WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2024
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Thank you Ladies...I am trying to take deep breaths. I guess my biggest concern is that the ALT number is double what it was this time last year. We have watched his A1C slowly raise over the course of the past 4 years. Diabetes does run in his family. IMHO why wait to male changes until you have to be on meds. His sister has been on meds for 4 years and is now on 2 different ones. She just doesn't get that eating and exercise make a difference. I will say though that for the past two weeks, she has brought in plain yogurt with honey granola for mid morning snack. She also has diverticulitis. Since I mentioned that raisens have small seeds and she quit eating them, she hasn't had any attacks. Anyways, DH's father died at 53 , diabetic, blood clot to the heart. So I am concerned. I will keep breathing and see what happens. I will say that we have been home for 3 hours and DH hasn't opened a beer! Maybe he actually picked up on my worry.
Work was productive. We all worked to get product put away.
Need to move.
Pip Sorry, I read wrong , I thought you had already done it. I just saw that you have started now. Ouch on the fingers.
I did tell DH I felt really off this morning....checking my heart rate on fitbit it did go up over 160 (maxed at 178) for about 10 minutes. I was sitting in a chair! Still feeling off but no migraine and HR okay. Getting steps in with 20 min intervals. Simple dinner. Then will work in cross stitch after steps in .
Gotta get dinner going.
I appreciate all of you!
Kylia
PS. I know I can only change me and my habits and pray that DH follows example. He didctry a bite of yogurt today6 -
Worked, answered an email from my friend in Switzerland who has the cancer. I didn’t know it but she was saying that between the thrombosis and edema, she has to keep the lower part of her legs wrapped in elastic bandages. Personally, I know she wants to come to the US next year, but I don’t know. I’m certainly not going to say that to her.
Went for my walk around the neighborhood. I did take an umbrella with me but, fortunately, it just misted a tiny bit and then stopped. Raining right now
Lisa – the furniture looks great, but the picture would have even been better shirtless….lol Rebecca had the right idea
Made two batches of fudge. See, they’re celebrating the January birthdays on Tuesday at ceramics. Since we don’t get there until 6, I try to bring something that either I can bring on Monday that doesn’t need to be refrigerated and Jody can put it out. But since there isn’t any ceramics Mon I am making something that I can bring then. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what else I can make. It needs to be something that doesn’t require refrigeration.
Heather – great blurb.
Ginny – how wonderful if your kids moved closer to you
Annie – I don’t know how you do it. If I were in your situation, I’d be stress eating all day. I was also wondering if there was a “tracker” that he can maybe wear, like the Lifeline thing where you can push a button if you fall down. I know there is some sort of tracker that you can put on your cat. Can you attach something like that to his clothing? Listen to Allie. You know, I just thought of something. My doctor has this thing in the Patient Portal where I can send him a message. Does your dad’s doctor have that. Would you be able to send the doctor a message telling him things that you don’t want your dad to know that you’re telling the MD but that the MD should be aware of?
Kylia – HUG
Lanette – thanks for posting that link. It’s not what I had envisioned, it’s better. I want to check more into it, so I bookmarked it for the future.
Made some protein waffles to have later in the week since I realized that I don’t have any
Lisa – woohoo – ANOTHER refund. What a good review of Home Depot
pip - say, can you come down to our condo and redecorate it, or at least give me ideas?
Kylia – a bite of yogurt is a start. Tomorrow it may be two bites.
It’s funny – when it affects Jess, she has to know to the exact minute exactly when things are to happen. Like when we go to FL, she has it planned that on Thursday we’ll do this, Fri this, the races are sat and Sun and we’ll leave Mon open in case the race is rained out. If it isn’t, then we’ll do this. Tuesday we’ll do this. Yet, when it doesn’t affect her but it does us, she will say “oh, I don’t know”. Like today, should we wait to have dinner with her? I don’t know.
Michele NC3 -
For anyone who is interested in "Atomic Habits", this is a good shortish video that could be useful.2 -
Lanette-I’ve cooked fresh shiitakes and basically use them like any other mushroom. I slice them and toss them in omelette, soups, stir them in a Marsala sauce over pasta, etc. They do have a different texture, but they taste good, especially when mixed with other types of mushrooms.
Sorry about your hen.
Rosemarie-if you have good instructors, they will encourage you to go at your own pace and not do poses that are uncomfortable for you. If they don’t do this, take it at your own pace anyway. They should also help you with modifications for the poses. Sometimes, people in my yoga classes have just stayed in child’s pose for several minutes at a time. Just enjoy yourself.
Heather-Congrats on the book! And Edie and her charity challenge! Wow! She’s an inspiration.
Kylia-Maybe I missed it, but what books are you reading that kept you awake? I’m always looking for good ones. I have quit many lately because they don’t keep my interest. Sorry your DH is misbehaving. You can only do so much. The rest is up to him.
Annie-sorry about your dad. I’m sure he’s still grieving on top of everything else. You’re doing the best you can, which is very well in this situation. Perhaps consider Apple air tags? There other brands like them and as far as I know, they don’t require charging. Just put one in his wallet or on the keychain, or both.
Terri-Good news about the leg!
Michelle-Sorry about your friend in Switzerland.
Pip-Great job on the house projects! I wish the mister had confidence to do things like that.
Working on little projects today, like putting away things that have been sitting on the table for a while.
I've been enjoying the yoga classes. I think I'll join the monthly program for a bit and see if I get my money out of it. I like that it's within walking distance and I can go do something good for me when the mister just wants to sit on the sofa and watch TV.
Better get back to it.
Tina in CA
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Worked, answered an email from my friend in Switzerland who has the cancer. I didn’t know it but she was saying that between the thrombosis and edema, she has to keep the lower part of her legs wrapped in elastic bandages. Personally, I know she wants to come to the US next year, but I don’t know. I’m certainly not going to say that to her.
Went for my walk around the neighborhood. I did take an umbrella with me but, fortunately, it just misted a tiny bit and then stopped. Raining right now
Lisa – the furniture looks great, but the picture would have even been better shirtless….lol Rebecca had the right idea
Made two batches of fudge. See, they’re celebrating the January birthdays on Tuesday at ceramics. Since we don’t get there until 6, I try to bring something that either I can bring on Monday that doesn’t need to be refrigerated and Jody can put it out. But since there isn’t any ceramics Mon I am making something that I can bring then. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what else I can make. It needs to be something that doesn’t require refrigeration.
Heather – great blurb.
Ginny – how wonderful if your kids moved closer to you
Annie – I don’t know how you do it. If I were in your situation, I’d be stress eating all day. I was also wondering if there was a “tracker” that he can maybe wear, like the Lifeline thing where you can push a button if you fall down. I know there is some sort of tracker that you can put on your cat. Can you attach something like that to his clothing? Listen to Allie. You know, I just thought of something. My doctor has this thing in the Patient Portal where I can send him a message. Does your dad’s doctor have that. Would you be able to send the doctor a message telling him things that you don’t want your dad to know that you’re telling the MD but that the MD should be aware of?
Kylia – HUG
Lanette – thanks for posting that link. It’s not what I had envisioned, it’s better. I want to check more into it, so I bookmarked it for the future.
Made some protein waffles to have later in the week since I realized that I don’t have any
Lisa – woohoo – ANOTHER refund. What a good review of Home Depot
pip - say, can you come down to our condo and redecorate it, or at least give me ideas?
Kylia – a bite of yogurt is a start. Tomorrow it may be two bites.
It’s funny – when it affects Jess, she has to know to the exact minute exactly when things are to happen. Like when we go to FL, she has it planned that on Thursday we’ll do this, Fri this, the races are sat and Sun and we’ll leave Mon open in case the race is rained out. If it isn’t, then we’ll do this. Tuesday we’ll do this. Yet, when it doesn’t affect her but it does us, she will say “oh, I don’t know”. Like today, should we wait to have dinner with her? I don’t know.
Michele NC
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Evening ladies
Well i guess I overdid it today as I slept most of the afternoon.but thats ok.. tomorrow I will work on the kitchen counter and clean that up.. and in the kitchen and put clean sheets on the bed and ,then things should be set.
Had a nice chat with my brother on the phone ,we don't see each other alot but we love each other for sure.4 -
Stat for the day-
Short walk w/family- 1hr 21min 31sec, 29elev, 2.91ap, 79ahr, 92mhr, 4.01mi= 391c
Strava app= 492c
Short walk , had to get home to meet a guy who we hired to fix our wall after we removed the wall mirrors that were there, came out great!3 -
For anyone who is interested in "Atomic Habits", this is a good shortish video that could be useful.
Barbie - that was excellent, thanks for sharing. Many, many good ideas on how to become someone who exercises, eats better, and is healthier.
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Rosemarie2972 wrote: »Machka: I am so amazed at how active you are and all your many interests! I am all in on the yoga retreat so probably won't know the pace until I get there! I will just have to do yoga every day and go from there.
Best,
Rosemarie from Georgia
I was thinking you could take an in-person class now to get some practice.The difference between a great book and one that doesn't grab my attention.....1 day start to finish vs 4 days to get in 25 pages. I started book 2 of the series last night, then realized it was midnight and I needed to sleep-lol!
Kylia inOhio on day 6 of no sun and lots of rain
What book are you reading?
Well done, Heather!
Machka in Oz
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Saturday (yesterday) ...
We organised and ran another long distance (Audax) cycling event. This one was 300 km to be completed in 20 hours or less including all breaks.
We had 4 riders for this event (numbers for these things are almost always small here) and saw them off at 6 am. It was a very windy day so they had to battle headwinds on the way out, but they had some fun on the way back. These 4 riders were remarkably strong. 3 of them finished the event in about 13 hours and one finished in 14 hours.
After we waved good-bye to them at 6 am, we returned to our cabin, and had a cup of coffee.
At 7:10 am, I had a live interview on the radio regarding the event!! I had been contacted about it during the week and it was all arranged. That's the first time I've been live on radio!!
Then we took a nap. When we've organised this particular event before, we've often gone out for a 50 km ride ourselves, but this COVID thing has knocked us about and we haven't been on bicycles in about 6 weeks. Plus we knew it was going to be a long day.
A bit later, we drove out to a town where we set up and met the riders with food and water. They were at the 200 km point of the ride and looking very fresh given that they'd had so much headwind! But the tailwind portion had begun and they were enjoying that part.
When all 4 had come through, we came back to await their arrival.
All good!
And even I was in bed a bit early ... to lie down and read.
I'm reading a Mary Higgins Clark book just now.
Machka in Oz7 -
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So I just finished "Stillhouse Lake" by Rachel Caine. It is book one of 6. Started book 2 last night, but not far in it yet.
Steps done. Keeping track of heart rate. Noticed unexplainable high (178) rate from yesterday morning. I was sitting in a chair playing on phone waiting to leave for work. Looked at history and found one other time it did that. I wrote the dates to share with cardiologist who I see February 15th. It happened tonight but I was slow jogging while watching TV. It only did it once in spite of 4 times jogging. Food for thought. I didn't feel them.
DH has not had a beer tonight. Happy wife!
I worked on cross stitch for an hour.
Grocery stores tomorrow. Ugh. Need to do some work paperwork/training as well.
Time for sleep.
Machka Congrats on organizing a fun ride and being on radio. Love the middle age quotes!
Good night, Sleep well!
Kylia in Ohio listening to the thunder and rain2 -
Lisa - I hope you and Corey get to enjoy the sunroom lots this weekend. It’s good Home Depot stepped up.
I have several ideas running through my head currently about getting my house the way it would work better for me.
Heather - Congratulations on getting the book published.
Ginny - I find things usually do work as they are meant to.
Annie - can you put a gps tracker in his coat? My friend has some that she used for her tortoise, it’s about the size of a quarter and she tracks it from her phone. At least you would know where he is. You could stitch it in a collar or hem and he wouldn’t even know it was there. Maybe even put it in his shoes. I think they are supposed to be used for luggage, but if it works.
The grief and stress of your Mother’s passing has probably accelerated your Dad’s decline.
Kylia - I used to stress so much about my DH’s health. My friend whose DH was having some very serious issues told me that I was not his Mother and he had to be responsible for his own health.
It took me a long time to settle my brain into that thinking, but I have and it’s helped my health doing so.
I don’t know why, some men are so hard to get to take care of themselves.
I let his doctor nag him now and he has really made some good changes.
Rosemarie - I can understand both sides of that with your grandfather. We had a couple of residents try to leave the home I worked at. One left in the middle of winter and was found down the street. We had a system called wanderguard where the doors locked if any resident wearing the ankle bracelet went near it, this particular resident had never tried to leave before. I can understand why they want to go home.
Lanette - is nurse Kelly’s dad a handsome widower? 😉
Rita - I hope you find a place you and DH would enjoy.
Betsy - I hope to see Alaska someday.
Rebecca - outings with friends are the best.
Pip - did you just pull the mirror off or did you try to heat it or anything? We want to do the same in our bathroom.
Machka - I stole that meme for my FB. I have friends that will enjoy it.
The first coat of mud is on the wall and the ceiling repair that’s been needed since Oct 2022 has been repaired. He will come back tomorrow for the 2nd coat.
Rodger had a longer day than expected bringing my friends camper home for her. When they arrived back I went with her to get some things out of the trailer and also into the trailer. She didn’t have room in her truck for her sweet dog so he is here pouting and sad tonight. He is such a sweetheart, I’m going to miss having him around for his personality but not for his fur!
I organized some photos today for Kaitlyn’s scrapbook. I need to really put some more thought into it yet, but if I can figure out the pictures I want I’ll have an easier time doing the album.
I thought I may clean out my hope chest and organize it today, but that’s where all of the family history stuff including my grandmother’s and mom’s diaries. I opened one of Grammie’s randomly and found where she bought her wedding dress she called it a “green velvet seethrough, it was almost a wrap style dress but sewn instead of a tie for the waist. I wonder if that’s what she was describing. I forget the date exactly but it was January 1941. She also bought her hat and coat that she was wearing in the picture I shared at the same time. She mentioned another notebook that had the prices of her purchases. I decided I wasn’t in the mood to sort that today because it’s always a bit emotional for me so I left it as is.
I did clean the coat closet out and organized it a bit today. The biggest area now is the bedroom.
I’m currently sitting here thinking o could probably go to bed. I am tired for some reason this evening.
Tracey in Edmonton
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If I have this right..this is mt friend Sue and I in our early 20s..she found this picture and sent it to me.. this is before kids lol8 -
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Allie - Fabulous photo! How lovely to have it. I have very few of my late teenage/early twenties. Only a couple from uni. Too busy living to stop and take photos! My friend L found a couple for me and I'm so glad to have them.
Lisa - You have been so amazing getting that sunroom over the hump. Both of you! Those projects often drag on, but you have both shown determination. I hope you get many chances to share it together.
Machka - And the same thoughts to you and your DH. Well done for getting that race accomplished. Lots of hard work and discipline required. Especially when you are not feeling so great.
Tracey - is mudding the same thing as plastering? So glad it's going ahead at last! What a relief!
Much love to all. Serenity prayer.
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Good morning ladies!
Tracey there is a way to burn out the filler threads of velvet leaving the supporting mesh showing almost like a cutout. That's what I think of for see through velvet. Sounds pretty!
Dad's clothes are getting sloppy. Mom used to keep him presentable but he won't listen to me. His tie was tied wrong this morning. I made him redo it, but then the skinny end was too long and he refused to try again. Oh well church won't care. At least his hearing aids are charged. Last night he was trying to put batteries in them again.
I had a lovely lunch with Craig. I had fried fish. We talked about ethics for artificial intelligence and whether I should write again, of sailing ships and sealing wax, so to speak. It was good to get my head out of caregiver space.
Thank you all for your comments and support about Dad. I will do more research on GPS trackers ( although he would need one for each coat.) And see about local help. There is a senior center he could walk to. It's just getting him to go.
Last night we actually talked about me some! He didn't have his hearing aids, so it was shallow and one-sided. He asked if I might find another husband. Not in our kitchen I won't!
It's going to rain all day here. I might do some yoga, you are inspiring me!
Annie in Delaware
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