WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020

OregonMother wrote: »

pipcd34 wrote: »

Walked to Costco and other stores, pushed the dog carrier, yogi walked,
Carries a lot

The essentials I see! Beer and toilet paper.

Where did you find the dog carrier? We are thinking of getting one for our pup.

Flea
Willamette Valley, OR

Beer is for Kirby, that tp will last us a long time, then we went to get a 28# of dog food, got some Halloween candy just in case...

Poerava14 wrote: »

Begging forgiveness for being MIA from here. I'm still on the caregiver rollercoaster, and pretty weary of this ride. And, there is no true relief in sight.

Rori
Trying to stay in the NOW in the Colorado Foothills

So sorry about your brother and DH. { { Hugs } }

But I'm glad you found a great caregiver. They are worth their weight in gold!

Do try to take care of yourself a little bit when Mary is there.


M in Oz

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

Still catching up from yesterday, about 1/2 an hour into work yesterday I had the starts of a headache. I tried to avoid a lot of screen time last evening in hopes of getting rid of the headache and managed to be feeling well when I went to bed. At 5 this morning though I had a full blown migraine happening. By 730 I had been sick 3 times from it. Needless to say I did not go to work today. I didn’t even get up 330 this afternoon for any real length of time.
I had to call and do an assessment before I could return to work. I was on hold for 50 minutes before I got to speak to the nurse. What a pain that is when you don’t feel good.

Kate - I had to comment on your knitting skills. Beautiful socks.

Rebecca - love the family photos! Are Bailey’s chips what I think they are? My husband might enjoy them, I’m not a fan.

Barbara - I’m glad you deleted the “only” getting rid of anything is an accomplishment.

Katla - we pay a bottle deposit here in Alberta as well. I know New Brunswick does as well. New Brunswick had it even when I was a kid.
We can choose to keep the money ourselves or donate it as well.

Annie - I have had hotdogs in the fridge for a long time at least a month. I always leave things in the package when I can so I can see the best before date. I just put them in air right containers. My Son in Law works at a dairy and told me that best before dates are mandated and you usually have a few days past those dates before dairy turns bad. He refuses to throw out unless it looks or smells bad. I have started following his lead for some things.

Michele - my iPhone has a health app that tracks my steps. I lose a lot of counting though as I don’t carry my phone with me all the time. If I am going outside for a walk I use Map my Walk.
As a young married couple we had a 1 bedroom and we regretted signing a one year lease. We went to a 2 bedroom so we had a space to get away from each other when we needed it. With all of the working from home right now I could see needing an extra room.
We currently have a 2 bedroom and I would do anything for a 3 bedroom. It would be so much easier to bring the Grands over.
I keep a bag in the closet for things to donate and in the spare/craft room I have a box. I took a bunch a few weeks ago so don’t have anything currently to donate.

Well I have read and caught up over the last 40 minutes and feel my headache returning. Time to put the phone down again.

Tracey in Edmonton
I’ll update with crafting pictures later.

pretty much the Bailey's chips are chocolate chips with a Baileys aroma no actual boozy taste. But it made my oatmeal cookies fantastic! The handful of sweetened coconut flakes made them magical. :-)
Rebecca

pipcd34 wrote: »

Walked to Costco and other stores, pushed the dog carrier, yogi walked,
Carries a lot

beer and toilet paper, what else is there! I had a Burley trailer when the boys were small. I just drove it in the store, covering up a kid as I shopped. Then took everything out to pay for it, while I told them to be patient as I drove it around to be refilled again. (Couldn't go thru the line)! My designated child, (mostly the eldest one when he was young, and in Japan, and the youngest one when we had Burley trailer #2), loved getting covered, and then could read the cereal boxes on the way home. :-)
Rebecca

grandmallie wrote: »

So i got a call from endocrinologist....sooo she said she wants me to get some genetic testing done as the calcium in the urine is low and the calcium in the blood is high..there is some long name for it but i cant remember it lol

Hypercalcemia
https://www.healthline.com/health/hypercalcemia
https://www.uclahealth.org/endocrine-center/high-calcium

Machka- thats not the name of it ,its longer than that. She asked if i evee had issues with calcium when i was a kid,said not that i know of...she said i need no meds as of right now but wants me to get the testing done but we have to get it preauthorized from insurance first and since im in between insurances will have to wait...
Ill find out the name again so i have proper information for you..

grandmallie wrote: »

Machka- thats not the name of it ,its longer than that. She asked if i evee had issues with calcium when i was a kid,said not that i know of...she said i need no meds as of right now but wants me to get the testing done but we have to get it preauthorized from insurance first and since im in between insurances will have to wait...
Ill find out the name again so i have proper information for you..

Possibly primary hyperparathyroidism which is the main cause of hypercalcemia?

(((Rori))) I think of you often. Prayers for you, and for your whole family.

"Get to do"s and "chose well"s
Fae “I don’t get men at all” boy howdy you can say that again. Don’t listen to your wife who you know to be intelligent and well informed and who has loved and supported you for 30 + years, but listen to any “respected male” instead. [sigh] It is what it is. We have no microwave, but I could gently steam heat my rice pillow in the double boiler, or chill in the freezer, but, no, that’s not what the “respected male” said to do. And alas, this is not an aging male phenomenon, he’s been this way as long as I’ve known him. Thanks for the suggestion to use it myself, maybe the example will give him a clue :laugh:
Welcome @Kathryn41057 Kat in Sussex, NB! Yes, sometimes I get the Oh-what-the-heck blues. One thing that helps is do get up, walk away from the screen, and do something that makes me happy, like walk the dogs in the woods, or grub in the dirt, or dance to a favorite tune or two. Once my mood improves I can “reset” and start fresh. And at 70 I’m considerably over the 50 hill
Rori ((hugs)) sending loving energy to you and yours.
Michele what is it about your fudge that isn’t “like the kind you get at the store”?
Debbie love the list of your fudge variations, your recipe is much like mine, except I add some chopped, wrung out, maraschino cherries to my Rocky Road.. How much coconut do you use for your Mounds fudge? I do make dark chocolate coated English Toffee, but stopped making fruitcake when I finally realized I was the only one who liked it Your toffee bars sound like my favorite “Matzoh Roca” :laugh: Would you share your caramel corn recipe? Can it be scaled down?
Sharon good to hear from you, hope your constant worry eases, and soon!
Allie glad your endocrinologist prescribed the genetic test, important to eliminate FHH (Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia) as a possible issue. Has she ever suggested parathyroid surgery? So sorry you have to wait for new insurance to kick in, hope the waiting period is short short short.
Rebecca OH those eyes!
Heather you are right, it’s those important small pleasures that keep us going.

Progress, two boxes of “low hanging fruit” and a backrest pillow to the thrift store today. 3 pictures up onto walls, tho’ possibly not in their long term homes. Scratched out room for both training beds.


Missed taking the dogs down the drive, and playing their food games, as I was in Crescent City all afternoon.

Wiped out tired.

Lighter, lovelies!

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

💜💛💚💙♥️🤍

Good morning ladies!

Terri - that photo of sheep grazing made me nostalgic this morning. Doesn't seem that long ago that scene was from my own back door. But on the plus side, I can now see a similar site on my walk each morning with our neighbor's cattle that we don't have to feed, round up, worry about. Instead of getting a lamb fix, I get a calf fix and they are just about as cute.

Barbara - in lieu of a microwaveable rice sock, what about an old-fashioned hot water bottle? I see Amazon carries them with super cute fleecy covers. Think I'll order one just to have on hand since we have bad luck with microwaves at our house. Now on #3 in 12 years.

Rebecca - so glad to see you are able to use Lee's PC to keep in touch with us. Sending many good thoughts to you folks for the trip into Seattle for Covid test and Lee's biopsy. Love that Athena photo!! Up close and personal, lol. Smoochies.

Carol = agree 1000% about getting tired of the campaign and medicare sign up ads. Opening Facebook to check on my family makes me want to fling this laptop into the next county as I have to scroll through the crap to see what I want to see. . But that's OK, gives me an excuse to pull a Jan Karon book off the bookshelf. Do you ever get left over wind and rain from the hurricanes and tropical storms that seem to be targeting Louisiana this year?

My walking buddy D is gone for a few days. I am amazed at how much spending an hour or so with a "close" (2 doors down) friend each day walking 2 miles has contributed to keeping my mental health on an even keel, especially since I've been pretty cut off from my lunch pals this summer. We have many common interests including a silly side and we truly have become best friends. A warped sense of humor and looking on the bright side is high on my list for a friend and she fits the bill. She is an unashamed troublemaker and we consider ourselves very lucky to have found each other, lol.

Yesterday I bit the bullet and scheduled my doggies for a clip next week, plus made an appointment for my old gal (13) for her yearly shots and to check out an old dog wart that's been growing. Amazed the vet is booked out over a month, I think he lost one of his part-time vets. He hires retired vets who want to work a day or two a week to fill in the gaps.

Anyhow, I have become such a homebody and set in my ways that even the thought of doing something like driving to the groomer or sitting at the vet's makes me realize what a wimp I've become.

I'm steeling myself for a trip to tire store when they open this morning and get a new set for my Subaru. I was going to do this in September then that smoke took over so I bagged it - the tire store is new, about 1/4 mile from other stores. I had planned to walk to Home Depot while they were doing the work and escape sitting in their waiting room in case the place is too stinky with the smell of tires. Crazy, I know. These allergies have made my nose so sensitive to chemical smells. Supposed to be a mild morning so it will be a fine day for walking if it's too stinky.

DH mowed the lawn yesterday, this might be the last mow of the year. I got a fair amount of garden cleanup done.

OK ladies, hungry puppies here so need to scoot.

Make it a fabulous day!!

Lanette
Pleasant SW WA State with the moon peeking out from the clouds. Glorious.

NW Georgia got lots and lots of wind and heavy rain last night. You cannot see the drive way because it is covered in leaves and debris. Luckily, no down trees.

Allie
My DH went to the endocrinologist this week for the same reason as you (too much calcium in his blood). After doing more blood tests, it may lead to him having two parathyroid glands removed.

Cars
My 2007 Honda Accord has just about bitten the dust. Had to have the alternator replaced last February after having it towed to the Honda dealer. Yesterday, when I got into the car for a trip to the store it was totally dead. I have been driving to Walmart about once a week so I don't think it is a dead battery. Ugh! Hate driving my DH's Dodge Caravan so hope I can get it resolved soon.

Rebecca & Terri & Machka
Thanks for continuing to give us photos to make our days easier!

Carol in GA