WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2021
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Good afternoon all.
Did some grocery shopping today and hubby and youngest son went with me to walk around The Oregon Garden. Always a happy place for me.
Allie -- I had forgotten about the payments to the OB. I remember with all of mine I did have to pay for everything up front. At one of our first visits, we had to also meet with the finance people. I also remember it being stressful, but I think, from my limited experience (3 births), it seems to be standard. (I had different practices with all three).
Love love love the pictures of the grandkids. They are so adorable and make me smile every time.
Hugs to Rita, Lisa, Margaret, and anyone else who needs them. I am passing them around freely lately.
Lots of energy this weekend. Feeling really good. At one of my appointments this week, the PA said, "You're in very good health." I kind of sneered at her and said, "Well, yes. Except for that one thing."
But yes. I am thankful that I am in good health, overall. All of my systems have checked out. And it looks like the spread is limited to 2 vertebrae and a rib, so I am still hopeful that we will try to kick it as far into the corner as possible. (Well, that's what the PET says. Biopsy on one spot scheduled for Monday morning to confirm. I don't know if she will want to biopsy all three?? I'll find out Monday afternoon.) I have accepted that this will be a life-long condition, but my hope is that as long as I am in "treatment," we can keep things under control for as long as possible. I am planning to beat the odds, while remaining as realistic as possible. In other words, I am no longer expecting to be cured.
My heart is strong and my brain, lungs, and liver are clear and healthy. Still trying to get my steps in every day. I have kicked caffeine and alcohol completely and eating as "clean" as possible, as they say. Blood pressure is crazy when at the oncologist or radiologist, so the oncologist made me go talk to my primary doctor. My blood pressure there? 128/73!!!
He said I'm fine; not to worry; and just to accept that my system is going to be upset and stressed when I have to talk to oncology and radiology and forget about it. The next day at the radiologist? 180/100! I'm not sure she wanted to let me leave, but I told her that I'd just been to the primary the previous day and he said it is fine. She kind of rolled her eyes and said, "well, if he says so!" and made a note of it.
Love and appreciate all of you.
Flea
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Flea- thinking of you and sending healing prayers xoxo.0
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Did Michelle Dozois Fat Blaster DVD then took my walk. The plan for tomorrow is to do yet another part of the Weight Loss Yoga DVD
Went to a Dollar General then to Sams to get snacks for the pool party then Food Lion. They can’t print out my last check stub.
Lisa – I know I’ve mentioned it on here before, but to TEMPORARILY relieve itching (like so you can get to sleep) put your blowdryer aimed at the itch. Leave it there until you can’t stand it any longer. The reason this works is because the heat breaks up the histamines that cause the itching.
Terri – happy anniversary you newlywed
One of the radio stations around here is having “Christmas in July” where they play Christmas music. How depressing! (You can tell that I love summer). I just hope they don’t play all Christmas music for like the whole month of December
Dana – welcome!
Cheryl – welcome. Personally, I don’t feel that Premium offers something that I feel I can’t live without. I guess it’s really a personal thing.
Nikki – welcome! What wonderful accomplishments. Keep it up!
Flea – thinking of you. You are truly an inspiration, what a good outlook you have.
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Ha ha Alfie cracks me up ,he has to sleep under the covers and hog the bed .. but ya gotta love him..2
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WOO-HOO! Australia and Canada take 1 & 2 in the Woman's 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay with Australia setting a World Record!!
M in Oz4 -
And in other news, I've dropped about 1.3 kg (just shy of 3 lbs) in the past week!!
I'm not quite sure if that's "real" because the day after a larger-than-usual exercise effort can produce outlier weight numbers but it's so nice to see!
M in Oz7 -
Good idea on a cold winter's day.
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Drj63 – You are not too late to join the discussion. Welcome!
(((Flea))) – Sending prayers & good wishes your way.
Machka—Congrats for Australia and Canada in the women’s 4X100 freestyle relay. :bigsmile:
I have been knitting a baby blanket for my DDIL and have made more than one mistake. I think I’m finally getting things in order so that the baby blanket will be done in plenty of time.
Have a good evening!
Katla in NW Oregon
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: BP, dogs to powerline, dog group.
Bonus: Gave P the gift of listening, mostly ;}, paid Penney’s bill, reconciled bank accounts, surveyed meadow and cistern path for Monday’s yard work date.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, church, celtic music festival, make goat milk yoghurt, reconcile Medicare part B statements, figure out how to see what’s using all our mobile data, USE those torture bands/do that BB&B video, call S, Sunday prep veggies and car for music festival, Monday call T.RowePrice re: RDA, fire district: drop off cookies, transcribe district volunteer forms, research NFPA, grant NIMS requirements, ongoing: input 2019 call sheets into NFIRS, work with chief on equipment letter, substance abuse policy, NFIRS mutual aid and other missing details, , confer with Susan and Rhonda about interest for serving on next board, likewise Lee skills/tasks, ask for boots donator contact info, appreciation letter or certificate to boots donator, index mutual aid files; watch STAS Day 20, declutter sideboard, learn new dances (Nothing but You, Do Your Thing, A Little Less Broken, Blame it on my beating heart, Homesick; practice dances: One Margarita, I’m so used to being broke, All Night, Pure Movies to Wine, Beer, Whiskey, I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat),); 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, ask Terry about GB’s FD firetruck tax levy – contacts, media, advocate???, Reward: inventory seeds, plan this fall’s garden, wishlist replenishments (Milena F1 orange peppers and beit alpha cukes next year).
Jump back July:
24-Choose to see something good about what has gone wrong: chance to get to know Re a little better.
25-Notice when you are feeling judgmental and be kind instead: oh would that I could!
Katla yes, now I remember. So many childhood songs, “there’s a hole in my bucket…” “the red red robin…” “a little black duck…” “tree liddle fiddies in a liddle widdle pool…” then the songs we sang in school or camp… sweet memories.
Lisa thanks, I didn’t know that about diesels. Reliability and longevity should be my priorities, but immaturely I’m rejecting most I see because I don’t like how they look… ;{ Now Levi, I
how he looks 
Margaret glad your quick action helped. SMH that the urgent caregivers didn’t insist the coughing woman wear her mask over her mouth and nose.
Happy Anniversary Terri! Well done!
Kim you’re right, breaking some of those “to do’s” down and actually doing them will make me feel better. Thanks!
Rebecca, Joe is like Lee, to him the range has only two settings, “on” (high) and “off” :laugh:
Welcome @drj63 Dana from Southern IL. Never too late to join in! Late on the last day of the month Barbie will post a link to the next month’s thread, be sure to watch for, and book mark it.
Annie congrats on taking off more weight than you expected!
Beth ((hugs)) and thanks for understanding.
Welcome @Cheryl4808Spark! Can’t advise about premium, the free mfp has served me well for a long time.
Welcome @ShaninNEllison Nikkie in Vegas! Con VERY gratulations on such good progress already!
Flea thank you for your courageous example. (((hugs)))
Machka the bicycling pics but most especially Rhody on a cold winter’s day.
Joe got out the weed whacker and tidied up the powerline meadow, then walked with me down the cistern path and cleared the fallen tree by breaking the branches off. We discovered more garbage scattered by Mr. Bear two weeks ago :devil:. Joe said something about huffing and puffing after being too long in the chair, and I agreed We have a date Monday to chop, trim and otherwise clear the somewhat overgrown upper part of the cistern path. Not sure I can get him past the curve, he really dislikes that area and is always on the alert for cougar or bear. He’s right of course, but I love the creek/cistern area, it’s like a magical place to me. Thankful Joe is so protective so I can enjoy it.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
July: leaner/stronger/kinder than June.2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
daily: sit with Joe: 25, weigh/wii: 23/0/0; steps>6701=7573 vits=22, log=24, CI<CO=21, CI<250<CO=20, Tumble=18, Shadow=20, mfp=23, outside=31, up hill=26, clean 10=7.
wkly: Sun: Mon: Tue:LD=. Wed:TC=3, PW=2. Thurs: Fri:TC=4. Sat:PW=4. rX x5=4.
wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/30:141.5 5/31:142.4 6/30:141.5 7/4: 140.7 7/11: 142.9 grr! 7/18: 141.8 7/25: 7/31:
mnthly: board mtg=1, grant=, 21 plan=, waist=42.0
bonus: AF=15 play= sew=
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M in Oz2 -
Much love to all.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx5 -
I'm taking my car to the muffler shop to get a hole in my exhaust looked at. The oil change garage said I need a new center muffler, new converter and new rear muffler. I don't see how one hole can ruin three parts. Plus what about just patching the hole? I hate these trips because I never know if they are lying to me.
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Young men,and older men are stealing catalytic converters out of cars Alot!!.Here in Connecticut juviniles are stealing cars or breaking into cars a lady in the next town over which by the way is very posh town caught 2 juveniles trying to take her car and she went outside to shoo them away and they shot in her direction.. what is going on in this world today..its going to Hell in a handbasket!!3
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When I first started posting on this thread, there was a woman from London who walked almost everywhere she went. She had lost over 100 pounds and was a great inspiration to me. One of the things she said that helped her was limiting her time at the computer to 30 minutes. I took her suggestion and it made a great difference in how much I am able to accomplish in all areas of my life. She doesn't post on this thread any more, but she is still logging onto MFP every day and has a log in streak over 3700 days. She is only one of many woman who have inspired new healthy behaviour in me. Barbie in NW WA 8
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One of the things she said that helped her was limiting her time at the computer to 30 minutes. I took her suggestion and it made a great difference in how much I am able to accomplish in all areas of my life. Barbie in NW WA Good idea ... except if most of what you've got to accomplish is on the computer!
Today was winter. Cold, rain, wind. We even had snowflakes at one point!
I did get myself together and onto the treadmill for an hour of running/walking - training for next weekend's event. My husband rode his indoor bicycle for about 45 minutes.
Other than that, I was in my new armchair, wrapped in a blanket, working on my computer. I entirely revised one cycling route for my club from scratch and fixed two others. Meanwhile I was watching TV - Olympics, Johnny English ...
I did get up and put away two baskets of laundry toward the end of the day.
But most of the day I wasn't inclined to move from my nice warm cozy spot in front of my computer and TV.
Tomorrow it's back to work ... data.
Machka in Oz5 -
Happy Sunday!
Well, yesterday was crazy productive. Not sure what happened for the sudden burst of energy, but wow! I am sure part of it has to do with catching up at work. A close friend said I shouldn't be working on the weekend, but if I don't get caught up before vacation then it will be hard to enjoy it. Slowly but surely one bite at a time! So Friday night I worked on invoices. Woke up at 3:30 am Saturday (was wide awake). I set priorities with invoices by ignoring the snow thrower ones for now. I was able to get the estimates and totals on all the others by 6:30. Then I went out with Steve and we replanted the plants they dug up doing the front sidewalk concrete. I will see how many survive in a couple of weeks, but it looks better. At work, got all the estimates called and a few of the completed ones. We were busy. I left the snowblower invoices at work. They will wait until Monday. After work, picked up a few items needed for Kentucky and headed south. Installed a new TV and I set up the new antenna.Yay! All in all a great day. Slept in this morning, now planning on doing either registrations, or studying. Haven't decided yet
Machka and Annie Congratulations on losses!
Heather UK Paint choices always make me nervous. When I find the right one it just jumps at me. It is amazing what memories certain songs or movies bring up.
Machka I love that quote. I need to remember that. Though I think happiness can come from doing those things.
Lisa I hope the calf is better.
Margaret I am glad to hear that the swelling is going down.
Tracey I bet it will feel good when you get the craft room done. It is nice that your daughter is willing to help.
Terri Happy Anniversary! That is awesome!
RvRita Beautiful pictures!
Annie Great news on the loose swimsuit!
Allie Learning something new will be good for you!
Rebecca So glad your son dodged that bullet! My son in law wasn't as lucky.
Beth So nice that you were able to share memories of your son with someone special to him. That is healing.
Flea I love your attitude! I have read that attitude goes a long way! Being healthy in other ways is also a plus!
Nikki I think it is great that your doctor recommended this site. It does work if you work it. The nurse at my doctor's office uses it too. She said (like me) that she really needed to start working it again.
Welcome Dana,Cheryland Nikki This is a chatty group. Don't feel like you have reply to everyone. Just check in often. IMHO you won't find better support anywhere else!
Like Barbie said, I need to get off this computer (well, I need to quit playing) and get some stuffs done!
Have a blessed day/night!
Kylia mentally feeling better in Kentucky for today.3 -
PS. Love the pictures of grands, fur babies, and flowers.0
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Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD, this is when we groan "men"!
My husband did make the bed early last night as I was mentally plugged into a Netflix series called " Katla", a volcano that seems to be spewing out changlings doubles of the residents there monitoring it! It set in Iceland, and one gal they found looks just like she did 20 years ago. They found the "present" version of the lady in Sweden and she arrived, meeting the 20 yr version. Its crazy! Lots of subtitles, but its got me hooked! So I forgot to make the bed!
Awoke at 6am this morning"click"!
Actually stayed up, took a shower, and am glassy eyed staring at this early world.
Need coffee!
Hugs to anyone that wishes one!!!
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Good morning, Haven’t posted in weeks, but I have kept up with most of your postings. Thanks for sharing all that life has to offer.. I am in awe of your courage and strength. Your postings keep me feeling connected. Welcome to all the new ladies.
This month we managed to get away for two little trips out of town which were very enjoyable. This means an increase in restaurant food which isn’t good for the blood pressure and sodium count. I try to eat very clean the other days which is easier at home. Blood pressure can still be erratic which has been very frustrating. Will be meeting friends for dinner twice this week and will have to be extra aware of my sodium on the other days. I have made a lot of changes since March and was looking for a big pay off, no dice. Blah. I did hear back from the county Project Linus coordinator and am slowly finishing a baby blanket I started so long ago I don’t actually remember when.
The lowest point of the month came yesterday when we found that our elderly cat (estimated age 15-17, she was a rescue, lived with us for 11yrs) had a tumor in her jaw and needed to be put to sleep. We are heartbroken. Poor old girl was suffering which was only going to get worse and there was nothing more to be done. Our other cat seems tense this morning. I am sure I am projecting. Thanks for letting me share. Have a good day.
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Snacker127 sorry to hear about your cat. I'm sure she was grateful for a loving home.
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Allie – I expect that Alfie is welcome in the bed. He is a fine little fur-baby.
Machka - Congrats on the loss!!!
Barbara – Your comment about Joe using the weedwhacker on the hillside reminded me of the bear trouble you had in the past. Are they still causing trouble? Is there a bear hunting season? :huh:
Heather – I love your Gandhi quotation! :flowerforyou:
Machka – Winter! Stay warm.
Snacker – I am sorry for the loss of your kitty. Our fur-babies are important to us. Our sweet old dog passed away a few weeks ago and we miss him, as I imagine you will miss your kitty. :broken-heart:
Whine coming on -- Our DDIL is expecting a new baby boy in the fall and I’ve been working on knitting a baby blanket for him. I had an accident picking up the knitting and created a gaping hole in my work. I bought more yarn & had to take it all apart and start over. My thumbs are grumpy. I’ve made some progress, but there is soooo much more to do to get back on track. I have until October to get it done. I hope to be done long before then. I may whine again now and then before it is all done.
Katla in sunny NW Oregon
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Just had another "discussion" with my mother about getting medical help for her memory or her digestion. She is entirely against it. She says she is fine for her age. But she barely leaves the house anymore. It's tough to watch her deteriorate.
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Our rain came at last. It's been going on and off all day.
I'm waiting for my sons to reply to a couple of ideas I've had. Hmmmmmm! At least they are now double jabbed.
I hope my elder son will be able to help me by Zoom with some of the technology stuff I'm dipping my toe into. I'm debating visiting him soonish, or paying him to come down here to help me. I also want to catch the kids before they go up to visit my ex. I have proposed bringing fish and chips to them for early dinner tomorrow. Waiting for replies.
Cleaner tomorrow. I like her, so it's a nicer experience than the old cleaner. Will have to do a very quick tidy up in the morning.
Then, Tuesday, Gwendolen is coming over for lunch. DH at cricket. I haven't decided whether to order delivery, or buy some picky bits tomorrow. It will be the first time she is getting off the train at our very local station. Covid has rearranged the train timetable, as you couldn't do that direct before. It is only a halt.
All good here. Duck legs cooking away. Just got to hang up a laundry load.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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