WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2018

CJ so sorry! Prayers!

I am really enjoying the birds this year. We have had so many nests in our yards. Just found a finch nest today. Hearing the cardinals right now. We also have been getting a monarch almost everyday. I leave the milkweed in our garden and I have witnessed eggs being laid. I no longer use any weed killer in our yard or systemic to kill the Japanese beetles. Yes we have weeds but I 'll have weeds and some Japanese Beetles if it means I see the frogs in our yard, monarchs, and birds feeling this is a place to have their nests. This year we had two wren families, cardinals, robins, and now finches. I have also seen more bumble bees. I also figure if they poison the weeds they poison me and others too! After my friend and I walked we sat in our bacd yard and watched a gold finch take a drink at the bird bath. Simple pleasure. I want to post a sign that says I do not live at a golf course I am making peace with weeds to protect the bees, frogs, and birds.

Margaret

Hi Gals,

Oh my – life got the better of me, 345 post to read!!!

Mary – great news that your daughter is showing improvement. LATER – sorry to hear she’s doing poorly – sending good thoughts

Couple of stray comments on wills/trusts ect… so be sure the will and your property is in your current name, by property – I mean car, house, rv, and stocks, bonds, bank accounts… My grandmom was married 5 times, and always changed her name but never changed it on the old accounts, the house, a business …. 5 years of lawyers! GRR and a ton of money down the drain. Your executor (in California at least) can be anyone you trust – a friend, family member, clergy…. And for families that get along doing little may work, but in my family and in others a death of someone with any amount of money seems to bring out relations that either we have never met or only once at the last time they were trying for $$$. If it is all clearly written out and at least looked over by a lawyer the headaches for those still living is less.


Beth – sending strength

Peach – Sorry to hear about your friend

Allie – that sounds like the perfect job for you

Pip – sending hugs

Heather – great interview

NYKaren – (((hugs)))

I had my god daughter visit for 4 days we had a great time, and ended it with a bang?? We gardened together, cooked, went to Budweiser Brewery for a tour and had a great time. She has been thinking about breaking up with her boyfriend of 2 years. He is very nice, but not really a match, they are in different places in life with different goals – she’s 22 starting her masters, has visited 22 countries and 40 US states, fluent in English and Spanish, can get along in Mandarin, she is headed to her doctorate in Physical Therapy, she is career oriented, politically active, and has strong beliefs and opinions – He’s 20 has left California only to go see my god daughter in Boston, but really misses home and isn’t that interested in travel, wants a nice wife and to have 6 kids and live a few blocks from his parents. He has an EMT certificate and will be looking for his first job. He’d be happy to be the bread winner and have his wife cook, clean and raise kids. She broke it off with him at my house – lots of tears! In the long run for the best but heart breaking. He was so in love he did not see the differences. I was so glad to be there for her.

Then a couple of days after she left to go back to Boston, my nephew, my mom (his grandma) and I did a day trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium what a delightful place, I have been before and love it! There is so much to see. It is right on the pacific ocean and has the waves of the ocean come right into the tidal pools that are indoors. As well as HUGE salt water tanks, the one that has it’s own growing kelp forest is 28 feet tall and 65 feet long with all the walls of tank being glass with 320,000 gallons (us) of water! In addition to kelp there are hundreds of species of fish.

So while I did not spend the night away I got such a good change of pace that I feel like I got a vacation.

Smiles

Kim from N. California