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WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2025

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  • Heidijjo
    Heidijjo Posts: 64 Member

    Heidi - Do you know why your pancreas is acting up? Sounds horrible.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx [/quote]

    No, Sadly. We do not know yet. They are speculating at this point. They believe that it could be my gallbladder causing trouble or the esophageal spasms themselves, as they can strain the pancreas as well. I am going to be seeing a specialist soon that may shed some light. In the meantime, water, very little alcohol and plenty of healing foods.
  • Heidijjo
    Heidijjo Posts: 64 Member
    bwcetc wrote: »
    My produce box ... there were two errors in the contents. I had been given a choice of celery or 1 cuke and 2 roma tomatoes. I chose celery but got 2 roma tomatoes (and no cuke). I also had the choice of 2 qts of apples or 2 grapefruit. I chose grapefruit but got the apples. No big deal on either. I'll contact the farmer tomorrow and see what happened. Here's what I got: 1/4 lb basil, cherry tomatoes, large red pepper, garlic, broccoli, romaine, romas, 3 kiwi, apples, 2 lbs grapes, 1 mango and 6 bananas While the grapes don't look too great .. they are firm and very sweet. I'm happy with everything and priced out the items with a local grocer ... not bad at all!
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    Beth

    This post and that photo made me hungry and ready to break out my juicer. What a fantastic box. And IMHO, those grapes look amazing. YUMMMM-O
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 4,110 Member
    edited February 20
    Today I bought a large container of strawberries!💖. I am going to mix a couple of them cut up, with sugar and lemon juice and a splash of ACV and let them sit to "maserate". Then toasting a bagel with strawberry cream cheese and the strained strawberries on top. Its a dessert like no other! A cross between a strawberry cream cheese pie, and strawberry shortcake.💖😁
    I bought a really firm head of lettuce. Hopefully it will last longer. I do put a wet paper towel on the cut brown core part, each time I use some. No tomatoes available, and the cucumbers seemed a bit water laiden, so I did not buy either. I really love the packages of clover sprouts but I end up throwing half of the container away. I mean you can only jam so much of that in a sandwich or bagel! There is something awful about eating sprouts about to turn so I am pretty particular about the " use by" dates listed.
    I looked at two places for "Seabreeze" facial cleanser but I guess its not sold anymore? Need to look online. I am getting bumps occasionally around my ears where my eyeglasses rub. Plus with my hair. I think I will have my hair trimmed close around my ears so my skin can breathe. Also need to look at maybe new frames. These are 10+ years old!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 4,110 Member
    Heidi in NC,
    I did go online to Wal-Mart's site and Seabreeze is listed. I will look this weekend. I am going to use a Mason jar for holding the cotton balls. I try to live a mimalistic lifestyle and so with new things and routines coming in, I usually get rid of something. That's my rule anyways. I am going to decorate the lid with something.😁
    I don't have a juicer but I have heard good things about them. When I am in a "juice mood" I just buy the brand "Naked Juice" and the sides of the bottle tell me how many items cars crammed in them. I am so lazy that way.🙃😂 They do a good job and the Green Machine, and mighty mango flavors are outstanding!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,563 Member
    edited February 20
    Stats for the day-

    Walk w/family- 1hr 46min 32sec, 12116steps, 98elev, 2.92ap, 82ahr, 97mhr, 5.17mi= 478c
    Strava app= 626c
    ROUVY home spin bike- strava stats- 1hr 30min 23sec, 1083elev, gear31, 123aw, 17.4amph, 104ahr, 128mhr, 26.23mi= 505c
    Strava app= 638c
    ROUVY stats- 1hr 30min 25sec, 1082.6elev, 123aw, 54arpm, 17.4amph, 26.23mi= 638c
    Other- 15.15min, sweep front patio and front entryway, filled front fountains= 90c

    Total cal 1073

    Woke up with runny nose and headache, ughhh, still managed to push out some bike miles . I’m at 1257.83. 133.38 miles ahead

    893893
  • Heidijjo
    Heidijjo Posts: 64 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Heidi in NC,
    I did go online to Wal-Mart's site and Seabreeze is listed. I will look this weekend. I am going to use a Mason jar for holding the cotton balls. I try to live a mimalistic lifestyle and so with new things and routines coming in, I usually get rid of something. That's my rule anyways. I am going to decorate the lid with something.😁
    I don't have a juicer but I have heard good things about them. When I am in a "juice mood" I just buy the brand "Naked Juice" and the sides of the bottle tell me how many items cars crammed in them. I am so lazy that way.🙃😂 They do a good job and the Green Machine, and mighty mango flavors are outstanding!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa

    Ha! Juicers are great. I have a Breville. They serve a purpose. But I use my ninja blender more than my juicer these days. It uses more of item I’m juicing and there is little to no waste.

    I used to enjoy those Naked drinks. They do cram a lot in there. But they are hard to factor in to my plan these days with the amount of sugar they have. So it’s been a while since I
    had one. I like to freeze them into juice pops in the summer.

    Love, love, love mason jars! For everything! I bake bread in them at Christmas to give as gifts. I’ll have to share the recipe with you.

    I hope you find your Seabreeze.

    Heidi in NC
  • Heidijjo
    Heidijjo Posts: 64 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Hey, kiddos,

    Done with floors (especially when you remember that "done"is better than "perfect." 😜)

    Got through my shower after some lunch, and then had to lay down for a bit. Stomach cramps just laid me down for an hour or so. Finally faded, for which I am very grateful. Still not sure what that was about. There are so many more good days than bad now that the minor glitches catch me by surprise!

    I'm only a couple weeks from my next Skyrizi injection, and the time span where I don't feel well in between each one gets shorter, or maybe that's wishful 🤔 thinking. I dunno.

    Later, my darlin's,
    Lisa in AR

    Ahhh the crap gap. That’s what my sweet friend Maggie calls it. I’m sorry you’re feeling it. Good to see you pop in. I’m trying to catch up.

    Heidi in NC
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,139 Member
    <3
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,424 Member
    🤗🤗🤗 and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.

    🙋‍♀️ céad míle fáilte to our newbies

    ☘️ Terri

  • teklawa1
    teklawa1 Posts: 697 Member
    (((Lynn)))

    Betsy in NW WA
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,928 Member
    The Velux man was over an hour late, and no apology. ;) No bedside manner at all. However, he managed to replace the broken window, and the one on the top floor that is from the same bad batch. He was soooo quick! We had no idea he had finished. The large square window over the dining room table is apparently a different batch manufacture, so deemed to be OK. Something about a B6 or a B7. :/

    Really glad that's done. :) They are over 20 years old, so it's good that Velux honour their warranty.

    Expecting some new watercolour brush pens today. Our original set is holding on, but a couple of colours are beginning to run out of puff. We've had them over two years and used them a lot. I highly recommend them for anyone who wants to 'paint', but doesn't want the mess. For the best result, use 300 gm watercolour paper, as you may have to add water for some effects. They provide a pen sized water reservoir.
    Also expecting a tube of watercolour lemon yellow, which we seem to get through very quickly.

    Homemade pizza tonight. I've got to pre cook the leeks. Leek, mozzarella, and anchovies. Having asparagus with it.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,755 Member
    <3
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,563 Member
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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 3,101 Member
    Morning, my chickens,

    I was working away on all five of the things I've got in progress at the moment, and then I woke up and realized that I wasn't. I was dreaming. Dang, I was making good progress, too! 😂🐈‍⬛😈

    Adventures in home reno:
    This morning, I want to get all the tile in the bathroom cleaned with mineral spirits.

    I started two weeks ago painting the grout in our main bathroom, which is dark brown - don't ask me why anyone would dye grout the same color as poo in a bathroom, I don't know. Decided after the second try at getting a few feet of grout painted from dark brown to a pale cream color, that if I kept going, I'd have to paint over blood spatters from beating my head against the wall.

    Made more sense to paint the tiles and grout together.

    Had to order it in - got bright white (one hopes it will cover the dark brown - it's supposed to). But first I have to clean off at least 50 years of humanity from the tile. Few people clean walls, and this is basically tile wainscoting. We already covered the floor tile with vinyl plank before we moved in.

    Other stuff that isn't home improvement:
    I'd also like to get a base coat of white gesso rolled on the side of the refrigerator again, to prep it for a new painting that has been percolating. For those who remember, after about six months of existing in all it's glory, I peeled off the tree I painted on it. This time will be very different.

    Want to also finish a purse that's in progress and finish one or possibly two more videos for the month of February. Really would like to get at least one and possibly two weeks ahead of the weekly video scheduling I've set up. Just because, when the inevitable point of burnout gets reached, I can stop for a bit, and then start back up without a visible hitch in the schedule. The further ahead I am, the longer break I can take.

    Afternoons, when I stop doing everything else, and in the evenings with Corey after dinner, I'm also making granny hexies (like granny squares, but with six sides instead of four). I'm making a dozen or so at a time--each is about the size of the palm of my hand--and then putting them together - it will either be a shawl or a blanket, according to how long I can stand to make the same small shape over and over.

    Pleased with how it's coming together, and they're easy to work up, just mildly tedious at this point. Tedious and easy are good things when you're watching mysteries. There are LOTS of ends to weave in with each one. The hexies, not the mysteries. 😂 If you know, you know.

    Heidi: It's good to see you, we all understand when life gets in the way. Thanks for the "crap gap," term, it's very apt for this space between when the old shot stops working and the new one is two weeks away...

    Machka - Your own dedication to exercise is a huge part of how you keep up with your life. This injury and a lengthy recovery cannot be good for your husband's mental state. I know it's a worry. Just... thinking about you.

    Heather - It always shocks me when I reach for a color and it's nearly empty - When I'm in the middle of things, I don't realize how much of any paint or watercolor I use, I just keep going until it's done. So glad you and John took that one class on the ship that colored your lives together so brightly...

    Sorry, the metaphor was irresistible! 👀🐈‍⬛😂

    Beth - Four years seems impossible. We don't know how strong we are until we survive the unthinkables. Your ability to find your own joy in the other parts of your life always strikes me as such a strength in you. I think husbands, in particular, have a hard time admitting any weakness, so they power through to do things that they just don't have to. Male pride? I dunno.

    Heather's paints and Beth's husband reminded me that this is the the first time Corey and I have lived someplace long enough to buy more pantry staples - like black peppercorns, table salt, or even ketchup, which we only use in recipes. We've always moved before we had to buy things like that, and then just had to re-buy at our next place! This coming October will be eight years in one place, half our lives together spent here, as our 16th anniversary is this summer.

    Enjoying the years, but oh, they fly so fast.

    Still cold, but at least it's out of the single digits. Time to scramble off to Aldi's for some ground beef (mince) for hamburgers for dinner. Corey makes me a slider-sized burger and him one or two large patties, plus peppers and onions and whatever else he's in the mood for.

    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,482 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Lisa - funny story about carpet powder.

    Rita - I saw this and thought of you.
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    Tracey in Edmonton
    I went to work with a -21 temperature and came home with +7. Crazy weather.
    I play with kaleidoscopes whenever I find one! Here is a website with one: https://www2.lunapic.com/editor/?action=kaleidoscope
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    RVRita in Roswell

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