All was good with my December physical except D level was low. Dr. wants me to take 5,000 units/day. OTC is 1,000. Would it be easier to just an rx for the 5,000 dose?
My levels were fine before I had trouble walking. I was always outside backpacking, hiking, biking, gardening. I craved sunshine and I couldn't get enough in the midwest. It's why I moved to AZ many many years ago. 340 days of sunshine. I love sunshine. Now I wonder if it was my body telling me I needed Vit D and I was getting it being out and active. My levels were fine. Now I tend to be inside more since I am not doing what I used to do, we drive through nature now. Not the same but better than no nature time but I am not in the sun like I was when I could do all those things. I am making an effort to get more sunshine so we will see how that works out. It is boring to just sit in the hot sun, not the same as being active in it. I'll let you know how that works out.
Today, I exercised at the pt place, walked in the senior hall and have 9449 steps. The new Garmin pedometer does not register all my steps!! I had 3 miles at the hall and it registered 2.50. I did the extra steps to round everything off, but not happy about the accuracy.
DH is making veggie soup for dinner. The house smells delicious! lol
Ron, either you're very dedicated or Santa brought you a beautiful new umbrella.
Judy, I love my mental photo of you walking in glorious sunshine, enjoying the beauty of the reservoir, and chatting with a friend about the joys of retirement or the latest book you're reading.
Bev, fire that pedometer. That is treason! Oooh 9449 is a beautiful, if frustrating, number.
We've had grands in the house since last Saturday. DH says that 10 days are quite enough. Though I'm happy to put things in their places, I'm missing those happy young voices tonight.
DGS helped me on my steps today. He was displeased with 1717 at the park at 10:00 this a.m., so he led DGD and me on a hike around its circumference (play area, softball diamond, basketball courts, and skate park--not too far). After we took them home, I walked with my friend and my DSIL. Total 15802. This is make-up walking. Or, banking steps. Either way, I'll not be bragging about December or January steps.
Did I mention 42F today? Sunshine (a.m.)? In January? In Indiana? :)
Kathleen --------------------...See MoreOn 1/01/17, Barb S. hs/ret wrote: <h3><font color=red>No one ever regarded the first day of January with indifference. <i>~ Charles Lamb</i></h3></font>
--------------------------------- Happy New Year, Barb, and thank you for your devotion to our daily inspiration!
Amongst my parents and siblings are 2 people who can barely afford to pay for their own heat and I have chipped in on their medicine more than once. Every time there is gift giving they give elaborate gifts to the rest of us, often things that cost over $100 that are not even something that the recipients could ever use. The rest of us who are far ...See MoreAmongst my parents and siblings are 2 people who can barely afford to pay for their own heat and I have chipped in on their medicine more than once. Every time there is gift giving they give elaborate gifts to the rest of us, often things that cost over $100 that are not even something that the recipients could ever use. The rest of us who are far more able to afford expensive gifts prefer to keep it simple, under $20--a nice book, a CD, a kitchen gadget. We have discussed a price limit as a group but these 2 are convinced that love is shown by the amount you spent and insist on wasting their money and making the rest of us feel awful to possess something like a giant clip-on rear view mirror that cost $99 that will never be used or gimmicky thing from own of those edgy over the top gift catalogs. Everyone goes away feeling icky. Those who gave the expensive gifts and only got inexpensive gifts are convinced they are not love. The ones who get the $100+ gadgets really wish the person would use the bulk of that for their own heart medicine rather than begging for money from other family members throughout the year because they don't have enough for basic needs. Some of us have even suggested just giving up gifting at all and it is met by horror by those 2. This goes for Christmas, birthdays, and graduation. One of these people gave her yard helper an 8th grade graduation present of $200 and then in November I had to pay her heating bill. She is not senile, and neither is the other person. Does this have to go on for years or is there any way at all to handle this that those people accept. Additionally, they tend to buy things that cannot be returned from obscure places. I tried to return one gift today only to be told at the store that it would have to be credited to the giver's credit card and not mine which would notify that person that I took their gift back. Ugh. These things are not even things that would be useless to donate to a shelter.
The part that I was most impressed with was this: "The 2 were not happy about the discussion and both asked me afterward why it was my business what they give. I quietly informed them it would not be my business if I were not asked to help pay their basic living expenses in Jan through March." ^^^^ THIS WAS AN AWESOME AND GENTLE RESPONSE!!!!!
Hopefully, this won't blow up in your face with the expectation that you will be taking care of ALL their living expenses in Jan thru March, and that they would take advantage of this by overuse of heating etc.
Many times the US teachers are compared to the Finnish teachers. Is it the teachers or is it the system? Interesting read. theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/11/when-finnish-teachers-work-in-americas-public-schools/508685/?utm_source=atlfb
Yes....See MoreOn 1/01/17, MacQ wrote: > On 1/01/17, interested lurker wrote: > >> Everyone has free (for most services) or low-cost (for >> some services) good-quality healthcare. > > Nothing is free. Finland is in the top 10 of countries > who tax the daylights out of their population. >
Yes. The things I mentioned (healthcare, maternity leave, supplies for babies, preschool, public schools) are paid for through taxes and government funding. In place of "free" I should have said "publicly-funded" or "accessible to all." The "accessible to all" part is what I believe has an impact on children. We may be shocked by Finland's high taxes. Anu Partanen was shocked by America's high insurance premiums. Same money, different way of going about it.
The comment about America's short attention span about changing to the next new and better mousetrap" when it comes to educational models and ideas is well known by Americans as well as others around the world. If the idea is perceived to be not "pure American", then it's too suspicious and needs to be ignored.
A lot of good and valid points have been made so far in this discussion.
The thing ab...See MoreHappy New Year everyone!!! (Though I know most of you are still not there yet.)
Saturday is ParkRun day, and I ran my 5km again. Not a PB to finish the year, but my second fastest time ever, as I was 30 seconds slower than the time I'd set the previous week. That was 10 course PBs out of the last 12 runs for the year.
The thing about ParkRun is that they do extra runs on New Year's Day. So out we headed again this morning. This time, got a PB, getting myself into the 36s!!!! About a minute and a half quicker than yesterday. Doing the happy dance. :-D
Now, being New Year's Day, they do things a little differently, and runs that are near each other decide to stagger their times, so people can finish one and get to the other. Usually every run starts at 8:00, but today, the next one over was at 9:30. Back home to get a change of clothes, top up the water bottle and back out to it. I walked most of the second one and came in about the 50 min mark, but 15,000 steps before lunch - I'm doing OK.
May 2017 be a year of knocking down barriers for all of us.
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