WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2021

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PS...I really, REALLY dislike the time change at this time of year. I would rather have my daylight in the morning! It is seven o'clock and still dark out! Just think...if we never set our clocks ahead, it would gradually get lighter in the evenings and by mid summer would be light until 9:00pm. Instead, by midsummer it will be light until 10pm. Harder to get little ones to sleep when it is light out, plus easier to schedule fireworks if it is dark by 9...just saying. Give me morning light over evening light, anytime!

Personally I would absolutely LOVE it if it were light till 10 pm.

When I lived in Winnipeg, I used to come home after work, have a quick bite of something to eat and be on my bicycle by about 6 or 6:30 ... and cycle for the next 3+ hours until the sun started to set. I miss that.

I am hoping BC goes to DST year round soon ... then, eventually, I'm hoping we can move there.

In early April, we switch to standard time here and the sun will set at 6 pm ... which is when I get home from work. So utterly depressing. I could almost cry. 6 months of going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark. 6 months of only seeing the yard or our views on weekends.

Last year was fantastic because I was able to work from home over winter so I actually saw daylight!! But this year will be back to darkness. And they wonder why Tasmanians have such a low Vit D level.

Oh, in other years I took holidays to Canada or Asia for a month in about June/July when it was the darkest here to survive the winter. But of course we can't do that either.

I think you're lucky! Jealous!

I have booked the first week of standard time off so that I can still experience daylight and I am hoping to be able to take time off in each month of The Darkness to help me get through.

M in Oz

I like the idea of having year around daylight time. Changing time back & forth is irritating.

Hi Gals,
“About the time change, there will be disagreement about whether there should be light later at night or early in the morning, but most of us will agree that the changing of clocks twice a year is the problem. Also people who live closer to the Equator (Florida, Georgia, Southern California, for example) will have more equal day length all year while those of us closer to the Poles (Tasmania, Washington State, Minnesota, Michigan, Alberta for example) will have darker winters and lighter summers. Science doesn't change. Many people in Washington state winter in Arizona so they can choose their weather and daylight.Barbie in NW WA”

I so agree with this! The science doesn’t change!!!! And for me, and others - I just plan my day according to the sun not a clock. So if I have both inside and outside items to do, I do the inside early if it is dark or the outside early if it is light.

These cracked me up – I am not musical and partially tone deaf.

What would you sing at Karaoke night? Or what types of songs do you know all/most of the lyrics of?
I would not sing at Karaoke night, everyone would leave !!!LOL The ONLY song I know all the words to is Happy Birthday

What two radio stations (genres) do you listen to in the car (or at home or at work) the most – A news station and an interview show

If you could join any past or current music group which would you want to join? No clue

Do you play any musical instruments? Even just a little bit? Nope

Do you take music lessons right now? If not, have you in the past and what type? Not now, I took flute in 6th grade (11 years old) and flunked it-- took just 6 weeks of a year long school program to be asked to leave, and I was the only kid in my class that had to go to the library during music. It wasn’t all bad the librarian was really nice and I filed books, did posters and enjoyed it But even though I practiced, I could not and still can not even clap in time…

If you had to select a music profession, what would it be and why? It would have to be in the administration side – maybe in costumes or setting up tours

My nephew has been at my mom’s (his grandma’s) for the week it was spring break which has been a great help! Now I am back at being a caregiver – I’ll drive down every other day she gets her cast checked in 3 weeks… It will go fast. Today I am taking her to the podiatrist it was scheduled before she broke her wrist and I want her to have that attention.

Smiles, Kim in Northern California

Tracey, Michele, Cheri, Sue, Barbara and everyone: Thank you for the Happy Anniversary wishes. :flowerforyou:

Kylia: No wonder you are tired! All the travel and work! It sounds like you’re happy with the improvements. The photos are wonderful.

Machka: This is quite an anniversary. You and your husband have stayed together and faced things as they came along. You’re both brave and persistent. You two are very admirable.

Barbara: Our community has been diligent about mask wearing and things have gone well. On the economic side, things have been very hard on restaurants. Several have closed and their former places of business are empty. Our favorite Thai restaurant is one of them. Restaurants with a drive through window are doing okay. Grocery stores, ACE Hardware, Walmart & pharmacies seem to be doing okay, too. Coffee size chart—hilarious! :laugh:

KJ: My preference is year around daylight time. Oregon, Washington & California have voted in favor of this, but the Federal Government has not stepped up to okay it so far. :grumble: I may be sending President Biden a letter.

Heather: I love the photo of your granddaughters. Bea’s shoes are just like mine, black leather with velcro straps across the top. :bigsmile:

Machka: My best musical talent is being a courteous listener. I have the opposite of perfect pitch. :ohwell:

Barbie: We have a neighbor who winters in AZ. His wife passed last winter and we haven’t seen him yet this year.

Kim: When I’m in the car I listen to Classic Vinyl or Classical Symphony Orchestra. :bigsmile:

Our son-in-law had a medical issue last evening, and I hope that he is okay. I don't have any details. I’m going upstairs to find out what I can. DH is likely in the know.


Katla in NW Oregon

The boy aka yogi aka yogurt patiently waiting for min to finish her 15 miles while father is up there taking a shower

Didn't get much done this weekend(again). Just went out shopping. Saturday to a small town half hour away. Wanted to pick up the birdseed that was on sale- these wild birds are little pigs now that I have started feeding them- I have gone through over 60lbs in just over two months. They didn't have any, don't do rain checks and don't do substitutes.
I went home and found the store 30-40min away that had it and they had free delivery- great, BUT we are out of their delivery area so, yesterday we drove up and got my birdseed. Yes, it was worth the drive. I stocked up so won't need to track down sales for a while. $11.99 instead of $24.99 for 40lb bag. I bought 4.

I did FINALLY get one of the sets of china from my grandma put in my hutch. It has been in a box at mom's for the past 15 yrs . I had forgotten about it. This is a picture of the exact set I have
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PORCELAIN-DRAGONWARE-MORIAGE-TEA-SET-WITH-LITHOPHANE-GEISHA/122896909309?_trkparms=aid=777008&algo=PERSONAL.TOPIC&ao=1&asc=231341&meid=3e32013afbd04c1eaae3ba491f2f73d4&pid=101286&rk=1&rkt=1&mehot=none&itm=122896909309&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2380057&algv=WatchlistVariant&_trksid=p2380057.c101286.m47999&_trkparms=pageci:f1373126-8b2c-11eb-beb6-86f047cb25d7|parentrq:5accbd7a1780a1b7695e1f89ffda301f|iid:1

I am thrilled that my son thinks they are cool looking so I can pass them on to him one day.
Next I need to clear more of the hutch out(giving away a box of wine glasses to make room for the china and took two sets of drinking glasses out, washed them and put them in the cubboard so we can actually use them. One set has been stuck away, never used since I got them as a wedding gift from my sister from my first wedding- back in '83. Time to just use them or something.
I have two boxes, one small one large of tea cup/saucers. It will be fun to unpack them.

Debbie
Napa Valley,CA

RVRita - I have not received either of the past 2 stimulus amounts. As far as I can tell, I do qualify.

What would you sing at Karaoke night? The idea terrifies me. So, I wouldn’t.

Or what types of songs do you know all/most of the lyrics of? I know all the lyrics to Uptown Funk and sing it often when it comes on the radio. It makes me want to dance…in private. I taught the lyrics to my 4 year old niece and she sang it loud and proud in public to her mother’s chagrin. There is a line where he says “Uptown, funk you up, uptown funk you up.” Imagine a 4 year old singing at the top of her lungs around WalMart.

What two radio stations (genres) do you listen to the most? Public radio (news) in the morning. The rest of the day I switch between pretty much all genres except hip hop. I am not in the car enough to have a favorite there.

If you could join any past or current music group which would you want to join? That would mean getting up in front of people, most likely, so none of them.

Do you play any musical instruments? I learned piano from ages birth (I was so young, I can’t remember the start)-9 or so. I liked piano. I hated the recitals. I took up flute around 10 and played till 16 or so. Hated the concerts.

Do you take music lessons right now? Now, nothing, but am considering re-learning piano to just play for myself….NO RECITALS.

If you had to select a music profession, what would it be and why? Sound mixer or something in the background.

Kylia - The house looks great!

Heather - Your walk with the kids looks wonderful.

Daylight - I’m torn between loving it in the evenings and in the mornings. I like it in the morning, because I lean toward being a morning person. I love the stillness of mornings. However, I also like going out with the mister for dinner and drinks when it’s nice and sunny outside and being able to stay without noticing the time. I hate just watching TV in the evenings. It bores me.

More ailments to add to my current list. I wonder if I will ever get healthy enough to exercise again. It’s annoying because I fill the time I’d be walking, running, biking, kayaking, etc. with spending time in my test kitchen. I made fabulous empanadas the other day, finally made the psychedelic cookies I've been wanting to, and I tried the 2 ingredient bagels with great success. But, cooking is not a good trade for exercise. I need to get a keyboard now!

Tina in CA

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Worked today so no formal exercise. But I did get in over 10,000 steps between work and bowling. The plan for tomorrow is to do a body pump DVD

Kymar – your decorating is lookn’ good

Barbara – we started opening the pool in March last year, and if the weather holds out, I see no reason not to get started now. The sooner we get started then I’ll be all ready when the weather decides to cooperate. I do need to put down the paver sand in the front, clean the deck with the Wet & Forget and this other stuff, there are a few things I can do. Windows need to be washed but I’ll wait until it gets a bit warmer.

KJ – oh, I am sure that people feel since they’ve had the vaccine, they’re good to go and don’t need a mask. Actually, I was told this by one of the customers. Today this guy really yelled at me about how he doesn’t wear a mask and something about the Democrats. I just let it go in one ear and out the other.

Called and made an appt to get my hair cut. Really, if it weren’t starting to get too long, I would wait the three weeks and then go there right after the soup kitchen. But as it is now, I’ll go next Tuesday

Barbie – love that surcharge sign!

I’d love year round DST!

Speaking of cleaning out hutches, I’d like to clean mine out but first I need to find a place where you can sell your crystal

Want to look on my tablet to see if there’s an app or something that I can download a Missal for mass since they don’t have any missals in the church (natch). I always used to use one at least for the readings.

Mahjongg tonight!

Michele NC

Heather: Congrats on finishing Duolingo German!!!! :bigsmile:

Kathy - welcome!

Michele NC

Barbara - in the tracing we did during our outbreak at work. 5-7 days was the most common days, but a lot of people were asymptomatic the whole time they tested positive. Our one resident showed no symptoms at all during the 2 weeks he was considered positive and a couple weeks later started showing actual symptoms. This is a strange disease.

Kelly - I agree with you about the morning daylight vs evening when it comes to the kids, there have been things I’ve wanted to do with my grandchildren in summer that is next to impossible as it doesn’t get dark here until close to 11pm. Like Machka, though I sure love the long days in the summer. I feel I can enjoy the outdoors more because I have a few hours every evening.

Michele - I’ve been going to antique stores frequently, it’s a shame how cheap it is to buy crystal. I wouldn’t get rid of any of mine because I can tell you where I got every piece but I’ve thought about finishing some pieces off.

Allie - good luck with the disability.

Had a very long day at work. Payroll did not get finished which means tomorrow will be a long day too.

My friend is in the emergency waiting for a CT Scan to see what is causing some sudden concerns. Dizziness, headache, eye pain.
I hope it’s not serious.

Tracey in Edmonton