WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2022

KJLaMore wrote: »

Just remember to relax and enjoy your time with your family. Maybe let go of the way you do things and "go with Denise's flow". I think, sometimes, it is hard for our daughters to have us visit. We have been "parenting" and doing domestic things for a lot longer and we sometimes forget that OUR way of doing things might not work for their family. Just breathe and enjoy your time!

I definitely do things differently from my parents, and I really discovered how differently when I moved into a suite in their basement to get my Bachelor of Education between 2005 and 2009.

My parents like to eat at specific times each day. My eating times to about 4 pm are fairly specific but after that, it's approximate. In other words, we'll eat dinner any time between about 6:30 and 8 pm.

My parents are meat eaters - that's an important part of their diet. I lean toward being a vegetarian.

My parents generally prefer the meat, potatoes, and veg kind of meals with things like lasagne, spaghetti, pizza and tacos now and then. I'm not keen on meat, potato and veg meals and rarely eat them. I don't know if my parents have ever had any sort of curry, and yet curries are among my favourite meals.

My mother has a schedule for weekly tasks like getting groceries and cleaning. I do those things when I get a minute and am motivated enough.

My mother is very neat - a place for everything and everything in its place. I define "place" loosely. I prefer things to be generally in the room where I use them when possible.

I can't imagine my mother having a drying rack in her living room, yet here I sit with a drying rack in front of me, and more importantly, in front of the split system.



So when we have visited my parents in the past, we've tried not to be underfoot too much. We'll come by for brunch, and then head out to do something touristy or whatever, and be back for dinner and some of the evening. It gives us both time on our own.

Speaking of which ... it's getting close to 5 years since I've seen my parents. Missing them a lot.


Machka in Oz

We had two hail storms within one week. The first one car escaped damage. Second one not so lucky car was out parked on street at son's. I got estimate yesterday. Fortuantely I have $100 deductible on comprehensive. The sad part there were so many hit by these storms I will not be able to get my car repaired until October. For the next month I hear storm I will stay home.

This seems to be repair month. I gummed up lawn mower by turning it the wrong way when cleaning out thick grass. You need air cleaner up. This is at son's house. We always have had an electric mower so learning curve for me. It will take 3-4 weeks to fix. amount to fix to be determined.

When turned faucet at our home faucet broke. I did not turn off water and drain properly in the fall and we had a hard winter. Fixed $400 later.

Part of our 50 year old fence posts rotted out. Fixed by handy man $450 dollars later. Still need to touch up paint.

Outdoor light at son's house going out. May hire neighbor to fix. I will give him until the end of June to get it done otherwise I will hire the electric company I have used in the past that I like. Light flickers right now. If completely goes out I will have to hire someone quickly for security reasons.

Upper story of house painted. I did need to carefully get windows unstuck because they painted them shut. Still need to paint lower window and gutter. It was already expensive enough to have them do upper painting.

DH with his health is not able to help with these projects. Just the way it is...

Setting up DrewB annual exam. Looking at last years record. She had 4 shots in one visit plus I was still giving her Flea, tick, and heartworm meds no wonder she became anemic. I am in future going to question any vaccine she had to have and will only allow one vaccine at a time with 45 days inbetween to monitor any adverse reaction. This comes from the detox summit. I cannot prove it but my gut tells me this treatment was the cause of her anemia problem. I still struggle what to do about heartworm. I did learn you have a 45 day window. The reason the suggest 30 days is because it is easier to remember. Lesson learned for me is to be an adovate for DrewB health and mine. No one else will do it for me. I will also make doing what I need to do improve our immune systems. Just as important if not more important than vaccines.

Defintely feeling overwhelmed by this. So as I said Allie your post on projects was spot on for me. Rather than turn to food I have been using that technique of taking 5 breaths and blowing out for five and then thinking of something postive like enjoying the lilacs and the crabapple trees right now or how well our choral concert went on Sunday.

Margaret

Morning, afternoon and evening, all!

Weather weasels say the rain here will start at 11 a.m. and go pretty much all afternoon and tonight. The same big storm track is showing that Rori got snow again last night in the foothills in Colorado.

Still supporting my best friend through her move - her mother's birthday is coming up next week, and she's really missing her--she would have had her mother's support, and she's mourning her loss right now because of the stress. Probably part of my own wistfulness of late.

Which reminds me - Kim, do you think your mother will actually move? I hope you can get her where she's cared for and protected. Doesn't sound like an easy task.

I have to head for WallyWorld and pick up some ammonia. In this humid climate, it's a lifesaver for cleaning. I genuinely hate to use bleach, and ammonia does almost as good a job without as much destruction.

Onward and upward, my chickens. The fiber optic internet gets installed tomorrow, and supposedly has a 1 gig symmetrical upload and download. No more buffering, super-fast transitions. Should be fun. I've worked with T1 lines that didn't have that much speed.

Later, ladies,
Love,
Lisa

Hi Gals,

Michele - I have taught cooking classes to 3 year olds and it is amazing what they can do with a little bit of coaching… Stirring, pouring, sprinkling thinking instant pudding with sprinklers or chocolate chips; using cookie cutters and sprinkles or frosting, making salad, tearing lettuce, counting out cherry tomatoes, grating cheese on a box grater, turning pre-cut red tomato slices into rings… or prepping green beans, as they can be cut with a butter knife --- if you can get your hands on them shelling peas is a great job! As for an entrée, thinking kid friendly food, individual pizzas, burritos/quesadillas, hot dogs, either with a bun or mixed into mac ‘n cheese - that can be boxed, or just cook some macaroni and PJ can cut the hot dog, grate the cheese and mix it all up. Make your own chicken fingers… you cut the breasts into “fingers” and then PJ can dip them in egg wash and then in a coating. And honestly if one of the adults will not eat what their child or grandchild makes them then after you and PJ are done they can fix themselves something in the kitchen.


I don’t remember who asked about would my mom move, and the answer is yes, she is delighted with the idea – and actually was planning to downsize before she took on raising her grandson 20 years ago, then that put everything on hold. When he was a senior in high school, we had just begun looking at places for her when my DB announced he had “cancer” and was dying – NOT. ☹ Housing pricing in her area are high so between her retirement and the sale of the house she has the ability to make a choice to her liking.

I got my first shingles vaccine today…. Glad to get that done, many years ago my mom got shingles and had a miserable time – it lasted for 6+ months…. I don’t want that!!!

Sending love to all.

Kim in N. California