WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018

GraceTutt

Machka, I will be praying for you and your husband.
Penny, the curtain edgings are beautiful. I'm currently making a doily for my daughter's nightstand in her new home. I love to crochet blankets and give them away. I'll post a picture of my most recent crochet centerpiece. It was a gift for a friend who made me a beautiful yarn bowl.
I'm terrible with names but I will go back through this morning's posts and make a prayer list. I believe in the power of prayer.
You all have a wonderful day. We start moving my daughter today and I've got to get everything ready for Easter. My kids, grandkids, brother-in-law & his sweetheart will all be here for lunch after church Sunday. Back later, I hope. Grace from Texas

megblair1

Hi all. I am still here, working on my second good day. For those of you who celebrate Easter, may you be blessed. For everyone else, have a wonderful weekend.

I may not be back til Monday; having company for the weekend. Otherwise it's all mostly going well. Take care! meg from Omaha

kevrit

cityjaneLondon

Allie - I echo Margaret, you do not have to do anything. Just look after yourself and let everybody else look after themselves. She is right about your father's debts. It is not your responsibility. Let the creditors fight amonst tgemselves for the dregs. Faith is not your responsibility. Your son is an adult. Your brother can keep his ÷×+# to himself.
You have a great life to look forward to. You can stretch your wings and be your own person. You owe nothing to anyone. You have done more than enough for everyone else.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

cityjaneLondon

This is my blurb

London in the 1950s. A 'normal' family. A child who should have been happy and carefree.

In ME I AM author, playwright and theatre director Heather Eyles champions the child she was in a life fractured by sexual abuse. She vividly conjures up the resilient spirit and eager curiosity that survived despite her father's betrayal of her innocence.
From Children's Favourites on the wireless and Dairylea Triangles on the tea table to confusing compulsions and rituals before bed time,  this is an absorbing and poignant story of a young girl's search for her own identity in a world of deep, secret shadows, but also some bright lights.


Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Katla49

Janetr OKC: Sending good thoughts and prayers for your friend, Joyce.

(((Allie)))

(((Machka))): Waiting is so hard. I hope for the best for your DH.

Heather: The blurb is fabulous. It will give readers enough information to make an informed choice. I admire your gift with words, honesty & the courage to share the story.


Yoga this morning and the stable this afternoon. My teacher has laid out how to deal with Arrow, and his owner has given the same advice this morning. I'm feeling more confident thanks to them both.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon[/color=blue]

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

Peach1948

suebdew

Good morning friends. Dealing with headache from being dehydrated but doing chores slowly.
Heather- wonderful blurb. Excited for you to be so close to finishing the book.
Machka- still lifting you and your DH up in prayer. Take care of yourself as you will have to be the strong one for awhile.
Janetr- so sorry to hear of your friends diagnosis. They are able to do wonderful medical procedures these days. Tell her to stay positive and do what you how doctors tell her.
Allie- I don’t know a lot about legal issues but I know you are the kind of person everyone leans on for everything. At some point you will have to get out of your comfort zone and say NO sorry that doesn’t work for me.
Penny- love the snow picture s but I am a southern girl so couldn’t deal with it. We will be in Norway in July on our Baltic cruise. We’ve been to
all the stops except Finland and we are going to Moscow (hopefully).
Any suggestions on how to get hydrated without an iv. Water tastes awful right now but I need liquid. My eyes are so dry Kathryn don’t want to open.
Grace- your handwork is beautiful.

Suebdew in TX.

pipcd34

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SophieRosieMom

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

This is my blurb

London in the 1950s. A 'normal' family. A child who should have been happy and carefree.

In ME I AM author, playwright and theatre director Heather Eyles champions the child she was in a life fractured by sexual abuse. She vividly conjures up the resilient spirit and eager curiosity that survived despite her father's betrayal of her innocence.
From Children's Favourites on the wireless and Dairylea Triangles on the tea table to confusing compulsions and rituals before bed time,  this is an absorbing and poignant story of a young girl's search for her own identity in a world of deep, secret shadows, but also some bright lights.


Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Heather - that is great! Instantly makes a person curious about the child's "resilient spirit and eager curiosity" and how they manage to survive and become successful despite the abuse.

Allie - (((HUGS)))) you have so much going on right now. Your situation reminds me a little of when my folks passed and my sis was the executor. Sis was pushing to keep their farm house and land and rent it out. My brother and I considered it but in the end decided it would be more hassle than it was worth - we'd still be on the hook for the mortgage, taxes, insurance, any home repairs (plumber, etc.) and dad had let the house "go" so there would be cost in getting it ready to even rent out. My brother once had rental units he couldn't get rid of fast enough when he realized all of that time and expense he couldn't keep up with. Not to mention renters who didn't pay rent.

And I'd be liable for Indiana income tax for any capital gains or losses. Way too complicated and the unknown expenses we'd have to keep up with in addition to the overhead on our own home (which needed fixing we could barely afford!) just didn't make it practical so we decided to just sell it all and be done with it. Luckily there was enough $$ left in dad's estate to hire the probate attorney and we kids did have a little to divide when it was all settled.

Janet - I am so sorry to hear about your friend Joyce. Prayers sent up. Hoping the involvement in the craft store will keep her enthused and positive throughout this challenge.

Sue - glad you are over the worse of it.... do you think you could sip down Gatorade?

Machka (((HUGS))) Sounds like the docs have your DH's situation under control but the waiting is the worst.

Becca - So glad you have your older sis to bounce things off of! And so excited for you moving to your new digs... no more elk but didn't your son say there was a deer?

I didn't realize hoarders were so pervasive.... in a way I feel good that our collection is mostly clutter, which is bad enough but fairly easy to dispose of or get stored away.

That's it for now ladies....sun is shining!

Happy Good Friday!

Lanette
SW WA State

ladylaura777

I don’t even know what my password is. It was a few years ago that I made this account. Is it possible my log in is just through Facebook? It’s probably time to change that one too
~Laura on the cold Canadian Prairie ~

spikeyhair

HEATHER love the blurb, you are such a whizz with words

I changed email and passwords on MFP and FitBit

Kate UK

oceanmelody

Ladies, I thought I posted yesterday but it must have gone into the ether somewhere.
Allie sorry you have having a hard time with relatives when you should be enjoying your liberation.
Machka I am sending you prayers and good thoughts across the oceans.
Janet I am sorry about your friend.
Hugs to Felicia
Joyce I am sorry about YOUR friend as well. My recent experience with wills is that we had three sessions with a lawyer and the total cost for wills, powers of attorney and health care proxies came to 1000 dollars. It might be cheaper in your state. It was worth every dollar to finally have it over with. It is easier on the surviving spouse if everything is in both names.

Update on me: I am on meds and in therapy. I am learning there is a lot I need to learn about myself as I enter this next phase of living. I am totally committed to this journey and have a great therapist. I am slowly learning to take care of myself first and not stress out. I had a lot of loss and change in the past 10 months and I thought I was coping but in the past month it all caught up with me. I need to learn the warning signs a lot earlier. I will be fine even if I still have some bad days. I am planning to become one of the wisest, calmest old ladies on the planet. I wore a butterfly necklace today as a symbol of my upcoming transformation.

Betty

fanncy0626

Suebdew- Pedialyte, Gatorade, and salt water. The salt will help your body retain the liquid and pickle juice.

janetr7476

Suebdew thank you. Do you like Crystal Lite, or something on that order. I drink most of my water with flavor in It. Hope you feel better soon.

Janetr OKC

Peach1948

(((Machka, Janet's Friend Joyce, Alison, Suebdew, Felicia, and Betty))) Hugs to all of you and to any others who are hurting or struggling with life.

cityjaneLondon

Suebdew - In Mexico with Montezuma's Revenge I managed to sip down those rehydration sachets. Yukky, but important. It can take some time before all your electrolytes get back to normal.

Sending love to those with good friends and family who are suffering. Janetr and others. It reminded me to get in touch with my cancer friend.

Betty - It will get better. Sending hugs.

It's been raining all day. I did my bonus exercise on the kettlebell and the recumbent bike. Would have liked to go running, but it was not to be. I taped up my knee and it certainly made a difference. I love the kettlebell, but my knee doesn't.

Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx

pipcd34

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OregonMother

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Allie - I echo Margaret, you do not have to do anything. Just look after yourself and let everybody else look after themselves. She is right about your father's debts. It is not your responsibility. Let the creditors fight amonst themselves for the dregs. Faith is not your responsibility. Your son is an adult. Your brother can keep his ÷×+# to himself.
You have a great life to look forward to. You can stretch your wings and be your own person. You owe nothing to anyone. You have done more than enough for everyone else.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

This is what I was trying to say a couple days ago. But not as well or as clearly as Margaret and Heather.

We support you, Allie.

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon.

Vickil57

wow! I am finally caught up. It has been another month of stress and crazy. But I am not giving up. Thanks for the advice on changing passwords. I have done that for here and facebook. I friend texted me last evening wanting to know if I sent her a strange message. She sent me a copy and told her no. So got that change.

On the subject of photos. I love taking pictures and DH's uncle years ago showed me that he had labeled his albums with dates and subjects. So I have done that with mine. I tell my children when I go in the home make sure all my albums come with me and I will spent my time looking at the pictures and not realize no one visits.

Machka--So sorry to hear about your DH. Keeping you both in prayer. Don't forget to take care of yourself and that we are here for you anytime.

Allie--I am so glad that divorce is done and I agree with most the ladies on here about your dad's home and stuff. When my DFIL passed away it was a mess as he pasted sitting in his chair and was only 60. He lived alone in his house and saved so many things that didn't make sense. DH being the oldest was left in charge. We went thru the house and got out what was valueable to us and let the state deal with the house and the rest. Sent a copy of the death cerfiticate to everyone that sent a bill as there was no money or insurance. It was funny as he owed some back taxes and for at least the next tens years we would get a call around tax time to see if his status had changed.

Janetr--So sorry about your friend. Pray that God will give comfort and peace to both of you. Good luck with the opening of your part of the gift store. I bet that you will be surprised at how much people are going to like and buy your crafts.

Barbie and Becca--Glad to hear your DH's are doing well. Excited about your move Becca and looking forward to pictures.

Heather--I agree you are very talented writer.

Well I am done in for today and I work all weekend. Then Sunday evening when I get off we are going to Lincoln as my friend since I was 14 years old had a stroke Feb 2nd and she is strong enough that they are going to do surgery to clean out the veins in her neck and there is areal good chance she will not make it or could stroke out. It has been humbling to visit her as she has trouble with her memory and getting out what she wants to say. Any way she has to be at the hospital by 530 am and I told her I would be there. Since the day of the stroke she knows who I am, but not family members.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE