WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2021
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Our son and daughter in law are getting ready for the birth of their second little boy this fall. We are planning to go to Virginia and stay with our grandson at home while they are having the baby at the hospital. I am in the process of knitting a new baby blanket for the new baby, but I have goofed it up twice so far. Luckily there is plenty of time to start over again.
Cheri – Your baby quilt is beautiful! What a lovely gift it will be for the new mom. You are inspiring me to create something appealing for our unborn grandson. I am planning to knit his baby blanket. I’ve already started—twice. Luckily I have a few months to get it done.
Katla in NW Oregon
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Barbara, I don't have to bike on the road, I wouldn't be comfortable with that. There is a commuter/recreation trail that I can get onto just a few blocks from home (residential streets) and spits me out just a few blocks from work (nice wide sidewalk!), so no road travel for this kid.
Cheri, that blanket is amazing! There is a way to not have the ends so sew in, it involves tying one colour around the other and then vice versa, but you have to be careful about how long your yarn is or you get "carry over". Or you can end up a bit short. And then, too, in a pattern like yours, you would be forever cutting and tying. Sewing in the ends seems a friendlier way to do it!
Kylia, I'm so sorry your hubby crashed your truck! Glad that the truck is the only injury tho, well, perhaps hubby's pride, but that is totally salvageable! lol
So, I'm hoping to post this photo, we'll see what happens. This little fellow got into our garage, we were out there too, so were able to escort it back out, hubby got it most of the way out and I was encouraging it to keep going to a safer spot farther away as we were preparing to move our car. It finally stopped and kind of turned around and sort of stood up, it took me a few seconds to realize what it was doing, finally realized it was hissing at me! It was so cute! It's only in a spoiler as it takes up too much space otherwise, I promise it's not scary! That's my index finger that it's hissing at.
It is way too late for me to still be up, so hugs to those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island
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Well, I thought I put it in a spoiler.....
Evelyn, Vancouver Island2 -
Looks like we're poised and ready for Delta lockdowns here in Tassie. ( See more about the virus in our Group )
The virus has not arrived here yet but we're expecting it any day and when it does appear, we'll lock down.
I can hardly wait! I might start bringing stuff home.
M in Oz3 -
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Evelyn I was watering my plants last night and also got visited by a garter snake. It was about a foot long and as big around as my pinky. Snakes are not my husband's thing. He quickly moved to the backyard when I mentioned it! He told me to remove it. I said it rats things we dont want and is fine. I left it curled up under a plant. 😉
Allie So sorry! Been there, done that with my MIL and her"man" with both the property she owned inFL and the one we go to in KY. I had to walk away from going as it was so stressful. Now.....the KY farm is wonderful. I find it peaceful and refreshing. I hear your brother and understand it is a lot of work, but attitude goes a long way! Would a few day trips work with Talia versus the cabin?
Better get the day going. Stuffs to do before work. DH has a dr appointment first thing.
Have an awesome day!
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Kylia in Ohio where the sun is just begining to peek over the tree tops3 -
Barbara, I don't have to bike on the road, I wouldn't be comfortable with that. There is a commuter/recreation trail that I can get onto just a few blocks from home (residential streets) and spits me out just a few blocks from work (nice wide sidewalk!), so no road travel for this kid.
Evelyn, Vancouver Island
Most of our cycling is on the road, with road bicycles.
In southern Tasmania (where we live) the roads are not very good. They are hilly, narrow and busy with lots of traffic and drivers that don't particularly like cyclists.
In northern Tasmania (where we visit sometimes) the roads are great! They are relatively flat and quiet.
A good portion of our training rides take place in a town south of us. It's reasonably flat and connects to a MUP. The MUP isn't the greatest (they really don't like to spend money on cycling infrastructure here!) but it is better than nothing and takes us to a couple towns further south.
But our 50 km rides have to meet the rules of Audax which means that we can't cycle in the same direction on the same piece of road more than once. There are other rules, but that one means we can't ride laps around a town. And there is such limited cycling infrastructure that I have to use the roads. It is quite a challenge to find reasonably flat, reasonably quiet roads.
I loved cycling on the road until I got to southern Tasmania!! I've covered thousands and thousands of kilometres on roads in Canada, Australia, UK, USA, several countries in Europe, Taiwan and Japan ... and southern Tasmania is one of the worst places I've cycled.
(I've cycled 170,776 km in the past 31 years, and logged every one of my km in a spreadsheet)
One day we'll move somewhere that will allow us to ride from home on the road again.
My favourite road of all the roads I've cycled ...
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Machka in Oz5 -
"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: BP, dogs to powerline, called Cigna to change monthly summary from large to regular print, made appt for Shadow’s not Tumble’s annual,
Bonus: stroll with T and C, veg prep.
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, reconcile Dr. statements, figure out how to see what’s using all our mobile data, USE those torture bands/do that BB&B video, call S, fire district: research NFPA, grant NIMS requirements, ongoing: input 2019 call sheets into NFIRS, work with chief on equipment letter, substance abuse policy, NFIRS mutual aid and other missing details, likewise Lee skills/tasks, ask for boots donator contact info, appreciation letter or certificate to boots donator, index mutual aid files; watch STAS Day 20, declutter sideboard, learn new dances (Tequila Little Time, Homesick, Nothing but You, A Little Less Broken, Blame it on my beating heart,; Do Your Thing, practice dances: One Margarita, I’m so used to being broke, All Night, Pure Movies to Wine, Beer, Whiskey, I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat),); finish mulching flowerbed, 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 the last of the 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, ask Terry about GB’s FD firetruck tax levy – contacts, media, advocate???, Reward: inventory seeds, plan this fall’s garden, wishlist replenishments (Milena F1 orange peppers and beit alpha cukes next year).
August
3: Be kind and supportive to everyone you interact with. Friends, yes. Part D customer support not so much. :sigh:
Whine.In light of the resurgence (up from average cases/day to an average of 11 cases/day the past 5 days) and arrival of the delta variant in our tiny county, Joe has asked me to consider carefully my activities. Yah. Thinking must forego indoor activities with known unvaccinated, like line dancing. Folks at T’ai Chi all claim to be vaccinated, as do most (?) at church. Hard choices. Again. :
Julie “ankle height motivation” sounds like a French translation of “my spirits are/energy is in my socks” :laugh:. Your clothing purchases look very stylish. Is the pool in your apartment complex? ((hugs)) of course this is the place to share the shadows as well as the brights. Sending healing thoughts for Thursday’s surgery.
Kylia “…7 hours of paperwork…” Bravissima! “trying to flatten the gravel in the drive” with your truck? Bet he wishes he’d’ve grabbed a rake. . .
Welcome @Shatszi ! That’s what my grandfather called my mother and aunt when they were little girls
Cheri the crocheted hearts blanked. Beyootiful!
Heather con VERY gratulations!
Kay “double first cousins”? means both your mother and the gal’s bio grandmom’s parents married siblings? Not theirs of course!
Allie glad to hear you’re getting better rest. Sad to hear your brother is off his meds. What Kim said.
Vicki “…he is trying to get some stuff done, and it is better I am not there to watch . . . “ :laugh:
Debbie I admire you, Cheri, Heather and all who can sew. Not my gift. :}
Sue in WA “… (DH’s parents) were afraid …” understand this. Believe Mama and Papa would have felt the same way, so didn’t risk it.
Barbie great news about Jake’s day.
Pip you continue to amaze and inspire.
Tracey so sad to hear you have no days without pain. ((hugs))
Flea please consider a sign asking people to mask in your office due to your low white blood cell count. You have the right to protect yourself. Period.
Evelyn hissing at you for saving him. :laugh:
Machka what’s a MUP?
Hmm, looks like scale’s showed below 2019’s ticker weight the past week. If sustained to the 15th will update. Yay!
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMODJuly: leaner/stronger/kinder than June.2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
daily: sit with Joe:2 , weigh/wii: 2/0/0; steps>6704=7642, vits=2, log=2, CI<CO=2, CI<250<CO=0, Tumble=2, Shadow=3, mfp=2, outside=3, up hill=3, clean 10=0.
wkly: Sun: Mon: Tue:LD=. Wed:TC=, PW=. Thurs: Fri:TC=. Sat:PW=. rX x4=.
wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/30:141.5 5/31:142.4 6/30:141.5 7/31:140.2!!! 8/1:141.3 :P
mnthly: board mtg=, grant=, plan=, waist=42.0
bonus: AF=0 play= sew=
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Machka what’s a MUP?
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
MUP is Multi-Use Path. Usually bicycle, walking, running but sometimes a horse-riding path as well.
The good ones are sealed/paved and wide enough so that bicycles and walkers/runners can share them comfortably. Less good are ones which are some sort of gravel and not very wide. It's difficult to ride on gravel.
M in Oz2 -
A few recent photos ...
The garden bed I've taken over and the first few flowers coming up. There are over 300 bulbs in that garden bed ... I hope for something interesting eventually.
My garden bed is along the hedge in the background.
Our handsome boy!
Machka in Oz7 -
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I never mentioned this but when I was talking about our MS jerseys?, I started wearing them on our morning walks. I never wear them. I rarely wore them in Washington when we were riding outside everyday and they were just in a bag so I figured, why not.4
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Morning ladies
Honestly the Delta Variant is starting to ramp up everywhere..and Taliah is not vaxxed,and Sean and Jean are not vaxxed even though im doubly vaxxed im thinking of just staying around here..
Tracy and Kyle are going on a Babymoon this weekend up to the Cape so i might end up watching Tal anyway..but we shall see3 -
Allie, Do you have caller ID? Can you not answer the phone when your brother calls and then delete the message he leaves or block him completely? He keeps upsetting you and you continue to talk to him expecting him to be different.
We have some good friends who are not vaccinated and we told them not to come visit us, not even outdoors
Barbie in NW WA3 -
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Watching the pole vault and running events and remembering my run racing days way, way back when. I loved the 200K then but also raced the 100 and 400.
Today was dentist day for my husband and me so we relaxed this evening.
M in Oz1 -
I have been guilted by my daughter into taking Tal up to the cottage for the weekend,I will leave friday around noon and come back monday,bring my mask with me .I will do what I need to do and enjoy the time away..
If it gets to be to much ill hop in the car and come home.. Alfie will be taken care of
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I am having a drainage project done in the back yard of a house we own, and used to live in, and are getting ready to sell. I assumed the work was being done properly and paid them promptly. My neighbor, a contractor, sent me a message the next day and asked me to come over to the house and discuss the project that had been done. The conversation resulted in me lodging a complaint and disputing the charges on my credit card. I apparently did a good job of documenting the inadequacies, because American Express refunded the entire charge and closed the case already. So now the company has not been paid a cent, which gives me a lot of leverage. My neighbor says this type of shoddy work is what gives contractors a bad name, and I agree. They will have to do it right now or not get paid. It's all been handled very calmly and politely, which is possible only because of the fact that they don't have my money. My neighbor has been advocating for me, and has a great deal of expertise in the subject. I am so very grateful. In addition, my neighbor Andrew was further inspired, after seeing the water pouring into my sump pump basin in the crawl space, to contact the county on my behalf (I have called them 3 times to no avail)...and they agreed to meet him right away at 11 this morning, to discuss the county's obligation to mitigate the water seeping through the poorly maintained and not sealed culvert and drainage conduits from a natural spring which is the main source of the water saturating the lot. The county will listen to Andrew because he is a man and he is calm and knowledgeable and he is a contractor. I feel so fortunate. The county officials have dismissed me 3 times and never responded in a timely fashion. They told me it is my responsibility and they have none...which I and all the other people who live on this stretch dispute...and finally I think Andrew may be able to get somewhere with them. Keep fingers crossed. I can't wait to sell the house but absolutely will not sell it with an undisclosed problem.
Karen in Virginia still with a very muddy back yard
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