WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2021

Whidislander

Michele, got your package today! Thank you so much! I shall be set colorful envelope wise for a while! You even put in some pretty stationery with matching envelopes, fun! I appreciate it so much!
💐🙏💖🍀👑👊👍 Rebecca
Happy to have friends like y'all!

Whidislander

Awe, Lisa I would be clammering into that hot tub too! Gosh I miss my KOA hot tub and pool when we lived in Hammond. Husband misses the pool in Seaside, because all the young mommas would get in the hot tub after their tiny tots swim class. I would be oohing and aahing the young kids, and he would be, "oh she was holding a kid"? My raunchy sailor, what can I say...😂
Rebecca

skuehn48

grandmallie

Alfie and I hanging out and watching TV.. 2nd day in a row of no naps .. which makes me happy..
Tomorrow taking Doris out for her birthday..she will be 89..our local Family Dollar is closing for renovation, so everything is 50.%.off.so will check.that out and then to Dollar.tree after to lunch.
Alfie will spend the.day with Tom and Elena..

dlfk202000

getting ready to head up to mom's for the weekend. I will be there until early Monday morning. Have to come home a little earlier that I had planned- husband needs me to pick him up at the mechanic's and I need to do that before daycare girl comes in.
Hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.

I will check in/catch up on Monday.

Debbie
Napa Valley, CA

exermom

Did Cardio Core Dynamic Core DVD today then went for a walk around the block. I’ve learned that around the block, to the main street and back, and around our cul-de-sac is almost 1-1/2 miles (about 4,000 steps) The plan for tomorrow is to do the Cathe Cardio Mashup DVD

Anne DE – what a nice thing of Craig to do

Debbie – so sorry things at the ophthalmologist didn’t go as you planned, but what a relief that there’s no chance of a detached retina now. So the pain was worth it

Barbara – wish I was swimming. The pool water is in the low 70’s. It seems to warm up a little during the week but then on the weekends it goes back down. I CAN put on the heater for the spa if I need to, but then when you get out the air will really chill you so I really haven’t been doing that. BUT it has been cool enough to string popcorn. Hopefully, that’ll be done and I can go in the pool when it’s ready. Chemically, it’s ready. Weather-wise, it isn’t

M – you are doing the right thing

Beth – (((HUGS))). I know that you’ll get thru this. It will be painful, but you are so very strong

Vince is very worried. Bonnie’s tumor is back. I keep trying to tell him that it’s possible that the chemo medicine is wearing off and she got the next dose today so she will probably start to feel better tomorrow. But he’s still worried

Katla – probably the secret to my plant success would be if I don’t look at it. I swear, I look at a plant and it dies….except for weeds, those I’m very good at growing...lol

Just got back from the soup kitchen. They had egg omelets, bacon and toast. Personally, I would have given them two omelets. I wasn’t impressed with the toast. It was bread that we put butter on and then they put it in the oven. So only the tops got browned. One gal was microwaving the omelets. I’m constantly shocked at how much the people who volunteer there eat! I’m usually good for 2 of the 16oz bottles of water that get donated. The one and only time I had something to eat there was when they had a real sweet cantaloupe.

Rebecca – I totally understand how you feel. Bryan (as usual) isn’t going to contact me at all. Denise will call, but that’s it. No card, nothing. Jess will call. That’s the bright spot. No card from her, but she does call regularly so I’m not concerned. Denise calls every few months now.

Kim CA – what a relief for you and your mom

Rebecca – so glad you got the package. Enjoy!!!!

Debbie – drive safely

Just ordered a jigsaw puzzle to do for Colby and Jess for Christmas

Michele NC

GodMomKim

Snowflake1968

I have read each and every evening but have struggled to really concentrate and make comments.

Phones at night - I have my phone on do not disturb from 10pm to 8am. Texts and calls do not come through. However, I have favourites set and if any of those people call twice back to back it allows the call to come through. I only take the phone in the bedroom on nights I have to work the next day.
When Rodgers mother had her attack we missed between the two of us 60+ calls because we didn’t take phones to bed. That’s what changed the habit for me.

Last night DH’s phone that was in the living room started going off around 1230-1, with our provincial emergency alert notifications. I got up to check it as there had been one earlier in the evening advising of an out of control wildfire, I was worried another one had started so got up to check. It was the same one with an evacuation notice for a town near the fire. There wasn’t much on the news today about it as there was a 300 Unit seniors living facility that burnt last night. All residents were evacuated safely with only 3 having to go to the hospital.

I worked until 730 this evening cleaning my office, I had put last fiscal years files away properly so had stacks of this years sitting around waiting to be filed. I put in a long day doing it so that when I feel more in control next week when our payroll implementation takes another huge step forward that I know will tie up a huge chunk of my time.

I will try to respond better over the weekend.
Tracey in Edmonton

Snowflake1968

Pip and Machka - I sent this and thought of you.

Tracey

Katla49

Kim: I am happy that your mom’s cataract was diagnosed and she will be able to have future eye help.

Michele: Enjoy planting your seeds and I hope you’ll have some fun as they grow and mature. :flowerforyou:

Tracey: I imagine you are working very hard. I hope you’ll get some rest and you are able to lift your energy & spirits. (((HUGS)))

I am ready to rest. Be safe!

Katla in NW Oregon

skuehn48

cityjaneLondon

Rain pouring down here. The first real rain in a very long time. It has been the driest month on record. Unfortunately, we have a leak in the guttering to the side and water is streaming through. The join has separated. It is very high up, so we will have to find someone who can get up there on a ladder. Don't want to have to pay out for scaffolding, but I'm not sure you can actually get a ladder up there. The side passage is narrow and there is a fence between us and next door. Might have to ask around for solutions.

Slept better last night. I was truly knackered from all the walking.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Katla49

grandmallie

Morning ladies
Im just lying here waking up and Alfie is sleeping under the covers...he has it rough...going to get up and dressed and out the door by 8:30.

Machka9

Husband was whisked to the hospital in an ambulance this afternoon. Mild heart attack. He's in overnight and perhaps longer. We'll talk to the cardiologists to find out what the next steps are tomorrow.


M in Oz

grandmallie

Machka- prayers for a healing and quick recovery..

cityjaneLondon

Thinking of you Machka. XOXO

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

pipcd34

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

Pip and Machka - I sent this and thought of you.

Tracey

That is soooo cute! Thanks for sharing

bananasandoranges

Hi Everyone,
It's been a rough week. I'v been off the boars for a good 10 days.

AuntieBK, Barbara you like the Episcopalian place but not the church ? I think I'd pick the people over the music! but maybe it's really horrible music ? or the other place is really good? thanks for the shout out. She made an appointment and I canceled it. there's this free clinic with psychologists but a very long wait but she happened to call me and she seems better to me.i think my insurance covers most of the other one's cost (it was supposed to I think, I have a hard time figuring it out, having th time to follow up on that) but free and very nearby is good (about 5 mn by foot in the big city.

Vicki, thanks for the shout out. I can relate about wanting to just go home after work. I remember once I tried a chi kong class after a day of work. the teacher had a good reputation but I found it horrible to be standing there doing the "tree" for 5 minutes after a long day of work, plus transport, etc..

Tracey, thanks for letting me know about the tired coworker post vaccine; one of my colleagues was also totally knocked out.

Ginny, thanks the waterpark sounds great for kids.

bananasandoranges

Jumping back in in the middle after a good 10 days off boards.

Feeling not great today.

Colleague who was agressive 2 weeks or so ago, did another big mistake. after another colleague called him he apologised - but just for 1 think, not for everything. and he had to have a GUY speak to him before he realised what the problem was.


I had a baddish week. Rough stuff to deal with.

then this colleague that I usually work with online often Saturday mornings proposed 3 to 4. not my favorite. cause it throws a wrench in the Saturday.

At 12 he sent a text saying he didn't have much time in fact. I only saw it at 2:30 or so. I said "if you want we can cancel" he didn't answer. AND he was late. I wrote "let's skip the meeting".

I found it irksome that he suggests an hour meeting at 3 to 4 on Saturday (he knows it's not my favorite).and then lets me know last minute that he won't be able to be there long AND is late.

sometimes I wouldn't be annoyed but I wasn't really in the mood for the meeting but stuck to it as planned (and didn't plan other stuff - a friend had suggested meeting up...)

But it's more cause I'm upset and tired and totally worn out about other stuff.

I feel irritated with him.

it's true too I put in more energy than others and if people don't even show up at a time they suggest, It seems kind of a disrespect of my time.

The agressive colleague wrote to all apologising for the 2nd big mistake he made, that is negative for me, but only after 5 days. then wrote to me apologising again. I didn't answer. the other colleague wrote to me saying he had talked to the first and got him to apologise, and wrote me that, but I didn't answer either. it's good that he did, but it's upsetting and very much the issue is that the 1st guy didn't even see the problem when I called his attention to it, only when a GUY tells him the same thing!

but I'm in a bad mood anyway, so it doesn't take much.

part of not wanting to meet it not to be annoyed with the 2nd guy (who is pretty kind and reliable and helpful) for nothing,

and the other is that when he half-cancels last minute-ish Saturday afternoon and is late, It can be a kind of bad precedent. if I Roll with it, it can be encouraging. so not being available can be better (possibly) for long term functioning.

I'm not a ultimatum or punishing type of person in general, but I put a LOT of time into our collective work. and the effect can of course be that people don't respect my time, which really isn't good for any of us!

but I'm really in a bad mood anyway...

too much stuff to deal with and I feel like I'll never make my way through it all.

I feel like a sack of heavy flour, like waiting in inertia and doing nothing for days...