WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2021

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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,523 Member
    This am was interesting. Last night I looked at my email and there was a schedule update (schedule for Food Lion). Seems they had me working on Tuesday in addition to the Monday and Wednesday I had previously been scheduled for. OK. Then, around 12:30 I checked my email again and there was another schedule update so I checked my schedule. This time the Tuesday had been taken off and instead it said that I was to work Saturday (today) from 7-11:30. OK. So I get to Food Lion today, then after I’d been there for an hour the manager calls me into the office and tells me that I’m not on the schedule. On another note: if you are not on the schedule, their timeclock won’t let you clock in and I had no problem clocking in. No, I wasn’t on his list. So I pulled up the app on my phone and it said that I was scheduled for 7-11:30. He was talking to someone (I have no idea who but I have a suspicion) and told them that it was on my app. That person told him to tell me to go home. Thank goodness I’m not relying on those hours.

    But on the bright side I was able to go to WalMart and get some shopping done and a prescription picked up, then I came home and fried the salmon cakes for later in the week, made the pork tenderloin for later in the week, now I’m getting the milk ready for more yogurt. So it all worked out.

    Jess called to say that she’s on her way here. She’s not sure if she’ll drive all the way thru (I have a feeling she will) or she’ll spend the night somewhere. Since Vince had to go to WalMart to get cat food (I really don’t think we needed it), I went and got a loaf of bread that she’ll eat and a few other things.

    There’s going to be a virtual memorial service later today for a friend of ours who passed away a few weeks ago. Afterwards, I need to make some icing for the cupcakes I made yesterday

    Heather – when Jess was working at New Bolton Center, I didn’t know it but they had a canine unit which she worked in. I was so afraid that any dog they were going to put down, she’d want to bring home. Surprisingly, her feeling was “they helped mankind”. I am very proud of her for feeling that way.

    Just finished with a virtual memorial service for a friend of ours. How neat!

    Michele NC
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,255 Member
    edited January 2021
    Heather Greyhounds for whatever reason rarely bark. Because Drew is part Italian greyhound that is why barking is not an issue with her.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,255 Member
    Stats for the day-

    Walk w/family- 2hrs 45min 58sec, 3.20ap, 157elev, 86ahr, 109mhr, 9.08mi= 851c
    Strava app = 1100c
    Zwift bike trainer, slow easy ride- 52.21min, 17amph, 459elev, 117ahr, 139mhr, 15.08mi= 371c
    Strava app = 334c

    Total cal 1222

    No workout yesterday
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Long walk today -- 11,004 steps -- 6.44 miles, 90 minutes, 453 calories burned. (according to Google Fit). I could get used to that! Walked one side of the lake to the highway, then jumped onto the golf club cart path and walked the golf course, then back onto the road back to my mom's. Nearly dark by time I got back to the house, in the great wet north.

    I hope everyone else is also having a relaxing Saturday.

    Take care.

    Flea
    Still on the Olympic Peninsula
  • ginnytez
    ginnytez Posts: 1,400 Member
    Julie-I hate making color choices! I understand your feelings of isolation on your own. I just keep telling myself I am doing things for myself. And I refuse to let myself get the Covid 15! (on that front, at least, I can fight the thing!)

    Tracey-I also have to admit I found humor in your mom’s friends raiding the refrigerators! I understand your brother’s frustration, but there are worse things that could happen!

    Machka-my stepson is working on beehives on his farm. He seems to enjoy it. Of course they are also raising egg and meat chickens. Presentation-major government public assistance programs; wide variety of topics on communication.

    Allie-sorry there is another surgery. Hope this fix takes.

    Spent the day putting away Christmas stuff, had a nice long chat with oldest son. Got bills paid. Made a premade meatloaf for dinner (Kroger). It’s ok but I prefer my own or the ones from the butcher shop I go to on occasion. Pleased with house being nice and tidy.

    Take care all,

    Ginny in Ohio
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    edited January 2021
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    In the UK you can contact the local authorities over persistently barking dogs. It is a noise nuisance. I would also report it to the RSPCA. They would visit and give advice. Other than that I would try poison. :*
    I don't think neighbours round here would tolerate noisy dogs for long! I consider it an assault on mental health.

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Our council requires us to pay up front for them to investigate a barking dog. A couple years ago, the charge was $150 but now it's down to $65.

    You pay the money, and they give you a chart to fill in every time the dog barks over a period of a couple weeks or a month. Then you return the chart to them and they start their investigation.

    If they can confirm what you've claimed, you get the money back. If they can't confirm it, they keep the money and you are deemed a whiny neighbour.

    So a lot of dogs go on barking and about once a week the council posts that someone found a dog running around loose.

    This dog that goes on all night is left out on a balcony for extended periods of time. Big house, large balcony. I suspect the owners weren't home last night. We don't hear or see much from them except when they have a party on that balcony.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    margaretturk wrote: »
    Heather Greyhounds for whatever reason rarely bark. Because Drew is part Italian greyhound that is why barking is not an issue with her.

    That may explain why the rescued greyhounds around here are great. I think the owners also take really good care of them.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    Getting to know you question ...

    What was your first job?


    Machka in Oz
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,702 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,806 Member
    My first job was at US Bank (of Oregon), Main Branch for a summer between my junior and senior year. I was a lobby assistant. I learned to say, " window open down here sir". I also filed, and probably got served coffee by my (unbeknownst to me) mother in law who worked in the break room.😁👍
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited January 2021
    Machka: Your graduation photo is one that shows triumph! CONGRATULATIONS! :flowerforyou:

    (((Allie))): I am so sorry that your previous surgery needs to be redone. I hope your health improves and 2021 turns into a good year. :heart:

    Heather: Your mom was telling the truth about the down side of being a veterinarian, but I doubt it is worse than being a medical doctor for humans. The practice of medicine for critters requires someone with the fortitude to the necessary things from surgery to euthanasia as well as deliveries of cute baby animals. I love the baby animals & big animals too, provided they have legs, hair, fur, feathers, or fins. I do not have what it takes to be either a veternarian or a medical doctor. :noway:

    Sue in WA: I’m sorry that your California family members are grappling with Covid. I hope they do well and recover. :heart:

    Machka: My first job was picking strawberries. I was 11, and it was hot, dirty and unpleasant. The next year my family moved to another part of town. When I was old enough I worked in a local cannery. Swing shift was my favorite. I could sleep enough to have the energy to do volunteer work the next morning. I worked as a volunteer at project head start. I loved the experience of working with little kids. :star:


    I am healing from my fall the other day. The bruising on my forehead is a bit sore but is beginning to fade. My left wrist took the brunt of my fall and it is still sore but is doing a bit better today. :star:. I scratched up my glasses in the fall to the point they are not useable. I went to the eye doctor, had an exam, and an order was placed for new lenses. They’re supposed to be ready in a week or two. Meanwhile, I am doing my best. I can read if the type is moderate, but tiny type is hard to decipher without being able to use my glasses. :ohwell:

    Katla
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,018 Member
    edited January 2021
    Voice activation: Those things don't do well with regional accents, although they do adapt over time. 😂 I get some weird results when I use the dictation mode on my devices.

    Allie: Be careful with the exercise. Hope all goes well. 💕💖💕

    Machka: My first job at about 10 years old was helping on our local allotments. I was paid in fresh veg and fruit. The growing cycle of plants was wondrous to me. It still is 😂

    Katla: Good to know that your injuries are healing.

    Dogs: I'm fond of DYD's dogs, and most animals, but owning animals has never appealed to me.

    I had to take it easy yesterday as my lower back was playing up. Will probably have to baby it today.

    ☘️ Terri
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    A walk and a bicycle ride today ...

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    My first job is kind of blurry ...

    I helped a friend with a paper route ... did it with him sometimes and did it whenever he was away. I helped my father clean a school. I was between about 13 and 15. Then I helped my mother in a library for a few years and in the summers I picked raspberries. I was between about 15 and 18.

    And then I got a job in a bookstore.


    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    WHO prescriptions for a healthy and green recovery from COVID-19

    https://www.facebook.com/WHO/videos/988002711609126


    https://youtu.be/5RSp4Cp_bVI


    M in Oz
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,612 Member
    "Get to do"s and "chose well"s
    Chose well: BP, typed hymns, joined Joe at the burn barrel, returned library book, Freddie’s.
    Bonus: 79 mins hiking with C, D & T.
    Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, livestream church, fire call data into state system, call S, find HRM, index mutual aid files, watch STAS Day 20, submit grant pics and receipts, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat), A Little Less Broken, One Margarita, I’m so used to being broke, All Night, Nothing but You, Blame it on my beating heart, Homesick); finish mulching flowerbed; broadcast cover crop seed in veg garden areas, invest another 10 minutes in prepping living trust, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine, find and configure a screen time popup, figure out where to plant naked lady bulbs, and soon as it warms up above 50 and dries out below 60% humidity I’ll tape and spray paint those rusted areas of Aunt Elsie’s stove. Reconcile Joe’s EOB’s Thrivent shows only 2263.48 so far, next BGBS ask Terry about GB’s FD firetruck tax levy – contacts, media, advocate???, Sunday movie date with Joe, Garbo’s Anna Karenina. Monday: follow up call roofer,
    Reward: inventory seeds, plan next year’s garden, wishlist replenishments, Happier January:
    9: Get moving, do something physically active (ideally outdoors): burn barrel and Cape Ferrelo/House Rock viewpoint hike

    As I was finishing typing Sunday’s hymns, Joe announced he was going to fire up the burn barrel and asked if I wanted to play. At first I was annoyed at the interruption, and wrench into my plans, but then realized he was offering another chance to be present with him. So brushed teeth, got dressed and joined him. Glad I did but wish my knee jerk reaction wasn’t so selfish.

    Later hiked over an hour with 3 friends. Sure glad I brought my ski pole/walking sticks, it was really slippery, then steep in a couple of places. Couldn’t keep up with the gals but one stuck with me and the others patiently waited at appropriate points. Fiercely windy out at the point but stunning views of the sea and sky. Grateful.
    Kate :love: the pic of the pooches.
    Allie we are proud of you. ((hugs)) and high fives. Loved All Creatures Great and Small. Prayers continue for your quick and complete recovery.
    Heather, trust that was your dark humor.
    Sue in WA keeping your brother and your family in prayers.

    Machka my first job was “helping out” Papa at his Railway Express agency. For sweeping the warehouse, empyting the waste baskets and any other little tasks he could think of, I got a quarter and a Nehi Cream Soda. “Worked” with him from the age of 9 ‘til I was legal to work externally (15.5). Learned to file, type statements, update tariffs (rate books), rate cargo, help balance nightly, and wait on customers. Incredibly valuable experience as most of my 40+ yr career was in transportation and at least half of it dealt with rates and pricing. Thank you Papa!

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    January: leaner/stronger/kinder than December.
    daily: sit with Joe: 9, weigh/wii: 9/10, steps>5592=7398 vits=9 log=9 CI<CO=9 CI<250<CO=8 Tumble 5=7 Shadow 5=8 mfp=9 outside=10 up hill=8
    wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3 =2 rx=2 dance=4 clean 60 mins=2 packwalk=2
    mnthly: board mtg= , grant= , 21 plan= bonus: AF=5 play=7 sew=
    2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,699 Member
    edited January 2021
    My first job was a morning paper round. I was 13 or 14. It wasn't too bad, as it was before the days of huge Sunday Supplements, but Friday was very hard work as the West Sussex County Times (local) was published that day. Oouuff!
    I seem to remember earning 12 shillings and sixpence a week. (65p - around 83 cents) This was in the early 1960s.
    I've looked it up and it's worth £9.21 today. Just over $12. Sounds like exploitation to me! :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,018 Member
    Further to Jobs discussion: I had lots of household jobs from I was about 6 as my mother had a difficult pregnancy with my sister. Also, we had moved to a new estate and I helped mother with her part time job of scraping paint off the windows of the new houses and cleaning them out ready for new tenants. We used razor blades to do the scraping. No health and safety in those days!!!
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,018 Member
    PS: Jobs for mother were unpaid. I much preferred working on the allotments.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,598 Member
    Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking + a bit of rowing)
    Mar-15 … 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
    Apr-15 … 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
    May-15 … 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
    Jun-15 … 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    Jul-15 … 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
    Aug-15 … 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
    Sep-15 … 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
    Oct-15 … 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
    Nov-15 … 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
    Dec-15 … 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
    Jan-16 … 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
    Feb-16 … 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
    Mar-16 … 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
    Apr-16 … 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
    May-16 … 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
    Jun-16 … 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
    Jul-16 … 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
    Aug-16 … 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
    Sep-16 … 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
    Oct-16 … 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
    Nov-16 … 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
    Dec-16 … 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
    Jan-17 … 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
    Feb-17 … 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
    Mar-17 … 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
    Apr-17 … 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
    May-17 … 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
    Jun-17 … 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    Jul-17 … 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
    Aug-17 … 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
    Sep-17 … 455.5 km (283 miles) = 41 hours 25 min
    Oct-17 … 647.1 km (402.1 miles) = 57 hours 19 min
    Nov-17 … 427.0 km (265.3 miles) = 50 hours 4 min
    Dec-17 … 553.5 km (343.9 miles) = 52 hours 12 min
    Jan-18 … 590.2 km (366.7 miles) = 57 hours 49 min
    Feb-18 … 826.9 km (513.8 miles) = 57 hours 35 min
    Mar-18 … 582.01 km (361.6 miles) = 50 hours 11 min
    Apr-18 … 176.23 km (109.5 miles) = 29 hours 47 min
    May -18 … 167.6 km (104.1 miles) = 29 hours 08 min
    June-18 … 349.9 km (217.4 miles) = 36 hours 58 minutes
    July-18 ... 324.2 km (201.5 miles) = 24 hours 26 minutes
    Aug-18 ... 210.1 km (130.6 miles) = 25 hours 59 minutes
    Sep-18 ... 261.7 km (162.6 miles) = 25 hours 11 minutes
    Oct-18 ... 230.8 km (143.4 miles) = 30 hours 15 minutes
    Nov-18 ... 216.8 km (134.7 miles) = 30 hours 3 minutes
    Dec-18 ... 285.2 km (177.2 miles) = 37 hours 49 minutes
    Jan-19 ... 241.6 km (150.1 miles) = 27 hours 2 minutes
    Feb-19 ... 175.5 km (109 miles) = 19 hours 8 minutes
    Mar-19 ... 170.3 km (105.8 miles) = 28 hours 21 minutes
    Apr-19 ... 160.3 km (99.6 miles) = 25 hours 4 minutes
    May-19 ... 164.0 km (101.9 miles) = 29 hours 10 minutes
    Jun-19 ... 246.2 km (153 miles) = 25 hours 40 minutes
    Jul-19 ... 217.3 km (135.0 miles) = 33 hours 45 minutes
    Aug-19 ... 162.5 km (100.9 miles) = 28 hours 4 minutes
    Sep-19 ... 136.0 km (84.5 miles) = 23 hours 10 minutes
    Oct-19 ... 196.5 km (122.1 miles) = 31 hours 27 minutes
    Nov-19 ... 155.5 km (96.6 miles) = 25 hours 01 minutes
    Dec-19 ... 203.7 km (126.6 miles) = 26 hours 54 minutes
    Jan-20 ... 304.4 km (189.2 miles) = 32 hours 49 minutes
    Feb-20 ... 248.6 km (154.5 miles) = 34 hours 50 minutes
    Mar-20 ... 148.3 km (92.2 miles) = 30 hours 12 minutes
    Apr-20 ... 171.9 km (106.8 miles) = 19 hours 28 minutes
    May-20 ... 183.7 km (114.1 miles) = 20 hours 49 minutes
    Jun-20 ... 130.9 km (81.3 miles) = 18 hours 50 minutes
    Jul-20 ... 41.8 km (26 miles) = 9 hours 8 minutes
    Aug-20 ...148.9 km (92.5 miles) = 21 hours 43 minutes
    Sep-20 ... 119.8 km (74.4 miles) = 23 hours 17 minutes
    Oct-20 ... 191.7 km (119.1 miles) = 23 hours 40 minutes
    Nov-20 ... 273.0 km (169.6 miles) = 29 hours 16 minutes
    Dec-20 ... 216.8 km (134.7 miles) = 21 hours 59 minutes

    Goal: More than ... Jan-20 ... 304.4 km (189.2 miles) = 32 hours 49 minutes

    Friday, 1 January 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Saturday, 2 January 2021 … 5.5 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Sunday, 3 January 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 12.8 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Monday, 4 January 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Tuesday, 5 January 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
    Wednesday, 6 January 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 5 flights of stairs
    Thursday, 7 January 2021 … 4.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
    Friday, 8 January 2021 … 7.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
    Saturday, 9 January 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 26.3 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Sunday, 10 January 2021 … 5.5 km walking + 17.7 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs


    2021 Monthly January
    Walking Distance (km): 28.1
    Walking Time (min): 357.9
    Cycling Distance (km): 56.8
    Cycling Time (min): 223.0
    Flights Stairs Climbed Number: 17.0
    Flights Stairs Climbed Time (min): 13.6

    Totals
    Total Distance (km): 84.9
    Total Distance (miles): 52.8
    Total Time (min): 594.5
    Total Time (hr): 9:54:29
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,884 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Watched THE TRUTH ABOUT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM while I was rowing. Basically, eat a lot of fibre - fruits and veg, lentils, whole grains, don't overdo the alcohol, exercise regularly, take vitamin D and basically that's it. If you want a temporary boost you can try a cold shower or a massage. Vitamins and supplements are basically just expensive pee. :D
    Well, we know all that, don't we. Easy. :D

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Heather -
    I have to disagree on that one - like so many generalities, while there's an element of truth for that for most people, it's not true for everyone. Without supplemental iron, my anemia runs out of control, and I am exhausted and cold all the time--I've been in that spot too many times to believe they don't help. They do. That's just one of the nutrients I need--and I'm aware that's both because of the rearranging of my gut and because I don't get them from my diet. Giving in to the fact that I'm never going to regularly eat a vegetable also means acknowledging that I have to get those nutrients somewhere. While I don't disagree that the supplement industry has run amok, people like me who talk to their doctors and get tested regularly need some of these for a reasonably healthy life.

    Allie -
    Keep us in your pocket, chicken... thinking about you!

    Barbara -
    Happy to see you being present with your Joe. It's hard in the moment to discard our habitual behaviors and be open to new ones. The fact that he keeps offering what you requested means that he's thinking about it, and it's important to him, and the fact that you respond to his overtures means you want that too... Don't beat yourself up about first thoughts--they mean little, as long as the action that's taken gains the result you're looking for.

    First job
    The first job where I got an actual physical paycheck was cleaning up behind construction crews who were building an apartment complex, along with my mother. Had to go through all the trouble to get a social security card, etc. I was 14, so it must have been 1974. At most, I would have been making $30 to $35 a week, and my father was the contractor on the project.

    Either that summer or the next, I worked with my mother at the local plant farm (dozens of greenhouses over a hundred acres of East Texas), and moved plants around, or repotted them into larger containers, etc. Immigration and Naturalization trucks would come through every so often looking for the Mexican workers who were in the country illegally, and Mama and I would be pretty much the only ones left working... After my father kicked me out at just barely 17 years old, there were a dozen jobs in the next two years (fast food, sewing factory, school lunchroom), and I went into the US Air Force, turning 19 in basic training. That's usually the one I point to as my "first job." It was certainly the longest time I have ever worked for any organization across all the 40 years of my various employments--but the military tends to frown on it if you leave, so it wasn't as if I had a choice.

    Quiet Sunday morning at my house, serene and peaceful--sipping my second cup of coffee, and looking forward to accomplishing... nothing today. Absolutely nothing. Ahhhh.

    Love y'all!
    :smiley:
    Lisa in AR
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »

    Julie - I can’t imagine doing this alone. Here in AB, people that live alone are allowed two designated visitors, not at the same time and cannot be changed. I think they did it wrong though, I think the person that lives alone should be able to go visit. I don’t want to leave my husband alone in the evening or on weekends to go visit my friend after he has been alone all week while I’m at work. My friend started driving Uber Eats so she gets some human interaction. Her full time job is a work from home and has been for about 10 years.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    @snowflake1968 we are allowed to visit at present (that varies by few-week period- and may change. A friend came to visit around xmas and I met a colleague before xmas and I went for a walk w a friend-colleague who's alone (and she had only gone for a walk w one other person 1x since late October or so). many people are worried and keeping visits to a minimum.
    ...

  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @grandmallie It sounds good with your laps!
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    ginnytez wrote: »
    Julie-I hate making color choices! I understand your feelings of isolation on your own. I just keep telling myself I am doing things for myself. And I refuse to let myself get the Covid 15! (on that front, at least, I can fight the thing!)

    Spent the day putting away Christmas stuff, had a nice long chat with oldest son. Got bills paid. Made a premade meatloaf for dinner (Kroger). It’s ok but I prefer my own or the ones from the butcher shop I go to on occasion. Pleased with house being nice and tidy.

    Take care all,

    Ginny in Ohio

    @ginnytez I can agree, but motivation comes and goes for me, at present---it really hasn't always been that way. I've been naturally mighty disciplined in the past for many things. you seem much more regular than I am these days!


    TODAY:
    today it's ok. went for a walk, 30 min leisurely pace, get espresso at bakery, general light tidy, bathroom 15 min declutter.
    have a WhatsApp call with friend who's in the usa. we said we would both go for a walk and have a video talk, as a change from video talk in person---we can show one another different things we see...it's cold-ish out (but sunny) and we're supposed to always wear a mask here, so I'm not sure how it will be. if too complicated or uncomfortable, I'll go back home to finish.

    Have a worker's rights meeting this evening at 6pm. First in about 8 weeks.
    plenty of other stuff to do of course too.

    @machka9 wow that is super weird that you can have to pay for some sort of complaint (dog or otherwise). that sounds very mercenary. privatising police force, so to speak. so you have to have money available to have legal rights defended. Not everyone has 65 dollars handy. And probably many many are not wiling to front it for the possible investigation of dog barking...wow!





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