WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2025

🌈☂️☔️☀️ Georgia's ever changing weather!

Carol

Couple of stray thoughts…..

Machka - I can not imagine being cash free, and doing everything via a card or phone. In 2025 alone I had to replace all my ATM/Credit card twice because the readers at retailers were hacked. So for the 1-2 weeks it took to get new cards my only options were cash or checks. Our systems are too far behind yours to make that work well here.

Barbie - Have you ever used Uber or Lyft I don't use it often but when I do they have always been a great option. And I am always surprised and delighted with the response I get when I ask a neighbor or friend for a ride. I have one person who has said they were busy twice, and have been able to figure out that helping out is not her gig, but everyone else has been a delight. I have learned to turn these questions around, If I got asked what would I say? Chances are if you would say yes they will say yes to you.

smiles Kim

It's a bright sunny day here. I was up early with the chickens, literally, and decided to go for an early morning sunrise walk up and down my little private road here - something I haven't done for months and months. Not since last October. It occurred to me that's when my back started acting up a little…. causation or correlation? I guess we'll see.

Rosemarie - which mattress did you end up with and how do you like this one? I just realized since I bought twin mattresses last time, I could just buy ONE super firm or whatever they have and swap out one of the twins. Not adjustable tho, frame isn't set up for it. An option perhaps.

Beth - are you liking your new mattress any better? How close to having that bathroom done? It's nearing 80 here so I might teleport out and jump in your pool or Michele's. I don't have a swimsuit so T-shirt and gym shorts would be my attire. I don't do skinny dipping.

Debbie - Wow that's an impressive garden. I admire your energy and stamina getting all of that planted and the irrigation lines laid out. Glad the neighbor is helping out, sounds like the trade-offs are working great for your mom. Smart idea! Crossing fingers there's no upheaval where MIL is staying with the residence being sold. Praying for a good outcome. Is she still fading?

LSamara - welcome back. 🤩 Great job with the green belt - you go girl! I also get in the FOMO mood or something trips in my brain that keeps me going after snacks. Trying hard to keep the junk food out of the house which helps.

Lisa - love the look of those fans! Wise purchase! $2300 seems pretty steep for an electric pole. Hope the orthotics are OK and glad no surprises at the cardiologist. I bet that coat you are making with lining will turn out fine. You have a knack for figuring these things out.

Allie - what a nice plant choice by Tracy. Good to hear Sean got a summer job.

Barbara - Seems like we're forever trimming back bushes to be able to see oncoming traffic. Good job getting the Spectrum bill down. That still seems high to me. I'm fairly locked in here on high-speed internet fiber plus landline for around $92 which takes care of Roku TV. Some folks around here have gone to Starlink - it's not cheap from what I hear, but was less expensive than satellite only TV like DirectTV. We used to pay a lot for that. I don't know that much about Starlink.

Rebecca - Port Townsend will be fun, what a cute town. I was there years ago to participate on a 911 Center supervisor interview panel - they called them "assessment center's". Didn't have much time to tour the town. Nice drive up 101 and back so didn't stay the night.

Heather - I think my outside faucets and showers don't have shut-off's so need to be turned off at the street. I do not like it at all when several things seem to go wrong at once like the day you had. Glad to hear your tap is now fixed. One less worry!

Barbie - I have the same concerns as you getting cataract surgery (or any surgery) - not only leaving the animals alone, but tending them for the next few days. Bending over and lifting which I think should be curtailed with the eyes? I could have Roger or Mrs. Roger across the street help me put in eye drops if needed. Luckily, I'm also in the "not there yet" category.

Busy busy morning. Alex's dad and brother, the landscape crew, showed up at 8:30 and were whirlwinds. Cut down the dead pine back by the powerline, picked up the dead branches and masses of pinecones and left me with a very nice stack of small wood chunks perfect for my woodstove. They were grateful for the firewood, they have a large woodstove. They also did massive weed-eating under the powerline, sprayed blackberries back there and the weeds in my driveway, pruned down the tops of the 2 apple trees by the chicken run. I can sleep much better now- apple trees heavy with fruit are known to tip around here - we lost a couple that way in the past, even with props. All is takes is a heavy wind coming from the wrong direction. All that for $500 plus a small dump charge. I gave them a nice tip. I appreciate them so much - maintaining this place doesn't seem so overwhelming right now. Again, that's why I drive older cars. The Camry turns 21 this year.😁 Maybe I'll fill her up with "Ethyl" for a present, lol.

I'm up to 9300 steps so far so no "walking with weights" today. I walked plenty carrying limbs in old Muck shoes and my feet are tired.

Took a look at my mid-year budget yesterday. Expenses are pretty much in line with last year except in the property tax & home/auto insurance and utilities category. Those are up an average of 15% - and those are big dollar items. In the past, I'd see jumps of maybe 5% per year. Hope that's it for a while.

Not to get political - but I'd be happy if Congress passes "no tax on Social Security" at some point. I can't keep up with what they're up to, and don't even try. 😁

Lanette 😎

SW WA State

Hey, guys,

Orthopedic shoes with orthotics installed, and just taken off my feet - lectured on adding one hour a day to wearing them to break them in. No idea yet if they'll help with the pain, not after only an hour in them. Pretty sure she explained four times how to wear them just an hour today, two hours tomorrow, etc. As soon as they know I'm 65, their volume goes up as well. I don't argue the point. I'm not deaf, but I imagine many of her clients are. Why disturb her worldview?

Thanks Lanette and Machka on the fan comments - certain shapes and patterns have always made me happy. I had a fan-patterned quilt, not of my own making, on my bed through two marriages, until it finally fell apart five years ago. Saved bits of it and made a cushion for my footstool in my craft room.

Really exhausted this afternoon, just curled up in my recliner after I got back from town. Before I went in, I worked all morning on the craft room, and pulled two full bin bags out to take to Goodwill of various pieces that didn't work out for whatever reason. Grabbed the stash of various shirts and pants I've culled from my closet because they didn't make me happy when I tried them on.

Cut dozens of other fabric pieces apart that were only usable in part. I don't need the edges or most of the trim, just flat material for the work I do. Saved an entire bag of polyfil from the quilted ones, will reuse that in various ways. Total, one large bin bag that was thrown out. My shelves probably wouldn't look different to someone else, but they look good to me!

In between stabs at that, washed the bathroom rugs and bleached the bathtub and its environs. Small things.

Corey's home - and I'm reinstalling my printer driver, as my Windows laptop can no longer see my printer, even though my phone and tablet can. AnNOYing…

Later,
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR

Thank you, Rebecca! I am on the opposite end of the U.S. in the great state of Maine. If folks can remember, my name is Lorna. I just got back from the gym with my teenager. He got me into Karate after begging for years for me to join him. He is a 2nd degree junior black belt and has been taking karate since he was 6 yrs old; he's now 15. I slacked off on the gym, but his first year in high school has motivated him to build muscle, so now he has me back at it 5 days a week and after week 1, I hurt! I will gladly refrain from politics and religion. As a former hairstylist, I know the topics to avoid for maintaining harmony, LOL! I look forward to getting to know everyone. Thanks again! Here is me and my teenager, Aaron…

yes, MIL is still declining a bit. Dh doesn't go to see her every day like he was and he is ok with that. Done with that "Obligation". He was sick all last week so good reason to not go see her.

I plan on taking her dog with me to the wetlands early Tuesday- He has never been there. Then we will stop at my house, give him a flea \tick bath- just in case-there are ticks out there plus it is time for a bath.
Tuesdays I usually don't have any exercise and I don't walk him every day now that the kids are living there. It will be fun for both of us- should really wear him out

I know what you mean about having the extra help really makes things more managable and not so overwhelming- I totally thought that at mom's Tuesday night!!

Heading to my friends, again- to help her with her sewing machine.

Was 90 here today- still very warm at 82 at almost 7PM
Another hot day tomorrow.

My grad was today. My family came to support me and cheer me on, then Brodey and Kaitlyn took Rodger and I out for supper at Olive Garden. It was a terrific day.
I tried to put the pictures in a spoiler but it refused to work.

Tracey

mom says each year that she won't plant as much but then when it comes time to plant the greenhouse, she wants to keep planting more thing.

I know keeping busy is good for her but her body doesn't allow as much as she want- hips are bothering her lately. She will be 83 next month. She has been saying she is 84, another time she told someone she was going to be 85.