WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2021
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Cool rainy weekend. Yesterday a powerline came down at the intersection near our driveway. It started a fire in the brush near the road. The fire department came but just watched the fire to see it did not get out of control as it was pouring rain at the time. PUD finally got here to take care of the line but we were without electricity until 9:45pm. Soup and crackers for dinner as we were able to light the gas stove manually. We had a lantern and DD and I were able to read on our Kindles. It is amazing how much we take power for granted.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA9 -
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My new update to my milk can
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Sold the loveseat chair and pillows4
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Just stopping by to say hello and Happy Sunday to everyone. Thought you all may like to see the lilacs in our yard this year. I am a newcomer to MFP, had previously been on Sparkpeople and unfortunately the website is shutting down mid August. I am recently retired from a local Health Department, just before the pandemic lockdowns took affect. Truly am enjoying being home with my cat and am never bored, way too much to do around this house!! My husband is six years younger than I and is still working much to his dislike!!
Wanted to lose 10 lbs., and was able to take 8 off, but need to track nutrition, especially protein and fiber and MFP is wonderful to use!! Glad to have found a group with the same goals as mine and wishing you all a wonderful day today! I should add that I am from the southern New England area of the US.
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Good evening my friends. I've been going stir crazy with my hubby being gone for so long, I finally decided to get off my duff and do some yard work as he's not here to do it. Yesterday I cleaned the big uncovered patio and brought the cacti back outside. The first picture, in front of the small covered patio is a type of cactus the tips turn red when cooler weather sets in. The second picture is of cacti under the west facing windows of our Florida room, I take them in during the winter so they don't freeze. I went to the nursery this morning and picked up plants for the large planters out front. The third picture is of one of three identical planters I filled after my trip to the nursery. Then my neighbor brought over four tomato plants so we planted them out back in front of the fence.
I still have a lot of work to do in the yard so I'll plug away at it.
Janetr OKC
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It is 8pm here. I spent time changing the bedding in our guest room. Our daughter will be here in a day or two and I want her to be comfortable. It has been a long time since she visited here. 🌹4
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Back to school!
I'm taking a course called Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury.
Online.
No formal assessments.
Work at your own pace.
7 weeks maximum.
Machka in Oz8 -
I'm still standing....Thank you to all who were worried. I'm doing okay.
Tomorrow will make one week since Bruce passed. It would have also been his 77th birthday. So, my niece and her partner will be coming over for a casual celebration of life. I have selected many old photos and displayed them in the niche next to our fireplace. She will bring the food.
The other thing I did was pull together some of his most loved t-shirts and sent them to someone who will assemble them into a quilt. That project brought forward lots of smiles and streams of tears. It's still hard to believe he is not coming back to his chair, the dinner table or our bed.
I'm keeping busy addressing a long list of deferred maintenance in our home and my battered body. Got teeth cleaned, massage done, deck cleaned off and flowers planted in the pots. Worked out 3x in the pool, which felt fantastic. I still find myself a little lost as I try to figure out what to do with all the time on my hands. Eventually I will get back to a rhythm and routine that is productive and fulfilling. Right now, just going with the flow.
Much love to you all.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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Rori—It is good to hear from you. Going with the flow is a good idea. ❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️3
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Pppppp0
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I'm still standing....Thank you to all who were worried. I'm doing okay.
Tomorrow will make one week since Bruce passed. It would have also been his 77th birthday. So, my niece and her partner will be coming over for a casual celebration of life. I have selected many old photos and displayed them in the niche next to our fireplace. She will bring the food.
The other thing I did was pull together some of his most loved t-shirts and sent them to someone who will assemble them into a quilt. That project brought forward lots of smiles and streams of tears. It's still hard to believe he is not coming back to his chair, the dinner table or our bed.
I'm keeping busy addressing a long list of deferred maintenance in our home and my battered body. Got teeth cleaned, massage done, deck cleaned off and flowers planted in the pots. Worked out 3x in the pool, which felt fantastic. I still find myself a little lost as I try to figure out what to do with all the time on my hands. Eventually I will get back to a rhythm and routine that is productive and fulfilling. Right now, just going with the flow.
Much love to you all.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
It probably will take you a little while to get to that rhythm and routine ... just take things as they come. I am glad to hear that you were able to get into the pool.
Hugs
M in Oz3 -
OK sounds like this is my spot! I want to post here and get healthy with my peers. Im Marie and Im from the North coast of california and new to this. IM a sparkpeople refugee and hope to find fun and motivation here/. Thanks!7
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Bit of wild weather coming this way ... may prove challenging to get out on bicycles.
https://www.windy.com/?-38.565,133.330,5
Machka in the southern portion of Oz2 -
Machka— That weather pattern is definitely looking like a challenge. It seems like a good idea to ride a bike indoors. Ours are set up and ready to ride in the garage. They get lots of use in cold or wet weather. 2
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: Sat BP, dog group, called C, prepped veggies for fellowship. Sun church.Joyful June:
Bonus: Sat: up hill from HB with T, called R. Sun picnic prep help.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, USE those torture bands/do that BB&B video, board meeting minutes, 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. 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).
5- Think of 3 things you’re grateful for and write them down: Joe’s consciously positive attitude, good neighbors, God’s own good time.
6-Get out into green space and feel the joy that nature brings: that was yesterday climbing windswept up the hill.
Welcome @Shanda_Jean!
Lisa ((hugs)) and SMH at rx “sent” May 29 not yet received June 5. Foo.
Allie ((hugs)) and SMH at the fax received but not “found.” Foo.
Carol ((hugs)) and sorry to hear that the two pre-cataract procedures might each be painful for a few days. Fingers X’d for quick painless recovery and cataract surgery scheduled for early September
Pip
;your patio lights and water feature. That milk can update is v. sophisticated. Sold the loveseat chair and pillows? The gingham ones you just bought and cleaned?
KJ thrilling track meet, blessing you had the ice pack, and Hooray for Tim!!!
Terri “…as my daughter is relearning her boat skills” ?
Barbie hope the joy of dancing outweighs any shock or awkwardness.
Margaret Joe always reminds me to fill when tank gets to half empty, both for fuel pump, fuel quality and for disaster prep. When the earthquake hits it will take out the two bridges that connect our county to the rest of the world and we’ll be on our own for weeks. Thanks for the reminder about preventative maintenance, need to get in for an oil change Tuesday.
Annie congratulations!
Heather I can feel the joy of your meetup with the grands. Looks like a very very fun time at last. Safe travels.
Welcome @dgarlick1 in Southern New England! Beautiful lilacs!
Ginger back on track! Yes!!!
Katla I’m excited for your visit with daughter and grands. Enjoy!
Sue in WA electrical brush fire in the rain, yikes!
Machka that return to school sounds just right.
Rori ((hugs)) “laughter and streams of tears… hard to believe…” my heart aches for you. ((hugs))
Welcome @candysashab88 Marie from the N. Coast of California! How far north? Ft. Bragg? Eureka? We’re 35 mi north of Crescent City.
Made it up the hill from Harris Beach and only had to stop twice to catch my breath. Boy was it windy! As I was getting ready to take Shadow to dog group I saw our neighbor (and water system expert) coming up the drive with a HUGE black water tank on the back of his truck. Woo HOO! What a good surprise. Worth missing the first half of dog group. Means our water system upgrade WILL happen this year. Halelujah! We were commenting about the ferocious winds the past two months and he said it’s the windiest it’s been in the 30+ years he’s lived here. Today, instead of coming home and writing up the fire district board meeting minutes I chose to go to the church picnic at the pastor’s house celebrating his 70th birthday (may he never want to retire.) He built their house, raised bed gardens and green house where she has everything from asparagus to zucchini. I told her she tempted me to sin-coveting her greenhouse. She even foisted a zucchini plant off onto me so now I have to get out in the garden, water the potatoes, thin the apples and transplant the zuke… AFTER doing those doggoned minutes.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
June: leaner/stronger/kinder than May.
daily: sit with Joe: 6, weigh/wii: 6/0/0; steps>6362=Sat:9372! Sun: 3715, vits=5, log=6, CI<CO=6, CI<250<CO=3, Tumble=5, Shadow=8 mfp=6, outside=8, up hill=7, clean 10=2.
wkly: Sun: Mon: Tue: LD=1 Wed: TC=1 PW=1 Thurs: PW=1 Fri: TC=1 Sat: PW=1, rX x4=1.
wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/30:141.5 5/31:142.4 6/6:141.8 6/12: 6/20: 6/27: 6/30:
mnthly: board mtg=, grant=, 21 plan=, waist=42.0
bonus: AF=3 play= sew=
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
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✳️✳️ ACCOUNTABILITY ✳️✳️
✔️Day 2: Saturday, June 5th. 🛑 BINGE 🛑
So... not sure why. Had a nice supper. Hamburger with a salad, avocado and cheese whisps. Perhaps the fasting is having a negative effect. We’ll see. I’ll carry on an see what happens.
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Kate UK❤️1
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Morning, afternoon and evening, all,
Rori - so good to see you. The quilt sounds wonderful, and I hope your celebration of Bruce's life with your niece is both joyous and serene.
Heather - loved, loved, loved the photo at the restaurant. Everyone seems happy, especially Johnny! Which reminds me... I need to check in with my Johnny and see how he's doing. He told me he was "dating," and I haven't heard a word since. Usually, that means he's happy, but I still worry.
Got some good news from the VA for a change; they're refunding any money spent on prescriptions last year, and holding off on any other prescription copays until after September 30. I'll get a bit back, and won't be paying any more for the next few months. Just one monthly expense we won't have to incur. It adds up over the course of the year!
Speaking of which, even though the US postal service said it wouldn't be getting here until today, the anti-spasmodic made it in Saturday afternoon. It left me a little foggy, but operational, and has finally relieved that internal buzzing vibration across my entire intestinal system. I'd gotten so used to it, I no longer thought about it until it was gone, and my body finally relaxed.
Doctor's appt this morning; will be glad when that's done. Hate appointments, but at least this one is telehealth and I don't have to drive into the clinic.
Time to get Corey's lunch put together so I can get him out the door and decide what to do with my day. I think I'll make some bread dough to freeze and then bake on Friday morning for the Farmer's Market on Saturday. Hard to time rises on frozen yeast dough, but a little experimenting will make it come out right. Once the bread dough is into its first rise, I'll make some chewy chocolate chip cookies as well and get those baked and then frozen as well. Need to find out how their texture holds up, or whether they will have to be baked on Fridays as well.
Through all this, even with the baking I'm doing, my weight is staying steady. The things I'm baking attract me very little, so it's no big deal to resist them.
Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa7 -
Hi all 🙋🏼 Working my way through back posts 😂
I love all the photos, (especially Athena/Levi) and the irises. The Wild irises are in bloom along the coastal path at the moment.
Barbara ~ 😍Joyful June. 😱 Quake warning!!!
Barbie ~ I agree! Retirement is a breeze. Freedom to do what I choose, when I choose to do it.
So many new folks!!! Welcome to the group.
Lots more to catch up on. I'm at page 12.
We had a good family day yesterday.
Am ~ coastal walk with DH, DYD and her dogs. Took photos of some kids on the water. They reminded me of ' Swallows and Amazons'.
Pm ~ garden visit to DED and DGSs
It’s so good to finally be able to meet face to face again.
....oooOOO 🙈🙉🙊 OOOooo....
May your day be joyfully peaceful
....oooOOO 🐵🐵🐵
☘️ Terri9 -
Morning ladies
We have heat warnings today,so have to bring Dan to work at 7 and pick up Homer and will stay cool today,wonder if my daughter will text me to pick up Taliah from school,they have an early dismissal.
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I'm still standing....Thank you to all who were worried. I'm doing okay.
Tomorrow will make one week since Bruce passed. It would have also been his 77th birthday. So, my niece and her partner will be coming over for a casual celebration of life. I have selected many old photos and displayed them in the niche next to our fireplace. She will bring the food.
The other thing I did was pull together some of his most loved t-shirts and sent them to someone who will assemble them into a quilt. That project brought forward lots of smiles and streams of tears. It's still hard to believe he is not coming back to his chair, the dinner table or our bed.
I'm keeping busy addressing a long list of deferred maintenance in our home and my battered body. Got teeth cleaned, massage done, deck cleaned off and flowers planted in the pots. Worked out 3x in the pool, which felt fantastic. I still find myself a little lost as I try to figure out what to do with all the time on my hands. Eventually I will get back to a rhythm and routine that is productive and fulfilling. Right now, just going with the flow.
Much love to you all.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
Take your time… having gone through this, you are much more productive than I was. Here for you should you ever need to talk3 -
"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: Sat BP, dog group, called C, prepped veggies for fellowship. Sun church.Joyful June:
Bonus: Sat: up hill from HB with T, called R. Sun picnic prep help.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, USE those torture bands/do that BB&B video, board meeting minutes, 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. 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).
5- Think of 3 things you’re grateful for and write them down: Joe’s consciously positive attitude, good neighbors, God’s own good time.
6-Get out into green space and feel the joy that nature brings: that was yesterday climbing windswept up the hill.
Welcome @Shanda_Jean!
Lisa ((hugs)) and SMH at rx “sent” May 29 not yet received June 5. Foo.
Allie ((hugs)) and SMH at the fax received but not “found.” Foo.
Carol ((hugs)) and sorry to hear that the two pre-cataract procedures might each be painful for a few days. Fingers X’d for quick painless recovery and cataract surgery scheduled for early September
Pip ;your patio lights and water feature. That milk can update is v. sophisticated. Sold the loveseat chair and pillows? The gingham ones you just bought and cleaned?
KJ thrilling track meet, blessing you had the ice pack, and Hooray for Tim!!!
Terri “…as my daughter is relearning her boat skills” ?
Barbie hope the joy of dancing outweighs any shock or awkwardness.
Margaret Joe always reminds me to fill when tank gets to half empty, both for fuel pump, fuel quality and for disaster prep. When the earthquake hits it will take out the two bridges that connect our county to the rest of the world and we’ll be on our own for weeks. Thanks for the reminder about preventative maintenance, need to get in for an oil change Tuesday.
Annie congratulations!
Heather I can feel the joy of your meetup with the grands. Looks like a very very fun time at last. Safe travels.
Welcome @dgarlick1 in Southern New England! Beautiful lilacs!
Ginger back on track! Yes!!!
Katla I’m excited for your visit with daughter and grands. Enjoy!
Sue in WA electrical brush fire in the rain, yikes!
Machka that return to school sounds just right.
Rori ((hugs)) “laughter and streams of tears… hard to believe…” my heart aches for you. ((hugs))
Welcome @candysashab88 Marie from the N. Coast of California! How far north? Ft. Bragg? Eureka? We’re 35 mi north of Crescent City.
Made it up the hill from Harris Beach and only had to stop twice to catch my breath. Boy was it windy! As I was getting ready to take Shadow to dog group I saw our neighbor (and water system expert) coming up the drive with a HUGE black water tank on the back of his truck. Woo HOO! What a good surprise. Worth missing the first half of dog group. Means our water system upgrade WILL happen this year. Halelujah! We were commenting about the ferocious winds the past two months and he said it’s the windiest it’s been in the 30+ years he’s lived here. Today, instead of coming home and writing up the fire district board meeting minutes I chose to go to the church picnic at the pastor’s house celebrating his 70th birthday (may he never want to retire.) He built their house, raised bed gardens and green house where she has everything from asparagus to zucchini. I told her she tempted me to sin-coveting her greenhouse. She even foisted a zucchini plant off onto me so now I have to get out in the garden, water the potatoes, thin the apples and transplant the zuke… AFTER doing those doggoned minutes.
Lighter, lovelies!Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
June: leaner/stronger/kinder than May.
daily: sit with Joe: 6, weigh/wii: 6/0/0; steps>6362=Sat:9372! Sun: 3715, vits=5, log=6, CI<CO=6, CI<250<CO=3, Tumble=5, Shadow=8 mfp=6, outside=8, up hill=7, clean 10=2.
wkly: Sun: Mon: Tue: LD=1 Wed: TC=1 PW=1 Thurs: PW=1 Fri: TC=1 Sat: PW=1, rX x4=1.
wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/30:141.5 5/31:142.4 6/6:141.8 6/12: 6/20: 6/27: 6/30:
mnthly: board mtg=, grant=, 21 plan=, waist=42.0
bonus: AF=3 play= sew=
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
No the original navy blue ones that we had bought when we moved into the apartment
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4am here, having coffee, going camping again, will leave this morning3
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Ginny, you sound very grounded in your decision to retire.1
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Hi all, hope you are well. We had summery weather last weekend, and today it's warm too. I got my 2nd jab Saturday and have been pretty tired since. That's not original I know! I planned to lay low Saturday evening, and did so. I met a friend for a walk on Sunday late afternoon and was most definitely dragging. today I'm dragging too. I'm supposed to meet a friend for meal out (outside seating only so far)... Bought some cloth to hide books in bookshelves and replace cloth on trundle bed. this one is better. Started working on a manual project today.4
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