WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2023
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My exercising is going to put on hold until I doctor tomorrow. DH and I are going for routing physicals, but since I started exercising, this week I have developed tendinitis in my right elbow, and left knee. I’ve always had problems with these two spot. Already had tennis elbow surgery on right arm. No aches in January, but February, has re-activated my problem spots. I’m sad as I was doing so good with the walking 7000 plus steps a day, yoga 3X a week and weights 2x a week. I will continue the yoga and cut out the walking to between 5000 and 7000 a day to compensate. I even bought New Balance walking shoes to help with the walking. I’ll update you all after the appointment tomorrow. It is at 10:00 am so not sure if I will post before the appointment.
Have a great day ladies! No matter your situation or problems, YOU make the day great!
Rita7 -
Feb 16 The next time someone does something you appreciate, let them know. Joe fixing reading lamp, bringing down and putting things up in cabinets that are out of my reach.
Strolled with Joe and the dogs to the mailbox again yesterday morning. Two days in a row! Less windy, still chill, more pleasant, Joe was waiting for me to leave for line dance class to take the dogs by himself. Told him it was more important to walk with him than to be on time for dance class. Plenty of time to get to the second/intermediate hour. Think he was gratified that he came first for a change… ;}
Heather C.S. Lewis referred to “gold meat” in this morning’s reading. Googling brings up gold wrapped meat (insert disgusted rage here) but I don’t think that’s what he means. Could you enlighten me? Here’s the excerpt“The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by “the veil of familiarity”. The child enjoys his gold meat (otherwise dull to him) by pretending it is buffalo, just killed with his own bow and arrow. And the child is wise. The real meat comes back to him more savoury for having been dipped in a story; you might say that only then is it the real meat. If you are tired of the real landscape, look at it in a mirror. By putting bread, gold, horse, apple, or the very roads into a myth, we do not retreat from reality: we rediscover it. As long as the story lingers in our mind, the real things are more themselves. “your cards, especially the one on the dark blue, and Snuffles! Johnny is a prince to sacrifice his painting time for the difficult cardboard cutting.
Margaret “glare ice” new term to me, but very descriptive. Hope your arm pain eases soon. Brava for vit D levels, hard to do in the cold and dark north, glad you got an rx.
Debbie and pip :noway: ((hugs))
Rita that is an impressive a1C improvement. Brava! Don’t think I could sustain the Cleveland diet, period. Love my New Balance waterproof hiking boots, though you may not need the waterproof part where you are Would you consider PT for your elbow and knee? I’m a huge fan. Do my exercises and I can dance and walk downhill. When I don’t is when it all goes to pot.
Allie fingers X’d the dentist is gentle.
Katla how long will your Son be in town to visit?
Karen, what Beth said. Hope the next conversation is in a quieter place, and your son shifts to wanting to hear you.
Beth hope the aides “get the picture” Fingers X’d the testing is productive and the side effects fade immediately.
Carol prayers for benign results. Grateful nothing worse found.
Hormone therapy, had to pass as I was an ex-smoker who was on the pill way too long and both bio mom and half sis had 2 kinds of breast cancer each. Hot flashes didn’t bother me much (I’m too cold most of the time ) but that meant Joe and my co-workers had to put up with the “Decade of Anger.” So grateful that’s long past.
Like Michele, thinking about a Lenten discipline. Considering a fast from computer games, thanks to Vicki’s inspiration. Time to get up off from my butt.02/15: Move: 3 sets PT with dumbbells, mailbox stroll with Joe and the dogs, line dance class, active mins:229 steps:8127
Fuel: plants running count for week so far: 8 =avocado, beets, cucumber, olive oil, pecans, pomelo, romaine, wheat-sourdough. CI<CO=145
Live: Joe, readings, BP, fruit prep, ordered threader floss, post office, Grocery Outlet. Wt: 136.0
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2023: Be of good cheer.
February: Move more, fuel better, live NOW.4 -
Barbara and Rita - Bea is 6, soon to be 7. I don't know if I am biased, but I think she is amazing! She knew exactly what she wanted and gave DH all the orders, dimensions, etc. All the parts! I really thought it was all going to be a disaster. We just had a pile of parts! She knew the nunbers of bits she wanted. She was very exacting. I think she got the shape from Minecraft. DH's biggest input was on how to fit the head to the body. Once he said it, she immediately agreed.
I think she might have inherited some genes from her grandfather, my ex, who was a Design Engineer, teaching at Imperial and the RCA. He could mend, fit, make, see, anything! I am in awe of those kinds of brains!
I said to her, 'Perhaps it might be good to draw a design first'. She said 'I don't have to draw it, I can see it in my head'.Of course, DH is her willing slave!
Barbara- I also like the blue one, which was a kind of rescued accident! But I will be lunching with my friends and think the cards have to be similar. I'm tempted to fiddle with the daffodil one, but I might make it worse. I know she loves daffodils.
Hoping Max is still well tomorrow. I want a bit of free time to prepare for our visitors. DH and he like going to the fish restaurant. They both enjoy a 1 to 1.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
In the afternoon, after he had been fruit and vegetable shopping, DH sat down and painted this. He was very happy with it as he got the water right for the first time. He was copying a postcard. V good effort!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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I’m looking forward for a visit from our son in the near future. Meanwhile I spend as much time with DH as I can. ❤️4
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1077 calories eaten today so far, with more valentine's day chocolate due tonight. I have a bit of a headache from the rain. So we shall see if I stick to my diet or not. I still have horseback riding and dumbbells to do, too.
I can have one piece of chocolate and still have a 300 calorie deficit. The question is whether I can have just one?
Annie in Delaware3 -
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Whidislander wrote: »Good morning ladies!
Today is shopping day after I have an X-Ray done on hands. I want to hopefully find rice paper sheets and want to create a shrimp, avocado, cucumber rice roll. I like the fact that after you moisten the rice paper it becomes see through, so you can see all the stuff in your roll. Thought it was pretty in the recipe.
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa
Hope you find them. Most stores around here carry them now. If you can get daikon, add that too(pickled carrots and daikon that are shredded are great in them too.)1 -
Off today so did a little shopping(of course, we always do), picked up banh mi sandwiches on our way home. Haven't had one in a long time. Our favorite place closed down. This other place is ok but almost twice the price for the same size sandwich.
Heading out to start pruning. First to do is my nectarine tree. Need it pruned and sprayed before it buds out. Then the raspberries then the roses. Won't get it all done today but will start. Cold so not sure how long I will stay out.
Debbie
Napa Valley,Ca1 -
Lisa- hope your hanging in there.. I think Spring is trying to Spring early because im sneezing my fool head off.. well it will be a Nyquil night...2
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Katla--Hope you have a nice visit with son.
Margaret--Hope you are feeling better. Falling is one thing I am so afraid of with the snow and ice.
Karen--I must of missed something. Did you ex change his mind about being with you when you talked to DS> I agree as it sounds like he has already has made up his mind. We have the same problem with DH's oldest daughter. Her mom has filled her with so many lies and she doesn't want to even consider that there is another side.
Beth--Pray you get positive news about your hearing tests.
Still feeling off. Doctor called on Tuesday and said they scheduled me for a CT scan of my lungs for Wednesday. Took me by surprise. It was a follow up from last August when they found a spot on my lung. Anyway I had the scan and doctor called and said it was stable. So they will repeat the scan in 6 months and keep doing that for 2 years.
We went to a couple from church and our CMA group wedding on Valentines day. It was nice and simple.
Now it is snowing and has been since Tuesday evening. Gotta love winter weather.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE7 -
(((hugs))) to those who need them.
16-The next time someone does something you appreciate, be sure you let them know... try to do that every time.
Love and Blessings, Carla, in MN3 -
Barbara - I don't know the context of gold meat, but it sounds something like making the ordinary into something extraordinary through story and myth. We can all transform the everyday by seeing it differently.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
Heather-I love how you and Johnny really "play" with your grandkids. You don't just babysit. I love your cards. I wish I had some artistic talent.
Margaret-Glad you're feeling better.
Karen-Sorry you didn't have a better convo with your son. Maybe meet in a coffee shop next time?
Carol-Crossing fingers for your DH.
Pants-I don't own a pair of leggings. I have a couple of legging-type pants for running and workouts, but I don't have leggings that I wear "out." I think I look too bowling-pin-like for that.
Betsy-I found the Panama Canal fascinating, but the time it took for the ships to get through the locks was painfully slow.
Vicki-Glad the spot is stable. I think I would quietly freak out either way.
Annie-Take the one piece of chocolate and go sit down. You're less likely to get back up for another one. At least I am.
I may have made some progress on my feet issue. I should know in another week what it likely was.
Have a great weekend.
Tina in CA (where it's really windy)5 -
Stats for the day-
Walk w/family- 1hr 59min 30sec, 74elev, 2.97ap, 89ahr, 106mhr, 6.05mi= 598c
Strava app= 741c
Walk home to gym- 10.33min, .52mi= 54c
Strava app= 64c
Treadmill jog- 21.04min, *slow jog* 5.5sp, last .5mi up to 6.5sp, 138ahr, 170mhr, 10.32min mi, 2mi= 240c
Walk gym to store then home- 27.45min, 1.60mi= 185c
Strava app= 196c
First jog in a long time, did a slow jog.
Total cal 1077
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Anniesquats100 wrote: »1077 calories eaten today so far, with more valentine's day chocolate due tonight. I have a bit of a headache from the rain. So we shall see if I stick to my diet or not. I still have horseback riding and dumbbells to do, too.
I can have one piece of chocolate and still have a 300 calorie deficit. The question is whether I can have just one?
Annie in Delaware
It just so happens that was my calorie burn total today.1 -
Today's lunch was fun to make. Vietnamese rice paper rolls. All you have to do is wet the rice paper, fill and roll. I put slices of avocado, cooked shrimp tossed in Old Bay and Everything bagels seasoning, fridge pickled cucumbers and some salmon cream cheese. I made a soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, and sesame seeds dipping sauce. I didn't take a photo of mine, I just stole one that looks like mine, but without the everything bagel seasoning on the shrimp.
I treated myself with a nice Limoncello liquor. I have heard about limoncello, but have never tried. Its strong stuff!
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa7 -
got a lot of pruning done- 6 of the 12 roses are done, the nectarine is done and sprayed plus some of the wine barrel planters are weeded. Both yard waste containers are full with another pile to go in(dh pruned one of the ornamental trees, really pruned it, that is ok, not a fan of it anyways). I will finish the roses Saturday and hopefully repot my dwarf lemon tree. The wine barrel it is in is falling apart and dries out too fast during the summer because of it. Neighbor gave me the drum from inside of their old washer. I can put the drum over the lemon tree without disturbing the roots.
Almost an hour and a half. Could finish but then I would have to move the prunings twice.
Time for a little break then get dinner started
Debbie2 -
A friend brought chilled limoncello to the beach in a thermos once. Now it always makes me think of that trip.
Well I had three pieces of chocolate so far, and I still have 100 calories of deficit. Not too bad. But it's not gone yet. And I still have my dumbbells to do.2 -
Whidislander wrote: »Today's lunch was fun to make. Vietnamese rice paper rolls. All you have to do is wet the rice paper, fill and roll. I put slices of avocado, cooked shrimp tossed in Old Bay and Everything bagels seasoning, fridge pickled cucumbers and some salmon cream cheese. I made a soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, and sesame seeds dipping sauce. I didn't take a photo of mine, I just stole one that looks like mine, but without the everything bagel seasoning on the shrimp.
I treated myself with a nice Limoncello liquor. I have heard about limoncello, but have never tried. Its strong stuff!
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa
I had lemoncello for the first time on our last cruise. They made it on the ship. They served it in these cute little glasses that we could buy. It is STRONG.3
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