Senior Golden Sneakers
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Sandy you sound like me all summer, do laundry and pack my bags for another adventure.
I hope they find out what is wrong with Babe so you can rest your mind from worry.
LinI hope you itches get better. It must be maddening. I would take the Benadryle or some other allergy medicine, Benadryle makes me sleepy.
Barbie So happy to hear you are feeling better and getting around. Jake probably loves taking care of you.
JeriLovely family photos and everyone looks happy.
BuzzHappy holidays to you and Mike. How is Mike these days?
Another beautiful day, autumn sure is warm and sunny so far. I will take it! I went for a bike ride by myself as Dave was still doing the garage floor. He is slowly doing some painting now. A big job and we have a double car garage.
I have been getting my recipes ready for Canadian Thanksgiving and my shopping list. I also will be
packing for our NYC trip on the 11th. Getting excited to see the big apple, my first time.
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So nice to have SANDY back! And hope you will be back in your own nest quickly, with acceptable news on Babe! Funny about the same age coincidence! At least enjoy Daisy!
JERI, what a terrific bunch you two have produced, or at least started!Great pictures!
LIN, I recall making a mess with calamine lotion, but I think it worked on itchy bites. Anyone else remember that? I think today they use some type of hot pepper lotion, but the idea scares me!
Well, I'm determined to listen to tonight's debate so I'll log off and get my legs up up up! Maybe it will be illuminating, and I just heard some theories about attack that may have me just turn over after shutting off this wretched mess! I'll dream about sunset in Hawaii!
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Oh, thank you SANDY for the kind wishes. I hope this will be a happier Rosh Hashanah (New Year) than last year! Buzz 0
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Lin, is this a rash, coz it sounds like it's spreading. Vinegar may help. Bleach dabbed on with a cotton ball may be better. Two old wives remedies.
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pjsatticPhoebeWaleskaGA wrote: »Lin, is this a rash, coz it sounds like it's spreading. Vinegar may help. Bleach dabbed on with a cotton ball may be better. Two old wives remedies.
Phoebe
Thanks Phoebe. Good suggestions. These really are bites/stings. I apparently brought home part of the swarm. I have been killing gnats in my car. I think I may have finally eradicated them.
Wishing you a happy New Year Buzz.
Shirley, coming up quickly on Canadian Thanksgiving. Another busy time for you. Love the photo of Isaac. Total cutie.
Sandy, home from Wisconsin but not home. Enjoy Daisy!! I hope all goes well for Babe.
Hi Marie, Patsy, Marcella, Diane, Jackie, Anne and the rest of our dear Sneakers
Barbie, keep on healing.
Hugs.
Lin
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Morning,
Another fantastic autumn day. I had choir practice last night with alot of new members. Our Altos are a little weak now but I know they will get better.
Yoga this morning and some house cleaning. I have my recipes ready to go and the groceries bought now ready to have a nice meal on Sunday.
Lin - I hope your bites get better. I can relate, when Kathy got married in Jamaica, the resort where we stayed in November had lots of sand fleas. I was bitten all over and some of our other wedding guests.
A cortozone cream and Reactin helped me get through the itching.
Enjoy the day!!
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Heavens, thanks for the tip girls! I've been walking around with my head in the clouds, brain buzzing with ideas for things to do in the winter months, plus glorious weather in the seventies that I hadn't a clue Canadian thanksgiving/harvest festival is coming up rapidly. Must pick up some autumn leaves to decorate the old homestead the next time Miss Jilly and I go walkies. This will be fairly difficult because with the warm temperatures things are still pretty green around here.
We met Jilly's friend Amy today, and I noticed the beagle boys owner rapidly crossed the road when she saw us 4. Saved a lot of baying and barking from the boys and Jilly joining in and yipping. Amy is far too ladylike for such carry ons.
Well must away and get back to brain buzzing with ideas you might say.
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Busy days for me because we have dry and relatively warm weather although it comes along with a blustery easterly wind that is incredibly annoying when trying to get gardening done because the trug keeps blowing away every time it's emptied. Yesterday I swam with friends in the morning and then after the said gardening walked across the moors with Scruff, Bee-bee and friend on a lovely evening. That after the most glorious sunrise that had me muttering about shepherds' warnings! Today I've managed some serious weeding at the allotment and have now lit the fire to cozy up to. Read all your posts and hope Sandy has an uneventful visit at Babe's and Lin soon loses the urge to scratch!
Time for me to steam veggies to have with roast chicken that currently cooking in the oven in a coating of Jamaican spices.
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Mmmm Jamaican spices sounds really good. I love Jamacian patties which you can get either with beef, pork or chicken. So looking forward to it in February when we go there for vacation.
Yoga today and another autumn day that is brilliant.
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I joined this group ages ago but somehow got lost by the wayside. I would love to join in again if that is okay.2
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We are on hurricane warning here and the preparations are awesome! About all I need to take care of is loads of pots of water for washing. I used to have a roman tub, but here I have 2 showers. They will keep generators moving our elevators, and will serve 3 meals a day instead of one if we lose power. What a difference from living in our own home, where we struggled with shutters of heavy steel! We've had no hurricanes in 10 years now, so I cannot complain.
SHIRLEY, Mike has some days better than others, but truthfully, he won't be improving very much. His functions are breaking down slowly, and he seems far away and depressed too much, showing little interest in concentrating on anything, including eating. I went outdoors with him for about 20 minutes today, and I think it made no difference to him. I must re-read Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's book that she wrote about 41 years ago to see if I can talk with Mike about his thoughts. I really must get a Social Worker to help, since men are so reluctant to discuss feelings! He used to love concerts with vocalists, but he stayed about 3 minutes last night before asking to leave. I may not even mention the current events discussion tonight, as he might simply get agitated or bored by talk!
One of these days I'll get back to chair yoga or maybe Tai Chi class. They also started a Jazz dance class which I'd have love a year ago but standing has become too painful now!
Gotta get going in case we lose power! Buzz 0 -
Happy Wednesday!
I met Robby and Lisa at Sunny Acres Farm this morning and it was wonderful.
Babe called and they did some tests and possibly more tomorrow. Things are great with me and Daisy, she mostly just sleeps. I am going to bingo tonight and hope I win the big jackpot!
My daughter is also under hurricane watch. There hasn't been one in Jacksonville since the 1960's, but it could hit there Friday. Praying it loses steam so no one gets hurt or any damage.
I actually took a little nap so I still have to shower and get ready. Will be back tomorrow.
Sandy
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Hi happy to be back in this group. I am 69 years old, married 49 years with two married daughters and two beautiful granddaughters. I have been struggling with my weight for years but I seem to be in a good place right now. I have found out that it takes hard work, diligence, and I cannot get away with many slips. I have been here before and somehow lost my way but I am hoping with everything I have that this may be the time I succeed. I came here to talk with people close to my age because I feel it is more difficult for us. I cannot exercise much because of osteoarthritis but I am doing the best I can. So here I am. Hope to make some friends.2
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Welcome Nancela. you will feel at home here. some of us are still struggling Me inculded. I m 86 years old. maried for 60 years to my dear husband i have 3 childen , 6 g. 4 great grankid I am recovering from a bed sore i got while in rehab and being disbetic it is so slow in healing. I started a new diet today.
Welcome again
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Phoebe are you safe?1
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Yes, Marie we are safe. Delivering in Georgia today and back west again.
Hi Nancela, I travel for work. Welcome back. Many people agree that exercise is too much. Walking and step goals are pretty good for achy bodies I have found.
Night
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I joined this group ages ago but somehow got lost by the wayside. I would love to join in again if that is okay.
Welcome! I am retired, live in the Midwest, no family or pets. At this point I do as much walking, moving,and standing as possible. I go to Qigong/Tai Chi classes twice a week as well. I remember hearing repeatedly no pain no gain. I no longer believe that and try to avoid adding to chronic pain with more gentle approaches.
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Welcome back, Nancela. I nudged dear MARIE out of her senior spot when I joined many years ago, so we adopted each other as sisters instead! At 89, I have a few ideas regarding no pain, no gain! What I believed was great for my future health turned into chronic pain for me as I wore out hips and knees to bone on bone connections! I not only can no longer race walk, but walking has become very difficult and painful as one hip replacement ended up in deformity of my waistline being about 2 inches higher on the right side and though in my apartment I try to walk with my walker, I require a wheelchair to travel the long corridors of my senior Lifetime Care Community, in Boca Raton, FL, where I live independently. My dear husband, Mike, is in a connecting building where he is in skilled nursing/hospice at age 92.6. However, life is good, and my dear, dear Golden Sneaker family keeps me straight! I keep expecting to get back to various forms of chair exercise provided here, but have not disciplined myself enough yet to make time for it, so I am a blob Also, since dinner is provided here at Edgewater Pointe Estates (sounds fancier than it is!) I have a sodium/water retention problem. So, in essence, I would say moderation in all things physical would have served me better than my former love of all kinds of exercise from Aquasize (excellent) to Zumba (broke my hip!)
Family consists of 4 daughters (2 mine, 2 his) and 2 sons (1 mine, 1 his) ranging from 67 to57 and 7 grandchildren, all living between NC and NY!
Now I must go fill pots with precious water and dig out my various lanterns and battery driven fans in anticipation of Matthew, which is now around the Bahamas and headed straight for us!
You will not find a dearer group of people than we have right here, so settle in for a stay! Buzz 1 -
There's an Autumnal feel to our weather today and the leaves are beginning to drop from trees and scud across the garden in a cold wind. My plan after a long walk this morning was to get more garden organised and then pop into the local town for a few items, one of which is a humane mouse trap after Brady decided to bring a live creature into the cottage before depositing it next to the fridge/freezer. You can imagine where it is now!!
Buzz ~ It does seem Matthew will head in your direction at the moment so do take care. I'm sure all necessary precautions are being taken for residents but it must still be pretty scary to be hit by such high winds.
Shirley ~ The chicken was delicious so I'm now going to look for a Jamaican pattie recipe! My neighbour and I were trying to get into a local yoga class for a few weeks starting this month but the lady running it hasn't come back to us so it might not happen. I did tell her I might get down on the floor but getting back up could take time so perhaps she was put off!!
Nancela ~ You may have gathered I live in England surrounded by a motley group of rescued pets and gorgeous moors. Welcome back to the group. Just like others, I've tried the no pain, no gain route and come to the conclusion it really isn't worth the collateral damage so just keep moving for as long and as much as I can on a daily basis and because I live on my own can always find plenty to do.
Sandy ~ Another lovely photo and goodness, isn't Robby growing up. It seems like only yesterday when he was born! Did you win that jackpot?
Hello to everyone else, Lin, Marie, Anne, Jeri and especially dear Barbie now on the way to recovery. Like you I'm so independent I struggle with the concept of others doing things for me but do try your best because it's all for the right reasons.
Decision time ~ outside in the cold wind or housework??
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Oh poor George JACKIE but he won in the end! Brady reminds me of a certain puss I know of in Australia named Sao. He's my cousins kitten and she's forever removing small lizards. I think I prefer Brady's mouse!
Hello, NANCELA, I'm Anne and another octogenarian! I'm very lucky for my age, having acquired (the last thing I expected after my kitty died) a young puppy named Jilly who needs lots of short walks being a very small dog and long walks are not recommended because if walking is overdone it can result in arthritis down the road. I'm lucky because I can still manage to take her on these short walks. When I can't, my eldest son will become a dog owner. I think that's the secret for us humans as well, keep moving, but nothing in excess.
Oh poor LIN, I gather you are still itching! One of the joys of cooler weather is these nasty, bitey, stingy things disappear. I cannot wear my perfume in the summer, and it's so nice to smell flowery again in the fall. Hair spray is another no, no. Indeed anything that smells nice, hand cream, body lotion etc cannot be worn if one doesn't want to be mistaken for a flower. Its my blood that the bane of MY life is after, the dreaded mosquito!
I am going to try and find Miss Jilly a warm winter coat tomorrow. If she's too small, I guess in a pinch a baby's sweater will do.
Must away, what to have for lunch, mmm.
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I am not home but want to post a quick note that I am thinking of all our dear Sneakers and family members in the path of the storm. I am very concerned and praying for everyone.
God bless you and keep you.
Love
Hugs
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Happy Thursday! Lost my post! Meeting today, will be back later.1
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Canadian Thanksgiving coming up this weekend. I am determined NOT to gain over the weekend. I think it is doable. I am cooking so I never feel much like eating after cooking a big meal. My family is so picky. Everyone likes something different so I will have to make extra dishes to please everyone. That is not good for me but I am determine to be careful. Famous last words.1
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Well the fixing and painting of the garage floor is not going well. Dave filled all the crevaces with paint on top of sealer. Our Son in law gave us two cans of base instead of a base and an activator. So long story short its not drying, plus all the other painted spots that were done. So we called Fraser and now Dave is meeting him somewhere about an hour or more away to pick up the proper paint activator.
Dave is not a happy campler. Plus he brought home our sail from the boat and it had mildrew on it,
so he had to scrub that today. All this before our thanksgiving and our trip to New York City. When it rains it pours!!
Today I will start getting some things ready for our trip and get organized with clothes. I am going to
pick some things up at the drugstore to take and I have a meditation meeting tonight (TM).
I hope everyone is safe if this storm is headed your way.
Jackie I see George won the battle and got his bed back, so cute. They must entertain you all day.
Buzz Thanks for the update on Mike, its every sad to see a loved one, especially your partner
going through this.
Sandy - Fun with Robby, cute picture of the both of you.
Hi to Lin and Phoebe.
Welcome Nacela!! A new member is always welcome. I am around your age of 67, I have been married for 42 years and have two daughters, one married and one grandson, one daughter not married and a career girl. I live in Ontario, Canada and we are all here from all different areas. I too have osteoarthritis but mostly in my hands. I do Yoga, walk and bike mostly for exercise. We are also sailors and have a 30 foot sail boat. Enjoy the group !!!
Shirley
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Nancela, if they want their special foods, they should agree to take home leftovers, (and do the dishes, lol)
Yes, I know I'll forget, Happy Thanksgiving to you in Canada!
Anne, there are lots of choices for winter wear for our pets. They are as small as Xsmall. Another idea is several inexpensive fleece throws, cut if necessary,folded and tied. Remove one, throw in the wash!
Be safe Lin.
Batten down the hatches, Matthew is a steamroller!!
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Hi Nancela have you considered what we do when cooking festive meals. Hostess cooks the basic meal, say turkey, trimmings and veggies, take it or leave it, and everyone else who wants something different brings their own desserts, different veggies and then their leftovers are taken home by the bringers. That way the hostess is just left with her own preferences. To be honest though, this rarely happens because none of my little group are picky and are grateful to get out of the cooking! Lol. Mind you, we seem to have given up on thanksgiving these days. With everyone working in my family it's a day for them to put their feet up or get gardening chores out of the way. I usually get asked over by one son or the other these days, but it's just everyday stuff. Suits me, I've got out of cooking!
Anne.1
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