WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2017
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Becca: The Fort Stevens Cemetery is lovely. I haven't seen it before and I've been to Fort Stevens many times. Where is it hidden? DH wants us to be cremated and have our ashes shot off the cliff at the old stone whale lookout structure at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. We were married there. The idea has appeal to me, too, but my practical side wonders who would manage the task for us. It is something we should probably discuss with our adult children.
Lenora: We have Lazy Boy recliners and Lazy Boy couch that has reclining seats at each end. They're a great place to sleep while recovering from back surgery. DS had to use them following back surgery and so did DH. :flowerforyou:
Machka: Google elephant ear fair food photo. I'll try to post one. If I fail you can find it easily. It is deep fried dough that is sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, definitely NOT health food. :noway: I was not able to post the picture I found. :grumble: :ohwell:
NYKaren: In your place I'd consider the idea of the part time schedule because you could see whether it is something you'd like to do on a full time basis. If you are offended, though, you might not enjoy it. It is a tough choice for you. Good luck. (((hugs)))
Thanks to all for the birthday wishes. It was a very good day.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
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NY Karen It sounds like you were both outstanding candidates thus the reason they could not chose. Would it be so bad to work half time? The other plus is you could cover for each other if one of you has to be gone for whatever reason. As long as that is done fairly and your styles are not too different. I might be coming at it as the teacher I am I love to team teach. I look at it as the potential to learn and think outside the box. If it is a match there is nothing better for all concerned. If it is not a match then I agree it is best to move on to something that will work for all parties.
Leigh loved the wedding memories and photo. Margaret 2 -
klanders30 wrote: »Morning, happy Friday.
Well the orchestra committee called me, but not with the result I expected. They didn't reject me and they didn't hire me out right for the conductin gig! They are on the fence and unable to choose between me and one other guy--right??!
That sounds really unprofessional yes??
so they've asked if I would be willing to conduct half the season and he would do the other half season. I was quite flustered on the phone call and mumbled a few questions, kinda sounded like I still wanted the job but they would have some details to work out! Couldn't sleep last night, DH and DD think it's not worth the trouble. I feel I have don't have the committee's full confidence and would be micromanaged/under a microscope for the whole time I worked there. Chime in please! I don't need the money, I wanted the experience as a potential side gig I could continue for many years to come in retirement. I feel like the runner up---second fiddle (pun intended) and am leaning on saying thanks but no thanks. I'm waiting for the weekend to stew on it and talk with another colleague. Also, who knows, the other candidate might say no and then it's all mine (but without their 100% backing). Yuck, not easy. So I'm hanging on Eleanor's words again "no one can Make you feel inferior without your consent"
I am going for a long hot walk to the gym this morning to push through the stress.
NYKAREN
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My take on this...If you couldn't sleep, I think this must be pretty important to you. You don't need the money, so that isn't an issue. You want the experience, which you can still get from a half-time gig...one question I would ask is: will you offer next year's contract to just one of us; in other words, are we both still proving ourselves with this half-and-half arrangement? That could be a lot of pressure, or could be construed as a challenge. I would think that both conductors would be under the microscope for the first season, anyway, with such an arrangement.
I do not think that your feelings of 'runner up' are founded. It's a tie for first place, or they would have offered it to the other guy. And I do not think that the committee's confidence is lacking, for the same reason.
If it were me, and I thought I could stand to be compared to the other conductor (and vice versa) for the first season, I might just take the challenge. I have come to realize through bits and pieces of gleaned information from various posts that you are quite talented, but not wholly confident, despite your amazing skill set. If you might relish the challenge, go for it. If it will just make you miserable, decline.
(((Hugs)))
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NY Karen, my take on this is to think about the kids. Will they do well with two different people trying to do the same job. Now if one is doing one part of the season and another do the rest of the season, that would be difficult for them.
Kelly, what do you think you think you will do with the two families of you don't get the payment?
It's on the previous page so I can't remember your name. But we did go ahead and declaw our kitten. We did our research and I was totally aware of what the procedure was. Our vets office has one vet who does all the declawing and is very efficient in it. She had an immediate connection with my kitten. He purred with this vet and he had never purred with our vet at all. She does very tiny incisions and then laser is used right after the procedure and the next morning. He was on pain medicine for 3 days and you can't tell he ever had any surgery at all now. He is his usual living, very playful, full of kitten antics that he was before. I thank you for th king of me though.
It is so hot out side. Heat index around 110.
Going to our women's conference with my sister and brothers wife tonight and tomorrow morning.
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Hello ladies,
Heading out of town for the week tomorrow. Eeek the eating out involved! I truly feel I am prepared for this and will be in control of the situation. I've moved over the road to "hell NO am I going to gain back this weight"! Thanks for all the support MFP friends! Reached a new low weight this morning of 173.6 pounds after being in plateau land for 3 weeks. Looking forward to seeing Karen from VA! Will posts pics for y'all! It actually may be hotter here than where we're going?! South Florida and Midlothian, Virginia. Visiting the hub's mother, sister and brother in Florida then on the VA to visit our daughter, nieces and great nieces/nephews and brother! Traveling with the hubs brings lots of stress as he is not a vacay kinda guy so there's that too.....sigh! I have lots of books on my Kindle to read and I've downloaded several classical music selections to play offline on my Amazon acct.
Later ladies
Cheri
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Michele – I’ve heard a lot of people taking the flowers and sending them to nursing homes or hospice patients and that is a good idea. Since I love houseplants, I probably would not send them.
As a pre-teen and teenager, we’d have séances at spend the night parties; and, I was always the one ‘who called on the spirits’. We were sitting out on the front lawn of one of my friend’s (who was the birthday girl). I had invited a ‘new’ girl in school to the party, too (since she was already going to be spending the night with me. We decided we’ll call up JKF. Well, this girl started moaning and groaning and talking funny, so we kept on to see what she’d say. Then I ended it with the snap of my fingers. Everybody looked around the circle and she still had her eyes closed and got louder and louder. Faye rain into the house in ‘hysterics’ and her Daddy came out stripping his belt out of his pants and swinging it. We all scattered so we would not get hit with it. Kathy stayed seated on the ground. He went over and popped her on her cheek and she ‘woke’ up wondering what was going on.
About a year ago, we were laughing about some of our memories from school and she ‘admitted’ to ‘acting out, because she did not want to get spanked’. So what is worse? Getting slapped, or being chased?
Taylor was ‘upset’ when she had to make her own ‘appointment’ with a new MD up in Carrolton. She was so worried about what questions they’d ask. I told her that usually before the first visit they will send her paperwork to fill out and bring with her to the appointment. She needed to show up 15 – 20 minutes early so they could make sure they had no questions. I gave her as much ‘family medical history’ as I could; but, couldn’t go back past Louis’ Dad’s generation because Little Grannie met him after she had “Granddaddy”; but, gave her what I knew about what would have been ‘her’ history. Did the same for his mother as well as my parents and sisters.
She’s looked her symptoms up on Google and has decided that it is more than likely something to do with her ‘thyroid’ … that maybe she is ‘hypo-thyroid’ because of her symptoms. I told her that she needed to ‘stop’ trying to come up with a diagnosis and just be honest when they ask her questions; and, write down the questions she had for them. I know when I go to my GP with a list of questions, he answers all of them; but, only after he has read over them because I am all over the place when the thought hits my brain.
I agree with Joyce about ‘eloping’ on a trip. Whoops, was the wedding this weekend? We did not get a formal invitation from the ‘new’ mother of the bride (MnL), so we did not know if you had changed the date or not since you’ve changed everything else.
My DDnL#1 used to tell me ‘oh, I got that at Goodwill for XXX $$$’. Well, if it fits me and I like it great; but, if it doesn’t she’s wasted her money and all I can do with it is to donate it again. I’ve found a lot of things there with the original tickets on them. I also went to the 2nd-hand store and bought 3 pair of shorts. Only paid for 3 what I would have paid for 1 pair at Belk’s. I think the ‘gently used 2nd-hand stores have better things, might be a little more expensive than Goodwill; but, you rarely have to worry about stains and such.
Dana – I know this is ‘only’ a story; but, as the story goes, a family had taken their granny on vacation to the mountains and had a canoe on top of the car, as well. While on vacation, Granny dies, they have her embalmed and put her body inside the canoe and wrapped a tarp around it. They stopped for lunch and while there the car gets stolen. They call the police and give them a description of the car and tag number. When they asked if there was anything else that would narrow down the search, they added, ‘oh, yeah, we had a canoe strapped on the top’. Police told them, even ‘if’ they found the car, they’d probably never see the canoe again. The man said, ‘well, guess they will be surprised when they take it down to find our dearly departed Mother inside it. He was ‘too cheap’ to have her body sent home when she died.
The younger sister of a friend of mine who was married to a boy in our classs went on a family vacation and her husband died during that time. I don’t know what all she had to do to get his body back home. He had a ‘widow maker’ heart attack. He had 3 brothers and 1 sister and all of them have died from heart related issues.
I had to deal with mealy bugs on one of my plants a few weeks ago, yesterday, I had to repeat it. So far, none of the others have them. Thankfully; but, if I have not gotten rid of them, the next thing that will happen is that I will take it outside and turn it on its side and soak it good with a good soapy solution. I’ll need to wash the windows; but, since Windows World is coming out next Wednesday; I won’t do it until then.
Joyce – I had a church wedding, My 2 sisters were my attendant; Louis had his Dad as his Best Man, and 2 or 3 others as groomsmen (or ushers). The dress was actually my Senior prom dress and Mother made a lace and pearl over long vest (open in front) to go with it. Juliette cap to match and Chantilly Lace on the bottom of the veil.
Leigh – When our DYS got married, he and his brother and the other groom wore lien light tan pants with suspenders, and opened collars. Hot as all get out – little church not A/C’d; but had thick walls so it was still cooler than it was outside; it also had no bathroom.
NYKaren – Go with your gut … if you feel like 2nd fiddle – they are trying to figure out which one of you are more suitable for the job, and can’t make that decision. IF you don’t need the money, than maybe it is best to pull out. So, ‘if’ the other one pulls out, they will be ‘in a fix’; but, that is their issue and it might serve them right not to get either of you. Maybe something is out there that you will have more fun doing than working on Sundays (several hours, I assume) which will mess up every weekend).
Jenny – We have to keep “Cracker’s” left front paws on her foot clipped way back, as she has been involved with 4 different accidents that affected her left foot, so her nails grow funny, two sideways, one up and one down. Louis asked about removing them; but, he said ‘no, because they would create other problems. Explained that he would basically have to take them inner two nails and cut them back to first job, said it would be painful and since the 2 middle toes are what she puts her weight on for balance. We just have to clip then as short as we can. Thankfully, she has white nails and we know how far back we can cut them. I got upset with Louis because he cut one too far and it bled. Now all 4 feet need to be done. She gets so excited when he comes home and wants to play and she scratched him with her good foot.
Our ‘outside’ cat has all his claws; and, about the only time he scratches us if we are outside on the swing and his is laying down on the deck underfoot. He thinks it is a game; but, if we tell him ‘no’ or ‘stop’ he does. He loves being loved on and runs to the door every time we open it if he is not roaming around. I’d never declaw him because he needs the front one to protect himself, if it only to climb up a tree. He runs and jumps on a tree about 8’ off the ground and runs up as far as he can. Then he backs back down when he feels like it and then drops to the ground with a ‘thud’. As much as he wants he sharpens them on the telephone separating the yard from the asphalt driveway. But, he does use his claws when he is ‘kneading biscuits’ on us which he also enjoys. He and Cracker both ride in the car well, so going to the vet is no real problem. Tux use to walk all over the place and ‘yowl’; but, he has stopped that.
Heather – Is ‘throwing spanner in the works’ like ‘throwing a monkey wrench’ into your plans? Known as ‘trying to change things to suit their needs – quite often because plans don’t suit their schedule’? Is the ‘difficult’ friend married? Are husbands coming along on the trip?
Machka – Louis love elephant ears; because they remind him so much of Beignets (like in NOLA) at Café du Monde; but, doesn’t understand that they get tough if you try to bring them home and unlike donuts, trying to ‘microwave’ them to warm them up isn’t the same thing. We’ve even bought a box of their mixture; but, it just isn’t the same (or else I can’t cook).
Katla – If I haven’t told you, “Happy Birthday”; if I have, then “Happy Birthday” again.
Yeah, it is a sweet treat, fried donuts taking mixture pushed into a cake decorating bag into hot grease, drained, and covered with powdered sugar. Really good ‘hot’ and I know they ‘take ALL the calories out, too’.
My DOS and DDnL#1 have a “L” shaped sectional that includes 4 recliners. I was the one to let them in; and, it seemed really big; they have built-in bookshelves around the fireplace and all they can get in there is the table they have their TV. It’s a nice table (part of a dining room hutch). Jenn decided she wanted husband to paint the room and she’d pick out an accent wall. He painted it an light kaki beige; and, then she came back in and painted the long wall behind their TV the most gosh awful lime dayglow green. At the time, they could not afford to repaint it and I told her that I would help her when she did do it. Trey thinks a better color that would not be ‘so in your face’ would be a nice ‘hunting suit green’ … sort of an olive drab. He tried to get it mixed with a darker color; but, that did not make it any better. Trey told her NOT to buy any more paint for the house without running it past him (using a paint swatch book).
NYKaren – You said it meant Sunday practices and 3 recitals; so who gets the edge on the 2nd recital? Is it Sundays prior to the recital? Is it just during the school year?
Maybe get some CD’s of orchestra music and practice your conducting skills on a ‘make believe’ to you symphony. At what point, do you point to a certain section because they are being ‘highlights’? Or when the cymbals are clanged, or for a certain solo.
KJ – Do you ‘have’ to take children of parents that are dependent on the State to pay their child-care?
Welcome to all the ‘newbies’ … come often and jump right in when you feel like it.
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I am loving all the insightful and wise comments about my decision about the new side gig. You ladies really are the best! I am feeling better about following my gut, gathering more info. I don't feel bad about this situation as I initially did! Thanks everyone for the wisdom and support.
Heading to the "The Big Sick" tonight with DD and then the weekend will be filled with a visit from or god son.
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KJ - Your charges are about the same per week per child as over here. What you are charging only covers 25 hours per week here though. That's only 5 hours a day. Of course in London it would be MUCH more.
You are talking twice as much. Those prices are unaffordable for most people with more than one child. My DDIL decided it was nearly the same price to get a nanny/housekeeper, so that they also got cleaning and babysitting.
DH's niece is now 38 and single and desperate to have a child. The cost is insuperable. I don't think she can do it. There are countries in Europe, like Denmark and France, where all child care is heavily subsidised, but, of course, their taxes are very high. In England you either have to be very poor, like your clients, or very well off. :noway:
You do an amazing job with your crew. :flowerforyou: Your clients are very, very lucky.
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Good afternoon, all. One more hour of work, and I am out of here for the weekend! We drive up to my mom's tomorrow morning to pick up the little guy. We'll visit her for a few hours, do a little kayaking, then store the boats in her garage, and head back home. I teach Sunday School on Sunday, so we can't spend the night.
I had an interesting NSV the other day. Because of my weight and inflammation issues, I hadn't been able to wear my wedding ring full-time for the last three years. About two or three months ago, I started wearing it full-time again.
While swimming a couple nights ago, I was afraid it was going to slip off! I had to take it off and put it in my bag. That hasn't happened since way before I was diagnosed with Celiac! I was so excited. Sometimes, it's the little things. 
Hubby and I bought our Disney and Universal tickets this morning. I didn't pay that much for my first car! Of course, that car lasted for only a year, but still.
NYKaren -- congrats on the job offer -- even if it wasn't what you were thinking it would be. I do think it's positive feedback regarding your abilities.
Back to work -- 45 minutes now. Someone came in to discuss something in the middle of my typing this post.
Felicia
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evening ladies~
im home and got a call from my brother, screaming, swearing, he is a recovering alcoholic and thinks he has to control everything and take care of everything.. so he was screaming at me about how he is doing everything, im not helping, I care to much about everything here etc... he has tried to call twice, gonna let it go to voice mail...
my attorney has filed for temporary alimony, so we shall see how that all goes. my attorney hasn't heard hide nor hair from his attorney and there deposition is a week away.. very odd..0 -
Hello all: Well got through my entertaining this week and am I relieved. It was supposed to rain yesterday and I thought we would have to have bookclub inside but the rain stayed away and we were able to use the gazebo. Yeah!! DH went to Seattle to meet Dson and go to a baseball game. He won't be home until late this evening and I am really enjoying the quiet afternoon. DD and I are eating chicken white chili for dinner tonight.
Karen - I used your suggestion of peach cobbler for dessert for the book club and everyone thought it was a great idea. Served it with a little ice cream. Thanks!
Katla - Happy birthday! Glad you enjoyed that elephant ear.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA2 -
So for myself there is a company that will pack your ashes into fireworks then take the folks on a party boat out into international waters and put on a fireworks show…. I’d love to go out with a BANG!
Smiles
Kim from N. California
This is an awesome idea! I was born on the 4th of July and we always kid that I came in with a "bang." What a hoot to go out with a bang as well!!
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Karen NY - yes, a lot of wise ladies here with great insight and suggestions. I agree - try to find out more about the role of the other person and if the ultimate goal is to have 2 from here on out (as someone mentioned - good for a backup). You don't need the $$, but it could be good experience AND a little "pin money" and working toward a neat retirement job. I once was hired as an executive director of a small association. Once I accepted the position, I was told I would be "job sharing" (EEK!) with a "friend" of one of the board members who had no computer skills and I was to teach those to her in my spare time and keep my hours under 20 per week. I needed the job and the health insurance but only stuck it out about 4 months. I think your situation is much different but it's good to know what the Board is planning and how many hours you'll have to invest.
Kelly - so sorry you are owed $$ for your fabulous child care. I hope the payment comes through soon. I think you are worth every penny you charge, and then some.
Heather - how long do you have an obligation to the real estate agent on your house concerning that buyer they showed the house to? Will you still have to pay the agent a fee if you don't want to sell anymore? Good job on the seat covers!
Leigh - adorable wedding photo and cute story about things being blurry! Long hair on guys was sure the style back then.
Katla - Elephant Ear sounds like perfect birthday cake! Glad you had a good time at the fair! Cute tale about your wedding and your MIL being 6 years early on the baby stuff.
Love all the wedding stories you gals are sharing, by the way.
Made "baked" chicken breasts in the Instant Pot. I found "Ranger" free range chicken at Safeway, very reasonably priced. Not organic, but non-GMO and the birds actually saw daylight and ate some bugs. The chicken turned out great - I could have cooked it a minute less but still, it was pretty moist.
Doing well on the no/low sugar since the kind of high fasting blood sugar numbers the other morning. I looked at my blood test results for the past 15 years, and the fasting numbers ranged between 99 and 109 at the doctor's office. I think the cutoff used to be 105 or 110 for pre-diabetes but seems it has been lowered to 100. My grandfather had diabetes and my grandma drilled us in the symptoms about "sugar" - excessive thirst, excessive peeing of course, losing weight, etc. I don't have any of that, thank goodness. I can't recall if grandpa took medication, but I do recall he'd have to dip strips in his urine (or maybe get the strip into the "stream") to check for sugar. I like the little finger-prick device.
That's the latest. Hugs to you all!
Lanette
Sunny and hot SW WA State
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Someone mentioned they'd like to be thrown in a casket and buried, no embalming. It is quite possible to do that and there are even places where they encourage wicker basket caskets so natural decay can take place completely.
Melting in Houston,
Marcelyn
I did not know this was possible ... I thought laws prohibited groundwater contamination and required vaults to keep decay from seeping into the ground? I wonder if this varies from state to state? Embalming and hermetically sealed vaults ensures we turn to goo ... not ashes.
Interesting conversation.... I'm way behind so I'm coming to the party a little late ....
Beth0 -
Heather: Thank you for the elephant ear link!
DH & I drove to Longview to the Home Depot store to look at possible handrails for the steps to our deck. Some of their items might do, although nothing is an exact match to what is already there. The company that made our original deck fencing is no longer in business. DH is quite pleased with what we found. Although this won't be the same as everything else, it will blend in okay. The trip home was long and slow due to a traffic accident on Highway 30.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
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stats for the day:
**wahoo hrm not recording :0/ **
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bike ride hm 2 gym- 10.40min, 16.5mph. 2.9mi = 95c
Plyometrics exercises- 12.19min, 1set of 20each, squats, ceiling to fl single leg touches, hamstring leglifts, push-ups, all 4's elbow to knee, reverse bicycles, leg lifts, pelvic lifts, crunches, sit-ups, on butt-knees to chest = 97c
bike ride gym 2 sumn station- 1hr 3min 27sec., 13.2amph, 13.9mi = 559c
run sta 2 wk- 4.49min, 9.24min mi, .5mi = 57c
run wk 2 sta- 4.43min, 10.22min mi, .4mi = 51c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 17.44min, 8.8amph, 2..6mi, wide! = 143c
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Weddings ... we had a traditional wedding, but were on the verge of eloping because my mother was out of control trying to micromanage every detail. I did not pick out my dress, the venue, the food (it was just cocktails and appetizers). My MIL had a party the weekend before the wedding, so none of my husband's family (except his parents and siblings) decided to make the 3 hour drive to the wedding! My mother was livid! My dress ripped ... My husbands pants were too big and kept falling down ... It poured down rain ... A friend of my father's asked to be the photographer which was a big mistake as he took pictures of molten steel for a living so I don't have one photo that turned out right. And he kept botching up the flower toss photo. Made me do it 7 times!! And yes, the same girl caught it each time! But the wedding "took" ... we'll be married 33 years this year!
I absolutely love Tere's recent wedding!
Leigh and Machka ... thank you for sharing your photos!
Leigh ... phenomenal success you've had! Inspirational.
Funerals ... I've always said I want a big funeral and if they don't think people are going to cry, they're to hire "wailers!" By golly, they better miss me! But now that I've heard you can have your ashes shot off in a firecracker ... I'll have to rethink that!
Did you know that you can also have your ashes mixed in polymer and made into a paperweight?!?
NY Karen .... I agree with Karen VA ... and congratulations on being chosen!
Joyce and Barbie ... your landscaping looks wonderful!
Kelly ... that's a lot of income to be missing. I had no idea that subsidies could be cancelled like that for families. Doesn't seem too fair to all parties involved.
Happy Birthday Katla!
It has been a very strange week for us here. Early in the week I discovered an odd charge reflected on our checking account statement ... just a small amount ... 6.35 and withdrawn by our cable company. But didn't know what it was for. Long story short, it was someone posing as the cable company, my checking account was compromised (not from a credit or debit card), a police report was filed and I had to go through transferring accounts. But luckily I am meticulous about my statements.
Then we had a tornado! Now this is odd stuff for Buffalo! While I did not see the funnel, tornado winds came up on our hill (and are suspected to have briefly touched) just 5 houses down from me. I missed the call to seek immediate shelter, so stood at the window watching the churning clouds and then fierce rain and winds (idiot). It wasn't a huge tornado but it did a lot of tree and structural damage for several miles where it did repeatedly touch. We sustained no damage. Just a pool full of tree debris, no power for a while, and blocked roads where trees went down. The greatest hit was at the fair grounds ... thankfully, the fair isn't until August 9th. Imagine what a disaster that would have been had the fair been in progress ....
Finally, my son borrowed my car and came home last night to tell me that he had hit a deer. They've been running since the tornado ... it was foggy and he clipped a buck who did somersaults over the front end of my car, but then was able to run off. The hood was crumpled but my son was not hurt. The upside there is he was driving my car, which is an old Taurus. Had he been driving his little car, we suspect the deer would have hit the windshield and my son may have been injured. My husband kiddingly (I think) said he'll take a toilet plunger to it and see if he can pull out the dents...
I've been working overtime this week and with the heat, I'm exhausted. Early morning tomorrow to help my son get ready for a fundraiser that is taking place that supports him and his roommates and helps make it possible for them to live independently ... so off I go.
Beth near Buffalo5 -
Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Evening my dear Friends,
Marcelyn, you win the prize today for the strangest “freezer story”. That was one I never heard of and I’ve heard lots of stories at my age. I’ll never hear about dry ice again that I don’t think of that story. LOL
Okie, welcome. We don’t mind having you children with us as long as you don’t mention “old age”. Lol We are delight to have you join this great group of women who are great for inspiration, support and helpful information. Please tell us a little about yourself to help us get to know you. We also appreciate it if you will sign each post with the name you want to be called and a location, general or specific.
MicheleNC, California Dreaming is a restaurant chain. I know they have them in other cities but they may only be in SC. I didn’t know about them until we started coming to Myrtle Beach. It was really packed there but then most restaurants are at this time of year.
NYKaren, sorry you didn’t get the offer you wanted but I don’t see how this makes you feel like a second fiddle. (funny pun) You must have both been great so I’d consider ½ the season and enjoy the rest of the time off.
Heather, if your DH has had his sofa cover for 27 years, maybe he just needs a new one.
Joyce, some people make declawing sound so cruel but we have had it done to two different cats and they never skipped a beat. I love animals and would never be cruel to them but if they will destroy my house it’s get rid of the claws or the cat. Glad you have a good vet that did the job. And glad the kitten is doing well.
to all the Newbies. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.
I had planned to go to the gym again today but this morning decided against it. I rode my cardio-glider for 40 minutes and did my arm exercises with 8 lb dumb bells.
Sending love, good thoughts and cool sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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I've had these jeans since 2007 (they're size 30W). At one point they barely fit me; now I can step in them without undoing the zipper first and still have room for rent. Keeping these jeans is among the most motivation I need.8 -
Katla. Happy belated birthday!!! The road to Fort Stevens is off to the right past the four way, and the cemetery is off to the left. Kind of in the back corner of a neighborhood.
Glad you found your railing!
Hugs!
Becca2 -
Today I did blood work, and urine, for my persistent aches. The doctor stated that it sounded like kidney stones, but to await results. I have been blessed with feeling fairly healthy, so its frustrating. My BP was 123/82 so that's good.
I will be patient!
Becca4 -
Did 50 min of the Cardio Metabolic Interval DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do Mel B Workout DVD
A friend came over today and we got the things for the crafts for Denise's shower favor. We made the wine cork keychain and started on the wine glass charms. However, we didn't count right so I need to have more beads, only the store doesn't have them so they have to order them from another store. First we went to ACMoore, then Home Depot, the Dollar Store, Michael's and then my house to work on the crafts.
Jess should be down here tomorrow to look at the car she is having shipped from TN.
NYKaren - I think margaret had an excellent suggestion. I really believe, too, that you both must have been excellent and they are having a real hard time deciding which of you is the better of the two.
Lenora - now that's too funny about the canoe. I can just imagine the person who stole the car's look on their face when they saw what was in the canoe.
Made biscuits for tomorrow's dinner. Now I'm making chocolate cookies to give the guy whose wife recently passed. He likes to go to the birthday celebration at ceramics, and I know that he doesn't have time to bake, so I'll make some for him. Then made a chocolate cake. We shall see how it turns out
Felicia - how wonderful that you were able to wear your ring
Beth - I'm so sorry for your husband and his family not driving to the wedding. I can totally understand your mother's feeling. What a time you had! But everything worked out and now you can laugh about it. I bet at the time you weren't laughing. If I'm not mistaken, you can also have your ashes made into a diamond or some such jewel. Oh no, checking account compromised! You've certainly had yourself enough drama for one day!
DJ - now I remember seeing a California Dreamin restaurant when we went to go see TSO one time in SC. Let me tell you, no matter what time of year it is, restaurants are always packed around here
Michele in NC
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NYKaren, It helps me to write about big decisions. I write about what would be good about saying yes and what would be good about saying no and in the process of writing the most important values emerge and I find my answer.Heather, If you have to pay to get out of the contract to list your house for sale, have you considered that paying the money would be like buying yourself some peace of mind? I have been listening to a book called "Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight". The target audience is people who are totally out of control on clutter, eating, and lack of exercise but I've gotten some good inspiration to help me further declutter my house. Last week we gave away three big bags of stuff and tonight we gathered two boxes and two bags of things to donate. I have had a busy day. Besides the regular dog walking (over two hours), I taught my regular dance class this morning and then taught my friend's class this afternoon. Barbie 5
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NYKAREN I certainly wouldn't decline the job. What if the other party decided to decline? Then you may end up with it full time anyway!
Had a good day and a great dinner at Salsas Mexican restaurant. I did good by ordering a Taco Salad with shredded chicken and I didn't eat the shell. I stayed within my calories. Even had two beers!
Have a good evening!
Dana in Arkansas
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