Senior Golden Sneakers
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After just 10 minutes at my laptop my hands have turned to ice so I won't stay here long! There is an electric heater on in this room and the fire is glowing gently in the lounge so it must just be the thought of the cold wind and driving rain that is getting into my bones. We did walk on the moors, my two pooches and me but Betty insisted on wearing her padded jacket before contemplating moving out from the car! I wore waterproofs which was as well since they also keep the wind out. Nature is going to be even more confused now the frogs are calling to mates, the daffodils are about to flower and even our local owls are hooting sweet nothings to each other!
Anne, what a great result in your campaign to bring back your postie and I have to say I'm impressed you would get a quick response from your MP because the majority of our Westminster MP's have learned the fine art of obscure and vague non-committal responses to any matter raised. What with that and a fine outcome to your income tax query, a very good week. By the way did you know that the amazing brain that was Albert Einstein once said the hardest thing to understand is income tax so I think if he couldn't grasp the concept the rest of us have no chance!!
Buzz, I'm hanging on to your observation about the resident with her new hip thank you! Also I remember the lovely man who taught me so much about beekeeping when he took me under his wing had a hip replacement and was walking half a mile after 3 weeks and soon got back to lugging heavy hives and equipment about. Good to know you are feeling relief from "fresh" medication and have to admit I've never looked for a use by date on drugs... learnt something new!!
Sandy, I have pointed out all of Betty's little problems to my friend but she says it's ok, it will only be for a couple of nights but also we are hoping Betty will pick up better habits from her 2 females dogs because unfortunately George is not the best or most patient of teachers! I hope your cheque arrived safely!! At least the shutdown has ceased for now so you won't have flight problems to Hawaii although I see the big man can't give way without throwing out more idle threats!
Lin, don't venture out if it is at all dangerously icy. We want you safe!
Hello to all other sneakers. Time for me to do some washing up then carry out a couple of chores before yet another day is over.
Happy Saturday.
Jackie0 -
Most rich folks seem to want to pass on their money to others or to build monuments to themselves through funding buildings etc. I don’t think a wall qualifies.
Snow here again today. Apparently we have another very difficult week ahead. I may miss all my activities again next week! Argh.
I just put on boots, coat, hat and gloves to go out to knock the ice from my furnace exhaust pipe. A must do for energy efficient furnaces. My goodness, the snow on my deck is deep. I should have shoveled it off long ago. Well, fingers crossed it doesn’t collapse or something.
I may be looking to schedule a grocery delivery next week if this keeps up!
Oh and about the temperature in my house, I have an upstairs zone and a main floor zone. Upstairs in the winter is 70 degrees. Downstairs is programmed into four time settings, overnight is 65, wake up is 70 degrees, daytime is 65 ( but rarely gets below 67), evening is 70. Too complicated right?
Fireplace and heater help keep me in the comfort zone.
Buzz, new Aleve, good idea. And I am glad they are more effective.
Anne, oatmeal sounds good. I haven’t decided on breakfast yet. But soon!
Hello Jackie, Patsy, Jeri, Marie and Sandy. It is laundry time and of course, always card time.
Hugs.
Lin
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Post script: Marie next door phoned to say Tony had slipped on the ice near the mail boxes. That makes three of us! Wants my help in composing letter to our MP. Heavens at this rate more might have problems and we could all be on a protest march come spring, walkers, wheelchairs, canes and all.0
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P.S. Hi Jackie, your post didn’t show for me when I was on the site earlier. Inspired by your walk on the moors, I put on a sweatshirt and trundled out to sweep snow from in front of my overhead garage door, then the front steps and the walk. Applied fresh coat of ice remover, started my hybrid car for a while and have ordered some groceries for an afternoon delivery. Second load of laundry is chugging along and mow to enjoy my yogurt and blueberries.
I am now content, for a little while.
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Anne, just over 100 years ago you'd have been in the mix with the women's suffrage movement and Lin I'm thinking you should have been an analyst of all things elitist and/or political because your observations are always on the money (no pun intended!!). That was a busy hour by the way; I didn't achieve nearly as much although the hens were fed their corn, the coal scuttle refilled, washing up done with cupboards and counters wiped down and the stove cleaned out and re-lit. Cup of tea brewing now so as it's 4.30 here I might just curl up with a book for a while.
Keep the home fires burning ladies!
Jackie1 -
Mmm, yes I can see me as a suffragette, but don't fancy the force feeding some endured!
Speaking of which, fairness for all, etc ie Donald and cronies using their own money to build the wall, how about Melania contributing seeing she's been awarded substantial damages from a British newspaper. As my dad used to say, "you can only wear one pair of shoes at a time".
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Happy Saturday!!
Still frigid here as well, but I am going to go to 4:30 Mass at my new favorite Church unless there is a snowstorm. I invited my buddy Joe but it is much too cold for him so we have a raincheck for a warmer day. My informed mail tells me that my check will be delivered today so I apologize for thinking bad of Babe's son.
Jackie, there is so much work to keep your little paradise, I am impressed with all you do.
Enjoy your time by the fire, maybe even a glass of wine to unwind from your busy schedule.
Lin, you are like the goodyear bunny who just keeps on going and going. You have more energy than my three grandchildren. lol
Anne, good for you and hopefully with enough letters to your MP (who is that exactly) they will bring back your mailbox to your house.
Buzz, I am glad you got new Aleve and it is working. I understand it is not advisable to use expired medicine although I bet we all do it.
Hello the the rest of the sneakers and have a wonderful day.
Sandy
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MP. Member of parliament SANDY. Just a different name, but basically the same as your voted congress representatives.
Just a thought but could you get Babe to give you 12 cheques dated and cashed for each month as it arrives? Save you a lot of worry! Same again for next year.
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Good idea Anne...let's see what he says. lol0
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Best wishes on implementing that idea Sandy.
Wahoo, my grocery order has been delivered. Unfortunately, a couple of items were unavailable and I’d specified no alternate items. It is quite cold and unfortunately the delivery person put my fresh fruit in the trunk. It was a bit damaged. I was unhappy there were no seedless organic grapes available. Darn. But I am stocked on my favorite frozen vegetables as well as non-dairy yogurt.
Anne, our representatives are not very responsive, at least in this area. I have contacted both Senators and Representatives over the last few years. No call backs, a couple of form letter e-mails and one snail mail form letter thanking me for expressing my concerns. Ack. I am impressed with the response you received.
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ANNIE Babe, you are so funny! WE know they can't take it with them, BUT they leave it to their kids, who grow up thinking they should be president of whatever they want! And we are living with the results of kind of bullies they produce!
Actually, many of today's billionaires are NOT elderly! They are inheritors! And have no sense of history (no longer are schools teaching civics courses) or responsibility, or even religion, where most of us learned we are our brothers' keepers!!! It is a greedy bunch of stuff collectors and home collectors! I know several who own homes all over the world, with appropriate wardrobes hanging in each home! I find it mind boggling! (P.S. Bless Nancy Pelosi ! She won!) Now we have a new story to follow in his friend, Mr Stone, who is as "mob" oriented as can be! Trump is surely surrounded by scoundrels at every level! Will he walk away smelling like a rose???
JACKIE, it may no longer be necessary, as incisions ha decreased in length, but I needed a long handled brush to scrub lower legs etc without having to bend too much! Also a shower seat! Smart move getting new slippers!
I waited so long for he Pain Management group to drain my elbow, there is no need any longer. The pain is almost gone, I can bend my elbow again, put in my hearing aids and earrings (!) and generally no longer wince from the bursa, which is almost completely back to normal! If only arthritis in my shoulder and feet would normalize, I could get back to my volley ball, which I so enjoyed! I do think barometric pressure is very involved, so I'll be patient!
XOXOXO, to all you dears, and LIN, SANDY, PATSY, JERI, and everyone not posted today!
I'd better grab quick lunch!
Buzz
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I was joking of course, But seriously BUZZ, wouldn't Mr T be such a hero if he donated all his millions to a wall or better yet, the poor. He would be remembered for ever in the history books as a compassionate president. I know, I know, I live in what we used to call dream cuckoo land.
Anne0 -
Hello everyone! So glad our government is at least temporarily back up and running. I however am not up and running. My ldiabetic leg blisters have taken on a very unpleasant aspect. So far I have not got this thing under control. This is so upsetting. That and this crazy site will not let me correct anything and it seems to invent its own spelling. I am off for a wound dressing change and hopefully some help with the stinging of my leg. I will end this pity party now with apologies and enjoy the sunny mild day. We will take our luck where we can find it.
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Patsy, maybe a trip to a wound clinic is in order. Not that John isn’t doing his best but maybe someone else should look at your leg.0
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Ditto PATSY. You mustn't take chances. It sounds a diabolical wound. Anne.0
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I agree Patsy, you don't want to mess around with that wound being a diabetic.0
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SANDY, what's with your empty posts? Are you trying to tell us something?
PATSY, definitely get to emergency! Those blisters may be nothing but they could also be a sign of something needing immediate care! Don't wait to find out!
I have not been able to walk today on very painful feet, and with all the rain today, I'm hoping barometric pressure is the cause! Disgusting! Perhaps sleep will help? Have a great Sunday, y'all! Buzz
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Hello Everyone
Caught up on all the posts. Thanks for asking about me.
I had a meeting with my original doctor who handled my previous breast cancer on Thursday. I really like him. He wants to relook at it all. New ultrasound, new biopsy (surgical if called for). He thinks its okay but understands my nervousness. And rightly so. 2 aunts, my sister and me, all with breast cancer. So more waiting.
Had a lot of fun today at our daughter Melanie’s house. Visited, played with kids, played cards, had supper. Just plain fun.
Lin, I put my Garmin tracker away. Only using my apple watch. I find it very motivating.
Cheers
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6:30 in the morning, heavy snow outside, and my Bean wants to play. Can't be the weather making her want to play, because it isn't making me want to toss her pink rubber bone in the air and race around the house, I just need more shuteye.
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A leisurely start to the day for me with a nice hot shower and hair wash, exercises, porridge and a coffee before walking round the hamlet I live in rather than the whole village. We had tremendous winds in the night that woke me several times so lots of debris on the roads and just before I got the dogs organised a wild and windy hail and sleet storm swept down from the moors behind me to leave a layer of crunchy ice everywhere. The good news is the wind has now died down and the sun is doing its best to cheer us all up.
After my shower and before drying my hair I put rice into a pan to boil for the beginnings of George's batch of food then completely forgot about it until hair dried and exercises on the bed completed. My nose began to twitch like Samantha's in Bewitched as I realised something was burning.... oh dear, not just the rice ruined but the saucepan too so out that went and a new batch now cooked. I do wonder about my memory at times!!
With the sun shining into the garden room I think it might be a good time to wipe the floor and then put down the sealant that takes about 5 hours to dry. With a small roller it shouldn't take long.
A great plan for Sandy to arrange a year's supply of cheques. I'm sure it would put your mind to rest.
Jeri, that also sounds like the best plan for you to double check everything is ok because if you didn't feel the last procedures and checks were done properly you don't want it stirring your worries but put your mind to rest.
Patsy, ditto all pleas for you to consult professionals and maybe get John to research the use of local honey spread on your dressings, a treatment that is used by our district nurses in the UK and seems to heal extremely well. I may have mentioned before a local gentleman who was, amongst other things, a horse whisperer and he swore by such treatment for open wounds on the animals brought to him by their owners after vets had run out of conventional solutions.
The sun continues to shine so off to clean that floor I go. Good morning to Buzz, Lin and anyone else I missed...... Karen if you are looking in!
Jackie0 -
Good morning all.
I am off to church in a little while so wanted to stop by for a quick hello.
Jeri, I am glad you got an appointment with the doctor you trust. You will have more faith in the result this time round with this physician. I am sorry you must do all the testing again but absolutely the thing to do with the family history. Hugs. We are here and praying for the best. Hugs. And good for you putting the Garmin away. One is enough I know.
Jackie, it may be time to set a timer each time something is simmering on the stove. Can’t hurt right? Just don’t leave the house or fall asleep. It is easy to get involved in another project and completely forget the earlier endeavor. Well, you had more rice to cook. I hope the sealant is drying nicely. George and Betty, stay off!
Buzz, I am glad the elbow does not need to be drained but goodness, horrible that they couldn’t get to you in a timely manner. You have more patience than me! Best wishes for your shoulder. By the way I was up for a few hours last night as I could not find a good comfy spot and my shoulder was aching. Amazing how these things disturb your rest. Ack!
Anne, snow, snow, snow. We had snow yesterday, but not a lot, and now I guess more is coming around noon. How much? Who knows. I hope you got a bit more sleep. I know I would like to do the same!
Sandy, I hope you got to church yesterday. Did you get snow flurries yesterday?
Patsy, all best wishes friend.
Must get going.
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The Dalmatian across the road and now living in Darren's rented house taken for walkies. Up to her tum in snow, no sign of legs. Jilly Bean will not be going out unless Mark turns up to clear the drive.
I burnt a saucepan the other day JACKIE. Mine had white but now brown and black boiled eggs in it and what alerted me was the smell of singeing! Easily done I'm afraid as we multi task.
Just been watching a very funny video sent to me by Mike. "It ain't half hot Mum", best bits. I suppose you could call it racist, but not really because the "soldiers" are as daft as the native East Indians. I don't recommend it for over here unless uprooted British because the accents could be difficult, but Jackie might get a smile. It talks a lot about salt tablets they had to take in India for the heat. Mark had to take them as a little boy as well because he suffered heat stroke even in Derbyshire.
I've got the washing on the go because today is my day off from all other chores. Then the rest of the day is family, phone calls and writing, oh and playing zoomies with shorty to get some exercise in.
It's very heartening to read JERI'S post and BUZZ'S. We all seem to be suffering in varying degrees. I think the weather isn't helping.
Anyway girls, I'll love you and leave you!
The dryer calls.
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So happy! Brian, the bachelor who lives across the road came with his snow blower and cleared my drive and sidewalk. This meant I got The Bean out for a walk. Happy me, happy pup.
We are expecting a real doozy of a snow storm on Monday. I'm wondering if I can hire him. He's a seasonal worker erecting decks, fences etc. So he just might. Better yet, he's got a lovely big white dog called Shelby.
Anne.0 -
Happy Sunday! I am going to a baby shower this afternoon even though it is still frigid outside. We too are expecting a lot of snow tonight through tomorrow.
Anne, what a great neighbor to remove your snow, maybe he would like to earn a few extra dollars. My son would probably do it for free as he loves his snow blower so much. He did all of the neighbors who had not done their driveways because someone had done his one day and he wanted to pay back.
Lin, yes I did get to church even in the snow but it really wasn't bad. I came home and watched the movie A Beautiful Boy which as you probably saw on Facebook brought me to tears. What a powerful movie and so close to home.
Buzz, I am confused by your post because I don't think I have any blank posts, do I ladies?
Jackie, I did that once with sugar and water for my hummingbird. It set off my fire alarm with all this black smoke and I couldn't get the alarm to shut off and was afraid the fire department was going to show up. I opened all the windows and got fans and finally it stopped. That was in my very first apartment after the separation.
Jeri, I agree with Jackie, you trust this doctor so I would do exactly as he says.
Page flipped on me so that is all I can remember. Have a great day.
Sandy
One Day at a Time
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Unfortunately just as I stepped into my garden room to seal the floor tiles more hail and sleet crashed down and the temperature in there dropped several degrees so I thought it best not to do that job because it would take too long to dry. Hopefully tomorrow. Am now sitting with feet up waiting for an episode of Call the Midwife starting in about half an hour.
Sandy, burnt sugar would be disastrous on the bottom of a pan even if you soaked to dissolve it. I was sure my smoke alarm was about to beep beep so opened the kitchen door and was amazed at the cloud that drifted out! The smell hung around for some time too!
Anne, Apparently the BBC refuses to broadcast episodes of Some Mothers because of its typical 1970's non PC content which is silly because if for no other reason it would be a useful social history lesson. The amazing thing is this morning while looking in my desk for something I found an old photo of my very young mum with a group at a tennis club that she had sent to my dad during the war and on the back was written his army number and battalion which had reminded me I want to see if I can get hold of his records. The coincidence is he was based in India training troops before heading for Burma so was in a very hot climate, then an hour or so later you mention the comedy... spooky!!
So pleased your snow was blown away by that good Samaritan and let's hope he loves playing with his blower and will keep up with your snowfall!
Lin, normally I do use the oven timer when walking away from items on the hob but I think I just had too many thoughts buzzing round in my head!!
Enjoy the remainder of Sunday everyone.
Jackie0 -
JACKIE, my cousin Doug was in Burma during and just after the war. I believe he was with the Coldstream guards, the ones you see on horseback at Buckingham Palace anyway if I've got the regiment or name wrong. Wouldn't it be a hoot if he'd known your dad!
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Two special comments: SANDY, every one of your posts the past 2 or 3 days was completely blank except for the Avatar! After sending your message a few moments ago, I wandered down the screen and suddenly noticed as I scrolled what should have been text but was empty space to the right of your photos,the cursor changed to the hand shape, so I clicked and sure enough, I found each post appearing! I cannot imagine what is going on, but at least I've caught up with you!
Comment #2: For JACKIE (and ANNE), My dear Mike was stationed in India, Burma and China in a US Air Corps during WW2. He especially loved being up in the mountains on R&R, but was also in some pretty awful spots, cities so crowded and dirty he would not eat any Indian food! But he loved the people! And he did drink the teas!
After a fabulous buffet , I attended the movie about Neil Armstrong, I think called "First Man ". We all were mesmerized; I didn't nod off once, but used quite a bit of tissue! I found it to be very emotional for me and kept recalling watching the Columbia burst into flame after launching! If you have never seen it, don't miss it!
I cannot sit, as my legs and ankles swell badly, so hello and hugs to everyone, and I'll watch 60 Minutes from bed! Buzz
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60 minutes. What do you think of Mr. Schulz Buzz? Hope I've spelt the name right.0
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Howard Schultz, Mr. Billionaire. Interesting. A Jewish Independent Centrist. Not afraid to spend enough money to buy the election so to speak.
A bit frightening. Third party candidates traditionally dilute the vote. In this case it is implied it will give Trump another term.0 -
Yes, that's what I understood, Trump probably in again. Oh joy. Rather liked Mr. Schultz though from what I heard. Believe he owns Starbucks LIN? Humble beginnings.
It's 1 degree Fahrenheit here or minus 17 Centigrade. 8 inches of snow expected starting mid day.
Happy Monday everyone.
Anne0
