WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2022
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Anniesquats100 wrote: »Good morning ladies!
I used to read when I got bored. Now I play solitaire or practice my languages. Now I get bored when I'm waiting for things like time to cook dinner or time to eat lunch.
My new tires are being put on my car today. Yay! They may feel stiff at first, but they will be much safer. So my main task now is to wait for a phone call when that is done.
Not much else going on, and it's too early for lunch. I could play solitaire lol! I should really change clothes and go do yoga and walking. Or a little of both.
Annie in Delaware
Between the time I arrive home from work and when my husband serves dinner I like to do non-computer things like weeding the garden, colouring or more recently, walking the cat.
Walking the cat involves a lot of standing in the dark while he sits near a gate waiting for a glimpse of a neighbour cat.
It could look like a boring thing to do but I like it. It's a relief to just stand in the dark and quiet outside. It also gives me some time to think.
M in Oz3 -
My brother is coming to visit this weekend from Arizona! I haven’t seen him since we drove out west together in 2017. Too long!
He is bringing his camper and we have a spot saved for him. I’m excited!
RvRita12 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »Lisa, It is so good to see you feeling well.
Thank you, dear heart. Pain and weakness are such a thief of joy! I did not know how unwell I was until I started feeling well again. I am so grateful to you and the others who reached back when I cried, and held me up, and this entire group. I am truly blessed to have you in my life.
Walmart done - had hoped to get my hair cut as it's driving me around the bend, but it didn't work out. Back home in the AC. Went straight from having the heat on to having the air conditioning on. Ah well, there are worse things. At least I don't have to wear a baseball cap in the house - Egg doesn't care how my hair looks. Well, if she does, she doesn't say anything...
Later y'all,
Love,
Lisa
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I don't think I've been bored since I learned to read6
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I did my yoga for sensitive knees video and then walked 30 mins. Yay!
And then I weighed myself- lost 1.2 pounds last week! Yay! I made it past the mother's day candy with a loss!
Annie in Delaware7 -
Thank You ... for the sweet words regarding my early years artwork ... I did all of those over 40+ years ago! If I ever get the opportunity, I would like to take watercolor classes. I think that might be my favorite medium. Rebecca .. I have seen your sister's work before and think it's beautiful ...Karen's brother's work is also great!
Lisa ... my nephew (age 24) was just diagnosed with ulcerative colitis ... he is in misery at the moment. Hoping they can find the things that tame this beast.
I don't know that I get bored as much as I get lazy ...
Beautiful day today and we're spending most of it outside. My magnolia is done blooming and now both the crab apples and fruit apple trees are bursting with flowers! Better yet, I see bees!
Beth near Buffalo6 -
Rebecca-- I bet Athenas loved the video. Great news on the doctor reports. Thanks for sharing the pictures of Athenas birthday. Such a happy girl.
Heather-- Love the picture of you on the beach.
Lisa--I so understand the I don't want to get dirty thing. On my days off I do all my cleaning before I shower and get dressed, so I am clean the rest of the day. Some days it takes me most the day and I don't get dressed until late afternoon.
Michele--I love your smurfette and alligator. The alligator looks so real.
Sue--So far we have been lucky and just on the edge of these storms. Lots of wind and blown down trees and power lines.
RVRita--Hope your visit with your brother goes well.
The funeral yesterday for my Aunt was very nice. She had 6 children and has many grand, great and great-great grand children. Family filled the little church. Could tell the pastor knew her and I think that is always nice. He did say something I had never thought about before. That the day she passed was her birth into heaven day. What an interesting way to look at her passing.
Gave blood at the Red Cross blood drive here at the hospital this morning. Was glad I could give as my count was 13.1. Only thing is it takes longer to sign in and get hooked up than to give the blood. Any way got that done and signed up for the next one in July.
Have a 3 day weekend coming up as DH and I are going to Kansas City to a NASCAR race. Something we have talked about, but never did. Well got our tickets and we leave tomorrow after our DGD's dance show and will come back on Monday. Looking forward to getting away, just the 2 of us.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE8 -
Tracey- no reason for you to be talked to like that.
I had a big issue with my dh on Mother's day too. Just another part of the non-stop drama that day.
The best parts of my day was- yeah- I got over 14,000 steps in(trying to walk off the emotions of the day-three major dramas).
My son and my former hubby both wished me Happy Mother's Day.
Dh didn't- doesn't do anything for me because , in his words, I am not his mother. Has been that way for a few years. Now that son is old enough to do it.
Kind of shut down this past week because of all of it so haven't posted anything here- did read some but need to catch up.
Debbie6 -
Vicki - So glad you are having time away. So good for us!
Kinda in a lull before my brother's party tomorrow. My son is picking me up at 17.00 and then a drive of around 105 mins to get there. Then a short walk. I've more or less decided on my 'colourful ' outfit. I want to be comfortable in the car, and walking, so nothing fancy. I've told my son to bring a backup gluten free snack as the food is only nibbles.
The weather forecast is for heavy rain on the drive home! I will sit in the back . I've downloaded tv on my phone if needed for my nerves.
Will, spend tomorrow bathing and titivating, as DH is lunching with his younger daughter. Local Thai. I would have gone, but I can’t do two hard socialisings in one day! I have promised Edie I will copy some photos of my Amazon adventure in 2001 for her school project. Certainly brings back memories!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Beth - I'm so sorry your nephew has ulcerative colitis, but am glad they caught it. In all reality, the first time I had similar symptoms was at age 23, just having gotten out of the Air Force. Every few years, the symptoms would flare up, but I went to the doc only for that first one, and he said it was a fissure. He also said no treatment was available, don't lift anything heavy, and let time take its course. The current flare has lasted for more than two years now, but I would estimate probably 20 flares over the last forty years, lasting a few weeks up to six or eight weeks, and then subsiding. However, the biologicals, like Humira, hadn't even been invented yet in 1984! Holy crap on a cracker that makes me feel old.
RVRita - Enjoy your brother's company! Hope you get to spend a lot of time with him.
Vicki - I thought I was the only who did cleaning that way! TMI, I'm sure, but I've been known to clean naked, and as soon as I finish, I jump in the shower and get myself clean. Enjoy your DH's company - I'm sure y'all can use the break.
Debbie - I'm so sorry there was so much drama for your mother's day. Hope all the upset has begun to calm down.
Annie - Well done on the loss and the movement!
Thunderstorms soon, the radar is showing them headed our way... the first heavy rumbles just began. Time to curl up with a book.
Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa4 -
Oh man it is hot here. We are having record breaking temps. My pool is never really warm enough to get in until about the first week of June but it is a warm enough now. I can’t get in because I am still in the process of balancing the water but I would if I could!
I decided to make my upper deck into a “secret garden” this year so I have been adding potted flowers, tomatoes and peppers. It is coming along but now I need a fan. I had one but my husband put it on the lower patio. I am loving how it looks out there. Right now it is the perfect place for my morning coffee.
I also have my vegetable garden down below on the ground. Not much to see yet as the plants are all quite small still. I am look forward to some fresh veggies. I don’t think my berry bushes will produce this year be it is the first year for them but I can be hopeful.
Sue from Missouri
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Sue from Missouri, your upper patio looks very inviting! I am a wee bit jealous! Lol! I wish we had a pad of some kind, but its just all dirt. We rent, so not really anything I want to spend money on. I will appreciate all your patios throughout the summer!
Rebecca
Whidbey island
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Happy Friday!
Yes, the 13th, but that's never bothered me.
Got a new work computer today. Whoopie, never use the thing except to go into the buildings. LOL and then it's too danged small to see. But they're changing everyone out again, so I had to. Took all of 10 minutes to change mine, being on of the few PC'ers in the district.
Thanks for all the love. I'm doing okay. Just the blahs. I'm one of those glass-half-full people. Just get down every one in awhile and it's been that way this week. I think it's the weather. Thankfully we didn't get the nasty storms last night. It was terrible humid and hot yesterday. Closed the house and actually turned on the AC only to find out that the condenser isn't working. LOVELY! So another expense we weren't planning on. Oh well. It's lovely today and supposed to be a nice weekend.
Carla, in MN5 -
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very short version of the drama this past weekend.
If I knew how to put it in a spoiler I would- SORRY
Dh called me while I was helping at the food bank/food program- crying like crazy- he had killed Minnie(the feral cat that showed up a month ago) the garage door came down on her. He didn't know she was there. Tried to console as much as I could over the phone- nothing worked. Hurt that he had this much emotion for a feral cat and couldn't even show 1/10th of that when my dad died. Barely a oh, sorry.
Had issues with mom' new room mate- most of the time ignoring me but if I did say something she would actually put her hand up in my face, say she knew what she was talking about and I couldn't change her mind(she was totally wrong with her thinking ), offering food to my nephews and not even saying they were ready to eat- leaving basically nothing for me after the boys had had seconds then I realized they were in the kitchen eating.
Sunday- first drama- mom "forgetting" that she told me I could have my grandmother's writing desk- I came back from running an errand for mom and see the desk in my nephews truck. He knew it was supposed to be mine- he tried taking it the last time he was there, took the dresser and wanted the desk too.. Mom took the boys side, saying it was going to my niece(she got the dresser too).
Second drama- my sister came out and immediately got into it with the room mate. Neither back down(room mate was wrong on this one)so grabbed my sister and we walked the property for an hour.
third drama- dh calls- the cats got out of the catio because the side door was open. Blamed son who fed them- lots of angry words- ended up telling me to just leave him alone and he hung up on me.
Came home Monday morning- still not talking to me, pissed at son. Still blaming him.
When he calmed down I tried to talk to him about the weekend- his only comment was
Told you so!
NOT what I needed to hear.
Felt totally invisible all weekend.
Mom and dad's place used to be my sanctuary when I really needed to get away from here, and there are times I REALLY needed to get away. I don't have that now that the room mate is there. She is taking over the place and mom doesn't see it or says she won't let it happen. My younger sister said the same thing- that isn't home. Others are more of a priority.
They actually planned on burying my dad's ashes without my sister or I even there- only reason it didn't happen was the guys ran out of time before heading back to Colorado. It was more important that my nephews be there than my sister and I.
Well, said it was the short version, which it is actually shorter than the full version. Like I said, just so much drama
Debbie
Napa Valley,CA11 -
We had an emotional day. First we dealt with the dishwasher technician with a satisfactory but expensive outcome. Then after a long wait on the phone, and a drive to the cable store to return the cable boxes we successfully disconnected from cable TV and will save ourselves a bunch of money. There is a lot on cable TV we like but the cost was too much so we'll satisfy our watching needs with the streaming services we have.
No yard work today, the rain seemed to come at the times I could get outside.
Barbie in NW WA
We don't have cable or Netflix or any such thing.
Just the standard dozen or so channels and a collection of second hand DVDs I've picked up for $1 or $2 over the years.
M in Oz
my dh throws a fit if the cable is out for any amount of time at all. Has to have regular cable and Netflix, HBO, Disney, etc. We spend so much money on cable and internet(has to be the fastest). He even has service hooked up in the garage(different from the house). The tv comes on as soon as he gets up, except when he is going to work at 2am, thankfully he doesn't turn it on when he is getting ready) and he falls asleep with it on. There are tv's in five rooms in the house and one in the garage.(only a four bedroom house. Only rooms that don't have one are the bathrooms(he takes his phone in with him there) and my sewing room.2 -
dlfk202000 wrote: »very short version of the drama this past weekend.
If I knew how to put it in a spoiler I would- SORRY
Dh called me while I was helping at the food bank/food program- crying like crazy- he had killed Minnie(the feral cat that showed up a month ago) the garage door came down on her. He didn't know she was there. Tried to console as much as I could over the phone- nothing worked. Hurt that he had this much emotion for a feral cat and couldn't even show 1/10th of that when my dad died. Barely a oh, sorry.
Had issues with mom' new room mate- most of the time ignoring me but if I did say something she would actually put her hand up in my face, say she knew what she was talking about and I couldn't change her mind(she was totally wrong with her thinking ), offering food to my nephews and not even saying they were ready to eat- leaving basically nothing for me after the boys had had seconds then I realized they were in the kitchen eating.
Sunday- first drama- mom "forgetting" that she told me I could have my grandmother's writing desk- I came back from running an errand for mom and see the desk in my nephews truck. He knew it was supposed to be mine- he tried taking it the last time he was there, took the dresser and wanted the desk too.. Mom took the boys side, saying it was going to my niece(she got the dresser too).
Second drama- my sister came out and immediately got into it with the room mate. Neither back down(room mate was wrong on this one)so grabbed my sister and we walked the property for an hour.
third drama- dh calls- the cats got out of the catio because the side door was open. Blamed son who fed them- lots of angry words- ended up telling me to just leave him alone and he hung up on me.
Came home Monday morning- still not talking to me, pissed at son. Still blaming him.
When he calmed down I tried to talk to him about the weekend- his only comment was
Told you so!
NOT what I needed to hear.
Felt totally invisible all weekend.
Mom and dad's place used to be my sanctuary when I really needed to get away from here, and there are times I REALLY needed to get away. I don't have that now that the room mate is there. She is taking over the place and mom doesn't see it or says she won't let it happen. My younger sister said the same thing- that isn't home. Others are more of a priority.
They actually planned on burying my dad's ashes without my sister or I even there- only reason it didn't happen was the guys ran out of time before heading back to Colorado. It was more important that my nephews be there than my sister and I.
Well, said it was the short version, which it is actually shorter than the full version. Like I said, just so much drama
Debbie
Napa Valley,CA
Awe Debbie, I am so sorry for all the family drama, and the heartache you're feeling about it all.
In 1999 my mom passed and the deal was my step father could live at the house for a year, then it was to be sold and the money divided between him and my three sisters. I was living in CA at the time and I went up about 3 different times (with 3 sons in tow) to "go thru moms stuff" with everyone. But none of the times was anyone "ready" to do that. The last time, my husband even drove up with our van and all I had was a shoebox of jewelry and nicknacks. Then one day out of the blue one of my sisters called saying the house had sold and what did I want. So over the phone I had to mentally go thru, trying to think of anything. While my sisters got "room fulls" of furniture, I got a rocking chair, and some glassware. I now can fit everything of my moms in a pizza box and that suits me just fine. You can either participate in the drama or for sanity sake you can distance yourself from the toxicity of it all. You do what you feel comfortable in doing, and not base it on whatever anyone else is doing. Hugs friend!
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE Awe, you guys have been thru all of Athena's firsts, I consider you all Athena's aunties! 💖👍
Rebecca
Whidbey
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13 May:
🔹 07.30: Mindfulness meditation
🔹 07.50: got up/Intervals walk
🔹 08.10: Quigong Dynamic stretches 🔹 Weighed/recorded weight
🔹 posted Sole Mates steps from yesterday
🔹 Herbal tea/supplements
🔹 09.05: Round 1 of abs w/out 🔹 09.35: showered/dressed
🔹 Breakfast
🔹 Plan/Log food for today
🔹 Balance macros
🔹 10.10: laundry
🔹 11.00: coffee/chat with DH
🔹 11.30: Castle Park, walk
🔹 13.00: lunch/clear up/relax
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🔹 16.00: Coffee/Relax
🔹 Watch Pointless/news
🔹 19.00: Make dinner/clear up
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We went to our municipal museum this morning to see an exhibition about the estate where we visited the walled garden on Wednesday. I think DH was intending us to have coffee in the cafe, but I made us coffee before we went as we had already had ☕️ + 🍰 out twice this week. Went for a walk in the grounds of Town Hall (Bangor Castle) which used to be a stately home.
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