WOMEN AGES 50+FOR MAY 2024

RustyBFF · May 14

Hi all

I am tired today work is tough at the moment for me there seem to have been a spate of very difficult cases one in particular kept me awake last night. Sometimes its harder to compartmentalise things.

Heather that is lovely!

I literally add basil to every other supermarket order as I can barely keep it alive for a fortnight I have a black thumb, not greenfingers

Rusty in Yorkshire

Whidislander · May 14

auntiebk wrote: »

Whidislander wrote: »

I do not know the Lefse song! Need to Google that! …
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa

Here it is https://youtu.be/GMVU1Ec05Yc?feature=shared

I love it! Catchy tune!!!💖🎶🎵👍🏼
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa

Whidislander · May 14

Today I had to go into the base clinic for bloodwork. Just because I was renewing a blood pressure prescription. Easy peasy. I had to arise at 6:30 am to go in with husband to the gym first though. I walked 1.5 miles before the lab. Not too bad. I showed up, which is half the battle. I might even go again tomorrow. I will get up at 6 am so I can sip a cup of coffee first though!
Rest of this week is quiet. No workmen until next week.
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa

auntiebk · May 14

Today’s gratitude: Today’s lunch date with Dr. A and T cancelled. Grateful I don’t have their stomach bug.
Flea my basil think’s I’m Michele ;}. Let me know what works for you?
Beth Fingers X’d for today’s activation.
Machka will you get new baseboards? Thanks for the Happy Chemicals graphic. Hope the dental work goes smoothly and painlessly. Please share with us the solution to Rowan’s gardening mystery?
Tracey hope you can find a line dance class nearby to try. For me it is fun, good aerobic exercise, and filled with good humor and kind people. Is the Delton Community League anywhere nearby?

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Monique how did you break your foot?
Belated welcome @4Aon in Az and congratulations on completing your MSW!
Heather my basil is very very leggy. Do you pinch yours back? What besides garlic, parmesan and oil do you put in with your basil for pesto? Hydroponic? Then is it possible I’m not overwatering?
Allie hope your Dr.’s appointments went well.
Lisa ah, pine nuts, I forgot. If Joe’s eaten all his, I’ll try walnuts in my mini batch of pesto. Thanks!
Margaret thanks for the “Basil likes to stay moist and likes some shelter from intense sun. ,,, When about 4-6 inches cut off tops to get it to fill out and not go to seed” tips!!!
Vicki hope the new CEO gets your department some depth. Worried about the hours you have to work to cover.
Rita “JDI” is so apt. Didn’t know there was a free Silver Sneakers app, thanks!
Lanette that sounds like a great program. Well done!
Rusty shooshing you comfort as you struggle to compartmentalize that difficult case.
Rebecca one of the Norska ladies sang the lefse song as part of our church’s international festival fundraiser years ago. Actually the lefsa the other ladiess made was quite tasty with butter and lingonberry jam. You went to the gym? Not bad at all, well done!
So now its my turn to get up from this chair, and doo all the things I can find to do to put off the PT exercises ;{

Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday live NOW.
Open heart and mind before mouth.
2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.

cityjaneLondon · May 14

I'm reading Atomic Habits after all this time. I reckoned I didn't need to read it as I'm following all the principles anyway. But I do find it confirming to see it in black and white.
The principle of just starting is so important. With my writing, I just think, I know how to turn the computer on etc. With painting I just make a mark. With exercising I just get down on the floor
My old theatre mentor used to say, you don't need a destination, just a starting point and a method of exploration. That applies to everything. Especially creative work. But also life choices.

Love Heather UK xxxxxx

pipcd34 · May 14

Stats for the day-

Walk w/family- 2hrs 12min 50sec, 156elev, 2.67ap, 86ahr, 142mhr, 6.02mi= 600c
Strava app = 738c
Outside slow jog- 22.04min, 23elev, 164spm, 153aw, 139ahr, 170mhr, 10.47min mi, 2.04mi= 215c
Strava app = 251c

Total cal 815

Out at pismo for 5 days
*starting to jog a bit while we are out camping*

481481

pipcd34 · May 14

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Had no inspiration at all for our painting session. Tired, in pain, and no enthusiasm. Decided to do it anyway as the first step is the hardest.
As we were unpacking our art supplies, and deciding what needed to be thrown away, I spied the gold bottle I bought last year. Thought I could just have fun with that, so painted some gold leaves. And so on ........and so on.....
Ended up with this, that I'm calling 'Pondlife'.

The colours and the metallics are much brighter in real life. Not something I would submit to the Royal Academy, but OK for a very reluctant start.

Now for a nap.

Love Heather UK xxxxxx

Love the painting

dlfk202000 · May 14

son text me when dh and I were on our way home- kittens in the yard again. 4-3Siamese and a tabby
Going to try and catch all four-have two. And foster them and then find homes through the agency(they will fix them first)

TerriRichardson112 · May 14

Good evening, my little chickadees. Craft was very pleasant this morning. Then after lunch did some of my ‘mystery’ jigsaw. No picture to work from is weird. Will be up early tomorrow to do weekly grocery shopping.

🤗🤗🤗 and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.

🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

☘️ Terri

grandmallie · May 14

Hello folks
Well i went to the Fat dr.. and they gave me a script for Trulicity so here is hoping this will jump start on the weight loss. And went to the Gastrointestinal Dr.and they gave me a script for Gerd..
Stopped to see the little guy and brought him his gifts from the Cape..

dlfk202000 · May 14

son has caught 3 of the four. They are in a tote in his room- very friendly for feral kittens. Fostering them for now.
Every few years or so, cats come, have kittens in our yard.
Usually we keep them but we can't keep four more.

LisaInArkansas · May 15

Odd afternoon, never really got it together. As soon as I was beginning to, Corey called and said he was on his way home, so I made pasta with pesto and sausages - he likes big, honking greasy cajun sausages, and I eat a small skinless one...

It was yummy, in the end. I'd do that again. Felt incredibly healthy, but probably not exactly low calorie, in the end. Serious fun, first, eating a plant, and then eating a dish made with a plant I grew.

I don't eat much that's green, but I'm trying to change that...

Later,
Love,
Lisa

Snowflake1968 · May 15

Heather - I bet you are anxious to be back to yourself again.
I think your painting is pretty.

Machka - I studied Wernicke’s Aphasia in school. It’s great that the light bulb came on for you so that you are able to help him easier.

Rita - I have a terrible time exercising in front of others.
I get it.
The teacher that uses the “day of…” for attendance asked the class to tell her what year the chicken dance was released today. They were guessing the 80’s and 90’s. It was 1957. They thought the 80’s because it’s an “old” song.

Lanette - it was terribly smoky here on Saturday due to the fires in BC. Fort McMurray, here in Northern Alberta was just evacuated a couple hours ago again. I hope that they are doing it early enough this time. In 2016 it was left too long, although everyone evacuated it was a close terrifying time for them.
I hope you can figure out the hearing aid time so it doesn’t cause pain.

Barbara - thanks for the line dancing location. That is actually about 45 minutes from me. I actually live in a city south of Edmonton.

Just Starting - I know that is one of my biggest problems. I always do so well once I get going. It seems though that if something throws me off course once I get started I end up taking forever to get going again.

Debbie - I don’t know how you handle all of the cats.

Terri - I don’t think I could do one of those mystery puzzles. One of the students in the inclusive class does a 1000 piece puzzle about one a week.

Lisa - I just have to say that you and others who have talked about their “fussiness” for different foods has made me not feel so ashamed when I say it about myself. I was always made to feel weird and hard to get along with because of my food habits.

Speaking of food, one of the jobs in the inclusive class is for the students to fill the vending machine. I helped them today and these kids impress me all the time. Once they are done they are allowed a bag of chips for a treat, one boy chose a new flavour called “Spicy Dill Pickle”, he mentioned a few times while eating them that they were spicy and he drank half his large water bottle, but still ate every one and the spices that fell to the bottom of the bag. When he was down he told me he had a spicy problem. 😂

Tomorrow is my last day at this school. Today for LA we watched The Outsiders movie from 1983. These kids were not impressed with how many things they felt were important from the book were left out of the movie. The teacher challenged one boy to grow up to be a director and try to make another one.
I felt old seeing Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and more as young again.

I stopped at Costco on the way home from work and picked up a nice skort for 15.99. I bought and Olive green colour, I may go back and get a navy one.
I’m off to have a bath. Still not feeling 100% although I did feel much better this morning. Hopefully tomorrow is a good day as well.

Tracey in Edmonton

skuehn48 · May 15

Machka9 · May 15

This came up on my FB which triggered a question from someone about how many seasons I had. That got me to thinking ...

Season 1 would have been the time period up to age 20.

In Season 2, I was married to my first husband and struggling financially. That was my 20s.

Season 3 was a transition season - travelling, getting my Bachelor of Education etc.

In Season 4, I married my current husband and moved to Australia. We did a Round the World trip and I started my Master's degree.

And Season 5 start with a bang when my current husband had the accident!

Heh! I could create a TV series. But I'm not sure anyone would watch it.

Machka in Oz

Machka9 · May 15

mcmillonmail wrote: »

So I was in a lot of pain. I decided to stay home and get my foot x-rayed. I discovered that I had multiple fractures. I was bummed cause I needed to work out to lose weight. I did a modified Zumba today for 30 minutes.

Ouch!

Can you do upper body exercise?

Machka in Oz

cityjaneLondon · May 15

My lovely brother on his 72nd birthday.

His super wife baked him a cake.

Huge love to both of them from me.
No baby yet...

Love Heather UK xxxxxx

Machka9 · May 15

auntiebk wrote: »

Machka will you get new baseboards? Thanks for the Happy Chemicals graphic. Hope the dental work goes smoothly and painlessly. Please share with us the solution to Rowan’s gardening mystery?
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara

I feel like I've been hit on the jaw ... I'm bruised. She had to dig down under the gum to try to shore up the tooth in preparation for the crown.

Between that flu shot and the dental work, I was a zombie at work today.

We'll reuse as much of the baseboards as we can.

The garden mystery ...

Most yards around here are sloped. Our current place is on quite a steep slope. The new yard is at a slight slope. So he wanted to create a flat area for the shed. He talked about moving dirt from our current place, and was talking about bricks and cement blocks. I presumed he was planning to build up an area. But nope, he's planning to dig down. At no point did he use the word "dig". And we won't be moving dirt from our current place, and we won't be using bricks or cement blocks. What gave it away was him saying something about holding up the fence, although that confused me for a while!

When it dawned on me, I drew a diagram and confirmed. The diagram is not to scale but it conveys the idea.

Machka in Oz

1948CWB · May 15

SophieRosieMom · May 15

4Aon wrote: »

Aon here, age 53 in AZ. I just finished the last full semester of my MSW grad program, and although I've maintained over the last two years of school, this final 2 months I felt like a log jam in a flash flood, and late night study sessions ended with middle of the night meals (cause I hadn't eaten in 6 or 7 hours by 3 am). Anyway. I'm at 211 today, here to lose the 10 pounds I gained lately, and then make it to my goal of 171 (where I was last at 18% bodyfat and stinking strong and fit. Won't be that way now, 15 yrs later with a lot less muscle)...but that's a good goal to shoot for, then go from there.

By-the-way, I'm trying for 1900 calories per day as that seems to be the amount that keeps from making cortisol from eating too little food as we age. Too little calories makes us older gals hold on to fat better. Also trying for 23 min of moderate heart rate raise per day also strategized for keeping less stress and therefore less cortisol production; (or a 15 minute HIT workout- because I love them).
-eating 2 meals + snack from 12 pm to 7/8pm (18 hours intermittent fasting)
-Drinking loads of water (12-16 cups)
-attending to de-stressing activities (stretching, being in the present, breathing out slower than in when I'm tense, mindfully petting the dog).
Sleeping regular hours 11 pm to 7 am. ( not tonight obviously).
Glad to be here with you gals. I can't wait to read your stories.

Welcome Aon!

Congrats on finishing your MSW graduate degree.

In reading your intro, I'm guessing you are tall like me. I'm 5'8", having shrunk an inch over the past few decades, and set my calories at 1800 tho I'm not a calorie counter, I am working on upping protein 90 gm plus per day and keeping starchy carbs low. With moderate activity, I'm slowly losing although that's not my intent - research is showing it's better to be a little heavier as we age.

Good job focusing on hanging onto muscle, by the way. I'm 72 and really miss the strength I had when I was your age.

I hadn't read that too few calories makes us hold on to fat. Do you know why that is?

Good luck on your journey.

Lanette

SW WA State

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