WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2022

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    dlfk202000 wrote: »

    Heading for bed- Dh is already asleep- his alarm will be going off in 1 1/2 hrs- hope to be asleep before that, or I will be awake until he leaves at 1AM

    I think I'd be tempted to sleep in separate rooms.


    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    First the walk ...

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    Then the bicycle ride ...

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    Machka in Oz
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,060 Member
    edited April 2022
    I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter, Passover etc break.

    Granddaughter flies back to Oxford tomorrow. We are hoping to go over with daughter for her graduation in early summer. we’ve never visited Oxford, so we will make it a mini vacation.

    My food choices over the holiday weren’t brilliant, (too much chocolate 🤦‍♀️) but still under maintenance overall. Looking forward to an outing my daughters are planning on Wednesday for my birthday. I will be sensible(ish) until then 😝

    I have already done my Morning Meditation and a walking workout. I am planning some garden work, and sorting through my summer clothes before I swap my wardrobe over.

    🥳🎉 Cheers to those celebrating.
    Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.
    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    ☘️ Terri
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited April 2022
    Lisa, I see one of those cookbooks on Amazon for less than $10 from a third party seller with a decent customer rating:
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BHBEIK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_delete_1?smid=A2TXMON6FS02WX&psc=1
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    <3
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    In bed, reading and listening to the rain on the roof again. :)
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,908 Member
    Karen VA - Snagged it, thank you! Just didn't keep trying long enough... :smiley: Yet one more reason why I love this thread. SOMEbody always knows....

    Okay, dough is shaped and rising for final proof, 3rd load of laundry ready to start in the washer, dishwasher nearly done with the bread dishes...

    I do love this life and feel so grateful to be living it. There were a few dark moments across the winter, but with much support from friends, I feel I've found my way back into the spring sunshine. I think it's possible I may have been struggling a bit with Seasonal Affective Disorder - I might ask for a sunlight lamp for Christmas this year. I'll be outside plenty here in the spring and summer, so won't need it 'til fall or winter. I know there are a few of you who use them - any recommendations?

    That said, one of the things I'm finding completely changed about my own life is that I genuinely love just being home. Considering my all-or-nothing track record, it's possible that I will only love being a hermit for a while, and will get bored with it. These days where I don't leave the house or my yard at all are my favorites right now, though, and I plan on enjoying them to the fullest.

    I swear, though, I'm going to have to stop telling my husband. I asked him if he wanted to go pick up groceries with me, and with the saddest look I have ever seen on his face, he said "Well, I am really enjoying the time I'm spending here in the house since I see so little of it during the week, but if you really want me to go..." so of course I told him to stay home. Such a goober.

    Chores they are a calling... and I need to design a chicken tractor. :wink: It's a thing!

    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,287 Member
    edited April 2022
    Stat for yesterday

    Easter walk w/family- 2hrs 57min 59sec, 3.31ap, 124elev, 10.11mi= 888c
    Strava app = 1152c

    Plus walk to breakfast = 66c

    Total cal 955
  • KindredSpirit1968
    KindredSpirit1968 Posts: 4 Member
    edited April 2022
    Would love to join your group, I am in my 50's, live in ND and would love to have like minded friends with open diaries who log on a regular basis. It's a new week, 7 days of endless opportunities, choose wisely!
    Kari-Kindred Spirit in ND
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Karen VA - Snagged it, thank you! Just didn't keep trying long enough... :smiley: Yet one more reason why I love this thread. SOMEbody always knows....

    Okay, dough is shaped and rising for final proof, 3rd load of laundry ready to start in the washer, dishwasher nearly done with the bread dishes...

    I do love this life and feel so grateful to be living it. There were a few dark moments across the winter, but with much support from friends, I feel I've found my way back into the spring sunshine. I think it's possible I may have been struggling a bit with Seasonal Affective Disorder - I might ask for a sunlight lamp for Christmas this year. I'll be outside plenty here in the spring and summer, so won't need it 'til fall or winter. I know there are a few of you who use them - any recommendations?

    That said, one of the things I'm finding completely changed about my own life is that I genuinely love just being home. Considering my all-or-nothing track record, it's possible that I will only love being a hermit for a while, and will get bored with it. These days where I don't leave the house or my yard at all are my favorites right now, though, and I plan on enjoying them to the fullest.

    I swear, though, I'm going to have to stop telling my husband. I asked him if he wanted to go pick up groceries with me, and with the saddest look I have ever seen on his face, he said "Well, I am really enjoying the time I'm spending here in the house since I see so little of it during the week, but if you really want me to go..." so of course I told him to stay home. Such a goober.

    Chores they are a calling... and I need to design a chicken tractor. :wink: It's a thing!

    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR

    I suffer from SAD and have done for years. The end of DST really bothers me because I spend so much time in darkness till DST starts again.

    In the old days, I used to go to a tanning salon regularly and use the tanning beds. That put me in a much better mood. But I can't do that anymore.

    So I take a midwinter holiday. I don't even have to go anywhere. I just need to have the time to see daylight for several hours, preferably outside but through a window will work too.

    I'm in the midst of 11 days off now ... in the first month of the great darkness and it is lovely to see daylight every day.

    I've got some plans for June too.

    Sorry nothing about lamps...just encouraging you to get as much day light as possible. :)

    M in Oz
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,724 Member
    Ginny - How lovely to see you and be able to put a face to a name! <3
    Some family resemblance there. :)
    Socialising is great, but soooo exhausting! Rest and recover.

    I had a long chat with L this afternoon. She's very up and down, but getting back out into the world.

    Made a big pot of tomato sauce in the IP, ready for Putanesca, and some to freeze.

    Lisa - I too love my life. I just love my routines and rituals, my homebody existence. Many days I don't set foot outside the house and I'm very happy. I spend most of my time lying on my bed. :D<3 From here my imagination travels everywhere. B) I do my writing, my languages, my inspiring books, podcasts and videos on my bed. I talk on the telephone and do very occasional Zoom calls. I post on Instagram. I go into the next room to exercise. I nap. I go downstairs to eat with DH and to watch TV in the evening. Bliss! I need lots of those days and get very stressed when I have to be too much in the world. The world can only have me in small doses. :p I can't wait to run back home to my bed and all my self-nurturing activities. I love being in my thoughts and expressing them in writing.

    Love to all, Heather UK, from her bed. Xxxxxxxx

  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,060 Member
    ☘️
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,616 Member
    Accountability:
    Chose well: Tuesday 4/12: Joe, readings, BP,
    Bonus: Tuesday: HBC Stroll with Joe and the dogs, dogs to powerline, more hours reconciling Medicare, filing, finished taxes.
    Just one thing: back to bupkes
    Workin’ on it: Tuesday: 141.8, H20x4, active 1:43
    Active April
    13: Make sleep a priority and go to bed in good time.

    Tuesday finished taxes.

    Belated welcome @michellelawson00 MichelleElle in Seattle!
    Kim ((hugs))
    Katla we put up the feeders you recommended, and lo! This week we had our first visitors. Think they are a male and female Anna’s like at yours. Giving Joe, me, even Tumble much joy to watch them. Thank you thank you thank you.

    Pg 30/43 Still playin’ catchup, more later.

    Lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    2022: Be still and listen.
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,296 Member
    Hello ladies!
    Today my mother forgot to tell us that my uncle had heart surgery scheduled. But my Dad and I found out last minute and were able to wish him well.

    I finally called to make a memory evaluation appointment for my mother. Another step down the road. I just hope she is able to stay here in the house until the end. She doesn't fall and she doesn't wander. She mostly repeats questions and stories. And she is withdrawn socially. But that's easy to handle.

    My knee complained a lot during grocery shopping, even with a brace. I had to skip horseback riding last week and maybe this week too. Frustrating. I was really enjoying yoga. Oh well. I guess this is part of the challenge of growing older - more time rehabbing various joints. I looked up exercises to do, and I was already doing them as part of my dumbbell routine.

    I bought a Powerball lottery ticket. That entitles me to look at expensive houses online and hope for the best.

    Annie in Delaware, who lost a post this morning.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,104 Member
    Afternoon ladies
    Sorry just popping in now.. holy cow am I beat..
    Miles cried from 6:45 until 12:15 when Tracy got home except for when i took hom for a car ride down to see her so she could feed him and when i got him to sleep for a 1/2 hr on my bed here at my place.. I love that little boy with all my heart..but Told Tracy she can pick Carmine up this afternoon because im beat...
    I'll be there tomorrow to get Carmine to school.. but Tracy only works M,W,F
    Welcome to the newbies
    Lisa- I want a picture of the chicken tractor...and what is the name of the chinese cook book sounds interesting?
  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,884 Member
    Renee & Kari--Welcome this is a great group for support and friendship. Come often and get to know us.

    Ginny--Glad everyone is ok, how scary!! Great picture of you and your brothers. You all have the same eyes and smile.

    Wish you could send some of the rain or snow my way. It is so dry here I do not know what the farmers are going to do. DH turned and ran our sprinklers yesterday. It has been chilly and windy here so hard to do much outside. After work yesterday we went to DS's for supper and that was nice as didn't have to cook and got sometime with the DGC. Everyone working and they live 20 minutes out of town, so don't see them much.

    Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE <3
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    today making a sort of gumbo stew. Saute onion, sausage, mushrooms, in a pat of butter with a blob of roasted garlic paste. Add chicken stock, rice (precooked kind you just microwave), leftover cubed potatoes, and cut up shrimp that's tossed in Old Bay. Then add milk and thickener. Voila! Its comfort food thru and thru. I might even add a piece of crusty bread.
    Enjoy the day all!
    Welcome all you new old ladies. Or is it old new ladies.....🙃😂.
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,201 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Debbie - yes, please do post the recipes! I did find the cookbook on Amazon, but the price is a bit too high for me. My husband loves beef and broccoli, and any tips or tricks are very welcome. Anything that might make me want to eat a vegetable is also welcome. I appreciate the assist and hope your day off is lovely.

    Terri - Happy birthday a few days early! Hope your outing with your daughters is wonderful. Oxford in the summer sounds terrific - visited there and Cambridge a lot on the rare days off my ex and I had together in the early 1980s. I would imagine it's changed a bit in 40 years... :wink:

    Machka - Love the autumn walk pictures!

    Renee in VA - Welcome, we're glad you're here! Just stick with us, we're a talky bunch, but all the love and support you could possibly want. Well done on losing half of you, we know it's a life change of no small proportions.

    Was up earlier than I wanted to be, but I did have a nap yesterday. Apparently, I'm at that stage where I'm catching up on all the naps I resisted in kindergarten. B)

    Tomorrow morning will be busy. Never marry a mechanic with the idea that your car will be taken care of. We've been together more than 13 years and he has yet to change the oil in any vehicle we own. Considering that at work he does four to five oil changes a week for everything from riding mowers to trucks, it's easy to understand his reluctance. So, I'm picking up a few things at the warehouse store in the morning tomorrow, and then taking the car in for service. My car's been yelling at me for an oil change and inspection for a couple of weeks.

    Today has yet to be written, but I do need to get moving and get some bread dough sorted and rising. Making hamburger buns, hot dog buns and dough for calzone dough for dinner.

    Later y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in Arkansas

    that is CRAZY the price they want for it- it is a very small book. just 55 pages and 5"x8"

    Here is a link for it at a different place- a lot cheaper
    https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Selected-Chinese-Recipes-Huang-Leon-Fortune/17703341382/bd


    So, the tip to getting the beef(or what ever meat) super tender is to soak in with baking soda for 15 min then rinse, rinse,rinse,rinse and rinse again. I rinse it about three or four times then let it soak in clean cold water until ready to cook. If you don't rinse well enough, you will get the bitter taste of the baking soda. It will bubble up a bit when cooking but that is ok.

    For a really quick broccoli beef I steam the broccoli to just about tender. Prepare the meat as above. Saute it with some fresh ginger and oyster sauce then add in broccoli and cook until the broccoli is the way you like it. There are recipes I have used that have soy sauce, mirin, etc but I found the oyster sauce gives a great flavor and so simple.

    This book has a recipe for egg rolls that we have used many times. We usually at least double the batch and make a bunch then freeze them. One mess but enjoy them many times.
    Another favorite in this book is the almond or cashew chicken.


    Almond Chicken

    3/4 t salt
    1t sugar
    1/4 cup soup stock
    1 cup celery diced
    1 cup onion diced
    1 cub bamboo shoots
    2 T cornstarch
    3T soy sauce
    8 water chestnuts sliced
    2 T sherry or rice wine
    3 T oil
    1pound of chicken cubed
    1/2 pound almonds, walnuts or cashews

    Dredge chicken in the mixture of salt, cornstarch soy sauce sherry and sugar- marinate for 1/2 hour
    Heat pan, add oil and saute chicken until tender. To the chicken add the soup stock and heat thoroughly.
    All vegetables should be sauteed slightly and added to the chicken mixture and serve hot

    (when I make it, I cook the chicken, remove from the pan, cook the veggies, put the two together then add the broth. The broth and the cornstarch coating will thicken the sauce in it)

    Debbie
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,201 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    dlfk202000 wrote: »

    Heading for bed- Dh is already asleep- his alarm will be going off in 1 1/2 hrs- hope to be asleep before that, or I will be awake until he leaves at 1AM

    I think I'd be tempted to sleep in separate rooms.


    M in Oz

    what is even worse is when he only works 4-5 hours and comes home. Never quiet and wakes me up then I have a hard time getting back to sleep. I am a very light sleeper so most things wake me up.
    Like today- he was back home at 6:45AM-Instead of quietly going to his room he banged around- had to use the bathroom, then feed the cats(that are fed in the catio which is on my side of the bedroom and he is talking to them while he feeds them) then does the litter boxes and who knows what else. I was able to get back to sleep off and on but not great sleep. At least he is off tomorrow so I won't get woken up. He is working 5 days this week so 5 days of getting woken up unless he works a full shift like he does on Wed. then he won't be home until 9.
    Only other place to sleep would be the couch and that is not comfortable. I had to sleep on that when I was "quaratined" away from him when I was recovering from covid. I had already been away from him for over two weeks before I even came home. That couch really is hard on my back and I can't sleep in the recliner.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,201 Member
    minicooper452 wrote: »
    I'm crazy in love with musicals too Lisa (and Beth) and I agree... that is one I'll say "ODD" looking Easter Bunny. smh. Musicals are still one of the top searches on all of my streaming. Freddy just puts on his headphones and shakes his head. Poor guy.

    Hey Renee! Welcome! I'm an old Sparkie too! I miss that so much. This isn't the same, but it's a place to come and get together with people and there are tools. I definitely like the boards here better!

    We had snow for Easter too, but not 2 inches and not heavy-wet. Freddy and I are doing the traditional ham, potatoes, beans, etc. tonight because it was grandson Kolten's 12th birthday yesterday as well and he wanted Red Robin for dinner so we all went out for burgers! GOD, I love that kid! He's to the age where he can find exactly what he wants for his birthday or Christmas, text me the link and then he gets it 1-2-3 months later or immediately if he "needs" it (for sports, maybe) and he's happy as a clam. So yesterday... it was, not kidding, white Crocs. I guess all the kids love them for baseball cuz they're easy to change in and out of for practice and games, but WHITE?!? WHATever. It's what he wanted, so it's what he got and practice starts next week. Timing is everything!

    Have a great week y'all!

    Carla, in MN

    Carla- my son picked lavender Crocs- I was a bit surprised to see him wearing them as he tends to wear mostly black, then I saw his girlfriend come in- yep- Lavender Crocs.
    He wears things that really are different than his usual choices but I know, she has picked them for him.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,201 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Afternoon ladies
    Sorry just popping in now.. holy cow am I beat..
    Miles cried from 6:45 until 12:15 when Tracy got home except for when i took hom for a car ride down to see her so she could feed him and when i got him to sleep for a 1/2 hr on my bed here at my place.. I love that little boy with all my heart..but Told Tracy she can pick Carmine up this afternoon because im beat...
    I'll be there tomorrow to get Carmine to school.. but Tracy only works M,W,F
    Welcome to the newbies
    Lisa- I want a picture of the chicken tractor...and what is the name of the chinese cook book sounds interesting?

    here is the link with the picture of the cook book.
    https://www.amazon.com/Selected-Chinese-Recipes-Leon-Huang/dp/B000KS2XJ8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=137N8Q0L0U6GK&amp;keywords=selected+chinese+recipes+by+leon+huang&amp;qid=1650302775&amp;sprefix=selected+chinese+recipes+by+leon+huang,aps,145&amp;sr=8-1

    No one is going to pay that much for a small paperback cook book.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,104 Member
    Bahaaa I looked up a chicken tractor.. its like an A frame chicken house .. i was having all sorts of thoughts in my head of a chicken chuggin down the road on a small little tractor ha ha ha...
    Lisa thanks for the link for the book.
    So I had an extra scale that i gave to Tracy i bought batteries yesterday.. that little boy weighs 16 lbs and he isnt even 4 months old yet. So between him and the car seat im heaving around close to 30 lbs.. holy moly..

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