WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2021

Thank you all for your concern ,I just laid low.today and probably tomorrow to unless I get a call from the dr...
I just hopped in the shower and feel a bit better listening to the birds chirping outside..

Hello All.

So sorry about the pets! It really stinks when they get sick since they can't tell us what's wrong.

Was able to go to a porch concert over the weekend. The weather was unpleasant, but the concert was nice. It was nice to get out and see a group of people together enjoying a live concert.

Cooking for one-What I've been doing is making things like sheetpan dinners, where you toss a couple of seasoned chicken thighs on a tray with some root veggies and bake them. I also do some prep and assemble food. I cut and roasted a sweet potato yesterday and have about 4 servings worth of sweet potato that I can match up with avocado, egg, bacon, etc. Perhaps I'll cut it and use it in an egg or tofu scramble. I bake a package of bacon and have cooked bacon ready to go. I roast tomatoes and put them in the fridge as toppers or to put in a salad. I also make dishes that I can split and freeze half and have the other over a couple of days. I have also made a pot of rice and split it into portions and freeze it. The freezer is my friend. While it's not cooking all at once, it allows me to be creative with the various parts and I feel like I'm cooking and it's healthy.

HIPAA and vaccination questions-I don’t know if this is state by state, but where I live, it is OK for a company to ask for your vaccination status and even for proof of it. I suspect if you get fired shortly thereafter for either not having been vaccinated or not showing proof, you have a lawsuit, if you want it. I think there will be a lawsuit and after that point it will likely fall under HIPAA privacy (HIPAA, for those not in the U.S. is Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which deals with healthcare related privacy among other things). For now, companies can ask.

Life seems to be moving toward more normal. My mood is not. Feeling kind of down.

Tina in CA

Stat for the day-

Zwift bike trainer- 51.22min, 17.7amph, 143ahr, 159mhr, 719elev, 15.11mi= 496c
Strava app- 353c

Rode 15 mi yesterday too

grandmallie wrote: »

Thank you all for your concern ,I just laid low.today and probably tomorrow to unless I get a call from the dr...
I just hopped in the shower and feel a bit better listening to the birds chirping outside..

Any chest pain with it?

Allie: I hope you get a call from your doctor soon. Chest pain and bed spins sound miserable. :flowerforyou:

Tina in CA: I am sorry you’re feeling down. I have not kept up with HIPPA rules because I’ve been retired for a long time. I hope things go your way.

Margaret: I hope Drew B gets through with good results from the tests.

DH & I are doing well, but our old dog has health problems that are challenging. Our best help for him at this time is to love him and give him pain meds when he needs them. He is such a sweet old boy. I hope to keep him with us for as long as possible, but I’m worried that may not as long as we hope for.

Katla

grandmallie wrote: »

Machka- no chest pain just bed spins horrible dizziness.

No chest pain is good.

No left arm pain, jaw pain or back pain?

It's just that my husband's heart symptoms came on as dizziness and throwing up first, then the chest pain.


M in Oz

"Get to do"s and "chose well"s
Brush chopping screeched to a halt when I disturbed a bumblebee nest. Dropped the loppers and outran the bees to the house. Thought I’d escaped unscathed when [shudder] I felt something creeping under my shirt. Tore it and the underwear off while yelling “Ow, ow OWWWW!” and screaming for Joe to come help brush me off. Maybe 3 bees followed me inside, in or on my clothes and hair. While I stripped, Joe shooed them out with my jacket. Only one sting but man that sucker HURT and now ITCHES. Used that excuse to wimp out on line dancing. Pleased I didn’t resort to self-medicating with wine. Now that I know where the nest is, will proceed more cautiously with the chopping. Baby garter snakes and now bees. What next???

Terri what you said about “the least we can do…”
Heather your 5 tall trumps our 4 tall bookcases. Our first downsize sent 42 boxes of books to the friends of the library book sale. Since then, it’s only been a box or two here and there. Sorry to hear there are no more used bookstores there. After watching 84 Charing Cross Rd I dreamed of spending days in that store.
Julie, sounds like you need both a break and to “prime the pump.” Could you gift yourself with a morning’s work at an outdoor café? Just the stroll to the café might get those creative juices flowing.
Barbie I’m sure your zucchini seeds appreciate your patiently waiting for a warmer day
KarenDinVA taking measurements and focusing on making positive lifestyle changes, Bravissima!
Carol was thinking exactly what you said to Kylia. It would be hard for her to pull back/out from the family biz, but maybe that’s what needs to happen.
Machka ((hugs)) for your brother and his family, your DH and you.
Tracey “…calling for snow…” it’s May, they should stop calling for it and maybe it won’t come
Allie “bed spins” :sick: “eyes going wonky”?
Welcome @claram5415 ! Planning is key!
Katla
Margaret prayers for DrewB and your DH. Pancreatitis is so scary. “911 for dogs” brilliant idea!
Michele ((hugs)) for you and Vince dealing with your ageing cats.
Tina your sheet pan dinners sound like something I should try. I do what you do with brown rice, and it sure comes in handy for combining with the protein and veggies of the day for a quick healthy meal. Alas too often I opt for the convenience of a Lean Cuisine…
Welcome @g2renew Gigi in AL!

Time to apply some more anti-itch cream and try to get back to sleep.

Lighter, lovelies!

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD 2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW

Well, one of the split trees got pulled down yesterday, cut into firewood and the too-skinny-for-firewood branches all hauled to the brushpile for later burning. If it ever dries out, that's going to be a conflagration! That has the two worst culprits completed, and now, if they are still willing to work, we're going to clean out the little stable (probably 50 years old) to use for a shed for the big equipment. One internal wall was down by the end of the day yesterday. We have what is probably a foot-deep area filled with 50-year-old manure in a 12-foot by 8-foot area that needs to be mucked out and hauled to the compost pile, too. It's long past the smelly stage, and will make amazing compost for the next few growing seasons.

Which reminds me, I need to get the compost pile fenced in first.



The nine-year-old is in the "I don't wanna," stage with his parents, which is kind of fascinating to watch. I only had a taste of that with my son, because I got him when he was 15--and my daughter was already past it at 17. It can become a little tense, which I'm not fond of, but hey, it happens. Easy to be objective from here, but not so easy when you're in the middle of it.

Allie - hope you're feeling better today.

Heather - I'm so pleased you got a nibble on your books. I love them, but like you, can no longer read them, as I can't adjust the font, and can't see a page that isn't backlit. I need to let my books go. Kind of a different way to lose weight.

Speaking of which, I'm losing about a half-pound a day now, there's just not enough time to eat with all the happy chaos. I'm down three pounds from May 1. Makes me happy. Staying away from cheese and sugar is the hardest part. Welcome to those who are new - we're glad you're here!

Later y'all,
Love,
Lisa

Unfortunately, the junk hauliers were too pricey, even with a cash offer, because there were several large boxes of books and they have to pay by weight to dump the stuff themselves. I said we would think about it. We will ask another company to give an estimate. On paper they look cheaper, but you never know.
We could take the books to the dump ourselves, free to us, and just get them to take the bulky awkward items. (???) But I might have pangs of regret when I see them in the tip.

DH has gone off to cricket. It started late because the pitch needed to dry out. I woke up at 4 this morning and got up at 5. I read for a while and then made him packed lunch. I won't do that every day, but I was up anyway. He was very grateful.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx