WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2025

Heather ~ Yes, I could write down some memories but must say that most of them revolve around my two dysfunctional parents where peace did not reign.

We suffered an A1 scam yesterday. Husband answered a phone call that sounded just like our 49 yr old son talking. He said he had been in a bad accident, was arrested, and we would get a call from a lawyer. The call came and my DH spent a lot of time talking to this person who persuaded him to send bail money through crypto at a certain store that accepted such payments. All I can say is that we are STUPID!!!!! Found out that son had been at work all day! He finally found out what was going on around 4 PM and could not believe that we had not called him. We will be filing a police report today but think there is no way we will get the money back.

Carol in GA

New here. Been on so many diets in my life and sick of it. My focus now is to be the healthiest me I can be. Hip replacement 4 months ago so exercise is essential and I'm sure my new hip would appreciate less weight on it. Day #1 in the books and did well. On to day#2. Look forward to getting to know you all

Carol - so sorry your DH got roped in on the scam. The scammers are so clever these days, even professionals and business owners get taken.

Something happened to me a couple days ago. Not that bad and fixable, but still.

An ad came up in my Facebook feed for a sweater on sale at Nordstrom Rack. So I clicked on the ad and placed an order for the sweater. A minute after I placed the order, I got a notification that I'd made an "international" purchase from some company I'd never heard of. Yikes!

I went back to the website and read through their contact information, it said the order can be cancelled if it hasn't shipped yet, send an email to them. Of course it was a bizarre email address, not Nordstrom. I did and the email bounced back as undeliverable.😣

I immediately contacted Chase Visa customer service and the representative was very kind and said their customers run into this a lot with these fake ads. He said I probably either won't get the order or what I do get will be shoddy. He said give it a week or two and see if they make good and if not, call them back and they'll take care of it.

My lesson - next time go to the store's website directly and do a search for a local store, 1-800 customer service phone number, etc.

I wish Facebook would vet their ads for potential fraud. The FB feed on my laptop is easily half advertisements. But on my Fire tablet, hardly any.

Just something to be aware of here.

Lanette 😎

SW WA State

Allie, I went to the doc yesterday and told her about my GERD and how I'm treating it. Mine is part of the type of colitis I have. I use Prevacid Complete that I get at Sam's. It works for me but only can take 2 a day. I find 1 to work very well and I save the second for in case it comes back at night. I had to get up last night with GERD to take on. Maybe try it so you can get some relief before you get to the APRN? I am also getting tested for an infection, for a different issue. But for me, my Gastro said to keep doing what I'm doing Prevacid, Gas-X, and my Budesonide 9MG. I hope they find a better solution for you. Nexium no longer works for me and you are only supposed to take that for 2 weeks. For you, it sounds like all the meds you are on could be causing GERD. The problem with GERD is that there is no real cure, just dealing with the symptoms. I hope its better for you.

RVRita in Roswell

(((Carol)))

One thing I have learned about scammers is they prey on your emotions. So if you get an upsetting call, text, social media feed… Stop,breathe, and verify the source first.

If they ask for gift cards or crypto hang up.

If I do not recognize a number I do not answer the call. My phones list the number who is calling.

I try to go to a companies website and then read the reviews. Reviews you have to be skeptical of too because they are being generated by AI too!

I will only post and share my own photos on social media and am careful at that because I know once I put them out there they can be copied.

I am involved with a group with my church writing poetry around grief. This week she wanted us to notice our senses. I ended up writing a poem about the Tibetian Temple Recreation at the Minneapolis Museum of Art. All my senses sprung to life in that space. I am adding poetry to my creative endeavors because I enjoy the challenge of painting with words.

Carol - I'm SO sorry you and your DH got scammed. Don't take this wrong, but I'm kinda glad your DH was part of it. There is a tendency for those we love to say "How could you fall for that?" implying they would never have done it. Not being alone in that fall is much less devastating. Small comfort right now, I know.

Pam - I'm assuming with @rosenberrypam as a username, you might prefer to be called Pam, but please do come back, let us know what you'd like to be called and about where you're from. Helps us keep each other straight - if you get in the habit of adding that to the end of each post for a while, we'll soon to get to know you. We've got people with two hip replacements, as well as more than one knee replacement in the crowd. Relax, step into any conversation you want to in this thread, and keep coming back! The only things we stay away from are religion and politics. The rest of our lives is fair game, as we know that getting and keeping our health requires everything about your life, not just exercise and diet. Glad you're here!

Beth - I want to know so badly about the steel drum horse, but I will let you blush about it in peace. 😂 I really do love a story, though.

Finished up the piece I was working on, and am leaving it to sit before I edit it into submission and post it. Haven't said much about where I'm posting because I very much DO talk about religion, politics and anything else that comes to mind in my posts, and there are an awful lot of us who don't or won't want to deal with that. No shade intended whatsoever.

However, if you want to see what I've posted, and because I am not in any way doing this for money yet, if ever, all my recent posts are available at lisatola@substack.com. The "tola" is Thinking Out Loud Again. Be sure, before you hit that free subscription button, that you really want to get them in your email inbox a lot, because at this point, I'm posting every weekday!

This may well slow down, but apparently I had a lot to say, and here I am still running off at the mouth. I hesitated before putting this link up for everyone because, again, not the kinds of things I post here, necessarily, and I have a lot of respect for our prohibition against religion and politics. But what can I say? I wrote for a living for an awful lot of years, and I've found I missed that.

If I see you there, that's wonderful. I do not EXPECT to see anyone there, that's not why I'm putting this here. I just feel like I'm talking about writing again so much that not giving people a place to look at it isn't fair.

Because I'm weird that way. 😉

So… back to my doings… got stuff to hang on the line, crochet to do, need to check if the paint's dry on the fridge (weird phrase), and so on.

Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa in AR

How beautifully done is the album! Love it! When my Mom passed I made album pages with a bunch of pretty handkerchiefs. I will take photos of the pages for you. It was really therapeutic for me to make her album.💖 I used way too much modge podge on her cover so my flowers in it kind of turned awful. I then integrated her pages to my Dads album. They divorced in 76' but its nice to know they're back together, at least in my album.💖

Rebecca Whidbey Wa

So I decided to fix one of my "Idaho instant mashed potato cups" for lunch. Big mistake! What an awful bit of an excuse for food. I now have this artificial taste in my mouth.... Ate a chocolate protein bar (love the Magic Spoons chocolate rice Krispies bar), plus a reheated "to lava" cup of my morning Joe. I need to make another cup of coffee. Later having a fish tender. Its the size of a chicken tender, pub beer battered, and yummy. Before when I logged my food I had 1 or 2 pieces which was a portion. I might have that later, which some homemade tartar sauce. Feeling better, stronger with each day. I don't know if I will ever get back to the point of eating all that I was logging. Definitely not as much protein as I was trying to get in daily. I have put away my protein shakes for a time.

Presently, am 220.6 lbs. Starting weight May 15th was 248.6. Close to 30 lbs gone. Highest weight was 255 lbs a couple of years ago. I feel better.

Rebecca Whidbey Wa

Hello friends. Just got back from a whirlwind trip to New Hampshire, Upstate NY, the Poconos and Finger Lakes region of NY. Saw good friends, met N's daughter, and enjoyed quality time with him. Experienced live music in venues as diverse as our lakeside motel (80's cover bands}, the giant Outlaw Festival (7 hours- thankfully they rented out chairs), and a tiny club that was originally a corner gas station. My friend's friend was performing back up percussion for a guy who was in town from Patagonia. He played latin jazz, which I just loved.

We drove hundreds of miles avoiding interstates and enjoying more scenic routes through rural and small communities. My friend's widower in the Poconos is doing well, but definitely burying his grief with volunteer work. He is going to make some woman a wonderful catch some day. Just not yet…

The Finger Lakes are beautiful and extremely popular for wineries. I didn't indulge all that much. We did shop at the local Saturday Farmers Market in an Amish county and relished a freshly made cider donut and cider slushy. Also tried the Spotted Duck Creamery which was voted the best ice cream in New York. They make the frozen custard using duck eggs which give it a creamier texture. We split of flight of 4 little scoops. All delish. We also went to a tasting at a Lavendar Farm+Artisinal Chocolate maker. It was a one woman operation and she set up the delicacies with a specific instructions for how to experience them with ALL your senses. Very nice to be reminded to stop and savor something special.

There was so much more we did over the 12 days. N and I continue to fully enjoy whatever we do, and people who meet us are struck by our compatibility. I am a very, very lucky lady.

Stay well friends. We can do this.

Rori

Colorado Foothills

A couple of pix. Sorry so large.

The tourist map of Finger Lakes. So much to do…so little time! Need to come back.

N and me at the Woodstock Monument in Bethel Woods, NY. My friend has a farm about a mile up the street.

Hey good evening my friends.

We had a long day. Dad had a drooping eye on one side so we went to the emergency room. His CT scan, blood work, urine test, neurological test and all were all normal. Blood pressure was a bit high. And his balance and confusion were poor but normal for him. So if it was a mini stroke, it passed. He is supposed to get an MRI soon.

They said I could choose whether he was admitted overnight for observation or went home. I decided to take him home because he would be disoriented in the hospital. But there is an increased risk of stroke now.

So we are both drained. And I still have to do the dishes before the repairman comes tomorrow morning. And I have yet to do my bike and row.

My friends K and C and D were very supportive. My sister was offline most of the day, but I finally contacted her.

So Dad is doing his puzzle and we are back to our usual, with an extra bit of worry.

Annie in Delaware