WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,692 Member
    edited July 2020
    SuziQ - I would love a portable air conditioner to have on the top floor out of DH'S way. He hates ac. I looked them up on Amazon and, at the moment, it would be a big expense for me. My fan is pretty good for the very occasional too hot nights.
    Spending money on anything for the house is a moot point for us. It has caused arguments in the past, so I am very wary of suggesting anything.
    We have decided that we would like to have the living room decorated, but we haven't discussed how to apportion the cost between us. I am avoiding the issue. :s
    We will probably end up doing nothing.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,040 Member
    <3
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    Pip, I’ll miss the idea that you live “nearby”, like the other Puget Sound gals. I sort of can envision the general areas and feel like we’re homies. I know Fresno well enough to stay away in the height of summer. I lived in Salinas and made trips to there and Bakersfield fairly often. Salinas would be one of my Yes areas in California if I needed to move there for some reason.

    Machka, i sort of channel your exhaustion. To be invested in a project that one knows will last years takes a different sort of courage than having to worry every minute about a loved one with challenges. I suspect it being well into winter isn’t helping much. I know you get as much exposure to light as you can in your “walks with a purpose”, as I think of your chosen lifestyle. If you chose to drive to work how long would your commute time be on a given day?

    Lisa in AR! one of the steps on my journey to be “more normal”, as I thought of it back then, was to have a “bilateral reduction mammoplasty”! (I sort of love how that rolls off the tongue!) I was hugely endowed but had just gotten down to a “normal” weight of 145#. One of several times I got there, gained it all back - plus. I chose a lovely normal C-cup size and it turned out I felt “normal” indeed. No more having the boobs precede me into a room full of people, or having to buy a larger size top than the rest of me needed just to accommodate “them “. I felt lithe and lovely and had just turned forty. It was a terrific feeling. Now that I’m sitting at 3” shorter and a good 10# less than I weighed then and 37 years older, I’m still pleased, even though they’re just little shriveled bags with an orange sized lump at the end.

    Karen, im reminded of how many women I’ve known who’ve suffered that unthinkable loss. I, the atheist, am praying heartfeltly to whatever that one of my best friend’s granddaughters begin to turn the corner. She fell into the pool and was unnoticed for perhaps 3-5 minutes. That was a month ago. She’s still fighting. There has been surgery to install a feeding tube and a tracheotomy(?) to be able to remove the ventilator and get her breathing on her own more. It’s horrifying. My daughters are all in their 39-48 years and the thought is still unbearable. I find myself tearing up just at the thought of your lost child. Many hugs to you for your courage to go on.

    Sara628588, welcome! And welcome to any other newbies I’ve failed to note recently. I’m glad you’ve found us.

    Margaret, your little pup is such a beauty. I’ll bet she’s a great cuddler.

    Dlfk20200, is there a more personal way you’d like to be addressed? I’m sorry if I missed a name post.

    Nicolas, my youngest grandchild, turned 8 yesterday, but I was working so he gets his telescope and books today. We MAY try our first visit to a restaurant with social distancing in place. I’m glad to see the end of tax season coming, but I’m definitely overwhelmed right now.

    Sharon Near Seattle
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    :star:
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,251 Member
    Heather grew up in St. Louis with no AC. We would go swim at night to help keep us cool. Now I need AC especially for sleeping for my health.
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,517 Member
    Did Amy Dixon and Paul Katemi’s Double Down DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a body pump workout (hopefully, on uTube)

    Katla     – can you bring Arrow some apples or carrots? I’m so happy for you that you’re going to get back on him. I’m sure he’s missed you as much as you’ve missed him.

    I have one card for entering the one gym attached to my regular gym bag. But I didn’t have one for my laptop and they couldn’t make me another one. Sooooo…what I did was copied the original card. Then I tried it to see if the scanner would register it and it did! So we’re ordering this retractable thing that you use for employee badges. I’m going to put that on my laptop bag. I don’t use my laptop all that much, but it’ll be handy to have my ID card right there.

    Made more meringues. The soup kitchen got a big donation of eggs and before they went bad they gave me 5 dozen. You should see how many gallons of milk they had to throw out because they went beyond the expiration date! It used to be that they gave the milk to little kids. But not any more! Not sure why they don’t just give people the gallons of milk

    Barbara     – never heard of a comfy cone. I have to look it up. Do they have a problem eating? Does it maybe collapse so they can get to their dish?

    SuziQ – how generous of your boss! And what a surprise! Did you maybe send him a note telling him what you bought and how it will be a benefit to your job? I’m thinking that the soup kitchen will do a meal-to-go fundraiser. They also usually around the holidays do something where they sell fudge. I’m thinking that this can also be something that can be picked up. Do you know that we moved our generator here from PA 12 years ago (almost 13) and we’ve NEVER (fortunately) had to use it. One time we thought we might, but it wound up that we didn’t. I, too, can’t wait for my hair to grow out to its color. Just saw this on facebook and thought of you: it said “First corona season, then riot season, now hurricane season. Do I need a mask, a glock or a generator?”

    M – thinking of you today and wishing you and your hubby all the best

    KJ – I forgot about that link, too. Now I bookmarked it so that I’ll remember it.

    Went in the pool – temp is 89. Then made some more meringues. I really like them, at least that’s my newest kick. They’re light and low in calories

    Michele NC
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,184 Member
    trucker743 wrote: »
    Pip, I’ll miss the idea that you live “nearby”, like the other Puget Sound gals. I sort of can envision the general areas and feel like we’re homies. I know Fresno well enough to stay away in the height of summer. I lived in Salinas and made trips to there and Bakersfield fairly often. Salinas would be one of my Yes areas in California if I needed to move there for some reason.

    Machka, i sort of channel your exhaustion. To be invested in a project that one knows will last years takes a different sort of courage than having to worry every minute about a loved one with challenges. I suspect it being well into winter isn’t helping much. I know you get as much exposure to light as you can in your “walks with a purpose”, as I think of your chosen lifestyle. If you chose to drive to work how long would your commute time be on a given day?

    Lisa in AR! one of the steps on my journey to be “more normal”, as I thought of it back then, was to have a “bilateral reduction mammoplasty”! (I sort of love how that rolls off the tongue!) I was hugely endowed but had just gotten down to a “normal” weight of 145#. One of several times I got there, gained it all back - plus. I chose a lovely normal C-cup size and it turned out I felt “normal” indeed. No more having the boobs precede me into a room full of people, or having to buy a larger size top than the rest of me needed just to accommodate “them “. I felt lithe and lovely and had just turned forty. It was a terrific feeling. Now that I’m sitting at 3” shorter and a good 10# less than I weighed then and 37 years older, I’m still pleased, even though they’re just little shriveled bags with an orange sized lump at the end.

    Karen, im reminded of how many women I’ve known who’ve suffered that unthinkable loss. I, the atheist, am praying heartfeltly to whatever that one of my best friend’s granddaughters begin to turn the corner. She fell into the pool and was unnoticed for perhaps 3-5 minutes. That was a month ago. She’s still fighting. There has been surgery to install a feeding tube and a tracheotomy(?) to be able to remove the ventilator and get her breathing on her own more. It’s horrifying. My daughters are all in their 39-48 years and the thought is still unbearable. I find myself tearing up just at the thought of your lost child. Many hugs to you for your courage to go on.

    Sara628588, welcome! And welcome to any other newbies I’ve failed to note recently. I’m glad you’ve found us.

    Margaret, your little pup is such a beauty. I’ll bet she’s a great cuddler.

    Dlfk20200, is there a more personal way you’d like to be addressed? I’m sorry if I missed a name post.

    Nicolas, my youngest grandchild, turned 8 yesterday, but I was working so he gets his telescope and books today. We MAY try our first visit to a restaurant with social distancing in place. I’m glad to see the end of tax season coming, but I’m definitely overwhelmed right now.

    Sharon Near Seattle

    Hi Sharon- my name is Debbie and I am in the Napa Valley,CA.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
    trucker743 I love, missed the hot weather, so I'll be in my element. Kirby will have some adjustment, he'll have ac to turn on, I on the other hand am not a fan of ac, not even when I lived there
  • Sara628588
    Sara628588 Posts: 88 Member
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    Sara628588, welcome! And welcome to any other newbies I’ve failed to note recently. I’m glad you’ve found us.
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    Thank you :)


  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Sharon Thank you for your kind empathy. <3 I am so sad to hear about your friend's granddaughter. An unthinkable tragedy.
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
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  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    💜💙😃💛💚
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Didnt get dressed and didnt go out today.. just a down day.. tomorrow will be better..
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Hi Gals,

    Katla - I live in an area with a home for disabled adults and from a power point of view it is great… before that home was converted we would have outages every few months of 6+- hours; now the outages are infrequent and often short. Although PG&E (our electric and natural gas company) does announced power shut downs to protect us from fire caused by wires arcing in wind, and because they are announced they can last as long as the company wants…. Quite annoying. And because they are announced all the “protected or first back” areas are no longer considered a priority

    This is coming up to be a hot week here, high 90’s to low 100 – I’ll garden early, hide mid-day and garden in my own yard in the evening.

    Allie – hope you are feeling full of energy tomorrow.

    Kim from N. California
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Katla - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,517 Member
    Katla – wonder why Arrow’s owner asked you to stop bringing alfalfa pellets. Does she feel that he’s getting overweight? Congrats on cantering. I know how great it felt when I cantered. Honestly, I was so afraid of a horse that when I first rode a horse as an adult, even tho the horse’s leg was bandaged so he couldn’t go fast at all, the instructor still had to remind me to breathe!

    Going to sleep with Shadow tonight.

    Michele in NC
  • chrtlade
    chrtlade Posts: 3 Member
    I have been on and off MFP for years but have never joined a group. I go by chrtlade on here but am Ruth from Utah, age 71. That's seem so old when I write it down but I don't feel that old, most of the time. Am a retired elementary teacher. Last September I started to lose weight and have lost 25 pounds so far. Ten more pounds to go. One thing I really miss are the group exercise programs at our senior center. So I need to motivate myself to do more exercising by myself. Like so many others, I don't care for this "new normal" but have adjusted. chrtlade-Ruth in UT
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,184 Member
    chrtlade wrote: »
    I have been on and off MFP for years but have never joined a group. I go by chrtlade on here but am Ruth from Utah, age 71. That's seem so old when I write it down but I don't feel that old, most of the time. Am a retired elementary teacher. Last September I started to lose weight and have lost 25 pounds so far. Ten more pounds to go. One thing I really miss are the group exercise programs at our senior center. So I need to motivate myself to do more exercising by myself. Like so many others, I don't care for this "new normal" but have adjusted. chrtlade-Ruth in UT

    Welcome Ruth- Great job on the weight loss- I have lost the same amount(this time) and have 10-15 to loose too.
    I have only been on here a few weeks- very welcoming bunch of ladies
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,040 Member
    Katla - Yay you! That is such a wonderful feeling.

    Pip - Glad you got the house sold. Enjoy Fresno. Does Kirby have family near there too?

    Matchka - Hope things are going well. Sending healing angels.

    Doing well here. I am trying to help a couple of other choir members get involved in the virtual choir. Should be fun.

    Everyone take care Sue in WA
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,692 Member
    Oooh Machka ! Rough ride! <3 At least it's behind you now. Now you can rest up and get better. CONGRATULATIONS!

    Katla - That is a wonderful achievement! Breaking through our fears is so good. My mother never let me roller skate because she feared I would fall over and bash my head. ;) I don't think I'm going to learn now, but it is a regret.

    I'm going to go for my run after breakfast today. I don't like doing it that way round as it messes with my day, but I can't fit everything in if I don't do it that way today. We have masses of things coming from Amazon, so someone has to stay in and I need bread and milk. Running doesn't quite burn enough calories, but I will do some more on the machines after lunch. I still haven't been able to shift any weight despite my massive calorie burn every day. Answer? Eat less. >:) That option is not appealing. I am still a bit less than I started lockdown, but not by much now.

    Love to all from sunny Hove, Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,610 Member
    edited July 2020
    "Get to do"s and "chose well"s
    Chose well: Cleaning: 12 DR, 2 GBt, 15 Kitchen/Laundry, 15 LR, 2 Mbt, Gold Beach, Freddie’s,
    Bonus: pooches to power pole, combed Tumble’s leg.
    Get to do: call pc guy re mic, Invest 10 mins cleaning Mbt, carryover 30 Bdrms, 20 mins Office); call Dr. Patel re: followup appt date/time; call USB re: paper loan statements; BB&B; practice new dances (Nothing but You, Shake it like that, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right); next week final? Follow up call for Joe’s Dr. appointment, transplant bean, make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep potato area and raised beds for beets, carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes and sow; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments.
    Jumpback July
    12 when things go wrong: have compassion for yourself: That’s what I’ve needed for the past 10 or so days, during which it felt like everything I touched turned to fresh fertilizer. Flat tire, spilled wine into laptop, bumping the oven knob then turning it the wrong way, losing temper with Joe, forgot to type hymns, cursing the wind, envying my dance buddies the results of their hard work and lifestyle choices. Basta. Fresh start today to the week and rest of my days, including eliminating carry over cleanings for any room I touch today.

    SuziQ Your heartwarming big surprise story was just the uplift I needed. Thanks!
    Welome @lilySovaje, @chrtlade Ruth from UT!
    Barbie it would be hard for me to swap my Pyrex for plastic.
    Margaret Papa and Mama took me to St. Louis every other summer to visit relatives. No a/c, just fan in the kitchen window, front and back doors open and lots of Budweiser. One night it was so hot I took my pillow into the bathtub to sleep on the cool procelailn. Heat+humidity=:astonished: Boise got up to 111 a couple of times during our 20 years there, but with a relative humidity less than 15% it was nowhere near as miserable as St. Louis at 98F and 98%.
    Michele Shadow is adept at eating despite the cone of shame. She centers it around her food dish and voila the kibble disappears. The comfy cone is softer, more pliable for easier resting/sleeping. Neither collapses. Hope it gets here soon!
    Tracey :love: ‘ichealea and her brother.
    Katla Bravissima!!!
    Machka glad to hear from you, sorry for the very difficult post op time. How is DH handling your need to rest to recover?

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    July: better than June.
    daily: steps>5491=6581 vits=12 log=12 CI<CO=11 CI<250<CO=10 Tumble & Shadow 5=13 mfp=12 clean 10 mins=8 outside=13 up hill=11
    wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=5 rx=2 dance=3
    mnthly: board mtg= grant=2 20for20=
    bonus: AF=.675 play= sew=
  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,692 Member
    Sharon - I really feel for your friend. What a nightmare. :sad: Sending hugs. <3

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Sara628588
    Sara628588 Posts: 88 Member
    I was supposed to go for a hearing check up today to be fitted with hearing aids.......... couldnt make myself go. What a numpte. The thought of spending money I cant afford to get things I'm sad to need just didnt seem to be my day. Trying not to comfort eat to assuage my guilt........

    And a happy hello to everyone other than that :)
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Machka - glad you're through and home, and thank you for letting us know.

    @Sara628588 - sounds very near depression, are you okay?

    Heather - looks like a lovely morning.

    Welcome @lilySovaje, @chrtlade Ruth from Utah.

    Tracey - the grands look like such fun!

    Barbara - I'm sorry it was a rough week last week... hope this week is much, much better. Envy is only bad when you allow it to make you feel inadequate or that things are unfair. Both envy and regret have always seemed the most useless emotions to me. You don't have to give them headspace.

    Katla - Well done on riding Arrow at a canter!

    Allie - hope today's a better day and tomorrow better still.

    And a Levi sighting to brighten my day. :)

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    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
    skuehn48 wrote: »
    Katla - Yay you! That is such a wonderful feeling.

    Pip - Glad you got the house sold. Enjoy Fresno. Does Kirby have family near there too?

    Matchka - Hope things are going well. Sending healing angels.

    Doing well here. I am trying to help a couple of other choir members get involved in the virtual choir. Should be fun.

    Everyone take care Sue in WA

    no, he's from Indiana

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