WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2021
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Bank Holiday here. Predicted to be wet, though it's dry at the moment. I woke up at 4.30, but it was a better night than the one before.
I'm struggling with the return to 'normal' life. The lockdown was perfect for me. No feelings that I 'should' be doing things, going out, seeing people. The only thing we've done is sat down in a café in the park for a cup of tea.
It's probably because I haven't done any writing for a week, but I've definitely got my FOMO back. Although we usually hide during BHs anyway. The weather will help.
I'm just annoyed with myself for not being more proactive and putting things off.
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Debbie - That was a truly inspiring video about your parents' backyard farm! I'd love to achieve something similar at our island place, though I doubt it would be possible so far north. I can also see why it would be painful for you to watch it right now. (((Hugs)))
Husband drove out to check the condition of the road yesterday. He came back an hour later and reported that it was about half ice, half mud. Before dinner he changed two of the studded tires to summer tires. On our fortnightly family Zoom call, my youngest sister said that sounded about right: if the road is half summer half winter, you should change half of the tires.
He will be changing the other two this morning before we head back to town.
In order to fly to Svalbard, one must have a negative Covid-19 test less than 24 hours old. We'll get those this evening. These are the rapid tests that use nasopharyngeal swabs - the kind where they stick a little bottlebrush up through your nostril and down into the back of your throat, twist it around a few times and count to ten v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y before pulling it out again. Invasive? You bet! I don't find the testing too terrible, but my husband's nasal anatomy is apparently completely different. He always tears up and has to sneeze repeatedly after what calls a nasopharyngeal gouge.
The sun is shining from a clear blue sky and there's no wind. Maybe I'll head out for a jog. Here's the road I jog on, seen from the mountain west of us. Obviously this picture was taken at another time of year.
/Penny, preparing to head back to the
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Debbie- what a wonderful video..0
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Debbie. That video. Ingenious, inventive, inspiring! Thank you for posting it for us to view.
Karen in Virginia
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Typical Bank Holiday weather here, rain forecast all day. Going to sons house later, meet up with DGD whom we haven’t seen for over a year. Should be in garden but will be in the conservatory with doors open, they open up along one side. We’ve all had our jabs except DGD and I’m really at the stage where I’m past caring.
Thanks BARBIE for new thread.
ALLIE good for you stick to your guns
DEBBIE loved the video
Kate UK ❤️1 -
Allie: - I agree with the others. Tom doesn’t have your best interests at heart.
Winter has returned!!! Heavy rain and high winds set for the day. Typical Bank Holiday Monday weather. I see Leslie Sansone in my near future. 🚶♀️🏃🏽♀️🚶♀️🏃🏽♀️0 -
Debbie: Great video
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Debbie - Just watched the video. What lovely parents. I'm so sorry about your dad.
Love to you.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx0 -
"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: BP, dogs to powerline, in-person church
Bonus: 14 mins wii balance games, 10 mins vacuuming DR, 5 mins emptying wastebaskets, prepped and ate the last of the freezer purge tofu.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, USE those torture bands/do that BB&B video, call Thrivent with numbers, budget meeting notes, board meeting minutes, call D re: sticky keyboard, Norton and windows updates, watch for refund from Interpath for Joe’s labs paid on Feb statement call S, fire district: 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).
Meaningful May:
2: Do something kind for someone you really care about: Gave L the gift of listening, even though we got off on the wrong foot.
3: Focus on what you CAN do, rather than on what you can’t. Boy I needed this reminder!
Scale surprise, down to 139.1 lowest in a loooong time. Won’t update ticker ‘til end of month but an encouraging start.
Heather
the pic of Max and Edie, but how did they get up there? Good point to Allie, let the lawyers do the talking.
Lisa What you said to Allie was spot on. Doing my happy dance to hear you feeling so much better and getting out to the farmers’ market, community center, and back to grant research. Bravissima!
Ginny “… I don’t bully people in stores who aren't wearing masks-I just go to a different aisle” yes!
Allie “He did the cheating, he can do the paying.” Atta gal! Couragia! Sending good thoughts for tomorrow’s blood work.
Kylia if you ever want to get rid of that wii, I’d be willing to buy it for a spare…
Barbie forgiveness vs pardoning – true words.
Machka like Kylia said I appreciate your and Penny’s and Heather’s and pip’s and everyone’s pics. I used to travel, haven’t since marrying Joe. The pics fill that need. Thank you all!
Katla running the letter past Allie’s attorney=good catch!
Annie attagal for biking and waking up those quads.
Tracey your motivational meme made me snort my water! :laugh:
Debbie thank you so much for sharing your parent’s video. What a tribute to their self-reliance and happiness. “Healdsburg, “Geyserville,” “Mendocino” and “Goat Rock” make me homesick for the N. Calif of 50 years ago.. I lived in Ukiah from 1959-1968, went to Campfire Girl camp in Mendocino Woodlands, played on the beach near Goat Rock when I lived on E. Austin Creek Rd near Cazadero in 1972. Was so incredibly lucky to be in those places, then.
Michele another good point about custody of and plans to care for Alfie (and Homer.) One of the many things I love about the gals on this thread is how we really care about each other and bring all our different perspectives, skills and ideas to bear on issues as they come up.
Over 2K short of new step goal, this is gonna take some effort.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
May: leaner/stronger/kinder than April.
daily: sit with Joe:2 , weigh/wii: 2/1/14; steps>6362=4198 vits=2, log=2, CI<CO=2, CI<250<CO=2, Tumble=2, Shadow=2, mfp=2, outside=2, up hill=2, clean 10=2.
wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3= rX x4=1 dance=, packwalk x2=1,
wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/30: 141.5 5/2:, 5/9:, 5/16:, 5/23:, 5/30:.
mnthly: board mtg=, grant=, 21 plan=, waist=42.5
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2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW3 -
Debbie
I'm so sorry, and I know that video must be terribly hard to watch right now--but I appreciate you posting it more than I can even begin to tell you. I'd give a lot to have a video of my mother, who has been gone for 22 years now, but nothing exists that I know of, just still pictures. It's hard now to remember her voice...
Heather
Breathe through it, my friend, when you don't exercise even for one day, your whole world goes on tilt - you need those endorphins, woman! Channel your quarantine Heather, and realize it's never a party if you aren't there...
Got my herb seedlings planted out yesterday in between short rain bursts... Corey put together a tent for me of window screens - it lets them get all the sun they need, but in the next few weeks of spring, will keep the heavy rains from drowning them, as the screen disperses the larger drops. Because I am a complete geeky noodge, I planted them in alphabetical order, so from left to right, started with basil and ended with thyme.
Reminds me, when I go into town this morning for something Corey said he didn't need yesterday (!) I need to pick up a rosemary plant, as well as a reasonably sized patio planter. Evidently, it can get four to six feet high, and needs to be protected from frost. Glad I didn't plant it in the herbs bed! Growing rosemary from seed takes years, I guess, so buying them grown from cuttings is the best way to start.
Egg was sick all weekend, laying around, very obviously not feeling well, and I was seriously contemplating getting her to the vet this morning, but she came in the bathroom with me this morning all bouncy and was ready to go outside and terrorize the small creatures of the early morning darkness. Whatever it is/was, she appears to be better. She just came in to visit Corey while he finishes his ablutions, their early morning routine.
Whenever possible, you don't close doors around Egg. She knows how to push them open if they're barely cracked, and if they're not cracked, she will put a paw under them and rattle them like mad. If that doesn't work, the yowling as if she's lost her mind begins. It's the only thing that seems to bother her... and it bothers ME, because I swear it sounds as if she's saying "Mmmmmooooooooommmmm!" Crazy cat.
Quilt work this morning, and finishing up a couple of things. Had a flash of an idea for painting some of the carpenter, simple canvas two-pocket aprons with sayings like "It's party thyme," or "I'm sexy and I grow it," and selling them at the market. I bought a blank one for me for 97 cents yesterday, as it's the easiest way to keep cash safe when you're selling things at a garage sale or market. I was planning on buying one for gardening, too. You always need things like a small cutter or plastic gloves, or wire, or whatever. I would bet I can sell painted ones 'em for five times the price of the apron, and I have lots of paint.
Ah... Corey's off to work, the bed's made, time to get the dishes going in the dishwasher, a load of laundry in progress, and get something done. Good GRIEF, it feels good to feel good. Seems like the first time in more than a year--probably because it has been.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR5 -
Debbie- Love, love , LOVE your parent's farm video! So wise and truly "good people"! Hugs to you!0
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I found these:
Romaine calm
Dill with it
Celery-brate
Sage advice
Spud muffin
Turn back thyme
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Morning ladies,
Got up and hopped in the shower and went for bloodwork. I have more blood work to be done but couldnt do one in each arm In one day..so will go tomorrow when i take Dan for his second vaccine.
Both the pups are snoozing and will go get Dan to get him to work for 11.0 -
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"Do you like puns?" "Not nece-celery."
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Karen: I love these: Romaine calm, Dill with it, Celery-brate, sage advice, spudmuffin, and Turn back thyme. :bigsmile:
Lisa: “Do you like puns? “not nece-celery.” :devil::
I’m up early and waiting for the coffee to finish dripping.
Katla in NW Oregon
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I need some peas and quiet4
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Thunder Storms in GA
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Terri: Peas and quiet is an excellent start for the day OR a lovely dinner.😎1
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Peach: Hopefully the thunder storms are noisy but not damaging to homes or property. ❤️0
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Debbie - That was a truly inspiring video about your parents' backyard farm! I'd love to achieve something similar at our island place, though I doubt it would be possible so far north. I can also see why it would be painful for you to watch it right now. (((Hugs)))
Husband drove out to check the condition of the road yesterday. He came back an hour later and reported that it was about half ice, half mud. Before dinner he changed two of the studded tires to summer tires. On our fortnightly family Zoom call, my youngest sister said that sounded about right: if the road is half summer half winter, you should change half of the tires. He will be changing the other two this morning before we head back to town.
In order to fly to Svalbard, one must have a negative Covid-19 test less than 24 hours old. We'll get those this evening. These are the rapid tests that use nasopharyngeal swabs - the kind where they stick a little bottlebrush up through your nostril and down into the back of your throat, twist it around a few times and count to ten v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y before pulling it out again. Invasive? You bet! I don't find the testing too terrible, but my husband's nasal anatomy is apparently completely different. He always tears up and has to sneeze repeatedly after what calls a nasopharyngeal gouge.
The sun is shining from a clear blue sky and there's no wind. Maybe I'll head out for a jog. Here's the road I jog on, seen from the mountain west of us. Obviously this picture was taken at another time of year.
/Penny, preparing to head back to the
Thank you!! They really have been inspiring all my life- it was a lot of hard work for all of us but wouldn't change a thing. I had always hoped to raise my son up there- that didn't happen but thankful that we can go up and spend time up there. So many great memories of all the family- grandparents, aunts,uncles,cousins, church friends all sitting around shucking corn or plucking chicken(I HATED that!!- so thankful for those older ladies from church who enjoyed helping with that and were so quick)- It really was a great way to grow up. We were poor but I didn't even realize it until I was in junior high. Mom made all of our clothes but I just assumed all moms did that. The town was very small back then- we only had 10 kids in our 5th grade class. The great thing about that is we are still friends with most of them or have contact with them at least.
I am very happy that the video exists and I will watch it again, just not quite yet.
Love your picture- such a beautiful view.
Debbie
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Debbie: So glad that you all so many fond memories of your childhood!
Allie: I agree with Heather's advice to you about letting the lawyer handle what's going on with Tom. You probably shouldn't be speaking/writing to him about the situation. I know that must be terribly hard to do, but, I don't think it will do anything but create bad feelings all around. My mom and dad got divorced after 37 yrs of marriage and 5 children. He had always physically abused her but when he openly ran around with an employee, that was the end. Funny thing was that in the end she sat by his hospital bedside at night (she was an RN) and ended up changing her name back to his when he passed and was buried beside him.
Tornado warnings here until 4 PM and then more of the same tomorrow! A tornado touched down in South Atlanta.
Carol in GA.
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I did something I have never done in my life. For lunch I ate a large (LARGE) bowl of ice cream. Will probably feel sick as I am lactose intolerant.
Carol Again from GA
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Did Pilates Yoga Cardio Fusion DVD then went for a walk around the neighborhood. Work tomorrow so no formal exercise.
Rebecca – don’t even THINK of sending me something. I’m just happy someone can use them
Allie – listen to Barbara. Definitely have your lawyer present. Don’t think about the expense. In the long run, you will definitely come out ahead. I bet you’re afraid that he’ll take the dogs away from you. Tom is just mean enough to do something like that. He’s also selfish. I bet any amount of money he hasn’t made any arrangement in his will to have them taken care of should he suddenly pass away. You might want to consider a “custody” agreement since he now wants to alter the divorce agreement. You can alter it, too. Don’t give in but get something added. Remember...tigers don’t change their stripes. Barbie is very wise. LISTEN TO KATLA….SHOW YOUR ATTORNEY!!!! Oh, I see you have already. Good for you!
Terri – I know that I’ve sometimes hit “preview post” when I thought I’d pressed “post”. I know how frustrating that can be. I’m sorry it happened to you
Making oatmeal raisin cookies to send to Colby.
Washed our bedroom blanket. Now it’s not allowed to get cold!!!!!
Cut the grass (weeds) then strung some more popcorn. Got my dinner ready, now to get Vince’s ready. Have most of the puzzle done, now just the sky
Michele NC
Mentally sending you hugs and appreciation then friend, all wrapped up in expensive papers.👍💕🌼🍀💚💐🌹💖💖0 -
Husband bought me Milk of Magnesia today, as I haven't got my plumbing to operate since my colonoscopy. This is day four. I can hear my mother asking, "Have you gone today? When was the last time you went"? She seemed to have an unnatural need to know our bowel schedules. Even when we were in high school she'd ask. Lol! Our normal response was "Mommmm".
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Happy May!! Thanks, Barbie for keeping us going.
I had a great weekend, Saturday we rode over 200 miles with our motorcycle group and raised over $6000 for our yearly Run for The Son ride. It was in the low 90's and windy, but felt good to be out. Yesterday after church we worked in the yard. I have 2 rocking chairs on our front porch and yesterday DH decided they needed painted, which they did. So now one is bright yellow and the other one bright green. Looks nice. Then we rode motorcycle for about an hour.
I am up 1.4 pounds for April, but it's a new month and last several days eating has been better. Also getting out more with the nice weather.
Kim--Good to see you post. I agree NO should be enough.
Machka--Today on the happiness list is just what I needed. Thanks for sharing this.
Lisa--Love the idea about the aprons and I bet they will be a BIG hit.
Allie--I agree with every one else. Tom is a JERK and it's always about him and what he wants. Well he needs to pay. He got off easy in the divorce, his life id not change, just bed partner. Don't let him use the dogs or anything else to get you to do what he wants.
Debbie--Thanks for sharing the video.
Carol--It's a new day and ice cream is gone. I have done that more than once working all day and coming home and feeling I deserve it.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND NE
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D H has nearly finished his jigsaw. Map of the World. The oceans are taking a VERY long time. I sit and look at it on the table in front of me at breakfast and I can't find even one piece to fit, despite several tries. . He has patience. I'm trying to learn the 'stans' and the geography of Africa and South America for our quizzes.
The rain didn't arrive. It's due this evening. I'm glad for the businesses which needed to fill their terraces and gardens for the Bank Holiday. The wind is getting up. Could be 50 mph tonight.
I exercised and edited today.
Still haven't done the printer. We are both avoiding the issue. :sad:
Love Heather UK xxxxxx1
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