WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2021
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We heard from our son today. We have been planning to visit them for the birth of their baby boy in the fall and take care of our grandson while the new baby is born. Our son would like us to be there early and do some sightseeing. A few days or so might be fun, but DH has not been feeling good. I hope it will work out well when the time comes.
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Morning all. The mists are lifting and I can read again.
Rebecca: 😍Your photos. Your bright clear eyes confirm that they are pre libation, as do the full carafes. 😂 Enjoy your visit with your family.
Barbara: 😍The Tai Chi virtual hug.
Machka: 😍 The 'Take a break' poster. Apart from the bike ride, I employ most of them. 😝Filing! One of my least favourite tasks, but oh so necessary.
Beth: Ouch! (((Hugs)))
Posts: I usually use my iPad and iPhone in tandem. Read posts on iPhone (app), type comments on iPad (website). Typing on the iPhone is so fiddly. I often use the microphone, and then correct/edit.
Planning a quiet day. I will go to local shops for bread and a beef roast for tomorrow, then I will come home and sort out my wool stache. I have lots of little short bits of wool that I think I'm gonna have to just get rid off. They are taking up too much space, and keep getting tangled. On second thoughts 🤔 maybe I should crochet a multi-coloured scarf or lap rug with them.
☘️ Terri3 -
Thanks, Beth & Kim.
Kim, yes you can quote me on FB if you want.
Carol,
I not only like tapioca, I like cilantro.
I'm not a liver lover, though.
Love, Karen in Virginia
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CILANTRO and TAPIOCA I like cilantro and don't have strong feelings one way or the other about tapioca! it's not my favourite texture but I can deal with it. Then it depends how it's flavoured, right?1
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BETH nice to see you post. I'm so sorry about what you are going through with your grieving. That sounds frustrating with the teeth. I also am getting implants this year
TERRY I'm sorry about your eye infection. I hope you feel better soon.
MICHELE I'm jealous of your kids good teeth!
BARBIE So sorry about the smoke but glad you are enjoying dancing through it.
BARBARA Thank you! Fun virtual hugs!
MACHKA I was posting on my cell phone on the train and kept going in and out of service.
On computer I open 2 pages or just post 1 post per page of comments read, more or less. (it varies).1 -
Morning, afternoon and evening, all...
Cascading awake - first the husband, who had to go potty, and is not a quiet person, then the cat, who came in and yelled at me, and then me. Husband's back asleep, Egg the cat is purring beside me and near asleep, and me... well, I'm talking to y'all.
Yesterday was a good day. I am so grateful for those - and that was my second of the week. Wednesday was a good day too. I feel as if the good days are fragile, and I have to protect them. Having even a few hours where I have energy and am pain-free is such a gift right now. Tuesday was my lowest point in a while, so having a few good days felt like a gift. Hopefully, today will be a good day too.
I do read everything y'all write, so I feel as if I'm up to date on the pieces of your lives that you choose to share, but commenting is beyond me for the moment. Lanette and Beth - so good to see both of you posting.
Love,
Lisa in AR6 -
GALLBLADDERS
that is worrisome that there are so many false negative tests!0 -
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It's my birthday today. I'm not doing anything special. It's a major holiday tomorrow so almost no-one is in town. I am rarely at home due to the timing. I had to come back to get my stitches out tomorrow! I was unable to reach someone to take them out in the beachside town and also can't swim till stitches are out. I tried to advance my appointment a day to get stitches out today, since I'm out of the bandages, but no luck so far!
I'm just gonna have a usual day I think. I thought of eating somewhere fancy for lunch, but since I ate out yesterday and the day before it doesn't really feel so special. I think I'll just enjoy the lull and potter.
Here you CANT celebrate your birthday - or anything - in advance. it's considered bad luck.
But you can celebrate it a month or two late if you want to. I once celebrated it in October with 2 friends. it's was fun and funny. When I had a house in the country I would always have a few people over for a party, but in this city a bd party on this date is almost unheard impossible!
I checked some really fancy restaurants to see if I could reserve for lunch but almost all of them are closed at this time of year for about 3 weeks! there are still some regular nice places, but I finally decided to play it by ear after having called half a dozen places yesterday. 4 -
Gallbladder stones are one of the most painful things ever! I had to be carted off the train at Waterloo Station on a trolley, and then was taken by ambulance to St Thomas's hospital, by which time the attack had passed. They obviously thought it was a heart attack! Then they thought it was indigestion.
An x-ray was scheduled and there was a gallbladder full of stones. I already had diagnosed that for myself, having had several similar attacks.
The operation was quick and easy, done telescopically. Quick recovery.
I still have the jar of stones and love to show them to the grandchildren.
They are many of them, smooth pyramid shaped, and yellow. I was told that they had never seen anything like them!
No after effects. I eat anything.
The gutter man came and then disappeared for ages to buy some hole sealer. He is back now. In addition to lowering the bill, he is going to put up pigeon spikes for free. They fell off when we had the gutters cleaned a couple of years ago. (Not him)
Personally, I think the man is an idiot, but..... as long as the job gets done. We are not expecting rain, thank goodness.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx4 -
Julie - Happy Birthday!1
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Happy Birthday Julie !!
After tossing and turning for what seemed like forever,thats what i get for taking a late nap..i finally fell alseep,im up and dressed waiting for my furry weekend guest to arrive.
My storage area is a mess and i have to put my beach chairs and dog crate in there this morning but will get Homer settled in first..
Alfie has had breakfast and treats in that order..anything but spoiled..
Lisa- Oh how I wish that all this yuckiness was behind you and you could enjoy your life,I pray they get to the root of the problem..
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Julie Happy birthday!
Tapioca- it has been YEARS since I had it. It once was my favorite. Dont know if I still like it or not. I think it fits in the category of long ago eating. Jello salads, puddings or jellies for desserts after dinner. Eating out anywhere being a treat not the go to.
Cilantro- LOVE IT! My BFF use to say it tasted like dish soap to her.
Healthy thoughts to all especially Lisa , Machka , Terry .
Hugs to those still in the midst of grief.
Tip from our accountant regarding death and assets. Homes, cars, businesses, checking, savings, and investments should all have TOD (transferable upon death) on them. This keeps the courts and lawyers out of things. Even joint accounts can have 1/2 frozen to go to probate unless TOD on them. This would have saved us a lot of lawyer money! Some of our stuffs are already done this way. Will get the test squared away this winter is the plan. As always check state laws, but in Ohio, TOD stays out of probate and is transferred quickly. Wills are also being done this winter.
I appreciate the information, respect, and support on all aspects of our lives from all of you wonderful ladies!
Work today-ugh! But I have a job I usually love that provides a paycheck, insurance, and a truck.
Car show after work.
Cabin paid in full for vacation. Now to stay healthy and catch up on home stuffs as well as work stuffs. 20 days! The mountains are calling my name!
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Kylia in Ohio where the humidity finally broke!3 -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE! :drinker:
It's the same in Germany, you are not supposed to wish happy birthday or happy Christmas etc before the day.
Paris in August. The Land of the Dead .... and baffled tourists.
I hope you manage to find a nice lunch place for tomorrow.
We were always caught out by the August 15th holiday when we used to holiday there in August with the kids. Feast of the Assumption, I think.
Gutter man still at it. I've never heard anyone talk so much while he is working!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
HeatherUK I talk a lot to myself while working! It is worse when trying to figure out a problem. Our scrap steel guy talks to himself lots too! My husband just talks to everyone while he is working! Lol!2
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Homer is here, and the 2 of them are sacked out .. going to have some toast and then tackle the storage area and then do some laundry0
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I don't think I have ever tasted tapioca but I do know that I hate the taste of cilantro! I do like rice pudding and wonder if they are alike.
Happy Birthday Julie!
Carol in GA2 -
bananasandoranges wrote: »It's my birthday today. I'm not doing anything special. It's a major holiday tomorrow so almost no-one is in town. I am rarely at home due to the timing. I had to come back to get my stitches out tomorrow! I was unable to reach someone to take them out in the beachside town and also can't swim till stitches are out. I tried to advance my appointment a day to get stitches out today, since I'm out of the bandages, but no luck so far!
I'm just gonna have a usual day I think. I thought of eating somewhere fancy for lunch, but since I ate out yesterday and the day before it doesn't really feel so special. I think I'll just enjoy the lull and potter.
Here you CANT celebrate your birthday - or anything - in advance. it's considered bad luck.
But you can celebrate it a month or two late if you want to. I once celebrated it in October with 2 friends. it's was fun and funny. When I had a house in the country I would always have a few people over for a party, but in this city a bd party on this date is almost unheard impossible!
I checked some really fancy restaurants to see if I could reserve for lunch but almost all of them are closed at this time of year for about 3 weeks! there are still some regular nice places, but I finally decided to play it by ear after having called half a dozen places yesterday.
Happy birthday!1 -
I don't think I have ever tasted tapioca but I do know that I hate the taste of cilantro! I do like rice pudding and wonder if they are alike.
Happy Birthday Julie!
Carol in GA
The taste of tapioca is all right - as I recall it was something like vanilla pudding. It's the fish/frog egg texture ... blech.
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bananasandoranges wrote: »It's my birthday today.
Happy Birthday!
Here in Australia, you make and bring your own cake to share if you want a celebration at work etc.
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Carol and Julie,
Karen in Virginia
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Happy Birthday Julie1 -
Just heard from my old uni room mate that a mutual friend died yesterday. She was part of our small group at uni, but I wasn't as close to her as the others. First one of our 'set' to die. It was expected.
She had a baby son at uni which her parents made her have adopted. I believe she never made contact with him. I remember visiting them both in the mother and baby home. It would have been 1968. The university was very supportive, but her parents were not.
She went on to have two more children and, after divorce from another uni friend, married again to a guy with two kids.
Gutter man has finished.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx5 -
(((Beth))) Glad to hear taking action about your son is helpful to you.
For me saying it is okay to not be okay helpful. What happened to our sons will never be okay. What moves me forward is to find beauty everyday in flowers, spending time with my dog DrewB, singing...
Julie Happy Birthday :flowerforyou:4 -
By "vacation", I mean about 6 months off, paid of course. I'd like to be able to travel, but of course that's out until COVID gets under control.
Right now, more importantly is this "Office Project" I've embarked on and I'd like the time to do it!
More about the "Office Project" ...I was going to do all the other smaller projects first and then, maybe around Christmas, get to this "Office Project" but this weekend, all of a sudden I decided to tackle the "Office Project" now.
One reason is that there is so much of "office" out in the dining room and it kind of puts a little damper on having people over.
Another reason is that there's a chance we might go into lockdown again and I'll have to work from home. It would be nice to have ample room for that.
Plus there are legal and similar issues (such as what Kylia just mentioned a few posts above) which we need to take care of sooner rather than later.
I'm not even entirely sure where to begin.
The office room is set up with three bookshelves filled with correctly filed books (Dewey Decimal System). I did that back in 2015. There's a desk with a hutch and two 2-drawer filing cabinets and a small closet. And a whole lot of stuff!! You can barely get in there! The desk is buried, there is so much stuff in front of the bookshelves it's hard to access them. The closet is full and the area in front of the closet is stacked with heaps and heaps of stuff. You wouldn't even know there were filing cabinets in the place! Although I know there are organised file folders in the filing cabinets with older stuff in them (from a previous organising effort many years ago), I can't even get to them at this point.
That room just became so overwhelming that I set up several file boxes out in the dining room to file current things. But with university, work and caring for my husband taking up so much of my time, I ended up just putting stuff in the boxes. I do know that one file box is all my husband's medical info ... one entire file box full. That one I have organised somewhat when I put together several large documents for our lawyers. Another entire file box full is Audax (long distance cycling) stuff. Plus I've got a couple other boxes of general stuff, a small desk with a little drawers, and a under desk drawer system. Now the dining room is in danger of becoming overwhelming too.
I have a feeling I may need to do a high level sort to find out what exactly we've got ... and what can go out!
Tomorrow is supposed to be terribly windy and horrible, so it will be a good day for indoor stuff.
"DAMAGING WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS, averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of 100 to 110 km/h are likely to develop over Tasmania during Sunday morning and afternoon, with Locally DESTRUCTIVE WINDS, averaging 70 to 80 km/h with peak gusts in excess of 125 km/h possible about elevated and exposed locations."
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/warning.jsp?id=IDT21037
Machka in Oz2 -
Thank you Karen! 73 yrs young today! Was going to have lunch with son's family, but, he called and said so many people in their school system were testing positive for Covid that they did not want to expose us. Cherokee County Schools have not imposed a mask mandate. Young GD had a very bad virus last week but did not have covid.
Carol in GA4 -
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Happy birthday Carol and Julie!
I'm feeling anxious today. My debit card was hacked. It's now cancelled, and the bank said they would refund the charges, which weren't too high, considering. So the damage is minimal, but my gut is still in knots. I had two cookies.
Annie in Delaware5 -
Thanks for the well wishes. It's just a minor eye infection, but the meds were affecting my sight. It's much better today.
I use coriander seeds (cilantro) as a spice, especially in soups and curries.
Carol: 🥂🍾🎂 Happy Birthday 🎂🍾🥂 Sorry to hear that your family celebration has been postponed, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
Heather: Sorry to hear about your uni friend. It's inevitable at our time of life that we start to lose our peers. 😍 Gutter man finished!
Kylia: Not sure if they do 'transfer on death' here. I'll look into it. You must be really looking forward to your holiday. I hope it all goes well.
Machka: Many commiserations on gall bladder pain. I agree with Heather . I also had problems many years ago (not as dramatic as her attack). My MD said it was choc full of tiny little grains of sand. The pain was unbelievable. I cut out all dairy for over 2 years. The pain abated quite quickly and eventually the sand mostly passed out. I would still get the odd pain if I overindulged in fatty foods, but if I am sensible it's fine. Re: Your Office Project - We do have a dedicated office space, but I have to admit that it's not used very effectively. The dining table is often substituted, as it is downstairs, beside,the front door, and therefore, handy for dealing with Mail and suchlike. It usually get cleared when we have company, but that hasn't happened much since March 2020.
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Lisa: I can understand not having the strength to comment at times. Sending positive vibes and prayers your way for more positive energy days.
Julie: 🥂🍾 🎂 Happy Birthday 🎂🍾🥂We like to celebrate our actual birthdays quietly at home, but often have a family celebrations at the weekend before or after as well. We haven't managed that much during Covid, although that should change now that we are all double jabbed, and can test beforehand.
Now that I'm caught up, I'm off to do work. I'm sorting my wool stache at the minute. I have too many little balls of yarn that I need to deal with. Wish me luck.
☘️ Terri3 -
Happy Birthday Carol !!!
Homer is snoring.. so he is happy.. shoved the stuff in my storage unit and and now have my laundry in the dryer..
We had a little bit of rain which will cool it down a bit we needed it..2
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