WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2022
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We have known each other a long time! I value each and every one of yas!
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Feeling blessed!
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa
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She's exploded from past photos.💖😜
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Athena is so cute xoxo...1
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KetoneKaren wrote: »Pip - Glad you are getting PT, but I am guessing you have already done an awesome job of rehabbing it with your active lifestyle.
Allie - That is an adorable photo. Miles is a heartbreaker!
Barbara - Be gentle with yourself. You can accomplish a lot just by puttering along.
Rosemarie - Happy Birthday!!!
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I had the BEST day today. I went to pick up my brother for a museum exhibition and lunch to celebrate his birthday. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibition was fantastic - "Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art". Then lunch at the museum cafe.
Afterwards, we both called Vital Records in Nebraska, and after multiple tries (they just cut you off after 15 minutes on hold & you have to call back - bad system) we finally got through and found out his certified birth certificates were mailed today!
As long as the assisted living owner doesn't withhold his mail, we should be able to take the birth certificate & go to DMV next week for his non-driver government ID. I called the senior apartment we have applied to, and they will accept those forms of ID to "prove" that he isn't dead, as Equifax claims. Haven't heard a peep from Equifax about their error after >3 weeks.
After using my clippers to give my brother a quick haircut, and loading up 5 boxes of nonessential belongings to take home with me in anticipation of his move to an apartment, I said "goodbye" and went to Food Lion and had a chance meeting with a former coworker, someone I haven't seen in years, and had a wonderful conversation and exchange of contact information. We plan to go out to lunch soon and really catch up.
After that I bought gift certificate and some Zebra Cakes to give to a homeless man who is a friend of one of my Buy Nothing group members. Tomorrow I will fill an old rolling suitcase with a yoga mat (to use under his sleeping bag), snacks, some spandex wicking t-shirts for layering, wool socks & the gift card and leave it for my Buy Nothing pal to take to him.
Next, I was delighted to find I won the bid on 2 outdoor glider chairs for our little porch in our new apartment.
And finally, I helped another Buy Nothing friend pick up acorns from my yard - she is going to make acorn flour! I felt like a kid out there; we had so much fun!
Karen in Virginia
I’m doing okay, I just don’t want to do someone that I shouldn’t and the best way is to have a professional give me the ok to do or NOT do something. For example, I would have started using the rowing machine but she told me not to do that yet.
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Thank you for all the Birthday Wishes. I treasure them!
Jeannie: I attended the Balloon Fiesta when I was in New Mexico. I never went up in one though. Have you?
Annie: The outfit sounds perfect for the Kennedy Center. A dress while pushing a wheel chair is not great. I wore pants to my son's wedding for this reason.
Debbie: I have taken a statin for years....decades. They say there can be side effects from them but I figure taking the statin is better than heart disease.
Karen: I am overwhelmed by all that you wrote. You must be a very patient person to work with your wife on sorting through items. At least Emerson is a help!
Grandmallie: I love all the Mums on the stairs!
Rebecca: Glad you are doing well.
Heather: Very cool that your DH and son have the same jacket by coincidence.
Michele: I have a pelican lamp....a favorite item of mine.
Pipcd34: I hope the exercises help. I am sure they will.
Ginny: I hope you feel better!
Murder She Wrote was a favorite show of mine, so I noted Angela Lansbury's passing. Sundays have not been the same for me since the show left that time slot. I think I use to really relax during the show and have not relaxed on Sunday night since. I did walk today and my husband seems to be doing okay.
Time for sleep as tomorrow is another dayd!
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Pip – was that REALLY 7 years ago? Seven? Those pics still look as terrible (the shoulder, I mean)
Karen – you have such a big heart! I wouldn’t doubt if that’s the reason you won the bid.
Well, it was just Vince and myself bowling.
Rebecca – I can’t get over how much we have all been thru together. Love you all.
It was really raining before but it’s slowed down now.
Michele NC2 -
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Well, it was just Vince and myself bowling.
It was really raining before but it’s slowed down now.
Michele NC[/quote
Date night then!!!
would love a night like that
Dh used to be on a bowling league- hasn't bowled since we got married or soon after.
Not sure if he could now with his bad hips(replaced both twice but not right still)
Need to find a snack.
Went walking at dinner time so just grabbed a piece of pizza before I left.
At 600 cal so far for the day so need to get a 400cal snack that is low in sugar and cholesterol
Not sure how that will work out.
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Heather - I used to live on the south side of the river and work on the north side. In all of the years we’ve lived here I have never taken the old tram and say I’m going to every year.
I currently live about 40 minutes from that river. I am in a small city just south of Edmonton. The airport is a 5 minute drive away.
We are having a flu shot clinic at work tomorrow and Friday. I’m not eligible for the Covid jab until January. I have to be 5 months after my positive test.
Machka - as I was reading your kidney stone experience I was picturing the university and hospital here as I knew you went there. I also pictured that long drive from south of here. Scary.
Debbie - have you tried eating more? MFP says I shouldn’t eat over 1200 to lose weight. I found that I actually need around 1400 to lose.
Tracey in Edmonton
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Pip – was that REALLY 7 years ago? Seven? Those pics still look as terrible (the shoulder, I mean)
Karen – you have such a big heart! I wouldn’t doubt if that’s the reason you won the bid.
Well, it was just Vince and myself bowling.
Rebecca – I can’t get over how much we have all been thru together. Love you all.
It was really raining before but it’s slowed down now.
Michele NC
I know! I think I have been a member of this group, right after Lee got his transplant and maybe a bit before. So like 2012 or 2013. I remember whining to you all about having bro learn to drive, and driving to scary Portland from the coast. So much water under the bridge🤗💖👍🏻. Happy to all have you in my life.
Rebecca
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »Heather - I used to live on the south side of the river and work on the north side. In all of the years we’ve lived here I have never taken the old tram and say I’m going to every year.
I currently live about 40 minutes from that river. I am in a small city just south of Edmonton. The airport is a 5 minute drive away.
We are having a flu shot clinic at work tomorrow and Friday. I’m not eligible for the Covid jab until January. I have to be 5 months after my positive test.
Machka - as I was reading your kidney stone experience I was picturing the university and hospital here as I knew you went there. I also pictured that long drive from south of here. Scary.
Debbie - have you tried eating more? MFP says I shouldn’t eat over 1200 to lose weight. I found that I actually need around 1400 to lose.
Tracey in Edmonton
I will see what the wellness coach says- I stick at 1000 most days instead of the 1200 that I am supposed to be at because in case I am not tracking exactly right, I have a little leway-
Like my lunch(and dinner last night)- It was kind of like gumbo- tomatoes, okra, kilbasa, black beans-I guessed how much of each ingredient I had in my bowl
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Karen what is your Buy Nothing Group? You're a blessing to many people 💞
Rebecca thanks for sharing the pictures of Athena! She makes me smile 💞
💞 Mary from Arizona/Minnesota2 -
Tracey - funny how we don't do the things right next to us, unless we have visitors who want to go. I still, haven't been up the i360. The old tram would be a fun trip for the kids. ???
Quiet day today. My covid jab aches have gone, so I will be attempting to start my first chapter.
Maybe I shouldn't start at the beginning! I might do another chapter that I really want to write. It's to put the poems about my EX DSIL in context. She died at 29 in a shocking car accident. I found the newspaper report and the funeral service/address in my memory box 2. My husband's mother had the most terrible schizophrenic episode, as a consequence, (she had previously had a few) and had to be sectioned. What a time that was! I was 24. It taught me so much about life. My novel 'Windows ' was partly based on the experience.
These things are so long ago, but it feels like yesterday. I have been on this forum over ten years.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
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Facebook Buy Nothing is an international network of local gift economies.
My group is mainly my zip code. While a person is supposed to be in only one Buy Nothing group, for awhile I was in two groups, until I sold my other house. Now I am no longer a member of that group. When this house is sold, I will leave this group and join the one for our new address.
The idea is to both give and wish for items. It isn't usually first come, first served, like many other free sites - a giver chooses whichever recipient they wish to, and often items are left "simmering" for a few days to give busy people a chance to see the post and reply that they are interested in an item. Recipients are chosen in whatever manner the giver desires - randomly, or by choosing a particular recipient for a reason.
A member can also wish for an item that isn't posted; I have wished for, and received, 2 strawberry pots for my hens & chicks, cute crocheted hats & other items for Josephine the Ballerina, and a vacuum cleaner for my brother's new apartment.
No wish is considered too big. I wished for a vintage Gibson narrow neck guitar for my brother. Not surprisingly, that wish wasn't granted, but some pretty big wishes do get granted from time to time.
I have granted several wishes for people - an entire Wii gaming system, a box of cous cous, styrofoam containers w/ice packs that insulin comes in for a woman that donates breast milk, plants, a vintage record player, a cheese knife/spreader, gift card & other items for a homeless man, 3 Barbie DVDs, acorns from my yard, and more.
I have given tons of belongings away through this group.
Some items are very popular. I had 19 responses to some Closet Maid components I posted recently.
On the other hand, nobody wants my cute kitchen utensil crock. lol
We keep a lot of items out of the landfill; so many people are crafters or gardeners, and want carpet and paint samples, leftover tiles, leftover paint, plastic plant pots, old leaky hoses that can be rehabbed, bottle caps, egg cartons, old rusty tomato cages, almost any storage item regardless of the shape it's in, any tool, jumbled boxes of nails and screws, old doors and windows, chargers for phones, TV remotes, Christmas garland even if the lights don't work, etc.
Some of these items could go to Habitat, but others would not be accepted. Our Habitat requires a retail (their retail) value of at least $150 to pick up, while everything on Buy Nothing is picked up by the receiver. So my heavy desk, heavy bags of books, overstuffed chairs, couch - all that was picked up at my house by the receivers of the gifts. I live in a very safe neighborhood so it works. I leave the smaller items in a bin on my front stoop to be picked up at the recipient's convenience.
Probably a much longer answer than you wanted!
Karen in Virginia
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I almost always watch Murder She Wrote if I can't get back to sleep at night. I have seen all of the episodes multiple times. I find the familiarity to be relaxing, and Jessica Fletcher is so reassuring in the middle of the night!
Angela Brigid Lansbury, Dame of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, made the world a much better place and I will miss her. I am grateful she lives on in her movies, recorded broadway performances, and syndicated TV series.4 -
Whidislander wrote: »One step backwards in my gut journey.😢. My solid food too soon. So a day of broth in the afternoon, maybe a protein drink. Stepped up my water, as I had slacked off this past weekend. Not happy.
Rebecca
Wa
Include a piece or two of fresh raw fruit in there. And ask your doctor about fibre.
Oppositely, for about 3 days now every thing I eat is moving through at the speed of light.
I don't know if it is my sinus infection medication or a touch of a flu or the quantity of fruit I ate over the weekend. So much fresh fruit available!
Butt (pun intended), I am kind of over it.
Nothing is sitting well, but I had a chicken and cheese sandwich (Jaffle) at lunch to attempt to slow things down a bit. Cheese can be good for that ... hard cheeses anyway.
On the bright side, I did lose 1.5 kg in those 3 days.
M in Oz
My appetite is gradually coming back and my digestive system has slowed a little. Thank goodness!!(not as much diarrhea as I had for about 3 days at the beginning of the week)
I actually tried a piece of fruit to see if it would be OK.
M in Oz
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Karen - The Buy Nothing group sounds wonderful. I have got similar pleasure from Freecycle. I once wished for a bedside table and a guy brought me round the perfect one! I have donated so many things! Like you, it makes me very happy. I know we have some pictures in the garage loft that need dealing with, but they are DH's, so I need to tread carefully. We did Freecycle some very nice batik prints, which were completely the wrong colourway for any of our houses. Most of the pictures were bought with his previous partner. I can't be bothered to go through the money exchange route, so giving stuff away suits me better.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
I tried to start in the middle with my DSIL, but found that I might be repeating information that I might write earlier in the book! But that did break my fear of the blank page, so I've now got some of the introduction down. It's in draft form on a writing app as I find that less intimidating than Word. It's the equivalent for me of scribbling on the back of an envelope! I can copy from it and paste into an email to myself. Not ideal, but I like the feeling that it doesn't really matter and it doesn't have to be a perfect draft. Once I'm underway I can revert to Word when the nerves have dissipated.
Anyway, pleased with myself for making a start.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3
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