WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2022
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30 Days of Gratitude
1. Smell - freshly cut grass on our lawn.
2. Technology - the amazing advancements in medical technology.
3. Colour - blue. Beautiful blue sky peaking through the clouds.
4. Food - soup. That's what I've been eating just recently because there's less chewing. We always keep a few cans of soup on hand for situations like these.
5. Sound - my music. I've recently acquired a number of nature sounds CDs with music playing along with sounds of ocean waves, birds, and so on. Lovely.
6. Nature - I love nature. It would be incredibly difficult for me to pick just one thing. I am so grateful that there is nature and that I can enjoy it.
7. Memory - Winter 2017. The last time I visited my parents and a wonderful 1-month holiday to Canada that June/July. My husband and I did two cycling events and a lot of other cycling. We climbed mountains and explored a glacier. We visited friends and family.
Memories:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/albums/72157682899188730
8. Book - Norman Doidge's The Brain's Way of Healing. I found it inspirational!
https://www.normandoidge.com/?page_id=1042
Machka in Oz
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Karen-admire your tenacity in dealing with your brother's issues. So many things we take for granted that are so simple can stand in our way.
Barbarabrother's pizza nothing fancy-pepperoni, mushroom, sausage. It is the independent little shop close to my house he likes. They are very popular but its a 20 minute drive for him. Drive does sound scary!
Machka-hope healing continues-does not sound comfortable at all.
Dianegood job planning run! I can't run (hip replacements), but I have done more things physically since hitting 65 than before!
Beth-congrats on new roof. They are messy and noisy going in but worth it!
Rori-thanks for the pictures! It is just beautiful there.
Heather-You are seeing a totally different landscape than Rori but it is also wonderful!
Mary Terese-welcome. Can you walk for exercise? I find at least doing that is helpful to me.
Katla-glad you had a good visit.
Tracey-you seem to keep your days full. I do not envy you the snow this early!
Made it through first official day back to work full-time yesterday. Between that and time change was tired last night. Was productive though.
Brother is moving along slowly. Not certain how many days a week pt/ot will be at house. At evaluation yesterday they reinforced he cannot walk unassisted or by himself yet and he must go slower (he is trying to rush everything). Hopeful he can be a compliant patient.
Did much better with eating yesterday-thankfully the birthday/surgery mode seems to have ended (just in time for the holidays!). Walking up to @ 2 miles a day. Trying to figure ut the pain in top of left foot-I think it is arthritis.
Off to breakfast and work. Early morning meeting.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
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I am awake early and thinking about DH. I live our apartment and want DH with me. Our daughter wants him nearby her work place. I have seen the place where he has been. The space was cluttered and not clean when I recently spent a bit of time with him. I hope to talk about it with him today.2
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Went around Sète in the coach and we are going back in now. Cloudy but warm. Revisited a place I stayed in , in 1983 for 2 weeks. Bouzigues. Famous for oysters.
Looks the same from a distance.
Nothing looks as good when the sun isn't shining!
These are the oyster 'tables' .
Love Heather xxxxxxxx
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I am awake early and thinking about DH. I live our apartment and want DH with me. Our daughter wants him nearby her work place. I have seen the place where he has been. The space was cluttered and not clean when I recently spent a bit of time with him. I hope to talk about it with him today.
Remember that your husband needs nursing care and that it is not easy to get into a good care facility.
From what you've said he has had 2 heart attacks quite close together and now is retaining enough fluid for the hospital to have to do a procedure on him. He's not been well.
Your daughter has probably chosen the best place she could find for now. Fortunately it is near someone in the family. She loves him too.
I know it is hard to be patient.
M in Oz6 -
Not my cat, but definitely my mood... Lord, I'm tired of this election. So glad it's done today. Headed to vote here in a half hour.7 -
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Morning ladies
Im here with Miles, Tracy picking her dad up after work to go vote.
Then I will go take care of Homer,pick up groceries and vote myself.
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Hi Gals,
Love the grateful list but knew I had to make it easier than going back and forth…
Grateful:
1 smell. Damp redwoods
2 technology. electricity
3 color. Yellow – the sun
4 food. Soup
5 sound. Birds
6 nature. Ilove it all, gardening, walking, feeling far enough away from the hurry hurry of the city
7 memory. My dad, he died in 1977 and he had a huge impact on me
8 book. Poems by Robert Service
9 place.
10 taste.
11 holiday.
12 texture.
13 abilities.
14 sight.
15 season.
16 about your body.
17 knowledge.
18 piece of art.
19 touch.
20 who.
21 song.
22 story.
23 tradition.
24 challenge.
25 moment this week.
26 form of expression.
27 daily use item.
28 what happen today.
29 friend/family member.
30 talent or skill
Kim in rainy california2 -
I have visited DH more than once. His place in the facility is crowded with random stuff. It doesn’t seem clean or tidy. I am not eager to move there. Our daughter’s work place is near by, and she sees him regularly. That is a plus. I like the place here, where he and I have a nice apartment. There are nurses here that available to help. The situation is complicated.
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Absolutely exhausted. Too much walking for days in a row.
We had a stroll around Sète, which was nice, but very off season. The restaurant I had checked out online looked great, but we had changed our minds because of the weather, and ate lunch on the boat. We weren't really in the mood for a big seafood lunch.
I started to flag after a couple of hours, so I came back on my own. DH still exploring.
These are the boats they use in the annual jousting competition on the canal. The statue is of a jouster with his long pole.
Now to sleep. Sleep. Glorious sleep.
Heather in France xxxxxx
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Machka—Your advice is very good & I appreciate your insight. Thank you.1
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Katla49 and auntiebk thank you for the welcome. I’ll be sure to stop by often. ❣️ Mary Terese2
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I am just LOVING all the pictures from EVERYWHERE! Thank you all!
Grateful for...
8-*book-anything by john sandford
Love and Blessings, Carla, in MN3 -
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I am afraid I got a little behind in reading the posts.
Heather: I am enjoying the pictures. I am not sure I could do all the walking and admire you for doing so!
Katla: So pleased you saw an old teacher friend as well as other friends.
Lisa: 15 hours is a lot of sleep. Must be the Covid shot!
Karen: How great your spouse's son took so much furniture. Happy Birthday to Lilly Belle!
Machka9: Great you got a cycle ride in and are enjoying your garden.
Ginny: Happy Birthday; Sorry about your brother's health.
MaryCath: I track how much I spend at Starbucks to try to keep from going there too much!
Debbie: I hope your son's blood work is okay. My husband talked about his job for years.
I have not read much Nora Roberts but will look into reading a book by her. I love the pictures from Hawaii! Welcome to the newbies! I went to the gym again yesterday, caretaking today. I signed up for a virtual Thanksgiving RoadRace 6 miles to be done over a couple of days. I hope I have time with the caretaking but my son is going to come on one of the weekends for Thanksgiving so this will be something to focus on during Thanksgiving. I purchased a cast iron frying pan to try and cook filet mignon steak for my son's visit. I will soak the steak in garlic butter. I have not done this recipe before.
Still sunny here in GA!
Best,
Rosemarie from GA
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Katla--Glad all went well with your friend's visit. Sounds like the internet helped good friends connect. Happy for you.
Michele--Our new car drives very nice. I just have to get used to having to climb up to get in as it sits higher, which is nice when driving. It is Eby Black. We drove over to our son's last evening which is about 20 miles away to see how it does on the highway. I do think we will like it and it does have better leg room. I take my knitting when we go out of town and there is better space for me to work on that. Our teenage DGD loves the fact she can sit in the back and not have her legs all bent up, she is almost 6 feet tall.
Barbara--Thanks for sharing about the chenille bedspreads. I agree what a price!!!
I do think the time change is catching up with me. I have a 3-4 hour monthly management meeting this afternoon. I just hope I can stay awake. It is cooler today and trying to rain.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE4 -
Good morning ladies!
Well there's another ten minutes of morning. My digestion is off, and I keep putting off grocery shopping and voting just to sit still a little longer.
My mom is threatening to skip voting but I told her it's either voting or the doctor so she might as well get dressed. She just laughs at me. At least she is cheerful.
I can imagine voting is scary if you can only stand for a few minutes, and that's with something to hold on to. The responsible thing would have been to get an absentee ballot, but we didn't do that. Oh well.
There's still time for things to settle down.
Annie in Delaware
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I'm home from a lovely walk in the snow, partly in the dark and partly in the daylight. We have such a great neighborhood for walking and I am grateful for it every day. Bessie jumped and frolicked in the snow for a few minutes and then want to go back to the house.
Katla, when you visit your husband, can you help tidy his room to make it more comfortable for him>
Michele, can you tell the roofer that you will be gone from December X to December X+6 and then make reservations to stay near Denise and PJ? This is your opportunity for Christmas with PJ without Vince's decorations to keep you home.
I am also grateful for all the different coats, shoes, scarves, hats, gloves, etc. that I have so I can be warm and dry on m walks no matter what the weather.
Barbie in NW WA4
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