WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2017

Just wanted everyone to know that the MRI came out with NO CANCER. What a relief. I'm now up to .8mile of walking one way.

This is Buffalo Bayou going through downtown Houston today. Still out of its banks but not in the streets anymore. It was up in the building in the picture before receding. This pedestrian bridge was about 15 feet under water on Monday and is normally about 30 feet above the water. So it is down, but not down enough. They are working hard to get the basements and underground parking garages pumped out but with the bayou still running high it is hard for the water to drain. It's happening though. The bayou behind my house was half way empty. Yet there are areas of town that are still under water and deeply flooded. My son spent the day pulling carpet out of his friend's house that had just been completed from suffering 25 inches of water in the Tax Day Flood. Thankfully they had not moved any furniture in yet. A long way to go in recovery but it is starting. My houses are all good, I did mold remediation and cleanup in my house where the garage flooded. I had very little affected because I moved it all up four feet before leaving. Unfortunately a lot of people either didn't bother or just didn't have time. I have one young friend who sent out a message and pictures showing the water in the street, well away from her apartment. 20 minutes later she had a foot in her apartment and was collecting stuff to go and within the hour she had 3 feet in the apartment and was waiting for a boat to get to her. It was so fast she was only able to get a bag of clothes and her pets. Now Port Arthur is under water. Harvey needs to let up and move on. We're tired of Harvey in Texas!

If you want to help or contribute consider JJ Watt's fundraiser. I have confidence it will get used for the people that need it. JJ is a pretty awesome guy.

Hello all!
I'm trying again on my iPhone. (3rd time's a charm!) This will be quick, since it's getting late.

I see the lights are on in the metro area of Houston. That is good to see! It's been so sad. Now Port Arthur and Louisiana.

We are getting some rain from Harvey but not too much. More thru the rest of the week.

Marcelyn & Ginger I'm happy y'all are ok!! Luckily other friends are ok down in Corpus too.

I worked at TxDOT in Austin when I lived in Texas. I bet there are a lot of engineers and maintenance guys out there on the roads and bridges checking for damage. They have a lot of clean up to do. But the maintenance people are on call, so they will work as long as they can per day, night or day.

Lenora I know about the trees! It's a love hate relationship! We live our trees, but with 93 + trees in an acre and a half, there are constant branches and twigs dropping all year and the leaves! I wish we did have more pine. The needles would keep down the grasses but we have mostly oaks, pecans and Hickory.
Bob has the mower set as high as it will go so he can run it over the leaves.

Lanette Yummy! Homemade applesauce!

Becca I love the rocks!! You are the Queen! The Queen of saving and shopping! Way to go!

My grandmother survived the depression. She stored up sugar and flour and saved everything. She cut buttons off of clothes and kept them in a Mason jar and either used the fabrics to make quilts or for rags. I still have a piece of quilt too she made. It was a crazy quilt all stitched by hand. She also wrote events on it in thread. Birthdays, etc.

I went down to Lowes for the 3rd time today. We bought a fridge, stove and microwave on Monday, but later we thought the microwave wasn't going to work up above the stove, so we went back to adjust the paperwork. We bought a range hood instead. All fine and good but I noticed the girl at customer service didn't refund the installation on the microwave. So we went back today to straighten that out! $113 refunded.

But on the way home we saw an accident and since being a witness we had to stop. A tow truck came off the freeway ramp and turned onto the road and a large steel part of the tow bar went flying into the road. A lady driving a new "Discovery" Land Rover stomped on her brakes to miss it and a guy in a Dodge SUV hit her! Bam!! Loud! I was behind him on the turn so I had a good view of the whole thing. So right at the freeway with people off of work made it rough for people to get around us. Luckily the tow truck driver came right back and an officer was nearby too. So, we had an exciting day! Right?

I retired twice BTW. I worked for TxDOT and quit and filed for my SS in Dec/2013, thinking I would retire but not sure if I wanted to file to retire from the state of Texas. But I was bored and was binging on Netflix and cookies!! I decided to go back to work and in April I went back to work at Texas Parks and Wildlife.

My DH also worked for the state (35 years) and in 2015 we decided to retire and buy a house in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It took some adjustment for sure!! Living in Austin and going to the clubs and eating out all at BBQ joints and TexMex!! Culture shock! Even we vacationed up here all the time but I think Bob was depressed for a long time. He's doing ok now, but the first year was rough. Plus my mother moved in and there was some tension. She moved out, so things are better!

Have a good evening.
Dana in Arkansas

Got some good deals, saved $820

Next on my list is revising and updating our wills. Also I want to get our passports. Then we will figure out how much Mexico will be and if we can actually afford it. We will do it. Where there's a will there is a way.

It was my big bro's birthday. 68 today. I asked him how he was celebrating? No time for that , it's Wednesday night cards. hmmm.... Does he know he is sounding like my Mom.

Prayers for all in Texas

Sharon not enjoying the scorcher that was today.

Allie - I would think twice about taking your family up to the cottage if he is drinking again. That would be NO fun. You wouldn't be disappointing them, he would. As I understand it your father gave the cottage to your brother, so I don't see how you are responsible for it. Don't listen to his nonsense, just put the phone down. You have learnt to be strong with Tom, be the same with your brother. He may be jealous that you are changing your life and as he sees you getting stronger he is doing his best to ruin things.
You know I care about you - don't let yourself get sucked in to his dramas. Contact Al Anon if you need to talk to someone.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Thanks for all of your prayers and good thoughts! My DH sent an email to the COO of his company saying how disappointed he was in the situation and the fact that he has to now find employment with the competition. He was contacted within a couple of hours of that email by the head of the talent acquisition team. He will be getting in invite for an interview today before noon. Supposedly there was some glitch in their system and they did not get his application for the position he applied for. So even though he had an interview with them four weeks ago one hand did not know what the other was doing! Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as this would be the ideal situation for him as well as his company. He is extremely talented at what he does. And would be an asset to them. Today is the beginning of my second garage sale. Everything is falling into place for us to hopefully be on the road by Monday morning! Then hopefully we can have some normalcy in our life!



Mary from Minnesota