WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2022

View from lunchtime window. The Faroe Islands.
Waltzing was very, very hard work, but we learnt a lot.
Love Heather xxxxxxxx

Morning, afternoon or evening, dear hearts,

Beth - Your reactions were so perfect. So pleased you are both OK. Sorry about the diabetes diagnosis for the DH. I can see easily see how that many stressful things in a short period of time can led to a domestic.

Allie - Happy birthday, my chicken! Hope yours is filled with all the love you give to others--it certainly should be.

Ginny - I would be really interested in the pelvic floor therapy exercises, especially if they don't require equipment. Issues with pelvic floor pain have been a big part of the overall issues I've been dealing with the last couple years.

Heather - Sounds like you are keeping yourself and your DH busy. He loves you very much, and it's easy to see that because he keeps trying to learn to dance! What a wonderful guy. Hope the rest of the trip is just as fun as the first part of the cruise was. Oh, and there is no such thing as too many waterfalls. The view out your cruise ship window is gorgeous.

On my soapbox regarding food: Everyone has their way of thinking about the food they eat and their exercise, so take this with a grain of salt. My relationship with food got much less stressful when I quit thinking of it as "good" or "bad." It's just fuel for my body. Heather goes the other direction and keeps her weight down so she can eat the wonderful food she loves. For many of us, food has been our coping tool for most of our lives. Feel bad? Eat. Feel great? Eat. Feel sad? Eat. Hate yourself at the moment? Eat. Under enormous stress? Eat.

Replacing food as a coping tool can be accomplished through varied actions, such as journaling, writing, walking, box breathing, crafting, painting, sewing, talking to someone you love, and so on. When you find other ways to deal with your life than eating or overeating, you start to break the habit of trying to change the way you feel with food.

Funny/weird story on deer accidents: 12 years ago, Corey and I had just moved into a condo, and he was working out in the oilfield while I took a day's vacation to get things unpacked and in order at home. While I was doing that, I pulled our wedding cake topper out of a box, and when I did, the groom's head fell off. I immediately dug out the super glue and put the head back on the body and put it on a shelf. Within the hour, Corey called and told me that on the way to the oil lease he was working, a deer had hit his company truck. It trashed the right front quarter panel, and then kept sliding, and there was deer poop all down the side of his truck to prove it. He said he looked in the rearview mirror and the deer popped up like a jack-in-the-box and continued on its way. I told him I saved his life because I glued his head back on. Stranger things have happened.

Off to the races, kids,
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR

Still blah, UFO festival this weekend. Maybe that will bring my mood up. Therapy next Wednesday can’t be soon enough, then sinus surgery on Friday. DH goes for denture fitting on Thursday. Busy week coming up.

RvRita

Vickil57 wrote: »

Allie--Happy Birthday!



Got some meds from the vet yesterday for the dogs for during the fireworks. Know that last evening for Kia it did not help much. Hoping tonight does better. She just runs in circles barking. Part is because she is chihuahua. I will be glad when Monday is over.

Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE

They have been shooting off fireworks here for weeks now, some right over the trees that hang over our back fence.
Last night there was one super loud one, shook the house/scared me.
I will stay awake until they are done with them sometime around 2AM on Tuesday morning, if it is like the past few years. Watching and listening- don't want them catching the juniper and eucalyptus trees to catch on fire.
I will be here by myself or maybe my son will be here. I am also pet sitting for a friend who lives a few blocks away. Need to hang out there for part of the evening.

Happy birthday Allie!! I hope you have had a wonderful day.

Barbie and Beth- my dh is diabetic and still eats things he shouldn't-I know he has found that stress raises his sugar more than food but the food he eats and when he eats is NOT helping him at all.
No exercise what so ever is also not helping him. I have tried to change things- like what I cook(but he is a snacker and works in a grocery store and goes out with friends too much) and won't go walk with me.

Kylia- HUGS- hope tomorrow is so much better

Shower time for MIL went really well. At first she said she didn't need one and asked how could she with her cast- wrapped in seran wrap then a plastic bag. Used the shower chair. She really enjoyed it. Had some foaming body wash of mine that I brought over . She really liked that and getting her hair washed. While washing it we could really see how big of a gash she got when she fell the second time(and broke her ribs)- She was able to help wash which was nice- wasn't looking forward to part of that but she did well. Said she felt really good when we got done. Took her back upstairs and covered her up with my sherpa blanket and she went right to sleep. DH and I were able to go out for a couple hours to do some errands.
He said it has been almost two days since she has yelled at him or demanded anything. He is starting to get a little more sleep but still not enough- 1-2 hrs at a time is not great but better than nothing.
Another great thing is that she has not smoked at all in a week- this lady used to smoke over a pack a day. Hasn't mentioned it the last few days at all. This is a total shock for us- she has smoked for ever.

I walked the dog for 30 min, shins are hurting because of some of the hills we went on. Will walk with my friend at one park this evening for an hour or so.
Tomorrow walking the dog and then walking with another friend at the other park.
Hitting over 10,000 steps each day since Sunday.

Debbie
Napa Valley,CA

About to leave port and off to home. Very busy day, but amazing.
Skara Brae is a village from 4600 years ago. Tha Stones are a stone circle nearby. The day started off foggy and raining, but it cleared up during the Skara Brea viewing and we even had sunshine! Also visited the house of the local laird who discovered the site in the 19th century. Drove past other well known sites like Maes Howe.
Grabbed a quick lunch when we returned to the ship and then caught the shuttle bus into the capital Kirkwall. Wonderful cathedral from 1150 and a Bishops Palace.



Formal night tonight, but not sure we want to get dressed up. May eat in cabin. DH especially tired from a bad night. I'm fine. I'm so happy to have seen things I've seen many times on TV.

Love Heather UK again xxxxxx