WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2020

Machka9 wrote: »

Got "crowned" yesterday.
Is it normal for a tooth crown to feel slightly too high?
Will it compress down eventually?

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Got taxes done today.


For the past 6 years, I have been working full time and attending university part-time. At first I was taking one course in each of 2 semesters so I had my summers off, but then in January 2018, I decided that was too slow, and started taking summer courses so I was just getting 2 or 3 weeks off university between courses now and then but was, of course, still working full time. Those 2 or 3 weeks was just enough time to get the very most urgent thing or two done before I started my next course.

At last, I have finished university!! My graduation is on December 18.

So now, I'm slowly but surely working my way through the long, long list of things I've shoved to the back burner over the past 6 years and especially over the past 3 years.

This dental work and my taxes are two things on that list.

I'm on that list too.

During my first 3 years in university, I lost weight and got fit. When I turned 50 I was in the best shape I had been in years!! Maybe having summers off helped - I could focus on me for at least 1/3 of the year.

During the past 3 years, I've gain weight and lost fitness. Work + university assisted with that but so did the fact that my husband had a workplace accident in March 2018 which resulted in a severe brain injury. So for the past 3 years I've been doing work + university + carer. I've left my own health and fitness etc. on the back burner.

So I'm working on getting fit again with walking and cycling. I'm also easing into climbing stairs and running again.



M in Oz

In my experience, no that’s not normal and it will not compress. It’s not been set right and you should return to the dentist. When you leave your mouth should feel “normal “ not like you have a new tooth.

Worked this morning. Then did 30 Minutes to Fitness Cardio Blast DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do one segment of the Dressed Up Drills DVD. After this, I’ve done all the different workouts.

Barbara – I have to go for the fasting blood work on Friday. No fun fasting. I’ll take a muffin in the car with me to chow down on right after they take the blood

Talking about leaving pocketbooks in the cart. This morning I had a customer who needed to get her order to $50 and she needed about $3 more. So she went back into the store to get a few more items but she left her pocketbook in the cart. I kept my eye on it. Nothing happened, but you never know

Barbara – even when I’m loading groceries into the trunk, I have my pocketbook on my shoulder. One time I put it down in the trunk and closed the trunk. The car was locked so Vince had to come to open the car. He wasn’t a happy camper

Tina CA – Vince and I are like you and your hubby, only backwards. Vince is the homebody so that “stay at home” didn’t affect him at all. Now I am the person who was always on the go, being with people etc. I thought I’d go out of my mind having to stay at home. I’m sort-of getting used to it. You would not believe the crafts that I’ve done. I laugh and say that I am running out of friends to give things to.

Speaking of crafts: I have been suggesting to Vince that we go to Michael’s and get the frame and maybe a mat if we need it for the jigsaw puzzle I did. Update: we got the things to make your own frame from Hobby Lobby and I've ordered the glass from this glass place.

Rained REALLY hard here. I was going to go out and get the carts, but the manager told me to wait until the rain eased up and she’d help me. I think she wanted to get out of the store. They did a deep clean of the floors yesterday so this morning everything had to be put back. She mentioned that she was going to get a headache from the smell. They did put the fans on. Actually, another gal came and went and got the carts. She didn’t have an umbrella (said she didn’t have one) and she told me that she doesn’t have a washer or dryer and that her bf doesn’t have a job. Guess money is tight for her.

The gal called me yesterday to ask if I wanted to work today. It’s not that I WANTED to but I suspect that maybe people don’t like having to be there at 7am. To me it’s not a big problem at all.

I don’t know how many many times something comes up and I’ve thought of someone on this thread, that they’d be interested in it, or how does it affect them?

Fae – which app again is it? I downloaded a few yesterday because I couldn’t figure out how to start the next game and it kept taking me to this poker app. If I know the one you use, I can ask you questions about things that I maybe can’t figure out….lol

Stephanie in Idaho – Come in and sit a spell. Put up your feet and take a sip of water. Jump in when something interests you

Had a pretty bad (for me) hot flash last night. I’m thinking that if I don’t have a decent diet (I did have a few of those cookies I made for Vince) before going to bed, I have a hot flash. I do know that exercising makes the hot flashes not as bad for me. Guess we shall see if the donut this lady brought to Newcomer bowling tonight affects me.

M – I’m not going to show Vince your catio. He’ll want one. Did you build that yourself? Wouldn’t surprise me if Anne’s mom fed her fried meat because that’s what the mom likes and grew up on.

Newcomer bowling tonight


Katla – I usually shop the store, too. Aldi sometimes has special buys that wouldn’t be on the website. WalMart has a minimum amount you need for the order and I prefer to pick out my own meats and produce.

Bailtruck – welcome. Boy, you’ve certainly come to the place where we can all relate to how you feel. Come back often for support, ideas (maybe), even just someone to commiserate with.

Michele NC

auntiebk wrote: »

"Get to do"s and "chose well"s

Chose well: dogs to powerline, fasted for blood work, returned adjustor’s call, post office, eye doctor about VSP/invoice, massage, iphone to shop, meeting prep, board meeting,
Bonus:
Get to do: MD appt, coffee/stroll with Barb, minutes, watch STAS Day 15, car to body shop, submit grant pics and receipts, test Bluetooth speaker so can do BB&B or T’ai Chi from voice recordings, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat), A Little Less Broken, One margarita, I’m so used to being broke, All Night, Sleeping with the Devil, Nothing but You, Blame it on my beating heart, Homesick); prep potato area and raised beds for beets, carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes and sow; weed drive again, finish weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; invest another 10 minutes in prepping living trust, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine, find and configure a screen time popup, figure out where to plant naked lady bulbs. Next Wednesday minutes to history. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments
New Ways November
11: Be curious, learn about a new topic or an inspiring idea: keep slogging through The Obesity Code, watch the next STAS video, listen to an STAS podcast

Heather your rug, floors, room, décor, stained glass, fireplace are all lovely. I especially like the pink vase, the shape of that mirror and the view into the next room. I don’t like any of those alternatives, what is the fourth choice? SMH at a phone chat with the MD, should at least be FaceTime or Zoom. The doctor needs to be able to see you and you to read his reactions too.
Tracey Neither receptionist 1 nor receptionist 2 ever called back with new appointment or explanation of the uncalled for test. Assistant #1 called to perform pre-appointment COVID-19 screening. When I explained my doubts, she assured me that the courier left at 2pm and the results would be in before my 10:30 appointment. We shall see. :devil:
Annie what a tough spot you are in! Would she accept “No, thanks, doctor’s orders!” ? You might have to say it every doggoned day.
Welcome @stephtra49 Stephanie in SE Idaho. Con VERY grats on being almost halfway to your goal, that was quick!
Debbie nope sorry, don’t remember the candle factory per se, but remember when the Yountville shopping village was a cool and new destination to us, was that it?
Welcome @BailTuck would you let us know what you’d like to be called and your general locale? It is so frustrating that our husbands can burn off amazing quantities of food while we cannot. Hope you ease back into walking safely with no return of tendonitis.
Allie good luck with the video appointment. Getting a second opinion (soon as you get the first that is :laugh: ) is only wise. You go girl!
Sheri no need to respond to everyone. I just keep a word document and type as I read. It’s an OCD character flaw, a compulsion to reply almost all the time to everyone. Don’t do as I do…
Michele “…and I prefer to pick out my own meats and produce” Amen, sister AMEN!

Lighter, lovelies!

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

November: better than October.
daily: sit with Joe: 11, weigh: 11, steps>5491=5708 vits=11 log=11 CI<CO=10 CI<250<CO=6 Tumble & Shadow 5=12 mfp=11 outside=10 up hill=10
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=0 rx=2 dance=1 clean 30 mins=3.75
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=0 20for20=0
bonus: AF=7 play=0 sew=0

No, it was called Hurd's Beeswax Candle Factory I think- it was right on Hwy 29 between Calistoga and St. Helena-
I have only stopped at the shopping village in Yountville once or twice. Have been to the Vet's home many many times- I used to go there with my grandma for poppy making or other events with the vets.
Debbie

I get nearly all my meat from the butcher round the corner and nearly all my veggies fresh from the deli next to that. They are fresh, local and organic and not wrapped in plastic. The bread is artisan from the deli or a baker. My fish comes from a fish market on the harbour. But there are still loads of standard items that I need every two weeks! Paper goods, cleaning, frozen, condiments, AF wine and beer, tinned items, jarred, cheeses, and Waitrose do especially good custard tarts for DH, and charcoal grilled artichokes for me. Olives, Pimientos de Padron - that I can't get anywhere else. Prince Charles does very good eggs. They are an organic range called Duchy. I manage to spend around €140 on the delivery. More sometimes.
We haven't been to a proper supermarket since March. The small shops we go to only have one or two people at a time inside, masked of course. I haven't had a visitor indoors, or been to anyone's house since March. I haven't been anywhere indoors at all. We are isolating. At the butcher I can stand outside and they bring it to me.
I haven't been further than I can walk since December. I have been in a car once for a mile. I collect my normal fresh shopping in a wheeled trolley. We buy in bulk things like toilet paper, tea, coffee, kitchen towel, condiments, rice, they are stored in the garage and utility room.
I would love to go to a shop. I haven't been in a non essential shop since March. We are in lockdown again, but I haven't been into town since March.
The deliveries are a huge help to us. Many things are not available within walking distance. I know their range extremely well and things like the charcoal grilled artichokes and the cheeses are heaven. Their sun dried tomatoes are the best.
Yum! Making myself hungry!

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Groceries:
We've had them delivered since July 2018. About once a week or two, I place an order online and a day or two later, it arrives.
We rarely eat meat so about all I get in the grocery order might be chicken mince and deli meats.
We grow quite a lot of fresh veg and otherwise get frozen veggies and sweet potatoes through the online/delivery method.
I'll order a bit of fruit through the online/delivery but most of the time I go to a fresh fruit and veg market for my fruit.


Restaurants:
We go to restaurants and cafes now. They're open although the tables are spaced out a bit more which suits me. However, if we wanted to eat restaurant food at home, we'd use Uber Eats or some other delivery service.


Going out:
It's business as usual here. We haven't had a case of C19 in at least 90 days and we're open to most of the rest of the mainland. I suspect that we'll start seeing cases again by Dec 11, but we'll deal with it when it happens.

I take the bus to work, I work in the office, I visit the shops at lunch, we go to the hardware store or other places on weekends, we visit cafes/restaurants, we exercise outside or in our home gym, and we travel around Tasmania.

I think it's good to take advantage of opportunities to see and do different things when we can ... even if it is just a drive to a hiking trail or quiet country road somewhere to be active and enjoy the outdoors away from other people.


I do, however, use the hand sanitiser and try as much as possible to keep my distance from other people. Now that we've been introduced to those possibilities, I like them and want to keep them! I like having hand sanitiser available in each store entry and I like staying 1.5 metres (or more!) away from other people.

I have hugged no one but my husband since March ... or actually, since well before that. I can't remember the last time I hugged someone other than my husband. I don't hug people. I've long suspected I fit within autism spectrum disorder.


M in Oz

Katla - Food delivery is a huge thing in the UK. You see delivery vans out on the streets all the time. It's the new normal. When our first lockdown happened it was very difficult to find a slot. You could only bag a rare one if you were online in the middle of the night! I applied for Priority Delivery because of our ages and got it. That means I can book longer ahead. I book a slot every two weeks which is perfect for us.
Tonight's dinner will be the delivery 's charcoal grilled veggies, with my homemade pesto, added frozen broadband, peas and artichokes, frozen King prawns and the delivery's pappardelle.
Yum!

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Shopping services- I have a friend who got her house paid off a couple of years ago, she still needed to work, but decided she didn't want to work full time at her government job, anymore. SO...she works a handful of part time jobs. She was (pre covid) an on call roadie; setting up for concerts at the local arena, she is a bartender/server at the local bowling alley a couple of nights a week, and her biggest/highest paying gig is as a Shipt Shopper. She especially likes the Shipt job, because she can pick and choose which orders to pick up and decide how busy she wants to be. She is a happy camper, now. Katla, I bet you have Shipt shoppers or something like it, in your area. If you have a neighborhood facebook page, you could probably advertise on there for the need for shopping help. A lot of people in my area are doing things like this, just to help people out or to make a bit of $.

auntiebk wrote: »

Sheri no need to respond to everyone. I just keep a word document and type as I read. It’s an OCD character flaw, a compulsion to reply almost all the time to everyone. Don’t do as I do…

OMG yes! This is my problem as well.

Dental crowns and restorations In the past I had 11 crowns and had my teeth completely rebuilt once. There is no excuse for a crown not being right before you leave the dentist's office. The dentist should insert a material between the teeth and have you do the tap tap tap thing so they can see high spots. They should grind and work until the teeth seat perfectly. When they get it right by their impression insert, you will know it.

I have argued with dentists and switched dentists many times in the past over this very thing. If you have used your TIME ALLOCATION and they still have work to do on that new crown, then it isn't your fault they are running behind. It is convenient for them to have you come back, but can create problems for you. The final test should be done with you sitting UP and the teeth should feel like they mesh perfectly.

High spots can cause jaw problems, especially in women. I always took great care of my teeth, but my high acid saliva and jaw joint damage and high stress of many years along with dentists that valued their time frame over doing a good job, and then topped off with hereditary gum disease, I finally had my remaining teeth pulled and went to premium dentures which suck bilge water, even with implants to hold the lowers. I wish I could afford to get 4 implants to hold top dentures, because gluing in the tops and still fighting gagging when I bite wrong and loosen them, finds me not wearing them except when going out to eat.

Sometimes I don't even wear them to go out and eat. I just say, "I will have whatever that baby is eating over there." It always tastes better than it looks. I don't like dining dates, because I always come off as a cheap date. $3.95 for baby food is very impressive to a tight-fisted old fart, however, such extravagance doesn't even earn the old wanker a weak Covid style side hug, let alone a good night kiss on his weathered whiskered cheek.

Never accept poor dental work. I would never have a root canal anywhere except at an endodontist. Very few regular dentists are skilled enough to do it right. When my teeth were pulled my NEW dentist showed me where several teeth had been drilled through the sides and filled when a root canal was done by a dentist that didn't have the skills or patience to do a proper job. They also showed me how the crowns weren't smoothed at the bottom so flossing could be done smoothly. If you can't keep that tooth clean, then it will probably be a problem.

All this info I learned the hard way does me no good, but I hope it helps someone to get better dental care. I have had it all done, fillings, root canals, crowns, implants, jaw surgery, wisdom teeth out, teeth pulled, gum surgery, deep cleaning, bite guards, braces (at age 38) TMJ therapy, gum grafts, dentures, and probably something I have forgotten about.

Fae with calloused gums singing the dental blues

Machka9 wrote: »

Meanwhile ...


Slowly adjusting to post-uni life.

I'm finding that my current deadlines are not as strict as my uni deadlines. 🙂
I can actually stop working on something and go to bed instead of staying up till 3 am to finish. 🙂

M in Oz

It will no doubt be the best day in 2020. I am looking forward to it!

The local supermarkets here still have a small town feel even though we are technically in a city. Only Walmart has curbside pick up where you can order online and have them brought out to the car. There are no delivery services except a local one that is very expensive and only has huge bulk style items. (Think Costco) The times available have been about a 2-3 week wait since March. I just go and get what I need wearing a mask and making sure I sanitize my hands.

Kate - I think your zoom sessions are a wonderful idea! I love the name Knit-n-Natter. It reminds me of crafting days and evenings I used to enjoy.

I was born on a Friday the 13th so quite enjoy them myself. I had a Great Uncle that would not visit with me on my birthday, he would the day before or after though. He was quite superstitious.

I am at work and it is gearing up to be a busy day, I best get at it.
Tracey in Edmonton

Katla - no taxis? !!!! I've just checked on Uber and at this moment there are eight cabs circling our road. Plus the local cab firms a phone call away. We also have buses every few minutes at the end of the road. I haven't used either since March. My world is now the house, the seafront and the shops around the corner.

Today was a lovely day. I fell in love with my rug, I had a wonderful run, I did some of my memoir and I had a terrific food delivery. Dinner was yummy. AF. If I get my exercise in, do my writing, each day then life is pretty good. I really only get a couple of hours in the afternoon that isn't occupied. Usually I do my languages then. I count myself very lucky, but I'm still missing my grandchildren. That does get to me.

My thoughts go out to those who are struggling right now. So many.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx