Senior Golden Sneakers
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Yes ladies! I too was convinced that 2020 was the year we started to straighten it all out. Not as expected but I do feel there is some karma involved in this whole thing. Maybe it is because I have had to research these tarot cards and their meanings and images. It is fun and absorbing. I really can’t understand the fascination but it is interesting. The woman who is involved with this is spinning around like a top with her predictions. Oddly they seem to be inconsistent. She never hits paydirt as they say.
There is one woman locally with the virus that we know of. She is quarantined and seems to be doing okay. The hospital is contacting her friends etc. I made a mask using a pattern from YouTube that has a pocket for a filter. They suggest coffee filters or hepa vacuum cleaner bags or room air cleaner filters. I think it is so funny about the information or misinformation floating around. Not sure I’ll use this but I made it just in case. The news said that the masks are only for people who have the virus to keep droplets from contaminating others. But doctors and nurses use them to keep from being contaminated from the droplets from patients etc. does this seem inconsistent to you? Also in China everyone wears masks to control infecting others. Our hospital has a group of people making masks for hospital staff. They are easy to make, by the way.
We will preserve and maybe not laugh but sigh in relief later about this time in 2020.
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I agree about the divine intervention JACKIE and even more that it's Gaea or Freya - Mother Nature putting to rights all the damage we humans have done. I read the other day that the wild life is already flourishing with the streams and rivers less polluted. With less cars and planes maybe earth warming will halt in its tracks.
Tarot cards PATSY, I've never dabbled in such but I do have a friend who was a fortune teller or rather is I guess. Flo's sister in law. Before Evelyn though a school teacher I know persuaded me to go to a clairvoyant with a group of fellow teachers. Sceptical, I decided not to give a thing away about myself for the clairvoyant to pounce on. I couldn't change my accent however. Anyway she told me a very old Scottish lady spirit wearing a brown plaid shawl had accompanied me and was shaking her fist at the clairvoyant. Your granny on your mother's side, said the fortune teller. No, I said, that's not right, my mother's mom died young in childbirth. Anyway in the end the lady didn't take my cash because she said she couldn't read me at all. Years later it DID occur to me that my great grandmother on my dad's side WAS Scottish and did live to a great age. I like to think she's been my guardian angel getting me out of all sorts of scrapes yours truly gets into!
There, good to tell we are in a house shutdown when I have to resort to weird tales of long ago!
I did hear from Helen in Australia. She couldn't go to her SILs funeral because she too is in lockdown being in her late seventies. She's filling her time gardening which is her huge passion.
So another day to get creative,
Hope you all enjoy a slower pace,
Annie and Jillo Bean (who realizes life is different I think.)0 -
First thing I made a phone call to a friend who will celebrate her birthday alone today although plans to walk to the nearest supermarket to buy herself a cake! Her biggest excitement was an ebay parcel containing fresh yeast so she can bake... another item stripped from supermarket shelves. I too felt joy when I returned from our morning walk to find a parcel containing new gardening gloves and jar of organic free trade molasses to use in my Canadian muffin recipe!
I decided I would drive up to the moors with George and Betty as it's a lovely Spring day and we walked for nearly an hour, only ever seeing one other lady with a child and little dog but they kept their distance.
Another spot the dogs photo. They had a great time running about which showed they were as stir crazy as me!
Patsy, thank you, you gave me my first laugh of the day reading your analysis of the clairvoyant and her Tarot cards readings! 😁 My 2nd laugh was my hairdresser's text responding to my message saying I would resort to using George's grooming scissors on my mop. She replied "PLEASE, don't you dare cut your hair!" so rather than risk the wrath of Tamsin I'll look out for a granny hair net! 🤪
Anne, you are so right about a slower pace. We should all try to relax into this situation we find ourselves in. Somewhere at the back of a cupboard is a box of artist materials from a time at least 30 years ago I dabbled so I'm going to dig it out. Hopefully your Spring is just round the corner and you will be able to potter outside, Patsy's John can attack the brambles and dear Sandy relax on her balcony in the sun and top up her tan!
Buzz, may you wake up feeling a whole lot better and pain free. 😍
Past my lunchtime already so a snack before weeding.
Looking forward as ever to Lin's teapot of the day.
Jackie
PS I spotted a gorgeous Red Admiral butterfly sitting on a dandelion flower on our track this morning... now that is early!0 -
Hello ladies, thank you for all nice comments about my photo.
Jackie - what a nice looking car. We were shopping for a new one but that’s on hold right now. Glad you can still go for walks. I’d be so upset if I couldn’t go out for a walk. I went for a great one yesterday, not as pretty as yours for sure, but it felt so nice to get outside. Today it snowing so I’ll be staying home. I was so envious to hear you saw a butterfly on a dandelion. Oh my.
Sandy, glad you are staying home too. It sure is hard missing the grandkids. Yours are so cute now but it is the safe thing to do.
LIn - thank you for you kind comments. It is indeed better safe than sorry. Sorry to hear you were having trouble with your washing machine. Not the time for things like that. We’ve been watching lots of British crime series. Really enjoy them.
Buzz - yes, 10 kids is unusual in this day and age. Actually Melanie is enjoying having everyone home right now. Lots of people to hold Andrew. They all love him so much. Sorry you’ve been having health issues. Darn it.
Annie - Alberta is still allowing businesses to be open but I can see us going in that direction too. Calgary is Alberta’s hotspot for covid right now so we are definitely trying to stay home as much as possible. That being said Ed went to Costco this morning. He went down south to Okotoks as it is outside of Calgary where the covid numbers are less. He just phoned, a long line and very backed up, he thinks he is just coming home. Who would have guessed is right.
Patsy- I too was glad to put 2019 behind me and looked forward to 2020. Who knew. LOL
I’ve been making soup and stew and freezing some. Also been eating too much. Darn stress. But I am getting in at least 10,000 steps everyday.
Keep well everyone.
Jeri
PS here’s two goofy grands
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Good morning,
Jeri, so good to hear from you today and what a smile it brought to my face to see the photo of the lovely girls. They are adorable. So very cute. Yes, so many things put on hold right now. But it is okay, we need to get by this horrendous bump in the road. Oh my, Costco. They have been inundated here since people realized it might be prudent to stock up. Sorry Ed didn’t find a less crowded store.
I just got home from two car errands. I dropped off letters at the post office dropbox. Our mailman is so busy that he often does not arrive until 6 or 7pm. I wanted these cards to go out today as a number of them are going to people who are no longer allowed visitors. Assisted living and nursing home residents.
I then went to the bank drive thru. Wow, a line of 3 cars. I see the people ahead of me did not wear gloves and were definitely touching the slide out window as they retrieved their papers. So I left my gloves on. I talked to the teller for a while. First about an odd email I received. Glad I did, it was legitimate just to notify everyone who used bill pay that it was working again and could be used. The wording was so odd I wondered what was going on but it had to do with the online banking repair. Yeah.
And I wondered about the odds of the drive thru staying open if we are ordered to totally stay home. She said banking is considered essential, along with groceries, drug stores, and medical care. That was nice to know. She did say the branch I use could be closed however and I would have to drive downtown to the main location. I can do that.
Jackie, what a lovely walk and photo. Yes, I can spot the doggies. And that is definitely way beyond social distancing. Ahhhh, open spaces! A butterfly and a dandelion. Wahoo. I saw some dandelion leaves poking through my foundation plantings where they are less than welcome.
Anne, are you warming up again? We aren’t. Still cold and overcast so not much walking out there. Have seen just one dog walker this morning. But I did see a plumber at that same house about a block from me and another contractor of some type working in a house not far from there.
Patsy, hello, and nice to hear an update on your project. My coffee buddy friend has never received a result from her test. I hear she is at home and still sick. I am feeling well and it has been over 2 weeks since I last saw her so I think all is well. Unless of course I brought home more than groceries last week.
Sandy, hello! What are you binge watching now? Or doing something else.
Buzz, I am sorry about the continuing gout. ❤️❤️ I wish they would find an effective treatment. Stay safe.
Ooops, just missed a phone call from a friend I have been trying to speak with. Going to call her back now.
Hugs and best wishes ❤️❤️
Lin🙋🏼♀️
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And now for something completely different. A teapot hat pin.
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Happy Tuesday!
Nothing much going on, just another day of staying in. Bryanna went grocery shopping for me yesterday so I am stocked up once again. Babe told me to start my car and let it run for a little while so the battery doesn't die. Good advice.
One of the ladies from my meeting is having a zoom meeting Thursday so we don't have to leave the house, what a great idea. It takes a village as someone said to me.
Lin, I actually am having trouble with my wireless internet and TV service. I don't think all my shows are being recorded or at least not showing up on my TV. My son bought me a new wireless modem to save money on my Comcast bill and it doesn't seem to be working. My opinion is that Comcast does this so you will rent their modem.
Jeri, talk about cute kids, those girls are more than adorable. My son and DIL are taking this Stay at Home Order seriously and don't want me to leave the house for any reason. Thank goodness for technology.
Jackie, what a beautiful spacious walk and yes I did spot the pups.
I guess I am going to call comcast and fight with them about their service, it will help with my frustrations. Stay safe.
Sandy
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Just got notice our shopping by bus has been called off but there is a long list from which we can choose for the staffer to shop for everyone. And yet, I've learned some people are sneaking in cleaning people and visiting kids! With my gout/arthritis/neuropathy/lymphedema attack, I just want to stay quietly home!
JERI's gorgeous kids look like twins
I'm sending hugs and kisses (carefully scrubbed) to you all, but I must go waddle to my"john", which is about a 15 minute waddle in my condition! Then, to bed, if I can make it! This is absurd! Buzz
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Happy Wednesday! Where is everyone? The lockdown continues but today is supposed to be a beautiful day so I think I will either take a walk or try riding an actual bike although that scares me a little. I received bad news about my sister's first husband that he has aggressive cancer and although he is with his oldest daughter and her husband, the rest of the kids (5) can't see him due to the virus. I will text and/or call my niece to give her encouraging words but I know this is hard on her.
I put a post on Facebook saying my life is starting to be like the movie Groundhog Day, I do the same thing everyday. lol
A lot of people are doing a lot of cleaning, nope, not there yet.
Not a whole lot of excitement going on, I continue to watch our governor with daily updates and the orange one make a food of himself each day. Some day I hope our lives get back to normal, I feel like we are watching some scary movie.
Have a good day and stay calm.
Sandy
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Hello, I am here. We got a group together on Facebook IM and chatted this morning. It was fun and then one lady took it over to texting. IMs to several other people. Trying to stay in touch with folks I know and so many do not want to speak on the phone (although I do as much of that as possible too).
It is cold and overcast. I went out on my deck and it is foggy and altogether not a day where you want to spend any time outdoors. Maybe by Sunday the weather will improve.
I did some bathroom cleaning, not a lot, but it was something. Maybe more tomorrow.
Also put together an okay kale/cabbage salad from a bag of veg I purchased last week. Going to have a bowl of it later. Hearing stories from my friends regarding their grocery shopping excursions. And of the things they were able to find. One friend said she went to the grocery store this morning after 10 days in the house and almost cried to be in the store. Oh my.
Sandy, sorry for the bad news in your family. Anyone and everyone with loved ones who are ill, dying, in care, suffering, cannot reach out and hold a hand. Or go to a funeral if the worst happens. And I think on a light note, I did mention I am doing what Babe suggested to you. I am driving each of my vehicles once a week. If I don’t have drive by errands, I will drive to a grocery store or pharmacy but will likely not go in, there are too many cars in the lots. Oh, and is your Internet service better? Mine kind of pooped out last evening. Maybe too many people at home streaming the heck out of everything.
Buzz, I am appalled at some people’s behaviors. They act like it is of no consequence when it is of utmost importance. Does this syndrome, it will never happen to me, ever end?
Please be careful my dear friends.
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Blue💙💙
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Here I am Sandy 😁 another gorgeous day and warm too although we're warned it's going to get cold by the weekend. So long as it's dry I don't mind.
Had a long walk on the moors when the only person I saw was a policeman cruising on the road below as we made our way to the top. When he saw me watch him he waved out the window which I thought was nice. He was probably checking car parks because lots of mobile homes were driven down from London where the virus is at its worse and are being asked to go home.
My afternoon has been spent in the garden cutting back shrubs and listening to a family get together in next doors garden (The not so nice people who are obviously invincible when it comes to contagion!!)
Buzz, the people in your community sneaking visitors in should be shown the video of an Italian health official angry because someone let a hairdresser into a care home who gave the virus to her client who then died. He was ranting who was going to see her hair as she lays in her coffin! Quite true of course.
Have a good day everyone. May the sun shine on your bonces! 😄
Stay safe.
Jackie
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Oh my, I just spent the last half hour typing a message and poof while I was proof reading it, it disappeared. Grrrrrrrrr. I’ll try again later.
Here’s someone to make you smile, sweet little Maggie
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And she does make me smile Jeri. ❤️❤️
Thank you.
Lin0 -
Hello Barbie!!
Sending you happy birthday wishes as well as wishes for health and safety ❤️❤️🎁🌷🎁❤️❤️
Lin
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I'm still around SANDY.
ALL the children make us smile JERI. Beautiful children.
Well, I don't know about you but I'm sort of glad to be living here right now. Justin to my mind is quite impressive in coping with this horrible bug. It doesn't look as if anyone will starve and no one need pay rent or a mortgage if they can't. Our electricity bills are reduced.
Every cloud has a silver lining and as the weather warms Bean and I will spend more time in the garden planting last year's leftover veggie seeds now that the dear old homestead has a reprieve from being pulled down.
Mark and family are out of quarantine on Saturday, and I'm very pleased Michael has been sent home on two weeks sick leave for the moment whilst others at his work place have been temporarily laid off.
The other good news for me is, so far I don't know anybody who has got the bug including you dear ladies. I pray this continues.
My grocery order will hopefully arrive on Saturday after a two week wait, and then I guess it will be just as long or more to the next one.
Just as JERI'S children are so beautiful, so are Betty and George JACKIE!
LIN, a lovely lady herself with her beautiful teapots.
SANDY, please be careful if you ride an outdoor bike. Remember the 70 year old who got blown off his bike in front of me and Mike. He ended up with broken hips. Don't want that happening to you dear friend.
I guess PATSY is up to her eyes in Tarot card design and Katie brushing.
BUZZ I'm on another page so can't read your comment, but I hope any old dears in your place who risks your health by sneaking in hair dressers, cleaning ladies etc should be locked in their rooms!
And I'm off,
Please stay safe ladies along with your husbands Patsy and Jeri, and all the ones we love,
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Oh, it's BARBIES birthday! Happy Birthday Barbie! Anne.0
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I am staying home and on my balcony for fresh air. Chicago's mayor gave an update and it really ticked off that people are not listening and they will now issue tickets or worse for people who are not listening.0
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I thought this was sweet.
Member Of The Family.
What would I do without you,
My precious furry friend?
Part mischief, but all blessing,
And faithful till the end.
You look at me with eyes of love,
You never hold a grudge,
You think I am far too wonderful,
To criticize or judge.
It seems your greatest joy in life
is being close to me...
I think God knew how comforting
Your soft warm fur would be.
I know you think your human,
But I'm glad it isn't true..
The world would be a nicer place
if folks were more like you.
A few short years is all we have
One day we'll have to part,
But you, my pet, will always have,
A place within my heart.
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Hello sweet ladies. A nice day today with some clouds and a lot of sun. Great! We are driving by Walgreens to pickup my meds and then the liquor store to get alcohol. I use it to wipe off kitchen counters and various doorknobs etc. i’ll bet our houses have never been cleaner. Well mine isn’t all that clean yet but we are working on it.
The tarot card project is fun. I want to see if we can use the designs in some way to make a set of regular playing cards. It reminds me of the old manuscripts with birds and dragons etc incorporated into the first letter of a paragraph. I never thought this would be so interesting. I am now researching several cards called major arcana cards. Like the equivalent of ace of hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades but these are really more visual than those.
I am digging into a cookbook from my hippy days. It is the Moosewood cookbook. Vegan and good ideas for meals during the great “shelter in place” period. As long as we can hang in there until virus blows away or mutates, we will be okay I think. Our neighbors are calling us regularly to check on us. That is a comfort.
Damon, our son is doing okay but like everyone he is really being careful and very frugal. Our daughter and family will be okay if there isn’t a emergency. Her health is a concern. Her meds are amazingly expensive. So far, so good!
Love to all,
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LIN, you sure know how to make a gals eyes water! The poem is exactly like the Bean, describes her completely and also my lovely Jenny, long gone but with me forever.
Thank you!
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Love all the pictures, and the fact that everyone has retained their health!
Buzz
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HELLO everyone! Hope you are all well. So far we are okay. I had a very restless night mainly fussing internally about this virus and how John and I would deal with it. Since we are elderly and there is really no one to step in and take care of us, we must be proactive and figure this emergency plan in advance of any infection.
I notice everyone is busy this morning. I eagerly awaited everyone’s news posts but I was the first one here. It is a partly cloudy day, sort of cold. I guess I need to let Katie out and check to see if all is well in the back yard. So coffee brewing and a load of laundry washing, computer fired up to send some visuals for my current tarot card. This would be a deck using images from our area. The ocean and sea life as the spirit voice. Does this sound “far out” ? Remember that from our hippy youth? This is a good antidote to all the virus talk and worry.
Be well and healthy,
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I'm still alive and kicking. Michael has been advised by his doctor not to visit me and I guess that goes for Mark as well, because I'm in the high risk group. Any groceries to be left at the door. Should be interesting on Saturday IF my long awaited grocery order shows up to be paid for at the door.
The only other news is Trump is considering sending the military to line our border to stop people popping back and forth. Mmm. Mixed feelings about this but it's still in the air at the moment.
The Bean is getting low on doggie food, so if my groceries don't show I shall have to send an sos to the sons. She will be okay as long as the groceries are delivered.
Hey oh, hang in there ladies,
Annie. 😷🐶❤️
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I just watched a lovely video. Love it! ❤️❤️
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cornwall-51981008/coronavirus-penzance-couple-dance-and-play-through-isolation
Has anyone viewed it?
Lin
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Am alive and am quite happy right now. The sun came out this afternoon and it warmed up. I sat outdoors for a little while and then decided to cleanout the downspouts. They were packed with wet leaves and other debris. Pleased me to do something. Couple that with oh boy, fresh coffee from my subscription with Camano Roasters is arriving at some point today. Just opening that box is a treat. Only twice a year and I am fortunate they are still shipping.
Anne, if he is planning to send troops it will be to keep us from fleeing the U.S. I heard from a Facebook friend, her daughter and husband are moving back to the heartland and leaving NYC. I wonder how many others will leave? I am fervently praying your supplies are delivered. I hope your sons will be able to obtain what need if your delivery service doesn’t come through with necessary items.
Patsy, your tarot project does sound interesting given the local spin on the cards. I have only seen quite traditional designs. Unique!
Yes, it is a busy time. I think I spend half my time trying to chase down supplies. Most all household cleaning products, paper towels, disinfectants, bleach, Kleenex, paper towels, the elusive TP are not to be had online. I regularly check Amazon, Target, WalMart, Office Depot, and Walgreen’s and there is nothing to order. Once in a while I will find that Target May have some TP but you cannot order it for pickup. So you could run over to the store and find it is all gone. I wonder when this craziness will subside? Oh, and I do not even check for hand sanitizer, not worth the time.
Just trying to figure out how to get along, how to pay for things, how to manipulate my accounts so I don’t get in a situation where I cannot pay bills etc.
On the other hand, my income tax appointment is still on since I have done telephone appointments for years. She moved it up to a morning appointment since they are no longer seeing people in the office. I am glad. Might as well get it over.
Our governor is about to speak again with the latest bad news. She follows every step dictated b you know who. Color me unhappy about that. Oh well, I guess she tries.
Continued wishes for health and safety.
Lin ❤️
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Once upon a time, I made my tea that way.
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Happy Thursday! Meeting day and we had one online using zoom. It was wonderful and so good to see everyone. We were able to talk about our feelings and share stories. We will do this each week we are in lockdown. I am so grateful.
Lin, our governor is also on but he does not agree with the orange one so we listen to him as he is honest with his assessments. Illinois is up 673 new cases today with a total of 2538 and 26 deaths. This is really bad and I still can't understand why some people don't take this serious. Hopefully the stimulus package will help you and others who need help.
Anne, I agree that you are in the high risk as I am. Bryanna does bring in my groceries which even that makes me nervous but she is very cautious. She does stay home when not running errands but still who knows what the groceries might have on them. It is a scary time but we will get through it if everyone listens.
Patsy, I also live alone but in most cases the virus is contained at home unless you have underlying problems. Let's hope none of us gets it but if we stay home we certainly will get though this. Just enjoy each other and try not to worry.
Hope all is well with Jackie and the pups. Hello to Buzz and Jeri. Everyone stay in and stay safe or if necessary to go out practice social separation with at least six feet apart.
Sandy
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Had a think and I agree with our Justin. I really don't want troops manning the border from either country. Canada and the US have long been on good terms. People have family on both sides. I think it would be most disturbing to view military personnel and maybe tanks. I would rather we take our chances. Anybody who wants to leave home and come here from the US would be desperate I think. Maybe to save a child with lung problems etc. No, leave the border unmanned Donald with mutual trust on both sides.
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