Senior Golden Sneakers
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Here is the latest picture of Isaac in the pool. He is staying at the other grandparents house for a week with mom and dad.
Shirley2 -
Morning...or is t afternoon? Happy belated birthday Phoebe! I received your card roday...too cute! Thanks1
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Internet has been out all day, and I just caught up with your posts and need time to digest all your wisdom!
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Afternoon Sneakers,
Just finished an 11 mile bike ride and I am pooped. I still have to shower and pack as we are leaving
tomorrow for another sailing club cruise to Toronto area. I will keep in touch.
Shirley1 -
To day we have sun and a bit of heat. I will try to get my housework going before it gets too warm. I just shut down when it gets too warm. I am a puddle of non-activity.
I have one those strange activities next week. There is a couple we have been friends with for years, I have mentioned the guy before. He is the musician with dementia. We are taking them to lunch celebrating the birthday of the wife. She is a totally unpleasant person at times. Her husband is a sweet guy, he is barely here most of the time. The lunch will depress us for days. We love the husband and he is a formidable talent. It is odd, he can hardly carry on a conversation, but he can still play his music. He looks at a sheet of music and sings the notes, then he plays the music on one of the many instruments he can play. we want to stay in touch with the husband, but then there is that very unpleasant wife......we will silently celebrate the friendship of this amazing jazz musician.
Katie lost a larger baby tooth. I thought it was a piece of a broken dish. Upon examination I see it was a Katie tooth. I saved an envelope with our sons baby tooth and a lock of his hair from the first haircut. The same for our daughter. I showed it to our son and he laughed and tossed it into the trash!!!! He said, not to worry. He had grown new teeth and as his hair line receded he would give me new locks of hair on a regular basis! He is still naughty.
White peaches for breakfast with Greek yoghurt! Heaven!
Patsy
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Was Katie out of sorts losing the tooth PATSY? Miss Jill lost her second large bottom canine yesterday and was much subdued until after being wobbly and loose it finally fell out. They are the size of curved grains of rice, but extremely sharp!
You must tell us how the lunch progressed! It reminds me of one of our late old friends, Annie. Such a sweet lady suffering from dementia, BUT we treated her to lunch and then a matinee of "The Gondoliers" for a birthday treat and every time the cast sang, which they do a lot in Gilbert and Sullivan, she joined in at the top of her quavery lungs. Much shushing from the audience, much embarrassment from us, she carried on undaunted. Quite a feat for a normally demure old English lady. We all gave up in the end and let her sing. I don't know if the professionals on stage could hear her! Memories are made of this!
Going back to your friends unpleasant wife, sometimes unpleasant folk can be unconsciencely quite funny and you and your beloved can have a private giggle when you arrive home for a pick me up.
Hi everybody!
Anne
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Music is the greatest enjoyment for people suffering from dementia. Actually, the family suffers more, I think, but listening, singing, and playing music transforms the person inflicted with dementia! I hope the dinner was palatable, PATSY. Life can get complicated!
Mike's 2 daughters visited at lunchtime today, and he had a great time chatting with them in our bistro. They left shortly after so I never got an opportunity to discuss health matters and choices with them but perhaps it's just as well.
A very interesting coincidence came up during their visit in our lobby; I introduced them to a dear friend whose son is the conductor of the Oklahoma Symphony and we learned he will be conducting some Pops concerts at the Milwaukee Philharmonic sometime later on, and that is where our grandson (the 2nd clarinetist) plays! Small world!
Mike agreed to eat downstairs tonight, so I must go get him ready.
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Just finished an 11 mile bike ride and I am pooped. I still have to shower and pack as we are leaving
tomorrow for another sailing club cruise to Toronto area. I will keep in touch.
Shirley
Wow, An 11 mile bide ride! I'm pooped just from shopping for 3 hours today. Thinking it may be time to dust off my bike and try out some of the trails near where we live. Sounds a lot more fun than shopping! Though, I did find what I needed to buy. I have trouble finding shoes that fit and don't cost a fortune. Today, I was successful. Hopefully they will last a while.
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We are having warm humid days this week. Still not too warm to enjoy the morning and early evening. Katie and I did our usual outdoor exercises on the deck. She is growing like the pervernial weed. I keep waiting for that promised feeling of extra energy when doing regular exercise. So far (we are talking at least 2 years) I am feeling winded and tired after exercise. What?
Kids are getting ready for school. I see all sorts of activities going on at the grade school as we drive by. Here in Oregon we must lower our speed to 20 miles an hour when school is in session. We do this when we see kids anywhere. The little weasels will streak out in front of a car in seconds notice...then tragedy!
Love all the fresh fruit this time of the year. John is a native Coloradan near Grand Junction, CO. Wonderful fruit like peaches, cherries, pears, apricots, etc. grow in the Grand valley. He eagerly looks for Colorado fruit. Costco sells Colorado peaches. We are quite peachy lately.
Tai chi may look easy but it isn't! It is easy to fall over or lose balance while doing the exercises. Not only that but it is usually in the park here. Nothing to hold on to if you lose your balance. The teacher is a nice lady about 30 years old and has no understanding of fat old ladies, like me, who have difficulty just walking. I need a bit of understanding when it comes to standing on one leg etc.etc. I am back to the DVD in my dungeon. My ballet bar for hanging on if needed. Katie and John often stand in attendance while watching me perform, not pretty, not graceful, sometimes funny, Chinese exercises.
Patsy
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Will go hoome monday. i done sign my telesse papers. Be. So glad to gepout f this nut hour. and i is. Wow. But i am walkingp good. . A nn fready to go home.ready to go home3
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Yea Marie! Going home at last and walking better! You have been working hard to get better and I know you are going to enjoy life more now that you can get around when you want.
All our best wishes and hope you can dance a jig for us!
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Yay Marie! Such good news.
We are in southern Alabama. We deliver tomorrow morning and go home until Wednesday. Jim's back and hips hurt. He wants to go to the chiropractor. The new boss, we've never met, called Jim today. He wanted us to work instead of taking off. I'm Not feeling that generous!! They overbook themselves then beg people to work more, which isn't really safe.
Patsy, I agree on exercise, it never energised me. Might as well just do housework. Hug Katie for me. I loved Grand Junction CO. Haven't been there in years. Someone once asked for a recommendation for a good place to move to. That's where I said to go.
Marcella, I usually order my shoes, mostly to have a better selection.
No, Shirley, I couldn't go 11 miles on a bike!!
Quiet days here.
Night
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Just came up after a tiring wait for the therapist assessing Mike's oxygen needs. I had a fit when the provider told me they had changed the date for his test, which had been set for today. It worked and he did arrive even though it was very late. I hate to complain, but sometimes it's necessary. I understand PATSY's problems with exercise completely. I am in such pain, even just standing, that the thought of moving about destroys me! unexpected reaction to my golden years! Buzz 1
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Marie, I am so glad you are going home.
Other people post pictures of their pets or their grandchildren....here is a picture of my new shoes
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Marie ,
And your honey is Jerry!0 -
Marie, Hurray. So glad you can come home.
Jeri0 -
MARIE, you are a winner and a survivor! Hip, Hip, Hooray!
BARBIE, looks like NuBalance? And looks like a great walking shoe! Enjoy!0 -
Marie ~ That's wonderful news and I'm so proud of you getting back on your feet and walking well. We all look forward to Monday!
Life is busy and hectic with at the moment a stray kitten thrown into the mix. Discovered under a prickly bush on the moors cold, wet and hungry he's been transported home with me while I do my best to check local vets and cats protection league because I have to assume there's an owner out there desperate to find him. Although I'm now stocked up with kitten food I'm not giving him a name yet with the assumption he will go home soon. He's currently snoozing in an old desk destined for the tip that's been placed in the porch ready to go
Last night friends and I went to our local outdoor theatre that produced a wonderful Jesus Christ Superstar and were so impressed by amateur actors with glorious singing voices and moving performances. In the afternoon I travelled a few miles to a town that has a Specsavers (Cheaper glasses but great service) for an eye examination. New driving glasses on order but generally no major changes in 2 years despite cataracts. All good news.
Patsy ~ You made me smile at your description of Tai chi because about 4 years ago I joined a group and was certainly the oldest one there so felt such a decrepit lady as I tottered on one foot. If I didn't have George to get me out for an hour's walk every morning I'm sure I'd be struggling but as it is my leg muscles complain constantly but I take that as a good sign I'm working them!
Barbie ~ Nice!! The sort of comfy shoe I try to find for walking so long as they're waterproof what with our weather!!
Buzz ~ I don't know if it's an age thing but these days I speak my mind even if in a very polite way because it seems to me lines on a face and grey hairs make one invisible so a pointed and raised voice cuts through. It worked for you and Mike so that's great!
Clicked on post so actually will finish now and get on with some lunch and tidying. Have a good weekend everyone.
Jackie
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Beautiful kitten Jackie! Hope his parents find him or her. Your idea of a desk for the tip is the kind I would give to Jim for a fix me up! No space for it but irresistible.
Buzz, glad you are the strong protective one for Mike. Have you ever thought about how it would be if your situation was reversed? Would Mike handle all of the details and decisions?
Sandy, we miss you but see you are having a good time with your family. (Facebook).
On our way home, with a stop or two added but accepted. Not out of the way.
Had a dream that my phone was invaded by one of those things- viruses?. Glad to be awake and using it now. Reminds me to scan it :-)
Have a good Saturday
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Just popped by on a very busy day to wish MARIE a very happy going home on Monday.
Gorgeous kitty JACKIE! Hope he becomes yours and gorgeous shoes BARBIE, meant for walking.
Power to BUZZ and continuous complaining. We are a group to be reckoned with and should never be ignored by politicians and superior doctors.
PHOEBE and PATSY, stuff exercise as far as I'm concerned, that's the treadmill, cycling, weight lifting, standing on one foot like an aging and gray stork sort. The walk every day suits me, even better now I've got the pup to walk with, power to those who love exercise, but me, I'm with PHOEBE, walking, gardening and housework keep the aging knees still moving.
I shall now crawl down off my soapbox and resume washing the floor if I can find the wash cloth the pup ran off with earlier.
Cheers, Anne.1 -
Happy Saturday!! We have been very busy but today my son and DIL are leaving. I will be driving them to the airport this afternoon, they are flying Southwest which is only flown out of the other airport which is about 45 minutes away. O'Hare is only about 20 minutes or so but on Southwest you don't have to pay for luggage. My DIL suffers with severe migraines and has had one since yesterday so they are a little nervous with the plane trip, since the last time she flew she got sick. I am hoping all will be fine and they have a safe flight home.
I will be back later or tomorrow.
Sandy
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SANDY, Gravol cures my migraines. Haven't had one for YEARS! As soon as the wavery, lines and bright flashing lights appear, I just take one Gravol pill and within minutes back to normal. Found this out purely by chance and desperation. Anne.1
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Hello All
Off to a family reunion - Ed's Grandmother's side. We met one person yesterday but have never met any of the rest. SB about 400 people. It is a family I discovered doing genealogy. We'll be spending the night in a city south of Calgary then going to a bbq on Sunday. Who knows what I'll be able to eat. I've been trying so hard to track everything I eat and get in my 10,000 steps each day. Wish me luck.
My sweet grandson is very much into Pokemon Go. He's 6. To keep up and be a cool Grandma, I signed up too. I'm on level 5, he and his Dad on 15. He texted this am to see how many Pokemon I had. LOL here's mine
Perhaps it's more appropriate to post what I ate, but this is more fun. LOL
Cheers to all,
Jeri
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Jeri, lol, I don't have a clue!
Sandy, Laurie is certainly a good sport to go thru so much that might trigger another bad headache. Bless her heart. My sis in law has them, she goes thru lots of bad days. Migraines would put me to bed. My mother had them. I had bad headaches, discovered their cause, grinding my teeth, and cured them. Now just the old barometric pressure.
Gravol? I'll Google it. Thanks Anne.
Phoebe1 -
Jackie - That kitty looks pretty satisfied where it is... Just saying...
Jeri - Pokemon looking good. "Gotta catch em all!"
Marcella1 -
PHOEBE, nobody told me about Gravol and migraines. I just tried it the first time out of desperation. I told the pharmacist and he was intrigued, "really!" Sort of thing. It works for me.1
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Jackie, that is a beautiful kitty but if someone has lost this darling I am sure they are frantic. If no owner is found, I would say dear kitty looks settled in.
Jeri, good for you. Pokemon Go!!!!! I am not joining in this madness. I do not have grandchildren and have only a 3G connection on my phone.
I am doing some cooking and then *may* go to a birthday party for a dear little girl who's turning ONE!! If I don't get there tonight I'll take the gift to church tomorrow where I may see some of her family.
I have been receiving periodic warning messages that I am reaching my data to limit on my I turner account for July. They say I have just 3% left. They are legitimate messages but interesting that their usage web site says I have 23% left although they do have a disclaimer that the info may not be up to date. I don't know what the surcharge is for going over the limit so I am not streaming any videos until August 1st. Thank goodness for DVDs.
Hugs.
Lin1 -
Cool day today. Costco sales shopping, talking with our son, answering email and still need to write a snail mail letter to a low-tech friend. It drives me crazy when older people will not even try to grasp email or the computer in any capacity. Life could be so much more fun for them not to mention how much info would be at their fingertips. Fear of technology is not a new thing. In this day and age it is truly life threatening to not be aware of some of this information.
We have pale yellow leaves up high in the alder trees! The grass is yellow as well. We can not get it wet enough to turn green again. It's an Oregon thing! August brown lawns.
John bought home red and white roses from Costco for me. They are so great looking and they have a perfume! What a sweetheart! And he isn't angling for a new power tool!
Our son is thinking of selling his house in Portland. He thinks he can make a nice profit and he would like a more interesting place to live. In Denver he lived in LoDo in a loft-studio. He loved it. He once bought a big barn in Colorado and turned that into an amazing studio-living quarters. It had a huge rock fireplace and a glass wall with thick stained glass designs. Wow! That was impressive! What ever he decides it will be unusual and very artistic. Oh to be young and full of ideas.
Patsy2 -
Poor dear Mike seemed so despondent today when I arrived for dinner. His shortness of breath and inability to moved more than a few steps before becoming winded and in chest pain have him very upset. I feel awful but
useless, as well. His humor is generally so entertaining it was not good to see his real feelings, but I wish he would discuss them with me. I think on Monday, I'll ask our Social Worker to talk with us. I don't know how to get into the subject of pain, mortality, fear, etcetera without making him feel even worse. Not easy, is it? PHOEBE, when my hip was replaced, Mike tried so hard to be helpful and encouraging; that was 10 years ago. We are both such different people today!
I spent about 3 hours this afternoon cleaning years worth of junk from the car. Some tools are excellent for donating to our workshop; rare files, tiny screwdrivers, magnifying glasses, etc. My Dad's fine birdwatching glasses (spyglasses?) were in the glove compartment! I forget names of things when I need to remember! My granddaughter will probably appreciate that I have someone coming tomorrow to thoroughly clean and polish the car, and I think I will simply tell her to bill me for fixing a broken visor, getting an oil change, and whatever else needs fixing. My red Camry is 9 years old, but has only 42,000 miles on it, so it should last her until she can replace it on her own! My son in law is having it transported up to NY next week. Boo-hoo. It's a huge decision, giving up driving! I think I'll miss Costco the most!
JACKIE, that kitty has a divine sweet face! I think he was meant to be found by you! Lucky kitten!
JERI, I can't believe you understand that Pokemon so well! I'm baffled completely
SANDY, my dear Mom had dreadful migraines until my sister and I married and moved out. She never had another one!!!
ANNE, I never heard of Gravo. What is it?
SHIRLEY, did you say 11 miles????? WHOOSH!
PATSY, We attended a Tai Chi Chuan week at an Elderhostel in Arizona some years ago, and it was outdoors by a stream with mountains in the background and Taliesin in view. Dreamy. But I could not balance today as I did then. No way! I think I loved it...or perhaps I felt I should. It did help my bad knee, but not in the long run.
LIN, what is and I turner account? I'm so behind on these data terms! Did you get to that elderly baby's party?So cute!
MARCELLA, I'm with you: huh?
Expecting a call from Dell concerning a new laptop. I keep thinking I should get a touch screen. But this 17" seems mostly in excellent condition, and the thought of moving most favorites over is daunting! Their premium support has been incredibly helpful and I EVEN LOVE MY HOT PINK COVER!!! Why am I doing this? It's almost 4 years old so that makes it obsolete? I have the cost from my Rewards charge card, just waiting to be used! Then, what do we do with the old one? Smash the hard drive? Do we ask for Solid State Drive? Aaghhh!
OK, the wash is done and I must run! Happy Sunday. Buzz
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