WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2022
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housecleaning etc- 3hrs 48min 12sec, vacuum, laundry fold and put away, change bedsheets, etc= 1046c2 -
Today was a potato, onion, mushroom, shrimp chowder sort of deal. It was heavenly!
Rebecca
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Evening ladies
Didnt do a blessed thing today and took a couple of naps and feel better..
Tracy wants me mon,weds,friday and still take Carmine back and forth to school so that will be my schedule for right now..
My first husband like i have told you i met in a bar and i was 23 when we were married. But when your in love you are blind to other things.. his mother was severely challenged with mental difficulties ,and as our marriage went along so did Richs. He had a nervous breakdown right after i had Dan .. and i was always the stable one in the family..
We moved a few times within our hometown and as Dan grew he started having issues... hereditary i guess. Back in the 80s i guess they didnt test for autism like they do now i think he might be high functioning..
So after 2 children and 13 yrs of marriage and being very unhappy i filed for divorce.
It wasnt great and my only regret was that i didnt keep primary residence of the kids i was working 2 jobs just to keep a roof over my head.. more later4 -
Barbie I do the VERB test on myself as a check in to my mood.
Do I sound and act like a victim?
Do I act and sound entitled?
Do I act and sound like I want someone to rescue me?
Do I act and sound like I am blaming someone for my mood?
If the answer is yes to any of these it works against finding happiness.
I read this years ago in a book about happiness...similar to number three the author stated would you rather be right or happy?
I found these ?s to be a helpful guide.
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Did part of Leslie Sansone’s 5 Day Walk Challenge DVD then a stretching DVD. No exercise since we’re leaving tomorrow (yea!!!!)
Betsy – congratulations! Will this be your first grandbaby?
Barbara – how can they use my voice to answer credit applications? They don’t know things like my mother’s maiden name.
Betsy – I guess in a way, I’m lucky in that I think the only financial thing on my computer is how much is in my “landscape” fund. All the financial stuff is on Vince’s computer and he does the taxes.
Loaded the car so the only things that have to go in tomorrow are the refrigerated food and the cat things Finished the one puzzle and started on the next one. I’m hoping to get the frame done before we leave. Had dinner then got my bag of food to take. Vince wants to shut down the server tonight so after I post this I’ll probably have to shut down.
Michele NC
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margaretturk wrote: »Barbie I do the VERB test on myself as a check in to my mood.
Do I sound and act like a victim?
Do I act and sound entitled?
Do I act and sound like I want someone to rescue me?
Do I act and sound like I am blaming someone for my mood?
If the answer is yes to any of these it works against finding happiness.
I read this years ago in a book about happiness...similar to number three the author stated would you rather be right or happy?
I found these ?s to be a helpful guide.
Margaret, I love this. It will be very useful.4 -
dlfk202000 wrote: »Barbara- THANK YOU-
Kim- I had to look up olallieberries. I had never heard of them. We have thornless blackberries at mom's(hopefully they survived this past year- 2 100ft rows of them that dad planted). I have two small plants that he started.
My raspberries have truly taken over in the front. I planted in two wine barrels. They spread(roots going through the bottom) into the lawn and into other wine barrels and along the walk way. I trellis them up but will dig some up again if they spread any further. They took over the area the strawberries were growing. I have a couple gallon bags full of berries in the freezer, need to do something with them so I can have the room back from them. I think I will cook them down and make freezer jam or take the cooked jam to mom and she can help me can/seal them.
I have several pots of raspberries between a driveway and hedge. We've got them sitting on cardboard to help prevent spread. Unfortunately they didn't produce berries this year. My husband isn't familiar with raspberries and pruned them at the wrong time. He also doesn't water them enough even though I keep reminding him ... that's the brain injury. He forgets about them. So I think I'll need to take them over.
We also have strawberries in containers along the railing next to our front door. They're doing well, although I think we could add a few more. I eat them right from the plants when they get ripe.
We had blueberries but lost them all to the birds. We'll have to get nets.
And our apples should be ready soon but something is trying to eat them too. Again, nets might be helpful. I don't know what I'll do with the apples. Some will go to apple jam and there might be an apple crumble, but there are a lot of apples.
Machka in Oz2 -
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We are watching the Superbowl. I am remembering high school football. We took school buses to away games, many that were far away. I remember two away games, far from our highschool. One was in Medford, OR and the other in Bend, OR. I loved the Bend game for the snacks — hot corn on the cob! Good memories from long ago. I enjoy highschool football, but not pro football. :noway:1
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Carla, so funny about your mom blocking you with her flip phone. My fancy new iPhone has this "focus" feature that silences everybody and sends them straight to voice mail. It is apparently super easy to turn on without knowing you've done it. The first time it happened, I had no idea why I wasn't getting my calls. The second time I knew but couldn't remember what I did to fix it. At one time I knew how to silence individual people's texts, but I have forgotten. It was very handy when I was a substitute teacher. I had sub finder on silent all the time. The constant beeping in the wee morning hours was most annoying until I learned to silence it.
Betsy, hugs. It is very hard to contemplate losing a life-long companion. My parents have been married for 68 years (exactly 10 months longer than I've been born). These are the feelings my mother is dealing with as well. My husband is 9 years older than I. Luckily he is in good health at the moment. The sad reality, though, is that none of us are guaranteed tomorrow.
Michele, I wouldn't worry too much about saying "yes" on the phone call. Just make a note of the date and time in case it ever becomes an issue. You didn't give them any financial info, so I would think you're ok.
My mother and my sister told me yesterday that they thought it would be a good idea if I rested up this week. My sister is going to have to go home to NOLA for a while, leaving Sunday, Feb. 20. At that time, I will need to spend every night with Mama and Daddy. We do not want Mama alone with him at night in the event he passes. She freaked out when her brother died and none of us were there with her. It's going to be hard enough with us there. My cousin will do some daytime duty once my sister goes home, and I can run home and take care of some things. Luckily my husband is an understanding man. He went through this with his mom, moving to Minnesota for six straight weeks, living in a pay by the week motel, while he sat with her in a nursing home daily. My sister has been here for six weeks. She needs to go home for a while. She will come back after a few weeks at home or whenever the inevitable happens. I did not go up at all today. I got 8 hours of sleep last night and a 2-hour nap this afternoon. I will go back tomorrow, because the hospice chaplain is coming. I want to hear what he has to say.10 -
dlfk202000 wrote: »Barbara- THANK YOU-
Kim- I had to look up olallieberries. I had never heard of them. We have thornless blackberries at mom's(hopefully they survived this past year- 2 100ft rows of them that dad planted). I have two small plants that he started.
My raspberries have truly taken over in the front. I planted in two wine barrels. They spread(roots going through the bottom) into the lawn and into other wine barrels and along the walk way. I trellis them up but will dig some up again if they spread any further. They took over the area the strawberries were growing. I have a couple gallon bags full of berries in the freezer, need to do something with them so I can have the room back from them. I think I will cook them down and make freezer jam or take the cooked jam to mom and she can help me can/seal them.
I have several pots of raspberries between a driveway and hedge. We've got them sitting on cardboard to help prevent spread. Unfortunately they didn't produce berries this year. My husband isn't familiar with raspberries and pruned them at the wrong time. He also doesn't water them enough even though I keep reminding him ... that's the brain injury. He forgets about them. So I think I'll need to take them over.
We also have strawberries in containers along the railing next to our front door. They're doing well, although I think we could add a few more. I eat them right from the plants when they get ripe.
We had blueberries but lost them all to the birds. We'll have to get nets.
And our apples should be ready soon but something is trying to eat them too. Again, nets might be helpful. I don't know what I'll do with the apples. Some will go to apple jam and there might be an apple crumble, but there are a lot of apples.
Machka in Oz
I love to go out to the front yard with my cup of tea in the morning and eat raspberries.
I have one blueberry plant that is blooming now(shouldnt be but it is). Hopefully I will finally get some berries on this- had buds last year but no berries
I need to spray my nectarine tree before it leafs out- don't want to get peach leaf curl again this year.
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Debbie- We have three blueberry bushes and each is a separate but similar cultivar. I love them but had to cover them with netting to keep the deer from eating all of the berries. These plants are suited to our area in NW Oregon and produce well. 🫐🫐🫐
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We have 6 blueberry plants, 3 different kinds. We had a bumper crop last year. Ours are fenced in to keep the deer from eating them. We also have a Gravinstein apple tree. It has just been pruned. The deer eat many that they find on the ground or can reach. The area we live in was at one time apple orchards so nearly everyone in our neighborhood has one or more apple trees.
I had a really long talk with one of my cousins today. It was well worth the time.
My son bought me an airline ticket so I will be flying to San Diego March 10 and staying until March 14. I am looking forward to sun and warmth.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA5 -
Accountability:Chose well: Joe, readings, BP, livestream church steps >7400, CI<CO, CI<250<CO
Bonus: lunch with PattiPoo
Workin’ on it: 143.1, :sick:, H20x6, active 3:38
Friendly February 2022
13: Smile at the people you see and brighten their day.
14: Tell a loved one or friend why they are special to you.
Has anyone heard from Kylia @kymarai lately?
Spent way too much playing on the wii this morning but it got steps off to a good start.
Shortchanged the dogs in favor of lunchtime meetup with dear departed BFF’s sister. We laughed, cried, shared memories and held hugs extra extra long. Hard to believe my BFF’s been gone since 2005. It was almost like seeing her in her sister.
Heather thanks for commiserating.
Betsy I’m with you. Now wish I’d finished the taxes. They’re started but I won’t work on them til I get my laptop back with a clean bill of health.
Carla thank goodness for Google.
Tracey and KJ you were so very very young!
Rita con VERY grats on the good bloodwork report. Your hard work is paying off.
Barbie thanks for reposting those “things to give up...”
Rebecca so sassy Athena’s apple fell not far from her grandmother’s tree?
Debbie can’t imagine having too many raspberries. Good luck!
Margaret the Verb questions are new to me. Thanks!
Michele, I’m not sure, I think it’s just an identity verification hack, like if the bank asks “do you authorize this person to access your account (or apply for credit) (or access your records)” and they play back the recording of you saying “Yes.” Hope I’m mistaken.
Kay ((hugs)) 😢 ((hugs))
Joe and I met when we were both 30ish, at a friend's house. He became my mechanic. Enjoyed chatting with him whenever we happened to run into each other, or my car needed attention, but that was it. A few years later my BFF and I had to cancel our Worldcon Labor Day 1984 plans and were complaining about it at the friend’s house. Joe said “some of us from the gas station are going camping at the ridge, why don’t you come along.” “some of us” turned out to be Joe and his friend Ed. At one point Candy and I almost turned around but we took the chance. Joe and I have been together ever since. After we’d been living together for awhile, I found out why my dogs weren’t greeting me as crazily as they used to. This 6ft tall, leather jacketed, motorcycle riding, good looking bad boy, was filling his pockets with beef jerky and lying down on the floor when he came in, so my two yappy little black terrier mixes could find their treats. At that point I realized he was “the one!” We got married in 1987.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2022: Be still and listen.
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Michele, more info on why to answer questions from unfamiliar sources with another question.
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/Publications/CanYouHearMe.asp
“In some cases, the caller may record the person saying “yes.” Scam artists may be able to use a recorded “yes” to claim that the person authorized charges to his or her credit card or account. How can scammers access your account? Some companies share their customers’ information with third‑party companies or allow third parties to charge customers’ accounts (called “cramming”) in exchange for payment. Scam artists may also obtain financial information from data breaches or leaks or through identity theft. “
Good luck!
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Michele, more info on why to answer questions from unfamiliar sources with another question.
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/Publications/CanYouHearMe.asp
“In some cases, the caller may record the person saying “yes.” Scam artists may be able to use a recorded “yes” to claim that the person authorized charges to his or her credit card or account. How can scammers access your account? Some companies share their customers’ information with third‑party companies or allow third parties to charge customers’ accounts (called “cramming”) in exchange for payment. Scam artists may also obtain financial information from data breaches or leaks or through identity theft. “
Good luck!
Fortunately it seems there is no evidence of anyone being scammed.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-you-hear-me-scam/
Machka in Oz1 -
My husband and I spent Valentine's Day among roses.
OK ... we were gardening. Many hours of gardening. But roses were there.
Loving the stories!
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Rebecca: With son shipping out, definitely Now! For a few treats.
Flea: (((Hugs))) 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻ing that you’re on the road to recovery
Will read some more later.
P26
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Morning ladies
Happy Valentines day to all my lovelies
Back at it today.. cold here today but its winter in Connecticut oh well..1
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