Senior Golden Sneakers
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Apologies I didn't return yesterday but it's all Wimbledon here at the moment and although it's great to have a couple of Brits in the semi finals it does rather restrict my time for doing anything other than sit on my b/side and shout!! On Monday night I drove myself and a couple of friends to Plymouth city to see Sister Act at the main theatre there which was wonderfully entertaining and we came out feeling uplifted. George's groomer was very patient with him yesterday as he was in one of his strops and when she finally had to give up tidying around his face she commented that he was hardly a good advertisement for her work so I've promised to get the scissors out today and trim any fur that shouldn't be there! We had rain all day which was wonderful for the garden but I know that now the sun has returned the weeds will too!! This morning after our usual walk I set up a car video camera on my windscreen because after that man in his buggy drove at me a few months ago and damaged the car I've thought I must at least have evidence of all the bad driving that sometimes has my heart in my mouth. It seems to record a decent enough quality of picture but I've just laughed as I've viewed back my journey from the woods into town for pet food and then home on my laptop because it seems I do talk to myself a bit.... and George of course!
Anne ~ Last year the BBC made a documentary about all the women who used to fly Spitfires from the factories they were made in to wherever they were needed during WWII which was incredibly dangerous work that was never recognised and of course as soon as the war was over they weren't wanted in the services anymore so were sent back to civilian life. There were incredible stories of their bravery but also funny ones about how they'd fly into an airbase to the shocked faces of the men when they pulled off their helmets to reveal themselves!
Sandy ~ George is more lively already now his coat is off his back although he's sulking on our walks this week because my friend is looking after someone's Jack Russell for the week and he's jealous because he doesn't have Scruff's full attention!
Lin ~ It might be that friend is more absent minded than anything serious which reminds me, no I haven't found that bunch of keys anywhere so am going to have to get a new set cut at great expense. Of course as soon as that's done I'll find the original in a silly place!! Her sister will hopefully survive her surgery and begin a journey to some quality of life.
Buzz ~ A wonderful story about your friend and his survival which just goes to prove you can't believe every diagnosed life limitation. All that sea food sounds delicious and certainly difficult to decline.... I'd have the same dilemma!
Patsy ~ What a great idea.... go fly a kite on your sunny beach! Of course houseplants are members of the family and my favourite is my Mother-in-laws Tongue that flops about in a way it shouldn't but has lived with me for nearly 40 years so has every right!
That's it, 1pm and Wimbledon about to start on tv as I can hear John McEnroe giving his opinion in the other room so I must miss another few hours in the garden, make some lunch and settle down for the rest of the day..... thank goodness it's only once a year!!
Jackie
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We haven't your distraction JACKIE, but maybe we have because up to now I've relied on the iPads BBC world news. However, scrolling around looking for Amy I've found a whole day BBC news channel. I swear it wasn't there before and Mike thinks it's a new addition. So I can see a bit of Wimbledon after all. Like you, I talk to Jill all the time which has made her have quite a huge understanding of what I'm on about. Quite frightening really. She got me out of bed last night and ran to the sideboard, looked up at me enquiringly, looked under it and back at me until I finally got down on hands and knees to peer under it as well and found a terrified looking spider gazing back. It was no mean feat getting back up again with sleep stiffened limbs and she licking me and me saying, "leave the little spider alone".
We've just got back from a long walk before it gets too humid and hot. My feet were soaked from a heavy dew so you can imagine shorties fur was as wet as if we'd been out in pouring rain. She managed to yap at every dog in sight and when we got closer to each mild mannered dog and owner, hid behind me! She's definitely of the "her bark is worse than her bite" mentality. Maybe a bit like her owner?
My friend Penny, lovely humorous Londoner and now sadly missed, erected barrage balloons during the war JACKIE. However this was changed in time to men because the balloons were hard for the "weaker" sex to control in high winds. I saw the documentary you mentioned and one thing that struck me was how feminine and pretty those young women were despite rationing and shortages. My cousin Valerie drove an ambulance. She married and her mother, mine, and auntie Alice cut up three old donated wedding dresses to make her one beautiful dress. I was a 7 year old bridesmaid in a white satin dress with real bronze chrysanthemums on my head. I hated dress and circlet being a tomboy, but on the photo I look quite cute for once.
Well, promised myself a "hand wash" of certain clothing so I'll climb out of memory lane and plod over to the kitchen sink.
Bye girls,
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Happy Wednesday!!
It is so dark outside it looks like nighttime. The storms woke me and will continue all day, not good weather for volleyball. My visit with the boys might be postponed as I hate driving in torrential rain.
Anne, how did you go back to sleep with a spider under your bed? I hate bugs of any kind and I would never be able to sleep knowing it was there. lol
Jackie, did you play tennis? I loved the game when I was younger until my knees wore out. I might have to try to hit a ball again to see if my new knees would tolerate the game.
Lin, I think it is so wonderful that you are involved with so many things and always thinking of others. You are indeed a special person.
Patsy, it is amazing that you have had those plants for so many years. Some people have green thumbs, others like me do not.
There is a class action suit with my car a 2012 Ford Focus. There is a problem with the transmission so while my SIL was here and drove my car he told me I definitely had a problem
I have an appointment with Ford on Monday to see if they will fix this problem for free or I will join the class action suit. I really wish I could trade it in for a SUV but I just can't afford a car payment.
I hope it is dry where you are, it is wet here.
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Hugs right back, weak LIN
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I actually managed about 6 hours of sleep last night because I was in bed by around 11 due to not being able to stay awake toward the end of "Birthday Night Dinner" . I had taken my darn RLS pills just before sitting down so I wouldn't be kicking my legs around during the meal, and they put me off to sleep! Embarrassing! Now, early afternoon, and my eyes are telling me something like "Nap, nap, nap", and I really should feel rested today! Plus, as soon as I logged on...BOOM! Huge thunder clap and suddenly it's pouring!
I did want to share a blurb I read in today's paper. It seems a blog writer, amateur historian in Japan wrote this yesterday: He saw the photo purportedly of Amelia Earhart and recognized seeing it before so did some research and found it in an article that appeared in a magazine 2 years prior to her starting her flight! Perhaps some one will follow that one up to verify or disprove it!
Now I'm going to get into that wonderful recliner my kids gave me and perhaps get nap time! Think I read all your posts today, enjoying them and reliving your experiences and thoughts, and please forgive me for needing to nod off. Hugs to each of you...
Buzz
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Jackie – My grandson just turned 9 yrs. old the month they moved out.”Hope springs eternal” that he will have good memories of his time here with me and that he does encourage his dad to let him visit me.
I do love getting 'lost' in my gardens. Currently I am trying to find shade perennials that have a variety of colors with full season re-blooming and that do not over take their space. When I bought this house they had all annuals in that area and I would like to not have to replant each year. Most things I have tried have not faired well in that area.
Anne – Nice to hear your potatoes are doing well. I wonder if it is too late to plant a few?....no harm no foul! Penny-pinching is a survival technique for many of us seniors today unfortunately.
Isn't it great to live vicariously through others? The internet is so great for that.! I so enjoy all the vacations of family and friends and am having a hard time thinking I may have to make the difficult decision to cut the Internet to save funds.
Patsy – Gutters can be an area of home care that get forgotten ' til they cause a problem, glad you got them done and at a reasonable rate!
Lin – It can be trying to deal with and help someone with memory issues, bless you for your diligence in helping your friend, you are a great and dedicated friend. You are a very busy and productive person, I envy your energy.
Jeri – Sounds like you had a great time with your family both camping and your B-day BBQ.
Buzz – Glad you had a nice lunch with Mike's family. It is always a a bonus to bring home 'leftovers' for another meal.
You are like me with the sleep/wake pattern disturbances. It is difficult for some of us to maintain a regular sleep/wake cycle, but the experts say if you can not sleep get up and do something and do not fight sleep when it comes. You, my dear friend, seem to do that. It is easy to say 'you need to have a regular schedule' , but for some of us it does seem elusive! I am sure your friends enjoyed your cards, very thoughtful.
Buzz, I marvel at all you do at your age; I am a lot younger but feel a lot older
Sandy – Your hair style is very fitting for you. You are blessed with lovely hair. I have decided to forego haircuts and just pull it back in a pony flipped back thru itself thus saving on my expenses. Come winter I usually just put barrettes in the sides and let the curls take over...I quite fighting the frizzy curls! LOL!
We have had rain showers especially overnights, but they are not soaking rains so I end up having to water the gardens frequently. Carrying gallon milk jugs of water to the community veggie beds does give me exercise. Some days I push
the walker vs hand carrying the H2O. It is about 200+ ft. up a little incline from the car to the gardens.
Yesterday was a good day I filled and carried 12”pots with loam/garden soil mix from a pile dumped outside my fence
to a raised bed and 4 holes (dug earlier last week) and planted a few more plants. I transplanted a few flowers I was thinning out (Siberian Iris,Clematis,creeping phlox, etc.). Later I went to the community garden and hand carried 9 gallons of H2O up the incline, did some weeding and hand picked/killed cucumber beetles and squash bugs. Immediately after this I visited my sister, swam laps /exercised in her pool for approximately 75 minutes. I find it so much easier to exercise in the pool vs on dry land! Today is a 'down' day; yesterday took a lot out of me. I could not sleep, tossed for hours so I read a book then fell asleep about 6:30 this morning and woke about 12 noon.
Well, guess I should go get something to eat and then do some dishes ( pans too large for dishwasher), sweep the kitchen and bathroom and maybe even wash those floors.
It is 88*F here and quite muggy so I may not get the floors done, time will tell. I do not have any air conditioning and only 2 room fans. Maybe I will stand under the hose to cool off when I water my flowers later.
Getting too lengthy again....sorry!
Stay healthy and happy Sneakers!
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MAE, you mentioned penny pinching among seniors. Guess what I am doing on a wet, thundery day. I'm cutting two old hand towels into squares and hemming the edges (to prevent annoying fraying) to make floor cloths, counter wipe cloths, face cloths, paint cloths, dusters etc. It saves on paper towels or store bought cloths and they are easily washable for reuse. I was about to buy dusters after Jilly running off with them and teeth holes! Saves a few dollars! In the past when I did my paintings I used a ton of paper towels for wiping brushes etc. It Works!
Another thing, if you like wearing a scarf to pretty up your pony tail, rather than rectangles look for pretty cotton or linen squares that can double up as table napkins.
Birthday treats? I'd love bird seed but no one takes me seriously. Garden seeds wouldn't come amiss either!
I find we buy an awful lot of stuff that we can actually do without. Special gardening tools with gimmicks etc when all we really need is a gardening fork, a spade, a trowel, a hoe, a rake, clippers and maybe a wheel barrow. Well that's all I need plus a pruner.
You would laugh if you could see my sun hat for gardening, and only gardening! Mikes firm had a promotion sale and much to his unease all employees, office or otherwise, had to wear a straw cowboy hat with the firms logo on the front. I begged it off him, removed the logo, and now, in my jeans I'm your regular cowgirl with a thick British accent. Saved me buying a fancy sun hat! and Mike was going to chuck it out!
Any more tips? Yes, I do save soap scraps!
Frugal Anne.
PS. If you enjoy art, old yogurt containers and lids etc are great for squeezing paint onto, and colour mixing. Just throw into recycle when done, saves a ton of money and effort washing special porcelain dishes from the art store!
Almost forgot, cousin in law Roy sent me a dozen cotton handkerchiefs for Christmas. Goodbye Kleenex for hay fever etc, maybe not heavy duty, but then I rarely catch colds living the frugal life! Lol.0 -
Excellent ideas Anne!!!! We were talking about how to keep Internet and TV service yesterday while coloring. Apparently the issue of frugality is on many minds these days.
Sorry to just fly by but I am again behind schedule. Looking forward to seeing my friend today. Yippee!
Hope to get back later today.
Hugs.
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Happy Thursday! The rain stopped in time for the kids to play volleyball so I got to see the boys!! Robby was excited to see me as I was him and Max just beams from ear to ear when you look at him. They grow so fast, it is hard to believe Robby will be three on the 28. I might go back after my meeting as Lisa has a doctor's appointment with Max and it would be easier if I watched Robby. It would give me some one on one time with him since that is hard to do with Max. Tomorrow they have a meeting so I might go back again but will see what Lisa says later.
Anne, I bet you look cute in your cowboy hat and jeans. Do they have cowboys in England? lol
Lin, enjoy your friend and your day.
Mae, if I had the patience to let my hair grow into a pony tail I would. I actually hate my hair because it is so fine and straight. lol Just a FYI, I haven't seen my step sons daughter who is now 11 since I have been separated for five years. Her parents don't let me see her which breaks my heart. I have a chest with gifts and cards that I buy her for every holiday and hope one day when she is older she will reach out to me. Otherwise I told my granddaughter to give her the chest when she is 18. Only time will tell.
Buzz, here is what I found about Amelia Earhart:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/11/536620463/japanese-blogger-points-out-timeline-flaw-in-supposed-earhart-photo
Time to go, have a good day!
Sandy
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Actually SANDY we do have cowboys in England only they are called "drovers". They once drove the cattle from Scotland to London and I suspect the American cowboy evolved from them. Settlers and pioneers. Small world, eh. However I don't think we had John Wayne to save the day!
Thanks for the Amelia link. Interesting.
Anne.
These are the cattle they drove up to a 100 years ago.
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Interesting topic, at least for me. Being raised on a ranch, we had mainly Hereford cattle. But we always had a hobby cow or two of the Texas Longhorn variety. Rangy and very poor meat potential. It looks like they were relatives of your Scottish cattle. Only the Longhorns were leggy and tended to be very cranky and mean-tempered. We also had several of those immense bulls for breeding purposes. They were like walking mountains. So huge and unruffled at anything.
YouTube is full of stuff about the Earhart theories. To my mind, we still haven't a clue. There are interesting possibilities but we can't seem to really find definitive answers.
I think Being frugal is a mind set about waste. There are times I find myself being just crazy about waste. It can turn into a waste of time as well. We have been strapped for cash and we have had times when we are flush with cash. Oddly, our lifestyle didn't really change all that much. Of course, some by necessity.
Have a great day, dear sneakers.
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My dad raised Scottish Highland cattle for a while. They are hardy!! We had a steer each year to be raised for meat--usually Black Angus or Hereford. Anne, what is the exact breed(s) of the cattle in the photos??
I had a nice time with my friend. So many changes and activities!! Interesting to hear so many new stories and to see photos of the jewelry pieces she's been working on.
Yippee, my box of veggies has arrived. Bye!!!
Lin
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Just logging on to let you know I'm alive and going crazy from the work being done in the apartment above me. Sounds like they are drilling all day long inside my ear!
SANDY, can't believe it's been 5 long years already! Such a shame the granddaughter got caught up in their mulishness! You were always so good to them all! Thank you for that link; perhaps someday we'll know, though I think she went down at the time.
MAE, nice post, and yes, I just have to go with the flow, too!
Love those pictures of the fierce cattle, ANNE. Did you take them yourself
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LIN, you and I are forever running late!
Aaaaggghhhhhh! The noise is deafening! Buzz
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LIN, they are just highland cattle as far as I know and apparently the Longhorn is an offshoot. They are now found all over the world but they originated in the Scottish highlands. The breed is most common in the USA and Scotland and it was first mentioned in the 6th century. Bred for meat. My father in law had a dairy farm with very docile cows NOT of the shaggy variety.
I gather that Hereford cattle are descended from Roman Britain cattle. Honestly isn't history fascinating? And it's fascinating that Lin, Patsy and I have a link from cattle of family past generations, like I said, small world!
No BUZZ I didn't take the photos! In my straw cowboy hat I might add!! I pinched it off the internet so you would know what I was twittering on about.
From Amelia Earhart to fierce looking cattle all in one day! What will tomorrow bring!
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All that chat about cattle reminded me of the little video I put together yesterday to test my new car camera. You'll see why when George and I arrive at our walking destination!
https://youtu.be/T1GYYWkkSCY
The large pub on the left driving back out of the village of Minions is where I usually go with friends for meals. They cook a mean cod and chips!! Also Buzz, you can see all the overgrown trees that my neighbour should be cutting back along the side of the track at the end of the video!
Being careful with money is something I've had to be all my life so it's become a habit and saving items for other uses is a favourite thing of mine! Anything from yogurt pots as freezer containers to old sheets to be cut up for a variety of tasks, I don't throw anything away until I'm sure it can't be recycled. Amazing that a whole documentary could have been developed about the fate of Amelia Earhart from one photograph but then so many conspiracy theories seem to have little real evidence to back them up.
Sandy ~ Tennis was a favourite sport for me at school although I used to drive our teacher mad by swapping the racket into the other hand rather than bother with a backhand and I remember one school report that stated I'd be a good player if I wasn't so lazy! Field hockey was another sport I enjoyed but being tall I was put into a defensive position and another school report said I was "too dangerous for team sports" because I used to swing my stick high to keep opposing forwards at bay! Those bumble bees that were run over had every right to sting.... I'd be pretty cross if I'd been one of them!! Generally though, pottering about collecting nectar they'll retreat rather than be aggressive..... honestly!!
Mae ~ Do let me know if you come upon successful shade loving perennials because since getting help from the gardening lady who seems to love to clear complete patches rather than allow the cottage plants to flop about I need to fill a few gaps!! Nine isn't so young that your grandson won't remember or care about you and who knows, he may well be asking already why he's not seeing you. It's so sad when children are almost used as weapons but as you say, hope springs and all that! Anne's potatoes didn't take long to grow whereas my weather being a bit changeable means a longer wait so I'm imagining you could get a good crop before the end of summer. Phew, that's a lot of water carrying although you seem to have organised a way of doing it without too much strain.
Buzz ~ Afternoon napping was something I used to tease a friend about who is just a couple of years older than me but I now find if I sit about after lunch I'm likely to doze off so try not to..... no doubt one day I'll have to!
I hate to admit that I'd now be lost without the internet what with looking things up, shopping and most importantly chatting to my friends on MFP. I can live without facebook and other social media but am sure I'd feel cut off from the world for the rest.
Past my lunchtime with gardening still to get started and tennis to watch so I'd better make myself a sandwich then get on. Enjoy your Friday everyone.
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Running late again. Need I even mention it since it is now habitual??
I love the video Jackie. Oh my goodness, such different driving from what I do each day and also different than my old days on the farm. Too narrow, too many loose animals, oh my, I would lose my mind. But oh so beautiful. Ahhhh.
Put me on the side of tennis! In school I played basketball as I was tall and that was the only team sport I think. But later after I was married I went tennis crazy and I drug along hubby into the obsession. We would work all day long as fast as possible in order to grab our rackets and zip down to the very nice tennis courts at the high school. We would play for hours every evening when work and weather permitted. Sometimes we would play doubles. Only problem was it was three guys and me. Guess who they picked on! I played league tennis in a little town nearby with some other ladies for a couple of seasons. The wind was so strong out there it was quite a challenge. And then for two years we scraped up money to join an indoor tennis club some thirty miles away. Those people were serious players! I still had fun but couldn't play much as the additional hourly court fees ran up fast. Then life changed and my knees were pretty torn up so tennis faded away.
I still love to watch though well except for the grunting. I have to turn the volume down.
Time to zip along for the two day paper crafting/scrapbooking event.
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Happy birthday Connie!!!!
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Thanks for the drive down memory lane JACKIE! I remember those lanes/roads very well up in my part of my old world. We would try to avoid milking time as the cows leisurely took their time crossing the road, and then of course the sheep! I live in a whole different world today! I'll join the ranks of past field hockey schoolgirls! Our half of the school building was the girls part, the other half spotty leering teenage boys peering at us through the fence. One thing for sure, however old I get I don't want to be 13 or 14 again!
A 9 year old won't forget you MAE. My only living grandma died when I was 6 and I still remember her! You will see him again soon. Guess what, I've dug out of the coat cupboard a London Fog raincoat which must be over 30 years old. It's a beige trench coat with a zip in fleecy lining and in brand new condition. I stopped wearing it the few times because it is midi length, and now ankle length as I've shrunk, and was a devil for walking in snow and rain. Dirtied the bottom. Well Jill and I are just off to walk to the newly opened dressmaker next to Marie's hairdressing salon. The dressmaker is one of Marie's numerous Portuguese relations. (Not my Mary Jo who is an accountant)) I will need about 15 inches lopped off to make it a today coat and practical fashion. All our talk of not chucking anything out that can be recycled like JACKIES sheets made me dig this coat out. It was expensive in its day for when I was a working gal. Another tip! Our parents used to cut thinning double sheets down the middle, the edges to be joined together to make a new middle and the old thinning edges hemmed. New single sheet. Haven't had to do that.....yet!
Well, must take the hound dog and dodge the rain again.
Super posts, really enjoyed them! Did you wear shorts or cute little tennis dresses Lin. Bet you looked a "smasher" (good looking) either way.
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Happy Friday! Meeting my brother and his daughter for lunch and would like to get my car washed before we meet so I don't have a lot of time. Had a great time with Robby yesterday and Max had a great doctor check up weighing in at almost 22 pounds. He is in the 90 something percent range for his height and weight so he is a big boy. I might be going back later today for their meetings but it depends on when I get back from lunch. My brother lives about a half hour away on the toll roads.
Anne, I love trench coats and with a zip fleece lining it is perfect. It will be worth the cost to get it to the length you want. I wore tennis dresses when I was younger but then we switched to shorts later in life. I just did make some cleaning rags from an old towel, so much better than paper towels.
Lin, you were lucky your husband played tennis with you, mine was too busy doing what I don't know. I also joined an indoor tennis court which was nice in bad weather but the dude ranch we went to had outdoor courts I was never very good at singles since I am not a good runner, but I wasn't bad in doubles as long as the ball came to me. lol
Jackie, love your video and I agree with Lin, it would scare me with the animals just walking anywhere. The streets are very narrow and of course you ride on the opposite side of the road then we do in the USA. I have to say I love the song that was playing in the ride to the walking place but I love Ed Sheeran. I wish you would have recorded all the way to your cottage so we could have seen it on video. Thanks for sharing.
Buzz, I too, have the people below me doing some remodeling and the noise gets to me as well. It is hard to believe it has been five years since we separated but life goes on.
Have a great day!
Sandy
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Ah, CONNIE, we do miss you here at Sneakers, but wishing you
Awoke to blessed silence, got the legs pumped and enjoyed breakfast of poached eggs on toast while glancing through the morning paper...all before 8:30! Felt so much better today
that I kept an appointment with my ophthalmologist for a thorough exam and to have plugs put in my tear ducts to help with dry eyes. Everything was perfect. Enjoyed my dinner companions and promised to give the some cut up Haden mangoes this weekend. They are manna from heaven! Don't know how I got here so late tonight, since I managed a few naps at the doctor's office!
JACKIE, what a brilliant idea, photographing your neighborhood ride (I ducked when I saw the car coming on the wrong side of the street
!!.....Isn't it amazing that after thousands of years of civilization there is still so much uncultivasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss oh, dear, is that a hint I didn't plan? Hugs to all, SANDY, ANNE LIN, MAE! Gettin' on to bed! Buzz
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Happy Saturday! Although traffic was horrendous it was wonderful seeing my brother and his daughter. He is soon to be 84 and looks so frail and can't see very well because of his macular but his memory is sharp and he tells me things from my childhood that I never knew. I told my niece that we have to do this once a month weather permitting because you never know when it is the last time you see someone. I did not go watch the boys because Lisa and Rob told me to take a break since I was there two days in a row which was good because I got home later than I thought I would due to the traffic.
Today is a pool day and time to myself.
Buzz, you make me laugh but I hope you got some sleep. Your post says 2AM so I hope that was an error. Plugs in your tear ducts sounds painful, did it hurt?
I wish everyone a wonderful day!!
Sandy
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Good day! Putting along at the scrapbooking/paper crafting again today.
Buzz, productive day! Glad things went so well. Enjoy the weekend.
Sandy, glad that you were able to visit your family. It is great to get those visits in! Sorry the traffic was slow. I hate that.
Well, back to having fun!!
Hugs.
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Girls, be very carefully when digging in your garden. You never know what you might find!
This 1759 cannonball/incendiary was just dug up in Quebec from the Battle of Abraham Heights and was chucked at the French by the British. It didn't explode, and is still capable of exploding today. Fancy having your house blown up today by a 1759 cannonball! Now there's a tale to tell the grand kids!
Anne, gingerly digging in hers, because we don't live too far from the fort in Toronto and quite a few cannonballs where slung at each other by the Brits and the Americans. I've yet to find a flint arrow head like I did in the UK but I have found a fossil etched into a rock from when this area was sea.
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Wish I could figure out where today went, but here it is, evening, and I didn't go down to dinner, feeling quite lazy and having made no plans. Made a BLT and realized it didn't taste like they used to! Perhaps I'll get to bed before 2 tonight, lol!
SANDY, the plugs go in painlessly, absolutely no feeling! But the keep the tears up in my eyes, where theoretically they help dry eyes! Happy to know you are spending time with beloved family, and I wish your dear brother a long life! I know he must feel so good to be with you!
LIN, I can't keep up with all your projects! I'l start calling you LIN BEE!
ANNE, cannon balls after all these years? WOW! Did you see the news about the Pennsylvania sink hole that swallowed 3 homes today? I thought only Florida was sinking!
I didn't look at email yesterday so today I'll have to delete almost 200! Too much! Anyway, I'm logging off after wishing everybody a lovely weekend!
The question yesterday, when sleep cut me off (and tickled SANDY's funnybone) was isn't it amazing how much open land there still is after thousands of years of civilization...! Buzz
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...................................................HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR PATSY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!
Anne.
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For Patsy!!
Enjoy the day.
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Hey JACKIE, talking of cannon balls do you remember that poem, humorous but cruel, about the guy who came back from the battle of Waterloo badly injured but still wanting to woo his sweetheart? All I can remember is "a cannon ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms" and although he had "one foot in the grave" he still wanted to marry her. Golly, older and wiser, it's not so funny anymore!
Yes I did see the sink holes BUZZ. Horrendous, fancy watching your home and possessions disappearing! Mother Nature is often cruel enough without man adding to the mix with craters of his own making!
Well, Michael says he will honour us with his presence today. Wrong time of year but I've all the ingredients to make a hearty stew! That's if he makes it, he lives opposite a race track and all the employees were on strike and picketing yesterday and there was a traffic jam when he tried to drive past after work. Long story, but I don't blame the employees for striking! The Bean will be disappointed if he doesn't make it, so I cannot mention his name because she gets very excited when I do and sits by the back door for hours hopefully.
Hope everyone has a smashing Sunday, especially birthday girl PATSY,
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PATSY
Have a wonderful day!
Jackie0 -
Wimbledon mens' final about to begin so back later.
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I'm watching as well JACKIE!
And Federer wins for the 8th time!
Anne.1
