Senior Golden Sneakers
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JACKIE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
What a super week its been for you! Hope today is wonderful with your friends at the pub for lunch and later at home with the pets!
Love and hugs from Anne.
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Oh my goodness Jackie! you are having a birthday❣️ Happy birthday to you 🎶🎶🎶🎶I guess you realize you are one of our favorite people EVER❣️Seriously you are such a delight because you live the life some of us would love to live. You love all creatures and we all want to follow your good example. Your love for home and hearth and all things green gives us something to strive for. It is such a pleasure to think of you in that wonderful area called Cornwall. I can smell the tea and birthday cake all the way to Oregon. Stay young and just a little bit cheeky...I suggest a small glass of that salted caramel vodka for starters.
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😁❤ Thank you dear friends! I'm ignoring that nbr. 71 I'm now supposed to be and carrying on Spring chicken-like!!
Soon to leave for Sunday roast and a glass of red vino so will report back later. 😘
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Happy birthday Jackie. Some flowers for you.
I hope you have a wonderful day. By the way, I adore your sock monkey! ❤️❤️ I ran across this old PG Tips photo yesterday.
Enjoy your tea.
Hugs all. Church morning and I am behind once again.
Lin
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FEBRUARY: Not only is it JACKIES birthday it's also:
Ground hog day today
Brexit yesterday
Valentine's Day
Jilly Beans 4th birthday, same day
My cousin gets a birthday after four years because it's
LEAP YEAR!
Anyone you single ladies fancy? Because us gals are only supposed to propose marriage on a leap year! No, me neither, lol.
Enjoy FEBRUARY FILL DITCH. And don't forget your umbrellas and wellies should you reside in Cornwall or Oregon.
Anne. Who needs snow boots and ear muffs today, brrrrrrrrr.
PS. I wasn't allowed to use the old English word for ditch, it was changed to kitten!
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Happy Sunday!
I am glad Jackie is out celebrating her birthday! 
Age in only a number and as long as we feel good who cares how old we are?
Babe called to let me know his son's wife mother died. Should be an interesting wake since Cheryl doesn't speak to her sister or even let her daughter see her and she is the godmother. We both lost that privilege in the same year almost 8 years ago.
Babe told me not to go, so I will honor that.
I am going with friends to the American Legion where I play bingo for the Super Bowl. I am in a couple of pools so wish me luck on winning some money.
Anne, you forgot one February fact:
Today is 02/02/2020 -- the first global palindrome day in 909 years. Today is a very special occasion -- the date is a palindrome, meaning it is the same when read forwards and backwards. It is February 2, 2020, or 02/02/2020, in both the MM/DD/YYYY format and the DD/MM/YYYY format
Have a good day!
Sandy
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Not sure if Chris checks in with us, but it is also her birthday today.
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Wow, you are right SANDY! First time for 909 years, 02-02-2020 and it's Jackie's birthday! I knew she was special!
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Chris - happy birthday. Flowers for you too.
Hugs.
Lin
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Jackie here’s my sock monkey. Always with me in the SUV. I see there’s a bit of fading after many years.
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Well my birthday was great fun and Sunday roast delicious. I chose turkey and gammon and there must have been at least 8 vegetable dishes as well as the obligatory Yorkshire pud so by the time we finished the first course we were too stuffed to attempt the gorgeous looking desserts. We had planned to drive to a local beach after the meal but it had become quite a grey gloomy afternoon so we decided to give it a miss. I hadn’t noticed the date was a palindrome so thanks Sandy. I must tell my nephew Sven who was born 07/07/70 and always considered that very special... I think I’ve bettered that now! 😄
I’m sure you all know how special you are to me and that life could be quite humdrum without my daily sneakers fix. I constantly marvel at everyone’s individual coping mechanism when faced with adversity in whatever form it might take as well as the amazing support offered when needed. Bless you for the warm and loving birthday wishes that are now locked away in my heart. ❤️
It’s nearly midnight so another birthday over and I must get to bed. Nite, nite.
Jackie xxx
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To our "cool Chick, J A C K I E"
much love, Buzz 0 -
Happy Birthday, Chris Buzz 0
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Resorted to taking Aleve yesterday and today so to heck with it, it is helping with the arthritic pains! Today was bearable Happy everything, everybody...02022020😍🥰😁 Buzz0
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A belated happy birthday Jackie and thanks for your kind words
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Hello all. Freezing drizzle promised for today so I am going out early to do my errands and will decide later on whether or not to go to today’s book club.
Judy, ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I Hope you are seeing your doctor each week. It is good to have a person who shows their caring and concern.
Jackie, wow, what a lovely day. Yippee!
Sandy, how did your Super Bowl Bingo come out? Regardless of win, I trust it was fun.
Anne, good morning to you and the Bean. Any chance of a warm up? We had a fabulous couple of days with lots of snow melting. I wore a light jacket to church yesterday without a hat or gloves. The car was actually warm when I returned to it after church as the sun was out. It was wonderful. That is over now but it was nice.
Buzz, are you not allowed to take Aleve? My friend’s teenagers always bug their mom for some type of pill when something hurts. A pill fixes everything is what they have learned early in life.
Patsy, did you guys watch the football game? I finished reading my latest book club book and watched the very end of the game with one eye and lots of channel flipping. I did, unfortunately, catch the half time show. Well, enough said.
Caucus day here in Iowa. Madness, up close and personal.
Hopefully this will not be too offensive. I saw a post with many road signs which made me giggle. Sharing one today:
Hugs my friends.
Lin
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Now there's a bit of British humour and rivalry for you! Love it, Anne.0
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Snow yesterday, today all gone! Like spring at 36F.
Michael woke up to the sounds of a chain saw at his condo, maybe my future home.
Sort of "I am a lumberjack and I'm alright. Anne.
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Happy Monday! I won $100 in one of my pools and we had a great time watching the game. They had plenty of food which I unfortunately ate so of course my weight was up today.
I will be good for the rest of the week and continue to ride my bike.
I am glad you had a great birthday Jackie.
Not much to say so I will just wish everyone a great day.
Sandy
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Anne, love it, “ I’m a lumberjack and I’m alright”😂😂😂😂 Haven’t heard that for awhile.
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https://www.ladbible.com/community/animals-sausage-dog-and-seal-pup-strike-up-unlikely-friendship-20200201
I’m about to cook an evening meal but thought you’d all enjoy this story.
Love the Cornish sign Lin and the lumberjack outside Mike’s home Anne.
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Coooooooold and we had a bit of snow that of course turned to ice and it is now making the decks lethal to attempt walking across. So any errands I planed are on hold until something happens...like sanding the deck or the weather warms up or or or something!
Talked to our son on Sunday and my heart is breaking for him! His dear old dog has kidney failure. There is nothing they can do to help or cure it. He hasn’t been able to make the hardest decision a person has to make at this time. So he is deliberately attending to her as best he can. I hear that sound in his voice that he knows what needs to happen but hasn’t been able to say goodbye just yet.
Dogs are such dear and wonderful companions...they are truly family.
We did watch the game. Maybe it was because the two teams aren’t really star studded or exciting, it was sort of a dud to watch. BUT! Air popped popcorn with spices and a tiny splash of olive oil was a treat. Katie get confused at John’s growling and yelling. She actually turns her head sideways as if to question, “why are you so mad at the TV?” The commercials were sort of fun and the half time show was a good time to go to the bathroom and hunt for more popcorn. So I would say, okay J’Lo! Thanks for the break.
Laundry is chugging along, dryer is cooking a load as we speak, planning “ hoppin-Jack” for dinner. (Rice and red beans) I will jazz it up with more veggies to help it along. Baked apples for dessert. A very winter-like menu.
February is starting out to be dramatic. Hope things start to get sweet and calm someday soon.
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https://www.ladbible.com/community/animals-sausage-dog-and-seal-pup-strike-up-unlikely-friendship-20200201
I’m about to cook an evening meal but thought you’d all enjoy this story.
Love the Cornish sign Lin and the lumberjack outside Mike’s home Anne.
Jackie
Great Story Jackie, thank you for sharing.0 -
Thanks for the story link Jackie, loved it. ❤️❤️❤️0
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Loved the story JACKIE.
On a more sombre note I see construction workers found a WW11 bomb in Soho and have had to evacuate the area. Just a reminder of a Europe of 75 years ago!
Meanwhile despite dire warnings I gather Brits aren't reduced to wearing sackcloth and eating only spuds and turnips since striking out on their own some.
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I drove to the top of the moors to walk the dogs this morning but when I switched off the engine and radio I could hear the whistling wind and noticed a dark rain cloud scurrying in our direction and yes, a downpour quickly followed so after a quick discussion with the pooches decided we didn’t have to walk in such awful conditions. Back down the road and into the woods where it was sheltered and I climbed up to the higher ground so my heart pumped harder and certainly I had to breath heavily which I gather is a good thing!! When I got home I found bags of insulating material for my chimney stacked up by the back door and later Robbie came to measure everything ready to fit the liner and new multi fuel stove on Thursday. The rest of my time was taken up with housework, a jigsaw puzzle and a documentary about the devastating Australian fires that left me feeling exhausted at the thought of living through such an experience, never mind having to see the wildlife carnage close up. I imagine everyone will be dreading next summer and beyond.
My poorly little hen died in the night so sadly I’m down to 3 chooks now but they look healthy so hopefully I won’t lose any more.
Patsy, that’s so sad your son’s dog is seriously ill so one day soon he will have to make that dreaded decision. I do feel for him because I’m a hopeless wreck at such times.
Life goes on as normal Anne and we’ve now said goodbye to our doom and gloom Bank of England boss Mark Carney who may be heading back in your direction! Another year of negotiations with the EU still to come but at least with a majority government we won’t have to listen to daily bickering in the Commons. I gather too plans are afoot to move the House of Lords to York... being banished me thinks!!
The dogs are snoring and Brady just headed out through the cat flap for his nightly patrol so it must be bedtime. 😴
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So far have lost 2 posts so this must be quick; Lab work on Wednesday, and until I get results, I may NOT use swelling reducers, which ease my arthrtitis, ....so I have no choice, really but to ramble on, which I seem to do lately. Forgive me, please, it was a rough day! Buzz 0
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I was up with the lark, washed my hair, had a bath, ate breakfast of banana, toast, boiled egg,and marmalade, made the bed and walked for 30 minutes. I think it's time I woke up sleepy paws. This dog would be ideal living with a late riser, but she tolerates pesky me bless her.
Meanwhile what's happening in Iowa LINDA? Numerous claims of winning after the counting went amiss? I listened to the radio as I did my trot.
I think I'll go and have a cuppa and recover after my exertions which no doubt means Jilly Bean will wake up demanding breakfast.
It's a dogs life!
Anne. 🙃♥️🐶♥️
PS. JACKIE, I've just read that the UK is banning the sale of diesel and petrol cars after 2035.0 -
Good morning.
Buzz, darn, sorry you have to wait for labs. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ is there anything else that will ease your pain? Topical ointments or pain patches? Heat?
Jackie, progress on the chimney fix! Yeah. More rain, ugh. What jigsaw puzzle did you work on yesterday? Finished?
Anne, I heard that story as well. As I understand it, it was moved and successfully disarmed. How terrible to still have these surprises out there.
Patsy, feeling very sad about your son’s dog. They are so incredibly precious, I can understand how rough it must be for him. Oh, you mentioned how difficult it is to find products without added sugar. Yes, but sometimes you can only pick the best of the lot. I will purchase products with dates (and date products) and sometimes other sweeteners. White sugar, only in an emergency. Which is why I send for products as I also am trying to avoid added salt and oil and gluten free. Very difficult. Cheering for you as you continue on the hunt for products that meet your needs.
Sandy, not much to say. Hope you are well and congrats on your bingo win.
Must run, a couple of errands before Mah Jongg and a different book club this afternoon.
And hurrah, we did NOT have any freezing drizzle yesterday. It is just quite cold and windy.
Take care.
Hugs.
Lin
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Violet is on the prowl again! She has a thing about chimneys obviously because when the first one was knocked out 39 years ago she filled the cottage with the smell of baking. This time she's been teasing George who spent most of yesterday evening sitting and chatting to her and as soon as he was up this morning went straight to the fireplace. An old towel is hanging to keep the draught out but that doesn't put him off.
Robbie dropped in to check the metal plate he's making fits and after he left I shone a torch up to see how it looks... old, sooty and dark! There is a small shelf a little way up so I thought it would be a good idea to place an old shoe horse there that I found buried in the garden many years ago. It currently sits above the fireplace with another find. Ten minutes later as I was splashing paint from test pots on the opposite wall the shoe threw itself on to the floor. Poor Betty jumped and George sniffed it but I greeted Violet like an old friend!! Perhaps she'll hang around but I hope she doesn't scare Robbie when he fits the liner and stove Thursday! 😱
A cold but sunny day and lots of chores on the go so back later.
Jackie
PS Anne, I heard about phasing out petrol and diesel cars too. Be interesting to see if those of us in rural areas will get electric top up stations set up in the middle of nowhere in that time. Not a bad idea though.
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