WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2025

I would like to start off by saying thank you to anyone who has served or has military in the family. It is truly appreciated and recognized as to why we live in these wonderful countries. Thank you, thank you, thank you 💜

Wow- didn't have time to post yesterday and I sure missed a lot. Calves sold well. The steer prices have dropped a little but a large package of our heifers topped the sale. They will go as someone's herd replacement and not for harvest.
Nice to have them gone as the cows were ready for them to go as was evidenced but not much bawling after separation and we are relieved of the threat of one dying.
I will be pregnancy testing tomorrow. I never got handy with a rectal ultrasound probe. I just use my hand to feel- old school. Our bulls are pulled so the cows are either really pregnant or open. Easy to tell with experience. We have 2 university students here that are wanting to get into vet school so they'll have the opportunity to run their arms up a few.
One shocker came in the mail. I can start applying for pension 😬😬😬 How is it possible that I am already there ?!?! I won't apply until after I retire which will be when I am at least 65. Benefits increase with amount of time you don't obtain after 60.

Carol- heard it was very cold in Florida as well. There was a warning posted to be aware of frozen lizards falling out of trees. Yikes- why I like winter! No lizards in trees here.

Lanette- my nemesis are the mice in our garage. I trap over a dozen a week. If I don't they wreak havoc with the vehicles. I had one set up house in the air vents of my vet truck. One day the heater quit when it was -25C and I was out in the middle of the night doing calvings. Seems he had gotten caught in the fan. My husband peeled him out. They are cute little buggers but just cause too much damage to things.

Rita- my mood is very up and down lately. I was listening to music in the car the other day and got choked up and started crying- over nothing! I thought PMS was bad, but the sadness and rage moments that have accompanied menopause are harder. I have started with a 10 minute guided meditation in the morning which helps me.

Lisa- Barkolaters! HA! I call them Barkie Barkersons. You look pretty badass in those pictures, but also a cutie 😊 I get you at 25- I didn't know what the heck I was doing. Surviving vet school and trying to figure my next step. I smoked in those days too. Sometimes I see someone truly enjoying a dart (as my kids refer to cigarettes) and I am like… that looks soooooo good. And it's been 30 years of quitting cold turkey for me.

Mo- you do beautiful work 🩷 I won't open the door to strangers or stop to help someone in the road. I will call the police to let them know someone needs help. A friend of ours that works oilfield was on his way to a job up north. Stopped to help 2 guys with truck issues. One jumped in his truck and drove off and the other took off in their vehicle. It's sad that it has come to this. I don't trust even if it's just a women- I have heard they can act as a lure.

Tracey- your situation is exhausting in itself. Never mind working and raising a family. You are burning out! Please try to take care of yourself! You have a lot of people depending on you!

Machka- A bad Albertan… pfft! No such thing. Always an Albertan at heart- beef lover or not! Some people are uneasy about my diet. Lots of beef. Little to no veggies or fruit. Have never liked either- veggies often made me gag. If I can stay away from sugar and starchy carbs I feel and perform at my best. I am still working on ending the white stuff bingeing that resulted from severe restrictions in my younger years. It is improving, especially if I eat enough.

Here were our northern lights. Have never seen suck a vibrant reddish-pink. They are usually green.

Take care of yourselves 💕

Melanie, Alberta

Melanie - Thank you for that picture. Apparently a massive geomagnetic storm causing the lights to swing this low, as well as the red tint. And yes, I admit that I too despise most vegetables. Unless of course, you drown them in butter or cheese, which kinda defeats the purpose. There are still some I won't eat, even with help. They all taste like green, acrid, bitter dirt, except for beets, and they just taste (and smell) like dirt. Nice clean, dirt, but still dirt. And I ate a few mud pies in my extreme youth. So there's that.

Actually, we're having ham and cheesy rice with broccoli mixed in for dinner. Every second or third week, I put a carver ham in the oven, so Corey can take it for his lunches. He prefers it with the fat rendered, which I totally get. And with enough cheese, broccoli is one of the few veggies I will eat. I just throw some frozen ones in once it's ready and let the carryover heat cook them a little.

Taking a break from replacing screens to snag some lunch. Might go back to it, might finish it tomorrow. Still two or three more of the smaller ones to finish. At least the big 4x6 ones are done. Want to get time in on the rower before I take my shower, too.

Later, my dears,
Love,
Lisa in AR

years ago we had a Brittany Spaniel/Border Collie- She was super sweet but also protective.
On Halloween, I would look through the peep hole before opening the door. I looked out and saw two very big teen age boys crouching down, getting ready to scare me when I opened the door. What they didn't know was I had Brittany(we named her before we even knew what kind of Spaniel she was). I opened the door, security screen door closed. She lunged, hit that door and those two boys were screaming and running out of the yard. When it was little kids that came to the door, she was very sweet. She was around little kids all the time with my daycare kids-she put up with so much from them at times.

Between things like that, ones cussing at me and just being rude, I stopped handing out candy. Was going to try this year but didn't realize until too late that my porch light was out.

Debbie

Napa Valley,CA

I wash mine once a week(usually Saturday night so it is fresh for church in the morning). I am very LOW maintanance with it for the most part. It is long, past the middle of my back and super curly. Wash it with curl type shampoo and conditioner. Use a curl activator product-either gel/lotion/etc and let it air dry over night. Nice long ringlet curls and I just pull the top back a bit. sometimes with a headband, others with a little clip. By Wed, I leave it curly, no combing/brushing, just dampen it and put it in a pony tail- may brush the top to smooth it out. Thursday it is in a braid and like that the rest of the week.
If I brush the curls, it is a big fluffy mess, that is why it goes in a braid.

Debbie

Don't know if I posted here earlier or not,im over at the hospital again in the ER,I can't walk farther than 50-100 ft without sitting and catching my breath, I have no muscle tone and I get shaky and have fallen a few ti.es in the last 3 weeks

Im tired of this and just want to feel better.

Tracy brought e over with kids,I asked Miles what mommy was going to have a nd he said a girl like Delia ..so we will see if his prediction is right when she has the baby

Yesterday's trip to London went well. Travel was pretty smooth, and I took an iconic 'black cab' both ways. Yes, it's ridiculously expensive, but, what a privilege to glide smoothly around Buckingham Palace, with the trees in the park all in their autumn colours.

The view from the restaurant at the top of the Portrait Gallery is amazing, with Nelson's Column and Big Ben. Love it. The food was good, but is very expensive for what it is. I knew that, though. You are paying for the view.

Nice to see my friends, and only be slightly annoyed by P, who has trouble saying no to her family. We took a couple of hours over the meal. The exhibition of Seurat etc was interesting, but I don't think I was in the mood. I had my stick, and I wasn't in pain, but I was conscious of time. I got away just before 3 pm to nab a taxi. Luckily, I got on the Gatwick Express train, so I was home before 5 pm.

I made my life easy with a lot of taxis, and tried to relax about the price, telling myself it was a one off, and I am privileged to be able to use them. I did enjoy the ride through the Royal Parks, and read my Maigret on the train.

I'm glad I did it.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Melanie - that's a lot of mice. Do you use a mouse trap that sits on top a 5 gallon bucket? I haven't seen any evidence of Mr. Rat anymore, so hopefully he's mummified. If any come to the funeral, I have a snap trap and a live trap but I like the looks of that 5 gallon bucket "slide". Thankfully only get one mouse in the garage each year. There are a couple little gaps under the garage door, and I liberally sprinkle hot sauce right there. I had something last year in my potting shed that was walking along the top of the beams and knocking things off, I think it might have been a squirrel or chipmunk. Hot sauce stopped that activity quickly.

Rebecca - so far I haven't seen any automatic tip additions at the couple places I eat. Debbie gets such great looking meals at good prices in her neighborhood, I'm going to shoot down there in the teleporter. I can swing by and pick up you and Lee if you want.😉

Friday here. Heading out early to get shopping done this morning. Then T is stopping by and can't wait to tell me about a part-time job she is applying for at a cemetery helping out in the office. I think that would be the perfect job. Lots of history to ponder over, just think of those old files. 😉

Lanette😎

SW WA State

😣 This was me this week when I tried to change our T Mobile account into my name. What a hassle and I'm hoping to get it straightened out this morning.

Barbie ~ I did order a battery powered blower from Amazon. I hope I can work it.

Loved the photos posted of the aurora borealis.

Carol in GA

Morning

raining like Washington right now

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I have mentioned a time or two the workouts I do M-F via Zoom. Well, the people who do them are offering a great promotion. Since this contains a link and promotion, as well as being faith-based, feel free to scroll on by. But if you are interested… you can see me in the zoom picture and they’ve quoted me in one of the testimonials.

Lol, my dose day is an exciting event! Its that one thing that's helping me lose this weight!

Doctor explained that the cuff machine at the gym is not reliable being that it has the whole you put your arm thru, hard to get a true reading. I am getting a home cuff from my sister, who ordered one but never used it. Doctor told me to stop taking the Lisinopril 20 mg tablet for the next 2 weeks and see what my BP is. These are the readings from the gym:

So hopefully my BP won't go up too much while I am off it these next 2 weeks, and just for good measure Doctor put in for a lower dose of 10 mg of Lisinopril that I can pick up if it increases.

He is switching up my Calcium w/D2 meds. He said I didn't need to take my separate D3 med. So two less pills yay!

These are all the stuff I was taking:

It can get confusing on how much of things a person should take. My doctor seems to be of the school of thought that less is more better. Which is fine by me. I think he told me once before that the pre biotic hair, nails and skin gummies are poppycock!😂🙃. Same with the fiber gummies!

Rebecca Whidbey Wa