WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2017
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Today I’m off to CPR certification class,
I get mine first aid certification renewed regularly. I've been first aid certified (on and off) since I was about 20.
First time was when I worked in childcare and I got the childcare-specific certification.
Then I got into the manufacturing industry, and for several years had to take workplace health and safety courses + manufacturing/oil-field specific first aid courses, with an element of hypothermia care thrown in.
Then back into childcare, specifically elementary/primary education, and back into the childcare-specific certification.
I moved to mainland Australia and got first aid with a focus on things like remote care, heat-related care, and snakes. In fact, I had several sessions on remote care and one afternoon on snake bite care.
Then a move to Tasmania, and here the focus is on water safety, and all the things that could take a bite out of you if you stick a toe in the water ... as well as the usual CPR etc.
BTW - have you noticed how CPR has changed over the years? It's all compressions now ... thank goodness.
And this is an article on the history of CPR which appeared in my FB newsfeed the other day.
https://www.verywell.com/why-does-cpr-change-4144744
Machka in Oz
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mikesmom1983 wrote: »
I spoke to the fair labor board in my state about the situation, I can file a complaint but they strongly suggested I wait until I no longer work there because of retribution.mikesmom1983 wrote: »... they will probably have me on call 2 weeks of the month without pay instead of 1 and working 2 weekends a month instead of 1. That will amount to over 1100 hours per year that I will work and not get paid for.
Why on earth aren't you getting paid for work?
Can you place a report with your Fair Work Tribunal/Commission?
Chris in MA
That's sad.
Well, I do hope you find something else soon.
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coastalgosgal wrote: »So here's the plan. To not wash my hair, therefore slowing down my oil production. Hey people have only started shampooing their hair with shampoo since the 1930's. Before then it was washed with the same soap you did your body with. So by brushing the oils from your scalp to the ends of your hair you keep the oil at bay, plus your ends get fuller. I have watched videos of people that have been doing this for years. Their hair looked really great! I will be rinsing it with water now and then. It also is important to know if you have hard or soft water. That affects the sebum (oils) on your scalp. So that's the why of it.. Lol.
Becca
Back in those days, they also wore bonnets to cover their hair.
When we lived in the shack in the woods, water, and especially hot water, was rather precious so I cut back to once or twice a week. It didn't go particularly well, and I started wearing hair coverings of various sorts so as not to offend my coworkers.
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Artemis2121 wrote: »I did think I found a new strategy, but it backfired. I was playing phone puzzles of desserts. I figured I could ogle each morsel and gain -0- lbs. By day 3 I was obsessed with finding and eating, any luscious dessert. Dunkin Donuts was crowded, so I managed to come home empty and switched to kitten puzzles.
Linda NJ
I'm part of a Christmas cooking group on FB (I'm not entirely sure why ... I think someone signed me up for some reason), and was getting picture after picture after picture of Christmas baking. Yesterday I went in and turned off their notifications because it was just getting to be too much. I wasn't going out and trying to find the food or bake it myself, but it just made me feel ravenously hungry and grouchy all the time.
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Michelle I hope we never need it! But glad I have it - just in case.
Linda I would be in trouble with kitten puzzles, I’d want to keep playing, and playing, and playing. I’m not much of a desert person so I probably could manage that.
Machka The certification class I took still has breathing: 30 compressions, 2 breaths, 30 compressions... is the standard. But, the emphasis was on making sure to get the compressions right and started as quickly as possible.
Night, Cin Cin a tutti!
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Artemis2121 wrote: »Hello Ladies,
I followed my daughters onto MFP, and have been here, and reading this thread about 3 yrs. I learned why I went up 2 trouser sizes in as many years, when I started logging here. I aimed for a 20lb loss, lost 30, regained 10, lost 4.
This thread is one of my favorites. I love to see the support offered when folks share the ups and downs of their lives, their experiences, adventures and strategies. I'm usually way behind reading posts, so I don't add much.
I did think I found a new strategy, but it backfired. I was playing phone puzzles of desserts. I figured I could ogle each morsel and gain -0- lbs. By day 3 I was obsessed with finding and eating, any luscious dessert. Dunkin Donuts was crowded, so I managed to come home empty and switched to kitten puzzles.
Linda NJ
Good job!!! My hubby loves to watch Triple D on Friday nights and all kinds of cooking shows. It drives me crazy, I now get up and leave the room and go to the computer room (currently my craft room) and work on Christmas ornaments and listen to music in there, or catch up with my besties here on MFP. Ugh. Looking at/thinking of food just makes me WANT to eat
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Artemis2121 wrote: »I did think I found a new strategy, but it backfired. I was playing phone puzzles of desserts. I figured I could ogle each morsel and gain -0- lbs. By day 3 I was obsessed with finding and eating, any luscious dessert. Dunkin Donuts was crowded, so I managed to come home empty and switched to kitten puzzles.
Linda NJ
I'm part of a Christmas cooking group on FB (I'm not entirely sure why ... I think someone signed me up for some reason), and was getting picture after picture after picture of Christmas baking. Yesterday I went in and turned off their notifications because it was just getting to be too much. I wasn't going out and trying to find the food or bake it myself, but it just made me feel ravenously hungry and grouchy all the time.
That's me exactly. I just look and it and can get obsessives to the point of getting cranking over food. Mostly mad at myself for not being able to be above and beyond such foolishness.
I also have run out of my Lasix pills (they are mailed to me every three months) for some reason the "automatic" ship date was mixed up and I have been without them for almost two weeks. Thankfully they came in today's mail. So between wanting to eat, my feet and legs looking like they should be taped onto an elephant and not sleeping well due who knows why (I never sleep well), I am crankier than an old wet hen. Poor Jack has been thru the mill with me the last few days. Hopefully things will get back to normal shortly with the arrival of the meds.
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Chris, I am praying you will find a new well-paying job soon. Nothing is worse than to be miserable in your work place.
Didn't you mention once that your son and his wife live with you, are they able to help in any way with the finances?
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Chris, I am so sorry about your work situation, remind me again what kind of work you do. That was awful what tpthe commission said. Only complain after you quit due to retribution. That says that you place of work has some known issues. They owe you one big and I mean big check. Hope it gets better. Is there any agency in the community you can go to for assistance, especially for your heat and air.
We love our quirky Becca! I know you will keep is informed of how this all comes out.
Choir practice was good. We are coming along nicely with our Christmas cantata. Main problem is that most of us need to have some water in the choir loft and get a drink without anyone seeing it. There are times that she has us sitting during a narration r long prelude into a song so that would be the perfect time to get a drink of water. It it just looks tacky for a choir to have a bottle of water. We need to have those beer bottles on our head with a straw right at our mouth! Our minister and his wife went t Las Vegas t do a wedding for a college student that lived here for college. They took 5 days and when they came back tonight they looked like they had been on a second honeymoon. They have two teenagers s maybe it's just 5 days away form their kids!
Allie, I was wondering something the other night. I remember you saying something about there was some gunk around your shower door and it had to be cleaned up. Then when you moved in you weren't feeling well. I hope whatever that is/was isn't bothering you.
Night night Joyce, Indiana
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Choir practice was good. We are coming along nicely with our Christmas cantata. Main problem is that most of us need to have some water in the choir loft and get a drink without anyone seeing it. There are times that she has us sitting during a narration r long prelude into a song so that would be the perfect time to get a drink of water. It it just looks tacky for a choir to have a bottle of water. We need to have those beer bottles on our head with a straw right at our mouth! Our minister and his wife went t Las Vegas t do a wedding for a college student that lived here for college. They took 5 days and when they came back tonight they looked like they had been on a second honeymoon. They have two teenagers s maybe it's just 5 days away form their kids!
Get a camelbak.
Or if you don't want to go that route, get a really small bottle of water (like what some airlines give you) and put one of those bendy hospital straws in it. You could sip quite subtly that way.
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Penny and Machka I’m pretty sure it was you two who were extolling the happiness that was heated bathroom floors. I remember at the time thinking how happy I was never to have encountered this. Because cold bathroom floors have been a good friend my whole life.
For some reason, (I suspect an extreme humidity shift in my sleeping environment) I occasionally will wake up in the middle of the night and feel as if I am burning up from the inside out. This most likely happens when I am staying the night somewhere other than home. My cure? Go sit on my hosts or the hotel’s cool bathroom tile floor. If possible with my back against a cool surface like a ceramic tub. If it is an especially bad spell, I’ll have to move two or three times as my body heats up the tiles underneath me and I need to shift to a cool spot.
Guess where I am right now? Yup, camped out on my bathroom floor, with a very confused cuddly cat. For a number of odd reasons (broken ceiling fan in den, guest spending the night, and an under the weather husband who I do not want to wake with the extra strength fan we keep in the bedroom) when I awoke a few minutes ago in the midst of a doozy bad hot flash, I needed relief quickly, discreetly and quietly. Hip hip hooray for cold bathroom tile floors! I for one will always hope to find a nice welcoming cold tile bathroom floor wherever I go, lol.
I am aware that I may be unique in this. But at the moment this cool bathroom tile is my favourite home feature.
Rye
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I thought I had posted last night but I can't find it again. Was it just a dream? C'est la vie.
Marcelyn - We also have deer. They are always in our neighbourhood. It isn't unusual for them to saunter away from me as I leave for work. I am thankful we don't have any wild hogs! Those things are vicious. Nature or not they can stay away from me.
Joyce - Glad that it was good news after your colonoscopy.
Becca - Did you do the no shampoo experiment last year? Or was that someone else?
Your grocery list sounds good.
Pip - I think we all want a Kirby. He's a keeper for sure.
Chris - Praying for a better job for you. They are misusing you terribly. So, it sounds like the fair labour board really isn't of much use to you. How frustrating.
Picked up the forms that the Doc had to fill out for my attempt at getting the disability pension. She attached images of my ankle and back with all the glorious hardware. She says she can send them images of my ribs and shoulder also if they need more. I doubt there will be a later, pretty sure this is a one shot deal.
I have to finish the novel that is my part of the application. Why do they need to know where, when and what I went to school for? What does that have to do with this situation? There are a lot of questions but the one I think is going to disqualify me? Are you currently employed? Yes. It seems that I shouldn't have worked so hard to keep on working. I will be taking it all to Service Canada tomorrow afternoon.
I also have an appointment with the psychologist/ counsellor. It was a cancellation and I do have an appointment next Monday that Larry can come to if he thinks he wants to work on this. He is going to have to be completely honest and to stop justifying the things he says and does to me. My hope and optimism is no where to be found on this subject.
DS invited us to their house. She was crying poverty but I told her to stop. I was just at her daughter's wedding. I saw the dress. I saw the Jimmy Choos. She admitted that they were still doing okay. You think? She turns 60 this December and hasn't worked for the last 5 yrs. DBIL is a hard worker but he retired with a healthy pension. Went back to work for the government. Stopped that to do the commissioning job for a plant down in Texas for a year. Now he is back home and just got back from helping with shut down at a plant by Red Deer. Supper was good although I skipped the gravy and mashed potatoes. Not really a big deal for me as I don't like either.
A difference with my son upset me a little. My niece asked that they not use any video from her wedding but SHE decided that it would be okay because the videos were dark. I got stuck in the middle. I was already upset with HER over stuff on the weekend. If it is always you getting the short end of the stick, being picked on, being misunderstood then maybe it is you and not all the other people. I have been trying so hard to be supportive, to listen, to include HER but she makes it so difficult. A smart person in some ways but so utterly clueless in others. DS got defensive for her but if she would respect what others ask of her instead of doing whatever she wants that would be so nice. I know it is his choice and I have been trying my best.
I 've been wanting to get our passports done. Would it be bad form to work on that before I talk to Larry? He doesn't seem to even realize that things have shifted. Can he really be so clueless? If every week was like the last few days then I wouldn't have a problem.
-Sharon in Lethbridge (One big bundle of nerves)
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Hugs for all those with problems, glad the twins are doing ok now,
I'm a bit distracted at the moment DH takes medication for enlarged prostate and after blood test last week his PSA level had gone up so Doc referred him to Specialist. He has an appointment next Wednesday, seems very quick, hoping that's not because she thought it was urgent.
Must do some exercise before hairdressing appointment then later lunch with my 1918 Club
Kate UK
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Penny and Machka I’m pretty sure it was you two who were extolling the happiness that was heated bathroom floors. I remember at the time thinking how happy I was never to have encountered this. Because cold bathroom floors have been a good friend my whole life.
For some reason, (I suspect an extreme humidity shift in my sleeping environment) I occasionally will wake up in the middle of the night and feel as if I am burning up from the inside out. This most likely happens when I am staying the night somewhere other than home. My cure? Go sit on my hosts or the hotel’s cool bathroom tile floor. If possible with my back against a cool surface like a ceramic tub. If it is an especially bad spell, I’ll have to move two or three times as my body heats up the tiles underneath me and I need to shift to a cool spot.
Guess where I am right now? Yup, camped out on my bathroom floor, with a very confused cuddly cat. For a number of odd reasons (broken ceiling fan in den, guest spending the night, and an under the weather husband who I do not want to wake with the extra strength fan we keep in the bedroom) when I awoke a few minutes ago in the midst of a doozy bad hot flash, I needed relief quickly, discreetly and quietly. Hip hip hooray for cold bathroom tile floors! I for one will always hope to find a nice welcoming cold tile bathroom floor wherever I go, lol.
I am aware that I may be unique in this. But at the moment this cool bathroom tile is my favourite home feature.
Rye
Sounds like night sweats!
For a while, I was up every night with them ... before that time, and again now, I get night sweats in the week or so leading up to my period.
I wake up just absolutely dripping and have to get up and go into the toilet room ... the coldest room in the house.
One of the other things I found helps is running my wrists under cold water at the sink.
The reason I was admiring the heated floors is because the houses here in Australia are not well insulated, so they tend to be cold ... and the bathrooms and toilet rooms have a small open screen for ventilation. Great for ventilation, but on a cold windy day, those rooms are just freezing.
This is a toilet room window from one of our previous houses. See the little screen at the top ... that's open to the outside year round. Our current house has that too.
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Chris can you reach out to nonprofit in MA that helps families with heating oil, I know that help is out there on that front. I agree you should not file a complaint right now, protect the job you have now while you keep up the search, can your "work son" be a source for networking--he knows how great you are!
Beth glad that the little one is getting sorted out, it is so anxiety provoking those first 12 weeks are toughest!
sounds like you've got a fun plan in place for DH b-day!
The chiropractor had nothing good to say except go back to ortho doc and demand pt for your hands
Ah well, at least it was a quick appointment, but I skipped the gym because of it and then hit the pasta bowl HARD, yikes I can't tolerate the itchy rash I get when I eat wheat, what was I thinking? pasta was my childhood comfort food, I lived on it but I have developed a wheat allergy and eating it is akin to asking for a rash, bumpy itchy welts 
Back on the straight and narrow today, yogurt, salad and chicken, and homemade hummus with peppers. Oh yeah, and back to the gym after work, hold me to it ladies!
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Yesterday I did my longest walk since June ... 9.5 km. 5
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Joaquin and his daddy on the cable cars that took us over the Texas State Fair
Joaquin using the electrical current in his hands to make the wind tunnel work and make little balls float around at the Children's Museum.
Joaquin and his mama (my DD) inside a mouth structure at the Children's Museum.
Joaquin frustrated with the water ball. I think he wanted the swirling water OUT of the big ball.
Joaquin in a plaster cast of a dinosaur footprint.
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Chris, Sharon - So sorry to hear of all the aggro you are going through.
Hope you can both turn it round and find your way to brighter shores.
Beth - So glad things seem to be going better for the baby.
Two wins today! I'm reading a new book on habits (yes - yet another improving book! :laugh: ) and I used some of its insights to kickstart my writing.
Managed to get a crucial bit written this morning that I've been putting off for months. :drinker: I feel very relieved and pleased with myself. It's been quite a while - since before the cruise.
Second win was I finally plucked up the courage to weigh myself! I was dreading it. And .....drum roll ..... I didn't put on any weight during the holiday! !!!! :drinker: I might even have lost an ounce or two. Double wow!
I still have to shave off the extra two pounds above maintenance, but I know I can do it.
Poor DH got into a terrible argument with the house insurance agents just now. It happens every year when they send the renewal quote. They are supposed to find you the cheapest quote, but never do, so you have to ring them up in order for them to give you the discount. He always gets furious and tells them what he thinks of their bad practice. This time the woman on the phone was arguing with him, which is bad practice in itself. He did get a discount, but it was very wearing for him.
I managed to get DH to agree to a lunch out next week for his birthday at our very favourite gastro pub. It is 20 mins drive away, so, as part of his present, I said I would pay for a taxi both ways. They do mussels and scallops for me and lamb and game for him, so I hope we will both enjoy it and the taxi means we can have a glass of champagne.
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LOL! I have lots of pics of the smiling wonder boy, but zero with me in them! Ah well. It must be noted: I did a fair share of dancing, jumping around, clapping my hands, waving my arms and singing to get him to smile, laugh, look at me, etc. I spent tons of time on the floor with him and being goofy. I am sure, if I were a dog, I would have left puddles of excitement and happiness on the floor. (Good thing my bladder is in good shape)
Chris- So sorry to hear about your job and your financial troubles. Hang in there! I am in that boat with you and it is SO hard to not get pessimistic. Do a little networking with your friends and acquaintances. See if they know of any jobs opening up that may suit you. Just put that word out there that you are looking. Thinking of you my friend!
Rye- Are you having night sweats? I went through that. I would always head for my basement and sit on the cold cement. I am so glad those days are behind me. I still think menopause has messed with my internal thermostat. I tend to be hot more than cold, now. And DH tends to be cold, whereas he used to be the guy in gym shorts and tees in the winter. Hormones are weird.
Heather- I am laughing at your shopping cart of alcohol! Holidays in my family involved a lot of that! Not so much any more. Although I did come home from TX to a nice bottle of wine from DH. It was a moscato. Which I don't normally get due to the sweetness. But I was touched and had no problem having a glass or two.
Meg and Sharon- You both are in my thoughts daily! Sending love and hugs to you! (((( ))))
Lanette- Sorry! No pictures of Sting and I together with our coffee! He remains a figment in my dreams. That would be a great book title; "Coffee with Sting and other adventures of my alternate reality"!
Pip- I think many of us suffer or suffered from a lack of confidence in ourselves. My DD is always stunned by my lack of self confidence. I just think, like many women, I am a great cheerleader for others. I believe in the abilities and skills of others. I just don't trust myself sometimes. As I get older, I think I am getting better at believing in myself. Love and hugs to you!
Kids are clamoring for a walk. Off we go! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)3 -
JOAQUIN is the cutest baby ever! 4
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Happy Thursday!
Chris, if you can’t share here where can you share. This is a safe, supportive group. Sorry to hear about your co-worker and the overtime. That is so unfair to work so much and still not be able to pay for your bills. I’m assuming you are an exempt employee and that’s why you are not getting paid for overtime? Being in HR my advice is document, document, document everything that happens/overtime/conversations. Keep a little notebook where you can take notes so you don’t forget anything or send yourself e-mails (from home, don’t use work e-mail or do it from work!). E-mails will date stamp thing you write. Does your work have an EAP(Employee Assistance Program) program? If it does it is free and you could have a free consultation with a lawyer. Also NETWORK! Check with the heating company and you may qualify for assistance. I’ll send good thoughts your way for a new better job. (((HUGS)))
Machka, no I don’t have a Flickr account. I was able to load pictures with the directions I got. Thanks. I took CPR years ago at work. I’ve been suggesting to our wellness coordinator to do it again. Congrats on the long walk! It must feel good.
Wendy, that is so interesting about how your hormones affect weight loss. I’ll have to check that out and see what I can incorporate into my plan. Good luck with the queens bees. I guess that makes you the head queen?
DJ, I think I’m going to try the push-ups. That’s something that I can so anywhere and won’t bother my foot.
Michele, I’m exhausted just reading about your running around! PHEW!
Linda, Glad you decided to post. Pop in any time. Phone Puzzles? Never heard of that. Can you elaborate? I had a co-worker that like to just smell the foods she couldn’t eat.
Becca, don’t know that I could go without washing my hair every day. Interesting to learn about. Glad it works for you.
Janet, sorry to hear your meds have not arrived. I hope they come quickly and you can feel better. Try screaming into a pillow. That works for me sometimes. ((HUGS))
Joyce, could you have some water at your feet and bend over and sip from a straw?
Rye, I think a cold bathroom floor is the perfect place to keep cool. I say what works for you, go for it. I know when I’m hot and I stand on my tiled kitchen floor it helps. Also cool your head and wrists. I run cold water over my wrists.
Sharon, you are STRESSED girl! Take some deep breaths. My suggestion is to tackle one thing at a time. Time to withdraw from the family drama and focus on you and what you want. That’s stressful enough. I think everything will fall into place (may not be the place you want but you can only control yourself and your reactions) once you are working on what you can work on. Take control of your own life and make decisions that are best for you. Everyone else is an adult and it is their responsibility to take care of themselves, not yours. Go for the passport is that is your gut feeling. That would be taking control of what you can. Do you really feel Larry will change or are wishing he would?
Kate, good luck at DH’s dr appt. ((HUGS))
NYKaren, pasta is a comfort food for me too. Hope you get relief soon. Look on line for pt for your hands. How are your leaves this year? I don't think our are as bright.
Kelly, Joaquin is adorable. The girls are going to love those eyes! I’d count the jumping, dancing and clapping as exercise. I think you should write that Sting book.
Heather, 2 WINS! WOW! I hate to try and work with people on the phone. You want to reach right through the phone and wring their necks. Glad in the end he got a discount. Enjoy the b-day lunch.
Back to work, Terry in VT
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Terry: I called my cousin and she is just fine so far. Her daughter and granddaughter live in an area that is threatened, but they haven't had to evacuate yet. If they do need to evacuate, she will invite them to stay with her. I thought it was vineyards that were burning up, but she told me that residential areas are being destroyed at this point and not vineyards. It is raining here now, and I hope it rains there, too.
Okie in the TX Hill Country: Moving more is the best way to improve your health. If walking is too painful for your knees, you could swim or ride a bike. I found a yoga class aimed at women with physical challenges and was hooked forever. That yoga teacher quit teaching yoga to accept a better paying job to provide enough income to meet her family's needs. I switched to yoga classes at a fitness club in the next town. I know that there are water aerobics classes at a local public pool that are helpful and popular but I don't like to be cold and wet at the same time so I've never tried it. Sue in WA has been a swimmer for quite a while and would likely be a good source of suggestions if you like that idea. :flowerforyou:
Marcelyn: Deer live in our town, too. We have a number of unbuildable ravines and I often see them next to the road grazing. :flowerforyou:
Beth near Buffalo: Good news about your niece's babies! Enjoy your visit with your younger son.
Becca: I'm happy that you were able to have a good grocery-shopping trip. No shampooing sounds like a misery to me. :noway:
(((Chris in MA))) Good luck and keep us in the loop.
(((Sharon in Lethbridge)))
KJLamore: Joaquin is a charmer. What a great little guy! Thanks for sharing the photos. :bigsmile:
Heather: Congratulations on getting through the tough bit in your writing. Yay!!! :bigsmile:
I went to an equestrian meeting with Arrow's owner yesterday. Things are very bad for her, and she needs me to work with Arrow as often as I can. Her DH has been diagnosed with cancer and has numerous other serious health issues so she will be with him as much as possible. I'll go out to the stable today. She wants me to text her and let her know when I'm out there so she can take Arrow off of her worry list. It is the least I can do. She's been very generous to me.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." - William James
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mikesmom1983 wrote: »Good evening Ladies.
It was a tough afternoon for me. My favorite coworker told me this afternoon that he found another job. My emotions must have been written all over my face because he told me not to cry. He is a wonderful young family man of 40 and I call him my "work son". I will miss him terribly, we work very closely together in fact sharing a cubicle. Although I am so happy for him I am selfishly wishing he would stay because with him leaving they will probably have me on call 2 weeks of the month without pay instead of 1 and working 2 weekends a month instead of 1. That will amount to over 1100 hours per year that I will work and not get paid for. I am so upset. I came home and worked the elliptical HARD.
Say prayers that I find a new job soon, I am making less money than when I started and cannot meet my financial obligations, this week the mortgage was due and I had no money for groceries. This is what is keeping me up nights. A part time job to supplement my income is not feasible because of these on call hours. I have cut back expenses in every conceivable way. I dread the cold weather because I have no idea where I will get the money for oil. We did not put the air conditioners in the bedrooms this summer because I couldn't afford the added electric expense. I have not shared any of my troubles before, but it is helping to just let it out.
Love and hugs to everyone.
Chris in MA
Chris ((((HUGS)))))! Lots of good advice here on documenting, checking for assistance on energy bills (here in WA State there are a lot of them, Love Inc is one that will help pay bills if a person is in a financial difficulty. They might be in your area?) And yes, network and see if your "work son" has connections.
I am wondering if your employer will really be in a bind now that your co-worker is gone....what if YOU would leave? Do you work for a national company or is this a local concern and are there more co-workers in the same situation? Guess what I'm saying is.... if your employer is in a pinch, it might be time to lay the cards on the table. Though it is always risky. And, that is, if you really like the job and want to keep it or if it's just a means of getting income.
Also, are there any Home Depot's or Lowe's close by? It's hard to go into retail when a person hasn't worked it (if that's not what you are doing now), but might be something to at least look at just for fun and see what they have going on. I think they give some benefits.
If there are other members in your household, can they help?
I've often thought if something happens to DH I would check out offering a room as an "AirBNB" as long as I am still at this place. I don't think I could do a roommate on a permanent basis, but having someone here who has been thoroughly vetted (I understand they do a good job at that) for a few days each month would help in costs.
When I was working for the county and promoted to manager, they decided not to fill my empty position as Admin Assistant for MONTHS! Many, many 12-14 hr days, not compensated since I was now salaried. I called the state about filing a complaint. They said I could... BUT off the record, I would also risk losing my job. So disgusting...I know if they'd had a man in the Manager position, he would have had a secretary in no time flat. And why have the flippin laws on the books if they aren't enforceable and the worker is at risk for mentioning it? POO!!!
Anyhow, hang in there and keep us posted. You have a lot of amazing skills and would certainly be an attribute wherever you end up.
Lanette
SW WA State
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Today is World Sight Day.
"World Sight Day is a special annual day of awareness that is celebrated around the world each year in order to focus on blindness and vision impairment. This day was created by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and awareness is spread through a large number of different events."
Pip - What a gift to find that kind of love twice!
Beth - That's great news about the twins!
Chris - I'm sorry to hear you're losing your favorite co-worker. Sending good job vibes your way!
DJ - I need to do the push-ups too. I suspect I could barely do one regular push-up but I could sure do a few modified ones in the kitchen while I'm waiting for things to boil!
Machka - Interesting... Philip and I recertified in CPR when he was going full-time as a massage therapist, and they were still teaching rescue breathing.
Kate - I hope your husband's specialist visit is just a precaution!
KJ - Joaquin is SUCH a cutie!
I'm grateful for my eyesight. Books have taken me so many new places and opened my mind to so many new ideas... I'm not sure how I'd stay sane if I couldn't read.
-Yvonne in TX4 -
Kelly OMG Joaquin is so stinkin' cute! Delish!
Chris MA I think I missed what kind of work you do and why you have to be on unpaid call. Sorry you are in that situation. I do hope you find new work. What are you best qualified for? Hope you win the lottery.
Just got off the phone w/my stepdaughter in California - Olivia is fussy and has a fever from getting her immunizations yesterday, and Olivia's mom & dad were a little worried. Thank goodness they are getting immunizations! There is still so much misinformation out there about vaccines.
Karen in Virginia3 -
Katla, so glad your family is safe. It’s so good that you can help out with Arrow. I’m sure you are loving it.
Terry1 -
coastalgosgal wrote: »So here's the plan. To not wash my hair, therefore slowing down my oil production. Hey people have only started shampooing their hair with shampoo since the 1930's.
My husband hasn't used shampoo for over two years. Even after heavy sweating work and Scuba diving in sea water. He just rinses very thoroughly and once a week he uses a nickel sized dollop of conditioner. His hair is always soft clean and smells good. And never oily.
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