WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2023
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Got a new to us bike rack from OfferUp. $50.
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Good afternoon ladies-
This morning I put together 2 more pints of Vitamin "G" - fermented honey & garlic. The fermented part will take place over the next few weeks.
The pint on the left is a year old, the pint on the right is today's. Supposed to be a potent immunity booster, cough syrup, throat soother, you name it. The aged garlic is very mild.
Here's a link if anyone feels like putting some together:
He talks about putting onions and garlic and honey together, I'm going to see what I can find on this.
Lanette
SW WA State
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Joy - I'm so sorry about your cat.
Lanette - I went outside my comfort zone enough to eat green onions and fresh basil in the three-cup chicken, but I'm not quite sure I'm ready for garlic and honey! My mama used to take one of the big, honking peppermint sticks and dissolve it in a partial bottle of Crown Royal whisky for the winter coughs and colds, and it was quite effective.
Kylia - I have to admit, I thought the same as Heather. What are you waiting for? The stresses you have now with your working situation seem like they are part of of, if not actually causing your health issues. Is there a way to just go ahead and go? Watching Tracey find her happiness again now that she's out of her working situation that was making her ill made me remember I "retired" three years earlier than planned because I was ill as well. I never regretted walking away. It's a risk, without doubt, but has been well worth it so far.
Katiebug - If you're wondering why I haven't posted about the spin mop, it's because it was delivered three days late, and I still haven't tried it! I have plans to pull up the rugs in the exercise room tomorrow and give the mop a test drive, though... I am reasonably happy with the new vacuum. It was charged up and usable after my shower, and worked as advertised. Do have to empty it frequently, but it picked up the cat hair and schmutz with no issues, and the emptying is very easy.
It's funny to me that, at this late stage, I've become domesticated. 👀I always did as little as possible for as long as possible in terms of housework, but I find myself actually enjoying the whole process these days. Possibly because I have time to think about it now, and am not always doing it just to get it done so I can get to something else.
I also send up regular apologies to my mother, who loved the gardening that I'm doing on a regular basis these days. She was always happiest in the yard, and I never understood that urge. I actually enjoy it now, and I would have replied that you were a bald-faced liar if you told me ten years ago that I would love weeding a flower bed someday.
Time to go put some leftovers together for some dinner.
Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa7 -
Evening ladies
Well i booked 2 resort day passes for Aruba and Curasuo(sp) that i can handle..will see what i can find in Bonaire
.no day passes there
Carmine was supposed to walk to the bus stop this morning, which she didn't, she skipped school and went to Seth's.
Tracy just got off the phone with Karen Seth's mom and Carmine will be staying up there for a little while
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SophieRosieMom wrote: »Good morning ladies,
Got my morning walk in and then spent a lot of time down a rabbit hole watching an interview with James Nestor, author of "Breath", which some of us have read.
We've been discussing "The Blue Zones" and longevity. Nestor maintains one of the biggest keys to longevity is lung capacity, and just focusing on diet alone doesn't do it.
Which makes me wonder - Blue Zone's researcher Dan Buettner stresses diet, for sure, but also activity, like the sustained activity doing things outside, like walking long distances or doing physical labor like gardening, for example, which folks in the Blue Zones are doing. Activity our ancestors did for centuries. Is the secret to more activity and the positive effect on longevity actually due the increased lung functon it creates which benefits not only our circulatory systems, but other health and brain benefits we didn't realize were also positively impacted by proper nasal breathing?
If I'm sitting hunched over a laptop or in front of the TV for hours on end, then walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes or do a 20 minute walking video, does that spurt of exercise make up for my restricted breathing caused by sitting with bad posture for most of the rest of the day?
Or is it really better to be active more, all day long, (at least 10 minutes of standing movement for every hour of sitting or whatever the recommendation is) and use our lungs more?
The interview also goes into nasal breathing (our noses amp up nitric oxide which is a virus and bacteria killer, humming multiplies the effect) and stopping mouth breathing at night which contributes to sleep apnea, reduced sleep quality according to the research Nestor presents.
Anyhow, he covers LOTS more. Here's a link to the video:
And a link to Nestor's website - I focused on the bibliography page which cites research findings and more videos.
https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/bibliography
Lanette
SW WA State
10 years ago, I started with my organisation and an ergonomic assessor set me up at my desk. She went through a bunch of questions including one about how much I exercised daily. About 1 hour a day, I told her, and more on weekends.
Then she asked how much time I spent sitting.
Pretty much the rest of the time when I wasn't sleeping.
Then she told me about how that isn't healthy ... and I did more research on it too.
What's healthier is to keep active.
So I walk as part of my commute. I take the stairs in the morning and at lunch and other times throughout the day. I walk at lunch. I walk as part of my commute going home. I walk Rhody after work. And I get up during the evening and walk around the house.
I would put exercise at the top of the list for healthy aging. Exercise keeps you mobile and able to do things. It is great for stress relief and mental health. It aids the digestive system. So many benefits to exercise.
I also love my sit-stand desk and will stand for an hour or two each day.
M in Oz3 -
Tracey Actually it wasn't somber at all. I am relaxed. Still doing some work, but on my own timeliness. Otherwise I too will be paying the piper.
Allie I love the flowers.
Joy Sorry for the loss of your fur baby. She did have a good life.
Heather UK I know that tomorrow isn't promised. Insurance plays a big part in my decision to keep things status quo for now. I have told SIL and DH that they really need to figure out an exit strategy for the business. ....Also don't believe DH would move this far from Bellbrook. He has lived within 5 miles for the past 55 years. It is my dream which I will hold onto. 😉
Debbie Family drama-hugs! My mother causes us plenty in spite of the fact that we haven't spoken except rare texts in 8 yrs. She uses FB to stir a lot up. Just hugs.
So yesterday was hot and muggy here. We used it as a shopping day. Only 3800 steps but did get in 12 flights of stairs. Can tell we ate too much fried lately. Feet not feeling good in the morning. Had grilled chicken and sweet potato for dinner tonight. Today we walked! Over 12k steps. Still need to climb stairs a few more times. I did get overheated once while walking. Sugar also dropped. We stopped at a store for more water and munchies. I have had 64 oz of water which is double my normal intake. Am sure we will walk more tomorrow. Traffic here has been lighter than normal which surprised me. I hope for businesses sake it picks back up. Big rod run is next weekend, but this one was always big too.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Hugs for all but extra hard ones for those in need!
Many thanks for the advice and life sharing we do.
6. Eat, exercise, bed on Time . Well .....better at that today, though did go to bed an hour early yesterday.
7. Learn to say no.....well....trying. doing better than I have in the past.
Much love,
Kylia enjoying mountain life
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Just keeping busy working and stuff, nothing real exciting. Took Loki to the vet Wed. for blood work. Bought a new grill. The one we have right now works, but it needed a new regulator. Vince found one online and installed it and now it makes a humming noise for about the first 10 minutes you put it on. It’s a Kenmore about 13 years old. Parts will be harder and harder to find. Drove to a city about 45 minutes away to save $300 so it was worth the trip.
Barbie – I’m so sorry Jake hurt his ankle AND his knee. You’ll get thru this, I know. Glad to hear Bodhi is settling in
Rosemary – sorry you have Covid
Carol – sorry to hear this but glad everything got cleared up
I understand Jerry didn’t come in to work Wednesday and today he said to me “they don’t want me to work”. Probably because he had been drinking.
Rebecca – lovely letter “from Santa”
pip – congrats on being debt free
Walked to Food Lion the other day because the gal who wrote a rain check put the full price, not the sale price on it. When I explained this to the gal, she kept insisting that it was right since the sale was still on. Huh? Finally a manager came over and after I explained it to him he said to her “she’s (meaning me) right”. You should have seen the gal take off in a huff. As if to say “the customer can’t be right, I have to be”. The manager said he’d talk to her. Honestly!
When the kids were small, every year the bathroom downstairs (where I hid the presents while I was wrapping them) mysteriously had to be locked for one reason or another – the toilet was leaking, the sink leaked, etc. Then every year miraculously Christmas day the bathroom got “fixed”. Do you know the kids never figured it out until we moved out of that house?
I miss the Y only because of their pool. They are the only ones I know around here who have an olympic size pool. Oh, I forgot, the college has one, but it doesn’t have deep water aerobics classes.
Heather – lovely home they’re building
Rebecca – big congrats on the birth
pip – why is the ride still virtual? I remember they went that way when Covid hit, but it’s not a big thing any more so why are they continuing to have it virtually? Congrats on the new bike rack. Looks real nice
Joy – so sorry about your cat. Our fur babies are such a big part of our lives. Our cat is 15 and has a seizure disorder, an anxiety disorder, and cancer. He’s getting oral chemo, but he seems happy and that’s the important thing
Finished pulling all the weeds around the pool. Next I want to put down this “ground clear” stuff. It kills EVERYTHING and I sure don’t want those weeds growing back until we put down the stones around the pool
Not sure why the pool is still getting algae in it. We cleaned the filters (were they ever dirty!). I’m wondering if we need to change the filters. Vince thinks we need to shock it. Maybe we should do both? Not a bad idea to me.
Walked to Food Lion since they; have cabbage on sale (49 cents/pound). I’ll make coleslaw in case Jess comes here this weekend. Otherwise, we will eat it. On the way home it started to rain. I swear, if we need rain, just have me walk to Food Lion. So many times it starts to rain on my way home.
Soup kitchen tomorrow. You know, I'm very surprised they haven't gotten a lot of donations of zucchini. They just got a big donation of potatoes recently. I can't get over some of the good food those people get. We get WalMart brand bread. They get Wonder bread. Only once in the (about) 13 years that I've been volunteering did I ever see something and say to myself "there's no way I'd put that in my stomach". We get Aldi brand frozen pizza, they get DiGiorno.
Michele NC
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othing real exciting. Took Loki to the vet Wed. for blood work. Bought a new grill. The one we have right now works, but it needed a new regulator. Vince found one online and installed it and now it makes a humming noise for about the first 10 minutes you put it on. It’s a Kenmore about 13 years old. Parts will be harder and harder to find. Drove to a city about 45 minutes away to save $300 so it was worth the trip.
Barbie – I’m so sorry Jake hurt his ankle AND his knee. You’ll get thru this, I know. Glad to hear Bodhi is settling in
Rosemary – sorry you have Covid
Carol – sorry to hear this but glad everything got cleared up
I understand Jerry didn’t come in to work Wednesday and today he said to me “they don’t want me to work”. Probably because he had been drinking.
Rebecca – lovely letter “from Santa”
pip – congrats on being debt free
Walked to Food Lion the other day because the gal who wrote a rain check put the full price, not the sale price on it. When I explained this to the gal, she kept insisting that it was right since the sale was still on. Huh? Finally a manager came over and after I explained it to him he said to her “she’s (meaning me) right”. You should have seen the gal take off in a huff. As if to say “the customer can’t be right, I have to be”. The manager said he’d talk to her. Honestly!
When the kids were small, every year the bathroom downstairs (where I hid the presents while I was wrapping them) mysteriously had to be locked for one reason or another – the toilet was leaking, the sink leaked, etc. Then every year miraculously Christmas day the bathroom got “fixed”. Do you know the kids never figured it out until we moved out of that house?
I miss the Y only because of their pool. They are the only ones I know around here who have an olympic size pool. Oh, I forgot, the college has one, but it doesn’t have deep water aerobics classes.
Heather – lovely home they’re building
Rebecca – big congrats on the birth
pip – why is the ride still virtual? I remember they went that way when Covid hit, but it’s not a big thing any more so why are they continuing to have it virtually? Congrats on the new bike rack. Looks real nice
Joy – so sorry about your cat. Our fur babies are such a big part of our lives. Our cat is 15 and has a seizure disorder, an anxiety disorder, and cancer. He’s getting oral chemo, but he seems happy and that’s the important thing
Finished pulling all the weeds around the pool. Next I want to put down this “ground clear” stuff. It kills EVERYTHING and I sure don’t want those weeds growing back until we put down the stones around the pool
Not sure why the pool is still getting algae in it. We cleaned the filters (were they ever dirty!). I’m wondering if we need to change the filters. Vince thinks we need to shock it. Maybe we should do both? Not a bad idea to me.
Walked to Food Lion since they; have cabbage on sale (49 cents/pound). I’ll make coleslaw in case Jess comes here this weekend. Otherwise, we will eat it. On the way home it started to rain. I swear, if we need rain, just have me walk to Food Lion. So many times it starts to rain on my way home.
Soup kitchen tomorrow. You know, I'm very surprised they haven't gotten a lot of donations of zucchini. They just got a big donation of potatoes recently. I can't get over some of the good food those people get. We get WalMart brand bread. They get Wonder bread. Only once in the (about) 13 years that I've been volunteering did I ever see something and say to myself "there's no way I'd put that in my stomach". We get Aldi brand frozen pizza, they get DiGiorno.1 -
Jake is feeling better today especially after getting his knee brace from Amazon. He did a few easy chores and stayed off his feet, as well. Bodhi is still not completely successful in the "housebreaking" department but we keep taking him out often. He doesn't like the leash and will walk on it reluctantly to get in his kennel at bedtime and for a few minutes outside the yard with Bessie. Baby steps and patience are the necessary ingredients. He is still learning to play and is a delight to watch.
Joy sorry about your fur baby.
Barbie in NW WA7 -
Thanks ladies.💖
Had a nice chat with my mother in law who is 90 yrs young. Family keeps telling us she is getting forgetful, but when we chat with her conversations are easy, and engaging. She is Mom to me, and helped me when I lost my own mother in 1999.
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Heather - I love reading about the relationship that Johnny and Max have. It’s so special.
Rita - the prices of medications are ridiculous. There should be something done about that.
Rebecca - I am going to discuss going off of of Wellbutrin next week with my doctor. I went on it shortly after starting work at the manor, I don’t feel I need it anymore and have gotten very haphazard about taking it.
Beth - insomnia is terrible. I’ve been struggling with it as well.
Lanette - I have learned from my doctor, physiotherapist, and massage therapist that you should never sit longer than 20 minutes at a time. When I do, is when my hip and back really act up. I learned walking back and forth to the printer wasn’t enough. 😂
Lisa - I eat a lot more when I’m tired too.
I enjoy the domestic stuff when I’m able to take time and putter at it. I also like a good solid clean day once know a while. I did that last Saturday for two rooms, need to do it soon for the bathroom and bedroom.
Still not a fan of gardening. I threw a couple plants away tonight rather than deadheading and watering them .😂
Hopefully next week I can do more.
I’m sure they were screaming at me from inside the bin, I just closed the lid and walked away.
Debbie - I really think your DH should just stop going to his mother’s for a while. It’s not good for anyone.
Allie - I hope that Seth’s family can help Carmine. It’s so hard on Tracy though I know.
I was informed today that I needed to update my social insurance number records. To do this I have to reapply and I need to scan my birth certificate, drivers license and marriage certificate. It seems my married name has never been updated on my SIN, but the new online registration for a government website matches your SIN information to what you enter before you can proceed.
I went to find my marriage certificate and couldn’t. I finally ordered a new one. It took my MIL 10 weeks to get hers. I hope it doesn’t take me as long.
During all of this I realized that when I changed my name I had to submit my original, along with my birth certificate and SIN card. I never received them back. Quite a few years ago I replaced the birth certificate but didn’t worry about anything else. All told since Tuesday I have spent 5 hours on hold trying to get this sorted.
I found the hotel receipt for our wedding night, our ring purchases, my name change document, and so much more. It was a little trip down memory lane.
I have a quiz in the morning, I’m a bit nervous as we didn’t have class today. The instructor’s son was sick and he had to take him to the hospital. He gave us the PowerPoint to go over. I don’t learn well from just reading.
Tracey in Edmonton7 -
New to the group. Excited to see Ladies in NW Washington
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Just keeping busy working and stuff, nothing real exciting. Took Loki to the vet Wed. for blood work. Bought a new grill. The one we have right now works, but it needed a new regulator. Vince found one online and installed it and now it makes a humming noise for about the first 10 minutes you put it on. It’s a Kenmore about 13 years old. Parts will be harder and harder to find. Drove to a city about 45 minutes away to save $300 so it was worth the trip.
Soup kitchen tomorrow. You know, I'm very surprised they haven't gotten a lot of donations of zucchini. They just got a big donation of potatoes recently. I can't get over some of the good food those people get. We get WalMart brand bread. They get Wonder bread. Only once in the (about) 13 years that I've been volunteering did I ever see something and say to myself "there's no way I'd put that in my stomach". We get Aldi brand frozen pizza, they get DiGiorno.
Michele NC
The food program at my old church(where mom still goes) gets some amazing donations every week. There is a high end local bakery that donates a lot- dh loves it when I get Costeaux's sour dough. There are some weeks they get so much along with other breads from the food bank and Safeway that they have extra and let us take as much as we want. They sell it for $8 a loaf. We also are now getting a lot from Guy Fieri from his "Grocery Games" show. A local high end creamery donates often, along with other local places.
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »
Still not a fan of gardening. I threw a couple plants away tonight rather than deadheading and watering them .😂
Hopefully next week I can do more.
I’m sure they were screaming at me from inside the bin, I just closed the lid and walked away.
Debbie - I really think your DH should just stop going to his mother’s for a while. It’s not good for anyone.
Tracey in Edmonton
I wish he would too but he keeps going back for more abuse, even when there is no reason to. After this morning, he should have just said that is it, and not go back this evening but instead, he ended up going back just a few hours later(after spending time doing her errands) and stayed there for a few more hours. I do not understand it.
I was happy to go out walking with my friend.
Feet are hurting tonight but after walking the wetlands a bit over an hour and then with her, I hit 20,000 steps after I got home. Hope to sleep good tonight.
Debbie
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Just keeping busy working and stuff, nothing real exciting. Took Loki to the vet Wed. for blood work. Bought a new grill. The one we have right now works, but it needed a new regulator. Vince found one online and installed it and now it makes a humming noise for about the first 10 minutes you put it on. It’s a Kenmore about 13 years old. Parts will be harder and harder to find. Drove to a city about 45 minutes away to save $300 so it was worth the trip.
Barbie – I’m so sorry Jake hurt his ankle AND his knee. You’ll get thru this, I know. Glad to hear Bodhi is settling in
Rosemary – sorry you have Covid
Carol – sorry to hear this but glad everything got cleared up
I understand Jerry didn’t come in to work Wednesday and today he said to me “they don’t want me to work”. Probably because he had been drinking.
Rebecca – lovely letter “from Santa”
pip – congrats on being debt free
Walked to Food Lion the other day because the gal who wrote a rain check put the full price, not the sale price on it. When I explained this to the gal, she kept insisting that it was right since the sale was still on. Huh? Finally a manager came over and after I explained it to him he said to her “she’s (meaning me) right”. You should have seen the gal take off in a huff. As if to say “the customer can’t be right, I have to be”. The manager said he’d talk to her. Honestly!
When the kids were small, every year the bathroom downstairs (where I hid the presents while I was wrapping them) mysteriously had to be locked for one reason or another – the toilet was leaking, the sink leaked, etc. Then every year miraculously Christmas day the bathroom got “fixed”. Do you know the kids never figured it out until we moved out of that house?
I miss the Y only because of their pool. They are the only ones I know around here who have an olympic size pool. Oh, I forgot, the college has one, but it doesn’t have deep water aerobics classes.
Heather – lovely home they’re building
Rebecca – big congrats on the birth
pip – why is the ride still virtual? I remember they went that way when Covid hit, but it’s not a big thing any more so why are they continuing to have it virtually? Congrats on the new bike rack. Looks real nice
Joy – so sorry about your cat. Our fur babies are such a big part of our lives. Our cat is 15 and has a seizure disorder, an anxiety disorder, and cancer. He’s getting oral chemo, but he seems happy and that’s the important thing
Finished pulling all the weeds around the pool. Next I want to put down this “ground clear” stuff. It kills EVERYTHING and I sure don’t want those weeds growing back until we put down the stones around the pool
Not sure why the pool is still getting algae in it. We cleaned the filters (were they ever dirty!). I’m wondering if we need to change the filters. Vince thinks we need to shock it. Maybe we should do both? Not a bad idea to me.
Walked to Food Lion since they; have cabbage on sale (49 cents/pound). I’ll make coleslaw in case Jess comes here this weekend. Otherwise, we will eat it. On the way home it started to rain. I swear, if we need rain, just have me walk to Food Lion. So many times it starts to rain on my way home.
Soup kitchen tomorrow. You know, I'm very surprised they haven't gotten a lot of donations of zucchini. They just got a big donation of potatoes recently. I can't get over some of the good food those people get. We get WalMart brand bread. They get Wonder bread. Only once in the (about) 13 years that I've been volunteering did I ever see something and say to myself "there's no way I'd put that in my stomach". We get Aldi brand frozen pizza, they get DiGiorno.
Michele NC
Wonder bread is "good food"???
That's one brand I avoid because of its poor quality. Doesn't it have high fructose corn syrup in it?
Bread is one thing I spend a little more on to get quality.
And I don't get bread with sugar in it.
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Joy: Sorry about your fur baby. (((Hugs)))
We had an enjoyable day with DED at the sculpture exhibition. It was much larger than expected. We had lunch, and I was quite surprised at how much restaurant food has gone up. We then took her to see the King’s Coronation Garden before leaving her back to the train station.
I will be having an active rest day today.
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☘️ Terri1
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