WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2024

Margaret-glad to see that arrangements, etc. fell into place. Your pre-planning has been very helpful.

Allie-luckily Miles wont' remember much of this ordeal-hope healing continues to be a quick process.

Beth-Buffalo does have a winter wonderland at the moment-stay safe!

Lisa-thanks for sharing the article on the 93 year old! That is incredible.

Michele-I'm not surprised about the calf tightness leading to foot problem. My PT says my foot arthritis is compounded by all the tendons, etc. going to foot being tight. They gave me a new modification on an exercise Monday and I could really tell how tight my left calf is.

I have read through quickly. Work is a terror right now-extremely busy due to vacancies and another one upcoming. Working on getting things filled but want right choices. Hopefully in a month or so things settle a bit.

Off to stretches then start my work day. Have a meeting out of town (only about a 30 minute drive). Will work from home before and after. Have food pantry tonight which will be uplifting-will wear vest, etc.

Someone asked (Michele?) about vest-it uses a battery pack like you use for phone/laptop etc. The size you get is based upon particular vest. I like that I can use it for other things. Gloves have rechargeable batteries.

Take care all,

Ginny in Ohio

Good morning ladies!

Margaret - so glad your pre-planning has worked out. I found your husband's obituary on the website. He was a sharp, very engaged guy and a good partner for you. And glad you have your faith, family and friends. I think it makes a difference.

Rori - Happy belated Birthday. Nice your special friend gave you a neat present. I agree, there's something about a book with photos.

Heather - enjoy the cuddle! I miss those days.

Barbie - neat sign in your car, what a great idea so people don't panic about Annie being locked in a hot car.

Tracey - When I had injured the ball of my foot, my podiatrist said to do calf stretches every day. The kind we see runners do all of the time, one foot back, the other knee bent, hands against a wall. I thought that was silly, did them sporadically. My calf muscles weren't the problem. Then I saw on Bob & Brad where all of that ties in with the muscles, ligaments and tendons on the bottom of the foot, so now I try to do them daily and it's making a difference. Not sure if this works for plantar fasciitis however.

Rebecca - have you been feeling little earthquakes?

Lisa - glad the glasses are covered, happy to hear the VA is improving services and they are close by. Beautiful afghan, by the way. Kels will love it. Happy to hear things are clicking and contentment is setting in. I try to get there as often as I can, whatever the circumstances. To borrow from Carly Simon - "these are the good old days."

Well, I'm not a fan of cold and snow. This should be gone in several days. No way I'd move back to Indiana. This past few days have been nerve-racking. Fear of falling/slipping even though I had cleats on my shoes. Worry about the hens. Worry about pipes freezing. Upset stomach. No appetite. Hard to sleep. The first real anxiety I've felt in a long, long time - since DH's final year of life. A control issue - I couldn't control his illness and I can't control the weather. Of course I can't, but anxiety has cut a deep groove over the years. Gratitude list helped.

I also think part of it might be Walmart withdrawal. I need a fix - people, bright lights and business other than slogging hot water out to the hens every 2 hours. I want to hear about people's disgust with the ice. Tales about cars nearly going in the ditch and power outages and how they coped. Something deeper than Facebook comments, even if it's a minute conversation with someone while standing in line at a store.

Doing much better today. Collette coming this morning. Yesterday didn't work out as everything was covered with frozen rain, slicker than snot, over compacted ice. Rain has since washed some of it away, ice is very slowly turning to slush. Bleak but it will be gone in a few days.

Better scoot and put more wood in the stove. There's something about that yellow fire and warmth that takes some part of my brain back to ancient ancestors, who sat huddled around a fire in a cave when chickens were probably pterodactyls.

Lanette
SW WA State where it's 36F and raining.

Summery photos ...

My overgrown drystream garden when we returned from Canada in November. I'd like to say it has been tamed somewhat but I can't really. I've been so busy ... and then sick ... so I haven't had time to do much with it. However, it grows and the bees love it!





M in Oz

Lisa - forgot to say that the afghan colours make me think of Hawaiian sea, sky, and sandy beaches.

I've finished my first ever canvas painting. The kids gave us them for Christmas. I started off in acrylic, but my set doesn't have good colours and I get horrible messes when I mix them, so today I finished off the last bits with watercolour.
From being in despair that it would never come together, I do now like it! It's day four, but I didn't give up.


Now to fry the halloumi for tonight's curry.

Love Heather UK xxxxxx

Cold vs Heat when I was 12 years old, we moved to a house with an upstairs. There were 3 bedrooms up there for us kids. It didn’t have heat. The only heat it got was from the stairwell which had a landing and took a left turn with walls on both sides before getting to us. I was always cold. I had so many blankets that I could hardly move at night. Getting dressed in the morning for school was not fun. Floor was ice cold and windows were frosted over. I think this is why I HATE being cold! New Mexico is the place for me. The heat is there, but without humidity, not a real problem for me. AS it is, I’m sitting in front of the heater right now and the thermometer in the RV says it is 76 degrees! I really need to turn the heater down. It is warming up right now at 57 and sunny outside right now. Predicted to get to 65 outside today.

RVRita

I found and bought these at Hobby Lobby yesterday. The bottle beads looked like fun! It also covers my bead hobby I listed for this year. The drawing book is for fun, learning. I never had confidence in drawing since First Grade when my stick figure drawing was compared to someone else’s talented drawing. That really upset me and stayed with me all my life. Time to face it and fix it!

The second picture is my rubber ducky from the other day I forgot to post.




RVRita in Roswell, NM

Heather - It is ALL your fault. I found "halloumi-style" cheese at Aldi, and picked it up just on the off chance. Dusted it with Cajun seasoning after I got it out of the pan.

Oh.
My.
Stars.

Where has this BEEN all my life? That was SO good...

Thank you, and now there's one more thing I need to avoid at Aldi's. It was worth every calorie.

Oh my,
Wandering around in the yummy haze of a fried cheese stupor,
Lisa in AR