WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2020

Day off work.

Up very very early.
2 medical appts for my husband.
Haircut for me.

M in Oz

Edie's individual Zoom is in half an hour.
She has been off school for two weeks, for the second time, poor thing. So we've been banned from seeing them, even outside.
Johnny's quiz - Roman Sanitation.

I had a mini trip out to the local shops, really to find someone to talk to as I haven't been outside for a couple of days.
I ordered lots of stuff at the butchers, then went over to the flower shop, run by two gay guys. They are always up for a chat! I bought birthday cards to put in the drawer.
Then I went to the deli and found nice things and milk.
Then I went back to the butcher to pick up all my stuff, including pigs cheeks. I found a long queue had developed, so I asked those at the head of it if I could go first to pick up my order. They were very happy to let me in. Turned out they were two older gay guys, putting in their Christmas turkey order, so we had a great chat while we were waiting, in true Hove style. This is the friendliest place I have ever lived. I told them about the beach event on Christmas Day.

Now we are very excited to see Edie!

Allie - hope you can get something sorted so you have someone with you for a few days.

Kim - Hope things are ok with you. I know your lockdown is strict.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Karen - thank you. When the choir began again, it made me break down and cry. I wasn't that sure I could cry anymore, honestly. Too many tears over the course of this year to believe I had any more to give.

K

I love those flash mob things. Thank you Karen! Wonderful!

There was a very moving one on 'Soul Music' this week, for the song Lean On Me. A town in the UK had had a lot of shop robberies, so someone organised a flash mob, starting in the supermarket, to sing the song, and they gradually moved down to the newsagents who had been brutally robbed. Very, very touching. It's available on BBC Sounds App. I did pipe my eye as I was rowing.

Well, it turned out Max was off school with a bad tummy, so we had him first with his quiz on Tudor music, followed by Edie with hers. I told her lots more fascinating facts about Roman toilet habits. She wants her next quiz to be on 'Granny'. She is fascinated by my trick of waggling my ears. Plus I can juggle three balls.

Now off to row for half an hour before I roll out our pizza.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Kim: I am delighted that you made it to here. I’ve been missing you.

Heather: I haven’t seen any of my friends in a long time. We’ve been sequestered at home, other than grocery shopping. In the summer we were able to visit with neighbors outside on our deck, but not recently. :ohwell:

Barbara: I hope your salted caramel fudge was not “fishy.” I haven’t seen or heard of AKC TV. We see dog shows via our satellite TV provider. We live out of range of he on the air channels in Portland. I’d love to see the dogs. Our old dog had cancer surgery a few months ago and is now doing spectacularly well. :bigsmile: Schooner is a Keeshond and I’ve never seen one in the winner’s circle at an AKC show. :grumble:

Allie: Good news that you get to go home!!!! Three cheers!!! DH uses walkers everywhere. They are a blessing for him and will be for you while you recover. I hope your sister-in-law gets in touch soon.

Karen in VA: Thank you so much for Ode to Joy! I needed that this morning.


We have dark cloudy skies and a wet deck outside this morning. I have a bit of Christmas decorating to do. I plan to start transitioning our living tree to indoors. It will be in the garage for a day or so before we bring it into the house and decorate it.

The Annual Christmas Ships Parade is scheduled to visit our town tomorrow. I look forward to it. Boat owners put wonderful light displays on their boats and give everyone a great show. They typically parade in Portland nightly and visit here once a year. The city hosts a meal for them in ordinary years. I’m not sure whether that part of the tradition can be kept this time, but I hope so. Weather today is not encouraging. We will have a good view of the parade from our windows. We usually invite guests for dinner on Christmas Ships night, but not this year. :grumble: :ohwell:


Katla in Rainy NW Oregon

Just checking in! Found out I have to wait until Monday for result from labs. Meanwhile still sick.

Laters Ladies

RvRita

Dr Katie- Found it! Lovely to see and hear you! I had no idea you are such a southern gal. Where are you from?
Did you know that it is a family tradition that one of our ancestors is a Wesley?! Must be Charles, I guess. Yesterday's In Our Time on BBC Radio 4 was about John.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

grandmallie wrote: »

Well i am here but Jean picking me up at 4 pm.. and i will be staying with them for at least a few days...
And then home...
I have to be very careful and stay on all meds and totally change my diet..
My life literally depends on it..
So onto the next and circle 4

I am happy you are being released. What kind of changes to your diet are they asking you to make?

Flea
Willamette Valley, OR

stopping in quick before I hit the road- heading to my parents for the next few days of candy/treat making. Wasn't feeling good yesterday but some what better today- having my tea and see how I feel- just a stomach thing(I get it often, ginger helps a lot)
Hope everyone has a great weekend. I will check back in when I get home Monday.
Debbie
Napa Valley,CA

Karen: Thank you for the flashhmob music. We all need Ode to Joy. It is a favorite of mine.

Allie: Time with Jean & her family is a nice transition on your way home. You won’t be left alone until you are ready. It is great that you have confidence in your heart doctor. :flowerforyou:

Betsy in WA: DH has some advice to share with you. He suggests that you ask the business you’re buying the stove from for recommendations for a reliable handy man to do the installation. Perhaps you already have that set up. Keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well.

Flea: We have been following the vaccine plans from Kate Brown, and they seem sensible to me. Medical people and first responders are first, elderly and high risk next, and then others. It appears to be instated over time. So far, I haven’t seen anything newer than that. DH & I are likely to be in the second group. Plans have a way of being changed when new information arrives, so I could be wrong about some of the details. What I read was a two-stage vaccine inoculation. You get the first and a few weeks later get a second. When? Not sure. I think it may start by mid-January.


DH & I are planning an RV road trip across the country some time next year. We hope to take the dog and ourselves to see our adult kids and grandchildren after we’ve been vaccinated against the Covid Virus. I am hoping this can come true.

Katla in NW Oregon

Keeping your heart with mine, Allie. Thinking about you.

Katla49 wrote: »

Flea: I guess I'm past some levels of pride and don't really mind being referred to as elderly. I'm grateful to be able to go for vaccinations with DH who is at high risk. We're both over seventy. :ohwell: The planned road trip in our RV will be the biggest/longest for both of us. I hope we will be up to it next spring.

Agreed! I am hopeful my mother will be on a list somehow. She just turned 80, but I don't know if she would be considered high risk or not; I mean, by age, yes, but she doesn't really have any other documented issues.

Flea
Willamette Valley, OR

Had made dog treats to take to the owners of dogs that meet up every day at the park that we’ve gotten to know. 10 little packets