WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2024

dlfk202000 · February 10

no real plans this weekend except for church and potluck after.
Celebrating our church's 65th anniversary.
They have asked a few people to make recipes in memory of members who have passed on. I do not know the lady who used to make the recipe I got.
It is a banana split cake.
No room in my freezer so having the assist. pastor and his wife pick it up and putting it in the freezer at church. They live down the street from me and are going over for a luncheon at the church tomorrow(I am not going)

Dia_R · February 10

Made something new and yummy tonight , and I am pleased with myself. Diced little red potatoes, red onions , mushrooms and zucchini and tossed them in olive oil and a little garlic Parmesan sauce before roasting in the air fryer.
I’ll be making this again!

kymarai · February 10

Anniesquats100 · February 10

I cooked something new tonight. I put a can of diced tomatoes in a skillet with chicken strips and simmered fifteen minutes. Very simple but pretty good.

Well, back to bed. I've become an early to bed person.

Annie in Delaware

Snowflake1968 · February 10

Annie - I know it’s been hard for you to have outside activities with caring for your Mom & Dad but is there anything you can do that piques your interest in the house? Waiting for the time to go doesn’t seem like it would be very fun or healthy.

Lisa - sounds like a productive couple of days for you coming up.

Beth - I would think the cochlear implant would be exciting if nerve-wracking.

Dia_r - I don’t let the scale dictate what I’m doing, I’m saying that I do weigh daily, but keep an average over a week and a month. When I was actively losing it seemed that the scale never budged for long periods, but my pants felt better and that was an encouragement.

Rita - this nine year old can solve a cube in 25 seconds! I never could either. I didn’t have the patience to figure it out I guess.
They were saying it’s Pizza Day on the radio this morning. I think that will be supper.

Joy - that is scary about the bees. Thanks for confirming.

Kaitlyn came to help me paint today she showed me a video of a lady that put a cross stitch pattern blown up to paint it on her nursery walls. What a beautiful thing it turned out to be. I’ll have to ask her to send me a link. It was beautiful.

Heather - I will be needing to rest by back and feet by Monday for sure. Tomorrow shouldn’t be too bad.

We managed to get two coats on in 8 hours, that included all the taping as well.
Kaitlyn did the hallway with white and the dark blue on the back of the cabinets. I did all of the light blue.

Tomorrow we have one more wall and the beam over the sink to do.

I even painted my little ceiling above the sink blue.

The before:

Snowflake1968 · February 10

Oops I don’t know how the pics of Aspen and Jeb showed up, but they are cute so I don’t think you’ll mind.

Tracey in Edmonton

skuehn48 · February 10

cityjaneLondon · February 10

Love the painting and the new blue, Tracey. Good job. You've been waiting so long for this. Isn't it great to have a painting partner!

Resting my legs today. I'll see if it makes any difference. Slept OK, with minimal painkillers.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Machka9 · February 10

Longest walk since the beginning of December!! Great opportunity to think!

Machka in Oz

Machka9 · February 10

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

We managed to get two coats on in 8 hours, that included all the taping as well.
Kaitlyn did the hallway with white and the dark blue on the back of the cabinets. I did all of the light blue.

Tomorrow we have one more wall and the beam over the sink to do.

I even painted my little ceiling above the sink blue.

Love the blue!!

Machka9 · February 10

drkatiebug wrote: »

Machka and Rita, I was 54 when I finished my doctorate, 50 when I got a wild notion to get one. Just sayin’. I did it for two reasons. The major reason was to pad my retirement, but the other was just to say I could do it. It was a good time. Kids were grown and out on their own. No grandkids yet. My health was still good as was Dave’s. Getting National Board Certified and then getting my doctorate were the two hardest and smartest things I ever did.

Well done!!

Despite the fact that I likely have 10 years of work left, I don't think getting a doctorate will make any difference in my pay and definitely not in my retirement.

The only reason I think about it is because I'd kind of like a doctorate.

But I don't know what I would focus on for my thesis. What did you do yours on?

Meanwhile, I'm taking shorter courses.

My current courses are on Clinical Costing.

Machka in Oz

cityjaneLondon · February 10

I've been thinking about Annie and Rosemarie and any others of you who are feeling tired, or flat.
Of course, a physical thing should be ruled out first, thyroid, ME etc, but my feeling is, you have both been through so much. Caring is physically and mentally exhausting. It rips your identity out of you, until you don't even know who you are any more. Be compassionate to yourselves if you need time and rest before the 'rebuilding' phase. Annie is still in the thick of it. I send my heartfelt best wishes to you.

Strangely, I just watched an episode of the new 'Queer Eye' on Netflix, which features a male carer. Very revealing and compassionate. Then just now, I've been listening to 'We Can Do Hard Things', my favourite podcast, and they are talking about rest and rebuilding. Give it a listen both of you. Episode 279, 'Amanda's rebuilding year +'. There is also something on 'play'.
Then I heard my beloved Martha Beck, in 'The Gathering Room' talk about intentional rest, like going to bed for four days. 'Rest for Success'.

That inspired me to give my legs a rest! I could see that John is sceptical, because he believes in ploughing on regardless, but I am going to give rest a try. I did some stretching and upper body stuff this morning, but that's it.

Annie - I was wondering, apart from giving yourself grace, and rest, whether a complete change of scene would help. You could get your sister to come down for however many days she could manage, and you could go off for a riding holiday, or a trip to a language area that you have been studying. That may sound ridiculous, but it can be done. Or, you can just go anywhere for a short break. Even a night or two away brings a different perspective. Just a thought.

Much love to all. Rest. Be selfish. Be compassionate to yourself. Play. Whatever looks like a little bit of fun - do it.

And to those who are feeling rested and robust, (!!!!) do the thing you want to and feel you cannot do. Yes! Yes! Yes!

Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Machka9 · February 10

I have a Rubik's Cube sitting on the table right next to me. I've been playing with it.

I can get 2 sides fairly easily ... but I am struggling to get more sides.

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

And to those who are feeling rested and robust, (!!!!) do the thing you want to and feel you cannot do. Yes! Yes! Yes!

Heather UK xxxxxxxx

I can't remember when I felt rested and robust!

But I do feel slightly more energetic this week.

When we went to Canada, part of the idea of being there was to sleep more than usual. For a month, I was sleeping 10-12 hours a night. I only felt marginally more rested than usual.

Then for about 3 weeks over Christmas I was sleeping 10-12 hours a night again, plus a few days where I was in bed about 18 hours and slept about 15 hours, and one day where I was in bed all day. But I had COVID then.

I'd be tempted to do the 4 days in bed thing, but somehow I doubt that would help for more than about half a day.

I think some of us are experiencing the exhaustion of having to be the responsible adult in a situation where we've gone from sharing that responsibility to shouldering it all ourselves ... and there's a large element of grief. Grief from losing a partner or close family member, grief from a drastically changed family situation, grief that our lives aren't what we had or expected. Grief is exhausting.

Machka in Oz

Machka9 · February 10

My most recent colouring -- a mandala with an aquatic sort of theme.

Machka in Oz

maitlandshopgirl · February 10

Hi all

not new to the app, just new to participating in the community. Last 2 years was a wild ride for me health wise. Now that I've been cleared to exercise my focus this year is to lose the weight I gained while sick and to become strong again.

It's so hard at 54. BUT..I promised myself not to make myself crazy with being super strict about it - we are meant to enjoy our life and at 54 and having almost died - I'm hyper aware that life is short. I don't want my husband's last memory of me to be refusing a date night because the restaurant menu gives me anxiety. It's all about balance.

That said, I started back on here January 19th at 163 and this morning I was 160.2 on my scale. Slow and steady. And here's a happy bird from my walk to start your day❤️

LisaInArkansas · February 10

Good morning, my dears, from the gray Arkansas River Valley... won't see the sunshine until Tuesday, unfortunately,

Lanette - The bright, sunny days wake me up and get me moving, too, until mid-June, and then they become sleepiness and somnolence, to avoid the heat of the day. Then my body clock switches over to cool, cloudy mornings as the time of energy and drive.

Machka - Still on that subject, if I slept 10 to 12 hours a day, I would be so headachy and sick I would be ill. I don't know how you do that. I took a two-hour nap yesterday and slept only four hours last night. The amount of hours you sleep would be, for me, disabling. I find the range of human behavior just fascinating.

@maitlandshopgirl - Welcome, drop into any conversation, and please sign your posts with what name you'd like to be called and a general area, so we can get to know you! Glad you're here, along with our other new chums.

Went to get my hair cut yesterday, and she cut it FAR too short. That's OK, it will grow out. Just frustrating. I show every beautician the same picture that's in my profile here, and this is the second one in a row that's cut it way shorter than I wanted. Every time I find one who's good, she moves on to another salon or just quits the biz. Ah well, with it this short, I won't have to go looking for another cut for at least three months, if not four! Silver lining in everything...

Corey's off to rewire a work friend's trailer in a bit, so I won't see him for most of the day, but I've already got the third load of laundry going anyway. The silver lining of insomnia, at least for me. I also want to pull the bathroom apart and deep clean it, but won't do that until he pulls out, much easier to do when it's just me here.

Our son and his fiancée will be here Wednesday, so I also need to get the home workout room turned into a bedroom, as well, even though they'll be here just one night. So, lots to keep me busy this weekend. Never did get out and do anything outside yesterday, too hurty and tired, thus the nap that wrecked my sleep last night! It's all cyclical...

Hope it is/was a peaceful Saturday for all,
Love y'all!
Lisa in AR

Machka9 · February 10

LisaInArkansas wrote: »

Good morning, my dears, from the gray Arkansas River Valley... won't see the sunshine until Tuesday, unfortunately,

Lanette - The bright, sunny days wake me up and get me moving, too, until mid-June, and then they become sleepiness and somnolence, to avoid the heat of the day. Then my body clock switches over to cool, cloudy mornings as the time of energy and drive.

Machka - Still on that subject, if I slept 10 to 12 hours a day, I would be so headachy and sick I would be ill. I don't know how you do that. I took a two-hour nap yesterday and slept only four hours last night. The amount of hours you sleep would be, for me, disabling. I find the range of human behavior just fascinating.

@maitlandshopgirl - Welcome, drop into any conversation, and please sign your posts with what name you'd like to be called and a general area, so we can get to know you! Glad you're here, along with our other new chums.

Went to get my hair cut yesterday, and she cut it FAR too short. That's OK, it will grow out. Just frustrating. I show every beautician the same picture that's in my profile here, and this is the second one in a row that's cut it way shorter than I wanted. Every time I find one who's good, she moves on to another salon or just quits the biz. Ah well, with it this short, I won't have to go looking for another cut for at least three months, if not four! Silver lining in everything...

Corey's off to rewire a work friend's trailer in a bit, so I won't see him for most of the day, but I've already got the third load of laundry going anyway. The silver lining of insomnia, at least for me. I also want to pull the bathroom apart and deep clean it, but won't do that until he pulls out, much easier to do when it's just me here.

Our son and his fiancée will be here Wednesday, so I also need to get the home workout room turned into a bedroom, as well, even though they'll be here just one night. So, lots to keep me busy this weekend. Never did get out and do anything outside yesterday, too hurty and tired, thus the nap that wrecked my sleep last night! It's all cyclical...

Hope it is/was a peaceful Saturday for all,
Love y'all!
Lisa in AR

Regarding sleeping ... if I get less than about 8.5 hours of sleep, I wake up feeling headachy and sick! Unfortunately, every night before a work day, I get less than 7.5 hours of sleep, so every work day, I wake up feeling headache and sick, and don't start feeling OK for a couple hours.

On weekends, I regularly sleep 10-11 hours. I do get up and use the toilet of course, but about a minute later I am fast asleep again. I usually wake up naturally somewhere between 10 and 11 hours ... or occasionally more. And I feel good! No headaches. No nausea. And usually enough energy to tackle the garden and go for a bicycle ride!

I wish I could sleep more during the week but there is too much to do.

When I was younger, I would sleep 10-12 hours a night during vacation for about a week, then it was like I caught up and for the rest of my vacation I'd only sleep about 9 hours a night, but not any more. I didn't "catch up" during the month in Canada at all.

M in Oz

Anniesquats100 · February 10

Good morning ladies!

Heather and Tracey, yes my life is pretty simple and a little sad. I leave the house about twice a week. It could well be grief. The funeral was almost a month ago. I feel like my main goals right now are not to eat, and not to spend money. But my next project will be taxes. Not much choice there. And getting Teddy to the vet. And getting my glasses checked.

When my sister comes, I like to visit with her. But she is not coming for a few months. Her daughter, who lives with her, is pregnant and due soon. The daughter's other girl is maybe eighteen months old. So Sarah won't leave them this spring unless my dad has an accident.

I also get depressed by world and US politics. I used to read all that for a living and I can't put it down. I know we don't discuss politics so I don't want to bring it up other than to say generically the news is depressing to me.

Anyway, spring is coming. Daylight is better. Dad has been seeing friends at the senior center, which lessens my load. My taxes ought to be easy. There are several things to be grateful for. I just need to work on my chores so I have energy for a better project. I'm grateful for my friends on this forum who care about me.

Have a good day!

Annie in Delaware

teklawa1 · February 10

Annie, I am with you. The news is depressing to me. I find I'm better off if I limit news to half an hour of local news and a half hour of one of the network world and national news. I record the news and on play back decide what I watch and fast forward through most of it. Friends tell me that I'm a bit irresponsible by not keeping informed. For me it is a decision that there is much I can't change and I don't want the negatives a part of my life. Being active and walking helps me with my attitude. I'd rather watch a show when I sit down to relax than news that brings me down.

Machka, I do schedule thinking/planning time at the beginning and end of each day. I'm a list gal and I update my lists of needs and wants in planning. It gives me pleasure to see what I've accomplished and keeps in mind what I have yet to finish.

My sister comes today. She has appointments at the Cancer Center beginning Monday and continuing through Monday the 19th. The scans and labs will hopefully give information that will lead to a plan giving her more comfort. These last 6 weeks have been hard ones with sinus problems, Covid and gut issues.

Betsy in NW WA

cityjaneLondon · February 10

Edie was her usual delightful self.

She came dressed in the clothes she was going to wear to an afternoon party and they ended up covered in pastels dust. Luckily I got the sweater off her at the beginning.
I managed to create a Dufyesque painting of Edie which I quite like. It's a bit weird, but has its own style. Edie did a card for the party boy, and a Valentines canvas for her parents. She is very self critical and kept painting over it.
Then I painted another card. Happy with that.

After a delicious lunch of gluten free sausages and salad, we had a very quick go at the pastels, just for fun. John did an amazing picture, mine was OK and Edie did three she didn't like. And covered herself in chalk.

😱
Good day.

Here is my ten minute pastel. It's better in real life.

I've always adored the pastel chalks. I used to wander into art shops, just to look at the colours.

Love Heather UK xxxxxx

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