WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR NOVEMBER 2018
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Lisa in AR--I don't know about math, but I was born on the 12th. My favorite math teacher said I was good at the hard problems, but missed the simple stuff.
Good luck with your interview!! Ugh! No time for flooding, with all the worry on your plate now.1 -
grandmallie wrote: »Michelle- I am hourly and Mary is a bully she texted me the day before and said she was taking a vacation day and that I could come in at 8 ,not 7:15,not 7:30 not 7:45..so I was not going to listen and go in for 7:30 but there she was parked in the parking lot with her car facing out watching to see if I showed up early which I did,so I kept on driving and came back around at 7:45 and she was still there..She IS NOT the office manager but likes to push me around .that was a little over the top and she will be spoken to..she I am sure will make an excuse as to why she was there ,she did print out her time card and put a note on it for OM..but to blazingly just sit and watch so that you can bully someone that time in the morning..she is cooking her own goose..
I am working 9-6 today...
I'm sorry I don't know your name...
This... this here is why I worked temp for twenty some odd years. Because I cannot deal with office politics. My miswired brain simply can't deal with this kind of petty BS. I have bipolar -- it manifested when I was around 15, I think -- and shenanigans like this are one sure-fired way to send me straight into mania. And not the Utopian kind where everything is great and I love the world. Nope, the ragey kind where I want to punch holes in the wall and scream at people... Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. I've rage-quit more than one job because of other people's pettiness and my inability to deal with it. Working as a temp was perfect for me because I could just say, "It doesn't matter, I'm only here for a few days/weeks/months. I can ignore them."
I honestly admire you because you handled it way better than I ever would have. I hope your office manager does their job, and your coworker gets the discipline she deserves for her pettiness and she stops being so stupid, because what your coworker is doing is stupid, and it's creating a hostile workplace.
Willow in WA USA (I keep forgetting this)
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Barbie I envy you your turkey roasting skill. Tried for decades, never got it right, scary pink or dried out and stringy. Then 2 years ago I got a frozen bone-in breast. Ta DAAA! Just right!!! And again last year. Fingers X'd for this year... and yes I took it out of the freezer early this morning ;} Thanks again!
Katla which plan is your Medicare supplemental? Advantage, A, B, C, D, F, G, K etc? Ours is high deductible Plan F from Thrivent. Means we pay deductible up to $2300 ea, then the insurance covers it. Premiums less that $100/month each.
Willow Brava for going out and running errands. Remember how very hard that was for my BFF. Bravissima!
Lisa I so admire your home improvement (as well as all your other) skills. Would love to learn how to add trim, especially baseboards... but not sure I could either measure/cut accurately enough, nail in or endure the time on my knees... Great research, you ARE prepared!
Viv what allie said about UTI. So glad you got your Dad to the hospital.
allie there should be no room in the workplace for bullying. Mary is way out of line.
Washing machine repair guy should be here between 9:30 and 10: so gotta scoot and clear out the laundry area. Decluttering at the speed of deadlines
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
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Hi Gals,
KatieBug – those are the type of problems that suck you dry--- hang in there!
Allie – it’s about time that the true nature of some of these folks comes into the light… But also thought what a dead life Mary must have to spend part of a vacation day sitting in a parking lot watching to see if someone comes into work early…. When I think of how much as a manager I would like an employee to come in EARLY – as the usual problem is late! Vacation days are not for sitting in parking lots – they are for fancy coffee, friends, adventures, or doing something for you –
Lisa – Interview prep! Thinking of you!
November Gratitude’s
1. Smell = clean dog
2. Technology = smart phone
3. Color = sunrise
4. Food = herbal tea
5. Sound = silence, but heard the coyotes talking, and loved hearing them
6. Nature = the waves
7. Memories = I think one of my favorite memories, is a conglomerate of memories – in the summer when I was a kid – Dad and I would go out to the grass to “pull weeds” we would pull a few, but really we would look at the clouds and point out the things we saw, or make up stories about were the airplanes were going overhead, who was in them… We were not in a flight path but way way high you would see a plane occasionally. And sometimes a small plane those were even more fun to make up stories about.
8. Book – oh so many I love – but the harry potter series as my god-son and I got them together and read them and talked about them almost every night
9. Place – I think the Grand Canyon – I did a 10 day rafting trip down the river for my 50th birthday and it was a life changing event and helped me grow and believe in myself enough to face coming home and being laid off 10 days later.
10. Taste – sweet or salty – for me it is always sweet! But favorite taste is my mom’s marinara sauce with meatballs, it cooks all day, and I could smell it from the corner of our street and knew one of my favorite dinners was that night
11. Holiday – tough one, I have a love of Christmas but it is also the day I was beaten by my domestic abuser so it has mixed memories…
12. Texture – I love cashmere
13. Abilities – I’m very thankful for my abilities – I think the one that comes to mind right now is planning, I can look ahead and figure out how to plan out things that need to be done to make the most of the time and money available.
14. Sight- my god daughter smiling at me…
15. Season- I love them all – it’s winter so it is my favorite right now.
16. Body – I have great thick hair with very little “grey” and actually the “grey” is mostly white, my paternal grandma had beautiful white hair… here’s hoping
17. Knowledge - I think the knowledge that I am in charge of setting boundaries to keep me physically and mentally safe, and how to do it…. I don’t always remember to do it, but I do know how.
18. Art – I have always loved Monet, I read somewhere that he was very nearsighted and his soft focus style was because he painted what he saw – and if that is true it makes complete sense to me as without my glasses my world is the world of Monet. My favorite of his is Water Lilies – probably because when I was in England it was at the National Gallery in London. I spent a lot of time there and always started and ended my visit with 5-10 minutes in front of that picture. I would sit in a slightly different place and just look at it – I never tired of it and it always had just a bit of a different look.
19. Touch – So Ok I know I spoil Levi, but yes my 55lb dog sleeps with me – so the touch is Levi always in the morning, but sometimes in the night if he is really cold or I have a bad dream, he’ll reach over and set his paw on my shoulder or give my cheek this little gentle kiss….
20. Person in your life – I’m going to say my best girl friend Lynne, we’ve been friends since college and have stayed closest friends for all this time.
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Smiles
Kim from N. California
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Poor DH is trying to talk to the utilities. It's horrendous. They are so stupid.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
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Still in process of home buying. The fixer upper had just too many problems. It was working for my son and not for me. I could see too much of getting it fixed up would fall on me. I want one where the problems are smaller and son could be more engaged in making it his own and fixing the problems. It bothered me that the owner let it get so run down. So I may just have to skim for awhile since we had to go back to the house hunt. I now am going to work with a realtor I have know for thirty years and has a successful track record. I like the young man I worked with I just don't like he encouraged me to buy that property. His excuse was John and I seemed so enthused over the property. He was not giving me the time to process how much time and money that home would cost. When I told him the reasons we needed to part ways he tried to argue his way out of it. Working for him not for me. Time to move on. My parting advice when a client asks you for space the thing to say is I know you need more time to think about it and I will get back to you tomorrow. Yes pressuring a client may work in the short term, but helping a client find the right property for them works in the long run. Your client will be happier and more likely to refer someone to you. It is an art to achieve a balance a skill I work on everyday for myself.6
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I am just hugging myself! I have my surgery date - January 2nd! What a terrific way to begin the new year, a new start for sure! I found out one reason this surgery tends to have such a high success rate. Our stomachs are what secrete the hormones (?) that make us feel hungry. The surgery remives enough of them that I won't feel that ravening hunger that tells me I must keep eating and eating because my stomach doesn't feel full enough until it's s-t-r-e-c-h-e-d past being full to uncomfortably full. I once cooked and ate 3lbs of broccoli to achieve that feeling. I am actually feeling tearful from sheer joy!
Sharon near Seattle10 -
Machka - Edmonton a few years ago made bike lanes in several areas of the city. It has caused a lot of debate and some have now been removed. The big debate issues are, they narrowed streets for vehicles to do this and then when the streets aren't cleared enough of snow there is barely room for two cars to pass. It was very ill designed. Where they left room on the streets, the drivers tried to use it as a driving lane too. You can imagine how all of the trucks in Edmonton have dealt with this. I think it is a great idea, they just didn't do it well.
Michelle - I can't imagine the pain of not hearing from your son. When we moved out here to Alberta my husband has had no interest in going "home". He never calls and I don't know if he actually knows his parents number. I call every couple of weeks though. As far as he is concerned our girls and myself are his family. It's a weird way of looking at life for sure. My husband has not spoken to his Father in over two years now due to a comment his Father made. His Father refuses to admit he did anything wrong and won't apologize. I have continued on talking as if nothing is wrong, although one time our niece questioned me as to why hubby wasn't speaking and why I hadn't forced him to??? I, not so calmly, explained that I was his wife not his mother and I couldn't make him do anything. No one has asked me about it since. I have mentioned to my husband that his Father is not getting younger and he should maybe try to mend the fence as I don't know how this will affect him long term if something happens to him.
I am way behind on the Gratitude Calendar, but thought I would catch up.
10 - Taste - My grandmother's sugar cookies. She has been gone for years, but my daughter makes a really good batch of them at Christmas time
11 - Holiday - Hands down it has to be Christmas because stores are closed and it is so peaceful and quiet
12 - Texture - This has to be the new fluffy blankets that you can buy
13 - Abilities - The ability to read because I can learn
14 - Sight - The sight of the property I grew up on. I always feel so relaxed when driving in the driveway. The house is gone now but the sight is still there. This is not the picture I was looking for, but my FB isn't working. The trees to the far left in this picture I watched being planted when I was about 12 years old. The house is my parents house that was torn down this summer.
15 - Season - Fall but a true East Coast fall with all of the maple trees. Alberta just doesn't compare
16 - Body - My eyes, I am almost legally blind in one eye so am very grateful that I have sight
17 - Knowledge -
18 - Art - I am not a famous artist person, I think my most favourite piece of art is a replica of my school that my Mom bought me
19 - Touch - The feel of my husband's skin when he is freshly shaved
20 - Who - This one is too difficult to answer for me, I am so grateful for so many people. I will say God
Tracey in Edmonton4 -
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Off soon for our anniversary dinner. It is C-O-L-D out there. And damp.
We did venture out this afternoon and made it down to the North Laines by bus. We found a good vintage shop with a couple of coat racks and the guy there is going to send me a photo of one he has in store.
We also found an Amnesty charity shop that takes books. In fact they collect them from your house, so we are going to do that. We need to shed a whole lot. We also bought our Christmas cards from the shop. Good to have that done.
Had a coffee and I had a chocolate brownie.
It's only once a year!
Came back to wrestle with the utilities. Ugh. How things can be sooooooo badly organised beggars imagination. DH showed infinite patience.
Now I'm dressed up and ready to go. I have a padded down coat and furry boots for the walk.
The people I am most grateful for are my grandchildren. And I am grateful that DH showed me how to enjoy them. I am continually surprised that I am a half decent grandmother. My own mother was useless. I find mine exhausting, but utterly wonderful. They seem to quite like me as well, although DH is the favourite, very deservedly. He is not their blood grandfather, but he is the best granddad ever.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx4 -
Well, first things first... I walked out of this morning's interview with the job. It was wonderful... they were selling ME on the organization. I think I'm going to love it, lots of respect for my new boss, and for the CEO who is her boss. Thank you for being there with me through this...
And... I stopped and got a new faucet, and Johnny installed it lickety-split.
Proof below. Someday, that will be sitting on a farmhouse sink.
Love y'all!
Truly giving thanks in Arkansas,
Lisa
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Congratulations Lisa! You may have too much equanimity to thumb your nose at anyone, so please share MY small-minded mental image of you revving out of your previous position on a big fat Harley and spattering mud all over the interim director.
/Penny, feeling naughtily vengeful
and protective at the 
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Lisa- I had no doubt that you would ACE the interview and get the job...so very proud of you...you go girl!! Now that's a heck of a nice thing to happen on vacation huh?
Heather and Johnny Happy Anniversary and enjoy your evening,you sound so happy now that your in Hove..
3 more hrs of work...had to run over to the attorney's office because I forgot to sign a paper that had to go to the court..and paid 269.00 bucks for oil for dad's house more money out of my pocket but I don't want the pipes to freeze before the closing.3 -
Heather: Happy Anniversary
Lisa: Congrats...Hoping this will be the best of jobs.
Carol in GA4 -
Lisa- I would love to be a fly on the wall when the intriem ceo gets your letter of resignation. And best of all, you won’t have all that travel that was part of your pay. Lol.
Happy Anniversary Heather. Glad you enjoyed your brownie and your pub meal.
Got my house cleaned with hubby doing the floors so just chillin now. Started a new book, “Killers of the Flower Moon”. I think it will be good as it was a Sunday Times bestseller.
Seems like Saturday I guess because when I was working Saturday was th day I cleaned house and did laundry.
SueBDew in TX2 -
Lisa hooooooorrraaayayyyayayayayayy! Insert dancing emojis here!
NYKAREN2 -
Great job, Lisa! What a turnaround in a couple of weeks!
Had a very nice meal. Great to be able to walk there. I had Babaganoush folowed by Hake with mussels and beans etc.
Tomorrow I must go for a run before the blind man arrives. DH said he might come with me. He walks , I jog.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx4 -
Congrats, Lisa!
Battled the grocery store today by myself while Dave was volunteering at the Food Bank. I told him that almost made us even for all the running around he had to do yesterday to rescue me. That place was crazy! I did my random act of kindness by taking somebody’s checkbook and shopping list to the service desk. They left it on the bananas!
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Congratulations Lisa, on both the job and working water.
Willow in WA1 -
Thanks, y'all, for all the encouragement before, your faith in a happy ending on my comparatively short journey from despair to delight, and your spirited defense of my reasons for moving on! As a professional remaining in the same field, you're correct that I cannot, of course, say "neener-neener" in my letter of resignation. Tempting as that is.
Penny, you in particular may have to go out and jump in a snowbank if your blood keeps boiling on my behalf! So amazing to have you in my corner... That heart's for you, Allie, KJ, Sue, NYKaren, VAKaren, Katie, Willow, Heather, Rori, all of you, and many I didn't name. Thank you for letting me work it out here in safety.
But I will be requesting an exit interview. I'll be surprised if the request is granted, but I'll request it nonetheless. It will have to be by phone or computer conference, though. I just can't bring myself to go back to El Paso again.
Heather - Happy anniversary to you and your Johnny... and many, many more...
Much love,
Lisa5 -
Evening ladies~
well I am home and in jammies~
so excited for you Lisa...
next 24 hrs are going to be busy.... working 9-3 tomorrow and then dropping Alfie off with Tom, its like traveling with a child, his crate, toys food etc.. lol
then will be leaving early thursday morning..
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I only read the last page I keep falling way behind All is well the foot is healing but taking it's sweet time it doesn't know that I have no patients. Better hurry up.
Lisa Congrats on a new job hope all goes well.
See you lighter
Linda in the great white Northern Ontario4 -
Lisa, congrats on the job
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Congrats Lisa!
Happy Anniversary Heather!
Hubs and I on our hike this morning. Going down was easy. Getting back up had me winded for sure.
Okie9 -
Karen, that tree is gorgeous! Hope you enjoy your time with your daughter.
Viv, hard when our parents are getting on. I'm surprised at how long it took for the ambulance to get there, is that normal?
Evelyn, Vancouver Island1 -
Heather, happy anniversary! Glad that you enjoyed your dinner!
Lisa!! So happy for you! Congrats on the job. I'm sure there was never any doubt.... I truly hope you are granted that exit review, the higher ups need to know what that interim CEO is doing.
Allie, you are a better woman than I! I would have gone into the office when I got there the first time. As someone else pointed out, there are any number of reasons for you to get there early and it's certainly not up to her what time you get there and what you do before you start work.
Well, today I did it! I went to the gym this morning, got on the treadmill and did an interval program that included running! It felt really good too. I paid attention to the time, did one minute walking flat, two minutes uphill, one minute flat and then some running. The first run was about three minutes so I upped the speed the next time, still managed two minutes at a time. Will definitely will be doing that again!
Hubby and I put up our Christmas lights this afternoon, we don't do a lot outside but the weather is supposed to get kind of ugly after today, so we wanted to get it done while it was still decent. Very happy to have it done now. Hubby won't let me start on the insideof the house til after Dec 1, and I'm okay with that too. I do have a plan for outside the front door, but that shouldn't take long and I need some chicken wire before I can get that taken care of. Might go get that tomorrow....
Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to any newbies that I may have missed!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island4 -
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Hi ladies: Went to the YM this morning. I have filled out an application to sub as a volunteer for just one aquatics teacher. She teaches Arthritis and Injury water exercise. I taught arthritis water classes from 1980 until 2015 so have just a little experience. I think it will be fun and not too often as she is almost always there.
DH starts chemo the day after Thanksgiving. It is pills so no need to go to the center for infusions at this point. He needs to have his blood checked fairly often though. I wonder if we may be able to do this in town here.
Got a surprise, my mom is planning to come up for Christmas. We will enjoy having her but I was surprised as she told me at the family reunion this summer that she was done traveling for this year. She is 94.
Heather - Happy anniversary to you and your DH.
Lisa - WooHoo! Congrats to you on the new job.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA4
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