WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2020

I am trying to use my Daily Calm app and they end each session with on of these. I thought I would share.

RV Rita calm now. Heard from my mother and grandson who are all safe after the storm and still have electricity in Eastern CT, south central MA, and son in RI all on the edges of the storm.

Another long day, I don’t know how u shopaholics love to do this, it is awful! Got 2 nightstands at Wayfair, crap stuff is expensive or I am cheap!!

Faye - I love the smell of wood shavings too. Also, chain saw oil.
I grew up on about 400 acres of forestland in a 100 year old farmhouse that only had wood heat. My Dad and most of my family are carpenters. My Grandfather, Dad and 3 uncles built one of the McCain of McCain foods, brothers houses. Wood and I are great friends.

Barbara - I also have poor posture, it’s from trying to hide them. The nipple thing doesn’t bother me. I had a lump removed in my very early 20’s and that’s how they did it so I didn’t have scarring. My husband even forgets about it because the scars are well hidden.

Allie - Sorry your area got hit. You and your family are safe?

Carol - I’ve wondered about Michele cooking so much ahead of time too. I couldn’t do it, but I bet I would save calories and money by doing so.
I have a lot of vintage jewelry that was my Grandmother’s. I want to make a picture with it for my girls I just keep putting it off because it means I have to tear the jewelry apart.

This reminded me of a funny little story: my grandmother gave me an opal and pearl ring, that was her Aunt’s, when I was still a teenager. I wore it all the time and lost one of the little tiny pearls (about a straight pin head size) I took it to a jeweller to see about fixing it but the cost was too much to get a pearl that was antique enough to match. I decided that I would have earrings and a pendant made out of the stones and would melt the gold into a teardrop pendant. I told my Grandmother my idea and she thought it was a lovely thought and gave me some more gold jewelry to go with it to make my teardrop more substantial. As she was giving me the jewelry she told me where it all came from, who owned it and how she came to have it. So I currently have my Great grandmother’s wedding ring, a couple military rings that belonged to my Grandfather, my Grandmothers original diamond setting and I can’t bring myself to do anything with any of it. Maybe I should take a picture of it all and then get my teardrop made.

Sue - my grandfather retired with 3 other men, the other 3 all passed away within the first year. My Grandfather swore it’s because they didn’t do anything, they had no hobbies or anything to keep them going. I was a teen and this has always stuck with me. My Grandfather lived probably 15 years after retiring. He developed Parkinson’s a couple years before he died.

Pip - I don’t like shopping either, like you everything seems too expensive or I’m cheap. I think it’s too expensive personally.

I have had a pretty great evening. Our daughter that just bought her first house is busy decorating. She is putting pictures on one wall of both her and her husband’s grandparents. I have to dig out a wedding picture of my parents. My husband’s parents were married in May 1965, 5 months after he was born. I always thought they were married at City hall but found out tonight they were married in a church. They didn’t have a photographer though so no photos. I asked my MIL if there were any pictures of them as a couple when they were young and she told me to call my SIL because she had all of her albums. Called my SIL and she had found a picture she didn’t know existed just last week and it is their parents with my husband. We now have a copy of it. My daughter is happy to have all of her Grandparents accounted for.

Tracey in Edmonton

Sorry to hear of those suffering physically and mentally because of suffering loved ones. We are all linked. Thinking of Margaret, Barbara, Karen, Rori, Sue, and I know I've missed important people. Sorry.

DH has woken up early for the last couple of days with his recurrent anxiety. Not severe, but enough to keep him reading, not sleeping. This morning I was in the bed, so I noticed him and that stopped me sleeping on. Plus my leg was aching for no reason. (The air is very heavy and humid, so that's probably the reason.) He is fine in the day and actually took the car out for a constitutional in the afternoon, but he says he feels a bit 'dazed' in the early mornings.
I'm going to test fir the BBPV again, but I won't do anything unless it's obvious. I've gently suggested he might try cutting down on sugar and alcohol. His diet is impeccable normally, but he has got into the habit of a regular 4 units Pernod a night, plus some comforting toffees late on. He's always had the toffees, but the regular alcohol is since the virus. I am currently having four days AF and actually prefer them. I hope he will make the effort to cut back on that evening hit of sugar and see if it helps.

Don't like this heavy weather. Tomorrow is scheduled record temperatures. I will be indoors with the blinds drawn.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Tonight - salmon, curried sprouted beans and asparagus.