WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2021

I have to say I have never been a fan of exercise, I would much rather curl up with a great book, but if I can combine exercise into other things I guess it tricks my brain into thinking I am having fun?

I have discovered a love of hiking. I find I can walk an extremely long way if I am in a lovely environment marching up and down hills with the dog is fun. By the same token if I am on a treadmill or walking a track at the gym, I find myself dying and watching the clock until I have reached my required number of steps. When outside somewhere pretty, I WANT to keep going to see what is around the next bend. I especially love walking on the beach and when I combine that with squatting every few minutes to search for interesting shells all the better

I grew up with horse and still get on occasionally. Since I ride hunt seat it really is good exercise. I like the communication I have with the horse when I am riding. I hope to do more of it soon. My daughter purchased a yearling and he is just now being broke to the saddle for his two year old year. If he is a good boy, I might get up there in a few years once he has learned his job.

I also love kayaking. We have two inflatable kayaks that we rarely get the chance to use, but I love to go with my daughter, my husband does not care for it, so I can only do it when she is home. I am not a confident swimmer so would not go out on the water alone. A close fourth would be bike riding with the same problem as hiking, I love it when I am going somewhere and hate it when I am on my exercise bike at home.

I too did the Richard Simmons thing back in the 80s. My teacher friend and I actually had an afterschool fitness club and the kids would join us and we would all dance to the oldies, lol.

Barbara” Rita March 1 is me. Would you like to zoom a birthday visit? How frustrating about the DDS.”. The zoom would be awesome! I’ve never used it but have used others. Pm me!

RvRita

Yesterday was first day I felt like my old self. Got a ton done like hand washing clothes - 90 minutes, went for 20 min walk, washed floors and rugs in camper, and made a Keto rolled eggplant meal ( turned out really good and tastes like lasagna!

RvRita

I anyone having trouble logging food today? it's been bugging for me all day!
Corrected 16 texts yesterday and 16 today as planned.
16 tomorrow and sending some grades tomorrow. And up to 16 next day and send the last grades due Wednesday. Then more to finish for 5 days later.

I remembers stretching to Lilias Yoga on PBS.

Saw this tee and thought of you PIP!

A gal posted this on my fasting site

Today I took a hot shower, and coconuted myself from head to toe. Then I just gave myself a massage. My hands neck, feet and all joint areas. I feel refreshed and ready to tackle the day!
Favorite exercise:
SWIMMING! My mom used to say I was part fish! When we attended the nudist resort in CA, I used to fold my arms, my legs straight down and bob in the deep end. Friends would be like where is your floatie? I would smile and look down, "these puppies"! Lol!
Tennis!
I have been told I have a powerful forehand, and when I do a backhand, I can slice it. But I suck at serving, and the courts need to be bigger. Last time I picked up a racket it was at the nudist resort, and I was hiring around with youngest son and middle son. I need to get back at it. Tennis isn't really a thing in Washington state. I have yet to see a court around here. There is one on base, but is off limits to anyone but active duty.
Rebecca

exermom wrote: »

Penny – how long have you lived in Longyearbyen? Could you redecorate yourself? Your pictures are so beautiful. Love them, only don’t love the snow.

Michele NC

Michele - We've lived here for nearly ten years. When we came we intended to stay only three years and I figured I could stand it for that long. But like so many others we fell in love with the place so we're still here. Technically, we could redecorate as long as we paid for everything ourselves and didn't change the walls or floors. And I've done what I can with the textiles and other loose stuff. I immediately got rid of the flounced velvet curtains and the fake plastic roses! Now it's mainly the furniture I'm not pleased with. For example, we have an ox-blood red faux-leather sitting group which is comfortable but hideous, and an imitation antique kitchen table with matching chairs full of blue hearts and flowers. (So-o-o-o not me! I want either genuine antiques or modern functional furniture with clean lines.) There's no furniture store in Svalbard and getting furniture shipped here is a huge hassle. So I grin and bear it. Besides, the stuff we have is serviceable and I feel it's better for the environment if we continue to use it.

KJLaMore wrote: »

Penny- Thanks for commenting back in regards to your homes. In your description of them, I can see why your island home feels more like "home". I would have a hard time leaving a place that I designed. Your pics are magical!

Well, I better fly! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)

Kelly - It later occurred to me that the most intense "home" feeling I've experienced in the past few decades came when I visited my sister's house in Madison, Wisconsin — a place I'd never even been before! But the house had the same feel as the one I grew up in, in Minneapolis. The same sash windows. The same narrow floorboards that creaked and gave you splinters if you weren't careful. The same little decorative bits of clear leaded glass around the front door. And of course my sister also had some of the furniture from the old house. I slept like a log when I was there.

auntiebk wrote: »

Penny I’d’ve been a little nervous to be that close to those antlers. Way too nervous to take such a great pic.
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

Barbara - Nervous? That's because you don't know the Svalbard reindeer. They're the most placid creatures on the planet! They have to conserve energy if they're going to live off their own fat stores and a few meagre dry grass stalks from October through June. Sure, her antlers were right beside my leg, but they're tiny animals. Her withers didn't reach up to my waist, and I'm only 5'2".

Five beautiful things outside
1) Tiny sparkling ice crystals on the snow
2) The faint translucence in the inky sky that signals astronomical twilight (=the sun will rise in just four weeks!)
3) A bunch of day-care kids in the car's headlights - all those little reflector vests!
4) The Big Dipper, and if I lean back and look straight up, the North Star
5) The calm liquid eyes of that reindeer

Nope, no Northern Lights this week. Otherwise they would be on the list.

/Penny, not feeling the least bit deprived at the

Carol - I agree about the Amazon pricing. It sure is convenient though.

Karen -
Tracey

Rita: I’m delighted that you are feeling lie your old self. ! Good news!

(((Allie))):

Carol: Your comments about Amazon make sense to me. We order things form there more often than I thought. DH placed an order for KIND Bars from there recently. He was happy with the process. We have Amazon Prime. It can reduce or eliminates shipping costs, depending what it is. :flowerforyou:

Karen in VA: We hope to get vaccinated in February. I have been grumpy about the process that has been outlined, although I do realize that vaccine has to be made and shipped. :ohwell:

Flea: I’m more than a little grumpy about the vaccinations here in OR. If we’re lucky, DH & I are listed for some time in February. I want the vaccine in a pharmacy or doctor’s office. I do not want to be in a large, drafty building with hundreds of strangers. :noway:

Lanette: Nice to see you! I like the sunglasses.


I am looking forward to getting new glasses tomorrow. I will be getting new lenses and want them to be put in the frame I’m currently using. It is light weight & very comfortable for me. My face is healing from the fall I took a couple of weeks ago. The black eye has healed. Only my left wrist is still grumpy. :ohwell:

Katla in Sunny NW Oregon

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

Carol - I agree about the Amazon pricing. It sure is convenient though.

Karen -

I was surprised to learn that even if you had Covid you should get vaccinated. I was under the impression that if you had it you couldn't get it again. I guess I was wrong.

Tracey

In the beginning they were saying the protection from having COVID would last 3 months. Then it was 7 months. So if the vaccine lasts about that long or slightly longer to cover the winter period that would make sense.