WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2020

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,253 Member
    Patio b4
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    edited August 2020
    pipcd34 wrote: »
    Last piece of patio came in, big diff

    I really like all the lights! :)


    And the little bicycle, of course. :smiley:

  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,946 Member
    Suzi - We have what we call a leadership team. It’s what most offices call the management. I am part of this team but am not considered a manager. As part of this team we are all on an emergency fan out list. We would only be called in the event that all residents needed to be evacuated due to a weather or mechanical emergency. I safeguard my number and anyone that has it knows if I am off I do not want to be contacted regarding work. From 2006 to 2018 I was on call and one of the things I was looking for in a job was not being available for work after hours.

    I’ve always been one to go above and beyond, this Boss doesn’t like that and has made that perfectly clear. She also when Covid first hit and was home herself for 8 weeks sent a memo to all of us staff that were coming in early and staying late that she will not accept any lieu time or overtime. She has allowed her three favourites to continue to use lieu time but has denied anyone else.

    Pip - what about a large shadow box for your medals? I just love your patio, and your whole place. You have a good eye for decorating.

    Barbara - I’m happy Joe is being seen and they are keeping a close eye on his eye. The Lord certainly does work in mysterious ways.
    My coworker wasn’t trying to get me in trouble, she would probably hang it herself but she is reception so has no private wall space. She has a strange sense of humour and no filter.

    I had a great day at work today, it was a nice change.

    I don’t have a lot to contribute tonight, everyone stay healthy and safe.
    Tracey in Edmonton
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,253 Member
    I’ve separated his medals and mine. I ordered 2 medal hangers and will take pics when they come in. I am gonna put them in the spare bedroom where we have bike trainer.
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    TERRI I’m like you a night owl. DH gets up between 7 and 8 brings me my first cup of tea while he goes to shop for newspaper today is big shop. Then he will bring me another cuppa. I stay in bed checking news and emails on iPad and of course check in with you all. I do chores upstairs and exercise for an hour. Seldom go downstairs before 12. This works for us as we both have our ‘me’ time. Need this especially now with C19 and our awful weather.

    Kate UK ❤️
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,522 Member
    Pip – we have the exact same lights by our pool as you have on your patio. Great decorating! Question – when you ordered the POD, did it come on time?

    Michele NC
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,698 Member
    edited August 2020
    Faye - I had no idea that was who it was. I did research the incident after your post and the whole cult. So sorry you had that awful experience. <3 Strange to think I was listening to that tape in 1990 -1993 when he had just died, probably poisoned by one of his followers.
    I am absolutely no fan of gurus of any kind. Hearing the context doesn't make the tape sound so funny now, but at the time I really admired the delivery. I used to swear a lot when I was younger, but rarely do nowadays, apart from kitten orifice and the occasional 'merde ' in English.

    The wind has gone. I really thought the roof was coming off last night! I sleep with ear plugs, so was able to shut it out. Definitely the worst we have had down here. Well over 60 mph.

    I'm going to make a cauliflower cake today. :D I managed to find my old recipe in my VEG file, but then had to adjust the amounts. The recipe is for a huge ten inch one which serves about ten people! I'm going to make one half the size. Of course, a complicated calculation was then required! What size of tin? I asked DH to work it out, but before could do the sums, I found the answer in my wonderful cake book. It has charts for different sized cakes. Half of a ten inch cake is seven inches. I usually cook my Spinach and Feta cake in that size, so I'm happy. :D
    I will have a tomato salad with it and DH can have a chunk of brown sourdough.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx actually feeling excited about cooking her cauliflower cake.

    Machka - I hope your brother and family are OK. What a worry. <3
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    edited August 2020
    Morning, afternoon and evening all,

    Kim - I'm so glad you got in a good day with someone who loves you. I can hear the relief and joy in your voice! Humans need each other's touch to thrive.

    Machka - Hope your brother and family will be safe and dry.

    Heather - Hope your cauliflower cake turns out wonderful. Sounds like something my husband would bake to try to sneak a vegetable in on me. :)

    Tracey and Kylia - I think of you both often, and the way things are at work for the two of you. You will find a way through, you always do.

    Corey says he has no idea why the air conditioning started working again after he looked at it, which is a tad unnerving. Really glad it's working, though! He shrugged and said maybe he intimidated it, and it happens at work all the time.

    Have lost a couple of pounds shaking up my exercise routine, as the sciatica thing is just kicking me right in the posterior, so I've been skipping the yard work and just doing the elliptical. Had been stalled for the last two weeks, so it's nice to bump off of that. May have to go outside and get some water on the garden today, though. We're supposed to get the northwesternmost edge of Laura's remnants, but not until late tomorrow.

    Speaking of Hurricane Laura, thoughts go out to everyone in the area--Laura is now expected to be a Category 4 by the time she reaches landfall and may reach inland still at hurricane force all the way north to the area my brothers and their families live, in Nacogdoches, Texas. No, I'm not worried about them, for a lot of reasons.

    On hair washing - I was skipping one or two days a week before I started exercising every day, but now I have to shower daily and wash it every day because I sweat like a li'l piglet. Tried just rinsing my hair thoroughly and conditioning it, but ended up getting small blisters on my scalp. My hair's longer than it's been in a decade, as I'm still not willing to let a stranger breathe on me, mask or no, so it takes a long while to dry. It will probably get longer still.

    Hope everyone has a good day, and that all of us and all those we love end up safe, dry, and out of the fire zones...

    Later,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Hairwashing and showering- I used to wash my hair every two to three days. Thanks to COVID-19 it is now daily. Like Machka- I have always showered daily because that (for me) is the best place to stretch aching muscles! KJ
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    Heather For years I would see Osho quotes and I didn't know who he was. It was after I saw the Netflix that I found out and that Sheela was now a caregiver for the elderly. I almost poo'ed myself. Looking back it all seems so unreal.

    Pip Awesome transformation. It looks so inviting.

    Katla The drops won't make Joe's vision better. but make the eye drain instead of all that pressure building up causing excruciating pain and damaging the nerve. I had pain for a couple of years before they figured it out.

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    edited August 2020
    Brother and family ...

    I've been looking at Windy, and it appears that Laura will pick up speed just before landfall, make landfall about 5 pm tomorrow, my time, then it will move right on top of the city where my brother and his family lives and sit there for 2 hours before continuing north.

    In that time they're supposed to have 70 mph winds gusting to 150 mph.
    It looks like they may get nearly 200 mm of rain in about 6 hours, with 100 mm of that in one hour.

    I am worried about my family and the rest of the people there.


    Hair ...

    I oiled my hair tonight. I often do that after I've dyed it.

    If you had told a teenager me that I would oil my hair, I would have stared at you in horror ... and then burst out laughing.


    MRI ...

    My husband had an MRI on his brain about 10 days or so ago. We saw his eye surgeon today who gave us the results. As far as his eyes go, they're not too bad and the eye surgeon will continue to follow up every 6 months or so. He does have some double vision but it is being controlled for the most part by prisms in his lenses.

    But the MRI also confirmed the severity of his brain injury. I knew it would because he has had several MRIs with the most recent one a year ago, but it is still a little bit of a jolt to see the words: encephalomalacia and gliosis.


    Dental ...

    I broke a tooth again ... or at least, it's not broken off, it's cracked. I will have to make a dental appointment in my spare time.

    Too much grinding my teeth at night.


    Machka in Oz
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @dellafayefox Faye, I'm so sorry you had to go through that with that intentional food poisoning. A shocking story. I was partly rewatching the Netflix series "wild wild country" on that yesterday evening after osho/rajneesh quote came up in the thread. I think I knew a 2 or 3 older people -not close friends/acquaintances, in the 80s or so, who were into or had at least experienced Osho teaching maybe in the 70s or 80s (like people who were 30-60ish when I was about 20ish). I think one or two had some of his books. I wasn't at all drawn to it, largely as open relationship seemed to be a big part of it, so I didn't really look into it. I didn't follow the news about that at all and only discovered the story through Netflix last year. I was practicing meditation from late 80s and practiced 5 rhythms dance for several years in the 2010s, but haven't been too drawn to what seem to me like over-the -op things 60s dynamics (primal screaming, rebirth, free-love). I think that experimental "everything goes" period of the 60s (and a bit before and after) probably (surely) helped open the door for some new approaches that afe now normal, and also there was excess and unskilled exploration or use. Things like meditation, yoga, mindfulness and meditation were also more introduced in the west around then and in the 80s and 90s were still considered somewhat out there and woowoo, but now they seem to be highly main stream. I find the documentary series so interesting as you have people who were locals who were first open then adverse, others who are now disillusioned previous first-hand devotees, others who remain convinced that he was good and contributed overall good to the world, and that it was some of his close devotees who were responsable for any problems.
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Awwwww, PIP. I LOVE your finished patio. Charming and fun and uplifting!

    Karen in Virginia
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Lisa I bet Corey would cut your hair. He’s handy.

    Karen in Virginia
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    edited August 2020
    @auntiebk Barbara,
    I'm so sorry about Joe's high pressure. Great that he is reawakening and being so open and kind to you and in general. What a gift!
    I agree that getting stuff done is actually more distressing than playing online games. Weird that I or we don't always make the best choice that way.

    online games I sometimes play solitaire and sometimes online spades with other players. that's it in terms of online games. I used to use another site for spades but on this one (trickster) the down side is you can't much write to the other players but the upside is it's nearly impossible to criticise, insult people.unfortunately trolls and negative people are not rare online -players could be 12 year olds, etc. I tried scrabble a bit but was not fast or good enough and people were sometimes unpleasant. I don't have experience of scrabble, knowing the hundreds of 2-letter words, etc.

    topless
    I saw in paper that some cops mistakenly gave some women a ticket or something for being topless somewhere at a beach in france. Just to show how radically it's changed since the 80s when so many were topless at the beach. It's not illegal in france at the beach unless stipulated by local law, which was not the case. Mostly topless is accepted at the beach but not in the streets.

    Crosswords
    I am horrible at crosswords. it seems to me you have to be pretty up on pop culture or a ton of things (sports, tv series from the 90s, etc etc etc) and I never am.

    Sudoko
    I occasionally do the paper version if I buy a nytimes international when traveling (like less than 10 x per year). I am not that good at that, but I find the mathematics more logical and thus more doable than crosswords with hard or (for me) obscure subjects.

    @dellafayefox apparently a third nipple is not at all very rare.

    @Machka9 I'm sorry about the reconfirmation of the diagnosis for your husband even if you knew about it. Also sorry about the broken tooth.
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,254 Member
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  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    Lisa I bet Corey would cut your hair. He’s handy.

    Karen in Virginia

    He does dye my hair for me already. Not sure I'd let him loose with scissors on it, though. :)
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    edited August 2020
    Yestereday's plan
    1) clean 15 minutes not done
    2) 1 push up not done
    3) walk 55 brisk minutes done
    4) track all done
    5) get eyes checked done
    6) 1 hr on writing not yet not done
    7) see if I can catch neighbour about balcony bug issue didn't catch her/them
    8) start to slowly pack for Friday, started

    yesterday was somewhat of a bust. I felt beat and stressed by mid afternoon and sort of vegged out.

    I found my distance eyesight has improved as my close up eyesight has gotten worse.My present glasses for seeing far away are too strong!

    Today's plan. still keeping the bar low.
    1) clean 15 minutes yes, at least an hour plus monthly cleaner came for 1.5 hours
    2) 1 push up not yet
    3) Walk some
    4) 1hr on writing not yet
    5) washed and waterproofed rain jacket withs specialised product from specialised camping store done but now I see tears around the pocket that I'm pretty sure weren't there before ! thanks product! WTF! not progress! if it wasn't a reputable store (type EMS in usa) I would think it was done intentionally to force consumption. A black spot that looked washable turned into a pink one that looked like dark purple of jacket came out and left pink...

    6)
    finally got Covid test before visiting my 65 year old friend on Friday.i don't think I have it but feel better going to someone's home overnight after having been tested. will get results in 24 hours at latest. I went at 7:30 this morning for opening at 8am and was out at 9:05. not so bad. i was able to get en espresso take away and noted somethings in my agenda and looked at the clouds speeding by, etc. during the waiting time. the weather was fine for waiting in line.
    7) Do 2 or 3 things to take care of rental apartment 1.
    8) See if I can make appointment with office paper helper person for after I get back
    9) Change day of dermatology appointment not yet
    10) bought rare button and thin elastic and brought to clothes alterer's to sew and fix a shirt and dresss for 10 euros done For the button I could do it but after many many many months of not doing it I prefer paying 2.50 for the button.for the elastic on the dress it's longer, would take at least 20-30 min I think and I'm not sure if I'd do it properly.
    11) track all so far so good.

    I really think it could be good to go and order glasses today, as it takes 10days for progressives but I'm gonna put that down as a maybe for today.

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,698 Member
    Machka - Seeing the words is indeed a jolt. So sorry. <3 He certainly has the right partner in you. :flowerforyou:
    One of the things that startled me into my healthy regime was seeing the word Obese staring at me from the doctor’s screen. No one had ever used that word to me.
    Is there a chance of getting a final settlement for his injury so you can travel around a bit when restrictions are lifted? It seems like now is the time.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Machka - Seeing the words is indeed a jolt. So sorry. <3 He certainly has the right partner in you. :flowerforyou:
    One of the things that startled me into my healthy regime was seeing the word Obese staring at me from the doctor’s screen. No one had ever used that word to me.
    Is there a chance of getting a final settlement for his injury so you can travel around a bit when restrictions are lifted? It seems like now is the time.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    We have been trying and we continue to try. I've put hours upon hours of work into it. But it isn't up to us ... it's not our choice.

    M in Oz
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,195 Member
    :) Jake has an appointment with the eye doctor this morning. He wants me to go because they will probably dilate his eyes to check on the floaters that have been bothering him for months and he'll need me to drive him home. I don't want to sit in their waiting room for a variety of reasons including the very uncomfortable chairs so I'll take my headphones and go for a walk and he can call me when he needs his ride. The doctor's office is in a pleasant neighborhood that is unlikely to have many people on the sidewalks.

    :)Pip, you and Kirby are certainly making your new house a "home".

    <3 Barbie in NW WA

  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    KIM ~ So happy for the time you had with your niece! So glad you have her and her brother to love.

    PIP ~ The patio looks great. Is the greenery over the fence real? Y'all really made a difference there.

    LISA & OTHERS ~ I have really wondered about hanging the wet clothes on the line...do you have to iron them when you bring them in? I don't think I could do that cause I absolutely hate to iron.

    HAIR: I used to wash my hair every other day; but, now it's about every 5 days. I did not use gel on it the other day and now it's hanging like a messy bunch of straw.

    Carol in GA
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    edited August 2020
    1948Peachy wrote: »
    LISA & OTHERS ~ I have really wondered about hanging the wet clothes on the line...do you have to iron them when you bring them in? I don't think I could do that cause I absolutely hate to iron.

    Carol in GA

    I don't.

    If you wear button-up cotton shirts, you might, but I try to avoid those things. They're not comfortable and there's ironing.

    However, you can improve your odds even with those button-up cotton shirts by tugging top and bottom to straighten things out as much as possible, and buttoning them up, and making sure the collars, cuffs and bottoms are straight, and running your hands down them quickly to smooth out most of the wrinkles. They're usually OK then if you don't mind the very slightly wrinkly look.

    But most of what I wear handles hang drying just fine. If it has dried a bit crease-y and I want to wear it the next day, I'll hang it in the bathroom and when I have my shower the steam takes out the creases.

    M in Oz

  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    edited August 2020
    1948Peachy wrote: »
    LISA & OTHERS ~ I have really wondered about hanging the wet clothes on the line...do you have to iron them when you bring them in? I don't think I could do that cause I absolutely hate to iron.
    Carol in GA

    Ha! No, I do not iron. That said, yes, many clothes come off the line quite wrinkled.

    However, I don't personally wear shirts that wrinkle, and in all honesty, my husband simply doesn't care whether it's wrinkled, as he will be greasy and dirty within moments of getting to work, so a wrinkle or two is a moot point.

    When for some reason, I want my husband's work shirts to look reasonably decent, I've found one workaround is to take them in from the line and put them in the dryer with a clean, damp cloth for just a few minutes. The wrinkles fall out easily, and the shirts still smell like sunshine.

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