WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2025

Has anyone heard from Annie? Sure hope she is ok and her dad is fairing well

And I do miss Penney from the North Pole.

Im going to try and get some sleep.

I tried that, I can get off the floor without using my hands

Michelle, this is our TP holder in our small hall bathroom. It is not recessed into the vanity, but it is screwed into the side of it. If something happens to it, we can just patch the holes and paint the cabinet or screw a new one into the same holes. Since this particular holder does not have that annoying little spring thing, it is much less likely to tear up. As a matter of fact, I can't imagine it ever needing replacing, unless we decide it is out of style or something. Would something like this work?

Allie, I'm so happy you are doing well after your surgery. I needed to read some good new today.

Heather, I think you would be weird if you didn't feel sad about your ex's condition. He is, after all, the father of your children.

I am very sad today. My former next-door neighbor, who used to be a really close friend, is dying. I went to see her in the hospital today, but it she was already in a morphine-induced sleep. It is Stage 4 terminal cancer, but she was only diagnosed on Thursday. She appeared fine on Wednesday and started having trouble breathing on Thursday. Now they don't expect her to make it through the night. I came home from this to news that a 37-year old former student, a favorite of mine, had passed away, presumably from a heart attack. When he didn't show up to church this morning, they went checking on him and found him. I'm just mad about that one. He was the sweetest, friendliest, hardest-working person I've ever known. He helped his father run their family-owned hardware store. Another friend's son saw him Friday and said he wasn't his usual self, kind of grouchy and out of sorts. I'll bet he was feeling sick then and just didn't tell anyone.

I may or may not have had key lime cheesecake and a Diet Dr Pepper. It seemed called for. And the kind of day where posting a picture of my toilet seems somehow appropriate.

Allie - I sure hope your kids step up to help you. You do so much for them.

Rosemarie - I was thinking about making lasagna this week too. Great minds.

Lisa - I think you and Corey do wonderful work.

Carol - Divorcing after 37 years must have been an agonizing decision. Rodger and I will be married 38 this June. I can’t imagine it. Literally, as I’ve tried to picture it a few times.

Heather - Glad you heard from your ex and you feel some relief.

Rita - thank you for the pictures of the gum balls and monkey puzzle tree.

Lisa - your room is so nice and bright.

Tina- Plantar Fasciitis has been bugging me for almost two years now. It started in my right foot and is now in my left. I think my left has been more painful than my right and seems harder to get under control.A spike up through the heel sounds accurate. Like Michele, I thought it was a callous at first.

Carla - I like being where the action is too when I’m crafting. I quit for a long time because of it. Just took it up again last year really.

Re - i bet you’ll get rid of your set quickly.
I have a story about a horse chestnut tree. My Dad’s eldest niece was very close in age to my dad and they were more like siblings than Uncle and Niece as my Aunt helped raise my Dad. Anyway they remained the best of friends and Dad went to her house every morning for coffee. She had been looking all over for a horse chestnut and Dad found one when he was visiting my other Aunt in Nova Scotia so he surprised my cousin with it. They planted it together and researched how to get it to grow and worked together to keep this tree going for about a dozen years. My Dad passed in Dec 2012 and the following spring that tree bloomed for the first time. My cousin swore up and down that Dad did that for her. Then tree never made it through the next winter, she was so upset.

Allie - I was thinking of Annie and Penny recently as well.

Pip - you’re doing so well.

Kay - Sorry about your neighbour and your former student.

I went to Kaitlyn’s today. I had car problems about 20 minutes away from home so turned around and came back to get DH’s truck. So I was almost an hour later than o planned on. We went for a splurge at Dollar Tree and then I went grocery shopping with her.
She started planning meals the last few months and has such a good system going I may adopt it.
She told me that they met with the genetics specialist this past week and they don’t need to do gene testing on Rodger or I. The next step in their fertility treatment is another egg retrieval. I asked her when they were doing it and they have decided not to tell anyone until they are sure they have a healthy prognosis. She said it upsets her every time she has to update people and she’s not doing it this time. I agree with her for her mental health and what’s best for her that way, but as her mother I am sad I won’t be there to support her when I know it’s tough days.

It was a mix of rain and snow today, it wasn’t a fun drive home, but I made it. Thankfully it was only the last 20 minutes of the trip that was awful.

I’m watching American Idol now, then heading to bed very soon.

Tracey in Edmonton

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes!

Allie – glad to hear that your surgery was a success. Now take care of yourself!

Rita – your pictures loaded just fine the first time.

Rosemarie – it’s sort of funny. You’re trying to revive your lawn, I’m trying to kill mine off. I like that photo of my bicycle and the beach too. 😊 That beach is about 8 km from where we live. I’ve been thinking about making a nice big lasagne and cutting it up into portions for several meals … but I’ve never made a lasagne before!!

Vicki – older employees are very valuable. Make sure to emphasise your value as an older employee! And remove anything from your resume that clearly shows your age.

Lisa – your half bath looks great!

Re – well done on the weight loss and clearing out the master bedroom. What are you planning to do with the room?

Way back when people used smelling salts made from ammonia, and yes, apparently a sniff of isopropyl alcohol can be used to reduce nausea. I’ll have to remember that.

I’ve got hip-length hair and I do cut it to a little shorter than waist-length about once a year. If I didn’t, it would be knee-length in no time! And no, I have no plans to cut it shorter than that. When my hair was short, it was such a pain to deal with. My long hair is much easier.

Heather – we’ve got 3 trollies something like the black one you posted. One has our bee stuff on it. I’m hoping my husband will put his tools on another one. I want to put some of my art stuff on the third. I’m glad to see Edie is up for doing practical stuff around the house.

I’ve been reading some new books (mostly mysteries) recommended by Goodreads and Libby to try them out and see if I like them. I figure it might help keep me up to date.

Pam in WA – welcome here! Keep up the determination!

Debbie – sorry about Okie. I’m glad you got to do a few things you wanted to do for your birthday!

Tracey – Love the pictures of the Northern Lights!

Lanette – I work with health costing. The prices of things don’t surprise me.

Peggy – welcome here! This is a good place to find support from and give support to others who are going through the same thing!

Barbara – being “friends” on MFP isn’t a thing anymore. The only way to connect is via the Community. 😊

Hugs to those who are grieving.

Machka in Oz

Morning, my chickens,

Allie - Still in your pocket as you move toward discharge and going home, but like Kim, I'm keeping my eyes closed in here! 🥰 Take care of yourself for us, girl. We worry. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

Re - Well done on the weight loss! And no comment on the long hair, the longest mine ever made it was about to the top of my shoulder blades, but it's so curly, the apparent length was six inches shorter. It tended to go out, not down! When it's short, it's straight, which I much prefer.

A good hairdresser can make a short haircut look good, and give you a cut that will last as long as 90 days, but very few short haircuts look good past that point. I've threatened to grow mine out a number of times, but been unable to get past the "too long to look good, too short to put in a ponytail" phase.

Thank you to everyone for comments on the bathroom. I honestly couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out. I'm even happier that Corey's pleased with his own work. Most unusual, very pleased for him that he's proud of what he's done.

Heather - I think you'll be amazed at how much the kids would love to do for you; they just need to know what's needed. They love you dearly.

Tracey - So glad your time with Kaitlyn was worth going for, especially with 20 minutes of slidy driving at the end of the drive back! 😨 Thanks, too, for the update on her progress—I can't imagine how hard those phone calls must have been when they were already grieving. 😔Still in her pocket (and yours!) on this one. Such a long, hard road they're traveled already.

Sue - Love the picture of the crocus! (guessing).

Spring really has sprung here - the little weather weevils are guessing in the 70s for the next two weeks, other than the weekend, which will be a little cooler. This much early spring means an early summer with scorching temps, I'm afraid, but it's not like worrying about it will change it…

Usual Monday morning busy-busy… meds for the week, two loads of laundry, need to get my coffee cup in the dishwasher, have one script 3/4 done and another in progress, and it's time for me to start tracking today. The scale said 163 this morning, and that is definitely going the wrong direction. Doing well on the exercise, though, getting on the elliptical today will make 60 days I've exercised since the beginning of the year, and I didn't start until Jan. 7, so I'm pretty pleased with that.

For the person (Lanette?) who wondered whether Egg approves of the changes in my workroom:

Yes, yes she does.

😽🐈‍⬛😹

Later, y'all!

Love,
Lisa in AR