WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2020
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »KJ - Gorgeous happy boys!
Janetr - How wonderful to have a great grandchild! I already miss the grandchildren 's babyhood. Shan't have another baby for a l o n g time. Barring accidents. I wonder if I will live long enough. Yours is gorgeous.
The wind last night took down two beach huts and the dining 'igloos' on the seafront. Torn to shreds. Up to 100 mph winds in some places. Flooding locally and worse around the country.
It was gorgeous when we went out, but we walked past all the debris.
Expecting colder weather tomorrow and towards New Year.
A very dear old friend from university has sent me an invitation to a Zoom "At Home" on NYD. Might give it a go.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Heather my granddaughter had just turned 19 when Jaxx was born. I actually have four grandchildren older than her. 27, 25, 23 and 21 then also a 13 year old. My daughters started very young having children. I was almost 25 when my first was born. The tiny baby stage certainly doesn't last long, I just wish I could cuddle baby Jaxx.
That was certainly a strong wind you had along the beach. Weather has been crazy lately.
Janetr OKC3 -
Katla. I had a great time building my little snowman, I wanted to make him larger but the snow was very wet and heavy so I was concerned I wouldn't be able to lift a larger body up by myself. I told Jack I might not ever get another chance to build a snowman
Janetr OKC4 -
Cynnanimgirl – welcome! I’m so sorry to hear that you’re in constant pain. Can you get those stones removed?
Debbie – glad you could find a silver lining in this covid mess
KJ – welcome back. Thanks for the idea of having cinnamon rolls when Ken & Lynette come over NYE. I hear ya about the toaster oven. I have no desire for one
Tracey – I’m still mourning my mother over 50 years and my father over 15 years. Watched the DVD of Dr. Zhivago that I got for Christmas. Never fails that I ALWAYS cry in the beginning and at the end. And it didn’t disappoint this time, either. Oh, those boys are SOOO adorable, I just want to squeeze them.
Janetr – I’m so sorry you haven’t even had a chance to meet Jaxx. “Thank you China” is all I can say
Jess is talking about leaving Shadow here while they go out to move so they don’t have to worry about the door being open. I totally understand and told her that’s fine. Then she plans to come back here to work some more at Banfield.
Allie – prime rib and potatoes! You need the protein, and you’re sure getting it
Janetr – too bad Jack didn’t join you in the building. Such fun!
Michele NC
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Rita - Isn’t technology just the greatest. I often think how much better it would have been moving across the country if we had the technology we do today.
Sorry you had to read about your daughter’s engagement on FB though.
Janet - what fun building a snowman.
I think I need to clarify, my husband doesn’t think I should be “over” Dad’s passing he thinks I should remember him with smiles and such and not get down about it. He, thankfully, hasn’t lost a parent yet I don’t think he understands completely.
Today I delivered some treats to my daughters and a couple friends. On my drive one of the songs that Dad requested be played at his funeral came on. I cried and sang through it. It’s a beautiful song, called Far Side Banks of Jordan by Daniel O’Donnell. December is hard, Dad passed on Dec 9th and his birthday was Jan 4th so it all happens at once. Crying heals my soul I think.
I love all of the Grandchildren pictures.
I am hopeful that I get to see a great grandchild someday. I had our eldest when I was 20, my daughter was 22 when she had Jonah. Women are long lived in my family though. My Grandmother had my Mom at 33, Mom had me at 22. My youngest daughter was 18 when my Grandmother passed.
We are having appetizers for supper tonight, Rodger is watching the World Juniors. I plan on reading some of my Dolly Parton book and taking a long soak in the tub. Not at the same time. This book is more of a coffee table book and is too heavy for a bath.
I have tomorrow off and return to work Tuesday. I’m looking forward to another long weekend next weekend.
Tracey in Edmonton4 -
Tracey my daughter was only 17 when her first son (now 27) was born, he's a big big guy and now he's often mistaken to be her boyfriend lol. My mom was 17 when my oldest sister was born and became a grandma at only 34.
Enjoy your day off tomorrow, I'm happy to hear you got the vaccination.
Janetr OKC3 -
Stats for the day-
Other- vacuum, dust, laundry - 1hr27min 24sec, 73ahr, 83mhr= 399c
Zwift bike trainer- 1hr 6min 32sec, 18.1amph, 499elev, 105ahr, 126mhr, 20.06mi= 356c
Strava app = 430c
Total cal 755
Watched a movie while riding.. never did that b43 -
Janet OKC: Snow! It looks like you were having fun building your snowman. :bigsmile: I’ve missed seeing you and it is good to see you back.
Tracey: I am so glad you are doing okay.
(((Pip:))) I’m sorry for your loss. Lenny must have been very special. You have been blessed twice, with two fine men.
Debbie: Sorry for your situation. Take care of yourself. :flowerforyou:
KJ: You have been missed. I hope you got a bit of rest along the way. I love your photos!
Cynnamin girl: Welcome! :flowerforyou:
(((Rebecca))): I’m sorry that your son didn’t call.
Our Christmas tree is an Alberta Spruce. It is doing very well and we like it. We bought this one last year to replace an older tree that wasn’t doing well. We still have the older tree. The county extensions agent told me the older tree’s health problems are caused by mites. I’ve been spraying it regularly with pyrethrin. I hope I can cure it over time.
Katla in Sunny NW Oregon
Thanks Kayla, u r right, I have been truly blessed with 2 great men2 -
Kate UK ❤️2
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Machka – The reason people rent is so they do not have to worry about repairs. If my stove top was not properly working I would call the owner and get it repaired. Is it not the same there? Glad the electric frying pan worked well for your meal.
Hugs to all and prayers for those in need.
SuziQ – SFL
The reason people rent here is because we can't afford to do anything else. The house we're in would be way out of our league if we were to try to buy it. In fact, most houses in our city and surrounding area are out of our league.
Our landlord has been really good to us, especially since my husband's injury, and has not raised the rent much. In turn, we keep up with the minor stuff.
So ... we spent $40 or so on an electric frying pan which seems to be able to solve our problem rather than rocking the boat.
M in Oz
Is your stove electric? Is it one without a glass top? I found replacing the coils worked on my old electric stove for the issue you described. The coils were cheap (this was quite a few years ago) and just pulled off. The new ones slide on (there is a little tugging - nothing major).
Electric with a glass top.
(And those are mini cheesecakes I made several years ago)
M in Oz
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All caught up. No time to really comment, but had to say, Beth, Beth, Beth! Your Christmas spoiler was hilarious!
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janetr7476 wrote: »Katla. I had a great time building my little snowman, I wanted to make him larger but the snow was very wet and heavy so I was concerned I wouldn't be able to lift a larger body up by myself. I told Jack I might not ever get another chance to build a snowman
Janetr OKC
It has been a long time since I've built a snowman! Maybe a decade.
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Julie-I understand your feelings of “what’s the point.” I had a real bout of that earlier today. I slowly realized that the point is, this will end, so I just want to hold on and not use this darned virus as an excuse (at least in my case) for a huge skid. And by the way-you weigh about what I do and I’m 5’5”. That is not fat! Good luck with tooth.
Beth-I too took a screen shot of your carrot surprise, and shared it with a couple of people!
SuziQ-how nice of your neighbors! Good job with financial planning (and being close to another debt gone!)
Flea-hope your mom is ok.
Debbie-sorry for the MIL on Christmas. I agree as has been mentioned, you need to plan time for you and our parents. It must also be very painful for your son. I have a SIL in talks to her children like that-or did until they stopped having anything to do with her.
Machka-we are still staying with the longer isolation even with a negative test after a close, definite exposure (negative just means negative for that time). Also, it can still take 4 days or so to get test results, depending where you live. Unfortunately, many parts of the US are still having testing issues . . . Also-I would still open the top of the stove and see what the elements are like under them-it could still be the plug in sort, especially if it is an older glass top.
Tracey-sorry to hear of the covid outbreak at your facility. Several in my county (and elsewhere, of course) have been hit very hard. Glad you got first dose of vaccine.
Had a decent Christmas-facetime with youngest son and GF while we opened each other's gifts. FaceTime with Arizona group and watched kids open their presents. Later in day we did a three way family face time. Step son and wife stopped by with kids Christmas afternoon (stayed in garage), quickly opened gifts and visited for about 15 minutes. Zoom call with nephew in the evening.
Hit a pit of depression this afternoon. Tested Az kids that I was pretty sick and tired of the isolation, etc. They face timed. Each of the kids needed to update on the past two days-the chat helped pick me up!
Well, it's about time for me to pack it in. Short work week this week again (and I may make it even shorter!).
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
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Just popping in before I switch off the light. I have 3 pages to go, but may fall asleep before I get there.
Annie - It can be difficult to deal with aging parents and trying to help is often seen by them as interfering. I don’t envy you being in that situation. We've been there ourselves.
Tracey: I got behind myself just from sorting out Christmas, so not surprising that all the drama at work left you little time to come on here. So glad that you feel fine from it. We were also restricted from meeting indoors, so I organised an outdoor socially distanced get together on Christmas Eve, and was fortunate that the weather was fine. The gift opening Skype party on Christmas Day worked a treat. I was often still finishing off handicrafts on Christmas Eve for gifts on Christmas Day 😂
Allie - I’m happy to hear that you are doing better. All that palavert would drive me scatty too.
Heather - love the pics of your grandchildren.
Suzi - I got tired of being the chaser-upper with some family and friends. You get little thanks for it. I have donated the majority of my larger clothes as an incentive to stay on the straight and narrow. 😂
Katla - lovely tree
Machka - Relaxation has become an essential part of my daily routine. I meditate or do one of my arts/crafts activities. Writing is also an escape mechanism.
Flea - mincemeat pies were originally made in medieval times with meat. The modern sweetmince was only introduced a couple of centuries ago.
Rebecca - 😍 The card swag, and Athena, of course.
Debbie - my mother was toxic. I eventually stopped visiting her, as she was always trying to cause trouble for me.
😍Joaquin and Miguel.
All in all, we enjoyed Christmas, despite the limitations of Covid. We got together outdoors with our girls et al, having chosen not to have close contact, and it worked well.
☘️. Terri4 -
janetr7476 wrote: »Katla. I had a great time building my little snowman, I wanted to make him larger but the snow was very wet and heavy so I was concerned I wouldn't be able to lift a larger body up by myself. I told Jack I might not ever get another chance to build a snowman
Janetr OKC
It has been a long time since I've built a snowman! Maybe a decade.
I think it's wonderful that you had the opportunity.
I know me too. I helped my grandkids build one, but mostly my daughters helped them, and that was in 2002. Lol
Janetr OKC2 -
As we're getting closer to the end of 2020, I'll ask this question ...
What are some of your highlights of 2020?
Good things. Happy things. Accomplishments.1 -
fanncy0626 wrote: »Janetr nice to see you post! I love your snowman!
Rita I'm trying to figure out who DMD is that got engaged. Great picture of your grandsons.
Mary from Arizona/ Minnesota
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As we're getting closer to the end of 2020, I'll ask this question ...
What are some of your highlights of 2020?
Good things. Happy things. Accomplishments.
Some of my highlights include:
- finishing my degree
- working from home for 4 months
- Rhody
- having my deviated septum surgery
- distancing and the focus on cleanliness and hygiene
- quiet holidays
- fewer hassles and less stress for my husband
- discovering ABC Classic FM
- organised several successful cycling events
M in Oz2 -
just a quick note I am caught up to page 60, almost 500 posts behind when I finally had a minute today to read. Sounds like folks are basically doing ok, hugs to all ! I'll catch up more tomorrow.
hugs to all.
Kim in N. California7 -
Tracey – I’m still mourning my mother over 50 years and my father over 15 years. Watched the DVD of Dr. Zhivago that I got for Christmas. Never fails that I ALWAYS cry in the beginning and at the end. And it didn’t disappoint this time, either. Oh, those boys are SOOO adorable, I just want to squeeze them.
Michele NC
I second this. I still get teary and sad about my grandmother. I miss her so much. Her birthday was today. :-( Anyway, she died very young -- 62, so I only knew her for 21 years. I am nearly as old as she was when she died (just turned 60), so she's been gone for twice as long as she was in my life. No matter. I really, really, miss her. She was amazing. Not one important thing has happened in my life when I haven't wished she was here to share it.
Flea
Willamette Valley, OR6 -
As we're getting closer to the end of 2020, I'll ask this question ...
What are some of your highlights of 2020?
Good things. Happy things. Accomplishments.
Oh, boy. Scrapping the bottom of the barrel for good things here.
We did a trip to LA before Covid.
The five of us are together and we are all still getting along.
I found out that I will likely get a big promotion in mid 2021.
Both older boys have full-time jobs, so the four working adults in the house managed to keep working during this crisis.
I've lost 10 pounds of the 25 I gained after my sister died.
None of us got Covid (yet). Hoping to hold out until we get a vaccine. Eldest son should be in line for January, since he is an EMT/first responder.
I can't think of a single other thing.
Flea
Willamette Valley, OR
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