WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020
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dellafayefox wrote: »My 50th birthday vacation to the Washington Islands.
Rebecca does this look like Langley on Whidbey?
I didn't mark it for location.
It does! My favorite ramen place is in Langley! Its called "Ultra House" and its amazing!😁2 -
I took Michaela to some yard sales today, we only went to three but she hit the jackpot on the second one. On the drive there she had been asking me for a Barbie camper. I told her that it was not part of my budget for a “just because” gift it would need to be a Christmas/birthday present. We get to the yard sale and lo and behold they have a Barbie camper that has a radio and working lights for 10.00!
Pip - it’s an Airstream!
This is her and Grampie figuring it all out.
Tracey in Edmonton10 -
I took two flour tortillas, firmed them up with a bit of olive oil, in the oven. Then I sauteed a bit of red sweet onions and kielbasa sausage cut up. Next I combined some diced tomatoes and my favorite dressing ( Annie's shiitake mushroom dressing). I put on tomatoes, sausage, and some havarti cheese & olives. Back in the oven to melt the cheese. It was delightful!💖
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Hi Gals,
Terri – loved the gas man song…
Rita – I took your challenge and wrote a story, there are many authors in this group and I am not one of them, so please be nice! LOL
Tuesday is Amelia Earhart Worldwide Day and to celebrate it, Police day in Poland and Cousin’s Day worldwide my friend (who I met at virtual love day ) are going to lunch. Then next week we plan on eating at In&Out for Drive through Day, then having a lot of Tequila in honor of USA’s Tequila Day as we committed to go to a BDSM Worldwide Day celebration and I am not comfortable with that celebration but the Tequila should help.
Sue – I am so glad you and your family is all on the mend.
So the big news here is that my God-son who has been on a “gap-year” between his bachelors and Masters - the gap YEAR has lasted 5 years - finally decided to start applying to get his masters I think mostly to shut me and the parents up, and much to his surprise he got accepted and starts in mid-august in Miami Florida, he’s getting his masters in marine biology. So from the letter to the start of class just under 5 weeks.. And he will drive across country to really more like 4 weeks. I’ll see him tomorrow and that will be it for 18 months. I have had him in my circle and I will miss him. I am also a bit scared about Miami as the covid cases are much higher than where he lives. And as a young adult I am not sure he takes it as seriously as he should. But I want him to fly - he’s a gifted student, but a bit afraid of not having everything just perfect. So I am delighted he is doing this.
Kim from N. California
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: Fri line dancing at the port, recycling, Sat: typing, Sun: Gold Beach, Freddie’s, minutes to Howard, meeting notice to board.Jumpback July
Bonus: fruit and veg prep, one load of laundry, 48 mins vacuuming,
Get to do: Breakfast picnic and stroll with Barb, BB&B, massage, call USB re: paper loan statements; email SDAO re meeting change notice requirements, invest 10 mins cleaning Office, practice new dances (Turning Tables, Nothing but You, Shake it like that, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right); 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. Monday firehall apologize to Aaron.
17 write your worries down and save them for a specific worry time. Mine are: Joe’s eyes, Shadow’s granuloma, my increasing clumsiness. How grateful I am that those are my only worries. Will save them for prayer list time.
18 let go of the small stuff, focus on what matters – nope, Saturday did the big fat nothing.
19 notice something positive to come out of a difficult situation – think my spending will be more mindful the next 30 days.
20 What’s the best thing that can happen? Happened! Joe agreed to go to Medford to consult with the eye surgeon.
21 Change the way you think about: instead of being hurt or angry that Joe didn’t want me to go with to the surgeon, being glad he was willing to go at all, and enjoyed having the house to myself those hours.
22 3 things I can feel hopeful about: Joe’s eyesurgery is: “minimally invasive”, “low risk” and if the pressure comes back up there’s still another surgery we can try.
23 Remember feelings will pass in time, even frustration and anger with “Miss Snotty Receptionist”
24 Choose to see something good about what has gone wrong: yesterday’s sliver lining/memory moment.
25 Notice when feeling judgmental, choose to be kind instead, so ok, maybe Miss S R is under unusual pressure either to close the deal or to cope with cranky stubborn hard of hearing patients who are reluctant to follow the governor’s requirements and or resistant to treatment. Surely not us!
Overslept last Friday so skipped T’ai Chi. Made up for it by committing to line dancing Fri afternoon in the park, even though I had to drag myself. Felt better for doing it.
Over a week without checking in on you all. Was all I could do to log my food.
Belated welcomes @JazzyJewel1969, @dellafayefox Faye Or/WA, @Deborah100660 from Corona CA, @rojeli6332 from Paris TN,
Sharon spending the night in an unheated office [shiver]. Too bad at least one of the doors isn’t self locking on exit.
Barbie the Maya Angelou quote on complaining really hit home.
Beth “struggling with low energy” and “think I’m just wearing out” perfectly describes me the past week plus. Also occasional, sudden, overwhelming sadness, fortunately those episodes are brief. Think I just need a good cry.
Rebecca could you hate cleaning so because you’ll just have to do it all over again? Hard to find satisfaction is something so ephemeral and strenuous. Your creative correspondence sounds like much more fun.
Machka dream occupation, some kind of archeological computer analyst, potassium argon tester/dendochronologist. Field work is just too darned hard/hot. I’m better with computers.
Time to get moving again, only 28 pages behind
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMODJuly: better than June.
daily: steps>5491=Fri: 4170 Sat: 1920 Sun: 5055 vits=15 log=16 CI<CO=14 CI<250<CO=13 Tumble & Shadow 5=16 mfp=14 clean 10 mins=15 outside=15 up hill=13
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=7 rx=2 dance=4
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=2 20for20=
bonus: AF=9.75 play= sew=3 -
Afternoon ladies
I did get a cat nap in the recliner earlier...but am fighting a sinus headache..
Faith fed and is relaxing,im sure she will be snoozing in a bit0 -
Barbara …you are not a complainer…
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: Fri line dancing at the port, recycling, Sat: typing, Sun: Gold Beach, Freddie’s, minutes to Howard, meeting notice to board.Jumpback July
Bonus: fruit and veg prep, one load of laundry, 48 mins vacuuming,
Get to do: Breakfast picnic and stroll with Barb, BB&B, massage, call USB re: paper loan statements; email SDAO re meeting change notice requirements, invest 10 mins cleaning Office, practice new dances (Turning Tables, Nothing but You, Shake it like that, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right); 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. Monday firehall apologize to Aaron.
17 write your worries down and save them for a specific worry time. Mine are: Joe’s eyes, Shadow’s granuloma, my increasing clumsiness. How grateful I am that those are my only worries. Will save them for prayer list time.
18 let go of the small stuff, focus on what matters – nope, Saturday did the big fat nothing.
19 notice something positive to come out of a difficult situation – think my spending will be more mindful the next 30 days.
20 What’s the best thing that can happen? Happened! Joe agreed to go to Medford to consult with the eye surgeon.
21 Change the way you think about: instead of being hurt or angry that Joe didn’t want me to go with to the surgeon, being glad he was willing to go at all, and enjoyed having the house to myself those hours.
22 3 things I can feel hopeful about: Joe’s eyesurgery is: “minimally invasive”, “low risk” and if the pressure comes back up there’s still another surgery we can try.
23 Remember feelings will pass in time, even frustration and anger with “Miss Snotty Receptionist”
24 Choose to see something good about what has gone wrong: yesterday’s sliver lining/memory moment.
25 Notice when feeling judgmental, choose to be kind instead, so ok, maybe Miss S R is under unusual pressure either to close the deal or to cope with cranky stubborn hard of hearing patients who are reluctant to follow the governor’s requirements and or resistant to treatment. Surely not us!
Overslept last Friday so skipped T’ai Chi. Made up for it by committing to line dancing Fri afternoon in the park, even though I had to drag myself. Felt better for doing it.
Over a week without checking in on you all. Was all I could do to log my food.
Belated welcomes @JazzyJewel1969, @dellafayefox Faye Or/WA, @Deborah100660 from Corona CA, @rojeli6332 from Paris TN,
Sharon spending the night in an unheated office [shiver]. Too bad at least one of the doors isn’t self locking on exit.
Barbie the Maya Angelou quote on complaining really hit home.
Beth “struggling with low energy” and “think I’m just wearing out” perfectly describes me the past week plus. Also occasional, sudden, overwhelming sadness, fortunately those episodes are brief. Think I just need a good cry.
Rebecca could you hate cleaning so because you’ll just have to do it all over again? Hard to find satisfaction is something so ephemeral and strenuous. Your creative correspondence sounds like much more fun.
Machka dream occupation, some kind of archeological computer analyst, potassium argon tester/dendochronologist. Field work is just too darned hard/hot. I’m better with computers.
Time to get moving again, only 28 pages behind
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMODJuly: better than June.
daily: steps>5491=Fri: 4170 Sat: 1920 Sun: 5055 vits=15 log=16 CI<CO=14 CI<250<CO=13 Tumble & Shadow 5=16 mfp=14 clean 10 mins=15 outside=15 up hill=13
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=7 rx=2 dance=4
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=2 20for20=
bonus: AF=9.75 play= sew=
It was interesting how OCD I felt when cleaning. I definitely have a method for my madness. If stuff isn't done the way I want it done, I redo it. It was the first major cleaning since we moved in. Like cleaning from the window wells to the ceiling lights. I deligated some tasks, which son did.👍
Yes, my letter writing, its as much fun decorating the envelopes and paper, making the sticker bags, as the letter itself. The whole process is relaxing to me. I usually spend and hour a day with ear buds in writing happily. I tell my pen pals, I think of my letters to you as two people chatting, each with coffee in hand. My one friend said, can I drink diet coke? Silly, of course you can.😁
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Barbara, it isn't so much that I will have to clean again, its the fact that when I clean I can't just surface clean, its turning the couches over, vacuuming everywhere cleaning. I sometimes take all the small things out of the room to the next room. Then brush all the dust from the sideboard inward, then vacuum. My mom used to have me wipe all the rubber kitchen sideboards with "liquid Gold" because she said it reflected and made the tile cleaner looking. And that's where I get my weirdness from!😁
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »I took Michaela to some yard sales today, we only went to three but she hit the jackpot on the second one. On the drive there she had been asking me for a Barbie camper. I told her that it was not part of my budget for a “just because” gift it would need to be a Christmas/birthday present. We get to the yard sale and lo and behold they have a Barbie camper that has a radio and working lights for 10.00!
Pip - it’s an Airstream!
This is her and Grampie figuring it all out.
Tracey in Edmonton
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Snowflake- can u take mow pics?1
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Great idea, Barbie! Thank you.
I'm 54 years old. lost 67 pounds over the last 2 years using My Fitness Pal. Then I hit a plateau starting in January. Then during the lock down, I baked and put back on 27 pounds. I'm back at the weight loss now, with the help of a weight loss clinic and My Fitness Pal and Fitbit, sticking with a 1,500 calorie diet and a goal of 7,500+ steps a day. It took a bit of time on the lower calories for my body to adjust and stop holding fluid. This week I started losing again with a loss of 2.4 pounds in a week. I'm ready to keep going. My goal is 1 pound per week average. SW 343 pounds. GW 185 pounds. I'm going to do this!!!3 -
I'm 58, happy to be 58, age doesnt phase me as I think its just a weird counting system. I have children in their thirties, but I feel inside that I am still in my thirties, and they are still children.... but grown up. Its all very confusing.
I'm English and love England, love the UK as a whole.
I am trying so hard not to give in at the moment as my mental health is having a bit of a wobble.
I love reading all the chat.
Sara from UK6 -
Pip
The hot tub has a little button she can push to make bubbles. The radio has a scan button so gets local radio stations and the speakers are above the window in the fronts. I’m pretty impressed with it for the price.
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Pip - I think you and Kirby need a Barbie Airstream!!!!4
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SueBDew-so sorry you have been dealing with COVID. Hope recovery doesn’t take long and no long lasting after effects.
Beth near Buffalo-I agree with you-the arrangement received does not look like what you ordered.
Camping—never been much of a fan. Like walking and hiking, but Holiday Inn Express is my idea of roughing it (years ago it was Motel 6!)
Carol in GA-I only have a VPN so I can access work/state computer system while working from home. Not sure why I would get one on my Mac . . . Machka will probably have some ideas.
Dill Pickle chips are awesome.
Tracey-excellent deal on the camper. Barbie stuff is so expensive.
Decided I want to use my 30% coupon at Kohls but did not want to go into store. I can go in and out of Kroger or Lowes fairly quickly, but I know if I go into Kohls I would end up spending lots of time looking at everything. Picked up a couple of things I need (sheets, my favorite bra on sale, a couple of extra t-shirts and did the store pick up. I am glad I did it that way. While not packed, based on the parking lot there were quite a few people shopping there and in Marshalls, I can literally spend a couple of hours in each of those, The pick up worked well, got Kohls cash so will probably spend it in the same manner.
Most of the day I spent figuring out having new curtain rods. Wasn't confident about having rod over window frame, so tried one just attaching where old one was on frame. Don't like the way it hangs there (can see part of top of frame). Spent time trying to figure out where studs are. Stud finders are next to useless. Called my older brother. He talked me through what I was thinking (has to be studs around the window). He said, just to be safe, go to Lowes, get these anchors (and with him the anchors he is telling me will hold darn near anything_. Since I only go to Lowes early in the morning, I decided to drill small hole where I thought stud would be-and sure enough it is there. However, by this time it is supper time, so I decided I would wait. In morning I will go to Lowes, pick up a few of the anchors to have on hand, and proceed with my method. If I don't find stud for each end and the center, I will have anchors. And of course, there are four other windows to be done. Feeling fairly confident now-I just have to think things through.
Well, since I have been up since 5, it is time to head off to bed.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
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Beth – I agree, the flowers your mother received are pretty but I would be disappointed, too.
Katla – I don’t remember Amber saying that she was sick, but maybe I missed it. I thought she said something about RJ being sick, tho. Update: Okie – thanks for reminding us about Amber
Kim – so happy for your godson
Rebecca – Vince always says that he’d get me a maid only if I absolutely needed one because he knows me and I’d clean before she came because I didn’t want her to see a mess and then I’d clean after she left because she didn’t do it my (the correct) way!
Sara UK until the day he died, I was my father’s “little girl”
Pip – Kim’s right, you DEFINITELY need a Barbie airstream!!!
Michele NC
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