WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR NOVEMBER 2018
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Morning, afternoon and evening, all...
Michele, you are such an amazing woman, and I'm sorry this is hurting you. The only advice I can give you is the only advice that's helped me in situations that I knew were going to be stressful - and as you may have noticed, I don't always take my own advice, so please take it with a grain of salt! What's hurting you is not Denise's actions, but your own expectation that it should be different. You can't change Denise's actions, you can only change your expectations. If you can change your expectation to one that the two days you have for Christmas with them will be glorious and joyful, and hold onto that, it may help. If you can change your expectation to one that you will be in a nearby hotel while you're there for the baby's birth, and find one with an indoor pool that you can enjoy even in cold weather, then it will be a pleasant surprise if the townhouse is done in time. Just "flipping" your expectations may help you change the way you approach it.
Love y'all!
Lisa in AR
Well said!
Reminds of a meme I see on FB all the time ...
This can be very difficult to do when the situation is really bad. But if it's not a complete catastrophe, it does help to look for the bright side ... or at least to look for good, glorious and joyful.
That's one of the reasons I wanted to do the gratitude calendar this month ... to help me think of the good things.
Machka in Oz5 -
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Good Morning ladies~
I was awake for a bit earlier but went back to sleep .. working all day today but will go walk the dogs.. here is hoping my DFIL will be in good spirits and eat on his own...
trying to figure out what to get the girls for Christmas I usually get them a big bag of candy to share... the first shift CNA'S are one heck of a bunch of girls , friendly and loving to all the residents... you hear these horror stories about nursing homes, and with me being down there almost daily I see first hand how hard they work and what good people they are... well off to get my lunch together and walk Alfie then off to work.. Ta Ta for now2 -
Beth - the blinds for the stained glass windows will be roller blinds that we hope will be thin enough to roll up into the frame so that the whole window will be exposed. I don't want to obscure the glass in the daytime. They will be white, but "blackout" so no light comes through at night. It gets light here at 4 am in summer and I am very sensitive to light.
The blind man had to cancel today because of a traffic holdup due to a bad accident. He is coming on Wednesday afternoon.
I advertised a juicer on Freecycle this morning. Already had a reply.
I haven't used it in over 20 years.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
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Long day learning SAP.
But I'm amused that we're using "Global Bike Inc.", a fictitious cycling company, as our example.
As I was walking to uni, and stressing a bit about the course and 1001 other things going on, I stopped for a second and looked up.
The trees are in full leaf.
When did that happen?
At times I'm still back in March/April, but here we are just about to commence summer. And the trees are in full leaf.
I stopped to look at them for a moment and just be calm.
This isn't a photo of the leaves I saw today, I took this photo in Amsterdam in 2012 when the sun finally came out. There too, I stopped for a moment to look at the leaves and sky.
Machka in Oz5 -
Ok now this is interesting...Mary whom I work with has today off.she is sitting in the parking lot at work to make sure I don't go in early...she is not the office manager..we have one of those ....I just can't believe it,but let me tell you I will have a word with the office manager when she gets in....3
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Good morning all! Happy Monday! Well, I spent the weekend doing practically nothing. lol I did get the grocery shopping done, the house cleaned, laundry done, and some boxes broken down and ready for the bin. I turned 52 yesterday and got my haircut! Yea! Shorter in back and longer in front. My son, Colin, has today off from work, so he is taking me to see a couple of movies that have been on my "must see" list for this month; Bohemian Rhapsody and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Then we will all (Tim, Colin, and I) go to the Paisley Pig for dinner. Tim and I have never been there, it is a new-ish gastropub in downtown Grand Haven. So...it has been a great vacation, so far. On the down side; I woke up this morning with a cold! Ugh! My cold fighting arsenal is Mucinex 12 hour tablet in the morning, saline spray during the day, water, water, and more water (tea is usually the preferred way to drink it when I feel icky), then I use Mucinex nasal spray at night to keep my nasal passages open so I don't breathe through my mouth and either Delsym or Cepecol (for cough or sore throat if needed). This routine usually gets me through and prevents it from getting really bad. Katla are you the one who also woke up with a cold?
Sharon- Snowman Soup is simply hot cocoa with Snowman Marshmallow Peeps. I buy a few flats of the Snowman Peeps when they come out in stores and when I make home made cocoa for daycare family gifts, I will package a few of the snowmen along with some of the marshmallows that are shaped like snowflakes for families to put in their cocoa. I always save a few snowmen to make a couple of our mid winter hot cocoa snacks a little more fun and special.
Sending hugs to Michelle, Allie, and all who need one
Janet- Sweet baby!
Gratitude#18 What piece of art are you grateful for? Like a few others it was Monet that drew me into the "art" world. But, a few years back a young man named Ran Ortner entered a piece called Open Water in the Artprize contest in Grand Rapids, MI. It just blew me away that this was a painting. So real and true to life looking.
Gratitude #19 What touch are you grateful for today? I am so grateful for the feeling of someone's hands stroking my hair. My mother did that and I lost her when I was 25, so it is a touch that I haven't had in a long time. This is why I probably enjoy haircuts so much.
lol...One of my daycare parents just pulled up and tried to drop off her child. *sigh* evidence that they don't read the newsletters and info texts that I send (or the second, third reminders and the note that I hang at the door the week before time off). I felt the littlest twinge of guilt for not taking her child. But I NEED vacation time. Her child is one of the reasons why.
Ah well, ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)7 -
KJ - No guilt needed. Some people, eh!!!! I sometimes wonder how people like that function at all in the world.
DH has had to go to the dump on his own, though I helped load up. I'm waiting in for Amazon. The juicer is going at 3pm. Hooray!
Love Heather UK XXXXXX3 -
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Happy belated birthday Kelly!
Good to see you back Kylia.
Okie in the TX Hill Country1 -
yesterdays stats -
jog- 28.25min, 149ahr, 6.4-8.0sp, 9.08min mi, 5k= 328c
other- 10min, arm dip/chin up machine, 6 sts of 10ea, 127ahr= 116c
other- pickup poop, decorate outside lighting- 45min = 150c
total 594c2 -
Happy birthday, Kelly!
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Morning, all!
Thinking of you, Willow as I finish up the overnight cinnamon pear butter-house smells amazing.
Gotta get the house cleaned up, before Merry Maids comes. I know, I know but they don’t clean something if there’s any clutter or they have to move something, unless it’s The Whole house super special. I’ll save that for Christmas.
Catch up later
Kathy In KY2 -
Kelly - Happy Birthday!! Hope you feel better soon!!
Lanette
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I chickened out of running today. Most of the time I can get myself out regardless of weather, but today it's been raining like the mid-latitudes and extremely windy. Over the past hour the temperature has fallen enough that the rain turned to snow and there's now a thick layer of slush everywhere. Ugh! Since my husband's on the mainland, I don't have access to the company car and I'll have to walk to and from choir practice. That means 2×25 minutes outdoors. Give me strength!
Gratitudes
18. Piece of art - I'm partial to all Giacometti's sculptures and a big fan of Calder's mobiles. Once I visited an art museum in Stockholm and was totally gobsmacked by a seascape in oil by the Swedish painter Carl Fredrik Hill. I stood in front of that painting for half an hour! I've looked for it online but was unable to locate it, so instead I'm posting one of Hill's most famous works, an apple tree in blossom. Hill was confined to a mental institution at the time he painted this, and the pundits say the delicacy of the blossoms and the lack of open space around them is emblematic of Hill's own situation. But I just love the feeling of spring.
Another favorite is the Finnish painter Helene Scherfbeck. Here's her sensitively painted "The Convalescent".
19. Touch - Hugging my husband.
/Penny at the
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happy birthday everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!3
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