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  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    Roger that is so funny. Vix glad you are feeling good . Wow 41 years that is awesome . I am pretty much done with christmas shopping yesterday when I was out I did pick up some stuff for George so he would have something to open we are spending so much on the house that we talked and decided not to go crazy on Christmas gifts the only thing I need to pick up is a toy for Annie which I will probably pick up on Friday.I did get to the post office and mailed our presents to our family so that is done so my list is getting smaller.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    eku0 wrote: »
    Hi all.
    Thanks, Irene. :) 41 years!
    Thanks, Jo, I am feeling much better.
    That's funny about driving in NJ, Roger. Haha. I grew up in Nutley...I remember that. :wink:
    Not doing much today. Just went over some insurance stuff and signed up for dental insurance. Never had it before, but I figured with all the problems I'm having lately, it might be a good idea. Will probably go out and do a little more shopping later. Quiet day.
    Have a great day everyone. :)
    Hi Vix
    41 Years, Wow!

    Just curious is the Dental insurance costly?
    Roger
    IreneMurman wrote: »
    Roger that is so funny. Vix glad you are feeling good . Wow 41 years that is awesome . I am pretty much done with christmas shopping yesterday when I was out I did pick up some stuff for George so he would have something to open we are spending so much on the house that we talked and decided not to go crazy on Christmas gifts the only thing I need to pick up is a toy for Annie which I will probably pick up on Friday.I did get to the post office and mailed our presents to our family so that is done so my list is getting smaller.

    Hi Irene
    I keep trying to convince my Brother we do not need to exchange gifts, No luck he is to traditional that way.

    Have a Nice Evening
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    The dental insurance is kind of expensive, but my dental work lately has been really costly. The bones in my jaw are wearing, and I have some old dental work that may need to be updated/replaced soon, like old bridges and crowns. My periodontist is covered by the insurance. And it also covers some out of network, so I can get reimbursed for my regular dentist. If I were just getting regular checkups and cleaning, it wouldn't be worth it.
    Have a good night.
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning,I found 2 cents on our walk today! Vix we have dental insurance it helps but ours is threw my husbands work as long as I can remember we have had it. Roger normally we spend money on gifts for each other but this year we are cutting back I do have a few thing for George but not a lot. Today I need to go back to target I picked up new lamp shades but they are too big so I figured I better return them before I get too busy. Jo how is everything going with you?
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Good morning.
    Sounds like you're back to your regular walking routine, Irene...that's great. Your furniture shopping sounds like fun. Hope you are enjoying that. :)
    I have painting class this morning, then need to run errands this afternoon, and get some things ready. Our annual holiday trip to grandma's is this weekend.
    Have a great day, everyone. :)
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    Out the door it was showing 36 degrees, It was more or less comfortable. I had a brainstorm yesterday, Well maybe it was a brain drizzle, I checked out a new route to walk for distance using Map My Run and walked it today. It is further than my usual walk and I went through two other towns doing it for a total of three towns walked in today. I have walked 11,744 steps.

    Colder weather is moving in during the overnight hours with forecast overnight lows in the 20s, breezy and daytime highs in the 30s :(
    That is why I extended my walking today in case I cut it short tomorrow and Saturday. I am also thinking of stopping for a breakfast of a couple of Scrambled Eggs and Dry toast as much to warm up as to have breakfast.

    The Heron was flying up the brook today as I walked past and it is a pretty sight flying.

    All I have left for flowers from the yard is the hanging basket we planted with Geraniums and that because it is on the closed in front porch sheltered.
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    Seen in the Grocery Store "Tide Chuyen Dung"
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    Have a Great Thursday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    eku0 wrote: »
    The dental insurance is kind of expensive, but my dental work lately has been really costly. The bones in my jaw are wearing, and I have some old dental work that may need to be updated/replaced soon, like old bridges and crowns. My periodontist is covered by the insurance. And it also covers some out of network, so I can get reimbursed for my regular dentist. If I were just getting regular checkups and cleaning, it wouldn't be worth it.
    Have a good night.

    Hi Vix
    As long as it covers pre-existing conditions and will end up saving You money, Why not get it.
    eku0 wrote: »
    Good morning.
    Sounds like you're back to your regular walking routine, Irene...that's great. Your furniture shopping sounds like fun. Hope you are enjoying that. :)
    I have painting class this morning, then need to run errands this afternoon, and get some things ready. Our annual holiday trip to grandma's is this weekend.
    Have a great day, everyone. :)

    Hi Again
    Painting class and errands, You have a busy day ahead of You.

    Enjoy the trip, that reminded me of this little ditty
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5G3Vclp6Y8

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
    IreneMurman wrote: »
    good morning,I found 2 cents on our walk today! Vix we have dental insurance it helps but ours is threw my husbands work as long as I can remember we have had it. Roger normally we spend money on gifts for each other but this year we are cutting back I do have a few thing for George but not a lot. Today I need to go back to target I picked up new lamp shades but they are too big so I figured I better return them before I get too busy. Jo how is everything going with you?

    Hi Irene
    Two cents puts You ahead of me for the week :)

    I would get them right back too

    Enjoy the Day
    Roger
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Haha, I think of that every time! :grin:
    (I did sign up for the dental insurance) Will see how it goes this year, and how my teeth hold up!
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi Vix
    I had a suspicion that You might think of that however I could not resist.

    FWIW Between the extra distance walked and then running out to the Ford dealership twice with my brother to look at a F150 I am now at 13,567 steps and the day is not done for another 5+ hours :) It is easier to go that distance when it is spread out over several jaunts out the door.

    Good Luck with the Dental Insurance
    Roger
  • Joanne3366
    Joanne3366 Posts: 2,139 Member
    Good evening
    Vix- congratulations on 41 years of marriage. I too have been married 41 years. I have dental ins, through work. It has come in handy quite a few times.
    Irene- I found a dime today. Congrats on getting your shopping done.
    Roger- you are really getting those steps in.
    Have a good evening.
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning, We did our walk so far today 9 k steps plus I found a penny . I have been getting around 15 k by the end of the day it is so nice being able to do things again. I did cancel my dentist apt for yesterday I still cough and just felt it might be too much so I have it for the end of January which is fine.Today is food shopping day so I will be getting my steps in. Yesterday I did get my christmas cards written and mailed so I am pretty much done I do have a couple of gifts to wrap that I have picked up this week .Vix you and jo are 2 years a head of me we just celebrated our 39 th in june.
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Good morning.
    That's pretty unusual that all 3 of us have been married that long. :) I am skipping the gym again today. I think it will be better for healing. I have a massage appt this afternoon and an acupuncture appt. And I have some other things to take care of this morning. We'll be going to visit my MIL tomorrow, so I probably won't be here.
    Have a great day and a great weekend, everyone. :)
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited December 2016
    Hi
    Out the door it was showing 32 degrees, It was less comfortable than yesterday too due to the wind chill. I have walked 7,264 steps as of 8AM. Yesterday I was at 13,567 by 5PM :) so If I miss a few steps today I am not going to worry about it.

    Colder weather is moving in with forecast overnight lows in the 20s for Saturday, breezy and daytime highs in the 30s :(. I am also thinking of stopping for a breakfast on Saturday of a couple of Scrambled Eggs and Dry toast as much to warm up as to have breakfast. I did not stop today, as tomorrow is supposed to be colder.

    The Mechanic did give an OK on the pickup truck and it still needs to have four tires put on it which we could tell looking at it. At 80K miles and a lot less money than a newer one with twice the mileage he decided on to grab it. Has has been looking for a Ford P/U with room behind the seat for groceries so this on will work nicely. His 99 Taurus needs replacing despite still running good due to our mechanic saying You need to replace it due to all the rust. The same reason I had to replace my Pontiac FWIW.

    Have a Great Friday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Good evening
    Vix- congratulations on 41 years of marriage. I too have been married 41 years. I have dental ins, through work. It has come in handy quite a few times.
    Irene- I found a dime today. Congrats on getting your shopping done.
    Roger- you are really getting those steps in.
    Have a good evening.

    Hi Joanne
    That mean that both You and Irene are ahead of me finding money this week :)

    I do the best I can, I did want to get extra steps in while the weather was better and it looks like I made the right choice as I do not expect to hit 10K steps today :(

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    IreneMurman wrote: »
    good morning, We did our walk so far today 9 k steps plus I found a penny . I have been getting around 15 k by the end of the day it is so nice being able to do things again. I did cancel my dentist apt for yesterday I still cough and just felt it might be too much so I have it for the end of January which is fine.Today is food shopping day so I will be getting my steps in. Yesterday I did get my Christmas cards written and mailed so I am pretty much done I do have a couple of gifts to wrap that I have picked up this week .Vix you and jo are 2 years a head of me we just celebrated our 39 th in june.

    Hi Irene
    You are doing better than I on this cold and breezy day.
    Plus You found another penny, You are doing much better than I this week.

    It sounds as if You are doing really well walking now that the knee is better.

    Do You look for bargains at the ShopRite? The other day my brother picked up a large bag of Tangerines or clementines, I forget TBH for $1.02 as a Managers special. I did find one so far that had started to spoil as he suspected I would however at $1.02 for several pounds I could lose 1/2 of them and still be ahead.

    I still need to remember where the rest of my addresses are for Christmas Cards so I can finish doing them.

    Have fun shopping and good luck getting rid of the cough
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    eku0 wrote: »
    Good morning.
    That's pretty unusual that all 3 of us have been married that long. :) I am skipping the gym again today. I think it will be better for healing. I have a massage appt this afternoon and an acupuncture appt. And I have some other things to take care of this morning. We'll be going to visit my MIL tomorrow, so I probably won't be here.
    Have a great day and a great weekend, everyone. :)

    Hi Vix
    I do not find it unusual TBH. My Parents, Grandparents and all of our relations tend to stay married. I know that is not the norm these days sadly.

    Enjoy the Massage and good luck at the acupuncturist
    Roger
  • Joanne3366
    Joanne3366 Posts: 2,139 Member
    Good afternoon,
    Vix-Enjoy your weekend visiting your MIL. I hope you don't run into any snow. Do you go for the massage after or before acupuncture?
    Irene-You seem to be doing good with the knee. Are you planning on going back to work?
    Roger-You are braver than I. I do not like walking in the cold.
    I am going to get a haircut today. I had an appointment on Wed, but my hairdresser had to cancel due to illness. It is later than I normally go, so I don't expect to get home until after 6pm.
    Enjoy your evening and stay warm. :)
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    hi all, vix enjoy yourself with your mil . Jo my knee is all healed or at least it is a lot better no problems which is a good thing it has been 4 months now.If I could get rid of this cough I would be really happy.Roger on Sunday it is calling for snow hope it passes us I have things I need to do munday morning.
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Thanks, hope you all have a nice weekend too.
    (I don't usually get a massage and acupuncture on the same day. I got the massage first.)
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    edited December 2016
    Hi
    Out the door it was showing 26 degrees, It was semi-comfortable. The forecast breeze has not shown up yet. I have walked 7.9K steps. The forecast for Sunday and Monday is not looking that good either.

    A message just popped up that says
    A restart is required to finish installing the following updates:
    Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3201845).
    and that
    Your device is scheduled to restart outside of active hours. (Active hours are ‏‎8:00 AM to ‏‎5:00 PM.)
    Have a Great Weekend
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Good afternoon,
    Vix-Enjoy your weekend visiting your MIL. I hope you don't run into any snow. Do you go for the massage after or before acupuncture?
    Irene-You seem to be doing good with the knee. Are you planning on going back to work?
    Roger-You are braver than I. I do not like walking in the cold.
    I am going to get a haircut today. I had an appointment on Wed, but my hairdresser had to cancel due to illness. It is later than I normally go, so I don't expect to get home until after 6pm.
    Enjoy your evening and stay warm. :)

    Hi Joanne
    I am not braver, I just feel that I need to get out every day as the balance of the day is spent sitting or sleeping overnight and Getting up and around is recommended. My plan is to collect Social Security for longer than I contributed to it :)

    That is one advantage of going to a barber shop like I do, You just go and if someone is ahead of You sit and wait, no appointment needed.

    I suspect Vix will be fine as the forecast for my area which is likely similar to hers is for Snow moving in Sunday afternoon or evening into Monday. That may keep me in the house Monday morning if I look outside and the weather is bad.

    Enjoy The Day
    Roger
    IreneMurman wrote: »
    hi all, vix enjoy yourself with your mil . Jo my knee is all healed or at least it is a lot better no problems which is a good thing it has been 4 months now.If I could get rid of this cough I would be really happy.Roger on Sunday it is calling for snow hope it passes us I have things I need to do Monday morning.

    Hi Irene
    I hope the snow bypasses too, It is NJ however :) I remember the weatherman saying the other day that we could have a White Christmas with the weather pattern that shaping up.

    Good Luck with the cough
    Roger
    eku0 wrote: »
    Thanks, hope you all have a nice weekend too.
    (I don't usually get a massage and acupuncture on the same day. I got the massage first.)

    Hi Vix
    I think I would do it that way if for no other reason than that the Massage is done before the skin is punctured :)

    Have a Safe Trip
    Roger
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning well got our walk in and it was chilly had to put my winter coat on but I was fine I got in almost 9 k steps so I am on my way . Today George and I are going to look at furniture and he wants to look at the new tvs that are out I guess they are called 4 k suppose to be better tvs. take care all
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi Irene
    I was back out and am now at 11K steps myself at 4PM :)

    That is what they say about the 4K TV sets. I myself have just finished transitioning to Regulat HDTV due to the last of the SDTVs dying. The other thing they are now pushing is the curved screens.

    Good Luck with Your shopping
    Roger
  • Joanne3366
    Joanne3366 Posts: 2,139 Member
    Good evening;
    Irene-I hope you had good luck shopping today.
    Roger-I am at 20,000 steps so far. After work today, I went to the mall with my daughter. I haven't gotten this many steps since my vacation in the UK.
    Vix-enjoy your weekend and safe travel.
    I
  • Joanne3366
    Joanne3366 Posts: 2,139 Member
    Good morning;
    Up early, washed the kitchen and bathroom floors, dusted living room, cleaned the cat box and had a cup of coffee. When hubby wakes up I will dust mop the floors and vacuum.
    Then it is on to grocery shopping and shopping with my daughter for a new vacuum cleaner,
    that is what she wants for christmas. :) Then I will probably take a nap. :p I am sending
    Amazon E-cards to my son the family for Christmas.
    Enjoy your day! :)


  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Hi
    Out the door it was showing 25 degrees, It was not that comfortable, It felt colder than yesterday despite there being only 1 degree colder. The forecast is for Snow moving in later today in the afternoon or evening and turning to rain for Monday. I have walked 8.6K steps.

    Yesterday evening we finished the first batch of Fruit Cakes by taking the previously prepared Fruit part of the recipe and Mixing it into the dry ingredients and baking them. They have already been Spritzed while still warm from the oven on the cooling rack with the Brandy and again this morning when removed from the baking pans. There are 3 small loaves and 1 large loaf from this batch.

    Have a Great Sunday
    Roger
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Good evening;
    Irene-I hope you had good luck shopping today.
    Roger-I am at 20,000 steps so far. After work today, I went to the mall with my daughter. I haven't gotten this many steps since my vacation in the UK.
    Vix-enjoy your weekend and safe travel.
    I
    Joanne3366 wrote: »
    Good morning;
    Up early, washed the kitchen and bathroom floors, dusted living room, cleaned the cat box and had a cup of coffee. When hubby wakes up I will dust mop the floors and vacuum.
    Then it is on to grocery shopping and shopping with my daughter for a new vacuum cleaner,
    that is what she wants for Christmas. :) Then I will probably take a nap. :p I am sending
    Amazon E-cards to my son the family for Christmas.
    Enjoy your day! :)
    Hi Joanne
    I feel like a slacker next to Your step count Saturday and then Sunday Mornings cleaning too :)

    I suspect I must be a cheapskate, We bought 3 different vacuum cleaners within the last year :)
    One for the basement, One for the attic and one for the main floor to save lugging them up and down the stairs, lazy too?
    All three Dirt Devils all at a cost of $49.99 AKA 50 dollars from the local appliance store. They were bought on different dates to spread out the expense.

    Have a Nice Day
    Roger
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning , shopping was good we got 2 new ones one is 55 inch and the other is a 60 one is for the living room and the other is for the tv room. We also stopped and looked at furniture but we did stop off at browns mills and measured the living room so glad we did because the furniture would of been too big so today we are going back to the furniture store and get it smaller and order it. We walked this morning wearing more clothes now winter coat gloves pull over sweath shirt but I was nice and warm. I did find 26 cents and did 8 k steps so I am doing pretty good . Wow you sure did get a lot done this morning. Roger we did see the curve tv not sure about it I guess if you are sitting right a cross from it ,it would be ok .
  • IreneMurman
    IreneMurman Posts: 2,182 Member
    good morning, well today is going to be a busy day I will be spending the day in browns mills I have stanley steamer coming at 9 to do all the carpets and then I want to start claning the bath rooms and start on the kitchen . It looks like I will be cleaning for awhile .I did get a little walk in only 4 k but I am sure I will be burning up calories today. AS I mention yesterday we got our tv's we also got the tv room and living room so I think I am all done with furniture .the nex2 weeks the stuff will be delivered so now all we need to do is paint and clean .
  • eku0
    eku0 Posts: 10,463 Member
    Good morning....wow sounds like you all have been busy over the weekend! So industrious!
    We had a nice visit with my MIL and SIL. Luckily, the traffic was not bad, which is very unusual. :) We had Chinese food Saturday night which is always awful for me and hubs, but my MIL loves it and apparently waits for us to visit to get it. I guess because we order for her and pick it up! Next time, we'll just order steamed food for us.
    I was happy to be home. Will probably go to the gym this morning, but not looking forward to it....haha....one week off and I've gotten lazy!
    Have a good day. :)

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