Senior Golden Sneakers
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Love the signs. Bet Jackie does as well. Anne.0
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I seem to have been on the go all day. Early shopping has my cupboards and fridge stocked then a walk on the moors has nicely tired Betty and George. A cold wind and the beginnings of some rainy weather chased us back to the car and then it was housework. I’ve had a home visit for a pedicure and relaxing foot massage then decided the best thing to do is put those feet up and enjoy a cuppa infront of the fire.
Love the funny signs Lin... most appropriate. Here’s one to give Anne a smile. Has to be somewhere in Yorkshire!!
I’ve always found rural life throws all sorts of adventures in my direction most of them funny too. At least there’s less chance of bumping into trouble unlike city life. If you and Mike can Anne, I’m sure you will both have fun should you move out into the countryside.
Back later as I have to go down to the hens and close their door manually because it’s playing up... drat!JACKIE
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I wonder if I could sell the unassembled snowmen outside our house? Just settling down to Stephen Kings latest.
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I, too, had a post yesterday that just ran away! It was so amazingly pithy, I know I’ll never be able to recapture it.
We have a rainy windy day and it is forecast to be so for the whole week. But it is winter and February, after all. What else can I expect?
I am holding my breath, hoping the trash can will not blow away before we can retrieve it. It is raining so hard right now, I really think neither John nor I want to go out into this. We might be chasing it down the road.......oh well!
John had lunch with an old college board member and they had fun solving all of life’s problems as well as discussing politics. I am just amazed they were not kicked out of the restaurant. I wonder if they left a good tip? I expect they did but who knows?
I am up to my eyelashes in refrigerator clean out. Antique food and something that could only be described as maybe a science project? I think it has been shoved to the back from Christmas. This is a chore I really do not enjoy but with my rock and roll CDs on the player, I’m good to go. Since this is trash day, I have plenty of room for a through clean out.yeeeah haaaaa!
The week end is here and I will try to get in touch with both of our kids. It is my job to make sure they are following my bad example. Ha ho!
Lin: loved the signs. I think we could adapt them for our area. Especially the 2nd house sign. It is a current problem here.
Anne: with the decisions you and Mike must make, I think you have plenty of excitement in your life. They all seem wonderfully exciting and the prospect of a new home and a new life is darned thrilling.
Jackie: I was not aware that your house was contiguous with your neighbors. I invisioned your house and large garden by itself. Does this mean you share chimneys? Having a warm cozy house with your new (haunted) stove and chimney sounds wonderful. Your resident ghost will enjoy it as well.
Buzz: your daughters news about her health is confusing yet a relief. Hopfully she feels much better. She will throw her renewed confidence into a new creative series. This experience gives one second thoughts about the medical community. Food for thought.
Sandy: hope you have another delightful visit with your family. You are indeed lucky to have such a good relationship with your kids. I can tell you that doesn’t always happen. Enjoy! Tell us all about it.
Back to work. My hands have warmed up enough to tackle the veggie drawer in the refrigerator.
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Happy Friday!
My daughter and SIL are out visiting and my granddaughter should be here around 10:00 pm. I picked them up from the airport around 10:00 with no problem. I am doing my Friday laundry since I am home alone and have no car. The keto stew came out delicious, I would certainly make it again, they loved it. Score.
They are going to a friends for pizza so I will just have the leftover stew with a salad. I have lots of lunch meat for sandwiches if they are hungry later and for Kelly. I am sure we will be up late tonight having a glass of wine and talking to Kelly. Tomorrow Lisa and Rob's and Sunday they are invited to my daughter's aunt but not sure I will go since I am afraid of the political talk which is the opposite of mine.
I am sure we will play some games as well so it will be a busy weekend. Kelly leaves Sunday afternoon and they leave Monday morning.
Have a great day or what is left of it.
Sandy
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I simply MUST get to bed after last night's fiasco leading to 4 AM bedtime! My poor hands are so swollen toight I can barely hit the keyes BUT the rest of the painful spots are imeasureably improved!!! Most of your posts are entertaining, humorous or instructive. Dear PATSY is in need of our loving HUGS
and reassurances that good will win in the end! Well, actually after today's history-making behavior in the WH, perhaps we ALL need that!
I must see if I can get my spelling correction back into settings or wherever it belomgs and then off to dreamland!
Enjoy your weekend, y'all!
Buzz
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Oh oh, having nothing better to do on a freeze your buns off day except touch base I thought I'd tell you about our long ago village policemen, all two of them. Dad had a bicycle and repair shop and he was friendly with the police "force" because on their beats or walk around on freeze your buns off days they would go into his shop to warm their backsides at his big black stove, along with all the old lads I might add. This made dad friendly with most in the village and with the police force.
One day one of his pals in blue came into his shop having deposited his second uniform at the dry cleaners. The night before when the pubs closed a bunch of boyos from the big city had sang their way to the fish and chip shop thus disturbing the local villagers who had to get up early the next morning for spud picking or whatever. Dads friend issued a warning at which point one large burly man wiped his fish and chips open packet down his uniform. "What did you do" asked dad. "Hit him over the head with me truncheon before he hit me" said the bobby. "And now hes residing in our cell with a headache'. Those were the days weren't they.
The "force" eventually got a police woman. She too popped into his shop regularly. Dad, who was a big man himself said this gal was one policewoman he wouldn't want to argue with. Nice lass but she was indeed built like a buffalo.
Waiting for Michael hence the above, but are you still with me. Sorry!
Anne wishing Patsy would send some nice relatively speaking, warm rain our way. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr.0 -
PS, the above came about because I haven't had fish and chips for AGES. I've fish in the freezer so it's battered fish and chips and peas for us today.0
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Walked on the moors, visited the allotment with my neighbours to construct another raised bed and now home to watch our 6 Nations rugby matches. “Come on England” later but currently watching Ireland v Wales. Back later.
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Off to the library for a day of Papercrafting. Hugs.
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Interesting teapot. Blue crab!
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Happy Saturday! Lazy morning, getting ready to shower and then play some games before going to Rob and Lisa's. Kids need their naps first.
Just dropping in to say hello and have a good day.
Sandy
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Oh I love that tea pot and I don’t even drink much tea. If I had that I would make myself drink a pot everyday. Too cute and really beautiful.
Foggy, rain, wind, some hail. Must run, Katie is wet and shaking water everywhere.
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I'm fairly early tonight. I think I had a metal teapot like that blue crab, and I don't Know to whom I gave it! Great pot but hard to clean! Someone in India reset my support programs early this morning, and now I have to watch my spelling very carefully! Every third word seems to need retyping!
Woke up today with that wonderful feeling of my joints being almost free of aches and pains! I had almost forgotten what that feels like. Then I heard some music coming from my iPhone and it suddenly occurred to me "Aha, that must mean something!" So I searched and indeed there were 2 new messages only several days old. My answers to them could not be delivered
so I called the sender and darling SANDY set my "contacts" to reply properly.
Spent dinnertime explaining to a new resident why she could not allow her little "rescue" poodle to run indoors if he had a leash. She could not understand my explanation about unexplained puddles on carpeting!g hugs to you all!
Perhaps I'll make up some sleep time now, without interference, before losing my post again!
Sending hugs to everyone Buzz
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Good morning Sneakers. Storm Ciara arrived at midnight with a warning of damage and disruption so before I went to bed I checked outside for anything that might blow away, even turned the table on the decking upside down. The hens automatic door is still playing up which meant an early visit to open it manually and as far as I could tell nothing so far has disappeared in the wind! A horrid morning, dark skies, rain and trees bowing dramatically... I can’t see me walking the pooches on the moors nor in the woods so will play that by ear since things will apparently get worse this afternoon.
That teapot is amazing Lin and I’m wondering if it’s Japanese or Indian, perhaps neither? Beautiful and scary at the same time!
Loved your story of the local Bobbies Anne in an era of community minded people. Even in London growing up in a district run by a criminal element, including the Kray twins, the majority of local police were firm but fair. We had a police box at the end of our street just like Doctor Who’s and if the blue light flashed when we were out playing we would run to see if one of our favourite cops was on the beat that day. How times have changed!
Buzz that’s wonderful you are without pain, almost like a miracle with it happening overnight. Long may it last. Your daughter’s misdiagnosis, if that’s what it was, is appalling but still seems unclear. You must be more than relieved to receive her positive news though. Unexplained puddles on carpets... I learned all about those last year although perhaps not so unexplained! 😧
If only my property was detached Patsy, my life would certainly be more peaceful. There again the effing and Jeffing is generally high volume so not easy to escape from. Those neighbours are not what we’d refer to as gardeners so on a day to day basis I see little or nothing of them. Property maintenance isn’t high on their agenda and the chimney stack is about all we share thank goodness plus access from the road. When the stove was attached and Robbie finished clearing up I was aware of the strongest floral scent in the air, only for about 5 seconds, then it was gone. It definitely wasn’t coming off Robbie but I’m used to it now so barely react, just assume Violet is happy with the end result.
Sandy, enjoy your time with family today.
Happy International chocolate day to all my friends! I shall enjoy a small bar of Green and Blacks organic dark chocolate. 😛. First I must get dressed and think about a short doggie walk somewhere safe.
Jackie
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Sorry girls but much as I love critters there is no way I could drink my cup of tea from that teapot than fly to the moon. It's the scariest thing I've seen for ages and one wonders who created it! Maybe because I'm reading Stephen Kings latest I feel it's the sort of thing he would create if he was a potter.
Michael came, Michael went and he's threatening to pop by again today. I've donated Jillys lovely orange winter coat to a friend's doggie who's the same size as the Bean. The Bean refuses to wear a coat however cold it might be and it WAS cold yesterday. She plants her bum on the sidewalk having been CARRIED outside in the offending article, and refuses to stand up and move on. Once it's off she happily bounces on. Yesterday, out with Mike, they came home early because a man in a car had stopped to warn Mike that a very hungry looking large fox was around the church corner. So we did the next best thing in Beans life, took a car ride to the pet store to stock up on treats and milky bone biscuits AND a big bottle of Sherry for Anne who rarely drinks but fancied a tipple after her supper on a very cold day. Today it's a little warmer.
Glad Violet is happy JACKIE. I suspect you will be smelling baking again today.
Next week I think I will start packing books I want to keep. Early days but I don't want a scramble near the end of our life in number 17. I'm not nostalgic any more. Just glad I've got chance of yet another adventure down the road.
So, shower time and a ponder on what to feed Michael!
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At church. More later.
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Good morning dear sneakers. I see some blue skies and the sun is playing peep-a-boo behind a few clouds. A cold morning and Katie said she has no interest in going outside at least not this very moment. She has very good control and I trust she will let us know if she needs a quick walk...right NOW! Since we have been “enjoying” our seasonal wet and wild weather, we have been doing a few laps around the back yard in the rain. Then back inside for a continued game of ball that Katie would love to see lasting all day long. I relent and we play ball three or four times a day.
My coffee is brewed and I am listening to Sunday morning Baroque. I will have a phone call to our son, Damon, later and will try to phone our daughter, Andrea as well. We are still the emotional support for both of them. Although our son comes to our rescue when needed.
Valentine day is right around the corner, so I will make a valentine for John and a special dinner and a small gift. What? Maybe some kind of odd tool. He loves odd tools even if he doesn’t ever use them. He is a good egg, that guy!
The academy awards are tonight. I don’t know about any of the movies, I will just read about the various awards after the fact. I would enjoy watching but they seem endlessly long. And I often disagree about the choices. John has absolutely no patience or interest in the awards.
Sun is up, the sky is clear. Hello sunshine!
Patsy☘️
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Good afternoon, a long struggle to get my old Windows laptop to update and restart. Oh my. Poor darling is about done for I do believe. One of the USB ports has also stopped working. But, finally the updates are installed and the laptop is rebooted. Wahoo.
Anne, I think it is the Stephen King book. I find the object interesting and love the little fish on the top. If I owned it, it would likely sit around for me to look at rather than using it every day. It might be a terror to clean if it is indeed food safe. 🥳🥳
Patsy, I will pass on the awards show tonight. I am in the midst of another book. The late M.C. Beaton’s latest Agatha Raisin mystery “Beating About the Bush.” At this point she is rushing around like a crazy woman again (while trying to solve a murder and snag another boy/man friend). I a, not seeing how the pieces are coming together so must finish it! Cold to the North of us but we had rain sprinkles this morning and actually a bit of sunshine around noon. Gray overcast skies now. I hope you enjoy whatever you choose for this evening.
Buzz, I may have misse another post but I am hoping you are still feeling better. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Will you watch the award show tonight? Or will you have a watch party somewhere in your facility?
Sandy, busy one, almost through the visit now?
Jackie, has the storm passed through now? I hoe you did find somewhere to walk with the doggies while remaining safe. I must admit I did not know you shared a chimney with anyone. I thought you were totally detached but had a close neighbor. So they are not very loud people who annoy your quiet time and sleep? Hello Violet! 🙋🏼♀️ May tomorrow bring better weather.
Hugs to all my Sneaker friends. ❤️❤️
Lin
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Now for a sweet little tea related photo that hopefully bring a smile.
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Much better! That crab and its beady eyes is still haunting me!
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adorable happy kitty picture, LIN! No, I think you didn't miss a post as yesterday was an almost pain-free day! Today started off awful but seems to have lightened up a good bit, so I cannot complain. Tomorrow, I may or may not learn results from the tests, but I suspect it is all part of my Golden Years, like everything else inexplicable! I know it is politically incorrect to blame things age, but some things simply ARE part of the process! We tend to get used to them!!!
JACKIE, by attached property, do you mean attached buildings or soil? Perhaps you might include a photo so I won't remain confused! I always picture you on some historic moor, almost in a different century!
PATSY, I suspect JOHN will be happy no matter what you decide for Valentine's Day. You seem so well suited to each other!
ANNE, such a teeny little one cannot really be so stubborn regarding her coat, can she? My poodles even put up with their tiny snowshoes!!! Your story-telling is hysterical!
I haven't heard from my DD since her email with what I considered confusing good news. Perhaps they are celebrating on a visit somewhere!
I doubt I'll watch the Academy Awards since I don't recognize many of the actors OR films anymore! Perhaps 60 Minutes will lull me off and I'll try once more for an earlier bedtime! My eldest DD called during Meet the Press so I missed most of that this morning. But it was worth hearing my fervent Republican Son in Law lampooning the infantile destructive great Orange One this morning! Won't people wake up to this monster? Buzz
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Happy Monday! I drove my daughter and SIL to the airport at 8:15 this morning and am home doing laundry such as their sheets and towels. It was a great visit and love when my kids come to visit. My SIL redid the grout in my shower because the old grout was disgusting.
Since my landlord procrastinates on everything, Carl made me happy. He is a handy guy and can do almost anything, my daughter is lucky he loves to do projects on their house.
I did not sleep well the last two night but not sure why. Very tired today so a nap might be necessary. The kiddos and their parents were sick yesterday so I hope we don't get sick from our visit with them Saturday. I am supposed to sit tomorrow afternoon for Lisa and Robby to go to the dentist and then 7AM Wednesday and 7AM Thursday. I will probably just spend Tuesday and Wednesday night there so I don't have to get up at 5:30.
Buzz, my daughter and SIL are also Republicans but we agree to disagree and don't talk politics. Same with the people we visited with yesterday so it makes for pleasant conversation.
Sorry but my page flipped but I do agree with Buzz and would like Jackie to take a picture of her cottage. When I went on Google I thought it looked like more than one house but it is kind of hard to figure out.
Have a great day everyone and must admit company is great but being alone is also great.
Sandy
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I'm having one of those days! We enjoyed a walk in the woods because the dark skies over the moors looked threatening. Lots of debris lying around after a stormy weekend but I'm sure the worst is over. A trip to the farm supply store means the hens are stocked up but another attempt to get their door to work failed so I'll have to contact the company I bought it from and see what advice they offer. Soon after we got home from the walk Betty began to be sick time and time again until I counted 14 areas covered with paper kitchen towels while I got a bucket of hot soapy water and scrubbing brush organised. I phoned the vet because there is a nasty dog sickness bug in the area and an appointment was made for later today. Betty managed to keep down a drink of water an hour or so later and has slept so the appointment was cancelled and I'll see how she is after a handful of kibble later. Meanwhile a couple of thunder storms this afternoon have George on guard barking constantly!!
Here's a photo to show the attached property.
My older brother recently started to talk about his opinions on the UK leaving the EU that are opposite to mine but I decided nothing is worth falling out with family so kept quiet except to suggest living on the outskirts of London gave him a privileged lifestyle that most others can't enjoy. Well you can imagine how that might have escalated so I quickly steered us off the subject!!
I'm still chasing a refund for the missed order of coal and today escalated my complaint through Paypal... thank goodness I used them to pay!
Cuppa awaits in a very ordinary mug! 😁
Jackie
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Hello, almost afternoon. I have thrown all sorts of things from the refrigerator in the Instant Pot for vegetable soup. Smells okay.
I made a trip to the post office and the senior center, which is close to me but not a place I frequent, and found a bulletin for all the centers for February. Will do some cards later. Just need to add some die cuts to each of them.
Mah Jongg is cancelled tomorrow and the next week as well as the lady who not only attends but brings another player has other things she must do.
Jackie, wow, I would never have guessed it. Interesting that each home seems to be a bit different in color. Thank you for the photo.
Sandy, I hope no one is ill. Yesterday at church, we had a number of empty spots, usually occupied, due to illness. One lady came back yesterday and told me she had been very ill and ummmmm, not keeping much of anything down, for almost 6 days. Oh my. So fingers crossed you will not run into any illnesses.
Anne, good day. What are you doing today? We have a sunny and relatively pleasant day today but by late Wednesday/Thursday we are promised below zero temperatures etc. once again. Argh!
Buzz, I finished my book last night and did not see a moment of the awards.
Patsy, the lady I mentioned who cannot attend Mah Jongg has a daughter who has been ill for a long time. The daughter tells her mother next to nothing, sometimes some information slips out, and when she needs a ride to and from a procedure or test, she at least tells her mom what the test is and when she has to be there. My friend is often very frustrated and hurt that the daughter won’t tell her more and let her help more. Most recently, something has shown up on an MRI, a mass of some sort. That all she knows. And she is very worried. I hope your daughter tells you more than that. ❤️❤️
Hello to Marcella, Diane, Jeri, Karen, Judy, Shirley, Bob, Barbie and all other Sneakers.
Hugs and all best wishes.
Lin
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Cup of tea for everyone
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Hello. Catch up day on letters, banks etc for me.
JACKIE, have you tried Betty on George's diet or also Jillys diet of chicken, rice and carrot? Jilly can't manage kibble and although I try now and again, she refuses it. She thrives on my home cooked.
Other than that, a quiet day with overnight snow melting in a slushy mess.
I finished Mr. Kings latest. It was one of those which you think just might be happening unknown to us - the masses. Kidnapping and manipulation of children. Not pedophile I hasten to add. No way could I read about that, more a mind thing involving gifted kids.
LIN, my sons sometimes keep quiet for ages if they have health problems. Don't want to worry me they say. However I tell them when I sense something is amiss I worry even more imagining the worst.
It's starting to darken outside and Jillys chicken needs to be removed from cooking, so bye everybody,
Anne.
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Good evening. I just saw this photo of the recent storm. Fierce!
“High tide and storm Ciara battering the cornish coast at Porthleven two days ago💨🌊💨
Photo: James Maloney Photography”
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Regarding 2 and a half lost posts and will eack tomorrow with test results!
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Happy Tuesday! Well no sitting for kiddos, they all have the flu. Rob, my son, warned us Saturday that he felt like a cold was coming on but we went anyway. When we got home we all had emergen-c. Sunday the kids all had some high temps and Lisa also got sick. Yesterday I suggested going to the doctor which didn't go over big but today because of a bad night they went and all have the flu. Grandma's are not always wrong.
The doctor gave them anti-nausea medicine but no antibiotics. Not sure why but Lisa said they take OTC to help with fevers. I googled and the incubation period said two to four days so hopefully I should be fine but took some dayquil this morning just to be safe. I am now glad I got the flu shot.
Looks like a free day so will ride my bike and read my cousin's book.
Buzz, so sorry you keep losing posts, that is so frustrating.
Lin, beautiful picture but very scary weather.
Have a wonderful day and stay healthy.
Sandy
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