WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2024
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Carol - so sorry to hear about your brother, my sympathy to the family. All three of us kids in my family are still alive and relatively healthy - these days, at our age, we aren't promised tomorrow. I'm crossing fingers I'll be able to see both my sis and brother and their spouses this summer, it's been quite a few years even though we keep in touch by email and phone calls.
Lisa - absolutely love the addition and how nicely it's fixed up. The fern is gorgeous. I think your brickwork looks great and I wouldn't be overzealous about removing much cement. I've seen a lot of old buildings that look just like that, with bricks just peeking out in some areas. Gives it character.
Beth - many hugs to you and your mom. Is there a memory care unit where she currently is?
Sue - I like Evie's ideas about taking pictures of the mess. Do you have a photo of her and her make of car/license plate? Just something to tuck away. I try to not get paranoid, I just worked with the police too many years and watched too many Vera episodes.
Linda - I appreciate your input on flooring. All of this is good to know if I decide to ditch my carpeting, or eventually move to a new place that needs new flooring.
Heather - I think you mentioned setting up temporary sleeping arrangements on the first level of your house after surgery? Glad to hear you are still able to get some exercise in, being careful of the hips. Sorry about the frustration with cancelling the cruise and getting everyone off the dime to follow through. That kind of stress would make my pain worse.
Flea - I was just thinking about you yesterday, so happy to see you pop in here. Glad everything with your mom's estate is finally finished. Hope your job - and your DH's new one - are going well.
A while back, I ran across a YouTube channel "Hospice Nurse Julie." Again, it just popped up. I wish I had known about it several years ago when my DH was starting to fail with dementia and become frail. Even though he never made it to hospice, what she says about the final stages really rang a bell. I kept trying to get food into him, but he was slowly shutting down - I believe several months prior to his death. He never became agitated - perhaps it was due to his self medication from the "420" shop. Or maybe that was just him. I'm grateful for that.
If anyone is interested, here's a link to her channel. She has made several videos about Alzheimer's and dementia. Here's one:
Make it a fabulous week!
Lanette
Rainy and chilly SW WA State5 -
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Carol-So sorry for your loss.
Beth-Sending hugs.
Michele-Ouch on the hip! Hope you feel better soon.
Eclipse is beginning now. It's getting darker. We get 55% eclipse. I'm more focused on not looking at the sun. It's like "don't touch your face" during COVID. Now, all I want to do is look at the sun.
Tina in CA5 -
Todayβs gratitude: The sight of Joe with his walking stick, accompanying the dogs down the drive toward the powerline meadow.
Barbie the βwhen visiting my houseβ¦β amen, sister, AMEN! :laugh:
Kylia, Lisa and Linda, thank you. You have sold me on lvp. Alas, like Heather, I have not the $$ and Joe would not be able to tolerate the disruption. So Iβll just dreamβ¦
Tina ants, ugh. We havenβt seen them here yet but OH, the invasion of the daddy long legs. [shudder] Puffing diatomaceous earth in the seams and cracks seems to help.
((hugs)) Hope youβll still stay at the hotel and avoid the late night drive. Maybe heβll feel better by brunchtime?
Annie how far away is the church from your home. Would your dad accept you walking with him?
Lisa some folks pay extra for that white, kinda like a German schmear? Sun room is gorgeous, well done!
Sue rejoicing the tenant is gone. IMIHO, while any future landlords would appreciate the heads up, anything you did to alert them could backfire. . . Will you rent again or are you twice shy?
Michele when you fell and glasses broke, did you hit your head?
Heather bravissima for all youβre doing to keep your strength. ((hugs)) for the pain and the drugs. What Evelyn said about how quickly this all happened. The operation seems so very far away, but I have to remember that May is next month. ((hugs))
Ginny that door dash gift certificate will be much appreciated. Sort of todayβs equivalent of the grief casseroles people brought to bereaved families when I was growing up.
Beth words fail. (hugs), tears and prayers for you and your family.
Carol oh my very dear. ((hugs held extra long)) for you and your family.
Linda most of my vehicles have been names βRoxanne,β after my first bicycle, but my current Ford Escape is called βBossyβ because of all the verbal instructions she gives. . .
Rebecca sounds like taking a break from traveling is a healthful choice for you and the chief. Hope your sister understands.
Lanette yours (and Evelynβs) to Sue. Insightful.
The partial eclipse here will be just about the time Iβm driving to line dancing. Will keep my eyes out for distracted drivers . . .
And YES I did do the balance games and PT yesterday afternoon. Time to get at βem again.
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
April: Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
Open heart and mind before mouth.
2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.
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Rebecca - With all you are going through, and all your recent travelling, you are entitled to say that you haven't the energy to put them up, and they have to stay in a hotel and eat out. You could meet them for a meal somewhere. Sometimes our energy just runs out.
I have told my brother this, and he is finding it difficult to organise a visit! I want to see him but not entertain. He has many, many births due, so I'm not holding it against him. Pater Familias. per excellence. 11 grandchildren. 4 great grandchildren.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD, I think the only issue is going to be getting my sister to understand me not wanting visitors. She wants to drive her rig up, so she can bring her Bernese Mountain dog, Tucker. While that's a great plan, it would be no fun for Tucker in the 5th wheel all the time. Its so muddy here, even in the summer, that having him staked out would be a muddy mess. Then there's the deer and the squirrels that would set him off. Then cleaning up after him in the yard. I know she will ask to let him come in the house but Lee says no. Other option is having us take a train up from Oregon, but husband says our car would not be comfortable for my sister to ride around in. Another option is having her take her truck up with no trailer, and it would give her more room. That seems the more easier option, because we do have a spare bed. Again its me traveling down, visiting then riding back with her. She will want to organize my house. She will whine why I don't have lawn furniture outside. She will buy me plants because I have no plants. I hate all that judgement. She will want to prune my back hedge.π
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Anyone remember this?
"You flew your Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun." Carly Simon
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/viYv1CyxeaQ
Lanette5 -
Beth-prayers for you and your family. Such a tough time with your mother. The veil of dementia is scary and painful.
Carol-prayers to you also. I have not lost a sibling but did lose a sil. It is so good you were able to connect via social media if not in person.
Sun currently looks like a crescent moon in terms of shape. It is really pretty cool. Tried some pictures and couldn't get exposure etc figured out so I gave up on that and just keep checking progress. It it pretty much over my front yard so get good view from porch3 -
Saga rang me back. Afraid of missing a booking I guess. I now have the number of the insurance people. Progress.
Not only am I pursuing this current claim, but I also want to discuss the next cruise insurance situation with them.
Wheels turning slowly.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx6 -
Hidee Ho
The tests came back negative ,which means Tracys babies don't have anything genetically wrong with them...praise the lord..physically hopefully not.but we shall see..I know she knows the gender but is holding off..
Carol- sorry about your brother.. my deepest condolences4 -
Joy - Hope your daughter's news is good. Hopefully, the lack of urgency means that it isn't urgent, and isn't just incompetence on someone's part. Home improvement is as close as Corey and I ever come to arguing--we're both conflict-avoidant, which has its benefits in terms of doing projects together. πππ
Heather - Good news getting some information you needed from Saga, hope you can get what you need sorted all the way around.
So... I was outside at totality, I took pictures with the selfie side of my phone, like Tina I was just trying not to look at the sun, and wanted to! Didn't work. The pics just look like the sun. The birds never stopped singing, Egg was inside getting a snack when I walked back in. I tried wearing Corey's welders helmet to look at the sun, just gave me an instant headache from the weight. π€·π» I dunno.
Anyway - smelling like leather and sweat and dirt at the moment, but after two hours, I decided I like the bricks with the German schmear (thank you Barbara, I'll use that later with Corey... π). After I got all the mortar cleaned off around it, I was able to get all that detritus in the dumpster... then I took an hour to pull some siding off under the carport. I told Corey I would pull everything off that I could reach. Not as much as he probably thought, as I think he thinks I'm six feet tall.
I'm not. π But I might get out and do a little more once I take a break. Or maybe not.
Rebecca - You have my full sympathy. I just don't give in anymore. No matter what your sister promises, you know what she's like better than she does, and it will all happen. My answer these days is "I'm not traveling anymore," and I use the excuse of the old military life when I deign to give any excuse at all. You can use that one too, if you like. I've done that bit, I have no urge to go anywhere else. Possibly ever. I may change my mind someday, but it's not today.
Time for a snack.
Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa in AR6 -
MFP Weekly Check-in April 8, 2024
Debbie in Napa Valley, CA - Stats for this week- down 2lbs this week. 5 days of exercise. At least 10,000 steps those days but 15,000 and 18,000 a couple of them. I did track my food the beginning of the week. Need to get back to tracking every day
Sue in WA - Interesting side effects of new meds for a-fib. i have decreased appetite and some foods have odd taste especially dairy. current weight is now 220. Need to work on increasing exercise again. I feel like I am constantly starting over.
Rita in Roswell NM - Up from last week. Too many sweets around this past week. Iβve just been binging. I can feel it making me lethargic. I need PIPβs boot again to restart! Better this week, making a point of it!!
Lanette in SW WA State- Celebrating healed foot and staying in weight range. Navigating blood sugar control like last week. Moved first coffee in the am to after breakfast, and have eliminated eating prunes for now β they have a high glycemic index and high glycemic load. Perhaps they were part of the reason for move into pre-diabetes. (I started eating them for bone health, believe it or not!)
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cityjaneLondon wrote: Β»I've ordered some hands free slip on trainers for wearing after the op. You are not meant to bend right to the floor. I will wear these as house slippers. John will have to do the socks, but I wear them 24hrs a day anyway! I'm also going to get a 'house dress' nightdress, so I don't have to struggle with trousers. Amazon has some nice ones I can wear all day at the beginning. Like a long t shirt. I have worn pyjamas for years, but this will be easier.
They say you feel much better after 6 days.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Terri - Super watercolour!
Lisa - Did you put a waterproof barrier between the bricks and the house wall? I think it looks great.
H xxxxxxxx
One thing dh got and used a LOT(wore the first one out and after mending multiple times we replaced it) was what they call a "sock ease" for putting on socks. It was simple for him to use after his surgeries. Before he got it, I was the one doing his socks and so much more.
https://www.amazon.com/Without-Bending-Disabled-Pregnant-Diabetics/dp/B0C8H8SN8N/ref=sr_1_7?crid=3VOAHE8P8QQOV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.teFl3b0nFXcMnZ3r9nmr1lFNm0APY_ddJACjQMQhfsGTIF0XuHCCHM_x-_ZeuizI3j9xpXCKDO0SnKX3uW-Kuf4Ta4xsOsVTB7Zdekfb1xht9OLQZXBbIPtPi4_xb1aBmwy6CXw1NqFXgGdFFk6-eFPRpZ96waWTyMjkS_qCgUOwygIE2Os9RbFVKhLa8XXrg9ApO3P6kwO7NzQz8GKtWu9Ik0ZibXDH8XTjonh09ksAvw1PLO-_d9vp-jyCFNRgDGdkAHXW5Ln891ARXgb67tHSoXCMDpav00IMeAFI78Y.4xgChc-Skby0tG8IYizNYQBnaBJQ_qjYW8S0asos8U4&dib_tag=se&keywords=sock+ease+for+elderly&qid=1712614070&refinements=p_85:2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sprefix=sock+ea,aps,189&sr=8-7
something like this.
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Beth: (((hugs))) Sorry that Mom is deteriorating.
Carol: ((( hugs))) So sorry about your brother.
Time for shutdown. Night! Night!
π€π€π€ and ππ»ππ»ππ» for those who need them.
πββοΈ Miele failte to the newbies.
βοΈ Terri2 -
couple of quick thoughts -
Heather - My mom had the sock ease thingy that Debbie mentioned and she got the hang of it right away and it really helped !
Carol - sending hugs (((((((((((()))))))))))))))))
Beth - I wondered if you should have mom check for a UTI - others here have said that the symptoms are weird as folks age.... and if that is part of the issue it might help.
smiles
Kim in N. California7 -
Anniesquats100 wrote: Β»Good morning ladies!
Dad's shoulder was sore after his fall, and it's worse from starting the lawnmower. You would think there would be a better way to start the darn thing than pulling that cord. And yes he did some mowing yesterday but skipped his hip stretches.
Annie in Delaware
Electric lawn mowers have done away with all that cord pulling.
I've never mowed a lawn in my life, but my husband uses an electric mower which appears to operate in a similar way to a vacuum cleaner ... plug it in, turn it on, and go.
M in Oz
ours doesn't even have a cord- it uses batteries
I have mowed a LOT of lawns.
When I lived in Mobile, we had a HUGE lawn in front and big one in back. We had a little electric with a cord. It took 3-4 extension cords to get all the way to the road. I loved mowing that, except when I would hit a fire ant hill. That little thing got a work out for sure- rained all summer so mowed every week or more often.3 -
Lanette ... I watched the video. Thank you.
Kim ... UTIs are definitely part of the problem as she has them continually. We are now considering prophylactic antibiotics. While the UTIs worsen her dementia considerably, they are not the sole cause.
Eclipse ... we were in the path of totality and the cloud coverage was horrible until about 15 minutes before the full eclipse. Then we had patchy clouds and were able to see the crescents and even the full eclipse through breaks in the sky, but it was still hazy. We only used the glasses for a very brief time. But the amazing thing was the instantaneous change from light to full darkness and then light again. I must not have been paying attention in science class ... I had no idea that I was watching the shadow of the moon pass over us. I had to ask my husband why it was so black to the west. The darkness honestly was surreal and to see the western sky turn flaming orange before becoming startling bright light again was beautiful. Of course, my idiot neighbors had to set off fireworks! Two and half hours later, the clouds moved out and the skies are clear again. Figures!
I've had more conversations with family and the facility today regarding my mom. Today, she was cooperative and pleasant. Lanette ... yes, her current facility has a highly rated memory care unit. One of the reasons we chose her current facility. At the moment everyone is watching her. I guess there is a narrow window of opportunity for successful intervention in the timing of moving a person into memory care. I will be learning more about this at Thursday's family meeting.
Beth
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Stat for the day -
Walk w/famiky- 2hrs 5min 52sec, 130elev, 2.80ap, 5.97mi= 643c
Strava app = 731c2 -
My brother passed away yesterday. He had been suffering from severe COPD for the last 7 years. He was 70 yrs old and the first of us 5 children to pass away. I had not seen him since our mom passed away before 2020 but we stayed in contact through social media.
Carol in GA
So sorry for your loss
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LisaInArkansas wrote: Β»And the fern will go at the far end of my flowerbed once I've got some dirt in it. I might have to cover it in the winters, but I think it will look gorgeous in there for the spring and summer. We'll see...
Off to the races, kids, lots to do...
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
Can you put the fern outside in the pot during the spring and summer and inside during the cold months?Then you could enjoy it all year long. Bright green in the winter would be nice to see.5
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