WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2022
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Margaret – those peony tulips are beautiful! I really need to get my act together and get some bulbs planted this fall. That dog health class you are taking sounds so interesting. Thanks for sharing what you are learning.
Carla and Mary – hope the storms are done with you folks! Good gravy! Mary, is your husband farming again this year?
Barbie – sending good thoughts with Jake. I would also cherish a day with the house to myself – I have lots of projects planned that are noisy and take time, make a mess, lol. I love my early morning walks alone. No talking, just listening to nature and the sounds of the neighborhood. It’s my meditation.
My walking buddy and the virus: (some of this is a repeat so feel free to skip)She has been very social since restrictions have been lifted. For the past many months, she’s been quite active in church events, playing cards and having lunches in people’s homes. So she thought her jabs and booster had given her full protection. Her ride in a car for hours with folks she doesn’t normally socialize with and evidently had been exposed and were contagious is where she caught the virus a couple weeks ago. Within 2 days she had full blown symptoms.
I texted her last night and let her know that DH was having some anxiety, so let’s wait until she has a negative test. She told me last week her DH was planning to get more tests at the doc’s office today. I hope she gets over this crud once and for all. She didn’t text back but I did see her walking alone this morning – glad to see she was getting some fresh air.
We were there for each other the past 2 years with the pandemic restrictions, and I grew to really appreciate her. We were bright spots in each other’s lives for a couple years, and still are.
Did I mention how much I HATE this F%$#& virus that has us treating each other like lepers?
My produce guy: (also somewhat of a repeat!)We have a “produce guy” who sets up his farm stand in an old barn a couple miles away. He has just about every kind of produce a person could want except for perishables such as lettuces, and will bring over cherries and peaches and other tree fruit from eastern Washington where he’s from. He sells fresh eggs from his son’s farm for $3 a dozen. I always go at 7 when he opens on Tuesdays and Fridays, that way I get my pick of what he’s just unloaded plus I’m generally the only customer and can take my time and solve the world’s problems with him for a few minutes.
His prices are equivalent to the store, often less, and saves me a trip to town which these days amounts to $5 in gas for a round trip.
Sometimes other local vendors set up - beekeeper with his honey; a lady who sells homemade goat milk soap and baked goods; a local coffee roaster and a dairy farmer who sells cheese and milk.
I’m so grateful they are there and consider myself darn lucky.
That's it for now. Make it a super week, ladies!
Lanette
Soggy SW WA State
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Kylia hope your husband gets good news at the Dr today. It must be stressful for you too. Take care!
Allie sorry your family is misbehaving. Hope you can find a way to keep your distance.
Annie in Delaware1 -
I did my yoga and a 30 min walk. Yay! Still doing the yoga for sensitive knees this week. Maybe next week I can start back at day one of the thirty day program. I will try not to eat back my exercise calories because I'm going out to lunch Thursday.
Annie in Delaware2 -
margaretturk wrote: »My peony tulips are in bloom. This is there first year. I absolutely love them. Perfect for the location I have them.
These are just beautiful! I love peonies, I have bushes all along my front walkway and scattered throughout the yard, but I can't seem to keep the rabbits away from my tulips. I will have to look for peony tulips to plant for next year!3 -
Barbie & Kylia calming thoughts to you guys with your husbands health issues and appointments.💖🙏
Today was a gym day. I did 2.50 miles in 45 min. Slow but steady, mostly at a 3.0 pace. Went a couple times to 3.5 and also to 2.6. I worked up a sweat regardless of my pace.👍
After all that, my blood pressure was 126/80 bpm 112.
Tomorrow might be a "spa day" and just sit in the sauna.😁
Rebecca
Whidbey
WA
Pretty photo politely stolen.
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Yesterday my sister joined us for bbq and she insisted on bringing a strawberry shortcake dessert we found a while back at the local grocery store. This is not your normal strawberry shortcake, it is covered in creamy icing and white chocolate. I finally decided to stand up for myself and tell her to not bring dessert from now on when she comes to dinner which is at least once a week. My husband and I are trying really hard to lose weight and we just can't keep sabotaging ourselves to eat dessert. I told her if she insisted on bringing something to just bring some fruit. I was afraid I would upset her but she was super ok with it. I think I will just start standing up for myself more often!
Sue in Missouri10 -
Still at DH's testing. They had to call in a cardio dr as he went into AFIB. That is the first time that a doctor has witnessed that on him. They usually only see it if he is on monitor for a couple of weeks. Scary, but good too. He goes to electrical heart dr on Wednesday.
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Kylia in Ohio
Kylia, Waiting is the hardest part! Many hopes that the electrical heart doc can do something for him... My cardiologist wants to do a shock to get my heart back to normal rhythm (they call it a conversion, I think) but can't shock my heart yet, as I have to be on anti-coagulants before hand, and can't quite do that until all my symptoms from the colitis settle down. Hope things go well - and isn't it amazing how specialized the doctors are getting?
Barbie - hope your DH gets through with flying colors. Thinking about you. In the meantime, enjoy your me time! Corey's going to his family reunion in July, for an entire week. I'll enjoy the first couple days, miss him the next couple days, and start counting the minutes as the week draws to a close.
I'm in the middle of a little decision paralysis today... Just not sure which to pick. But it's lunch time and Corey will call soon, so I can put it off for a few more minutes! Oh - and the igniter went out on our gas oven, so no using the oven until the replacement part comes in. Mildly annoying, but not the galloping never get overs.3 -
Athena at Disneyland!💖👍
😁💖🤗
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa
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Michele- So sorry you are dealing with the procrastinator- Hope he figures it out and you can get the project done. Nice to have it done so it makes the mowing easier for you.
Allie- doesn't take long for weeds to come up, even through weed block. We have the dark thick plastic and the Bermuda grass still gets through it. It also finds the small holes in the bottom of the pots and crawls up through it- fought with that yesterday.
Lisa- thanks for sharing the pictures- they look amazing- such a transformation
Had a good weekend- no negativity for me!!
Went to church for a ladies brunch Saturday morning then worked in my garden- Son helped with the hard part- One raised bed the soil is really bad(not sure why- both beds are done the same. Maybe the cucumbers and catnip took more out of the soil- pretty clueless). I had watered it so it was a little easier for him but still too hard for me to do it- I could have done it but would have taken a lot longer for me.
Got the ten pots(I use the big ones trees come in at the nursery) on the bottom done and planted, One raised bed done and planted, 8 of the 10 pots up top worked and ready to plant- just two more then getting the seeds out. Plants are in. Seeds should have been in a month ago but better late than never.
SO looking forward to the fresh veggies.
Saw one of my raspberries starting to ripen. Blackberries are starting to ripen but just barely.
Zumba tonight- need to take an energy drink or something before class- had no energy the past two classes- barely got through but I didn't quit- stuck it out.
Will catch up reading in a bit- dh wants me to go to the store with him- shouldn't take long. Think it is just one stop.
Debbie
Napa Valley,CA2 -
Sue great job setting and sharing your priorities! There are so many traditions around unhealthy food that we perpetuate. So hard to stand up for your right to choose what to eat -but you did it! Yay!
Annie in Delaware3 -
I woke up this morning with backache. It's still there. I think I must have slept in a weird position as I took a Nytol and DH had to move rooms because I was snoring.
I did most of my exercises, 700 instead of 900, but I was driven to my bed and a nap in the afternoon while the cleaner was here. Still very sore.
Had an interesting dinner. DH bought pak choi last week and I wanted to use it. I made a big wok full of stir-fry vegetables and accompanied it with the dim sum I buy frozen. 8 pieces each. I'm calling it at 470 calories as I used a bit of oil. It was heaven!
DH plucked up his courage and phoned his sister, who he hasn't spoken to since the funeral debacle.
It went well. He also wanted to tell her well in advance that we would be on a cruise for her 70th birthday next year. She said that she had arranged to go to a wedding in France without actually realising it was near her 70th, so she wasn't upset. Phew! We booked it before we realised the clash.
Catch up TV tonight. Watching 'Beck', a detective series set in Sweden. Good for my language skills.
Thinking of those of you with husbands with health challenges. Stressful. Sending love. I am waiting to hear how my friend L is after her hip operation today.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Barbara- I am with you. Sometimes I can work with dh but doesn't end well most times. Hoping it goes ok with the next project which is an addition to the catio- Supplies are being delivered today. We will be using chicken wire instead of the fiberglass screen(that the cats have been able to rip so we will be adding the wire to the bottom layer of the original catio).
Sometimes I can kind of know what he wants(read his mind) but other times I don't and he gets a bit pissy with me.
The catio was big enough for when we just had 4-5 cats. Not big enough now.1 -
Sue in Missouri It takes great courage and tenacity to make the point with friends and family that you are being intentional and careful with your eating. Do not give up. It's about your health Barbie in NW WA 6 -
Lanette, It may be months before your walking friend's PCR test is negative...
Karen in Virginia0 -
Anyone have a suggestion for a good beginners, never done before, Yoga app? I see they have them for weightloss, strengthening and breathing. I am over 50, over weight, with knees that don’t do stairs but can walk like a cross country trekker!1
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KetoneKaren wrote: »Lanette, It may be months before your walking friend's PCR test is negative...
Karen in Virginia
Karen I think she's taking the "quick test" the doctor's office is handing out, similar to the ones Medicare sent. Doctors out here seem to have faith in those as far as prescribing anti-virals and monoclonal antibodies. I think they give results quicker than the PCR and less fuss as far as driving to a test site.
But, thanks for mentioning this! She's due to go in for knee surgery in the next couple months (it was supposed to be this Thursday before she got sick). I'll ask her if she knows what kind of test they'll administer a few days before surgery.
(EDIT - I just read PCR tests are required before medical procedures. That's likely why they told her to wait 6 weeks after any illness, not just this one, before rescheduling.)
She's a retired nurse so generally keeps up on this stuff.
Lanette
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Worked, they were obviously not busy yesterday so I didn’t even have to do the lettuce, which is good because that’s one of the things that takes a long time. I’ll probably go string some more popcorn then since it’s pretty nice out go for a walk around the block then probably string more popcorn if I have time
Barbara – thanks so much for the spoiler info. I didn’t even look there since I figured that had to do with the paragraph!
Barbie – I like to walk and listen to an audiobook or a radio station.
Margaret – lovely flowers!
Sue MO – good for you!!!!
Rebecca – thanks for the Athena fix. She gets cuter and cuter each time you post a pic. I sure hope your son has a gun when she gets older!
Ceramics tonight. I’ll probably finish glazing Smurf and put him in to be fired.
Michele NC3 -
Afternoon ladies
Made Patty Labelles turkey burgers and brought 4 down to Tracy for her to cook off.i put 2 in the freezer for myself..
Yea Jean ,ive learned to take her with a grain on salt,im donating some furniture from here to go up to the cottage and i sent her pictures,Sean asked me to send her pictures so I did.
She said if you would like to donate you can donate money ... and I had the courage to say im on a strict income and even if I had the money to give you I have no say in what goes on at the cottage anymore.. and its true.2 -
Welcome to all the newbies! I know you can’t tell from my lack of recent posts, but I am a somewhat regular in this thread.
Hugs to all who need them. Debbie, I totally understand family drama and disfunction. Double hugs for you.
My father’s COPD continues to hold steady, his dementia is getting worse, and the family drama next door (my brother’s family. You should not live next door to your parents unless you have your *stuff* together. Just sayin’.) is not good for my mother’s already fragile emotions. I don’t see this ending well. At the moment I’m just trying to keep the stress eating to a level where I maintain my weight and don’t gain. I’m still doing the Zoom counseling with a health coach every two weeks, and it helps.
I’ve finishing up an online class this week, furiously grading papers and sending out certificates and have an in-person class finishing up Saturday. I’m also on the planning committee for my high school 50th reunion. Put all this together with sitting with my dad every other night and hopefully you can understand where I’ve been.
I’ll try to be a better participant. I do check in most days. I just haven’t been commenting.
Kay in NE Georgia
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Worked, they were obviously not busy yesterday so I didn’t even have to do the lettuce, which is good because that’s one of the things that takes a long time. I’ll probably go string some more popcorn then since it’s pretty nice out go for a walk around the block then probably string more popcorn if I have time
Barbara – thanks so much for the spoiler info. I didn’t even look there since I figured that had to do with the paragraph!
Barbie – I like to walk and listen to an audiobook or a radio station.
Margaret – lovely flowers!
Sue MO – good for you!!!!
Rebecca – thanks for the Athena fix. She gets cuter and cuter each time you post a pic. I sure hope your son has a gun when she gets older!
Ceramics tonight. I’ll probably finish glazing Smurf and put him in to be fired.
Michele NC
She's gonna be a handful like her momma was! 😂😂1
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