WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2021
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: Shadow to powerline, activated and setup up new iphones-yep took almost all day.
Bonus: veg prep, another 15 mins decluttering keyboard.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, Farmers’ market?, start taxes, call S, fire district: board meeting, input 2019 call sheets into NFIRS, work with chief on equipment letter, substance abuse policy, NFIRS mutual aid and other missing details, call Credit union re: credit card, ask for boots donator contact info, appreciation letter or certificate to boots donator, index mutual aid files; FM Cu, watch STAS Day 20, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (Do Your Thing, Pure Movies to Wine, Beer, Whiskey, 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, Nothing but You, Blame it on my beating heart, Homesick); finish mulching 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 the last of the naked lady bulbs, and soon as it warms up above 50 and dries out below 60% humidity I’ll tape and spray paint those rusted areas of Aunt Elsie’s stove. Reconcile Joe’s EOB’s Thrivent shows only 2263.48 so far, next BGBS ask Terry about GB’s FD firetruck tax levy – contacts, media, advocate???, Reward: inventory seeds, plan this spring’s garden, wishlist replenishments, Last week in March: call Wild Rivers (541 247 3514) for dog wash/nail trim appointments.
Mindful March:
9: Take a full breath in and out before you reply to others: mostly, just one unhelpful chat helper and let my frustration show to the tier 3 activation specialist. She was great, and we ended pals.
Hailed so hard last night and this morning it looked like snow.
Tracey thanks for the story about your friend. Bet you’re right about Ancestry.com.
Barbie, eeeuuuwww. Thanks, but eeeeuuuuw :sick:
Heather Your son’s smile says it all. I loved the Joan Hickson Miss Marple, but then I’ve never met a Miss Marple I didn’t like, though I’d not seen your Geraldine McEwain nor Julia McKenzie. Will look for both at the Library. Had trouble accepting Margaret Rutherford as her appearance and voice clashed with my imagination.
Your cauliflower cheese with bacon sounds both delicious and terrifyingly caloric. I understand Johnny’s hesistation. If bio-father is who I think it is, he was married with four daughters when I was conceived.
Okie 17 days? :noway: you are made of tough pioneer stuff! Hip hip hooray for the new pump!
Julie congrats on the positive feedback on your writing. Sounds like the repair guy is trying to gouge you on the price. Not sure 10 years is “old” for a washing machine but if a new one is only twice the repair cost estimate… We got our first washer/dryer (Maytags) in 1984 and I then swore that as God was my witness I’d never go to the laundromat again. :laugh:
Rita lovely flower, maybe wild geranium/cranesbill? If so, watch out, their seeds are long, sharp, poky and stick to dogs’ fur.
Rebecca that afghan is gorgeous, and obviously lovingly cared for as well as made. Had to laugh “Thank goodness” at your “Only one in the whole world like ya.” :laugh: Thanks! “left over baked potato skins” never happened here
Katla intrigued by your comment about your husband being unable to eat cabbage the way he was brought up. ? Think both Brussels sprouts and broccoli are members of the cabbage “family”. City meeting ran til midnight? :noway:
Debbie my mouth is watering at your ginger infused pineapple and apples.
Thanks Flea! Think we’ll get two activators, one for outside, one for in.
Allie glad you took your nosebleed to the hospital. Hope it stays stopped.
Welcome @Lorri127 Lorri from SoCal!
Pat C in OH ((hugs))
Michele fingers Xd for the SpaceX launch
Kay thanks for your story. My half sisters on my bioMom’s side are also both very sweet. Who knows, maybe the father’s side ones would be too.
Lisa your lemon butter yoghurt cake bars sound delish! Hoping this last round has well and truly done the job.
Machka Have two pillows, usually sleep on just the one memory foam chiropractic one, but sometimes put the down one between my knees.
Recurring dreams, yes, since I was a child. Most nightmarish.
Can’t remember longest without sleep, probably 30 hours in college manufacturing a mid term paper.
Funniest/oddest place to have fallen asleep: Winterland 1969 People’s Park Bail Bond Benefit. Curled up on the floor under my coat and slept through the Grateful Dead, awakened when Jefferson Airplane’s Jorma Kaukonen began to play.
Spent the most-not-greater part of today getting our new iphones activated. What a cluster. Website activitation didn’t work. Webchat advised there was a port delay, normally 20-30 minutes, if no activation email received in 3 hours call back for Tier 3 activation support. OK done. Then trouble activiating Joe’s new phone, web chatter advised prior carrier account number “wrong”. Strange, it worked ok earlier in the day for my phone. Call in again, get transferred again to another activation specialist who figured out that the phone number on the porting request was wrong, seems like Joes got mashed up with someone else’s from the 310 area code. Been frustrating from the get go. Phones were delayed 6 days in transit (due horrible TX weather and highway conditions, understandable). When they arrived, we found Apple provides charging cords but no plugs. The cord ends are USBC and all our plugs are USB A. USB rant here(USB A, USB B, USB C, mini USB, micro USB, what is it about “Universal” these designers fail to understand?)Ordered from Amazon Saturday, arrived Monday afternoon. After activation specialist got Joe’s working (she stayed online with me while we waited the 7 minutes for the porting request to come through), she transferred me to billing. Billing gal did what she could, crediting us with one month’s worth of line charges to compensate for not being able to use our phones from Feb 27 to March 9. Satisfied, exhausted. Fortunately Joe was too tired to start learning how to use his new phone, I was in no good place for gentle leading. Needless to say step count today stank.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
March: leaner/stronger/kinder than January and February.
daily: sit with Joe: 9, weigh: 9; steps>5627=2747
vits=9, log=9, CI<CO=8, CI<250<CO=4, Tumble=10 Shadow=11 mfp=9 outside=9 up hill=7
wkly: BB&B, T’ai Chi=4 or SWSY or wii=4 x5= rx=1 dance= clean 60 mins=0.5 packwalk=2, wt=2/28:142.4, 3/7:144.4 waah! :sad: 3/14 3/21 3/28 3/31
mnthly: board mtg=, grant= , 21 plan= bonus: AF=4 play=5 sew= waist=42.5
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW3 -
Barbara - Your phone saga sounds like my worst nightmare. :sad:
Yes, the cauliflower cheese was a calorie bomb, so I left a decent portion for lunch today. Looking forward to it.
Nice to have an old fashioned comfort dish occasionally, but it's a lot of work and a lot of washing up. Fortunately, DH does that part! 
I'm making DH a bacon sandwich with the left over bacon. He likes fried tomatoes in it.
I'm not keen on my son's beardy look, but it seems very popular these days.
I like men smooth and not too hairy in general. 
Zoom with the girls today. Must wash my hair. Going to be raining and very windy today and overnight.
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LisaInArkansas wrote: »Happier news - the antibiotics do clear up the massive mouth ulcers that seem to be connected to all this during each ten-day run. I've started using biotene rinse and toothpaste, hoping it will keep the mouth ulcers at bay.
Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa
Vitamins C and B help me with those. Especially the Vit C sugarless chewable ones.
Thank you, Machka! I'll pick some up C up - I already take B12 daily.
Corey's off to work, my son's still asleep, all's right with my world.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR2 -
Morning ladies
Well i woke up and my nose started up again ,i am holding the side closed for 10-15 to see if that will stop the bleeding,if not will call the drs again3 -
I loved the Joan Hickson Miss Marple, but then I’ve never met a Miss Marple I didn’t like, though I’d not seen your Geraldine McEwain nor Julia McKenzie. Will look for both at the Library. Had trouble accepting Margaret Rutherford as her appearance and voice clashed with my imagination.
Geraldine McEwain and Julia McKenzie are Miss Marple in most of the Miss Marple movies I've seen. I've only seen Joan Hickson in one or two.
Geraldine McEwain played Miss Marple: 2004–2008
Name Year
Series 1
Marple: The Body in the Library 2004
Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage 2004
Marple: 4:50 from Paddington 2004
Marple: A Murder Is Announced 2005
Series 2
Marple: Sleeping Murder 2005
Marple: The Moving Finger 2006
Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs 2006
Marple: The Sittaford Mystery 2006
Series 3
Marple: At Bertram's Hotel 2007
Marple: Ordeal by Innocence 2007
Marple: Towards Zero 2008
Marple: Nemesis 2008
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_McEwan
Then Julia McKenzie took over and was in Series 4-6
Series 4
6 September 2009 A Pocket Full of Rye
13 September 2009 Murder Is Easy
1 January 2010 They Do It With Mirrors
15 June 2010 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Series 5
30 August 2010 The Pale Horse
27 December 2010 The Secret of Chimneys
29 December 2010 The Blue Geranium
2 January 2011 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Series 6
16 June 2013 A Caribbean Mystery
23 June 2013 Greenshaw's Folly
29 December 2013 Endless Night
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie's_MarpleGetting To Know You ...
How many pillows do you sleep with?
Do you have any recurring dreams?
What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
What’s The Funniest/Oddest/Most Unusual Place You’ve Ever Fallen Asleep?Machka Have two pillows, usually sleep on just the one memory foam chiropractic one, but sometimes put the down one between my knees.
Recurring dreams, yes, since I was a child. Most nightmarish.
Can’t remember longest without sleep, probably 30 hours in college manufacturing a mid term paper.
Funniest/oddest place to have fallen asleep: Winterland 1969 People’s Park Bail Bond Benefit. Curled up on the floor under my coat and slept through the Grateful Dead, awakened when Jefferson Airplane’s Jorma Kaukonen began to play.
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie
Pillows - a whole bunch! I've got one my head goes on and one that acts as a headboard or for me to lean on if I'm reading in bed. I've got one for my knees, one that tucks up against me, and one for my right arm. And a bunch of others as back-up if necessary.
Dreams - one involving a telephone call I can't make, usually vaguely nightmarish. One involving trying to find a clean toilet. That one means I need to wake up and get to a real toilet! Occasional dreams about the place I lived the longest with my ex ... and often him trying to move back in with me.
I also have a recurring one about my long distance rides. That one is a mix of good and frustrating.
Longest without sleep would likely be during my long, long, long distance bicycle rides. I can think of one where I rode 36 hours straight through.
Places I've slept - the list is long! Mainly because of the travelling and long distance cycling I've done. An empty wing of LAX, other airports, entryways of churches and shops, the lawn of a police station, the middle of a gravel road - it seemed comfy to me just then. Ditches, picnic tables, in a tent next to a truck stop, in a tent right next to a go-cart course (we didn't realise it when we pitched the tent but did when we woke up to a crowd of people and go-carts!) ....................
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Good morning! Happy Wednesday! A couple of my kiddos have arrived, but I wanted to hop on and say "Hi" to all, and "Welcome" to the newbies!
Machka's questions:Getting To Know You ...
How many pillows do you sleep with? Two. One very flat and one fluffy (that gets moved around during the night to spots I need it; under head if I am on my side, or under one arm, or between knees)
Do you have any recurring dreams?- I frequently meet with Sting and the Dalai Lama and talk about life/the world.
What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?- about 38 hours, October of 2019, as I waited for Miguel to be born, daughter to recover, (almost lost both of them). Came home from that trip exhausted and had to work the next day.
What’s The Funniest/Oddest/Most Unusual Place You’ve Ever Fallen Asleep?- As a child, under the kitchen table; as an adult, sitting at the kitchen table.
A photo of the kids on our walk yesterday. And a quote that speaks to me:
I leave early, early tomorrow morning to catch the 6:45 train to Chicago, to catch my late morning flight to Texas! Next time I check in, I will be where the weather is slightly warmer and the skies are immense! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
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I use two pillows and a cushion for sitting up in bed to read or work. I do nearly all of my writing on my tablet in bed. I also Zoom my girlfriends in bed, but add another cushion, so I sit up straight. I rest the tablet on a stand on top of a box containing art materials. I hate sitting with my legs down. I spend most of my day on the bed. My evenings are lying on the sofa.
At night I use one flat pillow as I'm a front sleeper. I prefer no pillow to a fat one. Sometimes this is my choice at hotels when the pillows are too bulky.
Probably went without sleep on long haul flights.
I have been known to fall asleep at a desk with my head on it, dribbling.
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I have been re reading Gretchen Rubin's "Happier at Home" and in her secrets of adulthood she mentions:
"You can choose what you do but you can't choose what you like."
"What's fun for you may not be fun for others and vice versa" Some days I read about what many of you are doing and I wonder "Why on earth is she spending so much time doing that?" and I'm sure many of you think the same about me. I knit year round. I am more likely to knit blankets in the winter and hats in the summer, but because we keep our house climate controlled, it's about the same temperature indoors no matter what. Everything I knit is for Project Linus. They accept blankets year round. I think I have finally figured out both sets of bluetooth headphones. Right now, one is paired to the Smart TV and the other to my phone for listening while walking and talking on the phone. I know how to pair to my computer in case I want to use them for a Zoom meeting instead of the corded earbuds that I've been using. I sleep with four pillows--three behind my head and one under my knees I can't recall ever going too long without sleep My recurring dreams have been about rushing to catch a plane but running slowly or arriving to teach on the first day of school in my nightgown with the classroom not yet arranged. I have dozed off during meetings both in person and on Zoom. Barbie in NW WA 1 -
I sleep with 1 queen sized pillow turned side ways so my head and arm can rest on it.
I seem to always dream about being late to events. Ill prepared and dressed wrongly!
Longest without sleep must be when we moved from CT to FL. They load your cars on and then you get on and travel over night to FL. Then we drove rest of way to our destination. I did not sleep a wink on that train! I was so worried about my littles sleeping in the seats beside me.
I'm sure I must have dozed off somewhere sometime but it alludes me!
Cheri
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A little more explanation for those who read the first saga:I'm sorry y'all had trouble following my convoluted DNA soap opera. It would be easier to follow if I named names, but I hesitate to do that since it's the internet and all. My mother says the reason the grandmother doesn't want anything to do with the newly discovered granddaughter is that she's afraid the newbie will ask questions about her father's biological father. Nobody seems to know who that is! If you ask me, the new cousin from Massachusetts dodged a bullet not being raised by her biological Georgia family. That branch of my mother's family has always been drama, drama, drama. It's one reason I have distanced myself from them. Not that my own branch is without drama, but I try to avoid that, too. My husband, I, and our children lead fairly boring lives, for which I am eternally thankful.
My husband had another hernia pop up. this time around his belly button close to where the incision for the scope for his previous hernia surgery is located. He's at the surgeon now for an opinion. Bless his heart. He tries so hard to be healthy, and he hates going to the doctor.
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Getting To Know You ...
How many pillows do you sleep with?
Do you have any recurring dreams?
What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
What’s The Funniest/Oddest/Most Unusual Place You’ve Ever Fallen Asleep?
Machka in Oz
Hello, thanks for the questions Machka
I sleep alone in a double bed of course and i have ....four pillows!
If i have overnight guests on the sofa bed i try to keep at least 2 so i can half sit up to read online.
I'm sure i have recurring dreams but i don't remember much these days, unless i make an effort to. i maybe will try to.
i think i went 2 nights without sleep once when i was about 19, prepping for final presentation of something.
maybe also last year when finishing an application for qualification. i think i remember telling a colleague that i hadn't slept 2 nights, which i hadn't done for 30+ years.
Funniest, oddest, most unusual place i fell asleep:
choices:
in the order that they come to mind, almost all in my youth (i'm laughing as i remember):
1) on the stony beach in Cannes, midnight till 5 am. i had checked into youth hostel but got mixed up on train to get there after spending an evening at a festival. last train stopped at cannes. i was 19 and backpacking. rather than use emergency money for taxi or hotel (which i would most definitely choose to do now) i slept on the beach. it didn't seem super-rassuring since there were the street and people drinking and sometimes causing trouble nearby.
there were about 6 guys sleeping on the beach. i instinctively when to put my sleeping bag next to a guy who seemed safe figuring people woudl think i was with him. he got it and we didnt talk but i think he nodded and no one bothered me; it was not my best night.
2) as the "little kids" in a family of 7 when my cousins (a family of 6) came over for a night or a few days me and my little sister would sleep top of on a ceder chest in a nook in the hallway. i must have been 4 or 5 or 6. it was so tight that we had to bend our knees a bit and had to sleep on our sides and be facing the same direction. there was a serious risk of falling off!
3) When teaching! 2 times. one time, i was giving private classes and my student would always talk about the same stuff for years, and i dozed an instant in while listening. The other, i had jetlag. had gotten back from the usa the day before. as i we were having class discussions that were really interesting, i dozed for a moment. the class dynamic was very good so they were forgiving. now i plan to get back 2 days before teaching if possible.
4) in a woodcutter's cabin on the Appalachian trail. i wanted to hike a week but starting at the top (in maine) it was only possible to do 10 days (no way out in first 10 days). i was tired, and my bag was heavy and i'd had enough by 7 days (you have to bring all your food, water filter, tent, etc). around day 7 i saw some wood cutters in the forest. i asked if they could give me a lift to "civilization". yes, but the next day. i had some kind of i stayed in the woodcutters place. i don't remember if it was a dorm or a private or semi-private room but no one bothered me.
5) In a car (not my favorite)
6) In a tent on top of a van, in the men's hamlet in a meditation center.
7) in a military barracks in Germany. at 19 traveling, at end of long long trip, i somehow got last minute inspiration and a lift to the remote military town where a close friend from high school was stationed. i showed up at the vast military place and asked for my friend. He was away for the night so somehow they had me sleep (totally not allowed) in the women's barracks. and then i went to wake up my friend early the next morning.
ha ha! crazy youth!
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@Machka9
i laughed out loud (a real LOL) when i read this! brought back a few memories of wild camping too, and being woken up at 5 am by tractor.(we didn't realise it when we pitched the tent but did when we woke up to a crowd of people and go-carts!) .................... 0 -
Well ladies
The nose bleed stopped after i pinched my nose for 10 min. Then had to take Alfie down to vet when Tom said he was playing with a larger dog at Homers birthday party.. dr thinks its just a sprain,so anti inflammatory with a meal.. Tom paying the vet bill ,since it happened under his watch..
Even though it wasnt to busy a day im tired,i did get a pretty good nights sleep.
I have a boatload of pillows ,im a side sleeper and trying to get comfortable with the scar and the darn life vest battery..
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Heather - I agree that people who are lonely seek comfort elsewhere. I'm sure there is a lot of unknowns in our family history.
I want to do my husband's side because his Mother has a very interesting history and we don't know much about it. Her Mother had been married and had 5 children, her husband passed away and she remarried had 1 son, and then my husband's mother with the second husband. When my MIL was 6 months old her Mom died. The first 5 children were all put out for adoption. My MIL was raised by an Aunt for a while and then the oldest of the first 5 married and started raising my MIL until she was 9 when she ran off and left her with her Brother in Law and three nieces and nephews. My MIL was forced to quit school and raise the children, she did that until she was 19 and moved out.
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Tracey: That is sad about your MIL.
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Peach & Rebecca: I also scrub russet potatoes with a brush and microwave them. We eat them, skin and all. Sweet potatoes are also favorites in our family. We scrub and peel them, cut them into slices and microwave or saute them after peeling. I’m not fond of baking them because I don’t care for mushy sweet potatoes or their skins.
Cheri: We have been isolating at home, except to shop for food and necessities. Everyone in the community wears masks in public. Our county has lower CoVid cases than most in western Oregon. We had our first Covid vaccinations on the first of March for DH and the second of March for me. We each have appointments for the second dose at Walgreens on March 30. We are taking the Pfizer vaccine. The headache after the first dose took days to go away. :ohwell:
Okie in TX: Congrats on having water!!! :bigsmile:
Michele: I am sorry to see that you are sad. Keeping my fingers crossed that you get to see SpaceX launch. We’ll be seeing it on TV news.
Machka: I sleep with my head on one pillow, but I read in bed with a huge pillow as a backrest and a smaller pillow behind my lower back. :bigsmile:
Barbara: DH planned to go into the military & joined the navy at the end of high school. Blood tests revealed diabetes. That ended his military career. In childhood he was exposed to polio at a local swimming pool. Since then he’s also had other autoimmune diseases. :ohwell:
Dr Katie: I hope things go well for your DH.
Today is our dog’s visit to the groomer. We take him there every two weeks. The groomer is a wonderful woman. I need to get him there. Have a great day.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
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I have a question- what appointments are you putting off until after the pandemic eases up? I need to see a dentist, dermatologist, gynecologist/mammogram, and eye exam. I did see the primary care family practice guy last fall but the rest I put off. I will do the rest after I am vaccinated.
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I have so many recurring dreams and often wake up exhausted from all the tension. It's a relief to wake up.
Often I am having to organise things and people in big meetings.
Sometimes I am travelling by train and everything is going wrong. Miss the train, can't get tickets etc
Often I am driving and the brakes won't work.
Phones never work in my dreams. They are often the old fashioned kind, sometimes in a phonebox, or all the wall.
Water figures heavily. Floods in a house, or threat of complete inundation from outside.
Teaching, or acting dreams. Never in the right place and never have stuff prepared. Often late, or can't get there.
Taking my school exams. Haven't prepared the right answers, or not studied at all. Despair.
Can't find a toilet. Going up and down loads of dangerous stairs to try to find one in a huge building. Fear of falling.
Waking up is a relief. I sometimes shout out or scream if I am being attacked and DH puts his hand on my shoulder to wake me up.
I don't find sleep very restful! :laugh:
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx4
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