Senior Golden Sneakers
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Happy Sunday!
The family pictures turned out great!! It is so hard to choose which to print! Rob treated us to pizza after the sitting and by the time I got home it was time for church. I stopped at Babe's to see the damage of his tree and I was in complete awe of all the damage to most of the trees in his area. The storms Friday were just unbelievable, so much damage to so many areas and so much flooding. What is going on with this weather?
I hope to get to the pool today as it is a hot sunny day and I haven't been all week.
Jackie you amaze me with those bees, I hope they left you alone while checking the potatoes. Anne how did your son and his partner enjoy their trip? Was your son in pain with his stones? Knowing how good your boys are they will probably surprise you with a new computer. Lin Enjoy that pool party, will you actually go in the water? Buzz Thanks for the laughs, some truth in most of those. Patsy Katie must indeed be part kitten, yuck!! Jeri I do hope you got your root canal done before your trip. I have had more than my share of them and hated all of them.
I will leave you with a picture of son and his family and of the damage to Babe's tree!
Have a great day!
Sandy
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Hi SANDY, lovely family picture and the tree is reminiscent of some around here. Mark, his wife, their son and Derek's girlfriend had a wonderful trip with not one kidney stone twinge. I posted quite a bit about the trip earlier but when I pressed post reply all the middle disappeared leaving really just the beginning. I was so frustrated I couldn't be bothered to do it all again at 7 am. The main thing was that they all voted it the best trip ever and they are widely travelled. I asked Mary Jo if she would like to live in Portugal when she retired but all were adamant that Canada is the place to be despite us all moaning about the winters (especially me!) I received a really beautiful hand made and decorated ceramic holder for hot pans in gorgeous colours. It's so beautifully done that I'm using it as a giant coaster on the coffee table for my morning cuppa, etc. instead.
Won't write anymore although they had a lot to talk about because I'm scared the middle of this might disappear!!!!
Mark has his CT scan after work on Monday.
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Can anyone explain why this 20 year old or so hydrangea started life blue (rust in the soil) but turned white, later to pale pink and this year turned into this glorious deep, deep pink.
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Interesting posts although very few today. JACKIE, you are so courageous with your bees! SANDY, gorgeous photo of beautiful family, though I'm slightly confused about the identities of wife and granddaughter? Which is which or are they someone other than I think? That tree is a reminder that Mother Nature is very much in charge! Thank goodness no one was hurt...I hope! Did you get to the pool? ANNE, interesting that you asked about the kids remaining in Portugal, but then realized you are in Canada, not the US. My kids are wondering about remaining in Europe due to the mess going on here! I'd be heartbroken, but understand completely if they decide to remain there! We seem to have one crisis after another daily, with options I never knew could exist high positions! Live and learn...or unlearn! LIN, hope you are truly enjoying that pool party this afternoon! As far as new computers, I thought I would indulge myself this year and trade in for a new touch model laptop, but Dell says I don't need it; there's plenty of space left on this one and new things will be added to Microsoft once the BIG update happens...so maybe wait a bit? Besides, I still want a colorful lid on a new laptop! I really love my pink/fuchsia/cherry color cover I put on!
When my son called, I picked it up on my iPad, but could not figure out how to turn on the sound, so he could not hear me. And I never could find out how to turn it on, or where to look for the control, so we switched to Facebook Messenger Video call instead. I still can't find the sound on/off feature on the iPad! Or for that matter, the SEARCH button! Sorry, my generation doesn't come by this stuff naturally!
Right hand going pins and needles burning pain, so I will go find an ice pack and see if that helps. I think this is pretty recent, though the pins and needles may have been around several months. The burning is a challenge!
Buzz
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Buzz the girl kneeling is Bryanna, my son's 22 year daughter from another marriage. The girl sitting with Max on her lap is his current wife and their two young boys. 0
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Buzz, Mary Jo IS Portuguese hence me wondering if she'd like to retire there. I had an inkling she would before they left. Mark would be okay because it's close to his birthplace and Portugal is full of Brits anyway. They say no, they are happy in Canada and I'm relieved because I would have a real dilemma because I'd want to go back as well but I couldn't leave Michael here alone, unless he finds another nice lady to settle down with of course. I think wherever we originated from at birth it stays with us for the rest of our lives. I really, really like Canada, but I LOVE Britain and the north of England, warts and all. Does that make sense?
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Home from the birthday party at poolside. No, I do not swim at all but there is shade, I took lots of water and it was fun to watch the kids as they jumped in the water over and over. They had a blast.
I have had my evening meal, changed clothes, and now I am ready for the next episode of Grantchester. Wahoo.
Anne, I was always told the color of a hydrangea is dependent on the soil. We are advised here to side dress iron each year I believe. It is beautiful by the way.
Sandy, love the family photo it am sorry for the tree damage. I always hate to see a lovely large tree suffer a storm inflicted wound. It looks like a lot of it might be saved?
Jackie, your bees sound a bit too grumpy!! I am glad you have a suit and very good gloves. I wonder why the bees seem to be so agitated every time you have to work with them. Do you use smoke to get them to leave the hive? Does that make them more angry?
Well, a long day today. I will enjoy the TV show and do a bit of reading. Tomorrow I need a couple of items from the grocery store and then I plan to make s pot of vegetable soup. I know it is hot but it still sounds good.
Hugs.
Lin
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Good wash day, the Beans been "watered" twice and the plants are about to be watered. Big black clouds rolling in. What a year for rain. Yet I can't complain because I haven't had to water at all, just Mother Nature. It shows in all the flowers blooming AND the weeds and it's rather difficult to find a time to mow the grass. Who cares! I'm thinning the onions and have just pulled a bunch for the lunchtime salad.
Peaceful here, all the family back at work, most of the neighbours away on vacation. No kids, no dogs, not much for Jilly to bark at which is a shame because mighty mouth loves to bark.
Hope everyone's day is peaceful. Good luck today LIN for your friend undergoing the surgery. BUZZ all things pass. Is it in 3.5 years time when a whole new America will awake? and the kids will rush home. Talking of BUZZ, how are the angry bees JACKIE? Hope they are busily back in business buzzing and replenishing their winter honey which you pinched. I too have had a few root canals in my time JERI so I send sympathy. I usually lay back in the dentists chair thinking "in one hour this will be behind me". I don't know where PATSY is but I'm sure she will soon have an interesting episode with Katie and the gang to entertain us with, and that goes for SANDY as well with her good looking brood.
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Happy Monday!! Laundry day and later will go watch the boys so the parents can play some tennis and have some together time. We had another storm come through yesterday afternoon, not as bad as Friday's but Babe did lose power again. I was able to get to the pool and relax before it hit so for that I am grateful.
Anne, I am wondering if Jilly is like our little Boston Terrier across the hall from me. I never hear Dino inside but once they walk him outside he barks at everyone. He is small but has the most ferocious bark and growl. lol
Lin, I don't blame you for not going in the water if kids were jumping in and out. I have a floating chair that I use in the pool. It is very relaxing and most of the time our pool is not crowded so I don't get splashed.
It is so beautiful today with lower temps, good to have the windows open again.
Have a great day!
Sandy
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Dino sounds as if he's Jilly Beans cousin SANDY.1
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Good Morning my dears! Our temps have been rather warm and the humidity is horrible! It feels like we are wading through syrup. Honestly, it is hard to breathe. Summer will be over soon and then I will be complaining about the cold and wet weather. There is NO pleasing me.
The weather really makes me creaky so I will need to spend more time exercising these old joints. It helps but it is BORING! Whine whine whine...
John is looking forward to the new Lee Child book that is due out this fall. He has every one of his books and re-reads when he can't find anything else interesting. I guess I do the same when I find an author I like.
I took down the bedroom curtains and found a lovely nest of spiders hiding in the corner.i hate spiders but I have found an emergency spider killer if the need arises. Hair spray. Aaaaaaaggggh!
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Good day, I have changed my plans today. I seem to be in a dither regarding my friend's surgery. About four hours in now and I cannot seem to concentrate so have done my laundry, scrubbed the kitchen floor, sorted through email, read a bit of a book, and frankly I have just decided this day is a loss. Not going to struggle any longer.
I think soup is a victim of my funk as was my morning errand. Some other day or not at all. Whatever.
Love the Bean photo!!
Hugs.
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Remember PATSY the old ditty:
Your luck will last for many a day,
If you let the spider run away.
After all they DO kill some rather worse critters than themselves.
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Misses the Bean Photo......soooooooooooooooooo cute!!!0
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Okay, my friend's 6 hour surgery turned into an 8 hour surgery and a new estimate is 10 - 12 hours.
At least I am getting short updates.
I think I will go chew some ice!!
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Finally, my friend is our of surgery and in recovery. She will stay there overnight. They will not have info on the cancer margins for a few days. I pray the maergins are clear. Well, time will tell.
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LIN, I can only think to add my wishes to yours and hope her recovery chances will be excellent. Hugs to you both! What a ghastly ordeal!
SANDY, of course that had to be a lovely grown-up Bryanna! I met her when she was a teen I believe; always beautiful, just like her Dad and Gramma!
ANNE, I guess we do really identify with our birth places. I'm still a Bostonian though I left there 70 years ago! Jilly is just precious!
Spiders? I don't do well with them at all, PATSY. I've gotten used to iguanas, but they eats every that grows!!!And are ugly as sin, poor things!
I never did eat tonight as I had lots of research to find my platelet count history. It's very low, but I found it ti be that for almost 10 years now! Staying somewhat stable though very low. And then I did a research on chocolate and flavanoids and wow! It took hours. And now I'm ready for bed! Buzz
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Okay, NEWS FLASH! Everyone! Chocolate is really, really good for you and aids with some kinds of heart arrhythmia... sadly one cannot live on it. Even sadder one has to watch out for the calories that are sweetly tucked away in each delicious bite. I read it in the health news on google/med-line I think.
I am working madly on a creative writing project. I hope I can get this project out of my brain long enough to to shut my eyes tonight. I am not all that disciplined. I might need chocolate!
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And I'm going to bake bread, hopefully mow the grass avoiding spiders and iguanas and ignore anything chocolatey in the cupboard.
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They do make chocolate without sugar. It is an acquired taste though. Ha. I have acquired it.
Back to my regular activities today. Need to make up for the neglected trip to the store, Mah Jongg, and a trip to the library this afternoon for some type of beading project.
Best wishes Sneakers. May we all avoid the creepy crawlies of life.
Hugs.
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Hello all, busy as ever much like the bees that are still out for my blood! We've had some glorious weather so I'm doing my best to get on with gardening and have in fact finally reached the jungle that covers the bottom 20' depth where yesterday I discovered a sad hydrangea cutting that had lacked light for so long it looked pale and insignificant. Overnight it has sat up as if to say thank you and I'm hoping I'll come upon more plants to be rescued as I continue to clear.
This reminds me Anne that Lin is correct about the colour of Hydrangeas should be all about the soil they sit in. Mine is acidic so they are usually blue in this area but you will see from my before and after photos that over 28 years of living here this plant has recently had a change of heart and decided pink is best!!
A few blue heads this year
but mostly VERY pink!
Patsy ~ I can hear your spiders screaming from here so PLEASE open the window and let them out!!
Lin ~ I do hope you have good news about your friend because my goodness, what a procedure she had to go through.
A beautiful photo of the Bean Anne and her coat looks so glossy it must be down to the home cooked meals.
Sandy ~ It seems those storms of yours have cleared the air which is always pleasant this time of year. All of my windows are wide open too but then we are expecting an unsettled few days from tomorrow so I'm making the most of the warm sunshine.
Buzz ~ I'm with you..... the colour of any laptop or phone is by far the most important issue. The rest can sail over my head!!
I feel I'm being buried alive in paperwork arriving in the post from solicitors, mortage lender and brokers all wanting me to read and sign every page to do with the Lifetime mortgage I plan to take out. It's certainly keeping me on my toes watching out for silly mistakes on their part.... what ever happened to efficiency?
My gardener lady was here for a couple of hours this morning before going home happy with a few cuttings of my white Buddleia and I'm now going to head for the jungle before cutting the grass. Then it's out this evening for a meal with Scruff's mum and her family that are visiting from Machester.
Jackie
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Well, I was just sitting here on the back room old sofa recovering from mowing the lawns and busy writing a scintillating piece on how wise spiders are when it comes to the disposal of unwanted spouses, they eat them, and thus save on divorce settlements and the cutting in half of the family web when poof, in a puff of smoke all my thoughtful writing disappeared. Surely I wasn't censored for that! It has to be my on the way out old, by today's standards, iPad.
Anyway PATSY, mail your spiders to me! I will cherish them and put them in the ivy which divides me and Harry's fish pond and the mosquitoes.
Michael on his way to work text me to make sure I was still alive, and when I said I had just mowed the lawns said "now I know from which side of our family I've inherited the crazies." Wouldn't you have thought he should have said "well done industrious parent for saving $30".
Your hydrangeas are gorgeous JACKIE. I wonder what's in my soil, it grows everything I plant except palm trees! Probably will grow those soon with earth warming.
Well I'm in a nutty frame of mind I think. The bread is baked, so must away to clean grass off the mower blades, with faithful chicken fed hound in tow. She IS super shiny Jackie and I think it's home cooked meals. People remark on her white, white teeth as well.
Bye,
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Happy Tuesday! It was a long night of sitting but I do enjoy being with the boys. My plan was to take Robby to the park for some one on one time but Lisa wanted to go to Kohl's to possibly try on dresses for a wedding they are going to on Friday. She said she would take Max but I thought that would be too hard so I pushed him in his stroller. It didn't make for one on one time as I had to spend a lot of time keeping Max in the shade. Perhaps when I go tomorrow I will try again. I will be glad when volleyball is done because the games are on my bingo night and although I am saving money I do miss my friends. Last night's game and tomorrow's game start at 8:30 so getting Robby to bed is not easy with Max who decides to get cranky at that time. The good thing is I get to go home to peace and quiet.
Anne, do you have experience with spiders eating ex husbands? Am I missing something?
I do hope you are being careful when mowing the lawn and not pushing yourself too hard.
I agree that Jilly's coat is really shiny, she is lucky to have you as a mom and get home cooked meals.
Jackie, your Hydrangeas are just beautiful, one of my favorite flowers. I don't think they do so good in our climate but when in Oregon I admire them. Yes, so far the humidity is bearable and the windows are open again today. I hope you haven't gotten stung by those bees who are after your blood!!!
Lin, any word on your friend? I will be praying for good margins and hope the surgery was successful. Enjoy your day today and do the things that make you happy.
Patsy, chocolate in moderation is probably good for you and like Lin said, they do make sugar free chocolate which is not too bad. I hope your brain let you get some sleep.
Buzz, yes Bryanna has grown into a beautiful young lady, I just don't know where that time has gone. My daughter has those little lizards which when I first saw one almost had a heart attack. Now I think they are cute but the male looks weird when he sees a female and blows up his chin with a funny red glow. lol
Would you believe the change oil light has come on in my car? Couldn't they have checked the oil when my car was there for two days? Now I will have another wasted hour at the car dealership.
Enjoy your day!
Sandy
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Yes SANDY, you are missing something, re spiders! Lol. The females DO eat the males after the honeymoon.
I was reading "someone who shall be nameless" tweets earlier and who quoted "that's what modern presidents do" and what sprang into my mind was the Gilbert and Sullivan's song "I am the very model of a modern major general". You can generally find a song to fit most situations can't you.
I think I'm still in a nutty frame of mind. Better shut up and do something productive like the ironing or walking the dog.
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IRONING? What is that? I haven't ironed since John retired and I had to iron those horrid dress shirts! He would regularly use two a day if he had a evening board meeting or some evening speech at an organization. He gleefully retired neckties and he donated lots of dress suits and sports jackets. Years and years as a college administrator. He is at heart a car mechanic or a carpenter. He loves being out in his shop. I am not allowed inside unless invited. Like I ever really wanted to go in that sawdust and spider infested guy zone... anyway I don't iron John's tee shirts or jeans, his current daily uniform. I am designing a new Patsy style. Cheeky, strangely colorful, and more in keeping with my youthful hippy years. It feels right for me right now. I look a lot like one of those demented crazy old women you see feeding pidgens in the park.
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Hi PATSY, I don't mind ironing at all. It's sort of soothing watching the wrinkles disappear on the tea towels, napkins, shirts and dress pants that got ironed today. I tend to feed pigeons and Canadian geese when no-ones looking. We are not supposed to encourage them and I can see why after observing 5 Canadian geese flapping and perched on someone's bungalow roof. Yep, you can put me in the demented crazy group.
When it comes to dress, I bet you look GORGEOUS, any chance of a photo of our colourful, interesting Patsy?
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It will soon be the 26th so Phoebe if you ever stop by:
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Great reading , but too late. Glad I didn't miss John McCain's speech today upon his return to "the swamp" (cesspool, sewer?)...actually, D.C.! What a fine example of a dedicated decent human being, and I know we all wish him good luck! Wish his kind of patriotism could rub off onto other leaders!
PATSY, I try to find most clothing sites that carry gauze tops and bottoms. Never need ironing and I love the feel and colors!
PHOEBE, we miss you, dimples! Let us know how everything is with you!
My DD loved her birthday card! I hope I can reproduce the second page here.
Dare all your dreams,
Always believe in yourself.
Uncover hidden talents;
Go on adventures.
Have fun and be happy!
Treasure tiny miracles.
Embrace Life!
REACH FOR THE STARS!
Didn't work but the lines (starting with D.A.U.G.H.T.E.R) are as above. It was appropriate!
Must get to bed now! Hugs to all! Buzz
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Happy, happy Birthday Phoebe, I really miss you as well and your interesting tales, driving out on the roads of the USA.
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