, and the before and after of you. VERY well done! That cherry pitter sounds like too much work, I'll keep paring them in half and twisting the pits out
Debbie in Napa, You and KJ and all who have provided child care have my utmost admiration and respect. Not my gift. Neither am I a fan of “tough it out, you’ll get used to it.” Give me a wide padded seat for my wide padded seat!
Machka and Kay congratulations to both your husbands for walking after surgery. Hope it brings rapid healing.
Heather a little bit of everything ?!? Wow what a variety! Wish we had more ethnic food options here. We have one Thai (very good), 3 Chinese, 6 Mexican (at least one is very good), but no Italian (other than 3 pizza which I consider standard US fare), Indian, Mediterranean, or other. Then again, looking at my CI lately it’s probably a good thing to have fewer tempting options. :devil: I thought paddleboards were solid too!
Viv sending waves of healing and comfort to Logan and you.
Lisa your office!
Karen in VA, Carol, Heather, Viv and others having socially distanced face to face meetings, Yes! They can be so restorative, so long as we remember about the “six feet apart better than…”
Katla feel your cell phone pain. Last weekend both Joe’s and mine showed “no service” . At first our carrier’s (Consumer Cellular) website was down too so we couldn’t report it. No outages showed on either partners’ (ATT and TMobile) websites. When is an outage, not an outage?
When it’s an issue with a local cell tower! Finally got through on webchat to carrier’s customer service and after going through her long troubleshooting script, she submitted a trouble ticket to ATT. Service was restored within the hour. Fingers X’d for your test, procedure, and trips to the hottest spot.
Michele I covet your 8 cherries at a time pitter!
Okie thanks for the paddleboard info, that makes sense.

Went over last night on calories, red, red, wine. But enjoyed lovely long walk with friend who showed me a loop from the port all the way to the beach, through the RV park and along the commercial docks then back to the coffee shop for an Italian Soda

Whoops, stove repair guy will be here any minute. Time to fly!

Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

June: better than May.
daily: steps=8697 vits=24 log=25 CI<CO=21 CI<250<CO=14 Tumble & Shadow 5=7 mfp=25 clean 10 mins=10 outside=11 up hill=10
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=7 rx=3 dance=5
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=1 review 20for20=
bonus: AF=13 play=0 sew=1

Thanks Barbara-
I have taught preschool but most of my 35+yrs have been doing daycare- I tell people they are long hours but they are MY hours. I can take a break when I want, I can have the children I want(and parents-sometimes they are worse to deal with than the kids). I used to really love having them here, especially the triplets but I am getting old and need a break. I also prefer the babies, the younger the better. I always said I would rather have 5 in diapers than 2 school age kids. Hard to get the older kids to listen when they are bigger than you The one I have now is almost 4yrs old, totally spoiled, hard to get her to eat or clean up when I ask. I am really hoping to totally retire or at least take a few months off soon. I need a break and I want to spend more time with my parents(and if I am up there, see my friends that I truly miss)
I am going to try the new gel padded seat along with the padded bike shorts and see if that helps and also keep doing it. I am less sore today than in the past and I did the full hour without stopping except the one time because son needed something but got right back on. Getting off is the hardest part but at least I didn't hurt all night like I did last week.