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WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2021
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✔️Day 4: Wednesday, June 9th. NO BINGE
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Worked today so no formal exercise. After work took a walk around the block since it’s supposed to rain this afternoon so I got it in in the morning. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Traci Long Defining Shape DVD.
Beth – am I really not supposed to expect to be able to kiss PJ?
M – PJ and us went for a walk on Sun. It was HOT. After being out for an hour, even I was sweating, so I’m glad we didn’t go to Maria’s on Saturday. We played many games. He’s about the same age as Athena, a little over 2. I fed PJ almost every meal. We gave him a book, one that I recorded. We don’t think he’s ready for it, maybe in a year or so. He doesn’t have the attention span needed. Denise and Pete don’t read to him. He does like to give fist bumps, he did that a lot. We worked with him on his colors. The slides I’ve seen fold up so they can put them in the house then bring them out when they want him to use it, so it really doesn’t take up all that much room. They have the pool (wading pool) blown up and in the garage so they can keep the slide folded up in there (even hung up) while they’re outside with him. Do you know that I couldn’t even find a book to read to him? And this really surprised me since I knew that Denise got a lot at her baby shower. So we built with his blocks, Tickle Monster was there quite a few times, talked on his play phone, we’d gotten him a Fisher Price xylophone last time we were there and he was banging on it this time having us bang on it too. So I think we did play with him. That’s just a sample of some of the things we did. Wish I could have taken him for a walk right before his nap but I couldn’t find the stroller. He seems to like climbing on things so we have these cardboard blocks that are REAL sturdy, I think I’ll give him a few and he can make a “stand” rather than standing on a push toy that can roll away. Wish it had been nicer weather on Thurs and Fri, rain was very immenent.
Barbara – when we were going thru the process of refinancing, at first we were rejected because they didn’t take into consideration our investments. That doesn’t fit into their “formula”. Then when they finally took that into consideration, the adjuster couldn’t figure out how Vince’s pension worked. Vince explained it to him time and again, and the guy just couldn’t get it. Finally, we were approved.
Margaret – that’s lovely that your father said that his children were the most important. You are a good neighbor to let that girl stay in your garage
Okie – yes, I’m going to really try to lower my expectations (if that’s even possible….lol) about Denise. I think I’ll just expect a bed to sleep in. In the future, I’ll make dinner for us and if they want to eat, I’ll make a bit more. Want to try different recipes in the IP since she has the one we gave her (which she probably has never used. Oh, I made this orange yogurt for PJ. He really liked it, but Denise told me that he no longer likes yogurt. Huh? Anyway, I could have sworn I saw a hand mixer at her place last time I was there. Seems she lent it to Maria. Anyway, I used this hand mixer (you know, the type with the small blade). It had never been used.) If they don’t want to eat what we’re having, then they can have a pizza (which I won’t make) or whatever
katla – have fun at the wedding
Finished the puzzle for Vince. I seem to really enjoy doing puzzles that are colorful with a lot of pictures (did I make that muddy enough). Puzzles with just blue sky and water or trees are BORING to me.
Debbie – I keep some (healthy) snacks in my pocketbook for when I go shopping so that I don’t have to stop and eat. Good for you. Some things do take precedence….like shopping
Michele NC
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Margaret-WOW! So scary! You were so brave! I hope they find the peace and help they need.1
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Michele: I hope your future visits to Pete and Denise are more loving. Sounds like PJ is a happy, active little boy, and I'd love to see pictures if you got any.
Margaret: That was very kind of you to help a total stranger.
Lisa: Hope you make a tidy profit at the Farmers Market.
My DH will be cremated on Monday and soon after his ashes will be scattered off Santa Barbara, California. Before we met, he used to be an underwater photographer and did a lot of diving off the Channel Islands. I will have my ashes go to the same location when my time comes. We met in the hills of Santa Barbara, which is a beautiful part of the country.
I've been catching up on self-care that has been on back burner for years. Massage, dental work, pedicure and today, a much needed haircut. I had 14 inches chopped off to donate to a charity that makes wigs for kids. As you can see, I don't give a hoot about all the gray. I stopped coloring decades ago.
Before and After
Stay well, friends.
Rori
Going with the flow
Colorado Foothills
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Rori - Love the hair! Love the smile even more.2
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Rori - I LOVE ❤️ the shorter cut! You look fantastic!!!
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Had to stop chopping brush after only half an hour, my lower back just ached so much. It’s been aching for awhile, usually after I’ve been sitting or lying too long, and usually eases soon as I get up and move around. I’m just really really hoping its not a side effect of the pravastatin I’m taking. When I was on atorvastatin the muscle and joint aches got so bad it was hard to get up out of a chair.
I’ve been reading through and having so much I want to comment on, but honestly just don’t have it in me right now. I did have to comment on this though. Your pain sounds like the early start of me not paying attention enough when I had originally hurt my hip. Anyhow, there was an exercise that my therapist recommended and it makes all the difference for me when I’m starting to feel the pain.
Lay on a flat firm surface with a wall close to it. She recommended the floor. I use my bed as I have no wall space to do this anywhere else. While on your back you put your feet against the wall, your bum close to the wall. It should look like you are sitting with proper posture on a straight chair. With you left foot pressed tight against the wall, take both hands and place on your right knee. Push hard using your foot against the wall and also with your hands on your knee. You should be holding your back and hips in place. Hold for a slow 5 count then reverse foot and hand. I do these every time I start to feel that pain now and it has helped a lot! She recommended I do it daily for life and all women should.
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Michele: I hope your future visits to Pete and Denise are more loving. Sounds like PJ is a happy, active little boy, and I'd love to see pictures if you got any.
Margaret: That was very kind of you to help a total stranger.
Lisa: Hope you make a tidy profit at the Farmers Market.
My DH will be cremated on Monday and soon after his ashes will be scattered off Santa Barbara, California. Before we met, he used to be an underwater photographer and did a lot of diving off the Channel Islands. I will have my ashes go to the same location when my time comes. We met in the hills of Santa Barbara, which is a beautiful part of the country.
I've been catching up on self-care that has been on back burner for years. Massage, dental work, pedicure and today, a much needed haircut. I had 14 inches chopped off to donate to a charity that makes wigs for kids. As you can see, I don't give a hoot about all the gray. I stopped coloring decades ago.
Before and After
Stay well, friends.
Rori
Going with the flow
Colorado Foothills
So cute, Rori. I love your hair! And your smile is delightful.
Flea
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I'm barely hanging on. That sounds more dramatic than it really is! Lol
Welcome to everyone new.
Brief intro -- I'm 60 years old (!!!), work as a college administrator in a small private college in Oregon. I also teach inside one of the correctional facilities near our campus -- we offer a 4-year degree. I am most proud of this. It is the most fulfilling thing I've ever done. Inside, I teach literature and humanities to hardened criminals, and to hear them talk about art . . .well, I can't even describe the joy it gives me.
I am married, 3 boys -- 25, 20, and 14. My husband works in tech, and usually travels, but he has been working from home since March 2020. I am ready for him to get back on the road!! We also have a mini Australian shepherd who is almost 7 months old, and a rescue kitty, who is 5 years old. My 14 year old also has a delightful hedgehog.
I've never been thin, always a little over weight. That's where I am now. I have been heavier, and I have been thinner. I practice CICO, and don't otherwise restrict much that I eat or drink. If I can account for it, I eat it. If I go over, well, tomorrow is another day. Earlier in my life I was a runner and a triathlete. My longest triathlon was an Olympic distance and my longest running race was 15 miles. I really miss those days, but I just can't do it anymore. And honestly, I walk nearly as fast as I ran long distances and it's easier on my body, so I have just accepted that I will be a fast walker. :-)
My health:So I most likely have breast cancer. It has been a whirl wind week. I have had a lump for a while, but I am normally lumpy, and tend to have lipomas all over the place (have had a bunch, like more than a dozen, removed from my arms), and I have a verified lipoma in my left breast, so I didn't really think much about it. But then it started feeling different from the lipoma, and it started hurting. Like sometimes a lot -- need pain medication and heat kind of hurt.
So last week, I went to the doctor. Stupidly, because I had a lump, I couldn't go directly to the mammogram. She felt it, and said, "Not good." So she ordered the mammogram and an ultrasound. I had those on Tuesday this week, I guess -- I really can't keep it straight in my head right now. (Maybe I am more stressed than I think.) So not just the lump I know about, which looked positively ferocious on the US, but at least two others, and likely many more "lesions." I could see them all, and knew it wasn't good. The radiologist came in after looking at it and just came out with it -- likely malignant cancer. But not in my lymph nodes that they can see from the US.
Today I had an MRI and Monday morning I am scheduled for an US biopsy. Then we move on from there.
My dad had breast cancer and carries the BRCA gene, so this is not unexpected. In some ways, it's a relief because I don't have to keep wondering when it is going to hit.
I haven't yet told anyone, not my husband or my mother, not anyone. I just don't have the energy to have to deal with their reactions. I've already told some of you that my husband is a narcissist, so this will all turn out to be somehow about him, and right now, I want to concentrate on me. He also has a big trip (not work related) scheduled for the week after next that he has been putting off for a year, and I don't want to spoil that for him.
Evidence of his narcissism? He knew I went to the doctor and had a mammogram this week but he hasn't once asked how it was. He knows about the lump. He, um, has felt it. I'm glad he hasn't asked because I don't want to tell him, but it is also disappointing that he hasn't asked. But it's fine.
I really am okay. My NP called me the afternoon of the mammogram and US. I didn't hear my phone ring, but she left a detailed message. She was really sweet and just wanting to make sure I was okay and that I follow up with everything. I wrote a message back through mychart assuring her that I am fine. Really. Just tired.
You should have seen my face after the MRI!!! I didn't know how I was going to keep that from everyone. But I ran an errand on the way home and kept rubbing out the marks on my face, and although I was a little red, when I did get home, I was able to stay busy and ignore everyone, so no one saw it!
Sigh. Just tired.
Flea
Willamette Valley, OR12 -
Flea - Sending strength and patience to get through.
Terri - our starlight petunias this year are dark burgundy with gold spots but we have had the dark blue with white before. Have also seen dark pink with white. I find it interesting that heat makes the white spots larger. Last year in August the flowers had large white splotches instead of the usual small pinpoints.
Went to YM for water exercise today then sat in the hot tub for awhile because I had leg cramps after all the yard work I did yesterday.
Everyone take care Sue in WA3 -
Rori, your shorter hair is gorgeous!1
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Worked today so no formal exercise. After work took a walk around the block since it’s supposed to rain this afternoon so I got it in in the morning. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Traci Long Defining Shape DVD.
Debbie – I keep some (healthy) snacks in my pocketbook for when I go shopping so that I don’t have to stop and eat. Good for you. Some things do take precedence….like shopping
Michele NC
it is funny but eating wise, I do so much better on days we are out shopping, I am busy shopping and not thinking about eating so I can hold out on eating until 2-3PM or later.
Shopping is not my thing really but it is ok- would much rather do something else.
We went to a small Asian market, Dollar Tree, Grocery Outlet then Hobby Lobby. We didn't buy a lot(we didn't need anything-he just loves to shop)
I find if I am sitting at home(work from home) I snack/get munchies way too much. Need to get off my butt and get out of the house more. Now that the garden is started, I will be out more with that.
Debbie
Napa Valley,Ca
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Flea- sending prayers for comfort and healing
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Rori – I love the haircut. Makes you look so much younger and vibrant. I’m so glad to hear that you’re putting your hubby’s ashes someplace that means something special to you both. You look like you’ve lost weight.
Flea – thank you for sharing this with us. You sound like you’re taking it in stride. Good thoughts being sent your way.
Michele NC1 -
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M – PJ and us went for a walk on Sun. It was HOT. After being out for an hour, even I was sweating, so I’m glad we didn’t go to Maria’s on Saturday. We played many games. He’s about the same age as Athena, a little over 2. I fed PJ almost every meal. We gave him a book, one that I recorded. We don’t think he’s ready for it, maybe in a year or so. He doesn’t have the attention span needed. Denise and Pete don’t read to him. He does like to give fist bumps, he did that a lot. We worked with him on his colors. The slides I’ve seen fold up so they can put them in the house then bring them out when they want him to use it, so it really doesn’t take up all that much room. They have the pool (wading pool) blown up and in the garage so they can keep the slide folded up in there (even hung up) while they’re outside with him. Do you know that I couldn’t even find a book to read to him? And this really surprised me since I knew that Denise got a lot at her baby shower. So we built with his blocks, Tickle Monster was there quite a few times, talked on his play phone, we’d gotten him a Fisher Price xylophone last time we were there and he was banging on it this time having us bang on it too. So I think we did play with him. That’s just a sample of some of the things we did. Wish I could have taken him for a walk right before his nap but I couldn’t find the stroller. He seems to like climbing on things so we have these cardboard blocks that are REAL sturdy, I think I’ll give him a few and he can make a “stand” rather than standing on a push toy that can roll away. Wish it had been nicer weather on Thurs and Fri, rain was very immenent.
Michele NC
I think, if it were me, I'd shoo Denise and Pete out of the house ... tell them to go on a date or something ... then bring out a stack of books and read to/with PJ.
M in Oz
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