Senior Golden Sneakers
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I am home and I am sold on reflexology. I am going to do a series of treatments to see what positive changes can be made.
Feeling so much better right now.
Lin0 -
My reply wouldn’t post...back tomorrow. So happy to hear treatment went well for you, Lin.
Patsy0 -
A beautiful day, the dogs have been walked and I've enjoyed breakfast outside to the sound of a neighbour's screaming petrol strimmer... hopefully will soon finish what's she's doing so I can do some weeding in peace!
Great news Lin. I had a feeling you would be delighted with reflexology but didn't want to raise hopes in case that wasn't so. You Patsy having problems posting too. A couple of days ago an ad popped up asking me to register for the MFP that charges so I wonder if again they are trying to ease us in that direction by making posting difficult. Time will tell. Anne, the advancement in cancer treatments is amazing isn't it and certainly in the UK we are told more people now survive cancer than die from it... all great news. On the subject of population growth, I read recently that London alone will need an extra 185,000 school places in the next 20 years because of the influx of immigrants. Since we are constantly told that leaving the EU will be catastrophic for our economy I do wonder why we are so popular!!
Hooray, the noisy strimmer has stopped so I'll get my gardening gloves on and see how far I get with gentle weeding. This morning and yesterday I managed to walk in the woods without a stick and although a bit uncomfortable I feel improvements are happening.
Happy Saturday everyone. Thinking of you Buzz
Jackie
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You must tell us more about reflexology LIN! Sounds interesting and I'm so glad you are treating and spoiling yourself.
JACKIE wonderful walking progress!! You are an inspiration to us and anyone contemplating hip replacement.
I must admit I was very surprised at the number of immigrants crossing our border from the States. Difficult to imagine why when you consider how cold it can get and most of our refugees are from much warmer climes. I guess we will have many more if Donald's wall plans collapse. He won't want to erect one up here will he if the march north solves his problem. We live in most interesting times.
MFP are certainly mucking things up on the Sneakers. Updating, new staff? Or simply hoping we will cough up. I'm afraid they'll continue hoping as far as I'm concerned as my pensions never increase, but I do age wise.
Well, the washings on and it's time to take the patient (ha ha) bean for a ramble.
Anne, who's still here, wonders.0 -
Happy Saturday! I am up early so I can go watch Robby play soccer this morning. Later my landlord is trying to arrange a replacement for my refrigerator and stove. Only problem is that they are almond which really isn't in style any longer. My kids said it doesn't matter since I am a renter especially if they are nicer than what I have. I will let you know.
I will try to get back later.
Sandy
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Hello, I also read the article about the new treatment for certain blood cancers. Interesting.
Sandy, enjoy watching the soccer. None here I would imagine as we have had rain on and off this morning. I would definitely be happy with functioning appliances. I think I would be okay with the color unless it was green or harvest gold. Haaaaaa.
Anne, just incredible numbers of people trying to get to another country. It boggles my poor little brain. I feel so fortunate to live where I do. I may grouse but have no desire to relocate. I hope you and the Bean have had a lovely walk.
Jackie, loved the description of your breakfast and the terrific sound effects. Haaa. I hope the weeding went well.
Patsy, good day to you. It is so disappointing when we lose our post. I am sorry. Hope you found new flowers and that the weather is good this weekend.
Buzz, are you getting any rest? How are you progressing? Feeling any better? Many hugs. Hoping you receive some positive news regarding your DD.
Reflexology is just a relatively small step from Qigong and Tai Chi. While my practice discusses removing blockages to Chi/Qi and promoting health through various movements and stretches, reflexology speaks of balances Chakras and and opening energy meridians. Qigong and Tai Chi also speak of meridians. I swear to you she gathered healing energy, her hands were so warm it was amazing. As she gently worked various parts of my foot I felt little jolts, or warmth or tingles in various places of my back, leg, etc. When she finished I did a bit quiet relaxation, a few stretches and when I stood up, there was less pain, I could stand with weight on the right side, and I felt taller for goodness sakes. She smiled and I did too. That is when I said when can I come back.
Still feeling quite good today (as compared to before the treatment). I didn’t expect that, I expected a bit of relief and then back to the start with many more treatments needed for relief that would last more than a few hours. A very good surprise.
Hugs. Must move along now.
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Wow, LIN. Have suggested to Mark he try it. There are clinics here.1
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Feel brain dead! And eyes becoming impossible to read . Thanks, JACKY and ANNE for the info on the lymphoma success. Until it starts to enlarge again, it's wait, wait, wait! Then she goes to MSK for a lumbar check. I sent a copy of the BBC article to her and She'll do as she wants.
LIN, reflexology has been very soothing and helpful for me the period I've used it. We've a darling practitioner living here who's always blessing me, and I love her treatments.
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Buzz0 -
Feel brain dead! And eyes becoming impossible to read . Thanks, JACKY and ANNE for the info on the lymphoma success. Until it starts to enlarge again, it's wait, wait, wait! Then she goes to MSK for a lumbar check. I sent a copy of the BBC article to her and She'll do as she wants.
LIN, reflexology has been very soothing and helpful for me the period I've used it. We've a darling practitioner living here who's always blessing me, and I love her treatments.
Sorry, I'm having typing trouble; fingers not responding and can't see................ , hugs, etc.
Buzz0 -
Summers arrived. 80F later. It was sticky and hot yesterday. More later. Meanwhile much love and thoughts sent to you BUZZ.
Anne.0 -
Good morning, church morning. I have remembered to pack a jar wrench as I need to open a bottle of juice and darn, the top never wants to let go. After church I hope to meet a lady to sell a purse.
Huge storm here last night with much flash flooding. I was safely at home and am putting more water in the sewer system as I am washing a little load of undies this morning.
Buzz, hugs and more hugs. Maybe you could use some reflexology or massage to help in this most trying time. All best wishes.
Anne, don’t melt today! Little darling Bean must really heat up in the sun with her shiny black coat.
Best wishes Sandy, Jackie, Patsy, Jeri, Laura, and all darling Sneakers.
Hugs
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Happy Sunday! They put in the new fridge and stove and they look white to me although my landlord insists they are almond. Doesn't matter because they look great to me.
Of course there was a problem getting the gas line connected and after a couple of hours finally did and guess what? The gas is not getting to the burners or oven. They will be back today to fix the problem, at least I hope they do.
I couldn't go to church yesterday so I am going to 11:00 today and then to Walmart. After a video call with my kids I hope to go to pool, depending on when our storm is supposed to hit.
Buzz, I wish we could all come and hug you and just be with you but try to visualize our hugs and feel the love we have for you. Please take care of yourself. Did the last set of x rays show any damage or broken bones?
Not much time so have a good day everyone.
Sandy
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Past midnight so just checking in before heading to bed. A morning cleaning out the hen house before it rained and apart from a slight back ache from having to bend awkwardly it was good to be able to do the job myself rather than have to ask my neighbour! An afternoon watching tennis and women's football switching channels back and forth so as you can tell the rest of my Sunday was extremely uneventful. I did manage to chat to my brother in Spain about the house sale so feel that matter is so far proceding without any fallout!
Sandy, you did make me laugh about the colour of your fridge and stove perhaps being oyster as if they were a fashion statement but hooray, they look white in your photo to me too!
Lin, more storms and flooding, oh dear. My forecast was threatening storms here too but that seems to have fizzled out thank goodness. I had to smile when the neighbour with yesterday's screaming strimmer lit a smokey bonfire at midday just 5 minutes before our rain arrived to quickly put it out! Our by-laws state a bonfire must be lit at dusk or 4.30pm whichever comes last so someone up there was watching over it!
Buzz, keep resting, you had a nasty accident and your body is telling you it needs to recover.
Anne, I don't think these migrating masses consider the weather. Apparently the thousands that moved across Europe saying they wanted to settle in Norway, Finland and Denmark are shocked by the cold winters now they've arrived. Let's hope another war in the Middle East isn't about to break out and send tens of thousands more running for their lives!!
Off to bed.....
Jackie0 -
Mike's daughter and S-i-L took me to dinner today at Bonefish Grille for my birthday, and it was more than pleasant, and they ordered twin lobster tails for me. Walking down using the walker rather than the wheelchair was truly difficult, and as soon as I'm healed, my attention shall return to the hip! I'm afraid I'm finding myself very distracted from all that's going on in the REAL world, being unable to concentrate as I used to (perhaps a blessing in disguise?). More X-rays were taken yesterday and though nothing is broken, they found extensive arthritis in my shoulders. I learned that the security guard who did not take me upstairs when I returned from the hospital was fired for not using "loving " care!
Again, bless you all for your written care and support, and I promise I will try to follow most of your advice but sometimes I forget! Your hugs are very welcome so keep
em coming! I do read all your posts and love doing so, and thank you for ignoring my self-centeredness right now! Concentrating has become difficult!
Buzz
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Buzz, lots going on I know but today is your day so soak up the hugs and love!
Jackie
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BUZZ, DEAR LADY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Take all the spoiling you can get. Love, kisses and licks are sent winging your way - way, way down in Florida from me and the Bean.
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Happy birthday Buzz........some flowers for your special day.
Many hugs
Lin
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Buzz.
Love,
Sandy0 -
Dearest Buzz! Happy birthday dear friend. You are one of the rare exceedingly beautiful, intelligent and brave women we all admire and want to imulate. Throw that calendar away. You are as you always were. We care so much for you, dear lady. I am, once again, reaching across the miles to give you sincerest birthday wishes and as much affection and friendship as you can stand. We will face the future together. And as Captain Kirk of the starship Enterprize would say...May the force be with you!
Patsy0 -
I am overwhelmed by you dear dear friends! You have certainly made me feel more than special today and thank goodness for "the force"! No special plans until dinner, and then only 6 as the larger tables make conversation difficult. I hope my chocolate covered strawberries arrive in time for dessert!. Thank you for your wonderful wishes , and the feelings are more than mutual! Buzz
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Our heatwave has arrived along with Sue the gardener. She is currently cutting my grass again while I do some housework. Yesterday I finally began to unpick one of the 4 chairs I've been meaning to reupholster for probably 2 years. I think if I approach one a week they won't become a chore and it will give me time to think about what I need to do. Taking the old cover off the frame I can see they have been upholstered many times and as first thought they are probably Georgian although which George I'm not sure!!
Back later...... happy Tuesday!
Jackie1 -
Just a short note from me for now. Just to say our heatwave has arrived as well. Still raining on and off though which means the mosquitoes are happy little souls. I must try and tackle the jungle. Even Harry from next door lopped off the top of a young maple tree growing on my side, I might add. Trying to catch him. He might as well finish the job properly seeing he started it! A climbing rose which grows on Marie's side has done very poorly for years but is covered in rosebuds this year and the Apple trees are loaded with baby apples.
Bye for now,
Anne.1 -
Hello, sunshine is now a memory with storms rolling in for the morning. The forecast is for sunshine later, rising temperatures and storms this evening. Then repeat that for a couple of days with higher temperatures. Summer summer. We also have scads of flying beasties.
Today will be a busy day. Early Tai Chi, then Mah Jongg and finally to the library to hang out with the papercrafters for a few hours. Unusual time for the paper crafters but summer includes a few additional things for adults. That makes me happy.
I spent yesterday sorting through some tiny things in a box. Took a while for me to figure out what they were. Time really flies when I try to research. So one group of pins are US Naval Reserve items. My dad was in the Reseve in WW II after having an extreme medical issue and emergency abdominal surgery while an Army rifle instructor somewhere in the Southern states. I believe he was sent home to recover. Somehow he ended up in the Naval reserve. I never heard the entire story of course.
The other bits were from my mom’s uniform. She joined the Cadet Nurses program in the 1940’s that offered tuition assistance for nurses who served in public health assignments.
Worth hours of time? Yep.
Must move along. I am already looking forward to my reflexology session tomorrow.
Jackie, wonderful project. I hope the chairs turn out just the way you envision them.
Anne, I do not understand why your neighbor is hacking away at things now. Was the Maple tree a volunteer tree causing problems? Hummm. Try to stay cool my friend.
Sandy, did I ever mention that I think your appliances look great? Did the gas line get fixed?
Buzz, I hope you enjoyed your dinner although after lunch after tails, I don’t see how that could be topped.
Patsy, good day!
Must run.
Hugs.
Lin
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Good morning everyone! I am up early but still very sleepy. I might just sit wrapped around a hot mug of coffee and wake up verrrrrry slooooooowly. My personal batteries are not charging at all this morning. As for neighbors who mow and chop...we have so much to prune and try to take care of, we would never notice if a limb was lopped off here and there. There is much to do and our energy level is not near what is needed.
Our weather has been very chilly. It remains quite chilly this morning. Odd. Here it is almost July and we are still in sweaters and warm socks. Well Katie is up and ready to tour her outdoor domain. She will have to bark at all bugs and slugs. Ugh! Early Mornings are hard. I know some of you sneakers are up early every morning. How do you do it?
More coffee and a piece of toast. Then I will see if I can begin the day.
Later alligator,
Patsy0 -
Happy Tuesday! Beautiful day here and I do not have to watch the kiddos today. The parents are playing volleyball tonight so Lisa's mom is coming since she lives closer and they want me to rest my foot. The kids should be in bed for her so it will be easy peasy. That makes my day free and guess where I will be? Let's hope the weather cooperates and the rain comes after dinner.
Patsy, I am not a morning person either and sleep to 8:00 or 9:00 o'clock most mornings. Today it was 8:00 but as long as I get at least 7 hours of sleep I am good.
Lin, my landlord came Sunday and figured out the problem and now I have gas. Unfortunately, one of the burners does not work so we will see how long it takes him to fix it. My cleaning girl was funny when I told her and said it doesn't matter you don't cook. She explained she can tell who cooks by how clean their stoves are. I laughed because it is true, I use my grills and/or microwave for most meals but I do make my hummingbird food on my stove. I still would like the burner fixed because it does create a problem if turned on and things have to be reset because of the electric start.
Anne, was Harry trying to be nice by removing the branch on your side of the fence? I must watch too much of Judge Judy who always says trees and bushes on your side can be cut if it causes a problem.
Jackie, good luck with the chairs and don't forget before and after pictures. I am so happy for you that you have the lady to help you with your gardens, she is a God send.
Jeri, hope all is well with you, I know you have a very busy schedule.
Buzz, I hope your birthday was as fabulous as you. Did they sing to you at dinner?
Have a wonderful day.
Sandy
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No SANDY, Harry the Lad (my name, he's at least 60) wasn't trying to be nice he was just protecting his truck. He said the wind bent the saplings branches and showered rain drops on it. I did catch him this morning at 8am as he set off for work. I said "seeing you've started the job and because I haven't the strength or tools to finish it would you mind please chopping it completely down." I was very polite. He promised to saw it down when he's got "the time". Of course that could mean Fall. And he DID find the time when the poor thing bent in the wind and dropped the rain drops. Meanwhile I have quite a thick trunk rearing up with a few leaves. He's a very interesting character, Harry the Lad. I don't think he's a nature lover although he's not adverse to driving "up north" with his beer and the boys to take shots at things that stir in the forest. Does that count as being a nature lover?
We managed a wee bit of gardening but we had to stop when Janice and then Marie dropped by. It looks as if it could rain again, right this minute so I think I'll wander off and prepare a salad for lunch.
See ya'all.
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What a laugh I had with Sue this morning. She was having one of those days, you know the sort when nothing seems to go to plan. She began well when at her suggestion an Acer that was suffering from sunburn (hard to believe!) was removed from it's large pot and planted in a shady bed outside the dining room window then offered to "wash" the grass when she meant cut it. That set us giggling! Out came the electric lawnmower from my shed but Sue couldn't get it started so first I checked the extension lead by plugging in a lamp then swapped the fuse in the mower's plug but still nothing until I watched her trying to start it in an awkward way. There's a start button on the handle then a bar to squeeze and she was pressing and squeezing the wrong way down. She was so surprised when I started it without trouble so I pointed to the instructions on the handle and she laughed and said she didn't read instructions.... well I can relate to that!! She ended the session losing her car keys but finally found them after a thorough search and left saying a visit to my garden always set her up for the rest of the week! 😄
Naughty Harry Anne although not sure I'd have a response to his concern about splashes of rain on his vehicle. Our bi-laws allow cutting overhanging branches if they come into the garden but anything chopped off must be given back. I'm guessing he didn't return the top of your maple!
Sandy, I have taken a few photos as I pulled the old seat cover off with its million staples. What a job removing them! Looking at the close up pictures today though I'm not sure what they show but hope doing one chair at a time I can work things out. Enjoy the pool! 😎
Patsy, I'm rarely in bed before midnight but usually find myself up and about by 7.30. That's more than enough sleep for me especially now I'm pain free. Energy levels have to be talked to seriously by me to show willing but once I get going I surprise myself.
Lin, if you are out and about to Tai chi and library I'm guessing you are feeling a whole lot better? Isn't it a shame we can look back and wish we'd had a conversation with a parent about past experiences but too late. You will hang on to the pins won't you? When I was a small child my father showed me a couple of wood carved elephants he'd brought home from India or Burma after the war and kept in his garden shed. I would love to go and find them but think a house clearance has already taken place since my step mum died. Oh well, just have to keep hold of those memories.
Buzz, I do hope those bruises are beginning to ease off along with accompanying aches and pains. Slow but sure lovely lady. 😍
Time to feed the hens their corn then something for myself.
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No, JACKIE, he didn't return the top of my maple which had seeded itself. Lol. Actually, nothing was overhanging onto Harry's drive and why on earth would a few raindrops blown over from the leaves onto his truck bother him. I mean isn't he going to get rain on his truck anyway?
The truth is, Harry doesn't like trees, especially ones that grow close to his drive. Maybe it's something to do with all the logs he starts acquiring in fall for winter burning and piles up next to my fence. I'm not sure of his thinking but although a shame, it's best IF he cuts it down because it is rather close to the house and it's foundation and maple trees do grow big.
I don't mind him at all really because most of the time he's an okay guy. He was born in Germany and his parents emigrated just like we did and on the whole we've got on for the last thirty years. Joyce his wife, was born in Holland, our Mary Jo in Mozambique to Portuguese parents, grandson Derek's girl friend is Canadian but born to parents from Hong Kong, Marie on the other side is Croatian, we really are a mixed bag aren't we and despite cultural differences we all jolly along together with no major disputes, indeed, if any. Wish our renowned leaders where the same! I know I can be awfully English at times but they all put up with ME!!!!
Anne (trying to subdue the Yorkshire accent, eh).
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Oh Anne, I misread your post with Harry and the tree. I thought it was on his property and he was being nice. I apologize. He shouldn't be messing with your tree if it is on your side.1
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Yes, my friends got a beautiful chocolate birthday cake with too many candles a nd the chocolate dipped fruits I ordered came on time and dinner was lovely and today I'm swollen and exhausted! It was a lovely day! Enjoyed reading your posts and wish I could go to sleep now instead of dinner! Buzz
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