WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2025

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  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,871 Member

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  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,337 Member

    Kay - So sorry for your loss. My prayers are with your family.

    Okie in the Texas Hill Country

  • minicooper452
    minicooper452 Posts: 713 Member

    OMG Kay, I'm so very, very sorry for your loss and your entire family. Sending love and prayers for comfort and peace. What a horrible turn of events. Wish I had better words for you. (((HUGS)))

  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,539 Member

    😀 Ginny, glad to hear that the leaking has stopped and you're making slow progress in getting your energy back. My recent experience with calling Social Security is that the wait on the phone is long. When I called in January and again in March, I called early in the day and they said the wait was at least 120 minutes but I could leave a call back number. Each time I waited about three hours before getting a call back. The people I talked to were very pleasant and easy to understand. Great idea getting started now and not waiting until the last minute.

    😀 Lisa, Jake talked a lot about wanting to eat more vegetables but, like you, wanted cheese or other sauces on them.

    ☘️ Terri, I took four years of Latin in high school but since then have used what I learned only to help with clues on "Jeopardy"

    😀 About swimming My mother never learned to swim so she insisted that I learn before she'd let me go in the water anywhere. She signed me up for swim classes. That's where I discovered how claustrophobic I am. I could handle anything that required going underwater (some of the turns in lap swimming that going to the bottom of the pool to retrieve something). I tried lap swimming for awhile but found that the time it took to drive to the pool and change clothes was not a good trade for the amount of exercise I got. When we traveled in our RV I frequently swam in pools at RV parks but we haven't traveled like that since 2009. I went to water aerobics once and loved the class but had the same feeling about driving to the pool and changing clothes taking too much time.

    😀 About intermittent fasting, It's not for everyone. Many people, like me, need to eat at regular intervals. The biggest trick is to find out what works for you and stick to it. I eat at 5:30, 8:30, 10:30, 3:00, 5:30. I eat many of the same foods every day—lots of protein (eggs, chicken, Isagenix shake, cheese) veggies (frozen mixed veggies, tomatoes) , prunes, and Dave's Killer bread, I look for every opportunity to be active. It works for me but it's not a plan for everyone.

    😀 I'm watching the new season of "Mountain Detective". The stories are great and the scenery is spectacular.

    🎵 Barbie in NW WA

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,407 Member
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    Kiddos this morning..

    Time to take the 2nd round of morning meds...

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,776 Member

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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,441 Member

    I too am in the Broccoli and cauliflower camp. I do eat my veggies with some kind of calcium type food because so many veggies are high in oxalate. Unfortunately the bitter foods have many nutrients to offer us. Our taste buds run toward the sweeter and often not as healthy for us.

    Since reducing my sugar and upping my veggies I like the more bitter foods. I have mentioned this book before. Eating on the Wild Side. She tells the history of how some of our veggies have been changed to have a sweeter taste. The sweeter it is the more sugar it has. She helped me embrace bitter again. I have told this story before too. I can remember my grandfather taking bitters before he ate. Within the last few years I learned the reason behind this is to get the bile going to help you digest your food. I realize some of you my have had your gallbladders removed. Are you prescribed some type of bile salts to help in your digestion? What does your doctor have to say about making up for the loss of bile without your gallbladder?

  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,441 Member
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    Good Morning Friends...One of my favorites from Art in Bloom...A grille work from an elevator was the inspiration... There was a stuffed bird hidden in the cage.

    Hydrating hoping starting to work. I did not have to get up at 4 last night. I am starting to realize I have/had overactive bladder. Without proper hydration your signal to go is thrown off. Age is a factor in that your signal for thirst gets thrown off so you think you are hydrated when you are not. Being a teacher for years did not help either. I can remember not drinking enough water because you did not always have a chance to use the bathroom when you needed to. I am getting myself retrained!

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,698 Member

    After work went to WalMart to get a few things. I really needed epson salt for the plant. Still don’t know what it does. Dentist this afternoon then I’ll probably start spraying the green posts

    Ginny – congrats on turning in the retirement papers! And that the leaking has stopped

    Lisa – you’ve given me a good idea. I don’t like to paint the posts in decent clothes, even tho so far I haven’t gotten any paint on my work clothes. But just in case. I’m sure I’d get it on my clothes the first time I was wearing decent clothes. But if I put my apron on over the shorts. Thanks for the idea

    Had breakfast and at noon I’ll start the clear liquids. Made jello yesterday. Got some peach today. Should be interesting.

    Think I’ll use Lisa’s idea of an apron and paint some of the posts so they can dry while I’m at the dentist

    Michele

  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 4,312 Member
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    Wowsa, Jona had quite a lot of hair at an early age! So cool! Eli's was thin baby hair, and when he'd get mad or crying, his hands would go up to his head and he'd be pulling his hair. I'm sure he was thinking, " oh strange what is this pain feeling"!

    My sons all got their hair cuts on base at base barbershops. It was a rite of passage, and a good way to make them sit still. "Look, see, all the sailors are being good and not fussing about this. Be my good little sailor. You will get a sucker after"!!😁

    Rebecca Whidbey Wa

  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,539 Member

    😀 Lisa I used to knit things as gifts for friends and family and after a long famine of getting little or no appreciation for my word, I stopped doing that and began to knit for charity. Now I can happily assume that my work is being appreciated without having to have any tangible evidence. Now I can knit for my own pleasure.

    😀 Rebecca, glad to hear better news for your son.

    🎵 Barbara, A lot of the music I listen to on my phone while I walk is line dance music. The dances are ones that I knew well and loved. I can visualize the room I was in when I learned the dance and the people around me, but I don't remember the steps.

    😍 Barbie in drizzly NW WA

  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 890 Member

    Kay, sincerest condolences on the loss of your brother. And please, please take care of yourself while you are caring for others. “Put your oxygen mask on first!!”

    Evelyn, Vancouver Island

  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,907 Member

    Oh Kay … so very sorry to hear about your brother's passing. Was this the same brother who had a car accident around Thanksgiving? Praying for you and your family.

    Beth near Buffalo

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,776 Member

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,101 Member
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    I always get up at least once in the night to urinate. That's all right. Even twice in the night is OK. More than that might be a sign of an issue.

  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,466 Member
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    when I go to aqua zumba, I wear my bathing suit over to the class and wear it home- it is less than 15 min drive each way. I have a waterproof "pee pad" that we use for the cats that I put on my seat along with my towel. I take a shower as soon as I get home. No time wasted changing that way. I swim laps before class, 45 min class and swim laps again after.
    Our class is just in the summer. I am looking forward to it. I checked with out teacher and she will be doing it again.
    For me, at first it wasn't worth the $$- but, that was before I found out I could swim before and after. Adding that extra hour or so made it worth it. I love swimming so I splurge those few months on something just for me(which is rare for me to ever do)

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,CA

  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,466 Member

    another thing with Jona when he was young but still get it sometimes(from one friend who has known him for well over 20 yrs).

    We pronounce it like you are saying his full name which is Jonathan but stop after the second syllable.
    It is not Jonah(like in the bible).
    We have never called him Jon or Johnny. It has always been Jona, Jonabug, or Jonathan. First and middle if I need to get his attention.

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,698 Member

    Decided to just put on a bathrobe while spray painting. Needed to redo a few of the green ones. They’re drying right now so after dinner I’ll bring them in and then I have to repaint some of the orange ones again.

    Sue – is that what epson salt does? Thank you for telling me. Do you dissolve the salts first in water and then water your plants or put the salt around the plant and then water it so that the salt penetrates the soil?

    Think I may go back into the pool next week. Can’t wait

    Just respraypainted half of the orange posts. If they’re not the way Vince would have done it, well, it is what it is, perhaps HE should have done it

    Had a nice dinner of chicken broth with a side of jello. Now drinking apple juice. Maybe I should have bought more...lol

    Tomorrow Vince is bowling in the afternoon and then in the evening. I’ll be home.

    Michele

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,698 Member

    Question for anyone (Heather?) - is there an app FOR FREE where I can write something in English and it will be translated into Spanish?

    All the apps I found charge something like $4 or $5. I won't be communicating with W much so I really don't think it would be worth it for me to pay. But I can't seem to find something for free. When I was working at Food Lion, there was a free app that I used to "speak" to a woman who was deaf, translated into ASL.

    Michele

  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,792 Member

    Michele:

    I've used Goggle Translate with pretty good success. I've not used it with people, but if I see or hear something, I can get a translation. However, that's from the source language to English, I assume it would work the other way, but maybe not? In any case, it's free.

    Flea

    Willamette Valley, OR

  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,693 Member

    Oh Kay, what a shock! ((hugs held extra extra long))

    Rori so glad to hear from you. Whooshing good monitor news energy your way.

    Thanks, Machka I’ll check my multivitamin for B9/folic acid content and compare with Megafol5.

    Michele so glad you’ve found a way to communicate with W. Keep up the good work. Epsom salts provide magnesium and sulfur to plants, Kim would know what that does exactly, I don’t! ;) Is peach jello ok? Know I can’t have anything red (jello or Gatorade) but don’t know about pink/peach…

    Carla gorgeous cards, but please no, I have a hard enough time getting rid of stuff, I’d never be able to part with your beautiful art.

    Debbie wow, that’s a lot of plants! So glad your mom has some people living on her land to keep an eye on her and help. Your another overnight a month plan sounds good too.

    Mo what a trip! Sorry about the migraines and missing the ceremony, loved hearing you know how to do the hustle! ;)

    Beth pool repair fail and vanity glitch, ugh, just ugh. Understand you can return/replace the vanity, but what will you do about the pool?

    Lisa is there a bridge across the stream, or just a shallow ford? Corey’s retirement plan sounds like a dream, especially the “as far away from anyone else as he can get” part. ;}

    Carol you might be a super taster, one with the gene that makes broccoli taste bitter. There are lots of other vegetables to love, you don’t have to eat the ones that don’t taste good.

    Rita sorry you didn’t get your appointment, but brava for enjoying the roses’ scents.

    Rebecca Hugs for you and prayers for your youngest.

    Flea in order for me to eat broccoli stems, they have to be peeled. I’m with you preferring it raw, but I also like it blanched in broccoli crunch salad with cranberries, sunflower seeds and bacon ;)

    Allie great news about the lupus meds. You are right right right that Sean moving in with you would not be a good idea. Please make that boundary clear and firm. ((hugs))

    Ginny so relieved to hear the leaking stopped and healing continues. Ditto what Barbie said about calling Social Security sooner rather than later.

    Barbie what you said about finding out what works for you and stick with it. Same for exercise, for me that’s line dancing and walking dogs at dog group.

    Lanette thanks for reminding me that I like roasted cauliflower with olive oil, garlic, salt and parmesan cheese. Must make some soon!

    Sue didn’t know slugs don’t like Epsom Salts, thanks! You may have saved my red Romaine ;)

    Pip Bravissima! What’s the plan for your cruise?

    Gorgeous, sunny, calm morning. Joe helped me put the plastic cover on the new walk in greenhouse from Grocery Outlet. Moved some of the cucumber seedlings into it. Will make it easier to water and keep an eye on them. Joe also moved the big plastic pot into the greenhouse to get ready for the medicinal plant he’ll buy later this week. ;}

    Tomorrow is our teacher’s last BB&B class, he’s moving to Arcata. We’re all wearing black and carrying boxes of tissues.

    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

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    April focus: OMG room
    2025: Chose NOW: to move more than yesterday (drop everything and dance!), fuel better than yesterday (maintain better than 50% AF days/month, reduce after dinner sweets to one piece of dark chocolate), open heart and mind before mouth

  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,441 Member
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    Mo Beautiful photos.. Was this is in Chicago? The venue looks similar to where my niece married.

    What a great time you had!

    I hope the headaches are better now for you!

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