WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2022

Our daughter is here with our granddaughter. Granddaughter has noticed the hummingbirds that visit our feeders. I plan to give her a feeder of her own when she goes home.

fanncy0626 wrote: »

Rita as a landlord in MN I would say yes. But, I think that your son must not be telling you everything. Maybe he is consistently late on rent. Maybe he is being complained about by other tenants. If there is no lease the landlord only needs to give a 30-day or 60 day notice depending on what the lease said. If the lease is up it's month to month that's 30 days. If you really need to know the truth talk to the landlord. We evicted a lady because she had a dog that destroyed our place. We were going to evict another person because they were consistently late on payment. Never on the first always on the 5th.

💞 Mary from Arizona/Minnesota

I really think it has a lot to do with his breakdown. The rent was taken out automatically and since he wasn’t working, it bounced once or twice. With DS, it’s never his fault but as a mother, I know better. He is getting very tiring with wanting sympathy and help from everyone. He is 37 years old and needs to grow up. I know it sounds harsh but the last 4 months plus problems in the past have made me a bit bitter and going for tough love.

RvRita in Roswell

It's been a while since I used the MFP Diary option so thought I'd watch that for a few days. I have been away from calorie counting for years as I fast daily and really only eat one meal a day ... but those extra pounds came from somewhere and I need to be honest with myself.

Celia ... nope, my scale isn't broken either! And Debbie ... who needs Zumba after the contortions I go through "weighing" myself?

Pip ... hoping Yogi will be OK! He's such a great dog!

Rita ... sorry your son has to find a new place. Can't be easy finding an affordable apartment these days.

Katla ... a hummingbird feeder would be a great gift from you to your granddaughter!

Beth

I'm relaxing in the hotel. The day went very well, but I get exhausted being with company. P gave us all a super lunch and we went to the Van Gogh portraits exhibition. Plus Impressionists. Then walked to dinner at a very pleasant and comfortable restaurant. I chose raw food, because I love it and DH doesn't. I had raw tuna and watermelon followed by beef carpaccio and rocket and parmesan salad. Ended with salted caramel truffles. Then I decided I had had enough, so I retreated to my hotel . The others are trying to install a new printer.
I have downloaded films to watch so I am happy.

Love Heather UK xxxxxx

Evening all

Terri sorry to hear of your friends passing. I felt the need to get in touch with mine as none of us are getting any younger and you never know what is around the corner.

Lisa the "Done List" sounds good, I too struggle with "To Do Lists", maybe I should list what I have done instead. Mind you today's done list wouldn't be very long but I did go shopping and do a few things for my mum so maybe I have done more than I first thought.

Pip Yogi is such a sweetheart, it's going to be a worrying few weeks until you get the results of the tests. Hoping he will be okay.

Heather what a lovely photo. You sound a lot like my daughter (also called Heather), she finds people exhausting and hates to be in a crowd and by crowd I mean more than two people! I do worry about her, but she is happy with her own company.

I've gone over my calories again, can't seem to get with the CICO mine just go in, in, in! I missed out on my exercise this morning which didn't help. Must exercise tomorrow, there I have put it out there so now I have to do it. I am too easily distracted from exercise.

Well it is getting late, I didn't wash and put the dishes away earlier when my alarm went off (yes I have an alarm to remind me) so I had better do it now before I go to bed. It is one habit I have kept up for a few months now, getting everything tidy and put away in the kitchen. I do enjoy coming down to a tidy kitchen in the morning. I am working on a few other things, but they are a bit hit and miss. There's that word consistency again.

Goodnight all

Viv UK

Well, came from the doc and had a checkup to see how i have been healing and to see how i feel. They checked my insides and said I’m healing good. They said that i am healing remarkably and that i look fantastic. They okay’d me to start (i asked) doing ab work (exercises) and i can start weight lifting if i wanted. He confirmed that i will only be on the blood thinners for 6 months because i got.a “provoked blood clot”, meaning i wouldn’t have gotten it if i hadn’t been laying down in a hospital bed for an extended period of time. They confirmed the slight pain and numbness that i feel on my right side of my groin area is because that’s the area where the mass was attached so it’s still healing and my nerves were affected in that area. So they said 2 more years of visits every 3 months then 4 more years of visits every 6 months.

Lady that was walking me to the room couldn’t believe i was 62, she said i was in awesome shape. The 2 docs that came in were also amazed that i am back to my usual walking and have started running. Did my 1st 5k yesterday at the gym (i did it at a little slower pace). Still riding on my bike trainer anywhere from 5-7miles. I’m getting there and they couldn’t be happier at my progress.

Pip: You are such an inspiration! Bravo on your remarkable recovery, and I hope Yogi feels the healing vibes I am sending his sweet way.

Terri: My sympathy on loss of your longtime friend. Will you be writing a poem in her honor?

Heather: ❤ Bea

Katla: Glad your DD and GD are in town to brighten your days and assist with DH. You've inspired me to set out my hummingbird feeders.

Machka, Annie, Debbie and others in active caregiver mode: Bless you to the moon and back. It is the hardest job I ever had the privilege of doing.

Lisa: A Done List = Brilliant! It will only take a minor tweak of my daily online journal to accomplish this.

Still maintaining my general good health, and can check off having completed my mammogram and dental exam and cleaning. Yay! However, my exercise get up and go has got up and went...Not sure why I just don't seem to have my usual discipline for the recumbent bike, rower and other gym machines. I suspect boredom. If a friend texts to go for a 5 mile walk, I'm there. Pickleball practice? Sure! Or, a nice day just puttering around doing clean up of my house or deck, no hesitation. Today I went to hot springs about 35 minutes away from home, and enjoyed light swimming in a giant pool and a relaxed stroll in the adjacent historic district. So I'm not entirely sedentary. And then there is my ushering job which depending on the venue and assignment, can rack up 5-10k steps per shift. The other night I was working outside an Amphitheatre, scanning in patrons' tickets, and don't you know it started to get cold and snow! So, I just started bopping up and down to the EDM music to keep myself from getting chilled. I don't particularly like this genre of music, but the beat is infectious.

On the self-care front, I've been getting a massage every 6 weeks and a facial every other week. The facials are helping reduce the appearance of stubborn melasma.

Ran into this family of goats Monday while trekking through a nearby canyon.

Stay well, friends. We can do this.

Rori
Colorado Foothills