WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2019

Allie ~ Evie said, "Allie, good grief! A 30 year old man needs his daddy to call his former employer because he got fired??" That is exactly what I was thinking. Perhaps your Dr. P hired him in the first place because of a friendship with dad.

Dr.Katie ~ The rug looks great and your other red accents add to the beauty of the room.

Michele ~ I think your "ministry" must be baking so many good foods for those you encounter. What a blessing you are to them.

Lisa ~ We love Celtic Women and would love to see them. I think some of the original casts are no longer with them, but, I am sure they are still wonderful.

Dr. said the knee replacement surgery went great. Went in for admissions at 5:30 and arrived home again at 3:30. Many hours of just plain waiting to be moved from one spot to another. I am icing and inclining the knee and using the walker. Biggest worry is potential blood clots and opening up the lungs for good breathing.

Carol in GA

Rita - you look wonderful!

Barbara - my biggest fear about owning pets is what happens in emergencies and me not being able to afford the bill. I’m so happy for you that Scooter is still with you and hopefully on the mend.

Margaret - beautiful painting

Lisa - I understand your feeling. The last time I had that was 2011. I don’t know how long it will be before feeling it again. I think next time I will attempt to enjoy it more and not worry so much about what could go wrong.

Kate - I wish my husband would look at aids. I am so tired of being accused of mumbling and I hate how loud the tv has to be.

Michele - love your Winnie the Pooh, I have thought about doing the diamond dots, how are they for the eyes? Love the frog, a little dab of glue should hold the pinwheel in place.

Allie - what great news about Michael leaving!

Carol - so sad about your Brother in Law. Sorry I missed sending well wishes for your surgery, I hope it all went well.

Kay - it’s probably for the best you had the septic looked at now rather then later, it could have been even more. What a beautiful rug and living room.

Rebecca - we moved one time from one townhouse to the another in the row across from us. It was the worse move we ever had and seemed to go on forever because we didn’t pack and carried things back and forth. I would recommend a few boxes to load in the car even if you don’t pack properly. Good luck to you.

Machka - I’m taking note of the two word quote site as well.

Katla - maybe after she has some time to reflect she will understand that your husband comes first and she will apologize for her anger. I would give it a day or two to try to talk it through. These situations are never easy.

Heather - hope your cold is gone soon. Isn’t one on one time with each grandchild precious. We have very rarely had Michaela alone but today on my way home I stopped and picked her up. We had a lovely afternoon.

Evelyn - I hope he lives up to his promises of jobs as well. I will remain silent on anything else I have to say about him.

Ginger - love your goats!

Wow! I didn’t have a chance to log in at all yesterday while I worked the election. I was the Registration Officer and had to register about 150 people throughout the day. It was busy all day!

I don’t think I had a chance on Monday to check in later in the day but I had been told by a friend that a friend of hers was looking for an assistant. I wasn’t going to send my resume in as it is just North if downtown Edmonton and I am actually about 20 minutes south of Edmonton’s south side. It will be about a 45 minute drive and with only one vehicle hard for me to even get to. On Monday after meeting with the career counsellor and feeling very discouraged by her I decided I would send my resume and figure out how to get there if I was offered the job. I immediately heard back from her and she asked me to meet with her yesterday. I couldn’t because of the election obligation so we met this morning at 8.
So the company specializes in helping other businesses get the best fit of group benefits and pension programs for their employees. My role would be answering employees questions, and ensuring they understand what they are signing and doing before and after they sign on the dotted line. I would be travelling to different locations and meeting one on one and teaching in group settings.
The only drawback is I have absolutely no experience in financial management. Sarah, the lady I met, really likes me and has decided that she will send me documents, books, websites and tools to learn the terminology, what legislation I should know, etc so that when it comes time for a formal interview with her boss I will be better prepared. The formal interview won’t be until around the middle of May. The job starts around June 6 and I would be able to travel to and from work with Rodger most days as the hours are a bit flexible. She also has already agreed to let me have the week of Kaitlyn’s wedding off.
The financial rewards are awesome. I have high hopes for this!

I will still look for other things in the meantime, but maybe not quite as hard. I also received an email for an interview for another company I had applied for, I have responded to tell them my availability.
If it’s meant to be it will be!

I was feeling so happy and positive after I left there I decided to stop and kidnap Michaela to come spend the day with us. It is Wednesday so they would be here this evening anyway but I never get her alone so I took her. We are had a fun day!

Sorry for writing a novel!
Tracey In Edmonton

Morning, afternoon and evening, all...

The sinus headache passed with the storm, as I thought it would. I usually only get one of those a year or so, but they are real showstoppers. Woke up feeling fine.

Tracey - many good wishes headed your way for the job. I love the jobs where I learn new things, and it sounds as if you have someone who's on your side working for you there, which is always helpful.

SueBDew - hope the hail didn't create havoc with your flowers. That same storm is the one that rolled through here last night about midnight and was creating havoc with my sinuses. I'll be driving through it most of the morning, but by the time I get on the road, most of the thunder and lightning should have died down.

I do love looking at weather systems, don't know why - this one caught a lot of of us in its path. That little tiny red squiggle in the middle of the green is my approximate path this morning. I don't mind driving in the rain as long as I'm not driving in the dark and in the rain, so will definitely wait 'til daylight before I get on the road. Staying in a hotel in Little Rock tonight, presentation tomorrow, home tomorrow mid-afternoon.



Love y'all,
Lisa in AR

Edie was delivered earlier than expected!!! She soon set about making DH beautiful and I found my old wig that I had during my cancer chemo.

This is me. Brings back memories. I used to have long dark hair, but not as luxurious as the wig!

We have done Lego and now are painting. Soon off to have lunch at the beach café where we go for Swing dancing.

Much love, Heather UK XXXXXX

Taking a bit of time to look over posts before the workday starts. Day will be long--work, serve at church food pantry, Maundy Thursday service, then a choir practice after for Good Friday. Started off day with 30 minutes on treadmill to give me some energy and a good start to meeting step goal of 10,000. I am finding I really enjoy starting my day with movement.

Not sure how weight is doing--was out of town on Monday and Tuesday at conference and Monday is my official weigh in day. While I did well with logging, restaurant food is always a guess--just made sure I stayed away from break food. Did order a slice of chocolate cake at Cheesecake factory--ate half of it. Took rest back to hotel and didn't touch it--left it there. I consider that a good victory.

Tried on a couple of motivation pants and I can get in to them. A bit more muffin top with them than I like, so I will probably not wear them yet, but good to know I am back to being able to zip and button them. I am noticing stomach and legs tightening up nicely with increase in walking, stretching and light weights. Regardless of what scale may say when I weigh in, body is feeling better. Since I am very close to normal BMI (or perhaps already there if you believe past your 60's you should be more like 26-30 in BMI) I figure weight will continue to come off slowly but overall fitness and toning can greatly improve. Not sure what final goal weight will be. Just going to keep doing what I a doing and see where my body feels best. I turn 65 in November, and I will sure be in better shape than I was at 60.

Good luck today for those of you with struggles--unfortunately that is part of life but it is inspiring seeing how people are finding ways to cope and stay positive--that has always been the key for me.

Ginny in Ohio

Back from the beach.

The weather is glorious.
My cleaner is busy upstairs so all is well as we make a treasure box out of an old beer can box. Glitter and stickers..

Love Heather UK XXXXXX