WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2023

LisaInArkansas · July 2023

Barbara AHMOD - Well done! I haven't been able to bring myself to try on my wedding gown because of that same distribution issue, I'm afraid.

Tracie in WI - I remember you quite well... my first husband was a Packer fan from Milwaukee, so your username stuck in my mind. Welcome back! You and I are both the same age, and I retired at 60 as well, due to health issues... so I've just been treading water these last few years trying to get back. I do have a number of hobbies, but my attention span has been wrecked, so I'm still kind of flailing on that side as well. Writing helps. Glad to see you.

Annie - Thank you, dear.

Allie - Sounds like the little man is settling in fine... glad you're OK, but time to be more careful dear heart!

pipcd34 · July 2023

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Anniesquats100 · July 2023

Lisa I was going to tell you to try a reset on your failing laptop, but realized I never had the guts to try it on my old laptop. So I'm trying it now. I suspect it will revert to Windows 10, where it was happy. It says it will keep my files, but not my apps. So we shall see what's left.

Good luck with yours!

Annie in Delaware

pipcd34 · July 2023

Stat for the day-

Outside bike ride- 2hrs 27min 50sec, 655elev, 65aw, 12.2amph, 118ahr, 143mhr, 30.02mi= 1049c
Strava app= 638c

Whidislander · July 2023

SophieRosieMom wrote: »

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

Yes, and her sweet voice these days. She sent me a voice clip on Messenger.💖. We're friends of Facebook right? You need to hear it.💖🤗. Its hard to know how the owners son from Seattle will approach all the things that need done or will he say F it and try to sell it. So much needs to be done to make it "sellable" though so I know he needs the funds to keep his parents in the assisted living facility back east. The floor underneath is definitely getting hit with some sort of water source. There's waves in the linoleum, and the wood seems softer when you walk on that area of the kitchen. I'm afraid its already a big job. My sisters are pleasantly avoiding each other on any media platform. My eldest sister has her sale this Sat then Fri/Sat/Sun of the week after, so I'm sure she's been busy. The fact that they are almost 2 hours away from each other, and eldest sister said she'd never visit that house again it smelled awful. Then my middle sister doesn't get out of her basement ever or handle long trips well, the chances of those two actually meeting up is slim to none.
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa

SophieRosieMom · July 2023

Rebecca- yes, I'm on Messenger, would love to hear her voice. If I was your landlord I'd at least try to find the source of the leak and stop that. But maybe with crazy housing prices, it doesn't matter if houses need major work. Anyhow, the pitfalls of being a landlord.

Tracie in WI - good ideas here for how to deal with retirement. I had a couple years of retirement before Covid hit and kept busy gardening, lunches with friends, Master Gardener activities - I'd put that in the "hobby" category.

Barbie- what a perfect day to be riding the ferry to Seattle! We used to go to the Olympic peninsula a lot for vacations and day trips, took the ferry and Hood Canal bridge. Great memories, loved taking the ferry ride. Hope your new car is spiffed up and the learning curve easy to navigate. We'll want to see pictures of course.

Barbara and Annie - stellar performances in the weight loss category. Way to go!

Car stuff - this morning I received a detailed inspection report on my Subaru's visit to the shop this week. Photos of the oil leak, where it had dripped, etc. This is part of their normal service. Maybe other shops do it too - I really appreciated it.

Auction stuff - the auction guys (actually guy and young gal) came at 9 and were loaded and out by 9:45. Very organized and efficient. He said musical instruments are "hot" items so we'll see. It's great to see all the room out in the shop now.

The thermometer is heading upward. We'll hit 90 today and tomorrow - it's nothing compared to what some of you gals have been dealing with for weeks. I'm going to resume watching "Alone" in the Arctic.

Stay cool and dry.

Lanette

SW WA State

Anniesquats100 · July 2023

Yay! My old laptop is alive again! So far, so good anyway. Next I need to figure out how to get my writing off of it onto a thumb drive. It will be a process.

Michele and Lanette and Carol
thank you!

Annie in Delaware

FitBee9 · July 2023

Hi all--is it okay to post here? I'm female and over 50, well...over 60 tbh. I joined MFP just a couple of days ago (after a several year lapse), but I saw this group listed and read through a lot of the posts. It seems like a very nice group.

To PackerFanInGB/Tracie: when I retired from the Air Force, I was a little lost, fully knowing that I didn't want to work as an RN anymore. So, I didn't, and my husband and I went travelling a bit, then I found myself taking lessons at a nearby riding school. I started volunteering there a couple times a week mucking, feeding, etc. I've always loved horses! After a while there happened to be an opening for staff, I applied and worked there until about 4 years ago when we moved from Ohio to NC. Long story short, my advice is when you do retire, find out what your passions are--and go for it, even if it's a volunteer thing. It'll make your heart happy.

Barb in NC

Anniesquats100 · July 2023

Welcome FitBee9!

We have a couple of Air Force people and a couple of horse people. I still ride, but it's a very low key ride on very gentle horses. Especially in the heat. The horse I usually ride, Biscuit, is a white draft horse with the most delicate slow trot. I have been in pick-up trucks that bounced more. She is a gem.

Annie in Delaware

FitBee9 · July 2023

Thanks, Annie!

Biscuit sounds like a dream. My favorite at the riding school was a grey Percheron (a draft), called Lena. Loved her to pieces as she was the first horse I cantered on in about a million years, lol. Love that you still ride!

Barb in NC

dlfk202000 · July 2023

auntiebk wrote: »

Today’s gratitude (7/14) waking up to blue skies.
For the first time in decades, weight was below 130 this morning, thanks to Kay’s ReddiWhip instead of honey in my yoghurt and Debbie’s sweet spicy tea instead of my sugar sweetened Lemon Lift. Within 5 lbs of my wedding weight 35 years ago, though sadly not distributed in the same places :{ Imagine it will bounce back up and around but sure helps the monthly average ;}
Debbie, Grocery Outlet had a 4-pack of the organic Good Earth Sweet and Spicy Tea for $8.99, I got the last pack here but there might be more in your area.
Still only to pg 20, have much catching up to do but need to do PT and dog training first.
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2023: Be of good cheer. July: Move more, fuel better (less sugar), live NOW

They should get more of the tea in by the time you need it. They run out then restock, at least round here.
This last time when I went to get it to send to former hubby I couldn't find it and was going to just send the box I had(instead of the 4 boxes) but then found they had moved it from the tea section to the NOSH section.
I make sure to buy another pack when I get down to one box left, just in case I have to find it at a different GO.

Debbie

barbiecat · July 2023

We are headed home from the car dealer with our 2018 Tesla Model 3. We chose the car online and test drove it at the dealer. The dealer is two and a half hours from our house plus the hour long wait for the ferry. I guess everyone else wants to travel to the Olympic Peninsula today

We named the car Papillon🚗

Barbie in NW WA

barbiecat · July 2023

Traci Welcome back. I have been retired for 19 years and I love it. I remember someone telling me that the best favour you could do for yourself in retirement is to create a schedule for your day and your week. That creates a bit of a purpose. Read this thread every day and see what others are doing s o you get some ideas. Take baby steps

Barbie in NW WA

Anniesquats100 · July 2023

Barbie what a beautiful car! Congratulations!

Annie in Delaware

pipcd34 · July 2023

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SophieRosieMom · July 2023

barbiecat wrote: »

We are headed home from the car dealer with our 2018 Tesla Model 3. We chose the car online and test drove it at the dealer. The dealer is two and a half hours from our house plus the hour long wait for the ferry. I guess everyone else wants to travel to the Olympic Peninsula today

We named the car Papillon🚗

Barbie in NW WA

Barbie - You got your red car, and it's a beaut.

Have fun with the new wheels.

Lanette

cityjaneLondon · July 2023

Home after a long day. Phew! I think DSIL was pleased with her celebration.
More tomorrow. Knackered!

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

LisaInArkansas · July 2023

PackerFanInGB · July 2023

dlfk202000 · July 2023

looks like I might be getting my semi-retired a bit sooner than expected.
I have been wanting to talk to Ezie's mom about cutting back to two days a week, starting the first of Oct. She has been running late each day this week and just dropping and running.
Today she came in and said that beings her step dad isn't working that her mom has asked for her to start paying rent(which she should have been doing all along) AND wants her to not bring Ezie here three of the four days so she won't have to pay me the $100 a week.(beings her mom wants $300 a month). Her mom wants Sabrina to just bring Ezie here on Fridays AND leave her here an hour longer.
I told her I want to cut back to two days a week- watching her Thursday and Fridays. I will not do it just one day a week. Not worth it to me. She is usually off on Thursdays so I told her to see if she can change her day off. Now she says that it is grandma that wants to change things so she should be the one to talk to me. Her mom just told her late last night that she needs to start paying.
She hasn't said when the change is supposed to happen.
If she doesn't want to do the two days, She can find someone else to watch her.
Yes, I could do one day a week but I want it on my terms, not theirs.
I know they will want to just use me on the one day a week then when step grandpa starts working again, will want to bring her back like nothing happened. Not going to be used like that.
On top of that- Step grandpa(dh's friend) was texting dh, talking about not having money, getting turned down for unemployment, hinting that he really needed money.
Not going to give him money when he could be working on top of us loosing money if they pull Ezie. DH feels that it would not be a loan. We have been burnt by too many of his friends that say they will pay back but most don't and if they do, it takes years to get it back with us mentioning it over and over.

Debbie

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