WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2018

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  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,646 Member
    fanncy0626 wrote: »
    Lsnette - I seem to remember or think I remember that Wendy said that she would be gone for a while??

    <3

    Mary, I'll go back thru the posts and see if I can find something. Thanks for the suggestion. <3
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Karen~I am so sorry never easy losing a furbaby..
    the dogs all ate and went for a walk.... now we are just chilling out well except for Alfie and Homer they are playing...took a little nap today . but sorta dont know what to do with myself, I will go down in the morning to feed DFIL and then back here...
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Karen <3<3<3:'(:'(:'( So sorry for the loss of your furbaby, Farley <3<3<3
    NYKAREN
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,694 Member
    Karen - So sorry. I do remember how happy you were when he got better before. But he had an excellent innings. Big (((HUGS))) <3<3<3<3<3<3

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,646 Member
    Karen - I remember when he was failing a year ago, so happy your family got extra time with him. Hugs to you all. <3<3

    Lanette
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    KarenVA- sorry to hear about Farley :'(<3

    <3
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Keytone Karen: So sorry to hear about Farley. It breaks our hearts each time we have to lose one of our beloved pets.
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Grandson only got to play about 5 minutes in the entire lacrosse game today. He is 8 and playing on a team for 9/10/11 yr olds. He is about the same size as most of them but it is disappointing that the coaches probably want the older kids to play the most. :(
  • Poerava14
    Poerava14 Posts: 1,091 Member
    Karen: I'm in tears reading your sad news. Sympathy and hugs to you and yours. <3<3<3
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Karen so sad about your Farley <3<3 but glad you were there with him so he wasn’t scared.
    I am about half way through The Great Alone and hate to put it down. Glad you are getting it Lanette.
    Lisa- have I ever told you that Lisa is my youngest daughter’s name? She is the one of the three that checks on us regularly to be sure we are ok. Your living room look’s cozy. Enjoy.
    SueBDew in TX
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Lisa- looks so homey...what a sigh of relief...go rest that knee..
    I am in jammies and the boys are settled down ,just watching a bit of t.v.
  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 863 Member
    Karen, so sorry for your loss. Losing our furbabies is so very hard. Very nice that you were with him at the end. (not that that makes it easier, but comforting for him, I'm sure.)
    Lisa, the living room looks lovely! We moved just over a year ago, and I still remember the feeling of having everything in the house, even tho not a single room was photo worthy, was just so wonderful to actually BE there! Do take care of that knee! Happy that you have a surgery date, it's coming up quickly too!
    Heather, the area that you are moving too just looks so lovely! So happy for you that it is finally happening!
    Many others that I wanted to comment on, but once again I'm at work and just not able to set everything up the way I want. Keep getting interrupted by customers, don't they know I'm busy on the computer! lol Mustn't squawk, I know, without them I wouldn't have a job! And I do enjoy my job, so it all works out.
    Eating has been way off the charts, and it seems that even when I'm really paying attention, the scale doesn't think so. Frustrating. I have been snacking on salted almonds a bit, have a bit in the morning with my smoothie for breakfast and then sometimes a few in the afternoon, just before dinner. Maybe there is too much salt? Should check that out, I guess.
    Anyway, hugs to those who need them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to any newbies!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island where the weather is still so lovely! (supposed to change to rain this coming week-boo!)
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,253 Member
    Karen so sorry to hear about Farley!
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,040 Member
    Hello ladies: Beautiful day here. DD and I worked on cleaning out the goat shed today. It got flooded 3 times this summer and fall and was a mess. We pulled up the rubber mats and have them drying out in the sun. I will be glad to start fresh in there, it was getting really stinky. Horses are out in the back yard pasture. Doing fairly well on eating. DGD here to spend the night so pizza tonight but have eaten lightly today so more calories for tonight. Saw cardiologist last Thursday and everything is good so don't need to see him again for a year. Yeah!

    Karen - So sorry about Farley but glad you had extra time with him.

    Allie - Enjoy your boys.

    Rebecca - So glad your youngest is coming home before going to Japan. Enjoy that early Christmas.

    Lisa - Happy moving time! Glad you are settling in and take care of that knee.

    Heather - Finally a moving date. You must be so relieved.

    Everyone take care, Sue in WA
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,193 Member
    :'(:'(<3Karen, I am so sorry about Farley. Our fur babies are never with us long enough. :'(
  • teklawa1
    teklawa1 Posts: 678 Member
    Karen, I'm grieving with you. Am just knowing how you'll miss Farley. That is the hardest part of loving our pets, is when it comes time to say goodbye. How wonderful you were with him. Many hugs to you.

    Lanette, thanks for seeking out Wendy. I miss her and wish her well. Hope she is just busy and will be back soon but it isn't like her not to keep in touch.

    I'm missing Gloria sometimes, too. She was such a fun person to interact with on this site. Life's so good but sometimes so sad.

    Betsy in NW WA..... where the weather is sunny and it's a pleasure to be outside walking and getting in my steps.
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,313 Member
    Karen - I’m so sorry! Hugs!!

    Okie
  • linder4866
    linder4866 Posts: 11,412 Member
    <3<3
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,975 Member
    (((((Karen)))))
  • lilnoramitchellandre
    lilnoramitchellandre Posts: 144 Member
    Congrats, Michele, I agree, go spend Thanksgiving with Denise and Pete and then making monthly or every other monthly trips to go visit with them and stay in a motel if you have to; but, keep up with her during her pregnancy and after the baby is born. Staying in a motel won't put pressure on Denise - then you could come and go as how she is doing. I know when I 'lost' my first baby; I wanted 'my Mama' and she and Daddy were 5 days away on a trip. She flew back, he drove back. But, with my other 2, my DMnL came and stayed with us and for a good 2 weeks afterwards. She was a Nannie by trade (she sat for 2 or 3 families that were close friends); but, one of them she felt like she was a part of their family. All of them were very good to her. She even sat with the ones that had babies of their own.

    We could go over whenever we were down and the families were gone and stay there with her and use the pools and enjoy the city at night.

    We were without lights for 5 nights and 6 days. From 6:00pm to about 7:00pm-ish. Yes, we are on a septic tank, so we filled the tub up with water and only flushed and had to fill up the tank whenever we had to have a BM (I know, WTI … but, thankfully the lights did come back on when they did. I was 'awful' because of the lack of restful sleep at night w/no C-pap; I still go to sleep during the day. My 'sleep apnea' MD made me keep up with a journal regarding my 'sleep patterns' until I saw him again. 20 freaking pages worth and it was 'color-coded'; yes, I am extremely OCD. Still keeping up with it until I see my Neurologist. He said that he would talk to the Neurologist about my sleeping patterns and then let the Neurologist do whatever 'sleep studies' he thinks would be appropriate. Louis and my 2 boys will NOT allow me to drive. This is the longest non-stop driving restriction I have had. I think that I have been 'off' a driving restriction about 8 months since I bought my 2015 Honda 'new'. I finally told Trey that all the MD appointments were to make sure I did not have 'cancer' - he stopped 'bitching' about having to drive me everywhere - but, if Louis did - he would come back to a job that had not had done what he told them to do. Gee, Trey has had my car more often than either of us Only 2x has Jenn driven it and both times I held my breath and told her that my rule for driving MY car is that all cellphones would be turned off. Hopefully, she did that and that she did not post that on FB.

    I'm here and just getting used to the weather which has (or is supposed to be down in the 30's tonight). Like Carol said, 90's during the day and suddenly we are going to be 'cold' ... all I hope is that there isn't a frost. I'd hate to lose my plants. Even last year, when the porch had been glassed-in it got way too cold and some of them got 'burnt'. I looked up my cactus and they said that I could 'cut' the frozen part off and it would probably come back. It has - with a vengence. I repotted my ferns; and, some of them came back, a lot of them didn't. I bought a huge spider plant when I was visiting my sisiter; and, I have the 'mother' plant I bought in Cobb, GA; and probably the 'only' way I got it was that the owner of the greenhouse had gone on some errands. The back greenhouse was where all the 'mother' plants were stored; but, we were not told that we could not go into the back greenhouse; just told that the plants in the back were $15; the ferms were $13, and they had smaller starter plants. My BF and I got a deal on everything. I am hoping that I can buy a couple of Kimberly Queens when they 'go on sale' and be able to keep them over the winter.

    Y'all be careful in all that you are doing!
    I'm safe and sound and so far nobody has braved coming down our driveway to see if anybody is at home. Our neighbors were great.

    Lenora
    By the way - I did not proof-read this. Hopefully, it makes sense to you.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Lenora: I’m glad you survived the storms. (((hugs))


    We had a lovely adventure to the Oregon coast. The weather was amazing and we had a great time. We’re home now and getting back on track.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Lanette "I know several of you have made cauliflower crusts, so I'm anxious to see what they are like before I try it myself. I normally have a huge salad for dinner and was running out of ideas what protein to have with it. I'm getting filled up on chicken breast and canned salmon."

    I made pizza crust using ground chicken, we really enjoyed it. Topped with pizza sauce, turkey pepperoni and cheese, etc. Let us know how you like it.

    Janetr OKC
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Karen in VA , made me cry, its always so so hard. Biggest Big hug ever. <3

    Janetr OKC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    @KetoneKaren ... very sorry to hear about Farley. :heart:
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    I am sorry for your loss, Karen.

    Your son looks so much older, Rebecca.

    Had a nice, busy day.

    Felicia
    Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    edited October 2018
    Rebecca - that porcupine is too cute for words! You must be so excited to have one of your boys back home unexpectedly!

    Maggiepetit123 - Welcome! Lots of friendly people here, for sure, and some pretty insightful sharing about eating and other troubles. What would you like to be called?

    Heather in UK - Im SO relieved that your exchange went through! Isn't it amusing that we can get all "het up" over someone whom we've never met who lives a third of the world away? I'm delighted for you!

    Rye! Mocha Latte is such a darling kitten, and so lively. I kind of miss the cute kittenish antics, but they both seem to have a fine race and romp around the house just before bedtime, and love watching the feeders out my living room windows for the squirrels and birds both.

    About memory, my Dr says if you're trying to remember a word but can't recall it that's pretty normal, but if you've lost "key" and blurt out, say, "book", there might be a problem.

    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie - I use Google's Tiny Calendar app. The times you can set your reminders for are very flexible. Perhaps there's a time you could think of that will work to check for reminders? What does AHMOD stand for, by the way?

    Felicia - we all grieve differently. I actually cried a great deal more when my dear wacky neighbor died unexpectedly 4years ago than I did when my dear husband died the year before her, but his was expected and we'd done our talking and sorrow before he died. Hers came all at once. I still miss and grieve for my brother, who died 12 years ago, although not as intensely usually now. Give yourself permission to do it your way.

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