WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2020

Luci in WNC, as you can see from my post, I did some mental work , (and painful physical work too,) for ya! I have learned a bit about myself in this trail mix experiment!
💖Rebecca

Hello team.

Crazy work day which is my fault because I warned everyone I am OOO tomorrow and Friday. It has been non-stop since I logged in. The day is flying by which is great.

For what am I grateful for in this moment.

• Another healthy day.
• My job. I know I bit-h and complain about it, but I must never fail to forget I am working and am able to keep my lifestyle when so many cannot; especially now.
• Smokey the Cat even though he is being a pest right now and does not understand it is not the weekend and I cannot take a nap with him.
• The absolutely picture perfect day. The sun is shining, the humidity is low, and it is in the low 80s.
• Life and all of its ups and downs. Without a comparison how in the world would we know when it is a great day.

Back to work!

Hi all, doing this with two windows open today, so reading and commenting as I go, hence the updates for some! I'm also sure that I missed a LOT of things that I wanted to comment on, please know that even if I don't comment, I have read your post and am laughing, crying or jumping for joy with you.
Kylia, so sorry about DH's mom. One thought that has kept me going since I lost my parents is that at least it happened in the natural order of things. This may sound a bit harsh, but we are meant to bury our parents. That doesn't make it easier, but I would bury my parents 10 times over instead of having to bury a child (which I have not had to go and I pray that I never will have to do!) I simply can't imagine the heartbreak that some members of this community and their extended families have gone through with having to do that.
Rita, may the lowlife scumbags who broke into your storage unit be infested with something that makes them so itchy that no amount of scratching will ease the irritation! (Sorry, that's the best I can do, don't have Lisa's way with descriptive phrases!) On the upside, your celery looks great! Reading further, so glad to hear that some stuff has been located! Pretty flowers, no idea what they are tho! As for the scorpion.... eek!
Lisa, so sorry to hear about the jacka$$es in your sister's neighborhood as well. I also feel they are a tremendous waste of skin, and air! So very sorry to hear about the lack of support that you are getting workwise. I can only imagine the frustration with having to work with folks whose vision is so focused on only one thing that they simply cannot see the forest for the trees.... And reading further - $48,000 for mailing?? Did I read that right? Love your painting!
Karen, glad you got your little truck back!
Annie, I play Word Cookies on my tablet and phone. It's kind of fun, can be a real time sucker tho, but it does exercise the brain a bit also. I have learned a few new words! lol
SuziQ, your kitty is gorgeous! Thank you for all the funnies, you do find some good ones!
Kim, I love the virtual picketing! Too bad you also have to deal with inside box thinkers...
Kate UK, carrots will keep in the fridge for quite a long time, if you're used to using a couple a week anyway, you could probably use them up before they go off. Alternatively, you could cut them up and feed them to DH for snacks!
Heather, your picnic in the back garden idea sounds lovely!
We are hanging in there. I went grocery shopping 10 days ago and am hoping to not have to go for a few more days yet, would like to make it a full two weeks. But.... This morning as I poured milk over my cereal, I realized that while hubby has lots of milk, I do not - grrrrr. I will probably just have to have oatmeal for breakfast for a few days, I will not go to the store just for milk (although I routinely did in pre-pandemic days!) I will survive! My eating has been all over the map, I will do really well for a few days and then something happens or I make something that I can't find a calorie count for, and I'm really bad for underestimating so I don't bother to track it and everything goes downhill from there. It all goes back to I know what I have to do, just having trouble actually doing it.
At work, our boss has decided that we will work a few more hours, the office is still only open from 10-4, but instead of one person in the office the full time and one person only in for 4 hours to clean, there will be two people on. She still wants us taking turns with being out in the facility cleaning and being in the office so that there will still only be one person in the office most of the time, but with having two of us there at closing we actually have a better chance of getting out of there on time. For those of you who don't know or have forgotten, I work at a storage facility, we also rent UHaul trucks. I will now be working 18.5 hours per week, up from 10.5, but still down from my regular 29.5. So, so very happy that the owners have elected to keep paying us as though we were working normal hours, they will be applying for federal/provincial aid, or perhaps they already have. They should have no trouble meeting the requirements and governments have stated they will help with 75% of wages.
My apologies for this being so long, my own fault for only reading and not commenting for so long!
As our provincial government is fond of saying: Stay well, Stay safe!
Congrats to those celebrating, hugs to those who need them and welcome to the newbies! Also, keep those funnies and baby pics coming! Love them!
Evelyn, on sunny (for now!) Vancouver Island

Has anyone heard from Rori?

Rori- where are you?
I stopped at my daughter's and they came outside we stayed 6 ft away. My poor granddaughter wanted a hug so bad we air hugged from 6 ft...
With mothers day coming up.i am going to get my DD a gift card to a garden center so she can get vegetable plants .my SIL built her garden boxes ..

Son wrote a check today to me today for $1200. He owed me rent and the rest I was going to put into his trust account. I deposited it at an ATM outside the bank. Fortunately I asked to have a copy of the check put on the receipt. When I got the receipt they only deposited $10 to my account. I had to spend a forty minutes this included wait time to speak to someone. Then I had to spend another 10 minutes making copies of my receipt to send to their dispute department. It will take 5-10 days for them to straighten out their mistake. The take away for me unless I deposit a check with a teller. Next time I will go in the teller lane. You cannot go inside the banks right now everything is drive through. I will always have a copy of the check I deposit on my receipt now. I usually do not do that. For some reason I did that today. With everything twice as hard these days the more documentation you have the better. If I was someone who needed that money yesterday it would be even worse.

I don't if because it was the same amount as the stimulus checks if that created the problem. Person over the phone only took info. Gave me no reason for this.

Friday I have to go to son's house to have the outside faucet repaired. We had it repaired in the fall. The plumber did the winterizing and I also put a cap as extra protection to keep it from freezing. It was supposed to be frost proof.

To keep my perspective I just learned my niece who is in her early forties has Covid-19. She is obese so this is not good. Also these are minor compared to the loss of DSIL.

The check book and the faucet will get fixed. Praying niece does not have a hard time of this.

Margaret

I loved the Boxcar Children books,,,,, and many that others have mentioned. Reading has always been special and with the "stay at home" orders, I'm reading books that I've had saved over the years.... I finally have time to read them and pass them on.
Betsy in NW WA

Kate UK - I love a carrot and swede puree, or you can mix it with mashed potato as well. It freezes perfectly so you can make a big batch. Delicious with sausages, or a stew. I also like it with salmon.
I keep carrots for ages in the fridge. I make a lot of stews in my Instant Pot so carrot, onion, garlic and celery always go in those to start them off. Occasionally I nibble on a carrot around 5pm.

DH has recovered his equilibrium. He has done two short questionnaires for the kids for tomorrow morning. Then we listened to the songs our singing teacher has sent us. We will give them a good blast tomorrow afternoon.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

I did reach out to Rori, and she's reading our posts, but handling some interesting issues - neighbor upstairs had a minor fire in their utility room, and long story short, her gas furnace and water heater are off until repairs are made, hopefully today. She will stop back in soon, I'm sure.

Thanks, KJ and Katla, for the comments on the painting, and KJ, yes, $48,000. That will only cover mailing to one tenth of our girls, those who don't have internet access. The 48K includes developing the resource, printing, packing and mailing packets of about 20 to 30 pages once a month for four months. May have underestimated it slightly, in fact.

But, I'm getting really tired of introspection--as I've said to someone before, I simply have to decide what hill I'm willing to die on, and there are bigger things at work than the current issues.

So that's me,
Lisa,
Breathing deeply in Arkansas, finding what peace there may be in the fact that my husband's in the kitchen noisily separating meat packets and vacuum bagging tthem into single meal portions to freeze. There are definite signs that the country's meat supply is going to be rudely interrupted, and reasonably soon. Not hoarding, just preparing.