WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2024

Lisa - your home is just beautiful and that hard work is really paying off. The landscaping is gorgeous. Sounds like got the painful tooth taken care of, sometimes a little piece of food stuck between teeth or at the gumline is all it takes to set things off but once remedied, are OK.

Ginny - great hearing from you, thanks for catching us up. Sounds like work is keeping you very busy on top of the cold. Do you have a firm retirement date?

Missing you Kylia- Hope you and your family are doing well. Having such an ill mechanic would drive me batty. Hope he's recovered and back on the job and getting things caught up at the shop.

Barbara - how exciting that another redwood is sprouting up. Love it when nature gives us little surprises like that. Speaking of, my volunteer Aronia berry bush still has berries hanging on. I put some I picked a week ago on a cookie sheet with a paper towel and they are slowly getting wrinkly and dehydrating right here in my kitchen. Like raisins, only they don't need sunshine but that would probably speed things up. I read they were often added to pemmican the Native Americans made - these folks didn't have ovens or food dehydrators so having berries that dried in the open air without rotting was a plus.

Mo - wow, 2 moms to worry about. So sad to hear about the memory care place your mom is in closing. Did they say why? That's going to be tough for the residents living there and their families who'll need to find other placement.

Annie - again, sending huge hugs and much admiration for your current job of caring for your dad. Very proud of you.

Terri - glad the ferry ride was calm. Have a good time in Oxford.

Raining here. I'm getting tremendous pleasure out of seeing the rain beading up on my newly stained deck! It doesn't take much to thrill me these days, lol.

Make it a super day.

Lanette
SW WA State

Morning all
Well I woke up with a sinus headache Im hoping it calms down a bit as im supposed to get together with friends tonight..but sheesh my face hurts,my ears hurt,my eyes hurt lol
I was trying to figure out my flight home..and was going to try and fly Delta home they wanted 800.00 one way.honestly thats highway robbery..
I have a flight on southwest that leaves at 9:55 but that is cutting it super close..but im going to wing it..I'll do self assist and take the luggage myself and get a cab and get off as soon as I can.
Hope everyone has a super duper weekend.

Poor John is suffering with toothache on his plate support tooth. The gum is swollen. His plate is currently being mended, and he has to go off to collect it right now. No guarantee it will hold, but ....
It may be the two jabs yesterday that have set the gum off, but he did not do what I suggested - dash off to the dentist and demand to be seen as an emergency. No, of course not. So now it's the weekend.
I suggested he get a taxi back from the plate mender, but he won't, I know, despite the cabs sitting there outside, by the station. Life long habit of self denial.

I had a nice meal with G. The food was excellent and reasonably priced. I had Lardo, which you can see in the picture, which is basically fat. It was delicious! On a heritage tomato salad. Then I had pork in spices, with borlotti beans and charred corn. Very good. For dessert I had my usual Affogato. It was the cheap lunch deal, and I didn't have any alcohol, because of the UTI.

I wore my new jeans and my new Chanel jacket. G was very impressed by the jacket, and thought she might get one.
I asked twice for the music to be turned down, and they did, but the service was a little grumpy. Not as welcoming as I like.
Got the bus both ways.
I'm pleased with myself for braving a new place and persisting with the music, but will mention the service in my review. Wednesday 's service was much better. Nor did they acknowledge my birthday, which I mentioned twice in my booking.
A nice lunch though, with an old friend of over 60 years!!!! From high school. We spent most of it talking about our aches and pains and our old school teachers. Poor G is coming off steroids, which is a slow and debilitating process 😢.

My brother posted a WhatsApp message! He sounded much more cheerful and full of cheeky humour! I told him he sounded healthily deranged! He hopes to be home this weekend. I will make the long trek on the train as soon as he is up for visitors.

Poor John spent most of the afternoon on the phone trying to renew his roadside assistance for the winter. In the end, he had to download a new browser in order to pay. Weird! He is not happy. Plus his back hurts. Boo for getting old.

Love you all, Heather UK xxxxxx

Good Morning;

Lisa, I am so glad you found out why your tooth was bothering you and were able to remove it. I took some Aleve before bed, and I had no pain. I also took allergy meds. I was pain-free. I wonder if mine is allergy/sinus-related. I will make an appointment with the dentist to make sure. Either way, I am due for a cleaning and x-rays.

I woke up stuffy and tired, but I need to go to work, so I will go in. I tried to see how much vacation I had because I wanted to take off for my birthday weekend. I tried to scrapbook or do something creative for my birthday. I want a staycation. This Thanksgiving will be lonely if I get called off for work. I am scheduled to be in charge that day, but I am also the first to be called off due to my seniority. It will be too late to get to Chicago, where Thanksgiving is taking place for the family. I guess I can pass the call off to someone else. Last year, it was great to see my family after six years. I think I can visit my mom, but by the time I am called off, the Nursing home will be closed.

Terri, I hope you have a wonderful and safe trip. Have fun and make those memories.

Annie, it is a sad journey. I don't know if I told you this story. I was about 13, and the family cat Smokey, who looks like Lisa's Egg, was pacing, and his tale was swinging a certain way. I looked in his dish to see if he had food. I saw my grandma's teeth soaking in his water dish. Grandma walked by, asking if I took her teeth. I said no, but Smokey was mad that her teeth were in his water bowl. I laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe, and she laughed too. I reminded her to rinse her teeth out well before putting them in.
It got worse; my aunt Dawn left Grandma alone, and she caught the bus, and Grandma was lost at Venice Beach. They don't know what they are doing. It is a tough job, Annie. You may need to look into staying at home. Which is a service where someone can come out and help care for your dad. I don't know if your dad is open to strangers caring for him. My mom refused to let them help her and hid in her room. I paid 16 dollars an hour for them to talk on the phone and watch TV. Caring for our parents is a challenging process, my friend.

Debbie, I love the work you are doing to save those cats. That is how we got our first family cat. I love the thought of a catio. Can you send some pics of it with the cats?

Machka, It sounds like your Canada trip was beautiful. I love the other pics of you and DH riding bikes. I feel you see more sights when riding on a bike and walking to explore. I thought, wow, she is living the life.

I admire every one of you, and I am learning so much. I have learned that decluttering isn't so daunting. I realized that moving your body can be fun and that finding your niche is up to us. Have a great weekend, ladies.

XO,
Mo in Mississippi

Hey, all,

Productive day, trying really hard not to nap now. I slept through last night, and I'd like to get back to that more regularly if I can. I feel better when I do.

Still trying to work out the inside zipper pocket on this blinking thing, and I'm overthinking it, I know. I will figure it out, I just need to be a little patient with my balky lil brainpan, and do what's necessary. A mock-up will probably let my hands take over from my brain, if that makes sense.

Annie - Many hugs. I think of you every morning when I start my yoga. You got me going with this to begin with, you know. Hope your trip is a blast when it gets here, and that you can relax for the first time in a long time.

Vicki - Enjoy your weekend off, darlin'.

Mo - Many hugs on the mothers thing, no experience and no advice from my direction, just hugs. No easy answers.

Which reminds me - an update on my best friend's dad:
Family - made me smile.
Barbie - Love deciphering your icons... I read it this way "Loving flowers and smiles and sunshine and dogs and walking the dogs and walking by myself as well." 🥰😂 A picture's worth a thousand words...

Time to work out this zipper thing... Corey will be calling in a half hour or so to say he's on the way home, and he's off for four days! Looking forward to time with him, and trying not to let him work himself into the ground on the outside of the house. The first is much more accomplishable than the second.

Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa in AR

Oh Lisa - I would be dead as a doornail without modern medicine. At 28 years old I suffered enormous blood loss from an ante partum hemorrhage, which resulted in the loss of my full term baby Kate, but so nearly could have killed me, had I not been 15 mins away from a major teaching hospital. My mother knew two women who had died from the exact same thing in the 'old days'.
Not to mention my breast cancer at 47 years old. And the list goes on......and on .......

I have spent the morning watching videos on knee arthritis and beginning to do the exercises. El Paso Manual Physical Therapy. I have no idea if his approach will work, but my usual physio's does not, so nothing to lose. Already I have been able to descend the stairs and climb them, (with difficulty, but could do it). I did a LOT of exercises this morning, and loosening, and positional techniques, so I'm hopeful. It certainly hasn't made it any worse.
One interesting thing was that he said to use your cane in a flair up. I will practise his walking techniques as well. I also did some upper body strengthening with wall push ups and weights.

Then I went for a tour of the 6th Arrondissement in Paris, (I know it very well).

Beautiful day here. I'm still pondering what to have for dinner, as, so far, the day has been carb heavy. (We had our birthday croissants this morning, with a fruit salad) I might just do sea bream with veggies.

Love to all. Both my beloved men are hoping to get out of hospital this weekend, so crossing fingers.

Heather UK xxxxxxxx