Senior Golden Sneakers
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Oh gosh, another day slipped away!
Barbie, a good start to Jake’s rides to the hospital.
Sandy, oh, Santa Claus has lost his appeal! Meanwhile, how wonderful of you to help your neighbor. When you don’t have knowledge or experience with something, the best thing to have is a good friend.
Jackie, you accomplished a lot today. Well done! We had a fairly drizzly and cool day. There weren’t any service vans in our neighborhood today and no one mowing, string trimming or using a blower. What a nice day. I found this interesting image.
And of course, today’s teapot:
Lin 🙋🏼♀️
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Happy Tuesday!
I had the date wrong, my cleaning lady is coming today not yesterday. My cat duties are done, her mom is back home from Disneyland. I am going to a minor league baseball game tonight called the Schaumburg Boomers. It's a local baseball team but always a fun time with the extra activities they do. Tonight is $1 hot dogs, woot hoot!
Lin, I didn't make it to my friend's house yesterday and probably won't get there until tomorrow as I want to go to pool this afternoon. I hope I can help her, I am somewhat techie but not 100%.
Jackie, thank you for asking her, my gut tells me she would rather have one email from you than having to read the posts everyday.
Barbie, good news about your neighbor. One good turn always returns good turns. It sounds like Jake is very helpful so I am sure she appreciates him and is glad to help.
Enjoy your day ladies.
Sandy
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Hello friends.
Another nice day here although the morning started out foggy and quite muggy.
I have a number of exercise classes coming up in a little while and the regular Tuesday evening Live YouTube class. Thought I would just say hello now before the day is gone and I realize as it is getting time to go to bed that I didn’t even say hi today.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Lin 🙋🏼♀️
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I was up early so I could walk the dogs before more rain arrived. It’s a lot cooler now so we walked a good distance on the moors, met a couple of dog walkers on the way round but closer to the car park I noticed George was beginning to shiver so didn’t hang about. Rain duly arrived so I enjoyed my usual coffee before starting a thorough clean inside the garden room. The doors are often left open to the elements so George and Betty have the freedom to come and go but that means it can get messy. I haven’t quite finished and tomorrow I have a hair appointment midday when I will also do some grocery shopping but should finish the cleaning by late afternoon.
Lin, that is an interesting map you posted. Knowing a bit of ancient history I see it shows how the Roman invasion of Julius Caesar gradually spread from Colchester, their first settlement, west and north until they met resistance from Scotland and the Welsh. They did love to build forts wherever they went and that attracted the Celtic people to settle close by for safety and create towns and cities.
Sandy, enjoy your baseball game this evening. I haven’t heard back from Anne for a couple of days and am hoping little Jilly is alright as she had a vet appointment coming up.
My bedtime and I see from letting the dogs out just now, the rain has stopped. Hooray! I will load my washing machine with dogs’ muddy towels to run overnight.
Take care.
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Good evening. A bit of drizzle, a bit of sun with more rain expected overnight. Did a bit more laundry today, and started working on envelopes for upcoming payments. Have some banking to do in the next week or so. At least I got a start. 👀
Jackie, thanks for a bit more info relating to the history of your country. It is all interesting.
MFP has no posts in our group today. Is this malfunctioning again?
Well, be safe everyone. Hope all is well.
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Another very busy day yesterday walking, shopping and a hair appointment, thank goodness, to shorten my untidy hair, grocery shopping, then a few hours of cleaning and sorting out items to be taken to the local tip.
Today is grey and dismal with a constant drizzle so a shorter local dog walk before I go shopping for hen’s layers pellets and visiting Les. He wasn’t sounding good when I phoned and his carer called out that he was breathless so I won’t stay long.
Lin, I’m not sure what’s happening with MFP but at least we can share emails if all else fails! A lovely Art deco set and I can remember that green china being popular when I was a kid in the 1950’s. 😁
Time to visit Les. He told me he had a large Bulldog visiting so I suggested leaving George and Betty at home but he insisted I take them with me! Not one of George’s favourite breeds so it could be a short visit!
Take care.
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Jake had three appointments yesterday. Since I had to drive and Annie can't stay home alone, they were an adventure. As it turned out, all went well. Annie whined only briefly when Jake walked away from the car, then she looked out the window for a few minutes before lying down and going to sleep listening to the music I was playing on my phone. Today Jake goes to the doctor 60 miles away but he is being driven by a friend.
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Happy Thursday! I thought I posted yesterday but it doesn't look like I did. I went to see my friends at the rehab. I asked her if it would be okay to visit and break up her day as she is there everyday with her husband. He is 92 and she is going to be 90 in October so you can imagine how tiring it must be for her. My intent was to stay an hour but ended up staying all day and driving her to her daughter's house after we stopped for a bite to eat. They were both very grateful for my company so I am glad I was able to be with them.
Today is my meeting and later having my picture taken for our Church member book. I will then go back to mass at 6:00 since it is a holy day in the Catholic religion.
I got a raincheck to help my other friend with her Comcast until either tomorrow or Saturday. She completely understood.
Barbie, I am glad things worked out with Annie and Jake had someone else for the long distance appointment. I hope he is on the mend and getting new good news from the doctors.
Jackie, today we have your weather with rain and gloom. I am just hoping for no storms while I am driving. Your house must be immaculate with all the cleaning you have been doing. Sorry Les is not doing well but I am sure he appreciates your visits.
Lin, you should be ready to enter a beauty pageant with all that exercise you do. I give you so much credit for being so diligent with them.
Have a wonderful day.
Sandy
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Hello, I am between classes right now so I thought I would send a note. Yippee! Good to see you guys!
Barbie, I am glad that taking Jake to his nearer to home appointments while taking Annie along worked out pretty well. Is Jake getting good news at these appointments? I do hope so. ❤️❤️
Jackie, you do have extremely busy days. Just a haircut, no new color? 😁 We are past the dreary weather and are back to the high 80’s F and bright sunshine. Overnight I was awake for a couple of hours as very noisy thunderstorms rolled through our area. Nothing like waking up to really loud noise. I do think I actually jumped as I woke up. 😁
Sandy, wow, a members book! We used to have those every ten years or so. I don’t know any church in the area that is doing it now. How wonderful that you spent a good portion of the day with your friends. It must have been a wonderful day for them.
I am working on some cards today as it is really past time to finish birthday cards that need to be mailed soon! I hope to take them to the post office on Monday. I am also reading a murder mystery. I already want to know who the heck did it! 😎
Be safe my friends.
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Happy Friday! I am done with laundry except for putting it away and putting sheets back on bed. I have been on the computer ordering groceries then changing the time of delivery and cancelling and starting all over. In between all this I got a call from my friend's daughter saying her dad was in the hospital on life support, later she called to say he passed. My heart is breaking for his wife. I am so happy I spent the day with them Wednesday and made him laugh a few times. We sat outside on the terrace, him in his wheelchair. It was a beautiful day and all he kept talking about was dying and not being a burden to his wife. I think he knew he was ready and this morning he was coughing up blood and went into cardiac arrest. He had a good life and was 92 and his wife will be 90 in October, she was hoping he would be here to celebrate with her. They were married 69 years so you know they were in love. It's always sad to lose someone no matter how old they are, he will be greatly missed.
I have a nail appointment at 4 and I am having game night for Marisa, Cheryl, Cathy and whoever Marisa brings. Unfortunately my groceries will probably be delivered while they are here since I couldn't get an early slot. So it is time to shower and get my laundry put away so I can get to my appointment on time.
Have a good day,
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A misty start to my day but by the time I was walking the pooches on the moors, the sun had burned it away and we’ve had a lovely warm day. There’s a few more chores inside to do but I decided to spend the afternoon in my garden. After I messaged Barney to arrange a visit for him to cut and prune larger trees and shrubs he has booked September 19 to begin work so that will give me time to get on with smaller jobs weeding and tidying. I did quite well and will give myself a full day to continue tomorrow.
It’s 9.30pm and I’m sitting in the garden room with 2 snoozing dogs. There is a beautiful full moon! 🌕
This is now an edit as somehow the message got posted before I finished. 🤨
Sandy, that is so sad about your friend passing. Seniors are mostly stoic about death but I think it must be particularly difficult to lose a loved one after so many years together. You were a good friend to spend time with them.
No colour in my hair this time Lin because I was so desperate to have a shorter style that will behave when I’m gardening or walking on windy days, I didn’t put in any extra requests! Most has been cut out now, so grey it is until the next time!
I’m going to have an early night then up early to walk.
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Oh darn, I just lost my post. I don’t have it in me to try to recreate it.
Good to hear from you Sandy and Jackie.
Be safe.
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We safely navigated the week of endless appointments with two different friends driving Jake to his appointments far away and me driving to lab 3 times, pharmacy twice, primary care doctor, chiropractor, and grocery pickup, The medical appointments resulted in more medical appointments far away. One is for a procedure he's had before that takes all day. His daughter agreed to time her planned visit so she can take him and stay with him. The other is for consultation about a new and not yet approved heart procedure being tested by the University of Washington in Seattle (a much longer drive than the other hospital) and a friend of Jake's who is a retired nurse and interested in all things medical agreed to drive him and go with him to the consultation. Today we have nowhere to go and tomorrow only grocery pickup. Yippee. Barbie 1
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Happy Saturday! We had a fun game night last night and Marisa brought a new friend (boy) and I texted her later and said he seems so nice I hope this goes further than friends and she said so do I.
Young people are so cute.
It's kind of a dreary day so not sure if sun is coming out. I still am going to my friends to help her with her Roku either this afternoon or after Church tonight.
Tomorrow we are going to the Renaissance Fair early so I might not have time to post in the morning.
It opens at ten and we usually stay to near closing which is 7. I did pay extra for VIP parking because I don't want to walk a mile from my car to gate and then spend the rest of the day walking miles. I am lucky I can keep up with the younger people although Lisa's parents are going so at least Sue will be walking with me. I just hope we don't get any rain.
Barbie, poor Jake, he has been going through a lot. Nothing more frustrating then having one appointment after the other even though it brings answers. I hope the consultation explains things clearly and Jake will be a candidate. Happy to hear you have good friends willing to drive him and glad his daughter is coming in for the whole day procedure. Prayers for Jake and for you, these are trying times.
Lin, sorry you lost your post.
Jackie, sitting in your garden sounds wonderful. I love sitting on my balcony and relaxing.
Anne sent me an email this morning wishing me a happy birthday. I wrote back explaining my birthday wasn't until March and she must have meant another Sandy. She wrote back and said yes it was meant for Mike's friend Sandy but told me to have a happy unbirthday anyway. I sure do miss her and her sense of humor here on MFP.
Have a great day and Sunday as well, just in case I don't make it here tomorrow.
Sandy
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Hello, let’s try this again. It has been a noisy day in this neighborhood. Loud mowers, trimmers and blowers, a party that has been going on for hours complete with pounding music and screaming children.
Sandy, game night sounds like it was fun and wow, a day at the Renaissance Faire tomorrow. What a great weekend.
Jackie, accomplishing so much this summer. Good for you. And getting an appointment with your tree trimmer before winter. Very good.
Barbie, what a week! So many appointments this past week. Good that you have a more quiet weekend with just a grocery pickup. With all of these trips that you have made, is the charger keeping up?
I am working on the last 4 August birthday cards. I will get them on the mail next week.
It is State Fair time and our Public Television station posts photos of various events. Yesterday they had yoga with goats. I thought this was such a happy picture.
Nothing particularly interesting. Some friends with health problems. Time will tell how things will turn out.
Well, the music is getting louder as it gets dark. Fireworks will probably be next!
Take care. Be safe.
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This morning was drizzly after a middle of the night thunder and lightning storm that scared the dogs and kept us all awake for an hour. Only errands today were dropping books off at the library and picking up groceries all done before 9AM. Then I walked with my Sunday friend who told me the plans for her knee replacement in OctoberLin the car charges quickly and our errands are less than 5 miles away so keeping the car charged is easy. I love that we just plug the car in when we get home. Barbie 1
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Back from Renaissance Fair but too tired to post. Will be back tomorrow.1
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Good evening. Church today and I did finish the last August birthday cards. I have signed the farm lease for next year as well. Did some cardio and finished a book I was reading.
Barbie, that is so good to hear. I wondered if the EVs charge quickly and the answer is yes for short trips. 👍🏻👍🏻
Sandy, didn’t go home early—must have been loads of fun.
I hope everyone has a god week!
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Good morning. I didn’t manage to post yesterday because my day was nonstop until I finally fell into bed at midnight. I walked George and Betty on a section of moors we don’t often go to and before long I remembered why. It is a quiet U-shaped route with a lot of gorse bushes in the middle and all went well until, almost back to where we started, George disappeared! Betty had been with him but had the sense to run to me when she realised he was straying but no amount of calling and whistling got his attention. Knowing he would get back to my car I waited at the start point then set off to walk round again. We finally met up when I saw him happily coming in my direction following our scent. It doubled our time out which was tiring but because it was a dry day I got on with strimming and cutting the grass and footpath that leads to my property from the parking area. A quick cup of tea before a long chat with my brother in Spain about, amongst other things, arrangements made for when we die. Cheerful or what?
We expect heavy rain this afternoon so I have walked round the block with George and Betty and will now enjoy my Monday morning housework chores while they snooze in the garden room.
Lin, if I had a smallholding I would choose goats to live with chickens. At my previous home there was a field next to the property with a few goats that would always run to greet me if they saw me the other side of the boundary fence. More beautiful china and I’m wracking my brain to remember the name of the blue flower!
Sandy, a long day for you at the Renaissance fair but I think you are fitter than me so no problem! I hope you had a lovely time. Yes, Anne has maintained her sense of humour in spite of everything that has recently happened to her. She is next on my list for messaging before housework takes over.
Enjoy your Monday and let’s all appreciate our freedom. Too many scary decisions being made here! 😡
Jackie 🥰
P.S Looked up the blue flower I was thinking of…. Vinca Minor, otherwise known as blue Periwinkle!
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Posted then realised I had missed late messages from Barbie, Sandy and Lin! Don’t know what happened there! 🙄🤔0
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Lin, our EV will go about 300 miles between charges. There are fancier models that have an even longer range. There are places to recharge along the way for longer trips. As time goes on, more and more charging stations are popping up.Jacquie, I don't let my dogs off leash because I am too nervous about what they might do (also, my neighbourhood where we walk has a strict leash policy). There was a time in my life when I fancied having goats and chickens but I was still working full time and decided it was more work than I could imagine doing.Sandy, I went to a Renaissance Faire years ago and had a wonderful time just as you did, but it was tiring. Barbie 0
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Happy Monday! Still exhausted but did sleep in a little. Walked Cheryl's dog for a half hour and now I plan on just staying in and doing things on my computer. Later I will ride my bike as I have a busy week.
Tomorrow I meet with my sponsee, Wednesday is Bob's wake and Thursday is his funeral. I am trying to find some pictures of our fun times together to put on the the guest page of his obituary page. I will also have a tree planted in his memory unless they have a donation page for something else. I just feel so bad for his wife as I think she will be lost without him. She has wonderful children who I know will take good care of her.
Barbie, I like the hybrid cars but do not own one. Cheryl has one and whenever she picks me up I can hear her coming as it sounds like an airplane. lol It's our yearly tradition to go to the Renaissance Fair so I will see how long I can keep going.
Jackie, please find out if Anne wants copies of our posts or if she is satisfied with you filling her in.
We can also send emails if she prefers but don't want to overwhelm her.
Lin, I never expect to go home early when I am with Lisa and the kids. We seem to stay to almost closing no matter where we go. Good thing I am still in pretty good shape although my back hurts at the end of the day.
Have a good day everyone.
Sandy
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Hello, I planned on writing a note earlier but I went outside to take my trash bin to the curb and several neighbors came over to talk about misc. things related to house maintenance. It was nice to talk about house issues, drainage on our lots, just home trivia.
Drove to the post office to put my signed lease in the mail, did a few loads of laundry, called the generator dealer a couple of times (they finally answered the phone) and got an appointment scheduled for a battery replacement, talked to a friend who had been hunting for a missing grandson.
Sandy, you do go places with some high energy people. I went to a few Renaissance Faires and enjoyed them. A friend posted a lot of photos/video on Instagram recently of the one in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The jousting was super.
Barbie, I always walked my dogs on their leashes too. The city is quite strict about not letting dogs run loose. With all the traffic even in a residential area, it is better to have some control over your beloved pets. My old hybrid car had to be driven frequently to keep the hybrid battery charged. I never drove it enough according to the dealer. 300 miles is a very good range. This car is working out well for you. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Jackie, George gave you a bit of a fright. Bad boy! So glad he was ultimately tracking you. You work so hard on maintaining your property. Amazing.
Be safe everyone.
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Happy Tuesday! FYI, don't make a cup of coffee in a single cup coffee maker without the cup, it makes a mess on the countertop. Yep, I did that, I got distracted and forgot to add the cup.
I am meeting my sponsee for lunch later since I won't be able to attend my meeting Thursday do to the funeral. My mind seems to be in a hundred different places this week but hopefully by next week things will start to go back to normal, as normal as I am anyway.
Lin, I go where I think the kids will have the most fun. As long as I am able I will continue to do so, although I feel as though I am slowing down some days. I couldn't let our Old English off lease except at the dog park which didn't last long as the other dogs were too aggressive and the owner didn't seem to care. I did love walking in the forest preserve with them and Babe.
Trying to decide if I should eat something or not as I will probably eat at the restaurant and then want to eat dinner later. I am a hungry person. lol
Have a good day,
Sandy
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Hi, didn’t get a chance to login earlier. A busy day. Left early to do some grocery shopping and found almost everything on my list! Yippee! Lots of online meetings today.
Sandy, I hope you didn’t stay hungry all day. And I have good days and then not so good days so I know I couldn’t keep up with your kiddos. Hope you had a good day.
Be safe everyone.
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Happy Wednesday! It's a beautiful day today and thinking of going to pool for an hour before the wake later this afternoon. I honestly hate wakes which is why I am being cremated. I want to be remembered alive and happy. I know it brings closure to people but to each his own. The funeral will be tomorrow but haven't heard if there is a luncheon after the service, just that the burial is private. That's because he is being buried next to the cemetery by their farm. He loved his farm and will rest in peace being near. I am a little worried about his wife as she told us this morning she is very emotional and needs prayers. Her family wants to take her to breakfast to keep her busy but I know what she is going through. We will be as supportive as necessary to get her through this.
Lin, glad you got all your groceries. I did eat some yogurt in the morning and had a low carb lunch so I ate some cheese and crackers later with my normal snacks. I also came home and rode my bike.
Jackie, where are you?
Have a good day and if you pray please pray for my friend.
Sandy
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Here I am but off to bed. I’m ok, just very busy. Sent a Jacqui Lawson card to Anne because Jilly is at the vet for an operation to remove 6 teeth and of course she is very worried. My nephew, his partner and also Charmaine arrive tomorrow so I’ve been preparing as much as I can. I should have more time to post tomorrow before they arrive.
Nite, nite! 😴
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Sandy, I hope the funeral doesn’t make you extremely sad tomorrow. And I will pray for your friend. I am glad you did eat yesterday, time can get away from us.
Jackie, wow, I did not know you were welcoming company tomorrow. No wonder you have been extremely busy. I haven’t heard anything from Anne so I am very surprised about dear Jilly’s surgery. Anne must be very worried.
Here, a lovely day, some laundry, cooked a bit, cardio, and doing a bit of research. And poof, the day was gone.
Be safe everyone.
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Happy Thursday! It was a beautiful service with a lovely luncheon. Tears were shed but I was happy to be there to celebrate his life. After the luncheon they were going to his farm where he will be buried in a cemetery next to his farm. It was private, just for the family. My friend his wife is holding up good during these sad times but I think once this is done and she is alone it will hit her hard. She is surrounded by family and friends who love her dearly so I hope we can all be of help in one way or the other.
I got up at 6:30 and I am very tired so I think I will try to take a nap.
Have a good day.
Sandy
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