WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2018
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Home. Wiped out. Son's all moved in, wi-fi on (he's paying) at the stone house. I keep falling asleep every time I sit down. Looking forward to sleeping in my bed.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR again9 -
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Try calling SS office? Or do you have the SS booklet? Pat CDealing with a migraine for the last 3 days. I am supposed to be sensitive to chocolate and peanuts, but didn’t think of that and had a couple of Dove dark chocolates with peanut butter in them. I think that might be the cause.
Question: if you are on disability with Medicare and a supplemental insurance, does anything change when you turn 65?
RV Rita still in Cathedral Gorge State Park in Panaca Nevada
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Finally got a bird to stand still on the birdbath long enough for me to take a picture.9 -
Terry ... Hi! I remember you (you haven't been gone THAT long) and your lovely jewelry as well as the fact that you have been successful in the past with healthy eating habits ... which means you can do it again!
Re ... I fell 700 posts behind in July but understand that you lost your mother ... my deepest sympathy.
Kelly ... the sunset photography with the coast guard ships reminded me of the old saying "red skies at night, sailor's delight" ...
Dana ... your photo is lovely ... I see a difference.
Heather ... I keep "uplifting" notes and letters as well. There was an author, Barbara Johnson I think ... who used to talk about having a box full of "happy-es" that you could pull from when needing a lift.
MFP sent me a notice celebrating 5 years of being with MFP. I've been very heavy ... made amazing progress ... put it all back on ... lost some ... and am now about 40 pounds over my lowest weight which means I have 80 to lose. But it's a new month and I've resolved to begin again.
Decluttering ... I can tell you that without a doubt, if my house is in disarray ... if the piles of paper are becoming overwhelming ... then my weight is probably out of control as well. If I can keep the major areas of my house maintained, I find my weight loss efforts more successful too ... it takes on a symbiotic relationship.
It has been a chaotic summer so far and this month will be a difficult one. In 12 days we take my YS back to school in Nashville. Helping him get his things together ... he is my major source of chaos and clutter ... I'll miss him but not his stuff.
My OS continues to have health problems. It seems the medicinal pump he had implanted in December is migrating outwards ... trying to push through the skin actually. Won't try to describe this to you all as it's a rather disturbing situation and dangerous as the medicine is pumped through a catheter to his spinal fluid. He is slated to have surgery to remove and relocate the pump the day after we return from taking his brother back to school. We are praying it does not require emergency surgery before then. In the midst of that he is being moved from his current house to a temporary lodging as renovations are made to his home in preparation of being certified. He's not happy about this at all. On a positive note, he's been eating better and showing consistency in hydration which is making a significant difference in his physical and mental health. But I have work to do with his care aides. YS found one of the aides sprinkling sugar on his brother's ice-cream because the blueberries topping wasn't sweet enough?!? Sugar on ice-cream ...
My goals for August are to follow through on medical appointments/referrals. Focus on healthy eating and calorie goals .. not my weight (although I will weigh daily as this has helped me stay accountable ... I just won't let the number dictate my joy for the day). Seriously clean one room per week (have not deep cleaned in ages). And have my backyard deck area weeded by September ... it's a disgrace .. the gardeners on here would be appalled.
Beth near Buffalo
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Hi ladies,
Re, sorry to hear that your mom passed. That’s so hard. (((Hugs)))
Dana, what a great picture. You look fantastic.
Barbie, hope you are feeling better soon. What kind of bird is that?
Lisa, glad you are home safe and sound.
Meg, glad your DH loved the card. You might be on to something with your card business idea. Start researching girl!
Machka, good for you standing your ground. Good to remind them what’s it’s like on the other side of an appointment.
Rita, yes, Tony is a rat terrier. We inherited him when my daughter moved backwards and to VT and couldn’t keep him in an apt. We just love him. Unfortunately, he can be skidish because of her last boyfriend who was abusive.
Good day today. Actually got outside and we went out for lunch and then did groceries. I was wizzing around on my scooter. Got a lot of looks and smiles. Felt so good. I hadn’t been out of the house in 8 days. I even made it out and back in without falling. DH says he’s going to build me a little ramp so I can get outside during the day. He has to help lift me up steps and it isn’t good for his back problems. He also just had a heart monitor put in so that it will take readings of any misfiring episodes he has. They need to identify where in his heart it’s happening. He has little ones daily and one that sends him to the emergency room about once a year so it may take awhile before they get a good enough reading. It’s all sent to the dr by his cellphone. Amazing.
Thunderstorm late this afternoon. I just love the listen to one and usually sit on the porch so I can watch it. Didn’t go outside but still enjoyed it.
Well I’m tucked in bed and ready to do my nightly reading.
Terry very tired from my trip out and about today.6 -
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Rori, love your "be lighter" goal. So apt, for more than just the physical, ok if I borrow "lighter" for my word of the month?
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
60 g protein 3/3, meditate 3/3, walk one more step 0/3, knee exercises 3/3, core 3/4, walk Tumble 1/4 times, SWSY 0/4, hang up or purge art 0/1
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Barbara: I co-opted "be lighter" from our brilliant friend, Lisa. So, sure, you can certainly use it.
Hurt my back today lifting heavy concrete blocks that I use to hold some planters on my deck. Didn't think anything of it until DH and I came back from the farmer's market, and I had difficulty walking. Rested today. Will use ointment and healing thoughts tonight. BTW: The golden beets I've been getting every weekend have been fabulous. I clean, chop and roast them with olive oil, salt and pepper. Delicious either cold or warm.
Take care. We can do this.
Rori
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margaretturk wrote: »Machka I wish the people you are trying to coordinate could be easier to work with. You have so many balls in the air that it is more than enough. The fact you even were able to give them three dates to chose from is amazing. Maybe they typically deal with only retired people who are not busy. I would like to know where they are too. It is frustrating they didn't just pick a date without having you to explain yourself.
I Know when I try to coordinate with more than one friend and sometimes just with one friend how difficult that can be. I had one retired friend who had to pencil me in a month and a half in advance. When the day came she said she had to babysit. Then she changed her mind and we got together for 45 minutes before she had to go. Amazingly we are still friends. She is one who has a hard time saying NO! We now go to exercise 2-3 days a week. She doesn't drive so I pick her up. She is right on the way so it works out just fine. She has had me over for brunches and tea so it is a give and take relationship.
Being respectful of yours and others time is a hallmark of being a good friend. It is something I work on because I am one who does have trouble pacing myself, too.
Margaret
My impression is that they work with a lot of retired people who have daughters (usually) or sons with them, and my impression is that the daughters who accompany their parents to rehab either don't work or work part-time.
When they were getting ready to send my husband home, they talked to us like he would be going to his home, his this, his that, etc. etc., like I didn't live there too. I had to emphasise many times that it's MY home. Then the whole process of getting a homecare worker for my husband started with the Rehab people being surprised ... why on earth couldn't I do it?
So I don't think they encounter our situation very often.
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I still check in now and again. Sad to say I gained 50 pounds through everything that happened the last 2 years with all that went on. Shouldn’t have let it but I did.... so now weigh more than ever and now that DH is home every night, we y’all can just imagine. Hi to old friends and new.... Re I am so terribly sorry. My heart truly breaks....4
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Did Brenadette Giorgi’s Just B Live Foam Roller DVD. I tell you, at times I went “you HAVE got to be kidding”. It was basically pilates on the foam roller. You know the pilates move where you put your legs over your head and use your abs to raise and lower your legs? Well, she did that one on the foam roller. To me, it was just enough to stay on the foam roller without my feet on the ground, much less having them over my head. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Kathy Smith pilates for the lower body and abs DVD.
M – (REAL BIG HUG). Talk about a lot on your plate! I think you’re handling this superbly.
Rebecca – thanks for the smile. I know I can always count on you.
Kymari – I do have plastic covers, but on top of that I have a mattress pad so if you’re laying in bed you aren’t laying on plastic yet the mattress is protected from things like this (urine).
I’ve been wondering about Penny, too
Katla – I don’t think they’re marking territory. It just doesn’t make sense that they would repeatedly mark, even after 7 years.
Dana – all our cats are declawed in the front. I know that some people find this offensive, but our first cat was declawed and could he ever run up a tree! He caught mice, birds (and brought them into the house), rabbits, unfortunately skunks. We have one BIG litter box. Vince made it with an opening on the side because at the time one of our cats had a problem, he just didn’t make it into the litter box to pee. Well, by having the opening on the side, he was forced to go in and turn. Never had a problem since then. Anyway, never had a problem with all the cats using the same litter box. We have one downstairs, too. I know that the rule is that you should have one more litter box than you have cats, but that’d mean we’d have 5 litter boxes! If we keep the doors to the bedrooms closed, no problem at all. The type of litter hasn’t changed. I don’t use the clay litter, I use the clumping brand. Have for years, never a problem there.
Pat – I went thru a lot of my cookbooks and copied the recipes I wanted to the computer. Jessica wanted the cookbooks. I bet that eventually she gets rid of them.
Beth – yuk – sugar on ice cream! Only good thoughts for you and your son.
Terry in VT – Vince had WPW, so I know kind-of what you’re going thru with your hubby’s heart problems. For years and years he’d been taking Rhythmol, but suddenly it stopped working. He had an ablation because there really wasn’t any option. But since the ablation, no problem.
Rori –I’m SOO SOO jealous that you’re getting golden beets. One vendor at the farmer’s market said that his should be in in late August. I’m REALLY looking forward to it. Take care of your back, sweetie. Love your smile!
I think I’ll just spend some time with Shadow but spend the night with Vince. We’ll see how that goes.
Michele in NC
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Terry with pretty jewelry.... first day in ? Maybe 3... weeks no rain.... thank the heavens as friend’s daughter and family home for annual visit from long term professional assignment in Kazakhstan and were able to attend a cookout in their honor...2
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I'm home and in bed..the Lion King was just fabulous.and both my girls enjoyed it alot...I did to but I'm tuckered.2
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Michele in NC, is it not my job to put smiles on your beautiful faces??!!💗. I love to make friends smile, it makes my day complete in some ways! Some days I am not as happy as others. But what ya gonna do? Its either smile or cry in a puddle, and crying does awful things to a gala complexion, plus its just so much energy! I would rather watch a sad movie, ugly cry for a bit, and get it out of my system! You all are such amazing, vivacious, charismatic ladies, just a joy to chat with! Really!!
Hugs!
Rebecca
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Kate UK 1
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Hello lovely ladies! Not to worry: I'm fine.
The summer has been full of fun but time-consuming activities. For several week I didn't even open MFP, much less read the thread. That was when I was in New Hampshire with family - 17 of us sleeping in the same house and eating at the same table. Most of the food planning, purchasing, prepping and cooking was on me and my brother-in-law (youngest sister's husband). My father's 90th birthday and our own 40th anniversary came along while we were there and both were duly celebrated.
When we got back to Norway, we didn't stop and regroup in town, but did some uncoordinated grocery shopping ("We'll just buy the usual stuff and hope it turns out okay...") and continued out to the island place. I've been here ever since. My husband was also here the first few days, but then he had to head back to Svalbard. Shortly after he left, the power company sent an electrician to change the meter to an automatic one that can be read remotely. To do that, he obviously had to cut off the electricity. Unfortunately, when the power came back on, our new wireless router didn't reconnect. I called hubby and we tried to ressurect it, but troubleshooting by phone is tricky. In the end we gave up and I hooked up via the old s-l-o-w infrared antenna system. Then THAT failed and I was without internet for another hunk of time. It made me realize how much I depend on internet in my everyday life. NOT funny!
Healthwise, I'm doing well. I haven't logged my food at all, but took pains not to eat mindlessly or too much. Family standard means wine with dinner and dessert after. Also, my brother-in-law's cooking is fantabulous, so overindulgence was tempting. Still, I actually managed to lose a couple pounds over the summer.
That may partly be because I've been out jogging essentially every day for 6 straight weeks. When I'm in New Hampshire, I get up and run about 3 miles before breakfast. It's no chore, no struggle. I simply AM that person when I'm there. Elsewhere, I need a lot of determination get out jogging in the morning, but I've managed to maintain my streak. Now I'm back to jogging along the gravel road squeezed in between the mountainside and the fjord.
Last Sunday was a hot day (Yep, heatwave here too. I think we hit 29C = 85F, which is unheard of in the High Arctic.) so I took a walk instead of jogging. A long walk. I ended up logging more than 30,000 steps, a half-marathon distance. I took this picture at the turning point.
Up here in northern Norway, people are philosophical about the weather, which tends to be cold, gray, and rainy in the summer. We look into each other's eyes, sigh with a combination of pride and resignation, and say "We know where we live." On my Sunday walk, I saw people in all the little hamlets along the road - pottering in their gardens, having coffee on their verandas, firing up the grill, launching their fishing boats - smiling, happy, scantily clad neighbors I've never seen before because they've all been indoors. We looked into each other's eyes ... but did we know where we lived? We weren't quite sure...
/Penny, not quite at the
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Karen in VA, well then... the answer is: even colder than it got in Idaho...too blinkin' cold!!!
KJ yah, I'd need algebra to solve Karen's poser and that means I'd have to learn it all over AGAIN...
Rita think you need an expert's advice. When you turn 65, will your disability income and Medicaid change to social security retirement and Medicare? Will they take out part B insurance? The answers to these questions can have a BIG financial impact. Start now to get an appointment with nearest SocSec office, there was a 2-3 month wait time when we turned 65 in 2015.
Meg you are the Lemons to Lemonade QUEEN! Have fun with your new sideline.
pip SMOOCH!
Lisa wifi is already on at your new house? So jealous! It took us TWO MONTHS to get cable TV and internet. Diglines had to be marked for ditches to be dug, cables connected, workman to come from 3 hrs away... Thanks for sharing "be lighter" with Rori and me.
Beth so good to hear from you, you were next on my "Has anyone heard from..." list. Clutter and weight...hmm... judging by my house and scale, you're on to something there girlfriend!
Penny beautiful pic, happy image of scantily clad neighbors not seen before. Made me think of Rebecca's resorts.
Re, CJ, Barbie, Machka, Terry and all in need of comforting or healing vibes: (((hugs)))
Haven't hit even my ultra modest steps goal so far this month. Blaming it on bruised left big toe from a little spill I took Monday getting out of the hot tub. Still v ugly, swollen and sore. Think y'all are right about both sugar and clutter draining energy. Time to change one thing. Tomorrow is my alondrate day so will forego honeyed tea in the am for the first time in years.
Lighter,Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
60 g protein 4/4, meditate 4/4, walk one more step 0/4, knee exercises 4/4, core 4/4, walk Tumble 1/4 times, SWSY 0/4, hang up or purge art 0/1
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The crafty lady came for the embroidery.
Unfortunately she was 6 minutes early, so I wasn't quite dressed. DH handed her the bag I had placed by the door. I would have liked to have a quick chat with her, but I was half naked! Anyway, I'm so glad it's gone to a good home.
Still hot here. Spending a lot of time indoors, which is great for my decluttering purge. Will do some recumbent bike this afternoon with the fan on and something on the tablet. Our iplayer (BBC) is free.
Lovely to hear from you Penny. It was really hot for us in the north of Sweden. Lots of fires. Your photo looks idyllic.
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Morning, afternoon and evening, all...
Dana - you look great! And happy...
Penny - so good to see you, as well, glad you had a terrific summer.
Re - if you're checking in, my deepest sympathy. My mother's been gone nearly 20 years, and still, there are edges on the memories of losing her.
Rori and Barbara - you're welcome... Still trying to be lighter myself.
Frankiesgirl - I remember you... and have great sympathy. We have all used food as a coping mechanism when our troubles seem too large to bear any other way. It changes the way we're feeling, if only for moments. It was literally my drug of choice, to try to blunt the pain I was going through in my personal life, and to make me feel loved, even if only for a few moments. I also ate too much as punishment, for being too pretty, for being too needy, to wrap a blanket around myself so I didn't get hurt too much. Please note, this is in hindsight--I didn't make it to that realization until I was over 300 pounds. We invest far, far too much emotion into food. This does not make you a bad person. That feeling of eating until you are full, if not over-full, is sometimes the one thing that stays the same in lives that are chaotic, painful, and stressful. Until I figured out that food did not love me back, and that the feeling of over-satiation wasn't love, and it wasn't punishment, it was just overeating, I didn't start to change things. We don't have a food addiction (everybody does, without food, we die), we have an addiction to how overeating makes us feel. I don't have a magic bullet to make that different, as everyone's path to that particular truth is individual. But the truth is there, if you reach for it, and you're the only one who can... you have that power, and you have that possibility.
Sorry, didn't mean to go all philosophical on the subject, but I think it's really important. Food is not love, it is fuel for the engine that is your brain and your body. Until we pull emotion out of it, we can't address it rationally, and we can't start treating ourselves well. Building a new relationship with food is key, however you choose to make that happen.
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Feeling more myself this morning, after getting nearly 7 hours sleep last night. Egg was purring on my lap, kneading my tummy, nipping my elbows as I was trying to type, and now checking my entire office for anything that she can slide around on my chair mat to make noise, as well as checking my bag to see if I brought anything back for her. Corey's asleep, washer and dryer are both going, and I'm feeling like I'm where I'm supposed to be for a few more days.
Someone said I sounded a bit stressed. I was honestly doing OK with all my upcoming travel, with my boss leaving, and then my counterpart in El Paso leaving, but then I was given access to the departing manager's email to make sure nothing got missed on her current workload. When I went to look at it, I found that her inbox was a) so full it was throwing warnings out that deletions were necessary or no mail could be received shortly and b) it was so full because she kept emails back to 2014, the year she started with the organization.
In her inbox. My head exploded, pretty much on the spot.
I keep my inbox super clean, with all emails either filed or deleted, minimum once a week, sometimes daily. It's part of how I handle my workload, and helps me build my own to-do list, as I go through it. The thought of going through THOUSANDS of e-mails to try to make some sense of things added a burden that suddenly made everything bigger. Thank you to whoever said that I sounded stressed, because for whatever reason, it made me ask myself "why?" and that led me to identify the final straw that made that burden too heavy. Now that I know that, I can quit avoiding her email, go clean it up, and quit feeling this way. The rest I can handle... much like eating an elephant, one bite at a time.
So, while the world is asleep, I'm about to go over and get all savage on that inbox. Everything from 2014 to 2016 is going to get deleted out of hand. That will help a LOT. Then I can deal with the rest.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR, with electronic chainsaw in hand, about to go all gonzo on the untidy mess I was handed... 7 -
Lovely Sunday!
It has been a whirlwind week here. Decluttering took a break as I have been exhausted. We had really good luck at the rod show. Got quite a few things for the Model A and got to see lots of cars. The only downside was me....I had pulled a muscle in my back on Wednesday and it wasn't happy on Thursday after walking lots. I am pretty sure I was also dehydrated-grumble. I drank 40 oz of water on the way home and only had to stop once. I really have got to work on drinking water! We had to stop and let me rest 3 times heading back to the truck.....I even know better.....Something in my head just hates to take the time for nature apparently. Maybe it goes back to the school days, when there just wasn't time to go between classes and I didn't want to have to get a pass during class as I might miss something important.....I will leave that thought with the head doctors
My oldest granddaughter didn't make it onto the high school soccer team. She enjoys the game but said she didn't have the same level of ball control the other girls had. Most of them have been on competition teams for years while she has been in recreational leagues. Competition leagues are stupidly expensive! Her lesson learned was that she has to work at something if she wants it. She said track is coming up, so she plans on running. I reckon I need to take my advice to her, and get off my @$$ and get some exercise going.
Went to youngest grandson's first football game yesterday. It was fun, but there was a big difference in their team and the team they played in maturity levels. We are talking 5th graders...The other team might as well have been a college team. We will probably go see him play next Sunday here at home, but then doubt we will get to too many more. I try to make at least one or two of each of the grands' activities a year. Working Saturdays makes that difficult.
Heading to a car show today. We enjoy this one. The folks that put it on are wonderful and the food is good. This is also a charity show, so $ gets spent. I should go get the car ready. DH does most of the pre-show work, but misses the details. I do most of the at show work while he socializes. It gives me something to do.
I am reading and cheering and crying and hugging you all! I love the pictures! You all look great!
Family gatherings/social events....I use to be good at them, but these days, seem to prefer less crowds. I can be vivacious at times, but need to find quiet space sometimes.
Machka I am PROUD of YOU! Sometimes you just have to put your foot down and be firm! The sad part is they should be listening to begin with....You are an amazing woman!
I had better get this day on the go! Have a blessed one with the best decisions you can make today.
Kylia in ever so busy Ohio2 -
Sunday -- another active day ...
I ran while my husband walked. He covered about 0.8 km and I ran just over 2 km ...
Run
Distance: 2.12 km
Elevation: 16 m
Moving Time: 16:24
Elapsed Time: 16:54
Pace: 7:43/km
Then we walked together ...
Walk
Distance: 1.04 km
Elevation 7m
Moving Time: 19:52
Elapsed Time 21:48
Pace: 19:01/km
Later ... after a rest, and a time where I got some of my homework done, we did a ride with Zwift. My husband rode 1 lap and I rode 2 ...
Ride
Distance: 21.63 km
Elevation: 124m
Moving Time: 47:15
Elapsed Time: 47:51
........................ Avg ............. Max
Speed ............. 27.5km/h ....... 47.2km/h
Heart Rate ...... 129bpm ......... 154bpm
Cadence ......... 73 ................. 112
Power ............ 105W ............ 253W
Machka in Oz2 -
Last Sunday was a hot day (Yep, heatwave here too. I think we hit 29C = 85F, which is unheard of in the High Arctic.) so I took a walk instead of jogging. A long walk. I ended up logging more than 30,000 steps, a half-marathon distance. I took this picture at the turning point.
Gorgeous photo!
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Lisa- Great advice. Also I am amazed that you pinpointed the source of your stress that broke the limit. I have a hard time identifying mine. I keep my work email pretty cleaned up. They get "filed" or deleted at least once a day. The files get emptied every six months, only keeping a years worth at a time. Anything older than that and it most likely got printed to keep, or is outdated. Now my home email.....that one I try to check a couple of times a week. Lots of deleting with little filing, and almost no printing. I can't stand a full mailbox or voicemail.;) I love following your home adventure.
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Oh! And the how do you eat an elephant phrase...I have heard several times recently with regards to our Model A -LOL!1
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To you, and others who have said similar things ...Machka I am PROUD of YOU! Sometimes you just have to put your foot down and be firm! The sad part is they should be listening to begin with....You are an amazing woman!
Kylia in ever so busy Ohio
Thank you!!
I'm actually surprising myself.
I used to be this person way, way back in my early 20s. I wouldn't stand for any rubbish. Then I mellowed a lot and for years, decades, I just went with the flow.
Now I find myself on the phone, yelling my head off, and wondering who on earth this person is!! Or typing the emails where I'm "laying down the law".
I didn't realise that this person still lurked within me!!
Machka in Oz4 -
Machka - You sound just like me!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx1
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