WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2018

Just a quick blurb before I head out the door. GUESS who called me last night?! The "No" mama! lol She is currently living with her father (who is helping take care of active 1 1/2 yr old); she told him about the fact that I use the word "No" and her father told her that she needs to call me and take the spot! lol His words: "She sounds old school! He needs that! You could have a whole different kid after a couple months!" So...she called and asked if she could bring him 3 or 4 weeknights (5pm-10:30pm) and one day (6:30am-4:30pm) on the weekend. That works. For now, that will still give me one full day off on the weekend and two to three evenings off during the week. Yea! Now...off to Joaquin with a lighter heart/mind! ttfn KJ

Awesome, a group for 50+! Happy Friday everyone! Feel free to add me.

Hi all,
I've been spending the morning writing an article for The Survivors Trust about how I got up the courage to tell my sons. Hope they like it. Got to copy it out in a Word document this pm.
DH only got an hour of watching cricket in. Now it is pouring with rain. Shame, because the ex captain of England is in the other team.
Had a good night's sleep and the antibiotics seem to be winning at last. Not quite through the woods yet.

KJ - you are an amazing woman. Respect.

Must pack up a few more books this pm.

On the house front, the no sell deal with our buyer's has fallen by the wayside after a very heated exchange through the agents where they wanted us to drop the price by £10,000 . I felt as if they were taking us for idiots and that was their intention all along. My valiant DH rang the agents and told him what he thought of the whole thing, plus the stupid English home buying system, and we received an apology by email. He may come over next week to talk. The buyer's house is back on the market and they have viewings. Haven't heard much from our vendors.
I started to cry down in Hove and got a cuddle from my son. Edie asked "Why is granny crying?" Difficult to explain. I was beside myself with rage for a few minutes.

So, better today. Nothing we can do. Let it go. Thank you to Lanette.
I have a roof over my head.

The babysitting was hectic and exhausting. Both parents dashing off to London, working every second, knackered. We were sooooooo tired, but DH kept it together when I needed a nap for my cystitis. He is a hero. At the last minute I had to produce dinner for 5 when I wasn't expecting to, but we all got fed with hardly any food in the fridge. We had to buy bread etc, because everything had run out. I haven't had a vegetable or salad for two days. Parenthood ! ! !

Glad to be back in the old routine.

Much love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxx

Your welcome katla here’s an old pic of us after a training ride. September is coming b4 u know it

Made it through pg 77. Might have some time later but doubtful
I am procrastinating about a shower because as soon as I have one then I will be ready to go to the lawyer. I really don't want to do this but think I have to make sure I protect myself. This is not a good way to live.

Yesterday I took Jason to the ER. He blacked out the day before driving on the highway. SHE didn't think it was important to let anyone know because he told her not to? What the actual H? She can't drive here because of reasons that are too dumb to get into here. He took yesterday off and then texted his sister in the early afternoon to take him to a walk in. He told the doctor this was happening a couple times a week. License suspended, blood work, CT, and scheduled for an EEG on Tues afternoon. Off work on medical until they find out what this is and if it can be resolved. He told Doc that his brain has not been right since he was in the coma for 2 weeks after his accident. He has told me before that he thinks something happened to his brain in that accident in 1997. SHE didn't come with us to the ER and didn't even keep in touch to see what was happening. Jheri went in the house to get her brother and SHE kept trying to talk to Jheri about redoing her resume. Jheri's opinion is that HER priorities are screwed up and that SHE is batshit crazy. Lucky my little spitfire didn't rip HER to shreds.

Better go, can't stall any longer.

I hope I can pop in through the weekend. Looks like being Grandma Taxi just got extended.

-Sharon in Lethbridge living through chaos but trying to be mindful

Hello ladies my name is Maria I just joined the group I turned 54 this month on the 18th . I feeling so tired today I can't get myself off to start the day yup yup its started without me . Thanks reading your stories I'm up and hoping into shower

Pip: You and Kirby look happy together in the photo you shared, and absolutely fit and ready to go.

Margaret & Heather: Your comments to Heather match my thoughts very well. :grumble: I also pray that Heather's buyers come through for her.

Karen in VA: I have great luck with fuchsias because they are on a north facing wall and have shade in the hot part of the day. I also have an automatic drip watering system so that they are watered every morning and evening, whether we are at home or travelling. :bigsmile:

(((Sharon in Lethbridge))) You are an awesome, strong and resilient person. I am totally impressed with how well you are handling a difficult situation. :flowerforyou:

Felicia & Karen: I didn't prune my tropical fuchsias at the end of the season, and they are thriving. I did prune my hardy fuchsia but left the stems about 10 inches high. I just took another look at the hardy fuchsia and see little green leaves starting to grow on those stems. It is ALIVE!!! :bigsmile:

Heather: I hope that your son will do well at the Brighton Beer Festival. Sending good thoughts his way.


I just received a thank you note from my granddaughter for a gift we sent for her birthday. This is the first written note she has ever sent to me. I asked her mom to help her give it a try. I'm absolutely thrilled. I'm planning to send a note back to her ASAP. It seems to me that letter writing is a fine art that is falling away due to the internet and phone calls. I hope to make it a special "thing" between my granddaughter and me.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

"What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year." ~Vern McLellan

Well, we’re back. Wednesday I used the stairstepper at the Y in Reston then Thurs I did some HIIT at the hotel. Today I took the water class and the plan for tomorrow is to do Gunner Peterson’s Core Secrets DVD.

We fully thought that when we go to VA we would get the truck and everything would be boxed up and ready to load. WRONG They were still deciding which furniture, etc. that Colby would keep and Jess would put in storage. We had to wait for Colby to come back from work (at 7) to determine if he would keep the sofa. Which meant that we could only pack some of the truck until we knew if we needed to keep room aside for the sofa. Wednesday we didn’t finish loading until midnight.

We thought we could leave early Thurs and get to Newton in time to get the storage unit. WRONG Jess had things that she’d packed the night before that we had to load into her car, my car, some in the truck.

Lucky us got to unload the truck in the rain. Well, the storage place has an overhang, so that was good. At least it wasn’t pouring rain while we were loading. Sometimes it would sprinkle.

I tell you, my legs are hurting! I can’t even count how many times I went up and down those stairs.

Colby admitted to Jess that he was in denial that this was going to happen and he apologized to her. He said something Tues like “well, I guess we could go down Fri”. Vince almost blew a gasket! He said “this is something you’ve known about for months and now you’re wanting to put it off for another day?”

Rye – I didn’t go to my prom. I went out with some friends who meant something to me. Sorry, hardware stores don’t “do it” for me.

Margaret – what a great way to look at your son being in your home for Christmas. Denise many times is rude to me, but that’s a good way to look at it

Heather – was reading your book in VA. Very compelling. I agree, I can’t get over how many things from our childhood we shared.

Terry in VT – I certainly will post a pic of the board when I get it back. Hope your hubby can give me some ideas, that would be great. Loved your earrings

Jess went to the DMV since she needs to register her car in NC and get a NC license. Only they told her that the computers have been down since 1:00 yesterday and they have no idea when they’ll be back up. Looks like it won’t get registered until she comes back. Well, the important thing is that she has insurance and she just renewed her registration.

I cancelled Jess' membership at the Y in Reston. It was on my MasterCard. I just told them that she was out of the country. If I hadn't, they probably would have wanted her to come in and cancel it. They wouldn't email a cancellation for to her

My sinuses sometimes started to act up, but not real bad. It was just the change in temperature. Once I adjusted to the new temperature, all was fine. I did bring some decongestant with me, just in case.

Dana – I’m so sorry to hear about Lisa. I remember seeing that hospital. It’s almost across the street from the NIH. Stunning pic

pip - Great wooden bike

Janetr – congrats

Holly – welcome! Sounds like you found a good place here

Believe it or not, up in VA I actually found some daffodil bulbs and got about 7 of them. Who knows what’ll happen, but I will plant them and see

Rori – have a great trip

Kris from CA – welcome

KJ – I completely understand why that little boy didn’t want to leave you. I wouldn’t either Never said “no” to? Wonder if that mother will ever be able to find child care. It’s probably a good thing you won’t see him again. If you did, talk about the headaches! Have a good time at ND and with Joaquin. Update: Wow, that woman called you back! Glad she’s taking her father’s advice, but it’ll probably be a bit more work for you.

Rebecca (I think you’ll always be Becca to me) – awesome you added another bead. Congrats to every loser. And if you’re like me who hasn’t lost, at least we didn’t gain!

Colby just came down. He’s planning to go to the airport with us tomorrow. He and Jess are going to the movies tonight and Vince and I are going to a play

Hey, I can use that obesity soap, too.

Welcome anyone new that I may have missed

Maria – welcome

Made pork chops for us to have later in the week. After exercise stopped at WalMart to get the pork chops then rushed home to hopefully help Vince return the truck. Only he and Jess had left by the time I got home

Michele in NC