I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
Can you hose your roof, especially any gutters with leaves & the gazebo cover? Protect yourself from any ash when outside - sturdy shoes, long pants & long sleeves, hat (wet it) glasses & a wet thin scarf/mask to breath through.
This fast moving fire is 10,504 acres, zero containment, out of control.
I found a website and app that gives updates.
It is called Watch Duty.
Thanks Beatty and Golden!
There were ashes dropping in my city.
Awake at 2:00 a.m. thinking our canvas canopy on gazebo should be removed, but there will be push back from dH as he goes off to church in the morning.
This is the part that is hard on me, he looks really weird when he rolls his eyes at me.
We are very far away from the actual fire, about 35 miles.
Another brush fire in Aqua Dulce, 120 acres, unconfirmed.
North and East of our home.
Our firefighters will take care of us!
Can't help but feel a bit unsettled about this surprise.
You know, the world's way of doing away with the actual time, day, and date
has got to me.
Sat., June 15, 2024 @ 7:47 p.m.
goredforwomen.org has interesting information regarding women and heart disease.
U.S. Trends in Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke
(December 2002) Deaths from heart disease have fallen dramatically over the past 50 years in the United States, from over 589 age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 people in 1950 to less than half that number in 2000 (258 per 100,000). Deaths from stroke declined over the same period, from 181 per 100,000 to 61 per 100,000.
As far as I am aware this trend continues.
On the other hand cannabis works against that.
NIH-funded observational study shows risk grows sharply with more frequent use. Frequent cannabis smoking may significantly increase a person's risk for heart attack and stroke, according to an observational study supported by the National Institutes of Health.
Look up usa.philips.com MCOT Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
You will see the device that I am wearing.
Alva, when you were working in cardiology, what was the average age of a person with heart disease and heart attacks?
It’s sad to see people in their 30’s and 40’s having heart attacks.
I forgot about the alarm on my bed in the hospital.
Out of habit, I got up to use the bathroom. The alarm went off. They said that someone had to be there with me when I got up.
I am all for technology! I don’t want to go back in time and have antiquated ways.
The funniest tech story that I have heard was when my husband’s friend decided to get a Rumba and program it to vacuum while he was at work.
Well, he had a new puppy that wasn’t quite trained yet. He came home to smeared puppy poop all over his house! 😝
I love the one about onlychild should say "Weather? Been too busy to notice".
I mean, what kind of "friend" does this?
Another response "Do hurry home. Can't WAIT to see the other-peoples'-boring-vacation-photos".
What next for us.
I think I may actually prefer the machines over some people I met recently. Ha!
I was told that the phone can’t be more than ten feet away from me. My kitchen is 20 x 15 and my living room is 20 x 20.
Yeah, I exceeded the ten foot limit when I left my phone in the living room.
I hope JeanetteB and all our other former members are having a wonderful life!
My fitbit doesn't sync if I'm not near my phone but it still stores the data until I am, why wouldn't the monitor do the same?
It told me to keep my phone that they issued to me close by! I went into the kitchen without picking up my phone and bringing with me like I usually do.
I started cooking. When I went back to the living room, I saw the message on my phone.
The thing is doing its job. It noticed that I wasn’t near my phone that I have to monitor my heart.
That "friend"!!! Sometimes the truth told very matter of factly can be effective. Followed by "How was your week?" Or just "The pits. How was yours? " If she is supportive and concerned for you, she is a friend. If she goes on about her holiday, she isn't.
Please find some times for you and do some things you enjoy, and be with some people you like. Think how your folks would manage if you were run over by a bus. I know the "I'm trapped feeling."
Reply with
“ Bad weather ? Oh , I’ve been too busy to notice “.
I have some ginger in my freezer right now. I will try it, especially with lemon. I love lemon!
I don’t like sugar in my tea or coffee. I find if sugar is placed in a beverage it is no longer thirst quenching. I know that coffee is dehydrating.
I love coffee and need to cut down. It’s a social thing for me too. We meet our friends at coffee shops.
Yeah, my potassium levels were low when I was in the hospital. Those pills are huge! I thought I would choke on them. The nurse cut them in half and they were still big!
She told me that they are nasty tasting when crushed and placed in applesauce, so I swallowed them.
Where I live, southern Arizona, is just plain hot and you will vomit if you drink ice cold water when overheated, however, putting some ginger in your water really helps your body, and it is a super food, win-win.
We often enjoy ginger-lemon water when doing activities during the heat and by the grace of God, never had a dehydration situation.
Another thing that is often missed is replenishing our electrolytes, we use a product from trace minerals, outta Salt Lake City, called electrolyte stamina, it has low salt but, all of the electrolytes and trace minerals,and you can truly feel the difference.
Another thought, anyone dealing with high blood pressure should research the link between low potassium and high blood pressure, it is pretty amazing to learn how our bodies use nutrients and what illnesses can be triggered by poor nutrients, especially considering that our soil is empty enough that our foods are no longer sufficient to replace vital nutrients.
May we all experience better health starting today.
I had gestational diabetes but have dodged type 2 diabetes. So many people have diabetes now. Same thing with heart disease. People are having heart attacks younger and younger.
Do you think smoking has decreased from in the past? Has it been replaced by vaping?
When we were kids there were cigarette commercials. I am not sure if the discontinuation of commercials made a difference or not.
My dad smoked in WW11 but quit when my brother was born. Mom never smoked, nor did my grandmother or mom’s sister.
Mom’s brother smoked during the war, then quit. All of my brothers smoked at one time, two of them quit smoking. Dad’s brothers smoked. Many of my great uncles (mom’s side of family) smoked. My godfather smoked a pipe.
I have been around plenty of second hand smoke.
I loved going to the neighborhood store with my grandpa to get cigarettes as a kid because he always bought me candy.
We even had candy cigarettes as children. 😝 We thought they were fun back then.
There’s no smoking in New Orleans bars or Harrah’s Casino.
I see a lot of people vaping. Especially, young people.
What was the average age of heart patients before compared to now? It is very sad that young people are having heart attacks.
I hate to see children growing up with fast food on a daily basis. Mom cooked for us. I cooked for my family. My husband is a good cook too.
The high price of cigarettes doesn’t stop people from smoking. It’s a habit. Just like my coffee habit. I’m going to try and cut back some. I love my coffee!
I feel so much better too. I didn’t realize how much I had been avoiding water.
Water really is the best thirst quenching drink.
I am going to cut down on my iced lattes.
This model is very small. Maybe it’s a newer model.
Oh gosh, remember how large our first cell phones were. Technology is amazing. It’s constantly evolving. Now, Apple is coming out with AI technology for it’s latest model.
I have an older friend who is in her early 80’s. She heard me getting frustrated with Siri and freaked out. She asked me why I was so rude to the woman on the phone. 😆 She has a flip phone and isn’t familiar with Siri.
You’re right.
They have cancelled the Amber Alert. Those things catch us off guard when we get them on our phones.
I like having the storm alerts on my phone. That’s useful to me.
The Amber alerts are quite disturbing for me.
That's so incredibly sad.
Nevertheless, perhaps you should stop the amber alerts for a time. You need to take care of you, and distressing news through your phone can't be good for your wellbeing.
Wishing you well.