Looking for a easy to wear lipstick brand and color for 65F, white/silver hair in front, blue eyes, light to medium complexion. I am ADDICTED to chapstick, so something that feels a bit like that. 😊 I need to find some color in my life. Do not wear other makeup. What has worked for you?
I took up watercolour last year and my son and his partner gifted me some classes, which I was really thrilled about.
I attended the first lesson, but it wasn’t a watercolour specific class and basically the other people in the class were working on acrylic artworks at various stages. I was given a picture to copy and the cheapest paper and paint to use. It’s exactly the brand that is sold at local dollar stores. The teacher would just pop over occasionally to make suggestions. I learn more from watching YouTube tutorials.
I use better quality products at home and I’m debating whether it’s worth returning. I told my son that I was starting the classes. Am I being a ungrateful cow if I don’t go back? And if the subject of the classes comes up is it better to tell a white lie that they were okay, or should I be honest and tell them that they were poor?
So normal BP is 120/80, but does it make sense over 60?
So, if you are over 60 please share with us to help really get a better understanding.
I am 63 with Dementia. I track what I eat and I exercise 4 times a week, with Weights, Cardio, and Martial Arts.
My average BP is 127/79 for last 5 months. My weakness is Salt, I average 2,200 per day. No medications.
How about you?
Ever since I retired, we typically eat dinner around 4:00 pm. This gives us an opportunity to take a walk after dinner year round.
We also like that we can often get happy hour prices at restaurants and that the restaurants are less crowded.
Our daughter prefers eating at 8 pm and we try to comprise when we see her. I have to bite my tongue when the restaurant has run out of the dish I wanted to order.
More and more the phrase 'That's just how it is' seems to wait on the lips. Who gets me?
I’m thinking about remodeling my kitchen by getting rid of my stove adding in wall mount ovens and having a solid surface countertop and utilizing the individual plug-in induction top burners so that I can have a clean surface and use as many burners as I feel the need for. My husband thinks it will devalue the house if we ever want to sell however, I believe it makes more sense and if one burner goes out, they’re inexpensive to replace rather than a whole unit. Please share your thoughts on this with me. Thank you.
To clear up some issues my house is all electric. I do have an induction stove and the vent is one of the crappy ones that doesn’t vent to the outside. Thank you very much for all your input. Unfortunately this is the third stove I have had in three years and one of the burners is acting sketchy.
I had a visit with a Doctor yesterday. She looked down at my medical records and asked, "When did you quit smoking?" For the life of me I couldn't remember the last time I had a cigarette. Today I remembered that I took a picture of my last pack. I can't believe that it's been 12 years now. One of the best decisions I ever made.
This is not a jab, I am genuinely curious: Why do men insist on having sex and go through the trouble of taking the blue pill when the thing is not working anymore?
Isn’t that nature’s signal that you should be retiring from sex?
Would love to know and understand why.
Edit: I am impressed by the number of angry and frustrated people on this sub. Like damn 😂 I take my words back: Y’all should absolutely go take a blue pill and get laid. Release that frustration. Immediately.
I’m planning a move to a senior community two hours away in early December. Having survived the coldest winter on record I don’t want to repeat the experience. I won’t be ready to move until then. I will need to sell my townhouse condo.
Concern is whether it’s better to list asap once the place is cleared or wait until March. I do plan to price to sell. Very few buyers want to tour homes for sale in January but waiting means two months minimum of condo fees, utilities and hiring someone to check on the property; freezing pipes are a problem here. This community is comprised of mostly middle aged and young seniors; doesn’t appear to families with children.
That’s all, it amused me and I thought I would share. Pretty much daily my brain stutters at least once trying to come up with a word. It’s annoying but you gotta laugh, right?
I remember the days when I needed tires or something like that, I would open the yellow pages, find a store, go to the store and rely on tire store employees to provide good information and services. Easy peasy.
Now I feel like I have to understand everything about the products because store employees are using apps and have no real knowledge. Besides having to learn everything about tires and sizes and types etc, then you have to research the stores and on and on and on.
Technology was supposed to make life easier, and in ways it has (Google maps), but having to research the companies and the products and everything else is maddening. I can easily waste hours doing this, this is not enjoyable. I don't want to be a tire expert, the employees should be experts.
I don't want to be taken for a ride either.
Are there things that you wish you would have tried but fear of what people would think kept you from doing it?
My brother and his wife are moving to Sacramento from the cool redwood forests of Santa Cruz in June. Just found out last night! I'm excited to see them and the extended family far more often.
But it got me thinking about the change of climate they will encounter, and since I'm also a new mod over in r/SacSeniors, what I need to be thinking about in advance of Sacramento's predictably scorching summer. Seniors are far more vulnerable to extreme heat than the average youngster.
I'm posting here because there are likely many of us who can help vulnerable people prepare. What are your best ways of dealing with the heat?
I need to do a check-up on the filters of my window air conditioners, find some options for a 90-year-old neighbor who is having trouble even making it up her stairs, etc.
So here are two articles from the American Red Cross about preparing for extreme heat, and I hope that you'll reach out to vulnerable friends, family, and neighbors to offer your help.
Preparing for Heat Emergencies
Edited to ask for people's ideas. Why do I forget that redditors are the BEST sources of information?
Just called my endodontist to follow up on care plan he'd done earlier. General dentist recommended two root canals be done. Had one done by this endodontist in Dec. Called to schedule second tooth today and was told I'd need to pay another consultation fee because it had been 5 months. There were already fees that my insurance company didn't pay from before. Seems like dentists visits are in the thousands now, not hundreds any more. Was told that since they weren't originally included on Medicare they have to charge so much more.
I’ve (F) been colouring my hair for decades, but now with a grandbaby on the way and retirement coming in a few years, l don’t want to waste the money any more.
How have you approached the process? Did you put in scattered foils or use some kind of rinse, or did you just go for it?
I like people, in small doses and for short amounts of time. I dabble on the fringes of the group but don't consider myself a "joiner".
I detest following the herd with the resulting politically correct groupthink and peer pressure to conform. I think of myself as an independent person who likes doing their own thing. I'm very selective about the activities I'll join or the people I'll spend time with. I've been labelled "anti-social", "aloof" and a "loner" simply because I enjoy my own space and opinions and don't need or want to be attached by the hip to a group.
Anyone else experience this?
I'm pushing 60 and keep thinking about my aunt who fell last year in her kitchen. Nobody could get in quick the paramedics had to wait forever for a neighbour with a spare key and by then she was in bad shape. Started stressing me out cause i live alone too and what if it happens to me nobody knows my meds or where the lockbox is or anything? Been eyeing these fall detection watches and medical alert watches they auto call help if you go down right. But calling 911 straight up feels sketchy cause dispatch has no clue about you they just send someone and hope for the best. With one of those operators they got your info upfront address conditions emergency contacts even lockbox code stuff like that. Would that actually stop the worry or am I overthinking? Anyone have stories with these watches does it work in real falls what do you use to feel safer?
Would love a genuine advice, Thanks!
We live in Texas, and will probably still be retiring eventually in TX, just not in same city as we are now. (If this is posted in incorrect sub, feel free to point me to correct sub)
Right now, all mine and my wife's accounts have my two daughters set as 50/50 beneficiaries.
I guess I'm wondering how easy it will be for them to access any funds we might have left over, once me and my wife pass. (I'm 62 now, so hopefully still another 20-30 years away.)
It would not be a long list of things, just mainly our 401K's (which will probably be rolled into an IRA when we do retire in a couple more years), savings and checking accts, and our home and vehicles, which should have no liens on them (total should be less than 1M).
They already have access to a folder shared to them on Google Drive with instructions and access to my Password Manager which will then give them online access to any and all of our accounts.
Will it be just as simple as calling the financial institutions and proving their identity, then they can either have the accounts put in their names, or funds transferred into their accounts?
Does either of them need to have POA? Will they need a lawyer? Is a 'will' really necessary?
I would like to add to my saved instructions, so they will know what to do and expect when the time eventually arrives.
Thanks! 😊
