WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2022
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scammers around here are getting very tricky- the call shows Bank of America, Oakland Police, Kaiser(our medical) and others that look legit.
Many are using cell phones with local numbers. Before, when I was full time daycare, I would have to answer because of the business. Now that I am not looking for more kids- I let the answering machine pick up most of the time.
Slept in after going to sleep after dh went to work(he was home a couple hours, tried to nap but couldnt) at midnight.
Got up and took care of the cats, including totally cleaning out kittens pen- changed out the blanket in the bottom of it, vacuumed under the whole thing(Kitaro HATES the vacuum-so do I). Litter box is getting changed out(have two I rotate so I can really clean them). He did use the other litter box on his own yesterday and started eating in the kitchen so soon he will be out of the pen which will be great. His pen is so big, it takes up a large area of the living room.
Going to be 100 today- feels hotter already than yesterday but think that is from me actually working cleaning out his pen plus drinking my hot tea.
Trying to get the garden watered- should have checked it a few days ago- a few things look pretty bad- hope I don't loose them
Have a wonderful day ladies
Debbie
Napa ValleyCa
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Karen ~ You are doing a great job getting your brother the help he needs to live independently. So glad he is agreeing to let you help him.
Allie ~ Your new haircut is nice. Are you a natural redhead...love all the freckles.
Debbie ~ The photo of the wetlands is beautiful. I can't imagine walking 1/2 a mile much less 6.
Rosemarie ~ So glad you were able to walk by your favorite pond.
Carla ~ I actually dreamed about pc monitors last night. Someone had replaced my large one with a tiny box one like the ones that first came out when the internet was just beginning. Made me really upset.
My husband finally got to see an oral surgeon. He had a very infected tooth that was pulled and he was in a lot of pain but much better today. It is strange that all my adult life I had dental insurance for our family and he wouldn't go to the dentist ever. I think it was because when he was a young boy he had a bike accident and knocked out his front teeth and he had to have artificial replacements in the top front.
My daughter-in-laws mother is leaving for her 4th missionary trip to Tanzania Africa. Her group was able to get a slew of Bibles written in Swahili. I just hope her trip is safe and successful.
I have a bad problem with the left side of my left foot. It goes and comes and makes me wonder if I have a slight tear or crack in the bone or a torn ligament. Need to go to Walmart today and hope it gets better.
Carol in GA
Carol, walking with my friend, catching up beings we haven't walked in a few months it seems, the amazing scenery(she wasn't fond of the little garter snakes we kept finding, laying in the path way, getting the last bit of warmth from the day) and the weather was perfect with a wonderful breeze after such hot days.
I walk the same area when I am waiting for my daycare girl but not as fun as with her or my other friend.
The wildlife is amazing there. And I got to show her all the different ones- that hang out at the same spots all the time, like the different swan families and the egrets that hang out in one of the big trees in the evenings by one of the ponds.
How long will your DIL be in Africa? Pray it is a safe and successful trip for her and her group.
Hope your husband feels better soon- my dh just had an abcess under one of his- had to get a root canal. He went to his dentist, didn't do a thing but refer him to another dentist- didn't even give him antibiotics and had to wait almost a week to be seen. He was in so much pain that weekend.
As for your husband knocking out his teeth- my former hubby, current dh and I all have knocked out one of our front teeth as kids.
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The Queen has died.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx7 -
Heather- my deepest condolences!! I know you weren't a fan or are a fan of the monarchy, but it is a fascination to me ,and just loved Princess Diana.
Well at least the Queen is with her beloved Phillip.
Tracy,Miles and I were home by 11:30 a.m. and she took Miles to see Daddy at lunchtime. And now he is passed out..
I had to take a nap myself..I was beat..2 -
Heather ~ I hate the idea that there will probably not be anything on tv except the remembrance of Queen Elizabeth for the next week, but, I also have to say that I enjoy looking at the photos of her from a young girl until now. She was a lovely lady.
Carol in GA3 -
Heather so sorry to hear about the Queen's passing 💞2
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Here I am at the Coronation.
1953 . I was three and a half. We had the only TV in the street, a 9 inch screen and the living room was full of people on folding chairs.
It is very strange to think of an era passed. I really admire the fact that she was greeting our new Prime Minister on Tuesday and passed on Thursday. Full admiration for that, and hope to go in a similar fashion.
Yes, all the tv is cancelled. I am upstairs watching Netflix.
It is strange and , even as a dyed in the wool anti Royalist, I had an affection for the woman herself.
Oh well. Next 10 days until the funeral will be weird.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx
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It's interesting to me to think of all the events Queen Elizabeth was part of. Being Liz Truss would be interesting... to have been appointed by Queen Elizabeth as one of her last offical duties before passing...0
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Must say it has been very interesting listening to all the news commentaries.
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Here I am at the Coronation.
1953 . I was three and a half. We had the only TV in the street, a 9 inch screen and the living room was full of people on folding chairs.
It is very strange to think of an era passed. I really admire the fact that she was greeting our new Prime Minister on Tuesday and passed on Thursday. Full admiration for that, and hope to go in a similar fashion.
Yes, all the tv is cancelled. I am upstairs watching Netflix.
It is strange and , even as a dyed in the wool anti Royalist, I had an affection for the woman herself.
Oh well. Next 10 days until the funeral will be weird.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx
The first thing my then 11 year old mother saw on television was Elizabeth's coronation. She watched it on a neighbor's television.
The queen was a pretty amazing woman, whatever one thinks of the monarchy and some of her choices.
Flea
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Re: Queen Elizabeth II - She and my mother were born four months apart. She reminded me a lot of my mother in the very few glimpses of personal behavior that she was willing to show. Slightly shy, completely direct, and able to take the hard things, face them right in the eye, and handle them. Not always perfectly, but she didn't duck them. She will be missed horribly, I'm sure, and I hope King Charles III is ready for the tsunami of world attention that is going to break over his head in the coming weeks. His every breath will be scrutinized, castigated, lauded or condemned. And, unfortunately, every action he has ever taken in his life prior to this point will be dragged up and dissected once more. Nobody deserves that. Hope he can find his armored underwear.6
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Elizabeth has been Queen my entire life. I thought she might be immortal. I was fond of her.
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Lisa, you are so right, Charles will need his armored underwear!
I'm sad about the loss of our Queen, she truly was a perfect symbol of what a monarch should be. Charles, and then William, have very big shoes to fill.
At school picking up grandson, have granddaughter also, just about get whiplash trying to keep an eye on both! Must keep this short because of that, now they're both in the sandbox. Yes, you read that right, the sandbox..... not a great idea in my opinion but nobody asked me.
Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island4 -
I got a couple more donations, I’m up to $920!!! Almost there.
I got a call from one of my docs assistants saying that he wanted me to stay on the blood thinners til the end of the year! I was f&$#&king beside myself! I told her they can’t flop around on me. I am going to have this cataract surgery on the 21st and there is NO WAY that I was going to miss that. She is going to have the doc call me on the 14th. I am still NOT going to take them.4 -
I have picked up dog remnants in the lawn, moved two cinder blocks to another area of my sisters property, and helped her spread various piles of bark dust in two large beds. I took an hour nap. My long drip down yesterday, plus staying up late, and getting but early took its toll! She is on an emotional rollercoaster. Everywhere you look in her life is Clair from her phone, to fridge display screen. She expects him to just drive on up. She is in denial.💖😢
Rebecca
Oregon
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Clutter-I am a cricket. "Crickets tend to be “traditionally” organized and prefer minimal visual clutter in their homes and work spaces. Crickets also prefer detailed, Micro-Organizing systems and are often a bit of perfectionists when it comes to setting up and using these systems." Sadly, the mister is whatever the least organized, biggest clutterer is. His clutter gives me anxiety. I have had to work really hard to learn to "deal" with it. It's a constant struggle.
Tina in CAcityjaneLondon wrote: »Can't believe how much I got done in five minutes! Lots still to sort through. I am a Ladybug type, organised and tidy on the surface, but a bit messy in non public areas. I'm improving though, because we have moved so many times recently.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx
I'm a Cricket with borderline Bee tendencies.
https://clutterbug.me/what-clutterbug-are-you-test
Machka in Oz
I'm also mostly a Cricket.
My husband (and maybe yours too) is a Butterfly. I did the quiz for him.
She describes each style here along with organising tips and ideas.
https://clutterbug.me/cas-aarssen
M in Oz
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Knee/leg update-Well, I thought I pulled something in my calf, and likely did. I also think there is a problem with my knee. Still haven't been able to get in for an MRI. I worked a conference last week and had incredible swelling and pain on the last day after running all over the place working a corporate party. I have been trying to keep off it as much as possible since then, and it is better. I got it x-rayed yesterday to appease the insurance company. Have an ortho appointment today and hopefully will get an MRI soon, since the x-ray has been completed. What a waste of time that is. It really should be illegal for insurance companies to dictate healthcare. It's obvious I do not have a broken bone. It does swell around the knee if I am standing too long. Update: just got the x-ray results and of course, no broken bones and it didn't cover the knee, which is likely more of the problem.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to some sort of diagnosis, so I can fix it.
Tina in CA
I hope you get a diagnosis.
They are still trying to figure out what's with my numb feet and legs.
M in Oz
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »The Queen has died.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Yes.
Feeling a bit sad about that. She was an amazing woman.
And it doesn't bother me a bit that there will be lots about her on TV. It'll make a change from the usual programming.
M in Oz2 -
Tracey in Edmonton - Dana from a Slob comes clean, Cas from Clutterbug and Dawn the minimal mom joined forces for the Take Your House Back course. Can't remember the cost, but they have a ton of information/ideas on their website. Every few months they have an all day declutter which you can join in with, me being in the UK I usually do some of it the next day on catch up. I have learned a lot from the 3 of them. I still have a long way to go, but I'm slowly getting into the right mindset.
Viv UK
Tracey, the course is on sale right now for $94. The all day declutter is this coming Saturday. I signed up when it first launched with a 50% code from Dana. It does have some good stuff, but can be overwhelming. I don’t participate in the FB group and the all day declutters have always been at an inconvenient time for me. I did learn a lot from the paper clutter section, though.
I am a bee, with a few cricket tendencies. My favorite of the three of them is definitely Dana. Her book, How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind, was life-changing for me.
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Here because it’s getting too dark too early for a walk (boo).
Came home from Denise’s Tuesday. Got there Sat. On Sun he came to the hotel and went in the pool. On Sun Denise and Pete wanted to go to the store so we took PJ to a local park. He had a blast. I still can’t get over that it was only 2-3 miles from their home and they didn’t know anything about it. I’m glad I found it on the Internet. He finished his juice, we went home and got more, and the first thing he said was “go back to the park”. I do admit that it pulled at my heart when we got there and he pointed to me and said “who you”. Well, he only saw us one day in June. We gave him the trampoline, he seems to like it. I think they might keep it in the living room and he can jump while he’s watching TV. Uneventful ride home.
Trash cans: they pick up the trash once/week and the recyclables every two weeks. I tell you, the weeks when they don’t pick up the recyclables, I don’t even bother putting out the trash, we have so little. By the time they pick up the recyclables, I have so much that the bin is overflowing. There have been times when I’ve had to use a neighbor’s, too. NC recycles so much. At least we do.
PJ is going to get tubes put in his ears on the 21st.
We had to get our own dinner on Sat and Sun. On Mon they picked up a pizza (wow!). I’m not a big pizza eater so I had a salad. A caeser salad but no dressing. Basically, romaine lettuce, croutons, cheese and grilled chicken. On the way up there Vince stopped at 5 Guys in VA, and for a hamburger and french fries it was $17!
Jess called and one thing she wanted to know was when did I want the Tigger that she was going to draw the stripes on? It really doesn’t matter. Another time she wanted to know when we were going to have a “spa” day. I told her the last w/e in Sept. worked for me. I wonder if she’s planning it? I’m not.
Sandr, martine – welcome
Heather – love your pottery. Good for you signing up for another class
Worked on the drain more today. Got most of it done, just have to order 2 more boxes of rocks. I’ll post a pic when it’s finished. Personally, I think it looks pretty good and would like it done on the other drain. Why Vince procrastinated on getting it done, I don’t know. I came home from work and mentioned that it was a nice day, not hot, cloudy, not humid. He said it was a 70% humidity. No way! Then he had to wait for his razor to charge because he hadn’t shaved in two days (who cares? The only person who will see him is me and I’m not about to care), then he had to put Rover (robotic cleaner) in the pool. Really! Finally, he started to work on it.
Pip – love the table
decluttering: As I come across something I won’t use, don’t use, or doesn’t fit me, into a box for the Salvation Army it goes. Then, when the box is full, I make a donation. There have been times when I’ve had to take something out of the box for use, like one time I had a colander that I didn’t use at home but realized that I needed one at the condo.
Steve called and he’ll be here Thurs. He’s going to FL early, usually it isn’t until Oct. Wonder why he needs to be there early? I guess we’ll ask him when he gets here. He’s also going to stop to see Jess. I know she doesn’t have a bed yet for the guest room so he’ll stay here. The first night I’m thinking we’ll go out to dinner at this place we haven’t been to in a long time. The next night I’m thinking rib eye (since I know he likes it), corn on the cob that we got in July but I froze, and maybe waffle fries. I’m thinking an ice cream cake but I don’t want to spend a lot on it. After the soup kitchen tomorrow I’ll stop at this ice cream place that just opened in Newton to see if they can make one and I’ll pick it up next week after the soup kitchen
I have to laugh at this one manager at BK. She asked me to put the date stamp on the corner of the block of cheese. Something about changing the date. I’ve NEVER seen them change the date. Anyway, after I went to DE it seems that the person doing the prep put it on top. So I asked Jerry who did the prep while I was gone. Seems it was that manager! I guess she likes the “power” of being a manager. So I’m just going back to putting the date on top. To me, it’s more efficient anyway.
Karen – so good to read that your grandson’s are doing fine. You are one amazing woman. How horrible for your brother!
Lost rings: I feel so bad. MIL gavae me this really nice diamond ring. I loaned it to Denise when she got married. I remember Pete giving it back to me but then I lost it!
Debbie – Kitaro is so adorable!
Carol – let’s hope your dh keeps his new resolve up. So sorry about his tooth Update: glad he’s getting it taken care of
Allie – so sorry about your friend’s mom
Took Jerry home today and it seems that he’s really being good about the “no open drinks in the car”. When we were about to leave, he asked me to wait a minute while he finished his soda and then he threw out the can.
Lisa – good luck at the doc’s
Scammers: Normally, I don’t answer a call when I don’t know who it is. However, the one time I did because I was in the car, Vince was going to meet me at bowling, I couldn’t see the screen so I answered (thinking it was Vince) “yes”. They suddenly hung up. That’s when I realized it was probably a scam of some sort. Fortunately, nothing came of this
Vicki – good luck at your test
Debie – what a great way to deal with telemarketers!!!
Lanette – we have two WHY traps (wasp, hronet, and yellowjacket). Everything I read said that the attractant that comes with it is ineffective. So what I use is apple juice. To me, it works great
pip – good news about the blood thinner. I like to take as few meds as possible.
Karen – yea for your brother
Heather – I am so sorry about the queen dying. To me, the worst part is that now Charles is prince! Wish he’d give it to William.
Phew! Caught up.
Picked up ceramic Pluto
Michele NC4 -
I've lost 2.8 kg (just over 6 lbs) since mid-August.
We'll see what happens after this R&R weekend but I am hoping to keep the eating reasonable and the exercise as high as possible.
I think moving to this new job has helped. I am not tied to my desk as much and I've started climbing stairs again.
Machka in Oz5 -
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M - that's great!
One of the good things about being gone is that I got to exercise for two days!!!
Michele NC1 -
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walked again- was a bit warm the first time around until the breeze started. Got back to the parking lot after the second time around and it was DARK. Surprised there were people just starting to walk- there are no lights at all out there, just the moon.
14,000 steps/6.25 miles/ 1,921 cal.
Friend wants to walk again tomorrow. Glad it is supposed to be starting to cool down. Trying to find a balance of not so hot but also finishing up before it is totally dark.0 -
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dlfk202000 wrote: »walked again- was a bit warm the first time around until the breeze started. Got back to the parking lot after the second time around and it was DARK. Surprised there were people just starting to walk- there are no lights at all out there, just the moon.
14,000 steps/6.25 miles/ 1,921 cal.
Friend wants to walk again tomorrow. Glad it is supposed to be starting to cool down. Trying to find a balance of not so hot but also finishing up before it is totally dark.
We used to walk at night ... and brought head or hand torches.
That's a decent calorie burn for the day.
Machka in Oz1 -
Morning ladies
Im up and dressed.. getting ready to go over and watch Miles..1
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