WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2021

"Get to do"s and "chose well"s
Last week I’d prepared but not submitted a charge card payment. Yikes. Submitted 4 days later than usual. Today checked the account to make sure no late fees and found an unexpected charge on my account for an Amazon video purchase (Xmen). Yeah no. Took awhile but finally found where to report it and was immediately forced to logout and change my password. Probably a good idea.

Julie scrubbing is a great way to burn off the on hold for tech support anger. Well done!
Barbie if Jake starts scrubbing, you’ll know the computer troubles are getting to him…
Welcome @letsgetfit4real Gwen from MO! Jump on in, the water’s fine
Heather the pics and your advice to Kate. Hate how prices are jumping overnight, feel its gouging but maybe not, there have been virus caused disruptions in manufacturing and distribution. Hundreds of container ships are jammed up in LA waiting to discharge cargo. Your falafel and hummus meal sounds yummy. Alphabetizing my spice jars is the ONLY organizing/decluttering job I really enjoy. :laugh:
Machka Thanks for the affairs in order reminders. Time for me to follow Barbie’s “suffer for 15 minutes” sttrategy for difficult tasks.
Carol this bathtub scrubber saves my knees, not that I use it as often as I should https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Scotch-Brite-Non-Scratch-Tub-and-Shower-Scrubber-549x/203088662
Welcome @KathLeenMVP Where to start? Where you are right now. Log every bite and sip whether it’s a good, bad or indifferent choice. Establish that habit first, then you can start weighing your food, changing food choices, adding fun activity etc. The important thing is start where you are now and then never give up.
Welcome back @KimShea01 Kim in Central IN. Fingers Xd your DH follows your good example in time.
Rebecca “…aliens out in Puget Sound…” :laugh: Is your gym “pants optional”? :laugh:
Speaking of aliens, hoping Rita @kevrit is just too busy with her new substitute teaching job to pop in here.
Katla fingers Xd for your family flying in to visit.
Betsy in NW WA Wow! What a blessing the detachment happened so close to your scheduled eye appointment. Hope you can channel Barbie’s patience while you lie on your side for the next week. Praying for successful surgery.
Beth sorry to hear of your fall. My fear of falling is one of the things I really hate about ageing.
Terri the new profile pic. Should we be callin’ you Stormy?
Debbie how hard is it to get an appointment with a Kaiser specialist? Hope you get on the list quickly!
Michele “5000 sq ft” O M G. I thought our first Boise house at 3600 sq ft was huge, but we needed the 5 toilets as we were fostering 3 nephews, a rent-a-son, and our brother in law lived with us the first summer. Too big for me to keep clean, was very happy when they all left and we moved into a 1500 sq ft home. Our current cottage-in-the-woods-above-the-sea is just right at 1296 sq ft.
Tina hope you can insist your MD orders an MRI.
Ginny((hugs))
Pip that bistro set is just the right size for your patio. Does Kirby share his sauce-from-scratch recipes?
Katla I’d dread your city meeting. Admire your optimism, imho lawyers don’t make things easier, they go for the billable minutes. Conflict makes me queasy. Our fire district’s budget committee meeting is tonight, followed by the board meeting. Fingers X’d there will be little or no drama.
Annie congrats on cookie avoidance! Remind me of your hobbies, group activities? Sometimes Mr. Right shows up just after you stop looking…
CJ ((hugs)) and prayers continue for your DGD. “…Pounding a wall of custard…” such an apt image.


Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

Penny -
It's always good to see you, and I would imagine that a 10-year-old's epilepsy diagnosis is rough for everyone to live with. I love the "corral" for the horses!

CJ -
Many good thoughts for your DGD, as well.

Was ripped out of bed at 1 a.m. by the sound of a giant zipper opening, which was the prelude to one massive KABOOM crack of thunder. The lightning must have hit very near, but still stone dark outside, so no telling. The electricity stayed on all night, so there's that. The thunder-boomers were why I was up at 2 a.m. my time posting medication checklist examples.

Got my centerpiece on the Texas star quilt pieced and quilted, now it's just a matter of adding layers of straight one-foot-strips all the way around. Each will be pre-quilted ahead of time, so final assembly should be reasonably easy. And quilting one-foot wide strips is a LOT easier than quilting a 44 x 60 -inch centerpiece. Appliqued the stars... this is an image of front of the center at left, then the flip side. For scale, that's the back of a chair at bottom right.



I've been procrastinating on this quilt for my favorite niece for three years. But not unusual for me and a quilt. I did tell her it would take a while.



Still peeing down rain for the next three hours, so no outside work today. Lots to do inside, though. Last day of antibiotics. Keep a good thought for them working...

Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa

/Penny at the North Pole. - love the horse paddock. clever children.



Karen in Virginia
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(((Hugs))) for Beth, Betsy and anyone else suffering today. 💐

Penny: Good to see you posting again. Sorry about your grandson. I hope they can get his meds sorted.

Barbara: You can call me anything ya like, so long as it isn't too early in the morning 😂

Pip: 😍the bistro set

Groceries done and dusted. Just filled in our form for second jab. All ready to go after lunch.

Yesterday we had an outing to the local garden centre.

What an exciting life I lead 😂

☘️ Terri

You all know that I take the bus to and from work. I've been in an ongoing argument with the metro organisation about the temperature on the buses ... it is too hot.

They've told me over and over that the temperature on the bus is kept at 22C (71.6F). To me, that is too hot for people who are boarding wearing jackets and especially when the bus is crowded. But, I thought to myself, if the temperature in the bus is really 22C then I have a very warped sense of temperature because it felt hotter than that.

Last weekend, I bought a thermometer and today I took it on the bus.

This morning ... the temperature on the shady side of the bus was 26C (78.8F)!
This evening ... the temperature on the shady side of the bus was 29C (84.2F)!

Turns out it is not my imagination that the buses are hot! I was starting to second guess myself, thinking that maybe it was just menopause ... maybe I was stressing and going into an hour-long series of hot flashes or something.

No wonder I arrive home exhausted, dehydrated and feeling like I'm going to melt. I leave work feeling pretty good and thinking that I could go for a bicycle ride or a run after work, but after 45-60 minutes on the bus, I'm a limp dishrag and the first thing I do when I arrive home is to down about 3 cups of water, I feel so thirsty.

Yes, I have passed on my discovery. Not that I'm expecting any positive results. But I think I will have to start bringing cold water on board.


M in Oz

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I'm dipping my toes in these waters again. We'll take it as it comes and see how it goes.

They're still trying to find a good medication for my grandson's epilepsy. Only moderate success so far. He has fewer loss of consciousness seizures, but still has several absence seizures every morning. He's not really aware that anything is amiss, so he's frustrated and angry that he is no longer allowed to go out on his own or play at a friend's house. He has never had any problems from mid-morning on, so he's started going to school again, just missing the first hour or so. The staff at school have stepped up like champions, making sure a knowledgeable adult is always on the lookout.

My son has always amazed me with his patience and sunny disposition. With this extra challenge of a ten-year-old with epilepsy, he has needed every ounce of both. He and his wife have been working from home for over a year now, only going out to grocery shop once a week. They get out more nowadays, but that's because of their frequent trips to the neurology clinic. A sign of how tough it's been for them is that they long to go back to "ordinary lockdown".

I gained a lot of weight two summers ago, when a bad cough and a long stretch of crappy weather broke my jogging habit. Since January, I've been aiming to take at least 10,000 steps a day and I'm now averaging over 12,000 a day. Since I added walking or jogging to my everyday routine, my weight has slowly but steadily decreased. Of course in my town we have plenty of room to keep our distance and few restrictions on outdoor activities.

I know y'all love seeing pics from life in the Arctic. Here's the slope below the road up to my house. Somebody had driven poles into the snow and strung them together to make an enclosure. Living here, I assumed it was kids playing campsite, setting up a tripwire to warn against approaching polar bears. (As one does.)



The next day, the enclosure had something in it. Looking closer, I discovered that the kids had made a paddock for their horses!




/Penny at the

Penny a very warm welcome. I just came back after several year absence. I always loved your notes on life above the Artic Circle.,I remember when you and Heather met when she went on a Nordic cruise. And the pictures of kids with sun crowns to welcome return of the sun to the north.CJ

Hi Barbie,

Thank you for your post.

Susie from Miami here. I am back on MFP since April 1. I have regained all of the weight I lost in 2014. It was slow regain, but I packed on an additional 10 pounds in 2020. It's crunch time as I'm having surgery in August and need to lose the weight by then. It's daunting, but trying to take it a day at a time.

Love your word for the year. Lighten up!

auntiebk wrote: »

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

Chose well: BP, bank to turn in pennies, made appointment for refi/escrow statement and refi.
Bonus: reconciled IRA statements, found and report unauthorized charge to Amazon, walk Shadow with T, veg prep.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, find those torture bands, call Wild Rivers (541 247 3514) for dog wash/nail trim appointments, follow up with Chetco Medical re: labs not approved, meeting prep, budget committee and board meetings, call D re: sticky keyboard, Norton and windows updates, call S, fire district: Fri: locksmith to copy mailbox key; ongoing: 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; watch STAS Day 20, 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 (Milena F1 orange peppers), Wednesday: district board meeting, Thursday: Chiro, Friday: county planning office neighbor’s plans.
Active April:
13: Move as much as possible, even if you’re stuck inside:

Last week I’d prepared but not submitted a charge card payment. Yikes. Submitted 4 days later than usual. Today checked the account to make sure no late fees and found an unexpected charge on my account for an Amazon video purchase (Xmen). Yeah no. Took awhile but finally found where to report it and was immediately forced to logout and change my password. Probably a good idea.

Julie scrubbing is a great way to burn off the on hold for tech support anger. Well done!
Barbie if Jake starts scrubbing, you’ll know the computer troubles are getting to him…
Welcome @letsgetfit4real Gwen from MO! Jump on in, the water’s fine
Heather the pics and your advice to Kate. Hate how prices are jumping overnight, feel its gouging but maybe not, there have been virus caused disruptions in manufacturing and distribution. Hundreds of container ships are jammed up in LA waiting to discharge cargo. Your falafel and hummus meal sounds yummy. Alphabetizing my spice jars is the ONLY organizing/decluttering job I really enjoy. :laugh:
Machka Thanks for the affairs in order reminders. Time for me to follow Barbie’s “suffer for 15 minutes” sttrategy for difficult tasks.
Carol this bathtub scrubber saves my knees, not that I use it as often as I should https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Scotch-Brite-Non-Scratch-Tub-and-Shower-Scrubber-549x/203088662
Welcome @KathLeenMVP Where to start? Where you are right now. Log every bite and sip whether it’s a good, bad or indifferent choice. Establish that habit first, then you can start weighing your food, changing food choices, adding fun activity etc. The important thing is start where you are now and then never give up.
Welcome back @KimShea01 Kim in Central IN. Fingers Xd your DH follows your good example in time.
Rebecca “…aliens out in Puget Sound…” :laugh: Is your gym “pants optional”? :laugh:
Speaking of aliens, hoping Rita @kevrit is just too busy with her new substitute teaching job to pop in here.
Katla fingers Xd for your family flying in to visit.
Betsy in NW WA Wow! What a blessing the detachment happened so close to your scheduled eye appointment. Hope you can channel Barbie’s patience while you lie on your side for the next week. Praying for successful surgery.
Beth sorry to hear of your fall. My fear of falling is one of the things I really hate about ageing.
Terri the new profile pic. Should we be callin’ you Stormy?
Debbie how hard is it to get an appointment with a Kaiser specialist? Hope you get on the list quickly!
Michele “5000 sq ft” O M G. I thought our first Boise house at 3600 sq ft was huge, but we needed the 5 toilets as we were fostering 3 nephews, a rent-a-son, and our brother in law lived with us the first summer. Too big for me to keep clean, was very happy when they all left and we moved into a 1500 sq ft home. Our current cottage-in-the-woods-above-the-sea is just right at 1296 sq ft.
Tina hope you can insist your MD orders an MRI.
Ginny((hugs))
Pip that bistro set is just the right size for your patio. Does Kirby share his sauce-from-scratch recipes?
Katla I’d dread your city meeting. Admire your optimism, imho lawyers don’t make things easier, they go for the billable minutes. Conflict makes me queasy. Our fire district’s budget committee meeting is tonight, followed by the board meeting. Fingers X’d there will be little or no drama.
Annie congrats on cookie avoidance! Remind me of your hobbies, group activities? Sometimes Mr. Right shows up just after you stop looking…
CJ ((hugs)) and prayers continue for your DGD. “…Pounding a wall of custard…” such an apt image.


Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

April: leaner/stronger/kinder than March.
daily: sit with Joe: 13, weigh/wii: 13/0/0; steps>5627=9043 :bigsmile: vits=13, log=13, CI<CO=12, CI<250<CO=11, Tumble=17, Shadow=16, mfp=13, outside=17 up hill=17
wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3= rx=2 dance=1, clean 30 mins=5.33, packwalk=5, wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/4:140.3 4/11: 140.9 4/18: 4/25:
mnthly: board mtg=, grant=1, 21 plan= bonus: AF=8 play= sew= waist=
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW

I’m sure he would. He got it from the internet. When I have him find it, I’ll post the link. It rivals any restaurant recipe I’ve tasted.

Penny at the Pole: It is delightful to see you post again. I am happy to see you!!!

Lisa & Machka: DH and I each use day of the week pill caddies. They are two sided with a seven-day week of pills and vitamins per side. The caddies are easy to fill and manage. I have 1 daily prescription and a once weekly prescription for bone density. I take many vitamins & have not created a spreadsheet. DH has to take insulin and other medicines more than once a day, and he has created a spreadsheet to record his daily medicines in a small spiral note book.

Machka & Barbara: I am a volunteer member of the city Planning Commission. We review proposed business & residential building projects. This is a once monthly meeting. The city planner’s office sends us an agenda and packet before each meeting. The city building department is in charge of actual construction projects. :flowerforyou:

We have a bright, sunshiney day so far. I am looking forward to finding ways to have fun.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon