WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2025

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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 3,306 Member

    Morning, all,

    We're very nearly underwater here, or it seems like it - I have to be in town at 1 p.m. to get my orthotics fitted, and that's when the rain will really set in, apparently. I was able to duck most of the rain yesterday while I was out and about, and it really started coming down after I got back. Don't think I'll be that lucky today.

    Kay - Thinking about you and your family.

    Allie - I'm with you on the odd sleep schedule. I've been up just before 4 a.m. for a number of days. Annoying. Glad you're starting to recover some of your energy. Resting and healing would help!

    Heather - Well done on the two miles! You're going further all the time.

    Got a project going that I really want to get into this morning, and there's no better time to start than now.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,101 Member
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    Beautiful!

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,101 Member
    edited April 30

    On veggies … I like most of them, however, I am not keen on:

    • Capsicums. I don't like green peppers and can tolerate red and yellow if necessary. They don't sit well with me at all. So much heartburn!
    • Avocado. I love it in guacamole and can tolerate it in a sandwich, but not on its own.
    • Peanuts. I love them … they do not like me.

    Mushrooms often appear on vegetable lists, but of course they are not vegetables … and I absolutely do not like them!

    "Funny" thing is … I like vegetarian choices, but unless I say something or select carefully, they often contain capsicums and/or mushrooms. Huge long lists of vegetables to choose from, and they drag out the capsicums and mushrooms.

    https://www.liveeatlearn.com/list-of-vegetables/

    Machka in Oz

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 13,113 Member

    I had a great bath! Got in and out with only a little difficulty. It's a very large bath! So, I'm all scrubbed and clipped. Just like a dog. 🤣

    I then did the pre-registration for the hotel, and booked my tickets to and from London. I paid a bit more for a flexible ticket, so I'm not held to a particular train. Coming home, I often jump on the Gatwick Express to Brighton and get the bus from there. I texted my son about meet-up arrangements and they, (he and his partner), are coming to pick me up from the hotel, later in the afternoon. That will give me a chance of a nap. 😁

    I must say, I'm a bit nervous about seeing him after all this time. He very much has his own life up there, with whole different priorities and preferences. I expect it will be fine when we get together, but it will be like entering a foreign country. I am staying in the present moment and concentrating on being 'curious' and learning.

    I have done all the prep for the goat's cheese tart. Just have to pour in the filling and stick it in the oven.

    Haven't packed yet, but I have time. I've assembled meds and underwear! I think I have decided what I'm wearing. It's going to be hot! Toiletries/makeup are always the most time consuming, especially as I haven't been away for so long. Plus chargers etc. Downloads for the train.

    G is in Paris at the moment, for the David Hockney exhibition. She booked the wrong hotel! Same name, but not as nice. She is changing over tonight. She said her anxiety was so bad before going this time that she thinks she can't do it anymore. She always says that.

    Mo - I hope you enjoy the book! 💓 You looked so happy at the wedding, it's hard to believe you were so ill the next day. So glad you had a better time with Julia.

    Love to all, especially those struggling with medical issues. 💕

    Heather UK xxxxxxxx

  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,792 Member
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    I'm so sorry about all of this. Lord haste the day when your son will be well enough to return to you. He needs some mama loving, and some fried rice!

    Flea

    Willamette Valley OR

  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,539 Member

    😀 Gretchen Rubin's newest book is called "Secrets of Adulthood" I haven't read the book yet but I took to heart the first secret of adulthood that she shared years ago "What's fun for other people may not be fun for me and vice versa." I thought of that in the discussion of swimming. I tried swimming and found it not satisfying for many reasons so I didn't pursue it. I tried line dancing and found it so engaging and fun and attractive that I have pursued it for decades while others have tried it and found it stressful or difficult.

    😀 Pip, glad you found out that you need a passport book ahead of time. When I renewed my passport, I paid the extra for the book not the card not knowing why it was a good idea. When I renewed my drivers license, the clerk told me that if I had a passport I wouldn't need the enhanced license. I don't know if I'll go anywhere, but I'm prepared just in case. Your trip sounds like it will be a lot of fun.

    😍 Barbie in NW WA

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,698 Member

    After work went to Lowe’s Hardware and got more orange paint just in case I need it. Then stopped at WalMart to get yogurt. Everything I’ve read says that after a colonoscopy you should get probiotics back in your system.

    I’ll probably finish painting the orange posts so I’m near home to get to the bathroom if I need to.

    Allie – was it you who had to take some sort of liquid and found that (as I recall) you used a straw and I’m thinking there was something else. Was it maybe putting it in the back of your mouth so that you don’t taste the liquid?

    Flea – I found a way that you can translate in Google Translate from English to Spanish. There’s some other version, but you have to pay for it. For me, the free version is enough.

    Barbara – I’m thinking peach is probably OK, it seemed to be more of a pink. But I’m not going to use it more than once. Everything I’ve read says nothing red, orange, or purple. Didn’t know about the purple. Boy, after tomorrow I’m sure going to miss my dinners of chicken broth with aside of jello. Had jello for breakfast, now making some for lunch. I did find that the jello from Food Lion seems to dissolve better than the jello from WalMart (it’s the little things you know). I like the “medicinal plant” Joe will be getting

    I remember last year I got these fertilizer spikes at Lowe’s but this year I could only find ones for orchids. Maybe another day I’ll go to Home Depot and see if they have them.

    Well, I go for the colonoscopy at (yuk) 11 tomorrow. But I might very well be able to do some of the walking videos. I don’t want to walk around the block in case I need the bathroom

    Mo – beautiful pics

    Heather – I knew you’d know about the translation. A gal after my own heart, someone who doesn’t want to pay.

    Rita – glad to hear the checkup went well. At least your son admitted that he’d fallen back and accepts that he needs to go back

    Now to prepare the “stuff”. Want to get this posted.

    Michele

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,408 Member

    Morning all..

    Got back to sleep and waiting on visiting nurse and then have the eye appointment at 4:15.. in between ,I've gotten laundry done and a few other things picked up and will vacuum later

  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 4,312 Member
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    Its such a tough thing, as video chats you can only do so much. Financially we just can't go down, but if he has to have the surgery, well of course we would be there. We'd make it work. Hope and pray the Skyrizi med works and heals his issues internally. My mind goes to the thoughts, "he is too young for all this". But his logical mind is handling it ok.💖⚓👍🏼

    Rebecca Whidbey Wa

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 13,113 Member
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    Tonight's dinner. Goat's cheese and mint tart. I used a large wholemeal wrap for the base.

    G has had her passport stolen at the rubbish hotel. She is a walking disaster. :-(

    LLove Heather UK xxxxxxxx

  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,468 Member
    edited April 30
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    I have the same problem with ordering fajitas- they smell good and dh orders them but I never will because they only have the two veggies usually(onion and green peppers) and those are the two I do not like.
    Raw red sweet peppers, I eat them all the time- have 6 or so plants to go in my garden this week. They are the little ones called Lunch Box. Do not like green bell peppers raw and for sure not cooked. Onions, a little when raw if mixed in but not cooked.
    Carrots the same, eat them raw but not cooked. Broccoli is the opposite, only like that cooked.

    I do like mushrooms, preferable cooked but a few raw ones in my salad I can handle.
    I used to really hate beets- tasted like dirt, now I will eat them boiled but LOVE them pickled. Mom makes the best. I need to learn how she makes them. Those and her pickled okra- a holiday meal isn't the same without the okra and sadly, we ran out- Making sure to plant a lot of okra this year!! I love it anyway!

    So ready for fresh tomatoes and cucumbers. The tomato plants I started in my hydroponic system are huge and need to go in the raised beds along with the plants I bought on NextDoor- lady sold her plants for $1 each and they are nice size. I got some for me and some for mom. Hers need to go into bigger pots until my next visit up there. My nephew is there for the next two weeks, helping her(and I am sure helping himself but that is between them)
    Cucumbers have just popped up so they will stay in the greenhouse another two weeks or so-gives me time to get that raised bed weeded and more soil added to it.
    I ordered another 20 bags of soil from Lowes last night while it was still on sale- $2 a bag- already got 20 from HomeDepot- need to top off all the raised beds and pots.

    Pulled a TON of Bermuda grass from the top garden yesterday-will fill two of the green yard waste containers easily. Almost done. Will need to get up in the raised beds to dig them up to get the rest of the weeds out and add in the new soil so I can start planting.
    Felt good to get so much done. Did sweat a lot and got a heat rash "between the girls and under them" so putting hydrocortosone cream on it. Was planning on doing a third of the weeds but got 2/3rds done. the hardest section was the second third of it. Weed block and old paneling slowed it down but it still came up at the edges. Hasn't been weeded since the fall(I don't plant a fall or winter garden).

    Heading over to the other house soon to go work on the lawn there- pulling weeds out of the lawn before son mows it.
    Just waiting for dh to wake up- he worked last night so will let him sleep a bit more.

    Debbie

    Napa Valley,CA

  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,468 Member

    My best friend's dad and his friend(who was also my high school principle and the friend was my counselor ) taught me to ski down at the Russian River bridge-that is where we had swimming lessons too.
    I loved doing that.
    When I worked at a summer camp a few years, we would take the whole camp up to Lk. Berryessa for a week. I was the cook so they had to take me ;)
    We would go waterskiing- I am sure my boss was trying to drown me. It was a lot harder in that huge lake but I did get up and loved it. Haven't skied since.
    Fun memories

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