WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2023
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Margaret take it easy! That’s really early to have to get up in the morning. I used to sleep in till 8 AM but now that we are here I am getting up around 6:15 every morning!
💕 Mary from Minnesota/Arizona
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Allie with them having to pay $800 out in child care have they thought about Tracy quitting her job and doing part-time work when Kyle is home? Or vice a versa? You do have to worry about your health.
💕 Mary from Minnesota/Arizona5 -
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Rebecca - So glad he checked in, glad he's OK!
It was a good day - came home from the eye doc, who was very pleased with my eyes. Said my current glasses are correcting me to 20-20, and my eyes are healthy, no need for new glasses at all. Absolutely the only eye doctor who has not tried to sell me new glasses or contacts or anything. I wanted to kiss that woman's face. It was so nice to hear good news from someone with "Dr." in front of their name.
Got home, ate lunch, finished my book, and then got on the big mower and mowed the entire five acres by the house. Had to take a shower from the blowing schmutz and thrown dirt. Took two hours (the mowing, not the shower!), and made me feel normal and useful.
Like I said, it's been a good day.
Hope yours have been too...
Lisa in AR11 -
Mary- her work is part time she works 8-12
She checked with the state and between the 2 of them they make to much for childcare help.
Nice they have gotten free coverage this far..Tracy is making 22.00 an hr and doesn't want to lose that..
So I don't know what there plan of action is.
Miles has learned to wave hello or goodbye lol5 -
Allie, If i did the math right she's making about $350 a month (before taxes) she would be saving money by taking care of Miles herself. And if she could take in a friend's child too she could have a bit of cash.
Kim3 -
fanncy0626 wrote: »
This is what we get to look at right on our RV site. We’re going to get a couple of kayaks or a canoe. Maybe a paddle boat would even be better!
Does anybody know of a free plant identifier app for an iPhone? I have tried at least six different apps that claim to be free and every single one of them expects payment after one week. One of them I was able to get five plants identified before it would no longer let me use it without signing up for a free week then a 4.99 fee after that. But you have to sign up with your card in order to do that. We have moved to our new resort RV site and I am digging up the garden and I was wondering what type bush this is.
💕 Mary from Minnesota/Arizona
I used the identifier that is standard on my Samsung Galaxy and it said purple leaf sand cherry2 -
Happy, happy birthday Pip!
Heather and Rori - sounds like you had a fun time together. So glad you were able to meet up.
Mary and Debbie - sorry for your rental woes. I am right there with you. We rent usually to traveling nurses and had mostly very good experiences but this last time we rented to a lady from my church whose husband died and she did not pay her rent so got thrown out of her appartment. DD and I both believe at this point that she has some early dementia going on. She is now out of the cabin but has left a bunch of stuff behind which is in our barn. We will see how this plays out but will not be returning her deposit for sure.
Rebecca - glad your son is safe.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA
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Tracey-haven't given formal notice yet, but we are talking about transition plan. I was so frustrated yesterday over some of the political stuff, I could have left then! Looking at December-works well with changing health insurance, etc.
Karen-I think we are all entitled to some slogging time.
Lisa-slept a bit better. Still got up early. Today went better. It's a vicious, never ending war with weeds. Glad you got good news from someone with Doctor in their name. Good job mowing!
Pip-Happy Birthday! You have very thoughtful kids!
Allie-I'm in agreement with Tracy consider staying at home full time. More people are deciding to have one parent stay at home because the finances of child care are insane. It can be good for the kids too.
Rori-how cool you got to dip into the Channel. Sounds like your vacation has been wonderful.
Nothing else to report here. Tired so hitting bed early.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
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Who knows...I know she pays her car payment and car insurance and groceries out of her pay.. and maybe Carmines therapy which is 100.00 a week.. but personally I don't see that its helping any she is just knuckling down and being more rebellious and nasty.
Im just doing what I can to help,but she knows that its getting to be to much for me.she will be talking to Josie tomorrow2 -
Allie, If i did the math right she's making about $350 a month (before taxes) she would be saving money by taking care of Miles herself. And if she could take in a friend's child too she could have a bit of cash.
Kim
I think it's 20 hours a week. So about 1600 before taxes? Without a calculator.
Flea
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Pip - Happy Birthday!! That wooden wall is amazing, such a difference. Thanks for the "before" picture.
Rori - I'm really enjoying the photos of you and Heather and Johnny. and hearing about your adventures. Where next? Are you on your way back to the States?
Sue - how sad your last renter didn't work out. So many older gals in financial crisis after their DH's pass it seems - and the dementia isn't helping. Our community has at least one large apartment complex dedicated to low income seniors who don't need medical care or assistance. They look pretty cute and have little balconies.
Mary - looks like you have definite ID on your tree
. Wasn't there another one you were questioning? It was several months back - looked like a maple?
Tracey - so glad you are keeping busy and taking time for you.
Ginny - December will be here before you know it. Any progress in looking for eventual retirement spot?
Debbie - wow, your mom's roomie locking her (your!) room is wierd. Glad there's an expert helping prepare the paperwork.
Kind of busy today. Planted carrots in a large pot, and am almost finished putting plastic slats in the chainlink fence between the house and the shop. Only doing every other row - we get such brisk winds here I'd be afraid of wind damage to the fence. The idea is to slow it down some - I want to put tomatoes along that fence without them getting beat to death. Worked OK last year, should be better with the slats. We shall see.
Temps nearly in the 80's, repeat tomorrow then cool down into the 70's for a while.
Before I forget - do any of you have ancient cats and if so what are you feeding them? My old kitty is finally starting to eat again - I have been putting out half a pouch of Churu brand stews or Delectible brothy/ creamy type food per day. She eats that then finishes up with her dry cat food. Very, very picky. Typical cat I think.
Lanette
SW WA State5 -
Good evening ladies!
I ate 1343 calories today. I've been eating over my limit a lot this week. I rode horseback, rode my bike and did dumbbells Yay! For a deficit of 239 Yay!
My Dad's church is having a picnic Saturday. I told my mom I would go with her if she wants to go. It would be good for her on a good day, but confusing on a bad mental day, and awkward on a bad digestion day. So maybe. It's good for me to get out also, but it's not my church so that makes me feel awkward. I don't know people and I won't eat much. Hmm. I wonder if we are supposed to bring food and my dad forgot that part?
I've been reading ahead about how to set up my laptop. Windows is worse every time. I hope I can get it up and running for my zoom Sunday night. My list of Saturday errands keeps growing.
Anyway, hope everyone has a great day!
Annie in Delaware
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Thank you ALL for the birthday wishes, had a great day5
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Flea - thanks for the math corrections!0
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At bday dinner
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Our wall is done!! I am beyond happy with how it came out! A local guy we sold something to is a carpenter and he answered my request for help. He did a quick fantastic job. Hubby and I just finished staining it ourselves. Not perfect, our first time but I’m happy it!!!!
Very nice!
It's great to have a pleasant and relaxing outdoor space like that.
M in Oz2 -
On the scale again this morning, and the stair climbing is doing what it is supposed to do.
I'm down another 0.8 kg from last weekend ... 3 kg (6.6 lbs) from mid-March.
I've also been cutting back on food, and I'm just a little bit hungry some of the time, but that's OK.
I had a look at my overstuffed dressing room. I have a lot of clothes, in different sizes, because I have been different sizes over the years. However, I don't have a lot of clothes at the size I was in mid-March. I bought a few, but then it dawned on me that I've got lots of clothes, and if I wanted to save myself some money, I could try losing a bit of weight ... then I might fit into more clothes.
It usually takes me at least a 10 kg loss to move down a size. I had just started buying a few things at Size 20 (Australia) ... so hopefully shortly I will be fitting nicely into my Size 18 clothes again.
For reference, these are a couple size comparison charts ...
I use PlantSnap app to identify plants. I can check 3 or 5 (I forget) plants a day for free.
Machka in Oz
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Lisa - I wouldn’t have been asleep through that either.
I love that little joke, I’m going to tell my grandson. He gets those types and really enjoys them.
Karen - hugs to you.
Pip - Happy Birthday!
Beth - maybe you scared the wildlife away. I agree with you, I hope your husband sees reason and gets some helpers. That seems like a huge task.
Machka - thank you for that! I am going to review it before my phone interview on Monday.
Rori and Heather - How nice to be able to spend some time together. It was lovely.
Rita - happy to hear you had a good dr visit.
Allie - What a mess. I hope Tracy and Kyle get things together soon. It’s hard on everyone involved.
Would Carmine stay with her grandfather for a while?
I ran away from home when I was 15 because Dad and I weren’t getting along. My friends Mom told me I could stay there on the condition that I went to school and told my parents where I was.
The day after my grandparents came and took me out of school, took me for lunch and told me that I could live with them. So I did for about a year. Funny thing is, my parents lived in the same driveway not even 100 yards away. I still saw my parents several times a day. It was enough of a break to repair our relationship though.
Sometimes all kids need is someone in their corner and my Grandparents always were.
They are who I try to be as a grandparent.
I agree with Kim, it will cost them more for her to work. I took in friends children when my girls were young for the same reason. I didn’t charge them what daycare would charge, I made a bit and they didn’t have to struggle.
Did they not think about childcare when they were deciding to have a baby?
Machka - I have to lose some weight too, I refuse to go buy larger clothes again. When I was losing as things became too big I donated them so I would run into this issue if I gained weight back.
I was hoping to be down another size or two before I gained it back if I had to though.
DH continued on his storage building today so I mowed the lawn. Our mower is not self propelled and our lawn is incredibly uneven that was a workout. I probably shouldn’t have done anything after that. I didn’t listen to my body and decided to rearrange some of the totes so I can have things better organized when they go in their sheds. I worked on that way too long and am really feeling it tonight. I think I’m turning in.
DH starts his summer rotation tomorrow so I have the next 4 days to myself.
Tracey in Edmonton6 -
I’m living in a nightmare! I was able to get pictures of the posts of my harasser. I thought that finally I would be able to get his post flagged and removed…So, I reported him to the group’s admin. Not just one group but two! Guess what they did…they blocked me! Both groups! He should have been blocked or at least had to remove the posts.
So, I reported the posts to FB guess what they did… they closed the case and did nothing.
Now I can’t list my house on the sites that I usually do! If anyone would be able to get me the names of the admin and moderators on the Walker MN Buy and Sell group I might be able to message them or report them to FB. I already have the names of the other groups admin. I just can’t find out how to report them. They blocked me and I can’t do what FB says to do.
Sue I feel for you! Traveling nurses are supposed to be good money. My DIL was trying to rent her house in Texas to them but they wanted her to do some upgrades and she didn’t want to.
💕Mary from Minnesota/Arizona4 -
Pip,
Happy Birthday! Wonderful photos of your celebration.
And I love the look of the wall! Well done! You have a talent.
p.s. your kids did good with the birthday gift.
Karen in Virginia2 -
fanncy0626 wrote: »I’m living in a nightmare! I was able to get pictures of the posts of my harasser. I thought that finally I would be able to get his post flagged and removed…So, I reported him to the group’s admin. Not just one group but two! Guess what they did…they blocked me! Both groups! He should have been blocked or at least had to remove the posts.
So, I reported the posts to FB guess what they did… they closed the case and did nothing.
Now I can’t list my house on the sites that I usually do! If anyone would be able to get me the names of the admin and moderators on the Walker MN Buy and Sell group I might be able to message them or report them to FB. I already have the names of the other groups admin. I just can’t find out how to report them. They blocked me and I can’t do what FB says to do.
Sue I feel for you! Traveling nurses are supposed to be good money. My DIL was trying to rent her house in Texas to them but they wanted her to do some upgrades and she didn’t want to.
💕Mary from Minnesota/Arizona
I think I would have waited until she left before I advertised the place again.
After all, you have to show it and I think she's within her rights to refuse you and anyone else entry. You'll have to check that.
Is what he says true?
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fanncy0626 wrote: »I’m living in a nightmare! I was able to get pictures of the posts of my harasser. I thought that finally I would be able to get his post flagged and removed…So, I reported him to the group’s admin. Not just one group but two! Guess what they did…they blocked me! Both groups! He should have been blocked or at least had to remove the posts.
So, I reported the posts to FB guess what they did… they closed the case and did nothing.
Now I can’t list my house on the sites that I usually do! If anyone would be able to get me the names of the admin and moderators on the Walker MN Buy and Sell group I might be able to message them or report them to FB. I already have the names of the other groups admin. I just can’t find out how to report them. They blocked me and I can’t do what FB says to do.
Sue I feel for you! Traveling nurses are supposed to be good money. My DIL was trying to rent her house in Texas to them but they wanted her to do some upgrades and she didn’t want to.
💕Mary from Minnesota/Arizona
I think I would have waited until she left before I advertised the place again.
After all, you have to show it and I think she's within her rights to refuse you and anyone else entry. You'll have to check that.
Is what he says true?
M in Oz
If it isn't true, you might have a case for libel. Have a chat with a lawyer.
M in Oz0 -
Pip your wall is lovely. Happy belated birthday, looks like a fun celebration.
Lisa I have only an acre to mow... five makes you a Wonder Woman...
Betsy in NW WA2 -
Morning ladies
Sheesh this morning was nuts
Today is field day at Carmines school so she ranted and raved and wanted to stay home,she hides in the bathroom at school or goes to the nurses office to get out of classes.
And both Rich and I live in senior housing where it wouldn't be allowed for her to live,her other grandma she could live with but she is a off the wall crazy...
So I don't know how its all going to work out ..
They are at there wits end..and the fighting and yelling isn't good for Miles at all.1
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