Senior Golden Sneakers
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Good morning, I have made my little trip to Trader Joe's and am now packed up to zip on to the library for some time working on a puzzle I recently found at a garage sale. I texted a friend and she is game to work on it today as well. No dog to walk here but I have been trotting around the house as usual. It seems everything ends up on the wrong floor of my house so many opportunities to tramp down to the basement and back up as well as to the upstairs.
Anne, I will try to pick up the pace! (Although indoors there are many obstacles.). Daft world indeed. 'Nuf said.
Jackie, what a tremendous day! And you have my mouth watering at the thought of blackberry and apple jam although I adore just plain applesauce with cinnamon. Smart George! Keeping cool under a hedge.
Time to move along.
Hugs.
Lin
P.S. also congrats on your new saucepans Jackie. I think it can make all the difference. I purchased some Odds and ends of new pans a few years ago and I have enjoyed them so much.0 -
Ha, bramble or blackberry picking in the hedgerows! I miss that! I'd go out with bowl, the little boys armed with jam jars! We made bramble wine - delicious! And of course you can't beat a bramble and apple pie, mmm mmm! We always made bramble jelly rather than jam to eliminate the seeds. Happy days finding a patch of big luscious wild berries!
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Happy Thursday! No meeting today as I am taking Babe to his foot doctor for nail clipping.
I did win at bingo last night but unfortunately I did not win the power ball drawing for $700 million! Some lucky person in Massachusetts won and is probably still celebrating!! I usually don't play the lotto of any kind but for $700 million it was worth a try.
Anne, I think it is wonderful that you walk Jilly everyday, it certainly is beneficial to your health as well as hers. I am not a big walker but I do try to keep active and as much as I run around I do feel I am getting enough exercise. The children's book with Patsy sounds wonderful I would like to buy a copy when they are available.
Lin, I think with all you do, you get plenty of exercise. You are not one for sitting and doing nothing as I do when I am on my computer for hours.
Jackie, congrats on the new pots, may you enjoy them and all the meals you cook. George is a smart little guy to realize he was hot and needed a rest but naughty for waking you so early!!
Funny just the other night I said to myself I would love some potato chips with my wine, but I don't buy them for fear of eating a whole bag at once. lol
Have some computer stuff to do before picking up Babe, so have a nice day!!
Sandy
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Glorious day here! On the "walking daily" thing...of course, it is so great for body and brain. I have to work against competing urges. First to get outside and then the urge to dive into the dungeon to "play with all my toys." Both are important for me.
We are also having a bumper crop of wild blackberries. There are other berries but the deer devastate the berry crop each year. It is okay, I think. They don't have a Costco or Trader Joe's. however there is enough blackberries for us all to share.
Anne and I are an example of cultural respect and inclusion. My western upbringing and her English background make for an interesting mix for our little stories. We really have you sneakers to thank for that. I like to think of all of us sitting around Anne's kitchen table or my dungeon drawing table, talking about the stories. We are aware that getting published is a long time consuming effort.
Bare up and press on,
Patsy
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SANDY, IF we get published, and it's a very big IF, you and Robby will get a free copy! After all if it wasn't for Daisy, Jackie's little George, my Jilly and Katie there wouldn't be a small booklet about four little puppies. It was an interesting journey PATSY especially at the beginning. My somewhat abrasive Yorkshire style and your more sweet southern ladylike style but somehow we met in the middle and who cares if the publishers reject us, I like the finished product and you do too.
I'm reading "The girl on the Train" this afternoon in between trotting The Bean out. Totally different from our little story for sure! It's very autumny here and quite cool. I've only got onions and carrots left in the containers, all else mopped (eaten) up by yours truly. Oodles of carrots, Mike will be presented with a bunch tomorrow! It's really nice settling down with a book after such a humid summer.
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PATSY and ANNE, the book(let) sounds delightful.How wonderful you were able to keep that secret!Having awful trouble typing and I did order that program CONNIE suggested and I should receive it sometime next week. Then I have to learn to add punctuation verbally.
Hi everyone, you wouldn't make sense of the errors my fingers are making, though the new brace I got this morning is quite helpful ... spares you from my humongous posts, anyway!
Buzz
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Good morning. The lawns are mowed, the carrots and onions and flowers are watered, Jilly Jeans dog food is cooked and we've had a short walk. We are just waiting for Michael to show. I only have to go to the organic store today and it's within walking distance. About 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back. As part of our fitness campaign, (yes Mikes joining Mark who's always been health conscious) we have decided to leave Mikes car at home and me with my trusty buggy walk with Jilly Jean to the store and back. It's a perfect early fall day for walking! No humidity at all, sunny and 64 degrees at the moment, low 70s this afternoon.
I am convinced most of our woes today are connected to the invention of the motor vehicle. Apart from pollution, if it disappeared we would be far too busy to dream up wars or pull down ancient monuments most of the time. Dream on Anne, and talking of dreaming:
I had one of those dreams you don't want to wake up from last night. It was as we are today, Jilly and I, but in the dream I took her to the engine firm I worked for (re earlier comment, I worked in the aircraft industry ironically) to show her off. Everyone I once knew appeared in the dream and even those who are now passed. It was lovely and very real. I rarely, if ever have a bad dream that I remember but this one was really vivid, colourful and happy.
Well time to get moving!
Hope everyone's weather is as lovely as ours although I believe hurricane Harvey appears later this afternoon in the south. Please, stay safe!
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Good day Sneakers
Tai Chi was cancelled today so I actually slept a bit longer. Wow. I needed that. I have been on a reading binge (in among my other usual activities--and yes, I am getting my steps and flights of stairs each day). Last night I finished Sara Paretsky"s "Fallout" and enjoyed it. I was living in another world which is part of the joy of reading.
A few days ago I read the Nina George book "The Little French Bistro." I had read "The Little Paris Bookshop" for book club and was just curious about this book. I wonder how it would read if I was able to read it in the original German?
Prior to that was a Grantchester book by James Runcie. I love the PBS series but I find I like the books even more.
Well, enough on that topic. I finally made the needed birthday card which I will take to the post office for its extra postage today. I am finally packed and ready to attend an afternoon of (what else) card making at a local shop.
Put me on the list to purchase a book if you publish Anne and Patsy. I would enjoy it. I purchased Patsy's book a long time ago when she mentioned it. I like to keep up with our talented Sneakers.
Buzz, I hope you get the info/instruction on using vocal "typing" so we will be able to receive the lovely messages you compose. I know, very selfish. I am just glad to hear from you Buzz.
Anne, enjoy the walk to the store. The weather sounds heavenly. It will be nice for everyone. And what a lovely dream. I am sure in the dream that everyone was happy to meet dear Jilly.
Sandy, congrats on the bingo win. I was so surprised that just one person won that huge jackpot. It doesn't usually turn out that way. Amazing! I hope you have a happy day.
Well, I had better move. I have lots of sitting to do this afternoon. Although I will be moving around. The store put an out of order sign on the door that leads to the rest room. It has been there a couple of weeks. I wonder if they just don't want customers back there now. Anyway, a tromp down the steeet to the community center will be needed, probably more than once knowing me.
Hugs.
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Happy Friday! Cool again today, not sure what happened to summer. Took Babe to doctor and then went back to his house to remove vertical blinds from the header rail which was broken. Took rail down, ordered a new one with some replacement blinds and then put up a sheet to keep the sun out. Babe was amazed I could do all that, he was ready to pay someone.
The new head rail and blinds will be in next week. All is good.
Anne, your dream sounds "heavenly"! I dream a lot but don't remember most of them.
Your day sounds perfect with Michael and Jilly, enjoy your walk to and from the store.
Buzz, do you mean the program Mae suggested? Connie sent a link about socks!! Either way I hope like Lin you master the voice control to give your hands a rest!!
Lin, you sneaked in here while I was typing so glad I caught it to wish you a good day. I think I missed the title of Patsy's book, can you share it with us?
Patsy, I think it wonderful that you and Anne wrote a book, the internet does a lot of good for some people. You and Anne will be the second/third authors I will know. My cousin has written a book and is now writing another. I wish I had that kind of talent.
Jackie, hope all is well on the other side of the pond!!
Have a great day, I will be sitting later so they can go to their meetings.
Sandy
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I hope I am not stealing your thunder Patsy. The book is a wonderful non-fiction book "Women of the Sea" by John and Patience Wubben. I love Patsy's painting that is adapted on both the dust cover and inside the book. I would love to have some type of reproduction of it. I adore the colors, the movement and power that I see in the painting. I don't know the intent, I just know I like it.
Lin
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Talk about a crazy mixed up frame of mind...I agree with Anne about cars, pollution, lack of exercise that is common these days. BUT I really enjoy our day trips. We take Katie with us and enjoy everything from a frozen yoghurt to whale watching and visit the mooring basin with a huge "flotilla" of sea lions. I guess the lesson here would be moderation. I admit...I am not too good at moderation!
I am so grateful for you Sneakers and the encouragement and support concerning Anne and my writing. I have always felt that most creative efforts are not really complete until it is shared. Every creative effort needs someone to hear or see the message. Children's stories have a clear message, even if it is simple joy or the encouragement of humor.
I have been dealing with a vicious sciatic episode. What a misery! The takeaway is that exercise, stretches and strength building exercises is the only medicine! We all need to take heed. Our bodies need to move and move a lot. I am so glad that you all try to maintain your personal health in your own way.
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LIN, you inspired me to track down the book by PATSY and JOHN Wubben!!! I could not open it, but this is the lovely painting by our own PATSY, published 2008
SANDY, you are correct about Mae recounting having used the Voice to Text program. Connie had messaged me about it as well...I think! I'm grateful to both, as well as to you for trying to keep me straightened out! By the way, you sure made the right decision when you became independent. If Babe hadn't realized your capabilities after all your years together, he really couldn't appreciate losing his treasure!!!
"Dine Around the World" dinner tonight is in Thailand. Should I attempt to wear an exotic caftan or dress like normal people? Such problems, huh?
Hands really burning today and it's been pouring so it may be weather related, but I just cannot type. Hugs to you all, and at least I read and enjoy all your posts! Buzz
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Well we did our long walk, and Jilly got two more before Mike took off for home, which has given me, for the very first time in ages a chance to READ my book. Jilly is sprawled out in deep slumber. We have actually worn the little girl out! I've started calling her Jilly Jean. The name seems to suit her which got me thinking about my own name. Anne does not suit me. For a start it means graceful. I am not graceful! AND I was born on a Tuesday which means full of grace. A double whammy! Anne's are to my mind elegant, with finely boned features and tameable blonde smooth hair. Does anyone else feel misnamed? But what do I replace it with if I could? I've tried Annie, but everyone reverts back to Anne. Maybe Molly, maybe Katie? Are you all happy with the name bestowed on yourselves at birth? My aunt Alice hated her name but I liked it!
Just idly musing here while Jilly Jean twitches her paws in sleep. I don't often have time to muse. It was nice getting rid of Anne 56 years ago with two new souls at least and replacing Anne with mom and later Gran.
She who shall not be named!1 -
Where is Marie located in the state of Texas ? Very concerned about the hurricane going on there and hope that she will be out of harms way. As for me I am nursing a thumb injuried 10 wks ago by closing it in a car door. Slow process trying to heal it; after my appt yesterday my orthopedist decided I needed to have my whole thumb nail removed. So it was done as an out patient today and I am in the numb stage.....only 6 months more to grow back a whole nail. Trust me you do not want to do what I did. Be safe everyone....0
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Oh dear, been there done that and it hurts like heck! Feel better , DD!0
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Sorry I didn't check in yesterday but it flew away with me looking after neighbours cats while they attend the wedding of a favourite niece, a long, long walk on the moors where the sun shone brightly and a gentle breeze only just kept us cool then in the afternoon the first of the garden room companies reps visited to work out a quote for me. By holding out on signing any agreement he dropped the price considerably overnight. They can do the whole project from start to finish including pulling down the old conservatory and since George seemed to take to him too he's in the running. Another rep this afternoon if he can work his way through horrendous Bank Holiday traffic!
A lovely read through everyone's posts and so exciting about new creative projects, Buzz's latest purchase and Sandy's DIY project at Babe's that shows you are just as energetic as the rest of us sweetheart!
Anne ~ Apparently my mother read Jane Eyre during her pregnancy with me and wanted to call me Jane but father thought it boring! At school I always hated my long full name because when learning to write I was struggling long after the Anns, Marys, Susans and Lindas had finished spelling theirs and the teacher was never sympathetic!! I think we grow into our names and I changed mine to Jackie just as soon as I could so in the end my father was the only one who used it! My brother's now ex is Ann without an 'E', perhaps that was an omen!!
Must get on so hello to everyone I've missed and yes, let's hope Marie and everyone in the path of that awful storm keeps safe. I see she lives in a place called Mesquite but don't know if that's' near the coast??
Happy Saturday.
Jackie
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Having lost a big toenail once, plus all the other nails on a seaside rock AND a thumb nail caused by a brick dropped on it sympathies are sent!
My mother was a Jane JACKIE and I love the name, however an Anne I am and ever more will be so, sigh.
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Happy Saturday! Woke up too early and couldn't go back to sleep, now I am so tired. I hope I can nap later before Church. Will stop and see Babe and Daisy after Mass but no other plans for today. Tomorrow I am going to Santa's Village with Lisa and the boys. Her brother and his wife will also be there with their kids and possibly Lisa's parents. It will be a long day although it might rain and cut the day short.
Anne, so I have forgotten as usual but where does the your jacean name come from? My grandmother's name was Alexandra so since I was born before my cousin my mother named me Sandra, my cousin was named Alexia. I insisted on being called Sandra when I was a child because there was a girl I didn't like who was called Sandy. I went to Sandy later in life so the only one who called me Sandra was my father.
Jackie, I like that the rep reduced his price but more that George likes him. Good luck with the second estimate and with George liking him. Thanks, I guess I can still do a lot of things my younger friends can't even do, so I hope I stay agile for a long time.
Diane, sorry about your thumb, it sounds very painful. I think Marie is near Dallas and I did see her daughter posted a post on Facebook this morning so I asked about flooding but so far no reply.
Buzz, well did you dress for your Thailand dinner? Sorry your hand is still burning, I do hope the voice control works for you so you can give those hands a rest.
Patsy, I am so sorry about your sciatic, I had a laminectomy to correct mine. Therapy did not work nor did the three shots I had. The pain is awful so I hope it is just a flare up and it settles down for you. I am impressed by you and your husband's book and will try to order one and read in when the weather gets colder.
Lin, you must have another busy day or we are posting at the same time.
Have a good day!
Sandy
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Hi Sandy. Where does my post name come from?
JA - Jane, my mother.
CE - Cec, my dad. Poor dad, he was named after Cecil Rhodes, founder of Rhodesia who I think was either born or died on the same day.
AN - yours truly.
2017 - when I started yet again!
Have a super day at Santas village, yikes, SANTA.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hello friends -
I woke up with a list of things to try to accomplish today. Things have not gone as planned. Hopefully I will get back on track sometime soon. The drain malfunctioned and I had a flood on the basement floor. That took a while to clean-up. Later, if this is not TMI, the toilet seat became detached. It is an odd one and difficult to reattach. Another time sucker. Haaaaa. I have just cut up some tomato and zucchini for breakfast/lunch. Oooh, how chic, I am having brunch! Maybe I will accomplish loads this afternoon. Oh my, I am laughing, loudly.
Diane, I am so sorry to hear about your thumb. How incredibly painful. I slammed my thumb in a car door as a child and lost the nail so I sincerely empathize. Keep it safe for healing. I know it is hard to function without running that tender area into things.
Buzz, I hope your hands are better today. And I guess we are all wondering what did you decide to wear last night. There was "A Summer of Love" party at the Senior Center last night to celebrate 1967. I saw a little video clip and the music they played was way older than 1967 and the dancing was from the '50s. Hummmmm.
Jackie, good start in pricing the work on your house. I hope you find just the right contractors and that George will be okay with the people who show up to do the work.
Anne, I have no opinion regarding names. I may not have been thrilled with my name but never thought of changing mine. I use a shorter version here and some other places in part because other people have called me by nicknames or again a shorter version of my name. Nothing that I encouraged at the time. And maybe because no other name appealed to me more? I do know I have never liked my middle name and try to avoid using it. I am not sure why, it just has always been that way.
Well, I should get moving. Although something else may go wrong if I dig back into my chore list. Haaaa.
Hugs.
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The last Windows 10 update included something called Windows Ink Workspace, with all kinds of areas for drawing, sticky notes, adding Apps, etc. It's a funny little icon added to your taskbar and if you can figure out what to do with everything, teach me! Meanwhile I cannot open my Humana site until I buy an App at the STORE (?) to open it!
I did not wear my caftan to Thailand, but it was delightful anyway.
Nobody commented on PATSY's beautiful ocean painting, so I'm wondering if it got included! It's on my site, but one never knows. I agree with LIN about the powerful strokes it depicts! Well, have a wonderful weekend y'all. Buzz
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Hello from very warm (90s) Oregon today. I continue to fuss with my sciatica. Good grief! Who invented these miseries, anyway? I feel somewhat embarrassed to complain when I think about Texas and all my Texan relatives. That is real misery. We always vacationed on Padre Island on the Texas coast.
Buzz: thank you so much for the mention of our book and my painting. One of the things that keeps us here on the coast is the magnificent Pacific Ocean. The winter storms are like looking into the eye of God. Ocean power humbles you like nothing else can. I think John has photographed this part of the ocean thousands of times. He sees different moods each time. I have been a marine painter for years. I even painted the Gulf of Mexico in Texas as a teenager. The original painting for our book cover was bought by a doctor who retired and moved to Florida. He has come back to the area when I have had a couple of gallery shows. The good looking doc and his trophy wife have bought several of my paintings for their home. Here is something I have noticed. The Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic and the Pacific are the only oceans I have seen. Each have a different color and personality..
Anne: okay, my love...let me tell you I have had many nick names. Most of them I could do without! My cousins had a talent for coming up with the most disgusting nick names ever. I fear some of my nick names have endured through the ages. "Chubs" being my least favorite, but the one that stuck with me the longest as a kid. Patsy is really a sort of southern short for Patricia. My name is Patience, a rather classy name that doesn't fit me but I do like it for those rare "formal" events.
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PATSY/PATIENCE/PAINTER, you are so right regarding Oceans having their own uniqueness.The waters around Bermuda, which is located in the cold darkness of the Atlantic Ocean, but evidently within the Gulf Stream , are a sparkling magnificent brilliant turquoise, like a gorgeous gemstone! To me, the Pacific tends to have colors much warmer than the Atlantic, and Hawaii has always brought tears to my eyes when I first view the ocean through the red sands coming through the mountain tunnels. Pure Paradise to me, yet I have heard people compare Florida to Hawaii and wonder how they are viewing each! One is a long flat peninsula surrounded on 3 sides by lovely beaches and blue waters, while the other is a group of volcanic islands with almost every possible exciting condition nature can produce, from fiery flowing lava to snow on mountain tops! I think it's exciting to already have a collector following your paintings!
ANNE, would you believe I've always answered to my given name . Except for a very brief period when (as those romantically involved often do), I was young and fearless and agreed to be called Buzz by my new husband, I have always been Barbara! Interestingly , my first name was supposed to be Diane, and I never understood why it got inverted when my birth certificate was written! I've really never felt one way or the other about my name!
Just want to add I went to a very interesting lecture today about the Dead Sea Scrolls. The latest one, added to an amazing collection already on display and under study in their own museum, is more than 7000 years old!!! History is amazing! Buzz (lol)
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Love to read about the various seas and oceans! I love the cold, grey North Sea. Magnificent in storms, I remember the water rushing in, in great waves over the rocks and harbour walls, a dangerous sea. Sometimes in winter storms the Great Lakes remind me of the North Sea and the brave fisherman who sail it, and brave they are in their little boats. All fishermen are brave.
Busy day and it's my 53 year olds birthday. Oh and the old/new switch for my ancient (modern maid ironically) stove top will be installed on Monday. It's for the front most used and useful burner.
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Just a tribute to my Uncle Donald who sailed every Sea on the planet. A merchant navy Sea captain. Before the WW he sailed the china seas and the Indian Ocean, during the war he did the Atlantic run surviving submarine attacks when those around him in convoys didn't. Not only the seas, but he navigated the great man-made canals, suez etc.
Once a Molotov cocktail landed on the deck as he talked to his first mate. Without thinking, he immediately kicked it overboard where it exploded, thus saving crew and ship. He finally retired at the age of 70 because he needed glasses to read!
Many connections to family working with things tied to the Sea in my past, alas no longer. My dad worked at a shipyard building trawlers until the depression, at which point, laid off, he acquired a bicycle and repair shop.
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Happy Sunday! Waiting to find out if we are still going to Santa's Village. They are calling for thundershowers so they are not sure what to do. If it were my choice I would postpone until another day but I will do whatever they decide.
Today is my mother's birthday, she is gone 25 years but I still miss her every day.
Anne, you have great memories and great stories, you should record them for your children.
Happy birthday to your son, he shares it with a great lady, my mom.
Buzz, I have been in both Florida and Hawaii and I don't think they compare at all. Hawaii is like paradise although it has been over 50 years since I have been there. My grandson works there with the Salvation Army every summer and he definitely wants to move there when done with college. BTW I do not have that Windows Ink Work space on my task bar but just searched for it on my computer and have it in my programs. I will play with it when I have time and get back to you.
Patsy, you have every right to complain about sciatica, it is so painful. You are indeed a great painter and sorry I didn't mention the cover of your book, it was beautiful!! What a great accomplishment to have your paintings bought by a "good looking" doctor. People who paint amaze me, my ex mother in law took up painting in her 60's or 70's and we have some wonderful paintings to remember her.
Lin, sorry about the flooding and toilet seat, I hope you got it all worked out. What is your given name out of curiosity or would you rather not share?
Time is getting away on me once again, I have to jump in shower just in case we are going.
Have a great day!
Sandy
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Still no rain in this part of Texas No flooding either. But oh Houston
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Great posts, and so glad to hear MARIE is not near Harvey! I think the fingers are beginning to improve, and the burning is not as intense...or I'm getting used to it! SANDY, I totally agree with you re:Hawaii, and what an excuse to spend lots of time there when your son moves there! Mine lived there 37 years and it's easy to understand why! I Ioved visiting though I usually stayed at a B&B since my former DiL was not very gracious about "sharing space"!!! Good luck with the reconstruction, JACKIE. Buzz
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Hot day here...remember when I was convinced we were in for an early fall and winter? Well...I've changed my mind. I also remember when my grandfather and my dad would have a Farmers almanac right beside their chair. They were sure the predictions were right on! Aaaaahhhhem...I think that was wishful thinking on their part.
I can't help but look at the devastation in Texas. This is so terrible. I saw a video of people with little kids and babies in a shuttle bus waiting for help. Also older people with their dogs and cats in carriers. The look on their faces were so demoralized. I really need to stop looking at these photos, until there is a plan to send help,in some way. This is Katrina all over again.
My sciatica is a bit better now. Not gone! But I can do a little bit more now and the pain is about 50% gone. The last week or two have not been fun. Still limited in range of motion and strength. I am exercising a couple times a day. I just keep telling myself, "there are people who have real pain and loss. I need to NOT whine. Get after my stretches and exercises."
A good week coming up, dear sneakers. By the way, John and I are replacing the foam in a couple of leather cushions. What a process. Thank God for YouTube. I love that YouTube. They know everything.
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Good evening, nice to hear from so many Sneakers. Nothing much to offer. Church today including communion preparation again and counting offering afterwards. Checking on a friend who did not show up at church (feeling unwell again) and now an evening of Endeavor.
Hugs.
Lin0
