WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2023
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Lanette-my son was telling me about the early morning light. He believes it does make a difference. My problem is work! However, I am going to try when it get light earlier to go on just a quick 15 minute walk before work. Had not heard about LEDs. Interesting stuff.
Kylia-our weather has been crazy! Loved my walks yesterday and late this pm after work. Yesterday I went out mid-afternoon-ended up taking off my jacket-and I was wearing short sleeves.
Heather-I have to ask-there is a home buying program here called "Escape to the Country." It's about looking for houses in the English country side. Is it actually a show in the UK-or just something to amuse us on this side of the pond? I do like seeing the different homes.
Debbie-you are correct-some of the "sugarless" products have some ingredients that can keep us regular (sometimes very quickly). Caution is needed!
Well, I had hoped to get some stuff for work done tonight, but got my walk in, had dinner and got on here. Was up around 4:30 this am. Totally exhausted now. However, we did come to tentative agreement with union, handled a couple of Hr issues, met some new staff, had to call squad for staff member who fell (she is extremely heavy-over 500-so we could not help her get up), had tough discussion with someone who is causing issues with poor performance. While it is a bit early-going in to read.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
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Barbara - it’s funny you said magic about the Photomyne app. When it’s doing its thing it says “waiting for the magic” or something to that effect.
Ginny - we need a new mattress too. I noticed my back is more sore after being back home than it was in NB. Funnily enough the cheap old mattresses didn’t hurt as much as my nice pillow top one.
Kylia - having days like that are good for the soul. Enjoy them.
We had springlike weather here the last few days too. I know it’s all just a tease, but it felt nice just the same.
Lisa - Hugs hope you are back to yourself soon.
Lanette - that is Rodger. I need to find a picture of Rodger and his Dad as young men. There is no doubt they are Father and son.
Very interesting about the lights and sleep. I may have to look into that.
My in laws only drank instant coffee. I forgot how much I enjoyed it until I had it while I was there
Barbie - I must be an abstainer too. If I can avoid it I don’t want it. As soon as I do I want it all plus more.
Vicki - I hope you feel yourself again soon.
Ginny - I went to bed early the last few nights so I could read.
My “wonderful” (insert sarcasm here) boss is not allowing me to have lieu time for two of the days that I was away. She is on a medical leave and should not be having any say in anything but is now allowing the girl filling in for her to make any decisions. The girl that is filling in and my direct supervisor both know that I have the time and are upset they are being out in this position.
I am going to attempt to make up some time so I don’t have a pay with two less days. It infuriates me that I’m having to do this when I know rightfully I am owed at least 2 weeks still from the payroll program switchover. I will make sure that I start tracking my hours religiously again.
I wish she would just retire.
I think I’ll take a page out of Ginny’s book and tuck in to read early this evening.
Tracey in Edmonton
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Well I left my exercise for tonight and then forgot that my Buddhist book study group was tonight because of the Superbowl. And now it's too late for exercise. I am slightly under calories for today, so another neutral deficit day.
At least I am managing to avoid the Valentine's Day candy. Yes I am an abstainer.
Lisa we miss you! Hope you are doing okay. Come back when you are ready.
Annie in Delaware5 -
Jake got a phone call from one of his friends that he can talk to for an hour so instead of watching TV together, I'm listening to a playlist of favorite songs on my phone. One of the best gifts I ever bought for myself was a 4G memory card for the first phone I got that could play music (a Sony Walkman phone in 2004). The card has been transferred into every phone I've gotten since. I am a minimalist in music. I have loved so many songs for so many years (decades) so the music is long lasting. I rarely buy anything new. Tonight I am listening to Peter Paul and Mary, John Denver, Joan Baez, John Prine, Leonard Cohen, Barry Manilow, Simon and Garfunkel, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Diamond, Judy Collins, Billy Joel and others from many years ago, Life doesn't get much better than this.
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Barbie— I like your music choices. They’re full of good memories. 😊 👍🏻1
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »
Love Heather UK xxxxxx 😘
Could not agree more. I spent almost a decade of futility doing this with my first husband.
It turned out he didn’t want to get married and kept a secret of the truth until we had been married about 8 or 9 years when it came out in therapy.
I am not sure why I didn’t “hear” him all that time. He told me in a thousand ways he didn’t want to be married to me.
Not sure if it was ego (what’s not to love ) or naïveté or something else (stubbornness, maybe, or wanting to stay married for the sake of our son), but I was shocked when he told me he had never wanted to be married to me.
It was 1971 when he proposed. He was 18, and I was 17.
His draft number was 9, and he asked me to marry him before he went off to die in Vietnam. He was drunk. I said no. When he sobered up, I said yes. We married in September 1972.
He didn’t tell me he changed his mind when he sobered up.
I was so young and dumb. I loved him, and to be honest, I didn’t think anyone else would ever love me.
Karen in Virginia8 -
Rosemarie, Just a suggestion, but maybe if you do some meditation with Sarah Raymond the whereabouts of your missing pieces will be revealed. When you said freezer bags, I thought, “maybe she put them in the freezer.”
Rebecca, My grandson’s life was nearly ruined by the arrival of his sister. It was so pitiful. On the other hand, this is LillyBell with Rory:
Karen in Virginia
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Happy Valentines Day to everyone on this thread.
I LOVE YOU.
And love yourself. You are the most important person in your life. Without you, nothing matters.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Good morning. I’m off out to Craft Group shortly so just a quick fly by.
Ginny: Escape to the Country is a real thing 😝 I watch it. We also have ‘A Place in the Sun’ where they find people homes in warmer climes. They are both popular programmes.
Yesterday went well.
Today’s intentions:
📍Clear card stuff off desk. ✔️(I made a Valentine card for DH yesterday)
📍am: Craft Group
📍Latin translation
📍Solid Habits
Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for all those those who need them.
🙋♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.
☘️ Terri
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Feb 14 Express creativity by creating art or cooking a new meal. Something for Joe or T or the dance party tonight? Or maybe my creativity lies in district minutes and playing with spreadsheets
Kylia a case of soda and 10 bags of groceries into a Miata trunk? That wasn’t creative packing, that was opening a door into another dimension.
Lanette interesting about yellow light, even firelight. Another thing to be grateful about our wood burning stove.
Debbie and Ginny, I wasn’t aware of eating anything “sugarless” yesterday but that might account for yesterday’s “accident”. Usually is just a gaseous reaction so I avoid maltitol and other sugar substitutes.
Safe travels, Michele!
Barbie, what Katla said about your music. Thanks for recommending “A Complaint Free World.” Picked it up at the library and zipped through the first few pages in the parking lotcityjaneLondon wrote: »Happy Valentines Day to everyone on this thread.
I LOVE YOU.
And love yourself. You are the most important person in your life. Without you, nothing matters.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Our fool’s spring ended yesterday afternoon when the temp dropped 10 degrees F in 10 minutes. Wimping out on driving to Gold Beach for the casserole-a-thon as the forecast is for wind and up to two inches of snow. I’d be ok in that little snow but not if the wind was as blinding as it was in December.02/13: Move: 1 set PT, line dance class. active mins:251 steps:7518Lighter, lovelies!
Fuel: plants running count for week so far: 15+2+5+1+4+0 = apple, basil, beets-baked+juice, carrot juice, celery juice, corn-kernels and muffin, cucumber, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, lettuce juice, mint jelly, onions, parsley juice, peanut butter, pecans, pepperoncini, popcorn, potatoes, radish, romaine, sauerkraut, spinach juice, tangerines, tea, tomato juice/sauce/chunks in soup and chili, watercress juice, wheat (English muffin/pizza crust/rigatoni/sourdough). CI<CO=147
Live: Joe, readings, BP, draft minutes completed but not sent pending president’s feedback, draft ODOT letter and training statement completed and sent, library, post office, gas, recycling. Wt: 134.7
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2023: Be of good cheer.
February: Move more, fuel better, live NOW.
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Terri-Thanks for confirmation! It is one one of the unique channels on Hulu (DABL). I like seeing the houses in different countries and what they consider the norm. In the US we are spoiled with house sizes in many ways.
KarenI love those pictures of LillyBell and Rory. My son wasn't too put off by his brother-he was disappointed he couldn't play. My oldest grandson had to welcome twin brothers! My Granddaughter took well to her brother when born. Her nose got a bit out of joint when his medical condition early on took alot of mom and dad's attention but it seems to have worked out-they alternate between loving each other to pieces and fighting like cats and dogs.
Today is scheduled work from home. Have hair appointment at 10. Was thinking of going into office after that but may try to stay here-less distraction.
Happy Valentine's Day,
Ginny in Ohio3 -
Yes, Ginny, as Terri says, Escape to the Country is on most days, in the afternoon. I used to watch it often, but rarely now, as I escaped from the country. No desire to go back!
I do record A Place in the Sun, and we watch it to fill in an hour with nothing much on in the evening. By whizzing through the adverts it comes out at less than 45 mins. We try to only watch the more interesting places and delete most of the Spanish Costas, unless it is our favourite presenters. One of them, Johnny Irvine, is terminally ill now with awful cancer. I have been watching him for years. He also presents Escape to the Country. I rarely watch commercial stations without recording them, as I hate adverts. Vera and Midsomer Murders are ones I always record.
Love and hugs to all. Let us remember those we love today, dead or alive, family and friends. Love is a verb, a doing word.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Good morning. I’m off out to Craft Group shortly so just a quick fly by.
Ginny: Escape to the Country is a real thing 😝 I watch it. We also have ‘A Place in the Sun’ where they find people homes in warmer climes. They are both popular programmes.
Yesterday went well.
Today’s intentions:
📍Clear card stuff off desk. ✔️(I made a Valentine card for DH yesterday)
📍am: Craft Group
📍Latin translation
📍Solid Habits
Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for all those those who need them.
🙋♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.
☘️ Terri
And there's also 'I Escaped to the Country' to touch base with those who bought houses on 'Escape to the Country'.
Aled Jones was one of the real estate people on 'Escape to the Country' some time ago, and I recently found out that he sings. People here in Australia have informed me that he has been a singer for decades.
I like watching 'Escape to the Country' etc. later in the evenings on weekends. It's relaxing.Heather-I have to ask-there is a home buying program here called "Escape to the Country." It's about looking for houses in the English country side. Is it actually a show in the UK-or just something to amuse us on this side of the pond? I do like seeing the different homes.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
Are the house hunting shows we've seen when we've been to North America somewhat real-ish?
We've seen ones where Americans go to another country to find a house and they have to choose between 3 places.
I've also seen a few episodes of one with a couple who have a bunch of kids ... she's got long black hair and he's blonde. They flip houses, take care of the kids and she bakes stuff. In one show she set up a bakery while they flipped a house???
I really like the UK Escape to the Country, but I wouldn't mind a few more house shows.
Machka in Oz
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Happy Valentines 💝 day ladies- love you one and all..
Babies
Well my mom had a miscarriage after me and they applied for adoption Nov 1st 1964 and got my brother Nov 30th 1964 ,
I was 4 and spoiled.. i wasn't to pleased ,they put him in my room and i would go over and shake his crib and get him screaming and run back to my bed to pretend to sleep.
Or i would get into the crib and bite his ear.. I was a little B. And we fought like cats and dogs most of our life until we grew up lol...
Ahh well such as life.. as of right now other than my kids he is all I have.. the big goofball!!6 -
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Only if you're interested in doing something like this as we go along ...
Feel Good Feb and/or Exercising the Alphabet in FebruaryFeel Good Feb
https://www.actbelongcommit.org.au/programs-initiatives/feelgood-feb/
Exercising the Alphabet in February
In other words, on February 1, you'd walk to a street that starts with A or do an exercise video hosted by someone whose name starts with A or something ... A.
On February 2, you'd go swimming at a Beach or play a game of Baseball or something ... B.
On February 3, you'd go Cycling or Climb some stairs or something ... C.
and so on.
There are, of course, 26 letters in the alphabet and 28 days in February, so you'd have 2 free days if you didn't exercise those days or couldn't fit in the next letter of the alphabet.I have listed several January highlights so that meets the calendar suggestion for February 1...
And I walked to the Asian "dollar store" next to the Asian grocers and bought Art supplies at lunch today. That'll be my A.
Put myself in someone else's shoes --- I've been treating my difficult work colleague with kindness by talking to her about her son, complimenting her skirt, talking quietly and gently to her and so on.
And today, I walked to Bathurst Street to Buy some Books. I also climbed stairs in my Building.
Watch a movie that reminds me of kindness --- probably not tonight!
C is for Climbing and walking on Collins St!
Take a picture of three things that make you happy --
D is for exercising Downstairs!
Rowing - 16 minutes
Walking - 38 minutes
Weights - 10 minutes
Be kind to yourself -- Sleep, gardening and cycling!
E is for Exercising!
Plus we cycled on Endeavour Ave and the Esplanade.
Start a conversation with someone new --- I'm not the sort to strike up random conversations, or conversations at all. But I did chat with a person I met recently and one I haven't seen in a few months today.
And ... F!
Consider a current struggle. Write down two thoughts that bring you comfort.
Hmmm ... A current struggle, like only one? Let's go with waiting. I feel like I spend most of my life waiting.
And a walk to the botanical Gardens through the rose Garden!
Consider and celebrate diversity! Does that include people who look at things completely differently than you do? If so ... woohoo! I've had that opportunity today!
H is for Hobart - walking around. And Hanging clothes outside.
Identify a role model who embodies perseverance and find 2 ways to emulate them.
Well, I don't have role models ... and I've persevered as much or possibly even more than many people I know.
However, today was brought to you by the letter I. I did walk by and around IMAS (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies).
Check an item off your to do list this weekend!
YES! I tidied a shelf in the kitchen. I've been meaning to do that for months but finally did it today. There was a large quantity of rubbish on that shelf ... more than I thought. So, much of the cleaning process was just throwing things out.
I've also been dusting our entertainment unit and all the stuff on it.
And I went outside and tidied the area right in front of our front door which involved moving a whole bunch of pots and other garden things to a different location and then sweeping out a year's worth of leaves and stuff. I climbed up and down and up and down stairs doing that.
This evening I made an attempt at digging the area I want to plant things next to my dry stream. I got a new spade which is great, but even so, there are so many roots, I'll need to use something else to break it up.
Just getting rid of Junk and Jabbing the Soil
Make twice as much for dinner and either invite guests or deliver a meal to a friend ...
We're actually doing that sort of dinner thing on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, all my exercise was in K ... Kingborough today!
Cycling:
Heaving a heavy mattock in the garden:
And walking our Kitty, Rhody.
Make a list for the week ahead so you stay focused.
I have one massive ongoing things to do list with the most urgent things at the top.
L
Walking exercised my Legs.
Gardening exercised all my Limbs!
Consider a recent disagreement. Did you extend forgiveness?
Yes.
I don't like being at odds with people.
M
Meandering around Bunnings.
Moving the Mattock.
Express creativity! I finished another version of my Project Plan!! That's as creative as I had a chance to be today.
N = Nowhere
I walked the stairs to nowhere and the road to nowhere.
Machka in Oz
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