WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2023

Morning, afternoon and evening, all,

Katla - Hope the turbulent weather in Illinois didn't affect you or your husband and family... We had the southernmost tip of that weather system finish up with us just a few minutes ago--I woke up to rumbling thunder, and Egg came in shortly after complaining and wet.

Heather - I can see how that would be triggering, yes--when I lived there, I had the same feelings about Jimmy Saville, but of course, all that didn't go public until he was dead. I couldn't stand watching him on the telly, and never really knew why. Those instincts go deep. Glad your meeting was enjoyable...

Annie - Love seeing your challenge progress, well done!

Had to get my good laptop out this morning. Unfortunately, the older one that I use most of the time has hung at 98% of an update. Because I use cloud storage and have the browsers linked, I haven't lost anything, I'm just trying to figure out if the older one is salvageable. I got a great deal on this one more than five years ago, and used it in the office while I used the older one in the living room. I had forgotten how fast this one is. Whee! Fun. Unfortunately, now it wants to start an update, and I'm a little worried about it. Hope it doesn't crash this one, too.

Working on a new bread recipe, very simple, just flour, yeast, salt and warm water. Long rise time (8 hours) and then baked in a dutch oven. I have my doubts, but have lost very little if it doesn't work. Corey's dinner request is pizza, so I'll pull some ground beef out to thaw the next time I go in the kitchen, and a packet of pepperoni/salami. We buy in bulk and then freeze in amounts to make pizza. Works out well.

Off to the races, kids. Fingers crossed this one survives the update. It should - it's on Windows 11.

Later,
Lisa in AR

Allie - hope the test is easy and the results are good. Thinking about you, dear heart.

Well, this laptop made it through the updates, and the other is still hung. Fortunate that I had a backup. Now I'll have to keep an eye out for another backup! A first world statement if there ever was. Might wait until the Black Friday sales in November.

Time to go rustle up some breakfast.

Later,
Lisa in AR

I had a good time horseback riding today. It was a relaxed lesson due to the heat, but now I am all sweaty. Sometimes I eat ice cream afterwards, but I am close to the end of my sister challenge, so I am up in my room resisting. What I really need is water, right?

I planned on soup tonight for my parents, but I might change it to tuna salad sandwiches. Much cooler. I already had my usual mango smoothie and boiled chicken. I have had plenty to eat today.

Annie in Delaware

Allie, sounds like you had quite the adventure! Well done on the yes to the study and scoring the $100 Visa!
Annie, don't beat yourself up over some fresh fruit and a bit of pie! You've been doing very well!
Beth, sure hope you get some answers a out your son's migraines! That whole seizure thing sounded pretty terrifying 😳
With the grands again today, two playgrounds and Walmart! The second playground was quite nice, it's at the local rec centre and well away from traffic so that made it much more pleasant. At their house now, their dad should be home shortly, then I get to go home and figure out something for dinner. I'm really getting tired of all of this adulting stuff.... sigh.
Hugs for those who need them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to any new gals!

Evelyn, Vancouver Island

Heather: Congratulations to Max! It is exciting!

Allie: Glad yo got through the tests! Miles continues to be as good looking and cute as ever! I am glad he is adjusting to day care!

Katla: I am pleased your husband is able to do physical therapy and is getting stronger.

I haven't taken notes, but have been reading along!

Today I went out to breakfast with a friend and another lady sat down and joined us. As we were leaving I couldn't find my keys. My friend had to drive me home to get the back up key to the car. Thankfully I had an extra house key in my pocketbook!

I tried going to a hardware store to get a copy of the key. No luck. I went to the dealer's and paid 280.00 dollars for a key.

Then I receive a call from my gym. The other lady that was with us didn't know how to reach me but the badge for the gym was on the key ring. She had put my keys in her pocket by mistake.

The gym took the keys from her and I will go by there tomorrow to pick them up. This certainly changed my plans for today! But at least the mystery of the missing keys was resolved!

Best,
Rosemarie from Georgia

Good evening ladies!

Allie - what a day, lady! Glad it's over, sorry to hear about the "leak". So nice you'll have a chance to participate in the study and $100 always comes in handy. Nice that Miles seems to be adjusting to daycare and its all working out well.

Rebecca - Athena's haircut is adorable. Boy it seems like she grew up fast. Your soup looked great! Sorry to see that leak in the kitchen, the landlord might be facing a huge repair job if it's not tended to quickly. How are your sisters doing? Communicating again?

Lisa - glad the computer update was OK on your other computer. I'm still on Windows 10 and so far it hasn't seemed to mess anything up on my laptop but I'm always apprehensive. Every now and then McAfee does a "clean up your cookies" task and it takes me a long time to rebuild things. Luckily I have everything saved as bookmarks - there was a time I wasn't that smart.

Heather - good job Max! What an accomplishment. It's been so much fun seeing him and the girls grow up in this group.

Car update - I took the Subaru in yesterday at 8:30, the service tech said it would take a couple hours to go through it. So I figured it would be done after lunch. I waited and waited for the phone to ring, it never did and finally called at 4:50 (shame on me for waiting so long) and left a message. I wanted to know the status. I called back at 4:59 and the phone had already switched over to "we are closed for the day, leave a message." Boy, did I, lol.

So I called at around 8:15 this morning, got the service tech and asked him what was up around there. He apologized half a dozen times, said the car was ready to go, it was in good shape except for that small head gasket leak which I knew about, and they will keep track of and sent the shuttle car right out to pick me up. I'm supposed to drive it for 100 miles then take it back in, they'll check for any new leakage and put in a new water pump, timing belt and a couple other belts. I'm feeling pretty good about it.

Drums going to auction: When I got home from the car shop, I got busy in the shop sorting and cleaning up the drums and equipment the auction house guys will pick up tomorrow. It went really well except I'm allergic to dust so paying the price right now. Once the drums and guitars are out of the office part I can keep that room dusted and vacuumed. Hopefully it will be my "exercise room" this fall and winter.

Romance: I messaged my BFF this morning and asked her if she knew how our running/hiking friend met Mr. Right. She said she thought it was on an internet hiking group. OK, that makes sense and was a good idea.

Then BFF said she knows a guy she thinks I'd like. He's super nice, older than me (nearly 80!) has great kids, and has Parkinsons. I joked around with her about it and then it struck me - I am perfectly content right now being alone and being 100% in charge of my space and time. No one knocking on the door to "visit" or me to hop in a car for a meal. No one calling me on the phone and expecting me to chit chat when I really want to be out with the chickens, lol. The fact that Bill has Parkinson's isn't an issue, it's having control as I mentioned. I don't even think I'd make an exception for a young Sean Connery, lol. OK he can get a hug on the porch then scram.

Besides, I've got it made. Roger is a phone call away to help with the chicken coop and weed my driveway. John on the west side of me trims the trees hanging on my side so I can mow then tosses the branches onto his side so his yard guy can pick them up. JB on the east side calls me every couple weeks when he's making a run to the filling station for gas and asks if I need any.

BFF's husband brings me firewood. Who can ask for more, at least right now? I might change my mind in the future. Roger's wife brought me a cute sign to hang by the chicken coop, she said they went shopping in Poulsbo and had to get it for me:
That sums it up.

Hot weather coming the next few days. I've been watching "Alone" on Roku TV History Channel. Watching these folks freezing their buns off in the Arctic makes me feel cooler already.

Have a great evening!

Lanette
SW WA State

Went to the ceramics studio yesterday. This was the last day it was open and Vince needed to pick up his tree trunk. I was pessimistic that the city would ever reopen it, but it seems that 3 people have applied so hopefully, it’ll be open by November. Michelle (who ran it) is thinking more like the end of October. As long as it’s open, to me that’s what’s important. She was crying all week. Don’t know how she’s going to like working from home. She’s so much of a “people” person.

Getting ready for the pool party. Steve came here. He was originally supposed to be here tomorrow but he came early (was he maybe lonely????). Got rib eye (since I know Steve likes it) for dinner tomorrow but I’ll probably just have a vege burger.

Found out that Jerry did say that he didn’t have a phone. Seems his sister (who is his payee) didn’t pay the phone bill. I don’t know why. People say that she uses his money for herself. I don’t know

Tracey – lovely shirts. A friend had one that said “only special dads get promoted to grandpa” Love that Michaela is so creative. I don’t know if I could do as well as she does

Unfortunately, the weather doesn’t look all that great for Saturday. Evening thunderstorms with a 48% chance of rain. Hope the PM thunderstorms means late in the PM

Heather – congrats to Max!

Rebecca – Athena looks so grown up

Found out that the lady is charge of the volunteers at the soup kitchen is retiring at the end of July. They’ve asked to bring any gifts. I got her a candle set at Sam’s (so I could use my Sam’s cash and it was basically free), got a card at the dollar store, now have to get wrapping paper

Allie – good luck on your test. Congrats on getting the $100

Rosemarie – so glad you found your keys

Was raining so didn’t get my walk in. I was thinking about walking down to Dollar General, but I heard the thunder and didn’t want to chance it. Glad I didn’t because when I got home, it started to really rain.

Michele NC

I haven’t been on for a few days so I’ll have to get reading this weekend. So tired these days. I’m so glad tomorrow is Friday. Work is picking up with prep for staff to return and then the students. Lots of planning, schedules, interviews/hiring. Mentally tired and I’ve only been back from vacation for 8 days! 🤣 Next Tuesday I have my physical and get my labs done and hoping my
Lipids are better and my HgbA1C remains stable. Since I was seen on 3/1 my lipids were elevated mildly and my HgbA1C was good but I had been gaining weight and eating poorly. Since 3/1 I’ve lost 30.8# and while I’m not depriving myself of the foods I like, my portion control is much better, and I eat better in general. I’ve been walking in spite of my hip bursitis which gets better then worse. So hoping my work pays off and my provider is happy. My next weight loss goal is 24.2# away and I’m going to keep aiming for 8000 steps per day. I’ve done well with getting 7000 steps
a day most days so I’ll take it up a notch.
happy Friday to all of you.
LeeAnne in NY

Good morning dear friends. Our weather has reverted to our normal summer, showery periods with hot sunny periods in between. The rain is what make Ireland the Emerald Isle 😝

Heather: Enjoy your trip to the big city.
Rebecca: Athena looks very grown up.
Annie: A kiwi and a bite of pie won’t derail your efforts. You have been doing grand. 🥰 🐎
Lisa: Updates are the pits. They always seem to change things you don’t want changed.
Allie: Yay! for $100. Hope the scan results are good. Miles is adapting well if he’s chowing down 😝

I’m settled into my summer routine. Getting my exercise in early and dodging the showers to work in the garden. Fortunately, I have plenty to keep me busy indoors.

The Hogwarts Relay is going well. I’m eating some unusual things. So far we have visited (virtually) Burkina Faso. Brazil, France, Bulgaria, India, Japan, China. We have Norway and USA still to visit.


🤗 🤗 🤗 and 🙏 🙏 🙏

Welcome to our new ladies.

☘️ Terri