WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2022

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 11,159 Member
    Rita's challenge
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 23,005 Member
    edited October 2022
    kevrit wrote: »
    I am also participating in a 10 day life is good challenge which I think we need here. Each day for 10 days post a picture that makes you feel good without any explanation.
    Machka9 wrote: »
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    M in Oz


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    M in Oz


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    Machka in Oz
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,427 Member
    Karen — I am looking forward to being closer to DH as he recovers from his heart attacks. The new place is much closer to me and our daughter. I hope he will gain improved health and I will be able to see him more frequently. He and I want to live together again. 🤞🏻 (for good luck)
  • minicooper452
    minicooper452 Posts: 591 Member
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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 1,468 Member
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    Machka, I can really relate to the jolting discoveries as you go through your office. I am having a few of those jolts as well. I sometimes feel as if I have been unexpectedly rear ended by another vehicle.

    Karen in Virginia

    Ditto here.

    Katla - So glad your husband will be reasonably close--and it sounds as if he's going to be well taken care of there, now that he's out of the hospital. I hope you get to see him more.

    Second cup of tea brewing, time to get some writing done...

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 8,837 Member
    You all are right.. I am helping them out as they don't have to pay for childcare.
    As it is only part time I can handle it at least for right now..
    Luckily he is taking naps for me so It isn't terribly hard..
    And It maked me get up during the week..
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 23,005 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    You all are right.. I am helping them out as they don't have to pay for childcare.
    As it is only part time I can handle it at least for right now..
    Luckily he is taking naps for me so It isn't terribly hard..
    And It maked me get up during the week..

    They're not paying you???
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 23,005 Member
    edited October 2022
    Rosemarie2972 wrote: »
    Machka9: My thoughts go out to you. It is a different experience now. I know there are good days and not so good days. I love your pictures! I cleaned out the office when my DH moved downstairs. I love having a new place to sit and a place to pay bills and do zoom calls!

    Rosemarie from Georgia

    :heart:

    The pictures all represent an aspect of my life that makes me feel good. :)


    If the office room were a bit bigger, I'd be tempted to make it an exercise room. However, given that is the size it is, I'll likely keep it as an office/library. There are three bookcases in the room, filled with books. They are in reasonable order although I do need to fix them up a little bit and find room for more books.

    There's a large desk which is all right. I was in university part time between 2015 and 2020 and spent quite a bit of time working at that desk. I don't have to do that now, but the surface could make a good puzzle or craft spot. :)

    There's a 4-drawer filing cabinet ... I haven't opened the drawers yet although they are fully accessible now. I have made a few attempts through the years to file things and last time I looked in the filing cabinet what was in there was OK. I hope it still is. Then I need to put the stuff that's everywhere into the filing cabinet in order. I may also want to scan and shred a lot of stuff. That'll all take time.

    There's a small closet filled with boxes from my past. I'd also like to scan and shred a lot of that. More time.

    Once the room is cleared of everything I can shred and remove, I'd like to bring in a table with sides that fold down (I like old tables like that) which could also be used for puzzles or crafts. I envision it sitting in the closet with the closet doors open.

    Also, if I can work from home (hopefully at some point in the next few months), I'd like to use that room for that.


    I'm pleased with what I accomplished in there again today. It wasn't a lot, but every little bit helps and generally the room looks better.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 23,005 Member
    jam0525 wrote: »
    Looks like many of us, me included, have stiffness and arthritis. Getting older is not for the weak.

    Take care,

    Jean from New Mexico

    Feet, hips, back and I think I'm starting to feel it in my hands.

  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,442 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    grandmallie wrote: »
    You all are right.. I am helping them out as they don't have to pay for childcare.
    As it is only part time I can handle it at least for right now..
    Luckily he is taking naps for me so It isn't terribly hard..
    And It maked me get up during the week..

    They're not paying you???

    This is not uncommon. My mother was the caregiver for my niece's daughter for years without pay, and she was happy to do it. I didn't live near anyone who could do that for me, and paid tens of thousands of dollars over the years for child care. I don't think my mother had stopped to calculate how much she had helped my niece financially until I told her what I had paid.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley OR

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