Senior Golden Sneakers
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Afterthought particularly for JACKIE just because she will know what I'm talking about for sure.
Do you remember how Henry V111 kicked Rome and the Catholic Church out of England? We all think of his first wife Catherine and Anne Boleyn but was he actually conducting the last time we had BREXIT?
Anne.
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Happy Tuesday!
Back in the swing of things and will be with the kiddos this afternoon to later in the evening. Lisa has many chores planned and then they have a volleyball game at 8:00pm. I am glad I got a good night's sleep.
Anne, maybe you should hire Harry to do your lawn. lol Weird happenings at your house but it does sound like Tony. Did Jilly bark when your doorbell rang?
Lin, my appointment went well with no signs of any cancer. I do have many little pricks where he removed little white bumps which he says are caused by hair follicles so no modeling today. lol
We are getting up in the 80's but I still have my windows open instead of AC.
Jackie, I am happy to read the little chicks are better today, you are a smart keeper. The flowers are beautiful and I am a little jealous since I have no where to plant. Those burly men sound interesting. lol
Buzz, I am a little confused with your post, but if you mean on the main page wouldn't they use midnight to midnight??? I seldom post on the main page just here with you girls. My exercise and diary automatically post there but that's about it.
Patsy, are thing okay in Portland???
Have a wonderful day.
Sandy
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Ooooooooooh wet and windy and cold. Very autumn like weather. There are spider webs everywhere and with every breeze there are torrents of falling leaves. AND I had to wear a sweater on our errands yesterday.
Our Colombian guest will be here in Oregon until the end of September. Our son has some work to do and then he and his crew are checking on the boat. He will be “buttoning her up” for the winter soon. The way things are happeing here is, they sort of run in and out. It is necessary for our son to be here to communicate for her. The google translate feature is a life saver. Our guest loves to dance, shop, go sailing, go out to dinner, etc. the language barrier is a problem. Discussing any substantive cultural difference or getting to really know the real person is slow but possible. We are both learning a few words. Let me repeat.....a few words!
Our fire alarm went crazy bad early yesterday. John is replacing the whole unit. It is very old and I think it just died. It has bravely warned us of fire, or when I burned the toast, for years and years.
Katie is also a good watch dog. She isn’t friendly to any stranger. Barking and growling. It is scary for people. They see this funny dog with a big wagging plume of a tail and automatically reach to pet her! WRONG! She needs John or me to introduce her to strangers. Otherwise they are considered criminals. The vet says it is just part of her naturally cautious personality. She has never had a bad experience except when she was spayed and had to have stitches out. She has never forgiven our vet. Dogs and people (all animals really) have different personalities. However! Training is key to a happy doggie and her people.
Patsy0 -
Betty fell in the fish pond again. Attention seeking or just plain silly, I'm not sure but I was the other side of a hedge so didn't realise until she ran to me dripping silt, muddy water and duck weed. Into the shower and luckily just enough late afternoon warm sunshine to dry her off! I may as well prepare my mushroom omlette and give up outside chores.
Anne, it wasn't the first time and likely won't be the last!!
Jackie
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This is one frantic friend tonight. I just went to adjust my hearing aid and...what hearing aid??? The right one has fallen out,
and this, after one of our devoted maintenance men told me of his day where a new fellow in the dementia section was crying to him that someone had stolen his hearing aid! Nelson figured out with him where he had been and went rummaging through the dinner garbage, unwrapping napkins and paper towels, and would you believe, he found the man's hearing aid! Well I don't even know where to begin! I haven't pulled anything off over my head yet, though perhaps when I took the protector off around my neck? My fingers are so numb, I really cannot feel earrings or hearing aids when I put them on.
Another resident and I have gotten together to start a collection for the Bahama victims. We all have much too much more than we will ever need or use, even with original purchase tags still attached while these poor dears have lost everything (including family members!). So we spoke to our administrator who agreed to get us trucks or buses as needed and we will make the posters and use the wine room to gather everyone's donations. Clothing, towels, tinned foods and manual can openers, sheets . we all have so much! Maybe in my search my hearing aid will turn up? Well I'd better start my search!
SANDY, I guess I occasionally go to MY HOME page to check short sentences on peoples progress, and find others we've known over the years. EVerything was OK so I'm fine except I think I'm losing my mind! Glad your dermatologist gave you a clean bill of health!
I think I'm caught up with reading everyone's posts, bless your hearts and enjoyed the antics of your 4 footed an winged pals, and now I lay me down to sleep, unhappy until my hearing aid comes home!
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BUZZ, how wonderful that you are all helping the poor island folks and you might find your hearing aid in the process. I'm a little deaf in my left ear from the BP drug that affected all my left side but out of bad comes some good. If I lie on my right side it blocks night sounds and I sleep, well soundly. Maybe you will have had a good nights rest unless you take them out at bedtime anyway. There's a thought could the lost one be under your pillow or bed or chair cushions?
Its so good to read of your little community helping the Bahama victims.
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Good morning. Another scorching day here. I am off in a little while for my follow up appointment for my SUV. Brake fluid change etc. Then am meeting a friend who is a wizard knitter. She may make a shawl for me to wear at church where a little something warm is often very handy. Might not have to wear my coat in the sanctuary this winter. Haaaa. 🙃🙃
By the way, yesterday was lovely. Lots of Mah Jongg in the morning and much progress made on the puzzle in the afternoon.
Buzz, oh I hate to lose things. Makes me crazy! I think Anne has mentioned all the places I was going to suggest. I know my dad lost his hearing aid several times and it always surfaced again. Once it has tucked down deep in his favorite chair and another time it got entangled in his bedding. So fortunate to find it again. Best wishes!
Jackie, oh my, Betty, not a good maneuver to fall in the fish pond. Argh.
Anne, happy sweltering if our weather has reached you.
Sandy and Patsy, good morning. Must get going.
Hugs.
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MFP taking me to page 1 of sneakers then asking me to log in but got to you in the end. A gorgeous hot day so I took the pooches further than usual on the moors and felt so relaxed when we got home. A few small jobs completed then into town to post signed documents on to one of my brothers and also purchase a new wooden chopping board after dropping my old one on the kitchen ceramic floor tiles to then watch it split in half! On the way home I stopped to take a photo to update you on the new housing being crammed into that slip of greenbelt land when months ago it seemed there wasn't room for one more house to be squeezed in.
I'm so grateful for my open spaces!
Oh dear Buzz, any chance your hearing aid is caught up in removed clothing? If not get Nelson in to search. You don't surprise me at all but what an amazing gesture to send aid to the people of the Bahamas and I'm guessing you'll need more than one truck.
Lin, ha, it might be hot but like you I'm beginning to plan for cold weather so have just ordered a warm knitted top from M and S along with a brushed cotton nightie, socks and undies. We've been threatened with thunder storms Saturday so I'm thinking our hot weather is on the way out.
Sandy, I've still got to find these burly men but they're out there somewhere! 😂
Great news from your visit to the Dermatologist.
Time for a cuppa then a spot of gardening so I'll say hello to Anne and Patsy then head to my kitchen.
Jackie
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Happy Wednesday! I survived my time with the kiddos, they were actually pretty good. Charlie is growing so fast and with two older brothers I am sure she will be a tomboy.
Beautiful weather here but like Jackie and Lin I am purchasing some winter tops in preparation for those cold days. Bingo tonight and I can use another big win with vacations and birthdays this month. My oldest granddaughter is going to be 30 on the 28th, where has the time gone?
Buzz, what a wonderful thing to do for the Bahama's, you are one great leader. I do hope you find your hearing aid, it will probably be in the last place you look. lol
Have a wonderful day.
Sandy
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So I tried putting down the toilet seat cover to sit on so I could remove my support hose and the cover would not close properly and ...you guessed it, my hearing aid was caught at the joint! YAY! Of course it's insured but I hate losing things of that nature.
My cleaning "friend" suggested I use a sling for the painful shoulder/arm so I went to Amazon to order a simple sling. Hah! I cannot believe the different kinds of slings available so I
l'll go down to the clinic and find out which kind of support I need (or don't need!)
My sympathies to JACKIE with all that overbuilding! Beginning to sound like our Everglades overbuilding!
I can't stop sneezing today and I don't think it's a cold so I have another reason to check out the clinic. Buzz 0 -
Hello everyone! Sunny/cloudy/showers/cool temps. In other words, it is autumn weather here on the north Oregon coast. Summer has gone to South America. Suejea, I am sure I am spelling her name wrong, is in Portland with our son for a week or so before returning here. It is a good thing. Our house needs a good cleaning before we entertain guests again. Katie and John are intent on dragging every leaf and bit of dirt and mud into the house. Dust is everywhere along with the usual invasion of fall spiders and their webs.
Jackie: Looking at Your photo of unwanted development, I have to say we have the same thing going on here. The funny thing is one area that was a scruffy industrial lot has now been built up into a regular industrial building. Ugh! I hate to see that as well. I am hopeless! Change of any kind upsets me.
Veggie burgers and roasted potatoes tonight. A mixture of fresh fruit for dessert. Pineapple, orange, and grapes.
I also ordered some new clothes. More strange gypsy outfits I fear. I can’t seem to outfit myself in normal clothes. John thinks it might be a genetic condition. I can’t fit in normal clothes. They must be odd clothes with sparkles and embroidery. So true......
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Good morning. It is former library ladies morning. Looks like the raincoat is needed once again. Yesterday afternoon I stopped by my local grocery store on discount day and ran into a friend I hadn’t seen for a while and we stood there and chatted for a long time which was nice but I ended up checking out when a storm popped up with pounding rain and hail! Guess where my umbrella was? Of course, waited a while, covered my head with a grocery ad and extra reusable grocery bag. Haaaa. This is not far from where I live and when I was about four blocks from home it was totally dry. My goodness. Well, thunder is rumbling now so I guess the morning storm forecast is accurate.
My vehicle is all updated now and my friend has taken home the yarn after discussion, looking at pattern samples and her quick measurement from my shoulders down to mid-back. What she wants to do is not what I had in mind in any sense from pattern, to edging, to use of the colors of yarn but hey, she agreed to do it. Better than yarn sitting in the corner!! And she does lovely work. She said she taught herself to knit and started with making dish cloths and then branched out to other things. Now she can make almost anything and doesn’t need patterns. What amazing progress. She has kept track of her projects and has now made over 900 dish cloths in addition to shawls, blankets hats, socks, and more. Wooooo.
Okay, I have chatted too much.
Buzz, wonderful!! The lost is found. How marvelous. ❤️❤️
Patsy, I think interesting clothing is the best. Better to be happy and comfortable rather than to mimic something in a magazine or on the Internet.
Jackie, the photo showing the housing development just looks foreign and out of place in comparison to your lovely home and gardens. Oh my progress. 😡
Sandy, any Bingo wins last night?
Anne, how are you and Jilly? I hope there have been no more odd happenings. What are you up to?
Must get moving again.
Hugs all round.
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An afternoon tea break for me with a couple of chocolate digestives. This morning I met friend Jill with her dogs Scruff and Misha for a walk in the woods and we had a catch up before she took Misha to the vet for a check after recently being spayed. I headed for the farm animal store for a few supplies and managed to walk past the bakery section without picking up anything naughty! 😌😎 Since my early lunch snack I've been weeding and pruning in the bottom section of my garden where it's shady but decided to drink my tea on the deck in sunshine.
Yes Lin and Patsy, the new houses are an eyesore and I can't Imagine where new owners will be expecting to park their cars since there's barely room to walk! I suppose at some point in the future we humans will have to say there's no more room for us which probably explains the rush to find a planet that will sustain us!
Lin, I can't wait to see how your shawl turns out but the important thing will be it keeps you warm.
Wow Buzz, great news on your hearing aid find and a lucky one at that before it got flushed away!
Sandy, a win for you last night? I'm about to post a 2 lb loss on the pound a week section after I hopped on my scales this morning. A rush tomorrow morning to shop, dog walk and get to a cancer charity event that will involve tea and home baked cakes so I'll log it while I'm ahead!😋
Tea drunk and biscuits eaten before the chocolate melted so back to the never ending weeds!
Where's our Anne? Did I miss you?
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JACKIE.No, you didn't miss me, I'm on the pound loss post congratulating you. Marvellous!
I've been hanging about waiting for Dorio the grocery delivery chap. The man absolutely staggered down my drive clutching 5 bags of groceries. He's a big lad but no surprise with the staggering. The grocery store sent a 10 lb bag of spuds instead of a 5lb bag and the biggest honeydew melon I've ever seen! Bigger than a soccer ball - its ginormous. Jilly was leaping up and down as always "chase me round the coffee table" sort of thing. I can't chase you said Dorio I'm too worn out which brings me back to the melon. I simply can't cut it! Marks coming over this afternoon with his sharpest knife!
I spent yesterday afternoon doing a Jackie. That is hacking at the jungle out back. Between melons and foliage I should buy a machete! It was a very jungly, hot and humid summer and the garden reflects it with phlox as tall as myself. The Michaelmas daisies are glorious, again very tall with huge flowers. All this local growth probably reflects the huge melon! Not only is it big but very cheap as well! Sorry to keep going on about it but it's probably 2 thirds bigger than Bean.
I'm in the middle of cooking an enormous yam which also came with Dorio. Too big for Jilly I'll share it with her for lunch. Come to think of it, the Brussels sprouts I ordered are like miniature cabbages!
Hugs to all,
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Another lost post and this is not going well! My nose problem must be an allergy, my first ever! I'm impossibly sleepy all the time Buzz 0
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Just a pop in because I'm up late after another very early phone call woke us up. Mark turned up to halve the melon then Mike showed up unexpectedly with a pizza. We won't see him today because finally after eight years he's off to see a lawyer with a view to divorcing the millstone around his neck who never attempted to find a job in her whole life. He's really struggled to support her all these years, and because she's seven years older than him he should get a reduction in her support with her about to receive the old age pension. No idea where she lives since she took off but she withdraws her three thousand plus monthly from her bank. The follies which result from being 21!
Anyway, thinking positive thoughts for him because he's never missed a payment. She also got half of the original house sale. Wish I'd been so lucky in Quebec, but maybe not on reflection! There's something satisfying about going it alone with a clean break.
So.....another beautiful day dawns. Jilly is going to find it awfully quiet after all the walks yesterday, ball chasing and generally exhausting play time with Michael in particular. In fact she's still fast asleep with the occasional yip as a dog walks by.
And I'm off to wash my hair, shower and generally try to wake myself up.
Have yourselves a glorious day lovely Sneakers,
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This could be our last day of summer as I see from a forecast a storm is heading our way tomorrow. Yesterday afternoon it was so calm I decided to mow the lawn to get that job out of the way with a view to lighting a bonfire this evening but luckily, still feeling energetic I got the fire going last night because today the wind is blowing a holley which would make it unsafe.
This morning I put off shopping at the supermarket since I have plenty in the cupboards, just have to set my mind to being inventive. We had a lovely walk when I noticed the Hawthorne trees are covered in berries which old wives' tales would have us believe means a harsh winter to come.
The good news is my M and S package has just been delivered which includes a cable knit roll neck jumper with Alpaca wool mix. It looks and feels scrumptious as well as warm!
The charity coffee morning was going well when I arrived and I only eat one fairy cake and a shortbread biscuit. I had been told to try the rhubarb and vanilla sponge but a nurse who works at the GP practice where the event was held was busy scooping what was left on to a large plate to take back to staff, at least that was her story because it was a huge piece!!
Anne, good for Michael if he can untangle himself from his marriage after so long and get on with life. I see Justin is in trouble again although to be fair attitudes have altered so much in 20 years I'm not sure those photos should be used against him now. Goodness, look what our ex PM was supposed to have done with a pig's head while at Eton and he survived until Brexit!
Your melon sounds incredible as well as hilarious. Hopefully full of flavour too.
Well since my package has arrived in the first minute of a 2 hour window I can safely go outside and make the most of the sunshine so will wish everyone happy Friday because this iPhone is playing up and I don't want to lose my post. ❤
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Believe the old wives JACKIE! We've been forecast that after this glorious fall well into October we are in for an extremely cold winter. What we get, you usually follow.
Jilly finally woke up, went for a long walk, did zoomies round and round the house, tossed her good girl treat in the air, peered under the sofa with bum in the air, looked plaintively at me who had to pull the sofa away from the wall, retrieved treat and joyfully carried on tossing it. It's a dogs life, except Mike and I are convinced she thinks she's human.
Said Michael phoned me from the 401 on his car phone, hopefully on his way to the lawyers. Born at Michaelmas has anyone noticed why he's named Michael? (St Michael was the arch angel who hurled the devil lucifer out of heaven.). A bit more useless info for you long suffering gals.
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Happy Friday! Started the laundry and that might be it for the day. We are having an assembly this weekend for Al Anon so some of us volunteered to make the lunch for tomorrow. I am meeting others around 5:30 (rush hour) where it is being held to help make the sandwiches and get other food ready or tomorrow. I will probably stay and listen to the speaker they have tonight and then go back sometime in the morning to help serve the lunch.
Other than that no plans for the weekend.
Anne, was the call a legit call this time or was no one there again? I sometimes wish I could just get a divorce but in my case it would hurt me more than help me. I hope Michael can make a clean break and find someone that appreciates him.
Jackie, what a beautiful picture, really worth framing. Now where do you do the bonfire? Do you make you and the pups smores???
Buzz, I think I also am getting allergies that I never had. Multiple sneezes in the morning and certain foods just don't sit well in my tummy if you know what I mean? I do take a generic allergy pill but it doesn't always help.
Lin, I am glad you are keeping busy before the dreaded white stuff comes. I did win $50 at bingo Wednesday so it was a good night.
Patsy, how is he deck coming, will it be done for winter?
Have a great day.
Sandy
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Good news! Much to his amazement Mikes been divorced for five years! He was in transit at the time so he never received the divorce papers in the mail. !!!! The ex paid for a no contest divorce! He didn't have to pay for today's consultation so only has to get a request for reduction filed later in 2020 when madam is 65. I'm so happy for him! He's had so much bad luck come his way for a very caring and thoughtful son.
Haven't a clue who phoned again SANDY. I don't want to turn the phone off because it's my security blanket, damn nuisance though.
Now, I need to CELEBRATE!
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Visiting early today so I'm not sleepy! However, got involved with new drivers, updates, downloads...you name it, so I'm saying to heck with the while tech thing, I will have some lovely sardines I bought at Costco and have lunch at a normal time! Great news for Anne's family, but I think I agree with SANDY: the Wife status may be financially safer at this point from a legal standpoint!
JACKIE, your jumper sound yummy; enjoy wearing it! And the photo is superb! I wish you were here to help me bring to fruition my wish to have artistic portraits of all our young servers (Dining Room) who are late high schoolers or early college students and just a beautiful group of youngsters. I just read an editorial about the NYTimes 1619 Project, a revision of the cleansed American History we learned in school. It appears we owe so much to the people brought here in chains and treated as chattel all the while our constitution was being written regarding all people being create equal! Most of our strength and financial power was built on the backs of these "owned" beings, and I'd like to have a series of pictures of their progeny hanging on our dining room walls to show how well they have survived despite the ominous beginnings here (and elsewhere).
Many of our residents are suffering from "allergies" this year, and with all the renovations and mistakes in carpeting and painting being redone in our corridors, I think the dirt and dust are not helping our breathing! = = = plus all the storms just off our coast! But better off than over us! Buzz
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Anne, Congratulations to Mike!!! Wish he could get a reduction in the payments (or an end to them) right away but what a wonderful hurdle to be over. He must be very relieved.
Sandy, that sounds like lots of work. How nice of you to volunteer. I hope all goes well. Driving in rush hour traffic doesn’t sound so good. I probably would go early. 🤗 Stay safe. I did laundry earlier in the week. Now I have bills to pay, cooking to do and cards to try to finish. That will be my weekend.
Buzz, I am sorry things are not going well for you when it comes to posting here. So glad you are able to at least do a short post so we can see you.
Jackie, that is quite the magnificent tree. I believe, I believe! Winter can be grim! Now your new purchase sounds just right with that in mind. Hope Betty stays out of the pond this time as you work outdoors. 😁
Patsy, I am sure you are busy getting ready for company once again. We are having sunshine today. Another hot hot hot one with temperatures in the 80’s. Scorch. But then I know what is coming so will not complain.
Hugs nice again.
Lin
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High clouds today and quite cool. Fall weather has come. I do love fall but our winters are not very pretty. Rain and wind mainly. We occasionally get a snow but it goes away ptretty fast. Slick ice on our steep hilly streets are terrifying.
Our columbian guest and our son come back this weekend. I wonder how this will end up. I love romance but I need to let that notion go at its own pace. Maybe? Maybe not! Anyway our guest is very interesting.
Was able to speak to my brother in Colorado. He has COPD and stage 4 liver failure. He sounded so weak and confused it was scary. He knows his time is short and he isn’t in pain. I thank God for that. My brain is flooded with unworkable ideas like offering a partial liver transplant. I guess liver donations are possible with just a small part of a functioning liver. But I am too old and he isn’t well enough to withstand the surgery. My doctor said absolutely not feasible.
Must get on with prep for the weekend. Saturday night we will have Shrimp scampi with ceaser salad and coconut cake for desert. French toast and chicken sausage for Sunday morning brunch. Lots of white wine and loud music. That should get things off to a fun weekend.
By the way, our son had to pay support to his ex for 2 years. Painful time for him. A clean break is psychologically healthier for everyone, really. I don’t really like divorce but there are times when it is the only option. Just my opinion without any experience whatsoever.
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Wow PATSY, how did your son get away with only 2 years payment support? Did the ex remarry or get a job? Anne0
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Anne: hope things look better for your Mike. Our son and his now ex wife decided to divorce immediately after they saw it was not going to work out between the two of them. The ex realized that she needed to attain some sort of training to get a job and she did. The attorney worked out the details and now they even have a somewhat friendly but distant relationship. For our son, the key component was each of them needed to carve out an independent life. He paid steep support for two years but it is over now. I hope your son can work out a reasonable situation. It is awful to feel like you are being taken advantage of for years and years. And as moms, we know that our sons are good people. They deserve to have someone in their life that really cares for them.1
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Patsy0 -
Very pleased for your son PATSY, and for his ex wife, you and John.
Anne. 💐💐💐💐0 -
Happy Saturday! I have to get to the assembly by 11:00 to help serve lunch so no time.
Just wanted to pop in and say hi!
Sandy
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Rain has been threatening since early this morning but I've managed to dry the bed sheets after stripping everything off first thing. The hens' house has also just had a sweep clean and fresh bedding so they can remain cosy if the promised storm arrives tonight. Our walk was dry but then George decided to roll in fox poo just as we returned to the car so I wasn't a happy mummy! The most recent shower was more of a downpour with those large drops of rain so although the sun is out again I'm not trusting it and won't get too involved in outside chores.
It sounds like Patsy's son had a good plan to pay maintenance for a couple of years so his ex could train for her own career then move on but I'm guessing Anne that Mike's ex had no such ambitions. In the UK most splits appear to end with a lump sum and a clean break divorce so both can get on with independent lives although child maintenance is a given. I'm guessing it can never be an easy discussion when emotions take over!
Patsy, As heartbreaking as it was I'm so relieved to learn you've managed to speak to your brother. I'd be exactly the same, coming up with plans to donate an organ and probably ignoring all sensible advice. So long as he isn't in pain and more importantly has come to terms with his situation the best thing you could have done, which you have, is let him know he's always in your thoughts. Now is the time to throw yourself into the planned fun weekend with your son and guest. It's all fascinating and I'm sure you'll recognise it if a spark suddenly appears in their relationship.
Buzz, could you maybe arrange for your young servers to group together in a room and arrange for a professional photographic shoot? If not an outside photographer, I'm guessing someone in your community is maybe hiding their photography light under a bushel. The slave trade is a part of our British history only now beginning to be recognised although in the city of Plymouth, just 20 miles from me, there is a statue of John Hawkins who's recognised as the first trader. Sir Francis Drake who is considered a hero was his cousin and joined him on several journeys to kidnap Africans.... not taught in school of course!!
A busy time volunteering Sandy and I know how committed you are to the cause. Not too many sandwiches on your plate though!!
Hi Lin, Betty stayed out of the pond yesterday and in fact spent most of the afternoon sitting in the garden room and occasionally standing in the open doorway to bark at me. I would then call out hey Betty and she'd settle back on the sofa!
Well, best get on with some housework. Happy Saturday everyone.
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Just a postscript, William Wilberforce was the MP for Hull who lobbied to end slavery. I'm awfully proud of him. When I visited his home which is now a museum it was full of African Americans. Even better, at school I was placed in the house which was named after him. Divided into four houses I remember Edith Cavill house named after the British nurse executed by a firing squad by World War One Germany, despite helping soldiers on both sides but I can't remember the other two houses.
Just had the prospective liberal candidate at my door with the old present MP. I'm afraid when asked if I'd vote for her I said I hadn't a clue who to vote for as they are all painted with the same brush. In a naughty mood today because I also said being an ex Brit I was more interested in Brexit.
Anne, the incorrigible.0
