WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2022

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,194 Member
    Barbara - Loving the baskets! :D Isn't it a good feeling!

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,194 Member
    edited September 2022
    Michele - This is my duster, which it says is currently unavailable, but there are other suggestions on the page. I am finding it very addictive. :p In this older house we have picture rails etc.

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    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 945 Member
    minicooper452 wrote: »
    Well, we'll see if I still have a job on Monday. Went home early with a massive headache, neck pain and backache yesterday. Wrote to my boss/supervisor, whatever you want to call her and basically asked her where the heck the disconnect/miscommunication went awry? Very politely, but firmly. I explained that I'm only asking for the equipment I left on my desk back in March 2020. I asked her why she was asking someone, who has nothing to do with my medical assistance billing job, why I need this equipment back after I told her verbally last spring, in an email last spring and several emails over the summer and fall. I told her that I felt very disrespected for that and I was sorry if she felt this email was in any way disrespectful. It was simply what I felt. I said that due to the headache I've suffered daily all week, it became unbearable today (yesterday) I was leaving early. I also said that the money that I bring into the district can be used to purchase the equipment I need to do my job so I don't have to deal with neck, back and eye strain.
    So......... we'll see if I still have a job on Monday.

    Love and Blessings, Carla, in MN

    You might check with HR on the laws regarding making your workspace ergonomically appropriate for you. In California, if you mention it to any manager or to HR, they are required by law to provide it. Some companies will even send an ergonomic expert to look at your work area so that you get what you need and that it fits you.

    You should not be expected to work in an uncomfortable environment, especially when what you're asking for is very easy and inexpensive to provide and especially when you work for a public organization. It's affecting your health and well-being too. There is no excuse for them.

    Tina in CA
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,034 Member
    Sue oh my gosh that fire must be close! Stay safe! I don't know how you could evacuate with goats and horses.

    Annie in Delaware
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 16,905 Member
    :) One thing I learned from listening to years of podcasts from "The Minimalists: is to ask myself "How could my life be better with less?" Several years ago we stopped giving gifts and told friends and family to not give us anything.

    :) I have no new news about the problem with my eye. The visit yesterday was diagnostic and the results will be sent to the retina specialist. It was the test where you sit stationary for five minutes with your chin on a rest with one eye covered and stare at a light and click every time you see a light flash in the bowl, then do the same thing with the other eye.

    :) My Sunday morning walking friend can't walk tomorrow so we walked at noon today. Much too warm for both of us. I might need to take a nap

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,326 Member
    Barbara - I did pause for a moment before thanking her and refusing the gift. This isn't the first time she's given me and/or DH gifts that were expensive and/or not something we'd use. Generally they come with a "I saved the receipt if you want something else". I have given her the "a card and a gift card is perfect" lecture many times. Small things like a shelf sitter or little cooking gadget is easy to stick in the garage then take to the thrift store later. She said she'd give the garden thing to her sister for HER birthday. Whew. It was a seat on wheels. I already had one my neighbor gave me that I'm giving to the thrift store - it's too low, too unstable, and I don't have any use for it. That's why my neighbor who is also tall got rid of it. The only way to get off it is fall off, seriously. I have a taller little bench that's the perfect height plus can be flipped for a kneeler.

    OK enough on that. :)

    My mom used to be a good one for going to Florida in the winter and hitting flea markets. She was constantly sending me crocheted toilet paper roll covers and like. I finally said Mom.... please STOP with the stuff. Save your money. Or donate it and don't get anything in return. Just give them $5 for their cause or something. Then she got a great idea... she started cleaning out her closets and drawers and sent me my old report cards and things I'd left at her house that were really fun to look at and didn't take up space.

    DH and I had a good arrangement. Throughout the year we'd buy what we wanted and say to the other "look at these new shoes (or tool) This is my birthday present or Christmas present from you. Thank you, it's perfect!" :)<3

    Barbara - great job with the drawers. I rearranged my bathroom cabinet drawers last winter - I too found that some of the larger Dollar Tree baskets didn't fit. Or didn't leave room for anything else = wasted space. I've been saving small plastic mushroom containers - they hold 8 oz and are sturdy. I could wedge a couple of those next to a Dollar Tree basket. Isn't it nice to be able to find things? Your kitchen drawers are awesome. That's for THIS winter, and the thrift store will get a big haul.

    Carla - I bet you'll have a job to go back to. :) Boy how frustrating though. Tina had good points about ergonomics. Could you have kept working remotely? Or at least until they are really ready with your office situation?

    Sue - oh my word, how close is the wildfire for you to get ashes? We are getting really nasty smoke coming from a fire about 70 miles east of us near White Pass/Packwood. No ash but stinging eyes, hard to breathe. Air is eerily yellow. Hopefully you and I will get some onshore flow tomorrow and break this stuff up.

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 9,684 Member
    Afternoon ladies
    Im just laying low today..
    Doing a load of laundry.
    Something messed up with washer im hoping it is fixable. But its working.. will get the studf in the dryer...
    Been glued to CNN watching the British monarchy change..
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,521 Member
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  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 2,814 Member
    Lanette - Bolt Creek fire is just 3 towns east of us along Hwy 2. Stevens Pass and part of the highway are closed. The town of Index has been evacuated and we are on alert. Has burned about 2000 acres so far. We don't anticipate a problem but will hitch up horse trailer just in case.

    Sue in WA
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,326 Member
    edited September 2022
    skuehn48 wrote: »
    Lanette - Bolt Creek fire is just 3 towns east of us along Hwy 2. Stevens Pass and part of the highway are closed. The town of Index has been evacuated and we are on alert. Has burned about 2000 acres so far. We don't anticipate a problem but will hitch up horse trailer just in case.

    Sue in WA

    Sue - wow. I hope you'll be safe. I just saw parts of Index are being evacuated. Is there someplace designated as a holding area for horses and farm animals? I see we have a lot of farmers around here ready to head east with their own trailers and bring threatened livestock to their own safe pastures far from the fire, plus our Fairgrounds is ready as well. I love how our community pulls together in times like this.

    We're being affected by smoke from the Goat Rocks fire, and I just read Hwy 12 is closed from Packwood to White Pass. Looks this fire has grown to 1500 acres. I haven't seen a report from our DEM but looking at the Seattle News Feeds.

    Please keep us posted. Sending hugs and prayers the fires are contained soon.

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State

    PS -The smoke here doesn't seem as thick right now, I sure hope the winds from the coast arrive soon.
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,411 Member
    edited September 2022
    PIP you were burning some calories, girl! Awesomeness! Congrats!!!

    Wowza!

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,521 Member
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    Izzy aka iz aka pip
    In Central CA
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 2,936 Member
    skuehn48 wrote: »
    Lanette - Bolt Creek fire is just 3 towns east of us along Hwy 2. Stevens Pass and part of the highway are closed. The town of Index has been evacuated and we are on alert. Has burned about 2000 acres so far. We don't anticipate a problem but will hitch up horse trailer just in case.

    Sue in WA

    I recognize the area- Steven's Pass- How close is the fire to Lake Stevens? I have an aunt and cousin there and cousins and a friend in Mt. Vernon.
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,335 Member
    Heather – did your pole come basically with two poles – one for making it a duster and another that is the extension?

    Lanette – that’s what Vince and I do for some gifts (mostly clothes). I buy it, try it on, then give it to him to give to me. At least I know it fits and that I like it...lol

    Michele NC
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 2,814 Member
    Lake Stevens is probably getting smoke and ash. They are about 50 miles from the Bolt Creek Fire. Mt. Vernon is actually closer to another fire farther north. Bolt Creek fire is now about 5000 acres. They have set up facilities for evacuees at the fairgrounds in Monroe.

    Sue in Snohomish, WA

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