WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2024

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  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,606 Member
    Michelle in Ala. ~ Love your pooch! Thanks for joining us!

    Carol in GA
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,658 Member
    Michelle in Alabama- welcome and come back here often! Your fur baby is a dead ringer for my Rosie. Here she is inspecting the baby chicks last year. :p

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    Guess who has frost on the deck this morning? Thermometer says 34F. Looks like I'll be stapling down the anti-slip carpeting this week. Got the deck re-stained just under the wire. :)

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,319 Member
    Today is;

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    RVRita in Roswell
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,189 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Morning, my chicks, from 2 a.m. in Arkansas...

    Some might remember how relieved I was about the badly crowned tooth the dentist told me was doing fine? The one he said to call him about if I started having problems? Yeah...
    I'll be calling when they open. Woke me up a half dozen times... one of the few times I've really been able to FEEL the very specific fact that some teeth grow nerves that are laid along the floor of the sinuses. Feels like someone punched me in the face on the left side of my nose. Annoying.

    Not devastating, I might add, it's not like I haven't been up in the early mornings every morning of late. Just... annoying. Took a pain pill, some Tylenol (no NSAIDS for me) and rubbed Orajel all over the area, which makes my tea taste like ca-ca, but the tooth is somewhat calmer. Until I clench my teeth without meaning to. Will just try to ignore it for the time being.

    What can't be cured (yet) must be endured (for now). --Burton, updated to the 21st century!

    We cannot catch a break lately on the unexpected outlays. We're doing fine, don't get me wrong, but there is no money going into savings... it's all going out. Ah well, this too will pass.

    Egg is staring me down as I'm typing this in the craft room, because she doesn't have room to sit in my lap while I'm typing at the table. She's purring at me very loudly, though. She begged to go outside, but I've been hearing coyotes in the area, so won't let her out in the very wee hours of the morning. One very spoiled kitty is just not getting what she wants this morning.


    Small Christmas gift bags - my fingers are there for scale. Please note, small ones take even longer to make than large ones, quite a bit more fiddly:
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    Corey making his pizza -
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    Finishing the last bit of fresh ground Italian seasoning:
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    Egg being pitiful:
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    Later, babies,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR


    Hope you can get into the dentist soon and get that taken care of.
    I totally understand what you mean on finances. We too are doing ok but they took dh off the schedule for two weeks so no pay check coming in from that then added expenses keep popping up- new tire for my car(second one in a year)both from pot hole/road damage or debris). He also bought a second catio and new wood for part of the deck. We were only going to replace the worst spots but the place has the ones we need at 40% off so getting extra this morning.

    Wanted to sleep in but couldn't. Now I am in the living room, door open because it is cool BUT they are doing work on the gas lines here and the workers are just on the other side of our fence digging, shoveling gravel, grinding, etc- started exactly at 8. They have been working on our street for weeks-can't park on the street until 5pm each day

    Going to do a nebulizer treatment and drink my tea while dh sleeps(worked until 4am this morning after working full shift the night before and only a very short nap yesterday)- he is so exhausted. He tried to sleep last night but couldn't(didn't help he had the light on,tv on and his phone on, watching a video)then he got a terrible thigh cramp- he was SCREAMING and cussing like crazy . Took a hot shower and it finally let go. Just about the time he had to get up to go to work at 10:30. Letting him sleep as much as possible now.

    We will go to his mom's-I will walk her dog while he tends to her then we will stop and get the lumber.
    Skipping walking the wetlands today-
    Mid 90's again today- cooler than yesterday but we will wait and see. It got hotter than expected yesterday.
    Debbie
    Napa Valley,ca
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,189 Member
    mstin123 wrote: »
    Good morning everyone!
    I'm Michelle and I am in Alabama. I'm 53 YO and Live a very quiet life for the most part. I'm single, with 1 furbaby and I work a lot. Looks like I am going to love this thread...such exciting lives everyone out there lives.

    My plan is to be more active...take walking breaks throughout the day and implement some exercise before or after work. Also to be aware of what goes in my body. I have a tendency to wait til I'm starving and overeat. My goal here is to start prepping my meals and have something on hand to keep the hunger bug at bay.

    I can't wait to learn all the tips and tricks from everyone! Thank you for welcoming me!!
    Michelle
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    Welcome Michelle-
    This is an amazing group(minus the one troll that popped up yesterday). You will learn some great tricks but also get so much support.
    Cute pup.
    What part of AL are you in?
    I lived in Mobile for a while many years ago and had a great time. Miss the food and the beaches (favorite was Dauphin Island)and our little house.

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,CA
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,267 Member
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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,896 Member
    edited October 4
    Glad MFP stepped up. Nastiness should not be encouraged... don't know if I will ever understand people like that.

    In the end, after I posted on here, I went in and used my knockoff Waterpik and really went after that area... and lo and behold, a tiny little piece of beef jerky, just a thread, washed out of my mouth. Within about an hour, the tooth had completely calmed down. Didn't know if it was the pain meds, so I just kept checking in on it for the rest of the day... and it's still fine.

    No more beef jerky! :smiley: And whew! Glad it settled down. Amazing what one tiny little thing can do to cause pain.

    Nice quiet day... thinking about everyone who's in need of comfort, and joyful for those who celebrate. 8 a.m. telehealth appointment with my hematologist tomorrow morning, then no more medical appointments until November. For now, anyway.

    Later, my chicks,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    edited October 4
    Motivational Tools

    I know these things don't work for everyone, but over the years, I've found that reports and challenges motivate me to exercise more.


    Exercise Minutes over the past 30 days. I log my exercise here on MFP and use the Report tool to produce the following image.

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    I also use Strava to log my exercise. In Strava I join challenges which can motivate me to get out there and do something.

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    Machka in Oz
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Machka- I LOVE Butchart Gardens. I have been a few times. Getting to see it at night was amazing. Would love to go back.

    Had my first try at using a drop trap to catch a stray/feral cat and I succeeded!! Was easier than I expected. I guess all those hours watching cartoons as a kid payed off. I caught the mom of the triplets we have(and the mom of the last two kittens we caught and found fosters/homes for)- we got her fixed along with the other two that were out there. The other girl is in the house- she was someones cat for sure and then just dumped her- the other, the boy is in the new catio so I caught the girl so they can be together again in a safe place where they will be pampered I am sure..
    Now, Dh needs to stop putting any food outside- IF he sees the neighbor's cat he can put food out for it but that is it- Putting all that food(and he put a LOT) invites other critters, including the racoons, is wasteful if they don't eat it, and is expensive.

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,Ca
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,046 Member
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  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,614 Member
    Today’s gratitude: Sempervirens
    Joe called me out to the side yard to “see something.” “Is that what I think it is?” Yes! A redwood sapling sprung up from the root of the 3 ft tree that was cut down in July to make way for the water tank. I was sooo angry I was sick at my stomach. Now, it’s already 18 inches tall. Relief, redemption, rejoicing ;)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_sempervirens
    Carol, wow, what an abundance of vintage jewelry! Good sorting! Mama had a choker that I loved, it looked like an Ancient Egyptian collar necklace. Don’t know what ever happened to it, but since I rarely wear jewelry. . .
    Lisa so glad you got to the root of the tooth pain. Still might want to have the DDS check it out, that much pain is worrisome.
    Michelle in AL prepping meals is the best defense against the starving/overeating cycle. Well done! Absolutely :love: your furbaby! Miniature Schnauzer?
    Lanette and pip, somehow I have missed the silliness, so thanks for flagging and reporting it.
    Ginny, my summer cold-fatigue lasted almost three weeks. Hope yours doesn’t!
    No decluttering progress, but I did re-gift two puppy dog coffee mugs in with T’s other birthday present. She’s going with me to Coos Bay to have the rest of the 100K $$$ervice done on my car. I’ll take her out to lunch at the yummy vegan restaurant. We’ll shop at Natural Grocers, Wal~Mart and wherever else she wants to go. It will be a long day so, time to snooooozzzzzzzzz…..
    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
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    Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
    Open heart and mind before mouth.
    2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Back home in Tasmania ...

    Yesterday's walk ...
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    Today's bicycle ride ...
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    Today's bicycle ride was the first we've done from our new place. It's so much easier to ride here than it was where we used to live. :):)

    Machka in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,267 Member
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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,202 Member
    <3
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,606 Member
    :)<3:)

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