Senior Golden Sneakers
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SANDY, Charlie belongs to a friend in the north of England. Super little dog I gather. Well girls I am feeling immensely proud of myself. I've spent most of the morning making a pork, and onions savoury pie from scratch. Pastry and all! The rest of the time I've been watching the birds and the Easter bunny at the bird feeder. Finally, I've found a way to hang a bird feeder from a branch the squirrels find too light to attempt a raiding party on. This means I am being rewarded by loads of various finches, sparrows, cardinals, blue jays etc whilst the squirrels, the mice, the chipmunks and Miss Bunny are doomed below for the droppings. Miss Bunny is very tame and doesn't run away when I open the back door, but then neither does the other lot. These little critters recognize a sucker when they see one!
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One Easter morning we woke up and found a wild bunny rabbit sitting on our front steps. I called the kids to the front door and apologized for telling them there was no such thing as the Easter Bunny. (Given that he was obviously sitting right in front of us.) The kids were probably in their early teens at the time and thought it was pretty funny. The rabbit stayed there, close to our front door, for about an hour before finally leaving to go visit the next place on his list.0
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What a lovely day and Dave and I went for an hour walk around the neighborhood. Now my knee is letting me
know it. Another treatment next week, I hope this isn't of things to come being bothered with knee problems.
I know 20 lbs lighter would help but that is another conundrum.
I am loving all the photos and when i get off here I will see if I can find one of my last dog Molly and myself.
Barbie -You were such a cutie starting school.
I just finished making chili for dinner with ground turkey and now starting my make ahead mashed potatoes
for our dinner tomorrow night. It will be just Dave, myself and my mother in law. My BIL is going to his son's
and Isaac's mom and dad are busy tearing up carpet downstairs and replacing it with flooring. My
oldest daughter, Kristina is in San Francisco on vacation visiting various friends and won't get home until
Saturday so it will be a quiet Easter.
Anne - You just reminded me to refill the bird feeder, I can't seem to keep it filled for more than a day. Boy,
are they hungry.
Li n- Sorry about attending a funeral but we are at the age when that happens all too soon these days.
Enjoy your Easter. Thanks for the picture compliment I just got my hair cut so its rather short.
Sandy - Enjoy that little grandson, I am counting the days to see Isaac. We will be skyping tomorrow with
great grandma too.
Well back to the mashed potatoes.
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Little time, as usual, Got stuck with fixing our Bose Music Wave set, which refused to recognize a disc it swallowed when I tried ejecting ! I claimed there was no disc, and I knew better, so 2 hours later (Saturday, you know, so no customer service) I finally figured out how to fix it. Also, new neighbors moved in after he had a hip replacement that didn't heal properly, and they had no coffee maker, so I put up a pot to help, and then discovered an old Gevalia 4 cup maker which I lent them along with a pound of coffee.. There went my time (not carefully planned!). Now I have Harry Belafonte on my Bose Player singing When the Saints Go Marching In, which I love so much it plays on my doorbell!
Anyway, love seeing all your old pictures, so I'll see if I can figure out how to do a transfer, or have one of my kids send me a copy of that picture collection by email! Incidentally, my furniture taste has never changed, and I think I showed some of it when I sold my house. All I could locate in my computer was a pair of leather chairs but I had others I'll eventually find!
Off to shower, shampoo, and get rid of the iodine wash on my left leg, which I just unwrapped.
A very wonderful Easter to everyone!
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Barbie
I wasn't able to get on my computer for a day or so and missed your birthday but am delighted to see you had such an enjoyable time doing the things you love.
Jackie
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This dog sitting lark is exhausting, probably because she is a 1 year old Jack Russell, full of life and wanting all of my attention. At the moment she is pushing a rubber toy in the shape of a shark against my leg in the hope I'll play tug but I now know she'll nip my fingers if I try so am doing my best to ignore her. We've had some fun over the last 3 days and George has been very patient with her when she's done her best to wrestle with him although big cat Boris usually soon puts a stop to that!
Anne ~ I missed the programme about Shakespeare's missing head but gather grave robbers probably removed it a few hundred years ago although what they then did with it no one knows!! I'm impressed with your pie making, something I rarely have the patience for these days. Do you get to eat it all yourself? An Easter bunny in your garden, how sweet. The only rabbits I ever see in mine are those that get dragged in by the cats although now dear Jasper is no longer with us I'd hope not to see too many in the future. Charlie looks delightful but I have promised George I will never dress him up!!
Lin ~ Another funeral! I do hope it all goes smoothly and perhaps if you get to speak to her children you'll learn more about her life although it does seem tragic that often it it funerals we get to hear things we never knew about the departed one.
Buzz ~ You are what I'd consider a dream neighbour to turn up with a coffee machine AND coffee..... any problem can be solved with a good brew on the go!
Shirley ~ When I was 20 lbs heavier my knees were both painful but since losing the weight I rarely have that problem so if you need incentive to shift a few pounds hang on to that thought. The friend I dog walk with has lost 46 lbs since November and says she can't believe how much better she feels which reminds me not to let things slip..... easier said than done I know!!
I've missed lots of you I know but must let the dogs out for a last pee break and get myself ready for bed so will wish you all a peaceful Easter Sunday.
Jackie
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Yes, this little pig gets to eat the pie all by herself! It should last for 4 more meals JACKIE, but at this rate I will soon be getting MY bad knee back!
It disappeared, like yours, when I lost the pounds. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, I'm starting to enjoy baking again! And I'm itching to get into the garden but it was too nippy today at 3 degrees C. I'm beginning to wonder if all this enthusiasm and energy is the new 80 lol. Or am I just going batty!
The kids are still battling THE VIRUS so I am quite happy on my lonesome and in fact I'm rather enjoying this Easter.
Tomorrow it is warming up to 11 degrees so I shall sally forth and treat myself to an Easter egg despite this being a fitness forum! I shall be not only full on Easter Monday, but probably feeling full of guilt as well!
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Good evening – no Easter bunnies around here and I didn’t see any birds or squirrels today either. Perhaps you have a monopoly on them Anne?
I attended the funeral and there were many more people than I thought would turn out. Then the luncheon after, then a couple of errands on the way home and oh my goodness, the stores are so full of people on Saturdays. A lot more patience (and time) is required. When I returned home, I spoke on the phone to several friends which took a couple more hours. It was lovely to speak with each of them.
Phoebe, thanks for checking in. I always love hearing where you are and what’s going on! Safe travels.
Sandy, we don’t have Easter Vigil, just Sunrise service so up early, off to church and then I’ll just stay there through all the various programs until noon or 12:30pm. Then I’ll drive home, change clothes, pack up some food and then drive over to my friend’s home for the rest of the day. And by the way, I hope Daisy is improving. We keep hearing about dog flu in the Chicago area (in the context that we will have it in Iowa soon) so I think about Daisy each time they repeat the story.
Barbie, what an interesting life. Living in Puerto Rico sounds so exotic to me. Back here in the Midwest, my parents sent me to a Lutheran school so that I could start a year earlier than if I’d attended public school. Once I’d attended for a couple of years I was able to transfer to public schools and stay in my grade and the birthdate no longer mattered.
Anne, well done. Great baking project and so happy it turned out well. I am so sorry your family is fighting a virus. I am glad that you did not acquire it as well. Glad you are getting along okay! I am sure they would like a bit of your pie....
Jackie, thanks the update on the dog sitting. Yes, a one year old is still a puppy and full of energy. Not to mention nippy teeth! How many days remain??
Buzz, I love how considerate you are to help out your neighbor. A coffee pot and an entire pound of coffee will keep them going for a while. Regarding your photo, I adore those chairs. They look very comfortable. I don’t remember pictures at the time you sold your home. I do remember seeing several pictures of your Ekornes (Stressless) furniture in your current unit. Pictures always welcomed!
Shirley, you do such interesting cooking and always get so much accomplished in a day! You are pretty faithful with walking and/or biking. Good job on that. I hate to get something stirred up like my knee or a bunion or other touchy body part. I do my best but find if I kick up to 20,000 steps in a day that I am going to have knee and/or foot problems for several days after. Yesterday I could barely get around due to a flair of a bunion. I soldiered through and got up to around 12,000 steps but it wasn’t pleasant.
Wishing everyone a happy day.
Lin
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HAPPY EASTER GIRLS, ON THIS GLORIOUSLY SUNNY EASTER MORN!
Miss Bunny is under the apple tree eating leftover bird seed. I tried to take her photo from inside the window, but it came out too dark. Fancy, my very own Easter bunny, am I not blessed! I do indeed have a veritable tiny eco system in my minuscule yard LIN. I think the word is getting out "let's all go to Anne's house lads, free grub and worth a trip from Iowa". So, instead of becoming extremely wealthy after no longer having to keep my little Tabitha in food and kitty litter I am as poverty stricken as ever buying the sort of bird seed that attracts our more prettier finches etc, and new feeders to replace the ones destroyed by the terrorist squad, i.e squirrels. I do indeed have plenty of pets PHOEBE in the form of all the wild life.
Reading about everyone's poorly legs and knees is a wake up call! I shall not buy an Easter egg at the stores today after all. Fortunately the craving is gone this morning and I've got a nice cabbage to consume instead.
JACKIE, you and George will sleep all day once Scruff departs. I bet her Mom is blissfully having a cup of tea as I write and enjoying a week of quiet! That's one thing about adopting the wild life the only attention they want is "hey human, fill up the feeder".
Well must away and have a shower before my friend in the UK calls for our hour long weekly chat.
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My weather is turning wild again and we have a storm called Katie on her way across the Atlantic and timed to hit us around 8pm tonight. Hopefully the power won't go just as the final episode of The Night Manager begins! Our clocks went forward overnight but I didn't get up too early because it was raining and managed a long walk on the moors once that cleared under beautiful blue sunny skies. Then the strangest thing; a man appeared walking with a large drum which, when he got to the magical Hurlers stones, started to bang it loudly. Now I know the Druids spend time there but I can't imagine why he'd do that on Easter Sunday but probably just as well, I was a distance away otherwise would have asked him to be quiet because he was scaring the dogs.... and me just a bit!! Within minutes of the drum banging a huge black cloud appeared over the horizon so we had to speed up the walk back to the car and got there just as the rain began to pour.
Anne ~ Scruff's mum sent a text this morning telling me she was about to enjoy a roast dinner with the family she's visiting and is having a lovely time but will be happy to get home. I think that's often the way isn't it and I messaged back that I have no doubt Scruff will be glad to get home too although she's being a good girl, just a bit manic!! She's not used to a chimney that makes a noise when the wind blows either so tends to stare at me in disbelief when it whooshes! During our last storm a week or so ago my favourite bird feeder disappeared in high wind and all this time on I'm still searching for it. No point putting another out until storm Katie has moved on through though. Just a warning for you because I spotted another of those white blobs across your part of the world behind the tv forecaster's shoulder again that is due next weekend so don't dig out the bikini just yet but do keep feeding the little furry friends.
Lin ~ Not that I'm counting but Scruff's mum should get back tomorrow night although what with a storm that is due to cause disruption and it being a Bank holiday I think she's going to have a long journey because it took her 12 hours to get to her destination without bad weather! Our original plan was to meet up on Tuesday morning for a walk and I'd hand over Scruff then but the friend that's picking her up from the bus tomorrow night suggested she wouldn't want to go home to an empty house so why not pick her up from me on the way home so fingers crossed it won't be in the middle of the night!!
I enjoyed a hot cross bun with my coffee so lunch is running late. The good news is a few years ago I would have indulged in 2 buns but now I do keep portion sizes in mind. Sunshine and showers at the moment so I'm going to see if I can get a couple of jobs completed in the garden before the heavy rain arrives.
Jackie
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Have a blessed day!
Marcella0 -
Beautiful sunrise here in Arizona this Easter morning. Blessings to you all
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Thanks for the "white blob" warning JACKIE and especially as your last warning came true! Scruff's Mum is right, for as they say,
North, South, East, West,
Homes best!
I had to smile about the eccentric drummer, trust the UK to produce an eccentric drummer. Maybe the hurler stones come alive on Easter Sunday? and the drumming keeps them frozen? How many stones by the way, any chance it's twelve?
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I give up on bird feeding! Here's Mr Squirrelly Nuts helping out Miss Bunny. (Help, I sound like Beatrice Potter.) Anne.
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Happy Easter to all my Sneakers Friends!
Shirley0 -
My kids feel better and I'm invited to dinner. This after I've consumed a large meat pie lunch! However, one should never look a gift horse in the mouth! I'm off but must try to eat very little! Dream on, Anne.0
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I'm a little late, but...
I really hear that warning about knees and weight, JACKIE. I feel like an old, old lady with bad knees, and I sorely missed being able to take part in the "Acts Communities Olympics" this year! The participants have so much fun competing. I must visualize how much better I will feel and look, and enjoy fitting into a bathing suit again so can at least walk in the pool! Shame on me for getting into this condition!
There was a magnificent buffet at noon today in our main dining room. I took only an omelette and a bran muffin along with black coffee. Afterward, we went to the auditorium to see "Trumbo", which I recall only too well happening back in the 1940's and '50's! I worry about our world getting back to that mentality!
I hope spring is on the docket for you all, and enjoy all the budding bulbs, trees and flowers. I think I miss that season, with its promise of life renewed! Buzz 0 -
The aftermath of storm Katie has left thousands without power but thankfully apart from debris on the roads we came off pretty light in this area. This morning's walk was attempted between showers but at the top of the moor hail and sleet hit us in a strong wind so I had to find shelter behind a large gorse bush until it moved on. If ever I contemplated a 2nd dog I will remember these past few days and very quickly talk myself out of it because I'm shattered!! Scruff's mum is on her way home so as much as I adore her it's peace and quiet tomorrow.
Anne (nee Beatrice!) ~ That squirrel is far too fat!! Does bunny have a similar waistline now that it's feeding in your garden? My hairdresser once told me that the Hurlers have another legend that the number counted is never the same and when she was small her school took a class there to run round and count the stones but when told to do it a 2nd time one was missing. Although now in her 30's she's still very wary of visiting the area again!! Great to learn your family is feeling well enough to invite you to dinner even if it does mean 2 good meals in a day.
Buzz ~ If I lived as a neighbour and enjoyed the meals offered to you I'd be twice the size I am because my self discipline when it comes to food is next to zero and my only saving grace is living on my own and not buying indulgent goodies. It's a balancing act and we all occasionally take a tumble so perhaps with summer on the way that pool you love so much will be back in your life! Trumbo is a film on my watch list. Who knows where we're going politically, certainly not to a good place because tolerance seems to be a dirty word these days for so many.
The clocks going forward has completely thrown me so far and I see it's nearly 2pm and I've not even considered a snack for lunch so I'd better at least consider what I might enjoy before then preparing chicken curry for my evening meal.
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After eating two large dinners yesterday I am contrite and have appointed, (if she will take on the task) LIN as my task master until I remove these accursed pounds. Help, now I'm sounding Shakespearean, shades of Macbeth there! Out, out, damn fat, etc. MJ is such a good cook that it was hard not to consume her meal especially the dessert of a sort of lemon sponge cum soufflé. Apparently Jamie Oliver is to blame for this mouth watering dessert! So......Just like JACKIE avoiding 2 dog ownership and moving hurling stones, I will avoid my Jamie Oliver cookbook! Anyway, I have deprived myself of brekky and will not go near the leftover hot cross buns today, I promise, LIN.
Are you saying I'm over feeding the squirrels as well JACKIE? It COULD be a pregnant squirrel but judging by my depleting pension more likely the sunflower seeds put out for the blue Jays and cardinals. Miss Bunny is rather rounded as well, and another, I won't say little, critter is pretty tubby around the middle. Much bigger than a mouse but definitely not a rat, I'm not sure what this sweetie is? Unless it IS a well fed mouse.
Well, I better do a bit of vacuuming before lack of food, re brekky has me faint with hunger! Glad I didn't buy that Easter egg, I can't bear food wastage!
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Anne - A most delightful post. I have somewhat given up on feeding the squirrels (I mean birds) at my house.
Wishing everyone a wonderful week.
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So wonderful to have you all as friends
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Good day dear sneakers! It is very spring-like today. Cloudy with rain and sunshine with a huge dark rain filled clouds and rain in the sunshine. Very Oregon spring weather! Our squirrels are making themselves at home around here as well. I do believe we have a lot of mother-to-be lady squirrels running about. We have to be very careful of them because they are very interested in coming into the house. We have seen what happens when they get inside. They are unruly houseguests!
Our Easter was relaxing and with a small indulgent dinner. I am dealing with an arthritic knee but did get in a bit of exercise. More today along with some house chores and a block of time in the dungeon. When I feel the need for a break, I work on the portrait of Mazzy. It is coming along and I will put a glaze on it for an effect I have been planning. Then she gets a frame and will be installed near the dungeon door.
It is raining right now in bright sunshine! My granny would have said..."ack! The devil is beating his wife!" Not sure exactly sure how that little saying came to be, but it seemed to be important to say it.
Patsy
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Happy Monday!!
Back to reality, no more sleeping in and less time on computer. Robby is worth it though, he is such a sweetheart. My Easter was wonderful and dinner with my friends was amazing. We all had steak and lobster and it was so good it was worth the calories. Two of the ladies gave us all a chocolate egg which I consumed today, another gave us all a little pail filled with goodies, which I ate the almond eggs and the other gave us bingo lottery tickets, which I did not win. I however, brought nothing and felt foolish so next year if invited I will make it up to them. I never buy anything but sugarless candy for my house and to be tempted with the Easter candy was something I had no control. Hopefully, I will shed the extra pounds from Spring Break and Easter but today was not a good start. I am so weak!!!!
Very tired as Lisa had a meeting after work so Robby was here an extra hour. Just catching up on computer and then heading to the couch. Enjoy your evening and will be back tomorrow.
Sandy
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Good evening. I was up and zipping along this morning and set out to do some errands. I picked up things like packages of water softener salt, a replacement toilet seat and then a new chair for my deck. Then I went to get my glasses adjusted. Once again they are digging holes in the side of my nose. They adjusted them and would you believe, they are worse now? Both sides of my nose have deep red divots and I am somewhat distressed they cannot adjust them properly. They seemed fine when I first picked them up. They just keep bending them out wider and wider but it’s doing nothing. One day I think they’ll snap if they keep at it.
I also went to a ladies dress shop and looked at the jewelry. My actual reason for stopping there was to see if a friend from church was working this morning. She wasn’t. Then made a trip to Costco and they had a nice camping zero glide chair that would have worked on my deck but I couldn’t find out the price. I went through three sales associates who kept saying they’d get a SIGN with the price on it but wouldn’t tell me how much it was. Finally got too irritated to stay longer so did a quick zip around the store and left. Got home, unloaded my purchases and found I’d paid twice as much for that chair as I thought it was marked. I only checked because when I saw the total I thought it was too high so I decided to look at the receipt. I didn’t want to pay that much for a chair. Had lunch, called Costco to get the price of that chair and then took the chair back and stopped at a card shop to purchase a couple of sympathy cards as I was out and I like to have at least one at home just in case. Home again and I have been hunting for some pictures and so far, no luck.
The weather this afternoon was lovely. It might rain tomorrow but it’s okay with me. I am going to the afternoon weaving class at the yarn store. That’s an indoor activity.
Going to look a bit longer for those pictures, take out the trash and go to bed early. I was up too long yesterday. I am tired out!
Anne, love the picture of your squirrel. What a daredevil. I would think I’m not the best person for a taskmaster. I am much too soft!! So, who do we have that is very firm and no nonsense…..
Buzz, I am sorry you do not have all the spring budding out and the nice side of spring. I’ll purchase an extra bunch of tulips in your honor. I must check to see if I’m on the reservation list for Trumbo but I doubt it.
Jackie, I am glad the storm is past and doubly glad that you personally have not been without power. Wahoo, dear little Scruff’s momma will be home soon. Excellent.
Patsy, yes, yes. I love spring-like weather. I don’t mind being fooled this time of year because some day it is going to stick! It really will be spring!! Hope you’re not stuck in the dungeon for too long each day.
Sandy, back to your real schedule!? By the way, I gave everyone, children and adults what is the all-time favorite with these people--peanut butter and chocolate. I got two types Reese’s candy and a number of kids and adults immediately opened them and ate some. So I guess I am somewhat evil by giving something that I wouldn’t eat. Haaaa.
See you soon.
Lin
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At last I think almost all the "Important; Tax Information!" envelopes are stuffed into the pile awaiting our accountant's visit! He, also, has moved, as his wonderful partner had a disastrous stroke and can no longer do the work. The good thing is that although Life Care Communities sound costly, more than 40% of our monthly fees are Tax Deductible. If anyone ever considers eventually moving to a community such as ours, make certain you check on the tax status before signing anything! The "buy-in price" was also eligible for that discount, and the year we bought in, I think the IRS owed us money!
Alongside the sumptuous lamb, ham, and all the fixings, I learned today there was a huge stuffed goose that I missed! I'm afraid of buffets and their effect on me, so I just don't look at the main aisle anymore!
Tonight, the entertainment was a 1994 British film "The Wedding Gift" that was such a tender,
loving, almost comedic story of a couple dealing with the wife's undiagnosable condition we now know as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ! It was based on a true story and just beautifully done! It should have been a real tear jerker but for the deft handling that made me smile at the humor and love shared by the two people!
Back to my bad bedtime habits, so I'm begging off now and will be in La-La Land pronto! Sleep well, dear friends... Buzz 0 -
probs wit comput r. opfully back soon! Tink I av a virus.... damn!! Would b funny if not so annoyin !!! Spot t missin lttrs.....
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Oh no JACKIE! e h and g. Reading your post aloud, it sounds like sinus problems! Everyone seems to be getting virus's these days, human and otherwise. Good luck on a fix. Anne.
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managed to find on screen keyboard but being a touch typist am finding it far too slow but at least will be able to communicate until the problem is sorted. Am now going to take my frustration out on hen house cleaning before all my hair is torn out...... ahhh!!!
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Help! Don't tear your hair out! Especially with the gale force winds helping. I'm a touch typist, but find with time Ive got quite fast on the iPad screen keyboard. At least we know where the letters are!! Could it be a faulty keyboard connection and maybe, unfortunately you need a new keyboard to plug in? But then, what do I know about the mysteries of electronics. Never mind, JACKIE, Squeak and the feathery gang are benefitting! I guess Scruff is back home?
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