WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2024

Tracey - with this advice in the early 60's, I can see why the time was ripe for "women's lib". Along that line, I remember watching a segment of Oprah or Dr. Phil or ?? where they featured gals who never went without make-up in front of their husbands! Any time of the day or night they felt they had to look glamorous. I once had a friend who was that way, always looked ready for a magazine cover, lol. Even on weekends. She was a cutie, no doubt, but I often wondered what she looked like under all of that. I bet she was just as cute.

Kelly - always good to hear from you. Great job on losing 15 lbs since December 18. I have no doubt you're building muscle with all of those squats. I can feel your excitement with your daughter and family's upcoming visit. I don't think you've seen them in a while, right?

Joy - I did the "stand on a kitchen chair" way too often myself. I have some sturdy step stools about 1 foot high I use in the kitchen if I have to dig way way back into a top cupboard. It pays to be tall. Looking at the seed catalogs is still fun even though I don't order much anymore. Do you have a root cellar or somewhere you could keep potatoes for a long time? I'm not saying this to encourage you to plant more potatoes, lol. Just wondering how you kept fruits and veggies. My grandmother in Indiana had a "woodhouse" with heavy a heavy concrete floor and concrete wall halfway up the side. She put potatoes and apples in separate bins, maybe put gunny sacks over them. I can't recall specifically but her produce seemed to keep for a long time.

OK, peeps, I got a shot of my actual step ladder set up in the shop. Check out where that top step is.. in the middle. And see how wide it is. So standing on it and reaching above up to the shop's vent holes under the eave, with that grab bar, gave it extra stability and the balance was great. Look at that neat shelf at the top for holding tools or whatever.

Betsy - I bet the thrift stores in my area would take clam shovels too, so you might be able to find homes for some oddball things. Good job selling the dog kennel, they are so expensive brand new.

I've started a pile of rotting boards - I'll have my landscaper throw it in his trailer this summer when they come to take out some small trees and bushes. So nice of that fellow to do the pruning and offer not to charge you. I'm the same way, pay and keep up a good relationship for down the line. My DH passed in May 2022, and I find each year it does get easier. I don't look at things quite the same way I did a year ago. We keep learning and growing I guess.

Photos of "EX's".
OK, enough of my true confessions. Have a great evening.

Lanette
SW WA State

Was going to do a 20-40-60 workout but a friend of mine (she’s a lovely lady) really wanted to talk so I just walked on the treadmill. The plan for tomorrow is to do Brooke Benton’s butts and Gutts DVD

Heather – Bea is such a sweetheart

Deb – I usually don’t add in my exercise calories then when I go a bit over, I figure I have a “buffer”

M – I didn’t realize they can put prisms in glasses. Glad they got things figured out

Anne – HUG. Believe it or not, I really prefer my coleslaw with just vinegar, not coleslaw dressing. Recently, I got a napa cabbage from the soup kitchen so I made coleslaw out of it. Hope it’s still OK. If not, I’ll throw it out. If I need to, not like I’ve lost much. I feel bad taking food from the soup kitchen before the residents get their pick, but this was leftover from when they got to pick out the foods they get, so I took it

Betsy – I’m so glad to hear about your sister and her great outlook but so sorry about her memory. How scary for you and her

Vicki – safe travels

Allie – praying for Tracy. Listen to KJ

Looks like it took a few days to post. Anyway, did a spinning workout on fri, a Yoga for Fitness DVD on Sat. and the plan is to do Pilates Core Challenge DVD on Sunday. The program I use for the spinning recently started jumping from one section to another, not in order. I think Vince is going to uninstall the program and reinstall it and see what happens I really do need to have the sections play in order. I cant keep stopping to get to the right segment

Tina – hope your better

Bought a new mattress. Jess felt that the one in the guest room was too firm for her back so we put our memoryfoam in there for her and took the one that was in there until we get the new one

pip – love the new car

Lisa – I’m so glad you posted about how much Prolia builds bone. I remember when I was on private insurance, my bone density improved so much that they no longer would pay for it, I had to go on a biphosonate first. Well, I did and my bone density got worse so the MD wrote to them and then they paid

Debbie – I remember one year I was staying with my aunt. We would eat tomatoes out of her garden. So good so warm with the sun. I ate so many that I, literally, got physically sick

Ginny – so glad the person accepted the position

Honey – I get it from a family down the road. You can see the hives in their backyard

Walked around the parking lot. I used to do 5 laps in one direction and 5 in another. That’s what I did tonight. I admit, I did have to push myself to do it. I’d just fallen into the habit of not taking my walk.

Terri – so sorry for your daughter

Bought gas today. When we left to go to Melburn it was $2.26. Three hours later it was $2.35

Went to see friends of ours Friday. I played mahjong while the guys went out

KJ – love the pic of the spaceship and the kiddo. What a great smile. Happy for you, too, that the kids are coming. Sounds like fun

Lanette – what brand of ladder is that? It looks a lot like the one we have. Yes, it is VERY sturdy. Update: looks like I’m not the only one who has it

April – so very happy for you

The guy came and cut down the tree on the side of the house. While we were down here, he fertilized and cut the rest of the trees. We sent him the payment from here.

Phew, caught up. Sorry to anyone I may have missed.

Michele who laid out by the pool today

Heather - Edie sure is an old soul.
It is a lot of work to have them for a few days. We usually keep ours for 3 or 4 nights in the summer.
I bet that you and Edie will still have a special bond throughout your whole life my grandmother and I were very close. We never spoke of periods, or boys because she wasn’t that type of grandmother but she supported me in every other way. I miss her so. I was so blessed to have her until I was 41.

Annie - I hope your dad doesn’t wander too far. It’s a scary situation.

Betsy - that’s a lot of work cleaning up the yard.

Barbie - thank you. I hope that a job offer happens during my practicum to start in September.
I need to go through my hope chest/coffee table again. I want to refinish it. The emptying of it is a chore in itself.
It would be a sheet at a time going through.

Kelly - what a great story about the little girl and the spaceship.
I bet you’ll be happy and tired when everyone comes for a visit. It will be nice though. Is this the first time they have been for a while? You usually go to them correct?

Rita - that was a busy day! I used to enjoy those days too. I hope to again someday soon.

Kim - isn’t that crazy! I have read some magazine articles from the 50’s and had a laugh, but this was a whole other level.

Tina - I hope your head feels better soon.

On keeping Grands
Pictures of exes.
Joy - our weather is unbelievable, it’s worrisome though what the fire season will bring. I saw that Athabasca already put a ban on fires without permits and that the province has started the “fire season” three days ago, about 6 weeks early. I really hope for all of our sakes that we have a wet March and April.

Debbie - I’m glad you mentioned the brand of markers Heather was using. I have a $25 gift card from Amazon. I think I will order a set.
I bet DH’s stuff would sell much better than the cute stuff. I find the people shopping these days are more into their own interests and barely want cute or pretty anymore.

April - So glad you received some good news regarding your son.

Lanette - I used to wear make up and do my hair all the time, I only wear make up for special occasions now. Currently I have been wearing my hair in a pony tail or braid because it’s driving me crazy. I’m just not sure what I want to do with it so have done nothing.
My FB status memory today from 14 years ago was “my guardian Angel is thinking about switching careers.”
Since I’m sure at the time mine was the woman that helped me most through the teen years she probably thought it a lot. I miss her every single day

Well my weekend that I thought was going to be filled with boredom took a turn this afternoon.
I had asked Kaitlyn yesterday what she was doing and she told me she was babysitting Lauryn’s best friends daughters (Charlotte 8 and Elliot 4.5)this evening. Their parents meet with friends at a restaurant the last weekend of February every year to celebrate being introduced by said friends in that restaurant 16 years ago. Today Kaitlyn called me and asked what I was doing and I said I assume by this call I’ll be babysitting. 😂 she said I always amaze her when I know what she wants before she opens her mouth. Anyway her and Raquel are making Ukrainian Easter eggs tomorrow and they thought I would like to join in, so I could babysit and then head to Raquel’s. This made the most sense for driving, but it’s been a long long time since I’ve driven a secondary highway late at night. I hope the parents get back soonish. I’ll grab a coffee for my drive I think.
I have one dog sleeping on me that they are watching for a friend and their dog asleep on the floor. Mat’s mom was the one that died suddenly on Feb 5th so they have her dog now too who is sleeping on the couch. It’s very quiet here now.

Well I’ve written a novel so I should actually post this.

Tracey, west of Edmonton for a bit then heading Northwest further still.

We went to a luncheon today for my husband's school (He attended a private school all the way through).

They have a big reunion on the 50th anniversary of graduation, and then a few smaller ones for all those who have reached the 50th anniversary. This was one of the smaller ones so there were people who had graduated in 1973 all the way back to, I think, 1947.

They had copies of school newspapers on the tables, including one which listed my husband as editor. He went on into journalism after year 12.

And they had a photo of him and several other boys playing the bagpipes! 🙂

He thinks he is in another rowing with his team (4-man), but it is a little hard to tell.

And I thought I saw one one of him playing hockey on the monitors. He's the one in white in the foreground here.




M in Oz