WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018
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I'm not packing one box until we get the lease emailed to us, and we electronically sign it!!!
Becca
Itching to pack!!!
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Hugs for all who need them and smiles for all good news.
I have been reading every day
I have spoken about my friend and neighbour before but I'm really worried about her. She has been ill since Christmas and doesn't seem to improve. She hasn't been out of the house for months only to come to my house every Friday. Her son had to go to see his daughter the other day and she phoned and asked me to get food for the dog. When I returned and went in (I haven't been in for a long time) DH has been in a couple of times. Anyway I was horrified, it smells bad and dirt and dog hairs so thick looks like an extra carpet. I couldn't wait to leave. She has been promised help but nothing has happened. Her son is bipolar but I cant understand why he can't use the hoover and how he can let his 19 yr old daughter come to stay.
She won't let us help and I think the dirt and lack of fresh air are the reason her health is so bad and she is obviously depressed. I want to suggest a professional cleaning service but frightened of upsetting her as she cries at the slightest thing.
I will think of something as it's so sad, this bright clever witty woman is a sad shadow of her former self
Sorry for the long sad tale but helps to put in words
Kate UK
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It's really REALLY Spring! 70+ degrees and sunny at the port for dog group. It's been rainy so long, forgot to put on sunscreen. Won't do THAT again!
We had cats and small terriers 30 yrs ago back in Oakland when we got Rex, an 8 week old German Shepherd pup. The cat hissed and swiped at him, the smallest terrier nipped his nose and made it bleed. A year later when he was 95 lbs, he continued to give them both a very very wide berth. We were in our very bad neighborhood. One night he woke us up barking and wouldn't stop. Joe leashed him and took him out to patrol the yard. He went right to the camper in a lunging, snarling frenzy. Joe opened the door and there was a foot hanging out from the bed! Joe hollered "Get the hell out, I can't hold him!" You should have seen him scramble out, jump over the fence and run away VERY fast. GOOD Rex!
IMHO to introduce a large dog into a cattery, s/he must be a pup. To those who were able to train dogs never to mess with cats, my hat's off to you. Could never trust a full grown dog introduced to cats to be ok unsupervised.
Allie, whew! Time to enjoy your well deserved zen retreat.
Michele 3 min plank? WOW! Amen to wishing pet's vet bills were tax deductible. I blew it today too, way over. Let myself get overtired, then celebrated with beer, garlic flatbread and chocolate. All logged.
Margaret Zumba, yoga and place you can be still, so glad you have them to help you through this time.
Rye "Virtual shopping" Brilliant!
Trisha your dogs are sooo lucky to have their work to do on weekends, and to be yours during the week. Love their smiles
Wendy you are that girl's angel, her mother's work, your hands.
Barbie "care giving is not for sissies" you said it, sister. Ditto your huge admiration for our care giving gals. Great news that Jake is feeling better!
Becca "...looked at me like I had just turned into an alien" I know that look.
Thanks for your wise words to BeckyO, just right! Wow the wisdom just keeps coming. I too feel happy to be able to wake up, stretch, hug hubs, scritch pups, walk, T'ai Chi and line dance. Life is good. Can you browse the web from your Kindle and log into MFP from there? You got the house? EEEEEeeeeee!
Janet 2.5 lbs? Con VERY grats!
Lanette darling pic of Sophie as a pup with Kitty. Hope your pain and spasms have already eased.
Suebdew lovely new pic. Thanks for the reminder to be happy, love life and ourselves. Sending blue sky and sunshine thoughts
Machka ((hugs)) and continued sendings of healing thoughts.
Heather Barnacles and Bumboils?
Lisa re: people vs numbers- amen, sister, AMEN! Likewise computers vs people, computers always do exactly what you tell them to...
NYKaren "creeping might-as-wells" gave me a funny visual.
Felicia not the worst DIL in the world, but the best wife for feeling so protective of and angry on behalf of your DH.
Mary in AZ flu, bronchitis then vertigo? Good to hear from you and glad you're feeling better.
Janetr when do you get to go see Layla and Mia?
Ginger what a beautiful full celebration of a great life. Glad you feel a weight lifted. Know you and your family will be there for your sister and niece as they work out their new life.
Karen in Va, are Olivia and Phoenix-to-be nearby?
Rori zen den sounds just right. Snow again? :noway:
Katla ah, The Dead and QuickSilver... was at Winterland for the People's Park Bail Bond Benefit where Mongo Santa Maria warmed up for Santana, Quicksliver, the Dead and Jefferson Airplane. Still have a coat with a cigarette burn on it from that concert, could never throw it away.
Kay your new shower is GORGEOUS!
Evelyn
for your pretty kitty, hardest but kindest thing to do.
DJ good to hear from you.
Kate how helpless you must feel about your friend and neighbor. Sure you're right about the dirt and lack of fresh air impacting her health, both physical and mental. Is there a public health nursing service that could step in?
Welcome adtobaby, lisasalvatore, jsSue, Ruth from Ontario!
Today
Walk Tumble: 70 mins dog group and boy am I pooped!
Log: yes
Meditate: no
Exercises: T'ai Chi
Steps: 9669 ! vs 4830 thank you pack walks!
Sleep sweet lovelies,
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD. 7 -
So sorry, Kate. Trying to help people who won't help themselves is a thankless task. I'm sorry this worry has landed on your shoulders. It doesn't help that there is a son involved.
I don't know what to suggest other than informing the doctor and social services that you are worried. When people get that bad they can't hear advice and cannot do something outside their comfort zone. You may just have to step back if there is nothing you can do other than inform the authorities. Very distressing for you.
I've found the matching travel cot stuff in a wardrobe, so I've sent an email to the original taker to see if she wants it. Some of it is never used.
Otherwise I'm going to advertise some good quality luggage items on Freecycle. We are dumping double bed duvets and loads of linens as we are getting rid of the sofa bed when we move. Still haven't heard any news about the house we want to buy - whether they have found something. I am feeling impatient now and didn't sleep well last night. Grrrrrrrrrr!
Hope to get my blurb done in the next couple of days.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx8 -
Lanette
May I suggest taking.photos and scanning them onto a USB? You will still.have them and if you ever need to print any out your set...just a suggestion ,I should do the same. I am up and staggering and having my tea..I love hearing the birds singing out there.4 -
Morning, afternoon and evening, all...
JanetR – Layla’s beautiful! Love the name, as well… congratulations.
Ginger – I love the idea of the packet of forget-me-not seeds for a remembrance of someone lost. Glad you felt lighter, and have some understanding of that. Humans need these celebrations of life to help us get to the closure we need, to say goodbye in a way the heart can understand as well as the mind.
Becca – You’ll get there before we can get started! So glad for all of you, and so pleased you’ll have room to roam, and a secure place with a much-loved son.
Katiebug – That shower is flippin’ gorgeous! Absolutely love it.
Felicia – I struggle with dealing with any kind of mess at that level, as well—and the filth that seems to inevitably accompany it is stomach-turning. Add in that it is for someone that is hard to regard positively, and it is an extremely rough situation. I too would have been sitting in the car.
More below...
Lisa in El Paso for one more day
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Good morning! Happy Thursday! Well, my recent carb loading seems to help the belly pain for a little while, but I always wake up the next day with the same "knot" in my tummy. I looked back through my food diary (thank God for logging every thing every day) and saw what I have been missing this week. Yogurt. The store was out of my yogurt, so I decided to skip it this week and just eat something else (like cottage cheese) for breakfast. Could it be, that my body is responding to lack of those little cultures in yogurt?! lol Sent DH to the store for yogurt last night, so I could add it back in this morning. Let's hope this solves my tummy troubles.
Janet -Great Granddaughter Layla! Congrats! She is beautiful!
Trish- Just stay the course! We all stray from time to time (usually when we are tired or feeling especially "beat up" by life), just hop back on the "healthy train" and move forward.
DJ- So wonderful to see you posting! Sending hugs!
Ginger- What a wonderfully uplifting celebration of life! I am so glad you and your BIL's family had that time to remember how wonderful he was! I truly hope you felt a lifting of spirit; I know I did as I read your description of his service/memorial. That is the way to live life and to be sent off! Sending love!
Kate- So sorry to hear of your neighbor! I wonder if SHE realizes the state of her home. I have noticed, (within my own family ), that as we age and our eyesight gets worse and our brains get a little fuzzy, we tend to not "see" the layer of dirt that has accumulated. Is there anyway, you could visit wearing a pair of shoes with "lint roller" bottoms?! lol I must say, I would be sorely tempted to discreetly clean while there.
Ooops! Kids arriving! Have to fly! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)5 -
grandmallie wrote: »Lanette
May I suggest taking.photos and scanning them onto a USB? You will still.have them and if you ever need to print any out your set...just a suggestion ,I should do the same. I am up and staggering and having my tea..I love hearing the birds singing out there.
Thank you Allie, I will probably do that when I am in the mood to go through those boxes. The first step will be thinning them out into one box.....tons of duplicates and blurry photos. Back in those days we'd shoot rolls and rolls of film and I'd just toss the developed ones into boxes "to go through later". I guess this is "later".
Sounds like spring has sprung in your area - hope you are done with the snow!
Lanette
Still dark SW WA State
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So... the much-dreaded, quite-anticipated annual event went off, not without a hitch or two, but all in all, quite successful. To the point where we came very near doubling the highest amount we've ever made in donations from an event. Highest number of attendees, largest number and amount of on-site donations for any event in the history of the organization. Literally, 20 percent of the attendees gave something on their way out the door.
For me, quite stressful, but enormously rewarding as well, both in the monetary sense for the cause I'm here to serve, and in the sense of connections made within the community. Doesn't hurt to look good in front of your boss, either.
Have no idea how I'm going to top this next year. We'll start planning for it in September, and I definitely have a set of suggestions on what worked and what didn't.
Rori - juicy details duly delivered to your inbox! T'would be boring to the rest of y'all, I promise, but Rori knows the players and the community I'm dealing with.
From the event, went straight to a presumably successful presentation to a local United Way allocation panel. We won't actually know for a couple weeks whether or not we receive the grant, but certainly set ourselves up for success.
Now it's time to set up and get organized for our next event in September - same event, but in New Mexico, and I'm the helper, rather than the organizer. Less than two weeks later, in October, we'll have our event benefiting camp, but for the first time, we're centering it where it's easy to get to for our major donors, rather than five hours away at camp. Bringing camp to town, so to speak. Jeans and boots, country band, campfires and chuckwagons... it's all a very different process and much less formal than yesterday's event.
I am still so incredibly grateful to be working for something larger than myself, and the success of things like this makes it even more evident that I'm in the right place, doing the right thing. It is genuinely rewarding at a very profound emotional level. That said, I am tired to my bones... and even they hurt. However, I have been VERY good at keeping my eating within bounds--stress at these levels actually makes it hard to eat, and I can keep my environment very controlled in terms of the food I bring into the hotel room. I always get a kitchenette room so I'm not out eating in restaurants... but there is a Denny's down the road, and someone else's scrambled eggs sounds awfully good this morning. Luckily, they're on my program!
Love y'all,
Tired, but happy, Lisa in El Paso today, flying back to NC tomorrow, Arkansas in mid-April8 -
Good morning Ladies -
I am working on day four of a headache so my concentration is not good this morning. I read through the posts and remember what I read but now who posted what. Hugs and Prayers for those that need them. High fives for those with victories.
The headaches are weather related. They weren't too bad Monday and Tuesday, but yesterday was worse and it is still there this morning. I will strap on the tennis shoes anyway and get my walk in when I finish this. It will probably take much longer than normal, but that's OK, I'll still get it done.
I think I have worked out the menu for next week to see if we can gets hubs kick started. I reviewed what I was thinking with him yesterday and he said he would eat whatever I send him to work to eat. I'm trying to make it things he wants to eat as well, not just torture him for 4 days . I'm basically sending him a (much) bigger version of the salad I eat for lunch, a couple of extra snacks and adding egg cups (which I made and are in the freezer for reheating) to his breakfast. For dinner we normally eat the same thing anyway, I just add more protein to his than mine. If it works, I may have signed myself up for a lot more chopping and prepping to prepare both of our lunches on the weeks he is home as well as breakfasts for him (I just do yogurt). The grocery store tomorrow will be entertaining. I may need two carts to fit in all the veggies and fruits.
Machka - You are both still in my prayers. I was going to suggest the same thing as KJ. If you don't have the bank statements, you can try the bank to see if they can give you a print out of the last 3 months activity so you can see patterns.
Okie in the TX Hill Country4 -
DrKatieBug ... love, love, love your new bathroom!!
Lanette ... I have the same problem with old photos. My "box" is a huge moving company box from long ago ... it can't even be lifted! I've promised my niece that I will go through it for her as her own mother "lost" every photo of her as a child??
Becca ... very happy for you.
Hoarding ... We have several people in our church congregation that have this problem. This week our pastor emptied out the food stockpile one elderly woman had that was overwhelming her. ALL of the food was expired. We have it in a room in the church right now if anyone wants to sort through it ... but most of it's inedible ... anywhere from 3-10 years past expiration. It is a massive amount of food that she bought preparing for catastrophe. It became paralyzing to her, but she did reach out for help.
Have a good day ladies!
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Hoarding - I have a friend with a Mom that is a hoarder. She doesn't let anyone in the house. I have told my friend that I will help her when the time comes. My Dad was a saver of things that didn't make sense to most people, but it only overtook his laundry room. He would have a path from the kitchen to the washer/dryer and the back door. If my hub and I (and a friend at times) didn't periodically sort through it and get rid of stuff, it could have become a big problem. His biggest issue was he would save boxes, shopping bags (plastic) and grocery sacks (paper). We would go through and break down the boxes, saving a couple in case he wanted to ship something, and donate the sacks and bags except for a drawer full in his cabinets in the laundry room in case he needed them. We went in once with some big metro shelves that we placed along a side wall and organized everything to get it vertical instead of all over the floor. What a difference that made. He was happy because he still had his stuff, and we were happy because the floor was cleaned up. He allowed us to donate a lot of "treasures" to friends or a thrift store and since he no longer did his own yard work, he allowed us to give all of his chemicals to his handyman/yard guy. We contacted his handyman and asked him to please take it all and throw out what he couldn't use. We explained we were trying to create a safe path for him to get to the back of the house without trip hazards. He was more than happy to oblige. He actually took a few other things when he came to pick up his big box of chemicals. Funny aside, he came to Dad's funeral and had very nice things to say about him. I didn't know who he was. I hadn't ever seen him cleaned up and without a ball cap .
Okie
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MARY glad you are feeling better and using your 40lb KB again Ive just ordered my 26lb one
Kate UK 4 -
Felicia My brother hoarded my mom's house. So I feel your pain. It cost about $5000 to hire College Hunks to clear it, but it was worth every penny. The money did come out of my mom's estate. It makes it harder when the person did not leave the funds for the clean up. I have a friend who is trying with her family to clean out her mom's/now deceased brothers hoarded house. I suggest get out what you want if anything can be saved. Then it might be possible to contact the fire department to have the have the house for a practice burn. The city could also condemn it and tear it down. The city might do it because a hoarded home is not a safe home.
Janetr Congratulations!!!!!!
Becca Happy Dance!
Going with a friend to a flower show today. It is in The Edina Galleria. The Macy in downtown Minneapolis closed so they are trying this as a new venue. Margaret 6 -
Machka - sending heaps of good thoughts your way! Hope your DH is healing quickly and responding well. Thank you so much for suggesting that spreadsheet. I worked on mine for an hour yesterday and will finish up this weekend and get it printed off.
Michele - you mentioned a couple days ago that a house was for up for sale with a big listing price. News in our area is that there will be 40,000 new jobs in the next 5 years north of Olympia, many of them in high-tech. Our little county has been a "bedroom community" for that area and the housing market here is really hot - sounds like it's about to get hotter. Smaller homes are getting snapped up quickly - might be challenging when we downsize in the next few years.
Lisa - kudos on a super successful event!
Barbara - if you want to send some of your spring north, we won't turn it away. The only concert I recall attending was Three Dog Night. Some gals I worked with in mid 70's saw Elvis when he performed in Chicago. Now that's one I'm sorry I missed!
Okie - so sorry to hear about your headache - you may have mentioned and I missed it - have you been troubled with them for a long time? Lots of healthy eating coming up at your house!
I went in for my allergy shots yesterday morning and it seems my nose was cleared up by evening - that's pretty early for them to take effect (I am only on third week at low dose) but I'm grateful for an unstuffy nose, whatever the reason.
My back seems a little better but sitting is a problem, especially my favorite recliner . Last night I dug out some "green" meds/candy a friend of mine had given me last year and by golly, I think they helped. Ibuprofen tears up my tummy. So I had pretty pain-free sleep last night. I am SO GRATEFUL for strength training. I believe strong legs and an otherwise strong back/core will get me through this much quicker. I was able to do some stretches this morning and get back up off the floor!
Lanette
SW WA State4 -
DJ: Lovely to see your post. I hope you'll drop in more often.
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Ginger: Thanks for the additional details on the funeral. It sounds very interesting. :flowerforyou:
Kate UK: It sounds as though your friend and neighbor is having some major problems. Depression could explain it, but so could other mental challenges. Sending good thoughts. :flowerforyou:
Barbara: Sounds like we have some music in common. The memories are great. We didn't go to Woodstock, but recently saw a TV show that documented the whole thing. Amazing event. :bigsmile:
Heather: I hope you get good news on the house soon. It seems awful to have to hang in limbo waiting. :flowerforyou:
Becca: We looked at the possibility of moving to Whidbey Island long ago and gave up on it because it would have been too hard for our kids to visit us. You'll be sharing a home with your son--problem solved! I am happy for you.
Yoga today, Yay! I also hope to go out and see Arrow. I did go out earlier in the week, but no one was there. I am not willing to be there without some sort of back up so I came home. Arrow can be a stinker. Color me horse crazy but not nuts. Cell phone coverage out there is flaky, too. I'll drag DH along with me today.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
"So many of us believe in perfection, which ruins everything else, because the perfect is not only the enemy of the good; it's also the enemy of the realistic, the possible and the fun."
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Lanette - I hope your back is better soon! Back pain is the worst!! It makes it hard to do anything. I tend to get headaches with weather fronts. They aren’t migraines, thank goodness! I only get migraines every blue moon. Those send me to a dark quiet room. Not fun. I feel so sorry for people who suffer regular migraines.
Okie4 -
Pip - when I die, I want to come back as YOUR DOG! They look so happy and pampered!!
Becca - so excited for your move!! You'll have to give us a pictoral tour once you get landed there!
Ginger - what a nice story about your DBIL's funeral, thank you so much for sharing that.
Janetr - what a sweet new great-grand! Mia will be busy! How far do they live from you - just wondering if they are close by and you get to see them often
Heather - you are so motivated with your cleaning out. Very inspirational. Every now and then I go through my books and give away - seems like 2 more take each one's place. You are making wise use of your kindle! Sending lots of good thoughts your way regarding letting the boys know about your book.
Rori - your retirement is off to a good start! Your zen den sounds fabulous. I'm curious - are you a writer like Heather and Lisa?
Katiebug - LOVE that shower! Can't wait to try it out, lol! After my long bubblebath that is! You were an angel to help with your friend's mother's jammed house.
Felicia - MIL's hoarding sounds overwhelming and I don't blame you for sitting in the car.
I'm not a hoarder but have a real hard time going through old photos and finding a few to keep. We've have lots of pix of the dogs and kitties we've had, our past homes and critters and friends that have since moved on. Just opening those boxes (and there are several) - I have a wave of nostalgia and something like grief I guess - I start to tear up so close the boxes up and put them back on the shelf.
I don't get emotional looking at past photos of my parents and grandparents event tho I loved them very much and do miss them. Now, that's one for the shrink!
I somehow twanged my back today and can't stand up straight. DANG! hip joints hurt, knees hurt. I've sat against the ice pack, the heating pad, taken CBD and ibuprofen. The bugger still hurts/muscle spasms- I seem to get this once or twice a year and start all of the stretches I learned in PT.
I read or heard somewhere that back problems are caused by tight hamstrings so will check that out. I probably need to dig out that TENS unit and give my rear a nice shocking for a few minutes.
Ok ladies, will close for now.
Lanette
Sunny SW WA State
Lololol that is so sweet, I do take care of them2
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