WOMEN AGES 50+FOR MAY 2024

Worked yesterday then went to Aldi. Worked today and went to WalMart especially to see if they have these eye drops because the one WM hasn’t had them for a while. Well, this WM didn’t either. Came home, walked around the neighborhood, now making a chocolate cake for Vince

They’re having some sort of train show Saturday at the library in Hickory and Vince is gone to help set it up. Afterwards, the guys and their spouses are supposed to go out to dinner.

Barbara – we’ve gotten calls from Jess at 2am saying that she had a bad dream and is asking if we’re OK. I remember you telling me that BK was out of a lot of things when you went. I don’t blame you one tiny bit for never wanting to go back. You know, I can’t help wondering if someone owns these franchises as a tax writeoff so they’re really not looking to increase business. I was surprised that they weren’t busier when they had the 1 cent croissanwich. I don’t think they advertised this. I gave them extra cheese for this but they weren’t busy. Everyone likes a bargain and you never know, someone might go and say “hey, this is pretty good” and come back. Oh well….

Vince said that he got a notice that there’s a “fix” for my car. The “fix”? They install a resistor. And what happens if this resistor fails? Well, if it fails in the first 12 months, they’ll replace it. If it fails after 13 months, my problem. It doesn’t address the cause of the problem. Of course not, because the right fix would be to replace the ABS and that is expensive. Haven’t done anything about it yet

Remember my girlfriend in Switzerland? Well, I heard from her that she’s going to a sanitarium for a week or two to work on her mental attitude, strength and resistance, and to get her meds adjusted. A sanitarium over there is sort-of like a hospital over here. M - do they have them in Australia? Does anyone else have one where they live? I have some questions.

Jess was going to come down here this weekend, but we’re going out Sat. night and Vince will be gone most of the day. Shadow (her cat) does have a vet appt Thurs for an ultrasound of her kidneys so Jess asked if we could take her. We just need to coordinate when to pick the cat up.

Put out the umbrellas, the clock, the speakerx, got down the ceramics and put some of them out yesterday.

They were calling for hail so Vince put my car as much as he could into the garage. Nothing. Well...that’s good


TeeTee - w/b. You can do this! And you will!

Rita – wonderful beginning to a story! The part about the magnesium reminded me of the “spice” in Dune

Rosemarie – they’ll miss you at the cat rescue place but you have to do what is right for you. When you go back, they’ll be thrilled. You’re moving on, I’m so proud of you. Now exercise class! Good for you

Heather – how wonderful of John to help Max out like that. I’m so sorry you’re in such pain. I’m so excited for you to get these operations!

Found this “lower sugar” icing on sale so I thought I’d try it. Going to ice the cake right now and then have dinner. In a way, it’s so nice to be able to have what I want for dinner.

Michele NC

@auntiebk, thank you for the welcome.

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Monique - hope your sciatica gets better. Seems like many of us in the group have sciatica or similar problems in the past few months. I came across this Bob & Brad video for hip stretches, and I'm going to start incorporating them. I've had some pain in the rear/legs from too much sitting and just when I think I need to make a doc appointment, the pain diminishes. I herniated a disc decades ago that is contributing, need to keep up with the walking and stretches.
Kim - babysitting that dog sounded like a workout. Oh my word, that humping was something else. Since the owners are worried about her civil rights and don't want to spay her, maybe put her on birth control or a hormone maybe - if they have that for dogs. But at least you got good pay and a tip. Good to hear from you.

Michele - is your friend in Switzerland in remission? By the way, I forgot to compliment you on that beautiful cross stitch. You are so busy, I am amazed at all you get done in a day and then have time to do needlework. Good job!

Heather - so glad your surgery is soon and things are getting coordinated.

Beth - I was wondering if you'd still need hearing aids or need to still wear some type of device after the implant. Sounds like you are healing OK and getting your equilibrium back on track. Thanks for taking us along on the fascinating process.

Tracey - I'd love to be a mouse in your pocket when you are with the elementary school students. I have a hunch you'll do very well with them.

Terri - Poet. Artist. Latin student. It's always fun seeing what you are up to. Thank you for sharing the photos of the lovely cards.

Social life: I'm invited to a birthday/retirement get together for 2 former co-workers tonight. Starts at 6, I might bag it since I am up so early this morning and 6 will be a good time to mow if I don't wear out beforehand. Tomorrow, I'm invited to a Mother's Day BBQ which starts at 4 and is just down the road which should be fun. Have made a tentative "date" for coffee on Monday with my guy friend L who I chatted with at the hardware store a couple days ago. He is also a Tai Chi teacher and I need a few tips. He's like a brother - it will be fun to catch up on his busy life and the lives of his kids and what his sweet wife is up to. He's also my cleaner Collette's next door neighbor.

New ladies - keep coming back.

Make it a great day everyone.

Lanette
SW WA State where it's going to be sunny and warm today.

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Worked then went to the soup kitchen. I’d had it written down that I didn’t need to be there, but I totally forgot. They had enough people so I left. Going to go to Food Lion to get Vince bananas and some ground turkey (Vince probably won’t know that it’s in the meatloaf)

Vince said that our vet called. Seems he had been sitting in a cemetery eating his lunch (quiet and no one thinks he’s a dirty old man) when he saw these 13 kittens. Three of them were VERY bad off and if he hadn’t found them, they wouldn’t have lasted the night. Anyway, he was giving us a “heads up” because he knows that we’ll be looking for kittens after the first weekend of June. If they have 3 male orange kittens, I wouldn’t have a problem with that. He figures that someone just dumped off two litters of kittens. Is that sad or is that sad?

Going to see “Sister Act” at the local theater with a friend of mine. Vince doesn’t want to go. Well, in his defense, he probably doesn’t find it funny since he’s not Catholic. See, I went to Catholic school and can relate to a lot of it.

Kim – I like to put ACV on my coleslaw.

M – yes, I do think a sanitarium is like a rehab place.

Lanette – unfortunately, no my girlfriend isn’t in remission. She has a urostomy (bag you pee in) attached to her right leg. It’s permanent. She has decided to give up the chemo and just live her life out. She’s only told myself and two other friends of hers. She needs medical help going to the bathroom, sometimes a suppository, sometimes an enema. She can’t live independently any more. I sent her 2 small religious placques/statues and a box of mixed tea. It cost $35 to send it!!! shipping to Switzerland is more expensive than shipping to Germany! But in the end, it’s worth it.

Tracey – that’s terrible about the fire!

What’s going on with MFP? Whenever I go to log my food, I keep getting a “Bad Request” or an error.

Michele NC