Happy Friday. I’ve already lost my post once so short and sweet. Good news Barbie, Jake is home and doing well. Our mild weather continues so walks and gardening are pleasant. This morning I really wanted to stay in bed for longer but knew I needed to shop for groceries so it was up and at ‘em! It was perfect timing because I almost had the store to myself. On to another store for pet food, then filled the car with fuel before coming home to collect George and Betty and drive to the moors.
While out with Linda on Wednesday I bought a tray of leeks to plant in my garden and also cabbages so decided to look through my seed box to see what else I can grow in the Winter months. My heated propagator is now switched on on a window sill with trays of perpetual spinach, red kale and Chinese cabbage so I will hopefully keep the veggie garden producing.
More problems with my smart tv losing its signal and another hour wasted retuning so many times that when I finally regained the channels I had no idea what I had done to fix it!
I’m doing my best to lose a few pounds and do find if I keep busy I don’t get hungry. The best trick of all of course is to not buy chocolate biscuits, ice cream and starchy food so we’ll see how that goes!

The page is moving about and rolling so I will finish before Imlose another post.
Take care everyone.
Jackie 🥰

Happy Sunday Sneakers. Our weather is changing so this morning’s walk was a soaking one but at least it remains mild. Before we left, I noticed Betty was constantly licking nails on her back paws and when she finally let me look I could see one nail on each was pressing into a pad, those the practice nurse missed last time but did cut her toes!
It was a struggle but I’ve managed to clip those hurting her and will take a closer look at the rest of them later. I’m in pottering mode so this afternoon I’m washing the garden room windows and sills then tidying indoor plants ready for Winter.
The coming week I have plans but most on hold until I get some confirmations. I do have a checkup with my dentist on Thursday and that will mean driving to Plymouth so I’ll combine it with a trip to a furnishings store because I need winter curtains (drapes) for my dining room.

Take care everyone.
Jackie 🥰

Good evening. Just doing stuff around the house and reading this weekend. It was a long church service this morning. Enjoyed it. After lunch, I worked through some of the clothing in my closet. I tried on everything I looked at. That takes a while but I felt better about eliminating those items after spending time with them. After a bit of work there, I moved down to the basement and I continued to clean and straighten things on my built-in shelving units. Closer to having those straightened. Then I have 7 free standing shelving units of various sizes to work on. And several stands for my dehydrator and other items. Such an interesting life.

Sandy, another very enjoyable weekend. I am sorry that Bryanna is moving away. I know you will miss her so much.

Jackie, oh my, poor Betty. I hope her nails are trimmed enough now. I hope you got some rest today.

Barbie, how are things going at your house? Any problems walking both of the dogs on your own? Is Jake able to walk without assistance now?

Hello to Anne, Joy, Diane, Jeri, Patsy and all our Sneaker gang. Be safe.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
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Good evening. I ran a few errands this morning. Did a bit of straightening in the basement this afternoon and once again stuffed as much as possible in my trash can. I waited for my neighbor to finish mowing his lawn before rolling out the barrel. Haaaaa.

I talked to a friend for over an hour. Watching the iON + Channel on Roku. My once a week chance to see the TV show “Hudson & Rex.”

Barbie, it sounds as if Jake is doing much better. Yes!

Sandy, glad you didn’t have a jam packed day.

Jackie, you probably got more accomplished than you might have thought at first glance.

Be safe everyone.

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Hello to all….have been busy days. The sun setting early now and we feel the change of seasons. Had a nice surprise when my granddaughter called and said she will come down today and stay two days. Jackie is from Georgia and it is so lovely that she moved to California and we can now visit at the drop of a hat. She has received some job offers, but has an interview on Thursday and this is the one she really wants to work. We talked a lot and laughed a lot and she seems to have matured so much since i was back there. Deb and Cha going to diabetic dietician and doc tomorrow, so we ate pizza today so tomorrow we can get on the Dash Diet together. Not Jackie tho!
Hello to Lin, Jackie, Sandy, Barbie, and all you Sneakers out there.
Joy

It has been raining all day so apart from a walk round the block, I haven’t done much. Yesterday evening I received a text asking if I could postpone my visit to see Maddie until later in the week so I’m now planning to go on Friday morning. At least Wayne arrived to remove the bags of rubble and I had to laugh that although I had been unable to even drag one of them across the ground, he lifted them into a wheelbarrow 6 at a time and trundled down the path to his truck. A nice man so I will use him again if needed. It’s my usual time for a cup of tea so while in my kitchen I’ll prepare chicken breasts for the oven.
Seeds I planted in the heated trays last Friday are already showing themselves which was quick and I must work out how and where to plant them on to protect from pigeons and slugs!

That was funny about you wearing a western outfit Sandy. You look great anyway. 😁

Tomorrow I’m supposed to be picking Sheila up after a doggy walk to take us somewhere for coffee. The forecast is storms so that might restrict where we go!

Happy Tuesday.
Jackie 🥰

Hi, it’s been a busy day and I am quite tired.

Barbie, I am sorry to hear the bad news. Sorry Bodhi couldn’t adjust. 😢

I adopted a Husky rescue a long time ago and she had been abused by the man in the house. Kept her on a log chain, yelled her but never admitted to hitting her. I always had my doubts. She got along with my male Husky and we got along well but she didn’t trust men. She never bit anyone but she really did not want to get trapped close to a man. Luckily I was divorced and there was no man in the house.

Be safe everyone.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
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If I put this in teapot a post in the last few weeks sorry to repeat.

Hello everyone. Sorry I didn’t check in yesterday but it was another one where everything went awry. Sheila’s daughter lives a hundred miles away and had told her she was having ultrasound and internal procedures because she was passing blood and apparently was supposed to receive a call from a consultant yesterday because they found a mass. You may not be aware our NHS doctors have been striking and yesterday it was the Consultants and Junior doctors who walked out so the call didn’t happen and instead of meeting me, Sheila waited for news because her daughter was trying to get someone at the hospital to talk to her. She has been told they want to take a biopsy within 2 weeks and of course the family is terribly worried. Today I drove to Plymouth for a dental check up then went into the centre of the city to a store that sells everything for the home. I bought a couple of cheerful cushions and was about to leave when torrential rain started to fall and because I had parked at the far end of the car park I thought it best to wait until it eased. The window cleaner visited this afternoon so all the smeared dirt on the upstairs windows and those in the garden room roof has gone. There are some pieces of lime mortar stuck on a bedroom window frame that I will have to try to remove from inside.

Barbie, I’m so sorry Bodhi couldn’t settle with Jake but hopefully the shelter will be able to find him a home with a single female. It’s terrible that he might have been abused before and know from experience with George still being scared of doors opening near him, that sometimes they never forget.

I don’t remember that teapot Lin!

I’m sure you will miss Bryanna Sandy but how lovely that she has found someone to love and take care of her. I’ve not heard from Anne and hope it’s because she is keeping busy. It’s a big change in her life and I worry for her and Jilly because her outlook on life is young and full of humour and a couple of “inmates” sounded a bit grumpy.
Let us know you are alright Anne.

Tomorrow morning I will visit Maddie with George and Betty as I haven’t heard any different this time. I’m going to take her an unopened jigsaw puzzle because I remember she enjoyed piecing them together and I’ve not got time since we came out of lockdown.

Take care everyone.
Jackie

Hello everyone.... Delightfully I think fall is on its way. It was only 78 today though we may have a few days left of the low 80s here. I am so ready for the cooler weather. We have actually kept several windows open during the day rather than use our ac, which is a nice change. No rain here.

We made our trip down to see my sister and brother, plus spouses last Sat. The Bay Area traffic was horrendous reminding us why we rarely go that direction inspite of it being 2 hrs away. With all of the traffic it is more like 2 3/4 hrs now. People drive crazy 70 + and change lanes frequently requiring us to put on the brakes. It had been 5 yrs so a visit was past due. Only wish they would come our way, but Santa Barbara and Castro Valley are not close. Unfortunately my other brother from Redding wasn't able to make it. Nice visit and interesting to watch how much we all are aging, especially me being the eldest.

I too am concerned about Anne and hopefully we hear from her soon. It is definitely an adjustment for her since she has been independent for so long. People can be clickish and we find that also is one of those things we have found out here living in a senior community.

Barbie...Sorry that the rescue didn't work out for you. You tried and with him not being accepting of your husband I could see that being quite a problem. In time I am sure you will find another buddy for all of you.

Jackie....Goodness you have had a lot of rain. Glad to see your house projects are finally finished on the outside. So what is next ?

Lin....More cards and I am sure quite a challenge with holidays, plus birthdays coming up. Going thru some boxes of things sitting around and sorting everything is quite a job. I did a bit of that with my closet the other day. Unfortunately my husband won't let go of anything; there is no room for anything else, but his hat collection etc keeps increasing.

Sandy....Feel for you with your granddaughter leaving the state with her boyfriend. You have been such a wonderful grandmother to her and have a delightful relationship. It will definitely be an adjustment. Still am adjusting to our son, his wife and 2 granddaughters residing in Tennessee . We really miss them.

Joy...More company. Never a dull moment in your household. Enjoy them while you can.

I had to make a trip to an endodontist this week to get a retreatment done of a old root canal. So far so good. One more step in all of this dental work this summer in a month then hopefully that will be it for a while. My husband also had to have a root canal done this week. It has been an interesting and expensive summer, but lots have been accomplished. Now it is time for our life to slow down a bit.

Well it is getting late. Thinking of everyone. Stay healthy and enjoy fall as it comes to your area.

Diane

Diane,When we lived in Eureka we had to drive to the Bay Area frequently and every time we would say to each other "Please don't make me live here". Now that we are in Washington, we say the same thing when we have to drive to Seattle.

Barbie

Regarding emails to Anne, I’ve read the response carefully and found this section which mentions a third party service. Perhaps the Care Home is having internet issues or doesn’t realise it’s system blocks messages?

Check the error for information about where the problem is happening. For example, look for a domain name. The domain name will tell you which organization was responsible for the error. The recipient's email server could be causing the problem, or it could be due to a third-party service that your organization or the recipient's organization is using to process or filter email messages

Jackie

Hi girls, I’m here!!! I can’t believe how the time flies in this home! Actually I haven’t a great deal to comment on either. The problem with the email is I’m still not set up. I’m not set up with much at all. No TV etc and it’s all because everyone is so busy renovating my old home, or picking apples off my old tree, or digging up the spuds I planted last spring, or arriving with tomatoes also planted last spring. I’m not being neglected here in the home of us oldies, it’s just everyone has different priorities to me! So they pop in and see me and Jilly regularly but don’t do the things I’d like them to do. For instance bring two pieces of furniture I’m really missing etc. I’m not complaining just waiting SORT of patiently. On the plus side me and the Bean spend quite a bit of time in the park next door because the weather is just beautiful right now. No humidity, but warm enough to walk without a coat. I’ve met Caroline from Calgary who loves to walk as well and we are contemplating joining the walking group but not if it means tagging along behind all the folk pushing walkers!

The transition from a house to an independent living place is not easy although some long term ladies say before long this apartment will be home. We are getting there! Despite the nasty woman still being nasty with my little wee one who is a great hit with everyone else. Management say ignore her which I’m doing and my lovely cleaning lady Fatima says she loves Jilly and me, and brings me a candy most days. So, I’m getting used to people of varying levels of empathy, or you could say even the nutty ones. Fortunately not many, most people here are really nice. I found out today how the nasty one makes Jilly bark when I’m not around so she barks. Funny really, but I’ll let you all know what she does another day if you show interest. Wow, I’ve whittled on long enough.

So my lovely sneakers in conclusion the move on the whole is quite enjoyable. You just have to give it time and especially if you have a happy, friendly, tail wagging little dog who has to adjust as well. Promise I’ll write more regularly.

Anne.