WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020
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On camping:
My opinion is that camping, for me, is just pretending I'm homeless. I know I worked for Girl Scout Councils for the last three years, but my opinion never changed. It was easy to write grants for girls camping, because camping teaches them teamwork, self-confidence, love for the environment and the incredible variety in nature, and it's an adventure as well as a learning opportunity.
I'll pass.
Note - this opinion isn't based on zero experience, we went a lot when I was a child, I've camped in Scotland, Montana, Oregon and Texas as an adult. The times I've gone in the last ten years, it's been under protest, but I've gone. Kinda done with that.
Lisa in AR4 -
"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: Tidepool stroll with Barb, massage, typing, called USB to arrange for paper statements.Jumpback July
Bonus: first batch of goat cheese, gave gift of listening to Barb, Patty, and most importantly Joe, coordinated with Joe’s eye surgeon’s office (3 calls so far), fruit and veg prep, fellowship prep, showed up for Julie and John’s recital.
Get to do: quick vac house, Gold Beach, email SDAO re meeting change notice requirements, practice new dances (Turning Tables, Nothing but You, Shake it like that, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right); transplant bean, make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep potato area and raised beds for beets, carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes and sow; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments. Monday postpone Joe’s primary care followup to after eye sugery, firehall apologize to Aaron, make colelslaw.
26: get back in touch with supportive friend(s), happened last week with Carolyn, yesterday with mfp.
Pip
(hugs) what a gift Bootz gave you, but know it hurts. :brokenheart:
Faye I liked the Corona
Kim “using the picture to floss”?? during the zoom funeral?
Katla “I also prefer light hearted movies. We get more than enough real loss and pain in life. Happy endings are uplifting & I like them best.” Exactly the way I feel.
Heather had to smile at your choice of words “relieved” about Johnny’s test results. Hope he learns to “settle down”.
Machka thanks for the https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-to-beat-a-sedentary-lifestyle-2509611 link. This: “Yet another study published in 2015 found as little as three five-minute walks throughout the workday can reverse the harm caused to peripheral arteries in the legs by prolonged sitting.” Gives me real motivation to get up and go, as Young Dr. Patel is making nasty hints about peripheral vascular disease.
Rebecca
hearing about your SCA days. Where did you live then?
Happy Birthday Mama, you would have been 107 today.
Household tasks: Joe and I each cook for ourselves, occasionally for each other, shop for our own groceries, and wash dishes after (Joe immediately, I wait til after nap). I find hand washing dishes meditative and use the dishwasher to store plasticware. Joe has vacuumed, two or three times during our 30+ year marriage but never dusted, so IF it gets done, I do it, reluctantly. I empty trash baskets, wipe down surfaces and do laundry because I can’t stand to see him stuff everything in the same washer/drier then wad up and cram into his drawers. I’m a compulsive folder. Joe takes the garbage out, mows the yard, takes care of the cars and all the outside tasks, walks the dogs (who we take turns feeding) and helps me change linens when I ask. I dispense all puppy meds. Joe spends time every week organizing and pruning his stuff. I am the hoarding clutterbug who hates to release her stuff back to the universe. Think I’ll hire someone to wash the windows, do not want to encourage Joe to climb on his new ladder.
24+ pages to go
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
July: better than June.
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My last camping trip was three years ago. I have a queen size three inch foam topper that fits in the tent, very comfortable! I went to Assateague VA in the fall. The beach and wild horses were beautiful. The horses came and ransacked my food tubs. They knew exactly how to turn the tubs sideways and stomp on them until the latches blew. One horse stepped on my tent with me inside it! So sad that these gorgeous wild animals are turning into scavengers like Yogi Bear. There was rain too. And the horses are my Cheerios so I was left with cold baked beans. Still it was a great trip. Living with my parents makes travel a nice break.
Annie in Delaware3 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Tracey - That was some amazing bargain you picked up!
Beth - They are nice, but no way worth that kind of money. They would be half that price over here. Try ringing or emailing. It never hurts to complain.
Rebecca - I'm a bit like you. Once I start cleaning I have to do it properly.
That's another reason I have a cleaner. Her standards are different to mine, but my house looks presentable. She only has two hours every two weeks! I hate the way she moves things though! I am very OCD about the placement of objects and hate them out of position. I think she wants me to know she's been there and cleaned!
As a child I was severely OCD to a debilitating level, and a little of that has stayed with me.
I spent my young years envying like crazy the 'posh' people in the nice hotels.
Caravans are a big step up and it amuses me that you Americans call it camping. No way! Nor are shacks camping. Nothing with a roof and a toilet is camping.
The only tents I have been in since are the mega luxury kind with their own toilets and showers, a huge, gorgeous bed and a nice young man to bring you tea and biscuits in the morning. Kenya, and Rajasthan in India.
These days both DH and I have to go to the loo three or four times a night. The thought of zipping myself out of a sleeping bag and a soggy wet tent is not appealing. No way. Even a dry tent. You need a very strong bladder for camping.
Time for tea!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
I was reading this and thought I had got up last night and did sleep computing, then I saw Heather had signed the post. Where do I start ............. I have been battling OCD since I was 3, well that is the first time my mama noticed my bizarre behavior. I talk to myself constantly.
Once a surface is sanitized and shining like a diamond there is no need to go over it again let alone 6 more times. The germs are were dead Faye on the first pass of that double-strength solution that wiped them from existence. No Faye DO NOT take another swipe across that counter. NO!
Don't do it, Faye, that vase looked perfect a minute ago so do not get up and adjust it again. I swear that damn chair has moved a bit off where I had it. I must call in the ghostbuster to rid me of these prankster apparitions that are always messing with my stuff.
No, I am not playing with my boobs, I am adjusting my bra for the 100th time, do you mind?
No Faye do not check that lock again. Testing the door 20 times in rapid succession will not make it lock more securely and may in fact break it.
Faye do you think the reason friends always sit alongside instead of across from you might have something to do with all those constant facial gyrations that make babies laugh and adults cringe?
I am not confused about why I have been single most of my life. I have been through therapy with the most successful being hypnosis. I tried the meds but that stuff just makes me useless and non-productive.
CAMPING is going to the mountains or beaches with only a knife and clothes you are wearing and surviving for a least a week. Sleeping in a tent and using an outhouse is just living. I did that while I built my cabin when I lived in the mountains in my early twenties. It was daily living. In about two years I had indoor plumbing and generated my own electricity and that was off the grid luxury. Living in an RV is not camping, that is mobile luxury living. The simple in town lower-middle-class way I live now is living like royalty for me. I feel I am royalty and refer to myself as Princess Faetta and someday hope to ascend the throne as queen, but first I must learn the language. I still struggle with pronouncing garage. I just can't say gay radgee. The queens English eludes me.
Princess Faetta, her royal lowness
Near Chicken Charlies Island in Oregon
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Did a small outing to the shops today to see how things would go.
May have startled people with the sniffling and coughing!
I don't think I've got Covid19 - no fever.
But I have had nose surgery.
That means my sinuses let go periodically or my nose gets really sensitive and I find myself sniffing, snuffling, sneezing, dealing with my nose dribbling everywhere, and coughing.
It's a bit embarrassing and rather uncomfortable.
Machka in Oz5 -
Oh my stars and monsters! I went up north for two days (wi-fi patchy) and came home to find I am 10 pages behind you ladies! Catching up, if I can! I have to do my grocery shopping, clean house, clean and put away the camping equipment, and make a plan for my daycare kiddos for this week! So...hope to hop back on here, tonight when I sit down again. ttfn Love and hugs to all who need them! KJ (Kelly)5
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HI!
You all have been in my thoughts daily, but have just had so much to do and mentally exhausted every day it seems. Maybe it is just still coping with MILs death. Maybe it is all the crazy stuff going on in the world. Maybe it is still working 50+ hours a week while dealing with all of this. I just know I have been on a mental break. The last 3 nights I have come home, sat on the front porch in the sun, read magazines, and been in bed by 930. My daughters think I fell off the planet. I somehow glided through June, yet missed a few deadlines for bills and work. July has been better, but feeling a little more like me at this moment. I think ME is who I need to concentrate on right now. That sounds selfish.....I don't mean it that way. The positives in all this....I am still within 2 pounds of goal weight. Husband and I are doing well. My family is doing well. I need to get MY s#!t together as far as eating, stretching, and exercise. I need to reconnect with family and friends(including y'all). I need to learn to use my calendar and journal better to avoid missed things. I have a great support system when I remember to use it.
THANK YOU ALL! for continuing to be here supporting one another. I think my next reads will be here.
Love,
Kylia in Ohio still treading and keeping head above water11 -
KYLIA ~ So glad to see you posting. I have wondered where you have been. We were friends on Facebook; but, in an impulsive moment I went through and unfriended most of the folks I know.
Carol in GA3 -
Lisa, I loved your description of camping as pretending to be homeless. Someone once told he that her idea of "camping" was staying at a two star motel that didn't have HBO. I like my own house best and a nice motel second. When I first met Jake, he asked me if I like camping and when I said no, he was delighted because he didn't like it either. 3 -
Been for my 5k run. Breezy and the waves were up. Still a few too many people for my liking, but it is a sunny Sunday.
My knee was not impressed, but the rest of me worked well enough. A marked improvement on yesterday when I was in a real slump. DH continues to improve. He came with me. He walks, I 'shuffle'.
No word from the family. I have texted them. The government has put a sudden ban on travel to Spain and a 14 day quarantine on returning from the Canaries etc. This could mean that their new Spanish au pair can't come. Ooops! I hope she is already in the country. Otherwise their summer working arrangements will be difficult. They were hoping to only have few weeks off. The kids have six weeks holiday from school. We can't help because we are still isolating.
Might watch a German film from Amazon Prime this afternoon. See how much I understand.
Lamb tagine tonight.
Faye - Horrible thing OCD. Mine is but a shadow of its former self, but I remember my childhood fixations well. I called them my 'Patterns' and I had to have everything equal and even on both sides of my body. It could go on for hours. I still am a bit of a counter, still do the evening up thing a bit, and have a routine and place for things. Yes, millimetres. DH is very tolerant, but it sometimes exasperates him. I have to square things up with the edges.
I explained it all in the first volume of my memoir, ME I AM, which you can buy on Amazon, Kindle included. My name is Heather Eyles.
Cup of tea calling.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx5 -
We camped growing up. From pop up camper to a large "real" camper.
As an adult I went tent camping once with my son for Boy Scouts. It rained the entire time. Never again!
Cheri6 -
Did Leslie Sanson’s Walk your belly Flat DVD and Kathy Smith’s Rejuvenation DVD. This is stretching. The plan for tomorrow is to do a uTube Body Pump workout.
M – “I hadn't eaten potato chips of any sort in so long that I found them way too salty.” Isn’t it just amazing how our tastebuds change? Same here, now I can taste the salt in foods that I hadn’t before. At first I absolutely hated this stay-at-home stuff. It was so not like me. Now I’ve gotten sort-of used to it and it wouldn’t bother me one bit if we went back to stage 1. That is, except for the fact that I wouldn’t be able to see PJ
We used to camp (tent) a lot when the kids were smaller. Vince and the kids had to have a cot to sleep on. I never had a problem sleeping on the ground. I don’t know if I’d have a problem now or not. I am guessing that at first I wouldn’t have a problem but later in the evening I’d want a cot
I really think Vince has a touch of OCD. So many things have to be the way he does it. Like rolling up extension cords. How many times I said “what does it matter as long as it gets done” when he tries to tell me how something should be done. Yes, in a way being OCD is a blessing. Like when he was treasurer of Newcomers. He kept records like you wouldn’t believe! But if there’s something he’s not interested in (like the landscaping) he has no problem putting it off…and off…..and off
Carol GA – I see you didn’t unfriend me, thank goodness
Vince wants to cut the grass today. Remember I told you about the neighbor’s blue flags? Well, he cut the grass yesterday and it looked like he took the flags up. Not sure why he put them up only to take them down. Anyway, we have some trees alongside our property and whenever I use the walkbehind I always pick up any twigs first. Well, there were a lot more this time. What I suspect he does is if he finds a twig on his side, he throws it on ours. But no big deal. Anyway, I noticed that the flags are now going across his backyard whereas yesterday they went to the back of the yard. What I’m thinking now is that he’s going to put in an electric fence for their dog.
Speaking of the dog, he was barking and barking and barking. I think he woke the wife up. I know she works nights. But not my problem.
Michele NC
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Barbara: You’re a time traveler! I’m glad this time lead you to happy memories.
Rebecca: Sweet Dreams. I hope they come true!
Kim: Your Godson will likely do well in Florida, but I worry about Covid 19. CNN posted info that Florida has surpassed New York with the second highest number of Covid cases. In your place as Auntie, I would send him a care kit full of masks to help him stay safe. :ohwell:
Pip: Enjoy your new adventure! I hope you’re very happy when all is said and done.
rralchetops: Welcome! :flowerforyou:
Sara628588: Welcome to a great group! Stop by often.
Tracey: The Barbie RV is very posh. I hope your granddaughter has loads of fun with it. The headlights even work! :bigsmile:
Michele: I think Amber was worried that she might be sent to Mexico. I hope that didn’t happen to her.
Machka: Good luck with “reopening.” I’m sorry to hear that you’re having some nose trouble.
Princess Faetta: I’ve lived in Oregon for a LONG time and have no idea where Chicken Charles might be. It looks to me like it is in the Columbia River, but where? DH referred to it as near 18 mile Island. :huh:
Kylia: It is good to see you!!! Welcome back. :flowerforyou:
Our daughter and daughter in law are lobbying for us to take an RV road trip across the country. It is wonderful to be wanted, but DH is not up for it at this time. He has health problems including diabetes which is under excellent control, and MS. I’ve been left out of his concern that his MS is worsening until yesterday. Now that I know about his concern, I want to hear about it from his MS doctor.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Kylia - Welcome back! We've missed you. Sorry you've been so overworked, but I guess that's better than no job, like so many.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
Camping - I only remember camping twice when we were kids. Once our trip was cut short because I had to have an emergency appendectomy. I was 6. The second time was with friends of my parents, my Dad had built a camper that went in the back of their truck for them. We went with them once to see it in action. We lived in the country, we grew up with no heat except a wood stove, only had cold running water in the house. Camping was our everyday life we didn’t need to “get back to nature”.
When our girls were teens they convinced us to go camping with tents. The promise being I could do nothing and they would do all the work. They kept their promise and I went a second time, when we returned from that one our house had had a fire. Rodger and I have camped a few times in tents since but not on a regular basis. The most comfortable I’ve been camping was using the pop up trailer last week.
Michaela and I are going to visit Kaitlyn today before I take her home. I think Kaitlyn is going to trim her hair while we’re there.
Kylia - it’s nice to see you back.
Tracey in Edmonton2 -
Morning Ladies
I Slept pretty darn well last night I think,but am still tired...will be making lunch for Faith in a bit.. will feel good to get home...2 -
I've heard from the family. They did go home on the Saturday as it was a bit wet!
But they went back this morning and had a lovely time. The camp is organized and they have nature trails, communal bbqs etc.so the kids love it. They have learned all about which plants are edible etc.
They are going to make DH get well cards and we hope to see them for a pop around visit soon.
Glad they are ok. The weather yesterday was FOUL.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx5 -
This is Bea at last year's camp, insisting on pesto pasta when everyone else was having bbq sausages.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Just checking in. I’ve been working on the slide show for Mary’s memorial service. Met with her daughter after church today and finalized captions. It’s so amazing to see her bungee jumping, horseback riding, hiking and rafting yet I only knew her In a wheelchair from her MS. She had the sweetest spirit about being sidelined from the active life she loved. It was humbling to realize that I would probably have never met her if mot for the MS. She had lived all over but moved here to be close to her son when mobility became an issue.11
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Barbara Thanks for liking my "corona" styling. I think I like it best also.
You live in an area I used to love to visit. I love the Port Orford cedars. I have
used the wood in making so many crafts, especially string instruments.
Carol I did the same on my Facebook and later regretted it. Some long
time friends like Mark Knopfler I deleted by mistake and now he has made his
personal page private and it can't be found. His fan page is run by someone else.
Kylia Coping with death of family or friends is hard and yes with today's social unrest and violence
it is easy to fall in a slump. It has been 55 years since the tragic death of my best friend and I still think
about it most days. I even went through PTSD treatment for it and was finally able to talk about it 5 years
ago. 50 years bottled up inside sure took a toll on me.
Machka Yes, sniffling can really get folk's attention these days. Even with a mask on, I always do any
such in my elbow so to muffle it.
Annie The wild horses remind me of my days on the ranch and also helping round up wild horses. Our
central Oregon wild horses are not so friendly or trusting.
Okie The Hill Country! I have cousins by the dozens down there and never personally met most of them.
The few I have was when I was about 4 and went to a family reunion. I can't sleep any place that doesn't have an adjustable bed and is super sanitary. I sleep better in a reclining car seat than any motel. Most motels don't even change sheets daily.
Heather Bea is a super cutie in her red lens glasses, a girl after my sunglasses styling. The loo 4 times nightly does present a problem even at home sleeping in my own bed. I watch my fluid intake 1 hour before
bed and that has helped, but I lay there awake and suffer before getting up, then when I finally give in I am on the pot peeing until my legs go numb.
Michele Thanks for your friend's request. Glad to accept as we can never have too many friends.
Rebecca Thanks for confirming that photo location. I am trying to get my photos organized and labeled.
I hope the island is having beautiful weather. I love the coastal breeze. I am reminded of it now as I spray each
nostril with a heavy salt solution to clear my sinuses and also I think it kills the virus, but no scientific proof so I will shut up about it before the Covid Cops come knocking on my door.
Debbie I started making mask using hair ties for over-ear holders. I had this material and thought it
would make a nice mask. I wore it once and got so much negativity about it being red and white that I went back to the medical mask that I can carry in my cell phone case. I refuse to wear a mask when outdoors and no one is even close. I had fun sewing up those masks and sent them to a friend that lives in a less hostile place. Sorry about the horrible self haircut. Maybe my haircut offended the young rebels and it wasn't the mask hahaha!
Katla I think I missed commenting on something mentioning me and I can't find it now. I might have
imagined it also. Hope you are having a beautiful day there. Nice and warm with little cooling predicted for
the night.
Pip I need help on understanding your thread codes. I am good with codes, even Morse, but I am
not savvy to internet coding.
Barbie NW Wa reminds me of being at a wedding in a park next to the border and a friend telling me if you cross the street you are in Canada and border patrols don't take kindly to walking across. there were no fences, just sensors, and signs.
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Well Faith had her shower and is clean and now back to her coloring...will bring her a plum for snack... and hoping Jean will be home within the next couple hours2
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My husband and I are feeling a little bit sad.
I've packed up my work stuff in preparation to go back to the office this week.
It's been such a happy, relaxed, delightful, fantastic 4 months ... now that's coming to an end.
But maybe there will be a second wave and we'll be sent home again.
I'm not taking back as much as I brought home ... just the essentials. If I have to move home again, I'll be ready to go in a matter of minutes!!
Machka in Oz
When I was talking to my former sister in law(delivering the masks she ordered from me) she said their office is not planning on opening until 2021. She works for a city tourism. She works at home four days a week and only goes to the office once a week to get the mail, pay the bills, etc.
Debbie
Napa Valley, CA2 -
this is a picture of one of the latest batches of masks I have done- delivered 19 yesterday( 16 to former brother/sister in law) and 3 to MIL's neighbor.dellafayefox wrote: »Barbara Thanks for liking my "corona" styling. I think I like it best also.
You live in an area I used to love to visit. I love the Port Orford cedars. I have
used the wood in making so many crafts, especially string instruments.
Carol I did the same on my Facebook and later regretted it. Some long
time friends like Mark Knopfler I deleted by mistake and now he has made his
personal page private and it can't be found. His fan page is run by someone else.
Kylia Coping with death of family or friends is hard and yes with today's social unrest and violence
it is easy to fall in a slump. It has been 55 years since the tragic death of my best friend and I still think
about it most days. I even went through PTSD treatment for it and was finally able to talk about it 5 years
ago. 50 years bottled up inside sure took a toll on me.
Machka Yes, sniffling can really get folk's attention these days. Even with a mask on, I always do any
such in my elbow so to muffle it.
Annie The wild horses remind me of my days on the ranch and also helping round up wild horses. Our
central Oregon wild horses are not so friendly or trusting.
Okie The Hill Country! I have cousins by the dozens down there and never personally met most of them.
The few I have was when I was about 4 and went to a family reunion. I can't sleep any place that doesn't have an adjustable bed and is super sanitary. I sleep better in a reclining car seat than any motel. Most motels don't even change sheets daily.
Heather Bea is a super cutie in her red lens glasses, a girl after my sunglasses styling. The loo 4 times nightly does present a problem even at home sleeping in my own bed. I watch my fluid intake 1 hour before
bed and that has helped, but I lay there awake and suffer before getting up, then when I finally give in I am on the pot peeing until my legs go numb.
Michele Thanks for your friend's request. Glad to accept as we can never have too many friends.
Rebecca Thanks for confirming that photo location. I am trying to get my photos organized and labeled.
I hope the island is having beautiful weather. I love the coastal breeze. I am reminded of it now as I spray each
nostril with a heavy salt solution to clear my sinuses and also I think it kills the virus, but no scientific proof so I will shut up about it before the Covid Cops come knocking on my door.
Debbie I started making mask using hair ties for over-ear holders. I had this material and thought it
would make a nice mask. I wore it once and got so much negativity about it being red and white that I went back to the medical mask that I can carry in my cell phone case. I refuse to wear a mask when outdoors and no one is even close. I had fun sewing up those masks and sent them to a friend that lives in a less hostile place. Sorry about the horrible self haircut. Maybe my haircut offended the young rebels and it wasn't the mask hahaha!
Katla I think I missed commenting on something mentioning me and I can't find it now. I might have
imagined it also. Hope you are having a beautiful day there. Nice and warm with little cooling predicted for
the night.
Pip I need help on understanding your thread codes. I am good with codes, even Morse, but I am
not savvy to internet coding.
Barbie NW Wa reminds me of being at a wedding in a park next to the border and a friend telling me if you cross the street you are in Canada and border patrols don't take kindly to walking across. there were no fences, just sensors, and signs.
the ones on the left are elastic that goes behind the head, not just the ears and the others are velcro that goes behind the head too.
Edit- here is another batch- my flag ones were the first ones to go
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I used to love camping- we would go to Yosemite with my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins.. Tents for most and a travel trailer for the rest- Grandma cooked most of the food in it. Such fun time with all the family- great memories.
I went there one time with former husband and my best friend and her then fiance(now husband)- such a great time.
Current husband has no desire to camp or hike or anything outdoors- I really miss it.2 -
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Debbie Those are very nice looking mask. I like the idea of the velcro in the back. For walking, I use a super stretchy nylon/spandex compression neck choker that is mainly for neck support and I added extra material to it that pulls up for mask part. It is easy to wash and dries quickly.3
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dellafayefox wrote: »Barbara Thanks for liking my "corona" styling. I think I like it best also.
You live in an area I used to love to visit. I love the Port Orford cedars. I have
used the wood in making so many crafts, especially string instruments.
Carol I did the same on my Facebook and later regretted it. Some long
time friends like Mark Knopfler I deleted by mistake and now he has made his
personal page private and it can't be found. His fan page is run by someone else.
Kylia Coping with death of family or friends is hard and yes with today's social unrest and violence
it is easy to fall in a slump. It has been 55 years since the tragic death of my best friend and I still think
about it most days. I even went through PTSD treatment for it and was finally able to talk about it 5 years
ago. 50 years bottled up inside sure took a toll on me.
Machka Yes, sniffling can really get folk's attention these days. Even with a mask on, I always do any
such in my elbow so to muffle it.
Annie The wild horses remind me of my days on the ranch and also helping round up wild horses. Our
central Oregon wild horses are not so friendly or trusting.
Okie The Hill Country! I have cousins by the dozens down there and never personally met most of them.
The few I have was when I was about 4 and went to a family reunion. I can't sleep any place that doesn't have an adjustable bed and is super sanitary. I sleep better in a reclining car seat than any motel. Most motels don't even change sheets daily.
Heather Bea is a super cutie in her red lens glasses, a girl after my sunglasses styling. The loo 4 times nightly does present a problem even at home sleeping in my own bed. I watch my fluid intake 1 hour before
bed and that has helped, but I lay there awake and suffer before getting up, then when I finally give in I am on the pot peeing until my legs go numb.
Michele Thanks for your friend's request. Glad to accept as we can never have too many friends.
Rebecca Thanks for confirming that photo location. I am trying to get my photos organized and labeled.
I hope the island is having beautiful weather. I love the coastal breeze. I am reminded of it now as I spray each
nostril with a heavy salt solution to clear my sinuses and also I think it kills the virus, but no scientific proof so I will shut up about it before the Covid Cops come knocking on my door.
Debbie I started making mask using hair ties for over-ear holders. I had this material and thought it
would make a nice mask. I wore it once and got so much negativity about it being red and white that I went back to the medical mask that I can carry in my cell phone case. I refuse to wear a mask when outdoors and no one is even close. I had fun sewing up those masks and sent them to a friend that lives in a less hostile place. Sorry about the horrible self haircut. Maybe my haircut offended the young rebels and it wasn't the mask hahaha!
Katla I think I missed commenting on something mentioning me and I can't find it now. I might have
imagined it also. Hope you are having a beautiful day there. Nice and warm with little cooling predicted for
the night.
Pip I need help on understanding your thread codes. I am good with codes, even Morse, but I am
not savvy to internet coding.
Barbie NW Wa reminds me of being at a wedding in a park next to the border and a friend telling me if you cross the street you are in Canada and border patrols don't take kindly to walking across. there were no fences, just sensors, and signs.
I'm just putting random letters or numbers to mark my spot, no secret...
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Dellafayfox: We live beside the Columbia River and have relatives in eastern Oregon who we visit once in a while. I was trying to figure out the location of an island in the river above Bonneville Dam. DH told me that he’d point it out the next time we travel that way. It may be quite a while before we travel. :ohwell: :flowerforyou:
I like your masks. One of our shopkeepers here in town has been making masks for sale. It appears that we’ll all be using masks for some time to come and this is a good way for talented sewers to make an important contribution to overall health. :flowerforyou:
Debbie: Your masks also look great.
To both of you:
Grocery stores in our area are requiring masks. Remember the old saying, “No shirt, no shoes, no service?” Now we need to add “No mask, no service ” to the list. The two of you and many others are helping to keep people safe. Thank you both!
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Hi ladies, Is this a closed group? Don’t want to barge in. Your topic appealed to me. I am back after a long break. I am a Canadian grandma. Anyway, hope you are all able to stay safe and well.7
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