WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2025

Oh, no worries. We aren't directly off the coastline, but in Puget Sound, so lots of other coastlines to slow any larger waves. Plus we're up on a hill that overlooks Oak Harbor so we're where everyone escapes to. When we lived in Hammond Oregon directly on the coast, we were told to evacuate to our designated area, a cemetery up on a higher elevation. Fitting..🙄😂. Most of the locals all decided to just meet at the local bar, and just have that one last drink. There wasn't going to be any driving anywhere as all the roads would be gridlocked, just as there wouldnt be any getting off this island. We have supplies. Its all good.

Rebecca Whidbey Wa

Sorry I have been MIA

Didn't feel great today, so stayed in bed.

Will get up early tomorrow take a shower and go take care of SMiles. Then Friday have to go up and see what I can collect of Seans clothes . More Drs appointments next week

Carol – I may not have explained myself correctly. Say, on Sun I’ll make a roast, portion it out, put most of it in the freezer but just keep the portion we’ll use that week. I do make most of our meals from scratch, mainly because Vince is so pickey. At least I know what’s in the food and what I need to hide from him (like vegetables). Now I know that J & C like spicy-er food like Mexican. Vince won’t go near it. That’s why I was thinking if she cooked on MwandF then they can have Mexican-type food and we can give Vince shrimp. Who knows? Maybe they’d rather do things on their own every day. We shall see….

Lisa – as always, lovely pillows

Took Ganon out but it was sprinkling so I brought him in the house and I took a walk (with the umbrella). He probably would have gotten upset at the thunder.

Barbie – good for you getting out and having that hotdog and for passing on the other things

M – no kitchenette in the basement, but there is a wet bar with a mini fridge and a small microwave.

J&C being here: I guess this is just going to be a lesson for me to give it time, let it play out, see what happens. So many times I want an answer at the moment and I need to be patient. It’s pretty hectic moving. Right now they’re at their place, a cleaning lady was there today. They took the Outlook since it’s larger than J’s car so they can bring more here. I know she needs to bring her tomato plant, they said they had food in their refrig and coolers so I bet that’s part of what they’ll be bringing. Probably the air mattress they slept on (their bed is in storage), our air pump for the bed and other things. Oh, C took my small table I have in my exercise room for his laptop, I think he was going to work at least part of the day.

Allie – please take care of yourself. You take such care of everyone else.

Michele NC

Hello Everyone;

Michelle, it is so hard to please everyone. I let my son choose what he wants to eat. I don't change what I do for DH, DS, or DD. I know what works for me. DH and I are on the same page about eating healthier. DH loves rice, and he eats more calories than I do.

Rose got sick today, so I decided that she needs smaller portions and should eat her food and not mine. Sundays for dogs are not cheap. I add cheese and food I don't want to finish. I went out with my friends to a Greek restaurant and ate 1/2 of my wrap. I gave the rest to Rose, and she did not tolerate it. I worked out early, took a shower, and got into bed to read, and then I passed out for the count. I made pizza tonight with my keto sandwich thins. Each 1/2 was the crust, and I put pizza sauce by Raos, mushrooms, spinach, peppers, onions, and pepperoni, and Mozzarella cheese. It was actually good. I put the other 1/2 in the fridge.

DH is flying out to Florida to help his mom. Now her memory is fading. She thought it was 1974. So she is going to assisted living. His sister set up a living trust, and they worked well as a family. Unfortunately, MIL decreased Doris's share to 10%, because she didn't visit or check on her. I guess the Grandkids are out too(as they should be).

My friend Linette says she gained 40 pounds, so the doctor is putting her on Ozempic. I told her to join MFP. We will see. You can not just give someone a medication and not help with figuring out calories and provide supportive services.

Lisa, I wonder if it was your electrolytes for the vertigo or allergies. You helped me the other day, because my eye was itching like crazy and I was sneezing. When you mentioned allergies, I realized that I didn't take my Allegra.

Heather, I love that cute storage cabinet. I may get one when I move.

I am so glad you all and your families are all safe from the Tsunami.

Barbie, I was telling my friend that I've reached the point where my house is my happy place. I love being alone like a hermit. She feels the same. I get overstimulated at work, so peace works for me.

I did enjoy catching up with everyone. Our kids all went to school together, so we like to see how they're doing. My friend has two adult children, and the youngest is in third grade.

Rebecca, I hope your son doesn't feel closed in. When you talked about the flies, I just saw on IG a case where the guy evicted his tenants and saw dozens of flies in the window. He decided that he didn't want to go in there. They showed the flies, and I was freaking out.

I just finished a good book called These Summer Storms, by Sarah MacLean. Shocking ending, but I should have known. Well, goodnight everyone. I have to go in the am to have an EGD done. 😫

Xo,

Mo in Mississippi

Wet bar with fridge and microwave ... they're set to make their meals on their own!

Just add a plug in kettle for coffee & tea and a toaster oven and they'll have all they need for a month or two.

Machka in Oz

Machka - 

Sorry you're not enjoying the current piece you're working on. That's kind of exhausting, as you have to keep pounding away at something you really don't enjoy.

Lisa: It's done … I think. I submitted it on Monday.

I did the job back in January/February - it was one of the reasons why I was overwhelmingly busy right from the beginning of this year. Back then, I hoped it was finished and I'd never see it again.

But it reared its ugly head again last week.

It needs so much work and if I had the time and if it actually belonged to me, I could fix it. But it's one of those things that no one really wants and it ended up suddenly being dropped in my lap when I was in my previous unit. Since then I've moved into another unit so it's really not my job now. Nevertheless, since I was the last person who worked on it, I was commandeered to make some updates. I've done that and handed it back with an instruction manual (which I did back in Feb & updated a little now) and a recommendations for improvement document which I did up on Monday.

The rest of the week has been better.

Machka in Oz

Carol - how was your visit with the ortho doc? So sorry to hear your leg is affected. Hope there's a remedy that can get you active again.

Machka - do you have bumblebees there? The fireweed growing along my sidewalk is now over 6' tall and the pink flowers are covered with the friendly native bumblebees. I often stand out there for a while and they just buzz around me like I'm part of the landscape. Just fascinating to watch! Haven't seen many yellowjackets or any of the mean bald-faced hornets this year.

Mo - I've been tempted to try making keto bread pizza and it's on the menu now. With both your and DH's mothers in the south, are you a little reticent to leave that area and move to Chicago? Tho a person can get anywhere by airplane. During the last couple years of my parent's lives, I was flying back to Indiana every few months. I got to know O'Hare and Midway airports like the back of my hand. After they passed, I haven't been on a plane since. I know for folks who are used to flying, it's no big deal. Sorry to hear about Rose's upset tummy.

Lisa - I smile every time you post that you are happy you don't have to go anywhere for a while. Same here. Next week I'm totally open - no appointments so I'm planning my menu and weekend shopping list to make sure I don't run out of anything mid-week. Love hearing about your tomato crop and sauces.

Lanette 😎

SW WA State

Back inside for the rest of the day… and happy for it, yes.

Lanette - Any day I get to stay home is a good day, and isn't that a wonderful place to be in our lives? I thought, as we're passing the seven-year mark in this house, that I would be itching to travel, to go, to not be in one place. I'm not. I love it here, and blooming where I'm planted this time has been a lovely thing.

Tina - I really do understand your itch to travel, and looking back, even if it wasn't a conscious thing, I always seemed to sign up for a life of constant movement. I didn't like the process of traveling much, but loved being in different places, seeing different things throughout that peripatetic life. But oh, I love this one even more. The traveling was momentary and lovely bits of awe and wonder, but when you love where you live, it's constant, low-level joy with the process and the results, shifting into awe as a hummingbird buzzes by you, and wonder when you wake up and a tree has burst into bloom overnight. I hope you find what fills you with joy. I think about you often.

Mo - You might be right, it might be the allergies and leaving off that medication for nearly a week. The vertigo is making me nearly nauseated this morning, especially if I look up to try to do ANYthing. When I finish this post, I'm headed into the bedroom to lay down and do the Epley Maneuver and see if I can get my ears to settle back down. Sometimes it takes a few tries, but it often will move it to at least a bearable level.

Memories of my mother have been overwhelming for almost two weeks, and it's been 26 years now she's been gone. Couldn't (or wouldn't) figure it out as to why it was so bad right now, but my sister reminded me that last week was when she died in 1999. I deliberately forgot the day, at least with my conscious mind. I don't think "death-iversaries" are necessarily a healthy thing at all… but I guess my heart didn't forget.

That and what I said to Tina reminded me - I hung up another hummingbird feeder in her honor… but don't get too gushy over the hanging baskets. I've not been able to keep ANYthing in a hanging basket alive, for whatever reason, so I threw my hands up and got some silk morning glories just for the baskets in the front. A hummingbird was even checking out one of the flowers, so I thought I'd give them a place to go when they get disappointed by the fake pretties… 😂👀😅

Time to go see if I can get my eyeballs to stop wobbling around like a ball bearing in one of those little tilty games we used to play for a few days and then lose under the bed…

Here is the helmet ,he is a happy camper

There is a light on the back also,he gets out of work at 10 at night so riding in the dark will be better with the helmet.

Here is SMiles,hanging with grandma