Senior Golden Sneakers
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Happy Saturday!!
We too, are in single digits with wind chills in the minus. I am still going to go to 5:00 Mass even though it is cold. I slept in today and caught up on sleep. My grandson is in from Phoenix meeting his biological siblings, a boy and a girl. I told him if he had the time or wanted a break he could go for lunch or dinner with me and meet his cousin Robby whom he has never met in person. Since his birth parents paid for his ticket, I told him not to worry if he can't get away, but I do hope he does.
Chris or Cooky as I would like to call you, as that is such a cute nickname have a great evening with your friend.
Marie, looks like tater tots. tomatoes and pickles, can't tell what the white thing is. Hard to believe eating all those starches you can lose weight, but it seems to be working in your case.
Jackie, I am late in telling you congratulations and wonderful news with your recovery. My latest mammogram came back normal which is always good news since my mom had breast cancer. They may be torture but they do save lives.
Anne ,Jeri and Buzz, you little devils, are you sure you weren't children of the 70's???? I remember as a kid walking in my parents bedroom and they were nude and it scarred me for life. LOL I must admit I have always been shy so sleeping in the nude wasn't something I would do.
Not sure how I had four children. LOL TMI?????
Phoebe, glad you went to the doctor, you are a good child listening to all us elders. I gave up on House of Cards a long time ago. I just couldn't get into it.
Patsy, sounds like you had a scare with a mammogram, glad all is well. And I agree live each day as it is your last and enjoy!!!!
Lin, I hope you are not frozen somewhere, your weather is worse than mine.
Almost lunch time and I haven't eaten breakfast. Have a wonderful day!!
Sandy
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Jackie - GREAT GREAT news. This summer will be my last 5 year check up. The 5 years will be up.
Anne - I laughed so hard when I read your post. I could just imagine it. I think I'm okay as long as I don't sleep alone but a good thought if I ever live alone. Hahaha. I too get tangled in my night gowns (which I prefer over pjs) when we sleep over at a relative's house. My daughters would probably be so embarrassed by me. I've seen their pj's - warm and snugly. I always was a rebel.
Buzz - yours sound great
Phoebe - I too wonder about the weight loss, as good as it is. Please have it checked out.
Sandy - I know why you get tired with Robby. Little ones really play me out.
Lin - thanks for moving my recipe over. I never follow a recipe exactly either. And never make it the same twice. I love to improvise.
Ed and I are going out to celebrate Valentine's Day tonight. Should be fun.
Counting down for our Florida trip. I can hardly wait.
Got to run. Have a great day.
Jeri
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Just saying : just been out to the mail box. My outside thermometer registers minus -22C. Minus -7.6F. Just saying.
Anne (should change my name to Nanook of the North)0 -
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Anne - If my thermometer was registering below 0F, I would just not be getting my mail for awhile. Ouch! It's 37F and sunny here today. Normally, I would consider that cold. But after reading your post, it seems like a virtual heat wave!
Phoebe - Hope you're feeling better soon. Actually, I hope we're both feeling better soon. I'm a really impatient, not very good patient.
Wishing everyone a wonderful Saturday. I vote for all of us staying inside where it's warm. (In the buff or with jammies, optional!)
Marcella
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It's a very pretty day here, except it isn't warm. But it isn't minus Anything, so, I will enjoy a day indoors. Little Dolly went to the vet, some kind of knee injury, but not a broken bone. A few days of meds and then we'll see.
Be safe, you brave travelers who venture out.
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I took this on Thursday on my walk. I just came in from walking a few minutes ago. Unfortunately just around the neighbourhood. It's sunny but very cool and cold out there but I had a really nice walk.
Cheers all
Jeri
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Not much snow, Jeri, we have you beat. I just checked the temperature and it's -19C here in my neighborhood.
Jackie - Congratulations! on the good report from the oncologist. May your check up years fly by.
Sandy - Watching little ones is tiring, at least we think so when we watch Isaac. It's good that you take naps when he does.
Phoebe - Hope you are feeling better. Happy to hear to got to the doctors and hope the meds will kick in and you get on the mend soon.
Lin - Your temperatures probably beat all of ours. Keep safe and warm. Stay inside and watch
DVD's.
Anne- You are probably having the same temps as me. Keep that furnace going!
I got home from lunch and theatre around 3:30pm and really enjoyed it. It was a comedy and alot of
the actors were local. We had a catered lunch of rolls, salad, rigatoni and dessert and coffee.
After I got home I found a plant of tinyy roses that Dave bought me for Valentine's Day. We are going
out to dinner tomorrow night. Nothing fancy but I still don't have to cook.
Enjoy the evening.
Shirley
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Wonderful posts, dear "family"; uplifting to read and isn't JERI's landscape looking so glorious? How many people would look at a road lined with trees and see the glory in that spot of sunshine? Such a gifted eye she has!
I started some of the exercises Doc gave me to strengthen around the knees, and darn if it didn't start to hurt again so I couldn't walk! I'm tempted to ignore his advice and not have the problem, but then I go around in circles again! Anyway, I spent the afternoon experimenting with card design. Learned a bit about borderless printing, and how elegant it looks and how it drives my printer crazy ! It only wants to print that way on photo paper, so I had to figure out how to fool the printer and get both sides printed, as photo paper has not got 2 sided printing! It was fun and perhaps a wasted day, but I don't have to make any more cards this month!
SANDY, let us know how the birth parent thing worked out, OK? I have mixed feelings and curiosity about it often, except when it works well, it can be very enriching! Or conversely, leave very hurt feelings!
PHOEBE, Keep us inform about your condition, please, babe? We all love you and want to know you are feeling better!
Dinner bell (in my head!) and since I forgot lnch, I'm hungry! Buzz 0 -
SHIRLEY, it's warming up! -17C right now. Spring the sweet spring! Positively balmy after last night!
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Late evening and I'm soon off to bed. Apart from walking George this morning not much has been achieved except I've relaxed in front of the fire as the weather continues its soggy behaviour! Rather like Chinese torture I can hear the tap, tap, tap of rain water hitting the skylight in the kitchen and that's gone on all day and after a half hour play with George and his ball he's gone to his bed. Buzz he doesn't sleep on my bed but has his own duvet, not that he's a spoilt boy of course but I couldn't cope with his digging and scuffing about in the night to get himself comfortable; bad enough when a cat hops on and off!!
Phoebe ~ My cat Jasper injured his knee a couple of months ago and it's been a case of time healing rather than any meds so I'm sure your kitty will improve. That is a drastic weight loss you've had in such a short time even if you feel you could afford it so do take care of yourself and keep an eye on things.
Buzz ~ Not that I'm teaching granny to suck eggs as the saying goes but I'm thinking exercising your knees will hurt at first so please don't stop but rather do it a little more gently to begin with and gradually build. Your patience with computer, printer and card making never ceases to amaze me and the recipients must love you for the work that goes into them.
Anne and Shirley ~ Keep warm while that bitter weather hangs around and dig out the cosiest PJ's you can find! I'm just hoping the minus 10c that Scotland is currently experiencing doesn't head in my direction!
Jeri ~ Living in an old cottage my bathroom is downstairs and one morning during a hot summer spell I popped down to the loo in the buff and then found myself trapped as someone knocked on my door. It turned out to be a parcel delivery that brought the courier into my garden looking for a place to leave it while I crept around crouching low down to stay out of view as although the window glass is frosted I don't bother with blinds because I don't expect anyone to be outside when I shower!! Since then I've kept myself covered at all times!!
Sandy ~ Good news that your mammogram results were clear and you're so right, screening is very important and saves so many lives as well as gives us peace of mind. Things seem to be moving rather quickly for your grandson so I do hope both families can cope with the emotional upheaval.
I'm yawning and rubbing eyes so definitely time for bed so I'll say goodnight.
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Good evening, just stopping by for a few minutes. Cold here but I guess it will warm up enough to snow starting later tonight and going through mid-day tomorrow. Will be away from home all day tomorrow and hope to be back for Downton tomorrow evening. I hope you have a lovely Valentine’s Day.
Just busy doing little things around the house, winding clocks, filling empty capsules with turmeric powder, charging run down devices, updating software (but still NOT installing Windows 10). Made a lovely big salad today but unfortunately took a chunk out of my thumb when the knife slipped on a piece of bell pepper. Cannot type well with these darn band-aids.
Hugs.
Lin
Something I keep on top of my refrigerator for inspiration.
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Lin - I love that saying!
Good night all.
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It is so funny to hear what each of us wear to bed. I love Buzz's snazzy designer PJs. Heck I would wear them out on a dinner date. They sound fabulous.
John and I have been married forever and I think, at this very late date, we need to get out more and kick,up our heels. Because if we don't start doing it more, it's just not ever going to happen any more at all. I did get another glorious Valentine flower bouquet from my sweetheart. I am fixing the Valentine dinner tomorrow. The weather is awful and the restaurants will be filled with people. Not too relaxing.
We have always lived in cold areas of the country. Warm PJs were not only comfortable but darn near necessary. I have slept in warm socks every winter for decades. Not exactly glamorous but romance is often hard going when the snow is 2 feet deep. We have lived in Colorado, Wyoming and Alaska. Here on the north Oregon coast, the weather is never super cold, just very wet, dark and chilly. It is PJs required at night during most of the year.
Hope everyone has a lovely Valentine day. A bit of chocolate...maybe.
Take care, sweethearts!
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Happy Valentines day everyone. Definitely a bit of chocolate Patsy!! A cold and miserable walk around the village with George this morning before I now pop into my local town for a few items of shopping and then view the auction items. There's possibly a table but......!!
Have a good Sunday and enjoy any Valentines get-togethers and/or snuggles!!
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S everybody. Me, I'm making the 13bean soup right now, it's simmering away, but come to think of it, not exactly romantic fare! Never mind, I shall spend the day thinking loving thoughts and hope everyone is thoroughly spoilt with bunches of roses and boxes of chocolates! A little spoiling is so good for us, each and everyone. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
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Happy Valentines Day Everyone
For some reason my long post just disappeared except for the first line. Oh well, I'll try it again.
Anne - your soup sounds very good. I saw a mix for it at the store last week. I must try it.
Jackie - cute graphic. Your story really made me laugh. I could just see myself in a similar position. Reminds me of when our daughter got engaged. She was getting ready and heard a stone hit her window. She crouched down to see what it was and it was her boyfriend serenading her and asking her to marry him. She could only crouch down to watch as she was just ironing her pants and couldn't stand up to see it all properly. LOL
Patsy - how long is forever. We'll be married 41 years in April.
Lin - like Marcella, I like that saying as well. Hope your finger gets well soon.
Buzz - thanks for the compliment about my photo. You know how much I enjoy photography.
Shirley - you sure do have us beat. It's 1C this morning. A nice warm chinook blowing over the mountains into Calgary right now. We saw the Chinook Arch last night when we came home from supper.
Heading to deliver cards and candy to our grandkids today. It's always so much fun to see everyone.
Have a wonderful day everyone.
Jeri
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Happy Sunday!! Another cold day with up to three inches of snow expected. I think I am just staying in today even though I have some gifts for Robby. He is too young to know today is the holiday so I might just wait until he comes on Tuesday. They are just silly little gifts like a little snow globe and a little light up thing. I did get a card for Babe but we will not be seeing each other today. He is going to his sons but he is still suffering with a headache and dizziness. He goes next Friday to get a shot in his head to help with the pain. Ouch!!!
According to my location finder on my phone, my grandson is in Wisconsin. I texted my daughter and she said that his BP have a cabin there so they must have gone for the day.
It doesn't look like he will have time to visit with me, but I do understand. I just hope it is all going well for him.
Jeri, since my grandkids are older now, I send them a card with money. I used to send candy and little gifts but this is much easier for me and who doesn't like money??
Anne, soup sounds good, I am fighting with a cough that is coming so deep from my chest ever since I had the flu and pneumonia shot. It is so frustrating because I was fine before these shots. Never again. I bought some Robitussin hoping to knock it out, I swear you would think I was a smoker.
Jackie, love your graphic, I hope you get to cuddle with George.
Phoebe, love your graphic as well, hope you get to cuddle with Jim.
Patsy, whenever you mention Oregon I think of my son and wonder if his weather is the same as yours. He is in Portland, so how far are you from him???
Lin, just make sure you install Windows 10 before they start charging. I am using it and once you get used to it, it is good. Your plate says it all.
Buzz, so far things are going well with the birth parents. When my daughter adopted her son she wanted an open adoption so they could stay in contact with him but they declined. For over a year she sent pictures and letters to the agency but they didn't pick them up. It was only when he turned 18 and the new law said he had the right to find his BP's that he said he wanted to meet them. He is 19 1/2 now and got his wish and finding out his parents married and had two children gave him two biological siblings. I will let you know how things went after this weekend.
That is all for today, enjoy your Sunday and if you can cuddle up with the one you love or watch a sappy movie. lol I will do neither, playing games on my computer is more fun.
Sandy
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Wow, we've warmed up today to -14c or 7f. The furnace isn't continuously on most of the time, all in honour of St. Val's I guess. I've just consumed my first batch of 13bean soup and it turned out good. Which is just as well because I have 3 more bowls in the fridge.
I'm really commenting on what SANDY wrote concerning the flu shot. I've never had a flu shot and have been most fortunate in not having had flu since the Asian flu in 1957. How do I remember the date, well one of our wedding guests rolled up at our wedding reception and passed it on to most of us which made for a memorable honeymoon you might say. I don't know if that particularly bad strain gave me immunity to flu but I haven't had it since, (or any more honeymoons either if it comes to that!) so I don't know how I would personally react to a flu shot. However, one of my cousins had the flu shot EVERY year and EVERY year she was really ill with whatever strain was going around. I just wonder if whilst it might be a good thing for most folk could it CAUSE the flu in others? Anyway, sorry you've fallen ill, Sandy.
I don't know how people are with Valentine's Day in GB JACKIE these days, but in my day it was strictly only for those in love or those who wanted to anonymously profess feelings for someone. No cards for the children, your granny or the dog. I think it's rather nice though that today we can tell our family and friends (and the dog) we love them as well as the special love of our lives. It makes the world go round. It took a bit of getting used to at first though.
So on that note, love to all, ❤️Anne.
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I don't know how people are with Valentine's Day in GB JACKIE these days, but in my day it was strictly only for those in love or those who wanted to anonymously profess feelings for someone. No cards for the children, your granny or the dog. I think it's rather nice though that today we can tell our family and friends (and the dog) we love them as well as the special love of our lives. It makes the world go round. It took a bit of getting used to at first though.
So on that note, love to all, ❤️Anne.
Anne ~ We tend to stick with the original idea of Valentines day being associated with romantic love and send cards anonymously even when it's obvious who the sender is. Lots of guess work going on when single but hopefully not between married couples!!
Jackie
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Thanks JACKIE, I'm sort of pleased it hasn't changed in the U.K. Much more fun really trying to guess who's got a secret pash. for you. Many a hopeful heart when I was 17 with girls wondering if the postman would call and many a disappointment when he didn't, lol.
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Jim went for take out last night, I think it counts as valentines dinner. Egg drop soup for me. Mmmm! Vegetables tonight, thanks again, instant pot. It's getting cloudy here. I give up on the forecast, will just wait to see what falls from the sky..
Jeri, what I love about your terrain is that it's not too hilly. Good for walking at a steady pace. It's so hilly here, a short walk is tiring. Yes you are our Ace photographer!
Lin, I still remember when I cut my thumb when cutting vegetables back in 1990- something! I hope you don't keep your memory that long! I saw a stainless steel thing that you put your free hand in to protect it while chopping. If I find it, I'll post the link.
Jackie, thank you for the info about Jasper. That relieves me so much. As Dolly is one of our strays, we agreed to no big medical expenditures. It's harder to do the longer they've been in our lives. Hope your auction was a hit! No way could I go to all those things, without spending!
Marcella, hope you are taking it easy too.
Shirley, hug Isaac, your little sweetheart!
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I won't hit the edit button again. I mentioned Sandy in above post, but it's not there.
Sandy, hope you are feeling better today. Do you have a humidifier?
❇♥O:-)
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Kathy texted us this picture of Isaac for our Valentine's to grandpa and grandma.
I am eating chocolate as we speak. This is my Christmas chocolate from Lindt with hazelnuts. I always
tell Dave to hide the chocolate from me, yes...that is how bad I am with chocolate. I also had chocolate
from John from Argentina. So...I am indulging and then we go for dinner tonight.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!
Shirley
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Happy Valentines Day everyone!
Phoebe, I'm absolutely taking it easy today. The hubby just went out to get some dinner for us. I'm so ready to be all well.
Sandy, That is so interesting that your grandson has two biological siblings. I pray everything goes well for him with meeting everyone. I know he has a lot of people in his life that love him very much.
Wishing everyone a special "Love Filled" day!
Marcella
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We had a great thing happen for us for Valentine's Day.....our good friend who is our age and has been unmarried for many years and had many unsatisfactory selfish men friends, finally met someone who dotes on her and treasures her and treats her with respect, and today she brought him to meet us. He has already proposed and bought her a lovely ring. Jake and I both liked him and are so happy for both of them. 0
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Hi, got home a while ago, finished dinner and have been sorting through all my email.
Long day. Relaxing...,
Trip to TJ's in the morning. Hugs.
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Hello everyone! Just popping in to say I had a lovely Valentine's Day. We also had a nice chat with our son. Had a great dinner with my sweetheart. I wish we all could have met for a Valentine party. I would have given you all a Valentine and a candy kiss. Presidents' Day tomorrow...no mail. Banks are closed. School is out. Raining all day. MoMo goes to vet for her new arthritis meds. She is holding her own, in fact she is in full charge of everything going on here.
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Walked to the top of the moor this morning in glorious sunshine which was so uplifting after weeks of miserable rain. Met lots of dog walkers all on a similar mission and even bumped into George's groomer who took a long hard look at his winter coat and announced his head is looking very big!! Perhaps I should get the grooming scissors out later today and see if I can trim him because he won't be seeing her until March 4th..... talk about a guilt trip!!
Phoebe ~ My Jasper is a rescued cat that even after 12 years living with me runs away almost every time I move too quickly so being such a nervous boy I don't take him to the vet unless absolutely necessary because the visit is more stressful for him than any medication would help which is why I've waited to see if his knee mends itself because x-rays would mean sedation and the trauma for him would continue.
Barbie ~ A lovely story about your friend and the man in her life. They say there's someone out there for each of us and it seems she has met Mr Right at last.... wonderful!
Patsy ~ Goodness me, I didn't know you had a President's day, is that similar to our Queen's birthday? I'm so pleased to read MoMo is doing alright and top dog in your household!
Anne ~ Those innocent days when Valentines cards were dropped into a school desk when no one was looking or writing on the envelope disguised and as you say, the disappointment if nothing arrived! Goodness only knows what gets sent via iphones and pads these days when it seems everything is so explicit.... they don't know what they're missing!!
It's past my lunchtime so I'll get a rather lazy cup of soup with tuna salad organised. Have a good Monday everyone.
Jackie0
