Senior Golden Sneakers
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Good morning—it is Anne’s birthday!!! Enjoy every moment.
Off to church and feeling more like a human being today. Two days of walking about on concrete floors, schlepping multiple tote bags and wearing a crossbody bag, sitting on horrible plastic molded chairs totally did me in. So I am ready to do church duty this morning.
Buzz, thanks for the pain scale. It was a bad night. And I am sorry for the scam attempt. We always need to be on guard these days.
Patsy, I don’t know many sites for finding graphic images but I think we are all pleased to receive a kind word and a remembrance. By the way, does Katie get ill each time she chomps on something not intended for a doffie’s stomache?
Sandy, welcome home.
Hugs.
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After the party was over!
Anne.
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It was so nice to see SANDY's kitty wishing ANNE a happy day! And Jilly is really so tiny!!! And precious! Glad LIN has revived; do you find weather affects your painful areas? I've had a lazy day, and our brunch today included a choice of scramble eggs with onions and lox (smoked salmon) ,a toasted bagel, tomato, a delicious sweet potato soup, nice chopped salad, and carrot cake for dessert. I ate the bagel instead of cake, which was probably not good for my weight, either! At least I did not order the ice creams! Now my nice neighbor called to let me know he bought me 5 boxes of blueberries at Costco this afternoon. It's one of my few indulgences! Now I will make some sort of grilled cheese for my supper and hope 60 minutes has something as interesting as the story about the Hubble Space Telescope a couple of weeks ago. My goodness, my mind cannot begin to comprehend the vastness of the universes (the ones we know about now!). So I'm back to wondering if there are other beings out there wondering the same thing! Have a lovely evening , everybody...
Buzz
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Hello sneakers. While Ireland north and south gets blown about by hurricane strength winds we in Cornwall are being buffeted by the edge of their storm so it was hard work walking across the moors first thing while dogs and humans leaned into the storm and did out best not to get knocked off our feet! It's still very windy outside so the gardener booked to begin cutting hedges has put off for 24 hours for safety reasons and I can't blame him.
We had a wonderful trip to London where the only hiccup was being given upper circle seats at the theatre having specifically requested and paid extra to stay out of the gods! Luckily when we went to the box office and asked for an upgrade we managed to get 2 very good seats in the stalls, at a cost of course, so now I'm in the process of making a complaint to the company who arranged the package and insisting on a refund of their upgrade that wasn't. Yesterday we spent a few hours on Oxford Street shopping and taking in the sights and sounds before driving out of the city and home to the west country. Oh yes, another down side, we didn't find the carrot cake at Costa Coffee so had to buy Marks and Spencer's instead that was almost although not quite as good!
Anne ~ It's obvious from that photo of Jilly that she had a wonderful time on your birthday and I'm sure you too were pampered and spoiled rotten!
Buzz ~ The "Moderate" pain face on your chart looks similar to my expression most days.... more bemused/confused than anything too painful!!
George is still exhausted after a weekend with my neighbours and taking trips to the moors of Dartmoor where he watched mad humans swimming in ravines then a local beach for more swimming, this time in the sea. I gather he declined to go in the water himself!
Tomorrow I am driving to Plymouth to have lunch with a friend so won't be home much but after that my week is so far panning out to be quiet..... we'll see!
Happy Monday everyone.
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Good morning, we are not blowing away today and the Sun is out. Those who ran the local marathon yesterday would have been happier without all the wind they had to fight yesterday. Poor souls.
I have a service contract for my heating/cooling system and they just left after checking out my furnace, cleaning things out, changing the filter on the humidifier and changing the electronic air filter. Of course the contact does not cover supplies. It is done, everything seemed to be okay. Yippee. Just cleaning up a bit after them and working on my laundry.
My first project is to make a card for my friend who has spent so much time in the hospital. She has been home for about two weeks this time. She has been quite ill once again and some new hope of growth has appeared. They did a biopsy last week and she was to find out the results on Tuesday. Unfortunately over the weekend she developed fever, chills and profound fatigue so they are taking her to the doctor today and they may have the biopsy results. I try to send her a card each week but want to get one in the mail this afternoon (or tomorrow morning at the latest). I am worried about her.
Buzz, what a wonderful surprise you received. Blueberries! They are so delicious. I have no idea what was on 60 Minutes last night as I had PBS on most of the evening and I had my head buried in a book. Another John Dunning book. I am hooked on the Bookman series.
Jackie, a very nice weekend with the exceptions of the lack of success in finding the carrot cake and being sort of cheated when it came to your seating. I do hope the company provides you a refund since you did not receive what you paid for and then were charged again to change seating. On my weekend event I paid for a package which included an evening of nibbles (not described in the literature), a light breakfast and lunch. I was asked for dietary restrictions and I responded gluten free vegan. Friday evening there was nothing I could have (and it was just a dessert bar) and the dispenser of iced tea was empty before I could get to it. Breakfast the next morning again was nothing but different little breakfast pastries and donuts but at least I got a small cup of coffee. I was looking forward to lunch thinking I might get some plain salad and some fruit. I finally went to the table with my printed card and they just looked at me. They had nothing and there was no tea or coffee. It was pouring rain so I did not get to my car. Luckily I had packed a couple of things in my purse and had a bottle of water. Later one of the organizers apologized and since I had paid for all the food and received nothing they gave me a voucher to spend in their store during the event. So I got something. The voucher expired when the event was over so if I had not had time to do the shopping I would have just been out of luck. I wonder if I decide to register for next year if they will let me pay less and have no meals? Haaaaa.
Anne, tell us all about your birthday. A tired out Jilly for certain. I saw a photo on Facebook of a gentleman’s birthday (a middle aged adult) and he had a table full of wrapped gifts. That was sweet! Not only did his family do that but he actually posted the photo on Facebook. Not his wife or other family members, he really must have been pleased.
Sandy, home? Or still on the go?
Speaking of which, I had better get moving again.
Wishing everyone a good day.
Hugs.
Lin
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Just a quickie from me. Welcome home JACKIE, things never go quite right do they, and poor LIN!
Just letting you know that my youngest is kidney stone free! However he has a huge list of what to avoid in the food intake line. Top of the list spinach! He ate an awful lot of spinach salads at lunchtime. Raspberries, rhubarb, Brussels Sprouts, baked potato skins, most beans and nuts etc because of the high oxalate content. If anybody suspects they might have a tendency towards kidney, bladder stones etc (I think I do because I sometimes get painful small stones in my saliva glands) I found a site Mark gave me very informative and interesting. It's:
..................kidney stones.uchicago.edu.
My birthday was most pleasant. Luncheon really and best of all Michael and Mark, but no Mary Jo who has a bad cold and didn't want to pass it on, gift wrapped?
The weather was appalling though, very high winds which had the old trees around here creaking ominously. Chilly today, but calm.
Washday and down to earth again.
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Happy Monday!!
I am back!! Actually I got back Saturday but was too tired to post. I went to Church yesterday, stopped by Babe's and then for some groceries. Had a video call with my kids and other than wish Anne a happy birthday I was still too tired to post. I am good today, laundry is started, catching up on bills and other computer things.
We worked really hard in Wisconsin but still had fun. I came home with some of my money so I consider that a win. We had some great dinners and spent some quality time together. The only mishap was that I took a fall in their trailer and my knee is all black and blue. I am not limping and it really doesn't hurt unless I touch it so I hope I didn't damage my bionic knee.
I don't think I will call the doctor because since it is not painful I think I am fine.
Anne, I hope you had a wonderful birthday and with your great kids I know you did. Dare we ask how young you are? Whatever the age you look marvelous darling!! BTW, love the picture of Jilly, she is certainly worn out!!
Lin, sorry about your knee, maybe it was sympathy pain for me.
I am sorry about your friend and also for the mix up with the food. I am glad to be home and back to a normal life.
Jackie, sorry you have to complain about your refund, customer service these days is just horrible. You were looking so forward to the carrot cake so I hope the Marks and Spenser was a good substitute.
Buzz, it is hard to imagine other life forms, but you never know. My pain level is number 2, just mild.
Patsy, I think the internet is wonderful for staying in touch with those who are close to us.
I just can't leave this site because the sneakers mean so much too me.
Now to ask all of you a personal question. I am scheduled for a colonoscopy in November.
For years I have taken pills rather than the liquid prep they recommend. This year they said I would need a blood test for my kidneys before they would give me the pills. She tried to convince me that the liquid prep is not that bad if taken with Gatorade. It is drinking a gallon of liquid along with two other kinds of prep. I am so afraid I will not keep it down but others I know have done it with no problem. Should I get the blood test and take the pills or should I be brave and try the liquid? Have any of you done it?? Or at my age (75) should I just not take the test? My mother died of colon cancer when she was 77 so should I be safe rather than sorry??
On that note, I will say have a wonderful day.
Sandy
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Isn't that odd, I was just posting about kidney stones and what foods to avoid and there was SANDY posting at the same time! I know nothing about colonoscopy so I can't help on that one I'm afraid Sandy. However you asked how old I have become! I'm now a whopping 82, but don't feel a day older than 81.
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You are so youthful Anne—I have difficulty believing you are over 80!
Sandy, I have had two tests (second one was early as they were looking for reasons for anemia) and have drunk the liquid both times. Doctors here apparently don’t allow the pill option. I have not used Gatorade. Here they give you a ‘Flavor’ and you just mix it up and drink it. I find it a nasty experience. I might as well live in the bathroom and I never am able to finish all of it. BUT, I have never had any issue with throwing up, am always cleaned out well for their test, and all goes well. The second time I had the test I had severe pain afterwards so was kept longer than usual. I am not certain that in ten years I will do it again.
Anyone else?
Welcome home Sandy. I understand tired! I am sorry you hurt your knee.0 -
Sandy ~ So good to see you back amongst us but sorry to read about your bruised knee. Was it that extra glass of wine in which case worth it? LOL On our theatre night in London we found a wonderful Italian restaurant that was buzzing with young people so with the most delicious order of Mozzarella and ham ravioli with garlic bread I also enjoyed 2 large glasses of red wine and had to pick my way carefully along the road to the theatre!!
A gallon of any liquid seems ginormous when I equate it to feeding my tomatoes from a watering can!! Having said that we have a different checking system here (as ever!!) so every 3 years get a card in the mail with spatula that we use to take our own sample, place it in the middle of the card then into a foil lined envelope that is self addressed to an NHS laboratory, that way we only have a colonoscopy if something shows under the microscope. Apparently colon cancer numbers have decreased considerably because it's caught early. What I'm really trying to say Sandy is I've not had to have a colonoscopy so no experience of the clear out options but did once take a friend to a local hospital for one and remember her horror stories about drinking so much of the stuff and also seeing her dive off to the loo as soon as we got there! The tablets must have nasty side effects that can cause kidney damage so don't take any chances for one day's discomfort.... easy for me to say I know!!
Definitely have the colonoscopy whatever.
Time to cook my supper although not sure what yet!
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Hello sneakers! Interesting weekend here. Our son arrived a bit later than he planned. He had an appointment to have new tires put on his car. As usual things took longer than promised. He was exhausted. The shirts and sweaters fit him perfectly. He looked great in them. Starting Tomorrow he has meetings with several new TV clients so he is set to look sharp!
Oddly, I was also exhausted after he left on Sunday night. On my midnight trip to the bathroom, I fell. Big bruise on my shoulder and hip. I had to shout out to John to come help me get up. It was like in that old TV commercial, "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" I have a very badly bruised self confidence and wounded dignity. I am rather creaky today. Still very lucky, no bones are broken.
Katie is always sad when Damon leaves. She considers him her important family member. His dogs are her pals even though they are old girls with no interest in her. She is a rambunctious teenager.
Need to have coffee and a big dose of attitude adjustment. No whining, Patsy!
Patsy the whiner!0 -
I really MUST get to the shower and give myself a whopping shampoo, but there are a few comments I must make:
SANDY, your Mom had Colon Cancer? TAKE THE COLONOSCOPY!!! I've had several, and while it's a bit of a bummer staying close to a bathroom and making no other plans during that period, there ar many things worse than drinking a huge amount of liquid and undergoing a procedure you will sleep through, and the relief you get when you hear the results is more than worht it! everyone should have a "base" colonoscopy so your "normal" is on record. Good luck, sweetheart, and don't think about it twice! Sorry about that fall; ouch!
JACKIE, Yep, service today is awful, but it has become a fact of life. Your positive outlook on life is such a blessing, though, you seem able to weather anything with serenity!
LIN, real bummer! Was there an agent or tourist guide with you? Anything outside the "ordinary" is almost impossible these days, so perhaps you have to buy separate parts of whatever you go to so you don't have to eat things that don't agree with you! Hope next one is better!
ANNE, 81!? NEVER! But a wonderful year to you. And your lovely family!
PATSY, falling is my greatest fear. I go nowhere, including bathrooms, without my walker. At the grand old age of 90, I think I'm the only one living here who has never fallen, which doesn't mean I never will, but I'm glad you ended up (SANDY, too) with merely bruises! Buzz
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Hey BUZZ, I'm 82! Only 8 years behind you!
Glad you didn't break anything PATSY, VERY glad!
Go for it SANDY, it appears everyone here drinks the liquid.
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Buzz, no it was local and I signed up online so there was no flexibility. If I go next year I will call in and talk to them! Congrats on staying upright. I sincerely wish I had not fallen and broken my teeth. Could have been worse I guess.
Meanwhile I am very distracted, my friend’s biopsy came back positive for cancer. More tests on the horizon to see it it is contained in this lump or has spread. So unhappy.
I pray everyone is well.
Hugs and a few more hugs.
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Buzz: as always, you are an example of a woman who defies age. You look and act like a woman much younger. Age really is just a number.
Jackie: I saw in the news that you had a pretty nasty storm heading your way. Glad you escaped the worst of it. We had a similar experience this weekend with the meals we had planned for our son. They were okay but not as good as the should have been for the price. More and more, we are experiencing bad and insufficient service. Sign of the times?
Sandy: I had a colonoscopy and I was okay but I hated the before prep. I guess it must be done and you will do it with grace and positive attitude. I , on the other hand, yell and kick and make a fuss. I make everyone around me miserable. In other words I do it all wrong!
Anne: as much as we may love our daughter in law or son in law, it is quite lovely to have our original little family together again. To you and the sneakers in general...age? Forget about it!!!! You are young where it counts. The gray matter is still firing on all cylinders.
Lin: your experience seems to be the common for all vegan friends of mine. Dear one, I fear you must continue to plan and fix your own food. We live a world of unhealthy food that we push on everyone. We all pay for these unhealthy choices with health issues.
Now what was I going to do? Oh yeah! Have a nice day.
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Hi ho, it’s off to Mah Jongg I go. Groceries from TJ’s are put away, the weather is sunny, the leaves are gorgeous and I have a cup of coffee.
Wishing everyone contentment.
Hugs.
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Happy Tuesday!! I have a couple of errands to run before meeting Lisa and the boys for Max's 9 month pictures. Then I will go back to their house for their date night to watch the boys.
Lin, have fun at Mah Jongg now that you have done your errands.
Patsy, not sure about that grace and positive attitude but will get the job done even though I hate it. I would rather be safe than sorry since colon cancer is curable if caught early. I am sorry for your fall and know the feeling of being embarrassed.
Anne, you are usually first, must be a nice day for walking.
Buzz, yes I have had colonoscopies since I have been 50 so I know the routine just never had to drink the prep before. They claim the pills are bad for your kidneys so I will listen to reason.
Jackie, I don't qualify for the smear test because of all the cancer in my family. I wish I did, that I could handle.
I hope everyone has a great day, I am happy to be back to my everyday life.
Sandy
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Well we've finally got no wind, plenty of sunshine and a very good day for digging the last of the veggies, onions. I made a big veggie and chicken stew to share with Jilly Jean. She got mainly chicken with lots left over for later and I got mainly veggies which are now a memory and nothing left over! I don't put onions in this stew because they are bad for wee doggies. I Add them later in cooking to my portion. One thing about having a small dog is she is easy to cook for and the chicken I cook lasts about 2 days so it's no more expensive than the expensive brands of canned dog food.
Glad you are going for the liquid prep SANDY. I think my attitude if I should ever need such a procedure will be to join PATSY in the yelling and kicking up a fuss department. No one around here has heard of a pill option.
If anyone is interested, it's probably only interesting to me because of my working background, Bombardier has gone into partnership with once rival Airbus so it doesn't look as if thousands of workers in Canada and Ireland will lose their jobs after all.
And on that optimistic note Jilly and I will trot off to the communal mailboxes and see how many bills have arrived!
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Things are normal here...rainy, cloudy and windy! But all in all, a great cup of coffee and a cd of great bluesy jazz and there is of course, a great chat with the sneakers.
I feel better today after a nice sleep. The fall left me with a few very colorful bruises and sore muscles. I had this idea of making the bruises into tattoos. That is very trendy these days. However they are in inaccessible parts of my body! Back of my arm, my hip and my backside. Speaking of tattoos...I am sort of amazed at the huge tattoos that the young people are getting. It doesn't look very pretty or artistic to me. I know I am old school, as they say. Almost every person under 50 these days are sporting some huge design all over there arms and legs. I fear that ink will cause problems later.
National Geographic this month is all,about happiness. Interesting! So many of our friends suffer depression. Dreary dark weather is a problem for me at times. Not all times however. Living here on the coast, one does need to develop a plan to cope with all the rain. Katie the Great helps a lot. She is now chewing happily on a pair of my good socks. They now have ragged tops and holes in the toes. I'll wear them anyway.
Trying flavored coffee...chocolate!
Patsy
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Tattoos PATSY. I wonder what will happen when these young folk with today's taut skin become old and wrinkly! Now there's a depressing thought! The mind boggles envisioning this. Roses in their glory becoming droopy and faded like their owners. "I love Bill" or whoever, only readable when the skin is pulled taut. Not a pretty sight in the shower. Some brave souls outline their eyes black. Can you imagine having a granny with the goth look!!. Not to mention outlined lips with bright red filling! The senior citizen homes could be very interesting in 50 years time! Shades of Stephen King.
Anne the unblemished, well at least tattoo free!0 -
Funny funny ANNE! Seniors today seem to be very "with it"!
PATSY, I have mixed in Hazelnut flavored coffee into my pot of dark Columbian and when I have coffee elsewhere, I really miss that flavor! By the way, I think what makes Florida so attractive for me is the Sunshine, which means very little depression!
Massive download tonight of changes to windows 10. My friend an neighbor yelled help, so I went over to see if I could find his email, Outlook.com, which now contains only empty folders, all of his mail having disappeared! I finally found some mail in his Inbox, but all that remained were ads from Beall's department store! I ran a scan and there were only 2 malware found on Malwarebytes, and I suggested he get Dell or other experts to find his last 2 weeks of email! I hope it had nothing to do with all the new Windows updates!
After dinner, we had the most wonderful "classical jazz" concert , discovering our beautiful Steinway concert grand had been moved (!!!) downstairs to our main lobby during the massive renovation of the 2nd floor auditorium and everything else! The five man band were all retired musicians of tremendous talent and taste! After an hour of all my favorite "swing" , etc. I requested Sweet Georgia Brown, which they played wit extra love and my mood from all the glum news today brightened considerably. Nothing like beautiful music to soothe the soul! I still wonder how the heck that huge piano was brought downstairs!
Midnight in 5 minutes, and I must get more sleep than last night. SANDY, JACKIE, LIN and all our lurking friends, have a lovely night! Buzz
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Gloomy weather again but at least the wind died down after the storm although I gather another is on its way..... those warming oceans if anyone will listen!!! Yesterday after walking on the moors in glorious sunshine I returned home to find my hedges being cut back so having left them coffee and tea supplies in the kitchen I drove off to Plymouth for lunch with my friend who lives by the sea. We had a lovely catch up although we do talk regularly on the phone. Before driving home I walked George along the road, up steep steps to the top and across the Hoe where Francis Drake apparently played bowls while the Spanish Armada sailed into view but he insisted on finishing the game! Such a shame history lessons now barely go back beyond the horrors of 20th century wars.... I used to love these romantic stories told in classrooms which stay with me today! Last night our destination was a war memorial that currently has a display of a few of the ceramic poppies that adorned the Tower of London a couple of years ago.
Having read all the posts and caught up I'm so sorry to learn so many have had falls so are sporting bruises and aches. Is there something in the air? It's only quite recently that people with tattoos have been accepted into jobs where they meet and greet the public otherwise they felt discriminated against and I have to say when not long ago I was dealing with a manager in a store who had a bright green splodge of a tattoo appearing out of his collar and up his neck I struggled to concentrate on the conversation as I tried to work out what it could possibly be..... a lizard perhaps or the green fields of Ireland; I never did decide! I did hear the news about Bombardier Anne and the obvious conclusion it was done deliberately to avoid the recent moves against them which just goes to show there are cleverer businessmen than the one instigating the attack on them!! Buzz I wouldn't be able to rest until I discovered how that beautiful piano was moved! Could it have been hoisted out of a window and back in further down or perhaps you have a large lift (elevator) hidden away somewhere? Itt's like one of Lin's mysteries!
Oh, a hint of sunshine so I will get myself moving because I need to check if my bees require more sugar syrup and perhaps muck out the hens which reminds me, I have registered with the British Hen Welfare Trust that rescues birds from intensive farms so will hopefully soon have a few new faces in the chicken run!
Midweek already..... where does the time go?
Jackie
PS. My neighbour just sent this photo of George enjoying Dartmoor with friends while I was away in London!!
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Cute JACKIE. I'm beginning to think that George, Jilly and Katie have more interesting social lives than myself.
Dear old Francis Drake and his bowls, well he wasn't that old when he died, in his fifties, but old for his time. Did you ever see his famous drum? Can't quite remember the full poem about defending England, but the ending was something like:
Just beat my drum in Devon,
And I'll quit the port of heaven,
And I'll fight for merrie England as I never fought before.
We could need him! Preserve that drum!
Anne.
Let those who will
Their acres till,
Or learn to shove
An inky quill,
For me a life bravado.
I'm off to El Dorado.
Oh boy, you've got me going again. SHUT UP Annsie.0 -
My goodness, almost empty today! I've been playing with my new cellphone, and I hope I know what I'm doing concerning not using my WiFi as it appears to access it automatically, yet it's not showing up on the internet. Comcast shows it as one of my devices, yet says there is no activity, so I'd better get to understand "usage" better than I do!
JACKIE, I will definitely try to find out about the piano, as it is huge and our elevators ar not!
ANNE, what a memory.!
I must go work at my hair, which I was ready to cut yesterday, except it suddenly looked full and splendid after shampooing so I cancelled. Probably today will be a bust. Anyway, din-din is shortly and I'm not ready because I was busy practicing texting and my fingers are too fat! To be continued..... Buzz
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Happy Wednesday! Busy day again, went for a dental cleaning, then to buy a gift certificate to give to my friend tonight as they invited me to celebrate her birthday with them. I also had a no chip manicure and now it is almost time to change for dinner.
Buzz, my hair always looks the best the day I have a hair appointment. lol What kind of phone did you end up buying and usually it is better to use wifi than data.
Anne, you do indeed remember all the old songs or/and poems. If you were as cute as Jilly you would also have a social life. (just kidding)
Jackie, love both of your pictures, the poppies are beautiful and your friends showing George the no swimming sign is funny.
Anne and Patsy hope you are enjoying your days.
Have a good day.
Sandy
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Hello, another lovely fall day here. Did the usual Tai Chi, then getting together to color (only one of my friends there but that was okay), home to watch a webinar, made soup and started sorting through bills. Not paid, just sorted. The volunteer group for our fire department sent out a notice asking us to attend a pancake breakfast. Unfortunately the letter was dated in late September and the pancake breakfast is long over. Great job post office.
Yes, an interesting day here on the Sneakers. Great photos and interesting poetry. All gratefully accepted. Thank you.
I should get back to my paper sorting. I don’t think I will ever be paperless.
Buzz, my phone usually hooks up to WiFi in my house automatically but I had to give the phone my password the first time so it could access the network. I have an old phone and not a great phone plan but if I am NOT on WiFi I see 3G in the corner of the display. I assume most people would see 4G. You can turn off WiFi connectivity if you want to on most phones. I usually struggle to keep my phone attached to my network. It slips off and then I have to reboot it to get reconnected. Pain!
I hope you will get everything figured out to your satisfaction.
Best wishes everyone.
Hugs.
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Just checking on my way to bed. Busy figuring out what I have or do not have on my new Samsung Galaxy J7 Perx, for which I requested no data. Calls are unlimited, and 500 texts a month for $20, but I don't have to start paying until February since there was still $89 left on my old account once I got the new phone. Virgin Mobile rolled over minutes 12 years ago when I first joined them during Hurricane Wilma, and I'm thinking I may use this one more frequently. I have a modem in my apartment for my house phone and the internet. Of course I have a crazy password so it's locked to anyone else. However, I don't know that it can be used outside my apartment, and there is a guest WiFi available in the rest of the buildings to which I just checked off availability on my phone. If anyone thinks I know what I'm doing, I haven't the vaguest idea! SANDY, I did not sign up for Data, especially since I don't know what that means! So there is WiFi available, but I have no idea if I get charged for using my own for this extra phone! Eventually I suppose I'll learn, just as I did the computer...hit and miss! By the way, My friend asked me to help find his email, and since I've never failed to figure out his problems (they think I'm a genius!) I went next door, logged on, clicked on his Outlook.com, and- - -NOTHING in any of the folders; but NOTHING anywhere. His email completely disappeared! I Googled the problem and holy crow! It is happening to tons of other computers, as well! I didn't want to mess with restore since we did a scan with Malwarebytes and only 2 bits of malware showed up, and it could be either the downloads from Microsoft, or he's been hacked...or it's way over my head! I even tried Windows new Mail program to see if they moved it over without announcing it, but that, too, was empty! Drat!
JACKIE, I didn't know George can read, lol! Love it!
LIN, it never occurred to me that cell phones needed WiFi! I'll look in the corner when I turn it on. It also has cameras but since I don't have email on it, I don't see the point!
I'm off..............oh, I was told the piano legs were removed and professional movers positioned it on one of the larger elevators. The Steinway and the organ are both absolute gems, and amazing for a small auditorium. I do hope they include a new audio system in the massive renovations! Buzz
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Midday already and I can see a yellow tinge to the sky similar to our hurricane day. Another storm on its way but mild and just a bit strange for our October weather! On the way home from a walk in the woods I left George snoozing in the car (windows wide open!!) at the allotment while I collected up our 5 pumpkins and at least 30 sweetcorn cobs to split with my neighbour. With my pumpkin I'm going to make a mild curry if I can find a decent recipe and the sweetcorn will be blanched and frozen. Lots of housework to be done today too!
Anne ~ George has a better social life than me too!! Many years ago I went to Buckland Abbey where a wonderful monk called Father Adam bred special honey bees that were calm and productive so there was always plenty of honey, wax candles and mead to be purchased!! I do my best to follow his philosophy on beekeeping.... never easy when a queen is bad tempered but I try!! Anyway, I knew Drake's dying wish was that his drum be taken to the abbey so he could return from Heaven to collect it if England was ever threatened in the future but blow me, they have a replica in its place so he'll be very cross if he has to come back only to discover the original is locked in a fridge in order to preserve it in another part of the UK!!
Buzz ~ Mystery solved!! Still quite an achievement to have moved such a beautiful piano so carefully. While away in London with my friend she tried to explain several aspects of her iphone to me but like you I find it goes either over my head or in one ear, out the other because I don't understand how, when traveling on a coach or walking round a city centre, she can get a signal because I thought one had to know a password for wifi. Perhaps it isn't wifi but satellite since whoever "THEY" are, they know exactly where a phone user is at any given time but I fear one day I'm going to have to find out but then I was always far behind the majority when it came to modern technology. The nineteenth century would have suited me so I'm hoping experiments in time travel will come to fruition before I pop my clogs and I can at least visit Victorian times for a short while and if for no other reason get away from what seems constant phone calls from 'unavailable' numbers pestering me about a government grant that I might be entitled to.... yeah right!!
My hair does the same.... fights with me for weeks before an appointment then on the day everyone says how nice it's looking and the cycle begins again!!
Oh dear, George is in one of his bark at the wind moods which means he's going to be doing so for most of the day. I'll make myself some lunch and see if a bit of activity on my part calms him down. Hello to Sandy, Lin, Patsy and anyone else I missed.
Jackie
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On Facebook today. Helford Village, Cornwall. So beautiful. Oh my.
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Oh dear JACKIE, there will be some frantic defrosting of Francis's drum if England's green and pleasant land gets attacked!
I'm with you in wanting to live in a past era. Victorian times appeal except for the corsets. I don't think I could stand corsets if suddenly transported. Mrs Gaskells "Cranford " always appealed. Lovely village, gossipy ladies sipping newly imported tea, and regency dress with not a corset in sight I believe. Think Jane Austen. The bonnets would be handy as well to solve visiting today's fiendish hairdressers. A few fetching curls around the face, the rest stuffed in the beribboned bonnet and Bobs your uncle as we used to say.
Have a lovely day friends,
Anne, wondering whether to get my hair cropped again. It doesn't look bad right now, but out in the wind, mmm.
P.S. Watched Farages speech at the EU on YouTube and enjoyed it! He looked like the Cheshire Cat at the end. Had to smile when he said none of the - what?? - gathered assembly? - had real jobs.
Thanks for the photo LIN posted at the same time as I wrote. Worth fighting to preserve don't you think!0
