WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2021

Happy belated birthdays Julie and Carol. And Tracey!
Was at mom's until this morning.
No, did not get as much gardening done but that is ok. I came to the realization that- spending time WITH mom is more important than doing chores that need to be done. The weeds will still be there. We had a great weekend. I cooked for her every meal the whole time(Friday until last night(dinner was at 9:30PM because we were out pulling weeds until 9PM- finally asked her if she wanted a flashlight-she said she was done so came in. Dinner had been prepped so just needed warm it and put the topping so on it.
It was too hot to work during the days.
She went to a wedding on Saturday so I stayed at the house, did a few little chores. Sat out by the pond(only place on the property that I can text pictures) heard a strange sound-water bubbling. Found she had one of the drip lines had come apart- found over six inches deep in water and an area about 10' round or more very green(everything else is dry) and over four feet high. I turned the water to that line off and let the water level go down- found the problem yesterday and fixed it. Hoping that is why she has been having water pressure problems.
I took her to church and then to Walmart to get her meds and of course she wanted to shop- that is fine- it was after 2:30 by the time we finally got home- hadn't eaten anything before leaving so I made lunch as soon as we got home.
She loved having me there and appreciated all that I did(including doing the dishes that I had used to cook for her instead of like my sister, cooks for a client and then leaves the kitchen a mess for mom to clean up.
The garden is almost a complete loss in my opinion. The tomatoes are the only things that are doing ok. All the things I planted those two weekends are not growing at all or very little. Corn is very sparse and not even 2 ft high instead of being 6-7ft high. Okra is not even 3 inches high instead of two feet high. Most of the beans didn't even come up(and I planted 5 100ft rows. Popcorn is even smaller than the sweet corn
We will just have to make sure things are done sooner and better next year.
She does have all the raised beds and they are all doing well.
Came home with cantaloupe, cucumbers, tomatoes, and zucchini

Lots of running around- doing morning chores while she was sleeping, before I left, and then loading and unloading my car.
Got home and right after the daycare girl came in I was talking to dh- looked out the window to the catio and one of the cats was outside- the kids mom didn't close the front screen door all the way or the kid opened in. I came in the living room and it was wide open.
Cant get the cat to come back in- too scared- first time since we caught him as a kitten that he has been out side- Hoping I can get him to come back in the catio(other cats are inside and the window to it is closed).He was hanging around it because his sister was there but when I tried to catch him again-he ran off.
DH is sure he is gone for good- such a pessimist@

At over 7,000 steps already and have zumba tonight- Will get my steps in for sure today.
Time to get something to eat- been busy and just noticed the time.

I will now continue reading to try and catch up- on page 38 now.

Have a great day.

Debbie
Napa Valley,CA

My mom decided she is too old for gardening, and told my dad he could pull out the whole flower garden. It is the end of an era.

On the other hand, Mom went clothes shopping with me today for a few hours and did quite well.

I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife, which is excellent. The tone is more like a romance than sci-fi.

Annie in Delaware

Pip- is that Rocky and Bullwinkle? Or Floyd and Bullwinkle? So sweet.

Did a body pump DVD then since it’s raining out just rode the recumbent bike some. Supposed to rain tomorrow, too, so I may wind up on the bike again. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Zero to 60 Low Impact with Weights DVD.

Heather – about the computer, I’m with you. I don’t know how Vince can stand just sitting at his desk watching a movie on Amazon. I’d go crazy. I’ll watch a TV show on Amazon only when I’m riding the bike.

Julie – Vince never wears sunscreen when we’re out cutting the grass (weeds). Me? I’m helping keep Coppertone’s stock up.

Went to ceramics tonight then stopped at Food Lion just for milk

Debbie – you are a wonderful daughter

Michele NC

Machka- i dont know at 4 yrs old if there is a a training program that would teach him not to bark.. he didnt start out like that,After having him for about 6 months he saw animals on tv and atarted escalating from thereand now if he is in the car with me he barks at people or animals and because I am on the bottom floor of the condo complex and it is semi subterranean and i am near the dumpster people walk by and he is barking again,i dont know if he thinks he is protecting me or thinks he owns the joint I dont know..

Stats for the day-

Walk w/family- 2hrs 27min 26sec, 163elev, 3.25ap, 82ahr, 95mhr, 8mi= 719c
Strava app = 969c
Walk to gym- 11.17min, .52mi=52c
Strava app = 63c
Spin bike at gym- 35.37min, 10-17gear, 16.85amph, 125ahr, 158mhr, 10mi= 334c
Walk gym to home- 11.38min, .53mi= 49c
Strava app = 65c
Zwift home spin bike- 16.09min, 42elev, 117aw, 60arpm, 98ahr, 118mhr, 5.07mi= 94c
Zwift app = 109c
Zwift home spin bike- 1hr 42sec, 170elev, 131aw, 65arpm, 113ahr, 127mhr, 19.77amph, 20.0mi= 427c
Zwift app =459c

Total cal 1675

Someone did a long ride and it’s a girl! She bumped me off of 5th place. I did 3 separate rides today, gotta get my 5th place back. Got 50.12 more miles to go.

Machka - When we went to St Petersburgh they said the saying there is "Summer is 50 weeks of expectation and 2 weeks of disappointment " :laugh: When we were there on our cruise we had two days of blazing heatwave!!!

Yesterday evening DH had a 'funny turn' when he suddenly felt nauseous. He was just sitting on the sofa. I did my usual trick with the damp flannel and it passed, but we don't really know why. A big meal after his exertions in the garden?

I hope we will make a start with the paint samples today.

Karen - I really enjoyed your list of things you love. I found a phrase last night that describes them, by John Milton, the author of Paradise Lost, ..... 'everyday epiphanies'.
There is so much joy in the small things. Life is a miracle, isn't it.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

LisaInArkansas wrote: »

Julie -
I hope you get the information you need, and a clear path forward. Though my mother's skin was quite fair, I ended up with olive skin tones. My mother's mother is the only one in the family who had skin cancer, and it was on the top of her head. The cause was her years in the fields picking cotton as a young woman. The doctors went in and removed cancerous cells numerous times... and she lived well into her 90s--she just tended to wear a hat most of the time. She and my mother were sun avoiders.

I've lost six pounds in August so far - not necessarily how I wanted to do it, but hope to keep it off if at all possible. One or more of the medications I'm on must be tanking my appetite because I honestly don't have one at the moment. Nice not to be fighting that.

Lisa in AR

Lisa congratulations on the SV even if it's not the way you wanted.

I have the most olive skin in the family so it's very weird that I'm the only one to get this. I guess due to olive skin I didn't avoid or protect skin as much in early days. The idea of having things removed numerous times is not appealing! But good to hear she lived till 90s despite that! That's way past the age most parents and grandparents lived to. They mostly went from


(((FLEA)))


HEATHER I think I have heard of that series, but haven't gotten very interested in it so far. (but I haven't looked at an episode). It's a sort of semi-ficitonalized reality show about a well-off real estate family, right? With lots of grown sons who all live at home? Or am I mixing that up?

bananasandoranges wrote: »

I'll see the dermatologists today and ask her her point of view.

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