WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2024

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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,904 Member
    Tere - I'm so glad you had a doctor who actually paid attention to your mental state as well as physical, and that you're feeling so good! We're so glad to see you back.

    Annie - So pleased your sister's coming to stay for a while.

    Rebecca - While my beloved is incredibly kind to me, he is not terribly fond of other people, and I long since stopped apologizing for him. You've already told her he doesn't like Thanksgiving stuff--you might just mention that he also doesn't answer the door while you're gone. And I would leave it at that and remove it from my set of worries. Both he and your friend are grown folks, and they do what they do! We can't fix everything, darlin'... as hard as we try. :smiley:

    Heather - Many pats on the back to John for decluttering, and you for not pushing!

    I got Corey to let me throw away two impossibly stained T-shirts yesterday, and felt quite triumphant. He will NOT get rid of clothing most of the time, and it literally takes a bottle of spray-n-wash stain remover to keep his stuff looking like he's not homeless. Bless him, he is a dirty little grub at work, and I know within reason he only looks clean for five minutes before he's a grub again, but at least he's clean to begin with!

    I've already been to Walmart and back - the wind's coming up now and the rain is coming shortly, and I'd just as soon be tucked up in my favorite place doing my favorite things.

    However, I'm still digging out from under all the stuff. Waiting to talk to my daughter, who usually calls when she's on her way to work and school (4-hour time difference.) I think I'll text her to let her know to call me when she doesn't have a kid in the truck with her, so we can talk about Christmas, and how much of this stuff I should send.

    I'm going to go ahead and get some basmati rice made this morning, so we can do chicken fried rice either tonight or tomorrow. It's so much easier and better when the rice has had time to cool. Day-old is even better.

    Now it's time to put my meds together for the week and swap the laundry over. The dishwasher is running already. In my happy place, doing my happy things, with my happy domestic sounds swirling around me. So grateful for my life.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    So I must have been extra tired last night because I did snore some. Husband is nice and just tags me with his hand, and doesn't swat me like he used to do. Unfortunately it is still an interruption in my sleep pattern, then my bladder says hi, and I need to blow my nose, or have a drink of water (you know to continue this crazy ride I'm on gah!). So at 4 am I knew it was one more hour until husband would wish to wake up, and so I listened to him sleep, while trying to stay awake. Fun stuff. I also try to sleep whilst holding my mouth closed. This forces me to breathe out of my nose. Of course once I relax my throat, I probably snore. He has pretty much accepted my snoring. And most of the time he says its just more of loud breathing. But every once in awhile, I break out in song, (a whale song more like it). When we had the other harder mattress, he used to jiggle the bed, but now with our squishy mattress a jiggle won't make me react at all. The joys of sleep in a marriage. I am afraid in a couple years we might both appreciate separate rooms. Its not that bad now, and its not the time, but one day.
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,101 Member
    I toss and turn alot,aleays have so i used to sleep in a seperate room sometimes if I couldn't sleep well. When I was married to Tom
    I still toss and turn ,but with the dog it doesn't matter..lol
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,282 Member
    auntiebk wrote: »
    Lisa yes to what Barbie said about your joy in the making. YES about exhaustion and handling stuff. Glad you could talk it through with your friend.
    Heather hooray for Johnny decluttering that cupboard. Brava to you for letting him get to it in his own time.
    Rebecca the condition of Athena’s baby doll made me think of your clothing optional days :naughty:
    Debbie praying MIL not causing a big fight is the start of a trend. Four instead of twenty different kinds of fudge sounds just about right.
    Pip may I borrow your boot tomorrow morning? Will need it to get myself out to BB&B class and line dancing. Weather forecast for Wednesday doesn’t bode well for traveling to town.
    Today’s gratitude: break in the rain to take dogs to powerline.
    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
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    Open heart and mind before mouth.
    2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.

    Suurreee. ::::taking off one boot::::: I can use the other one on you if you’d like :0)
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,533 Member
    Tere – you’ve been thru so much. We’re especially grateful that you’re here now

    This morning they had a fire in one of their fryers at BK. That must have been so scary – a grease fire!

    Allie – I put a bottle of water in the freezer last night.

    Off to bowling!

    Michele NC
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    John and I haven't slept in the same room since my hips started being really painful. I was having to use heat pads and medication, tossing and turning, and reading half the night in order to cope.
    Now I get up in the night for exercise to 'unstick' myself as I am super stiff and achey. Last night I did half an hour. I also sometimes need to read when my mind races. I'm not going back to sharing a room. :/ I'm a bit worried about our cruises, but we do have a very large suite, with a big living room, so I can go in there to unstick and can always sleep on the sofa if necessary.
    We do meet up in the morning, when I bring him a cup of tea. We hold hands and chat for a while. I love that time. :)<3 On Wednesday we will be giving presents for our anniversary. I still haven't wrapped them! :o
    I really love having my own room! :D

    I think I'm going to put out my fake candles this afternoon. I usually put three different sized ones in the fireplace. It's so dark here now in the evenings. They are the ones that look like real flames.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Tere - I'm so glad you had a doctor who actually paid attention to your mental state as well as physical, and that you're feeling so good! We're so glad to see you back.

    Annie - So pleased your sister's coming to stay for a while.

    Rebecca - While my beloved is incredibly kind to me, he is not terribly fond of other people, and I long since stopped apologizing for him. You've already told her he doesn't like Thanksgiving stuff--you might just mention that he also doesn't answer the door while you're gone. And I would leave it at that and remove it from my set of worries. Both he and your friend are grown folks, and they do what they do! We can't fix everything, darlin'... as hard as we try. :smiley:

    Heather - Many pats on the back to John for decluttering, and you for not pushing!

    I got Corey to let me throw away two impossibly stained T-shirts yesterday, and felt quite triumphant. He will NOT get rid of clothing most of the time, and it literally takes a bottle of spray-n-wash stain remover to keep his stuff looking like he's not homeless. Bless him, he is a dirty little grub at work, and I know within reason he only looks clean for five minutes before he's a grub again, but at least he's clean to begin with!

    I've already been to Walmart and back - the wind's coming up now and the rain is coming shortly, and I'd just as soon be tucked up in my favorite place doing my favorite things.

    However, I'm still digging out from under all the stuff. Waiting to talk to my daughter, who usually calls when she's on her way to work and school (4-hour time difference.) I think I'll text her to let her know to call me when she doesn't have a kid in the truck with her, so we can talk about Christmas, and how much of this stuff I should send.

    I'm going to go ahead and get some basmati rice made this morning, so we can do chicken fried rice either tonight or tomorrow. It's so much easier and better when the rice has had time to cool. Day-old is even better.

    Now it's time to put my meds together for the week and swap the laundry over. The dishwasher is running already. In my happy place, doing my happy things, with my happy domestic sounds swirling around me. So grateful for my life.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR

    Oh very true! I have long since not been able to "instruct" husband to do my bidding.😂😁
    I am a planner and organizer of life. So in my mind I see things as they should play out normally. Well for me anyways! I need to just stop wasting my time kinda doing that. Its not my job! Hugs!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    I toss and turn alot,aleays have so i used to sleep in a seperate room sometimes if I couldn't sleep well. When I was married to Tom
    I still toss and turn ,but with the dog it doesn't matter..lol

    I have a preferred sleep, on my right side facing husband. Right hand under face, left hand toward his pillow. I do not like sharing breathing air if he is facing towards me, so the left hand kinda stops that from happening!😂
    I bounce from left to right and belly to back. Its a silly dance really. He says that my body can tell when he leaves to use the bathroom, because I start snoring immediately! Lol! Also he does go downstairs and sleep in his chair or couch on days he's knows he's not attending the gym. Not being by his digital clock somehow helps his body's internal alarm clock to not go off. He's been trained to get up early by the Navy, hard habit to break!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    John and I haven't slept in the same room since my hips started being really painful. I was having to use heat pads and medication, tossing and turning, and reading half the night in order to cope.
    Now I get up in the night for exercise to 'unstick' myself as I am super stiff and achey. Last night I did half an hour. I also sometimes need to read when my mind races. I'm not going back to sharing a room. :/ I'm a bit worried about our cruises, but we do have a very large suite, with a big living room, so I can go in there to unstick and can always sleep on the sofa if necessary.
    We do meet up in the morning, when I bring him a cup of tea. We hold hands and chat for a while. I love that time. :)<3 On Wednesday we will be giving presents for our anniversary. I still haven't wrapped them! :o
    I really love having my own room! :D

    I think I'm going to put out my fake candles this afternoon. I usually put three different sized ones in the fireplace. It's so dark here now in the evenings. They are the ones that look like real flames.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    We do what we can to get good restorative sleep.👍🏼 I am glad your own room can allow you to handle your achy issues in a way that works for you. I am noticing a slow transition to maybe sleeping in the spare room that is my eldest sons room. There is nothing really in that room but a corner shelf filled with Legos, and our spare bed in there. I have posed the question if I should move there, and husband says no, he says not yet. 💖
    Sounds like your cruise living room area will work fine to unstick you.💖👍🏼
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,329 Member
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    RVRita in Roswell
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    My mother used to say she felt left out at Christmas gatherings because no one talked to her. And she always moaned to me about how the food wasn't right. Plus she said she would rather be at home watching her TV programmes. :p
    I just thought then that she was being selfish, but I can see it now. I can do social, but my stamina is limited. I hope we won't spend too long at my son's this year. I love it for a few hours. Then I want to get back to my tv. :laugh:

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,610 Member
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  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,663 Member
    MFP Weekly Check-In for November 18, 2024

    Rita in Roswell NM- Stayed the same as last week at 176.6. Getting back to it. Did 2 35 minute walks this week with 5 minutes of warmup exercises and 5 minutes of cooldown exercises, then 10 min of meditations. Sunday I did a 45 minute walk with the same 5 min before and 5 after. I will try to keep this up this coming week. I need to add 15 minute after eating walks too to up my steps. Been sitting way too much!

    Debbie in Napa Valley CA – up half a pound from last week- wore my fuzzy pj pants again. Too cold to weigh in just my underwear this time ;) 149.2

    Sue in WA State -Lost about 1/2 pound this past week. Was consistent with exercise but will miss chair yoga this week because it has been cancelled so they can paint the room. I am going to try to continue with the fruits and veggies but only 8 oz not a pound yet.

    Barbara on the Southern Oregon Coast - WT Sunday up to 131.6 from last Sunday's 130.3. Weekly average up to 131.7 from 130.6. Weekly average steps down to 7778 from 8016 but exactly at goal. Skipped one each of the weekly BB&B, dog groups,and weekly line dancing, unwilling to travel during storms.. PT & Zumba not yet. Challenge to active Tuesday and Wednesday when new storms coming in.

    Lanette in SW WA State- weight holding steady at 158.5 lbs. Still walking with weights 10 to 15 minutes 2 or 3 times a day after meals. Breaking in new shoes. Outside chores winding way, way down. Average daily steps 6555.

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,620 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    So I must have been extra tired last night because I did snore some. Husband is nice and just tags me with his hand, and doesn't swat me like he used to do. Unfortunately it is still an interruption in my sleep pattern, then my bladder says hi, and I need to blow my nose, or have a drink of water (you know to continue this crazy ride I'm on gah!). So at 4 am I knew it was one more hour until husband would wish to wake up, and so I listened to him sleep, while trying to stay awake. Fun stuff. I also try to sleep whilst holding my mouth closed. This forces me to breathe out of my nose. Of course once I relax my throat, I probably snore. He has pretty much accepted my snoring. And most of the time he says its just more of loud breathing. But every once in awhile, I break out in song, (a whale song more like it). When we had the other harder mattress, he used to jiggle the bed, but now with our squishy mattress a jiggle won't make me react at all. The joys of sleep in a marriage. I am afraid in a couple years we might both appreciate separate rooms. Its not that bad now, and its not the time, but one day.
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa

    We have separate beds (but in the same room) and we both use earplugs.

    Works well for us!

    M in Oz
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »
    Rebecca - If your friend is bound and determined to bring over a plate and Lee doesn't want to open the door, that's between them.

    You'll give your friend a nice fair warning. Sounds like Lee treasures his solitude more than a Thanksgiving plate of food, especially when he already has his meal planned. My DH was the same way. ;) DH's feelings would have never been hurt if someone didn't drop off a plate of food. And it was never a good idea to ring the doorbell and wake up Mr. Grouchy when he was laying on the sofa in his underwear taking a nap. :p Maybe that's where Rosie learned to go into attack mode when someone knocks on the door....

    (I started this post six hours ago and I see Lisa has Corey to deal with, lol. )

    Along that line, T stopped by yesterday and I told her I was going to skip going to Thanksgiving at her mom's house. She said she understood completely. She's a mind reader and said she felt bad for all of the times SHE coaxed and cajoled her grandparents to come to her holiday meals when they really preferred to stay in the comfort of their own home where they had their own food, their own bathroom, their own chair. Plus, they didn't want to miss "Wheel of Fortune." :p

    Charlie came by late yesterday afternoon and announced he was here to fix my mower deck. He's a heavy equipment operator and arrived in his service truck with a lot of wrenches, heavy duty drills and air compressor. He lifted the front of the mower onto a block of wood and got to work, took him half an hour. We spent another half an hour talking about chickens. :p

    Make it a super week, ladies. <3

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State

    Awe, thanks for your input, I will light heartedly tell friend that her plate is not needed, he likes his solitude and will most likely not answer the door. Yep if she wants to anyways that's on her.

    Today is my youngest sailor sons birthday (its already the 19th in Japan). Couldn't send a card nor care package, so I just posted a digital birthday card on Facebook, and hope many friends and family post something. I will tell him in a text this evening to look at his page. He is turning 26.💖
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,282 Member
    edited November 18
    Stats for the day-


    Partial walk w/family- 1hr 58min 40sec, 14452steps, 55elev, 3.04ap, 90ahr, 144mhr, 6.07mi= 576c
    Strava app = 736c



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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,904 Member
    Barbie - Holding you up from here my dear... Not the news you wanted. Many good thoughts for Jake's surgery.
  • ginnytez
    ginnytez Posts: 1,405 Member
    Barbie in NW WA-sorry to hear your news with Jake. Him not driving for 6 months will be tough. It seems you have decent friends. Perhaps work on listing stuff you can store up ahead of time to cut down on trips? And I believe you have groceries delivered so all of that will help. You are strong and will be able to do what is needed. Just breathe!
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,197 Member
    edited November 19
    Whidislander wrote: »
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    Awe, thanks for your input, I will light heartedly tell friend that her plate is not needed, he likes his solitude and will most likely not answer the door. Yep if she wants to anyways that's on her.

    Today is my youngest sailor sons birthday (its already the 19th in Japan). Couldn't send a card nor care package, so I just posted a digital birthday card on Facebook, and hope many friends and family post something. I will tell him in a text this evening to look at his page. He is turning 26.💖
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa

    Happy birthday to your son!!
    He is about 8 months younger than my son.
    Hope he enjoys his day.


    Barbie- hopefully this will be the last surgery for him. Good that he has people that can drive him.
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,317 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    😱Jake has three doctors' appointments today at the hospital 60 miles away. His original driver had to cancel but he found someone else to drive. I had been enjoying my few hours with him gone doing some needed chores, playing with the dogs, and watching TV. Then he called to tell me that the cardiologist wants to do surgery and that he won't be able to drive for another six months after the surgery. I am working hard at staying in the moment and being supportive to him but it's challenging all my coping mechanisms.

    🤯😱🙀Barbie in NW WA

    I’m so sorry Barbie. Many prayers for a successful surgery and recovery.

    Okie in the TX Hill Country

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,533 Member
    Allie – the bottle of water froze where the bottle is flat so it doesn’t roll. Back to the ball. The worst part of this PF (besides the pain) is that I’ve had to curb my walking around the block

    barbie – I’m so sorry Jake will need surgery. You are strong, you’ll get this

    Just got back from ceramics. Will take a shower in a few and get ready for work tomorrow. Vince wants to put out the infrastructure for the Christmas decorations tomorrow. Today he said that he doesn’t think he’ll even put up the trees downstairs since, really, not many people will see them. Jess will be here for Thanksgiving so we’ll give her cats their scratching tree. If her cats like ours (and I think they will), I can definitely see her or Colby going out and buying one.

    Someone on Nextdoor was asking for christmas decorations for free. I’m going to give her one of our inflatables. Makes more room for blowmolds. OK, not much, but anything helps – that’s the way I look at it.

    Nite all.

    Michele NC
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,048 Member
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