WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2024
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Tracey - I hope the interview went well.
Finished my hemming, and then steamed the pants to get rid of packing creases.
We had just sat down to eat my absolutely delicious meatballs when my brother rang. He said he would ring back when I had finished, and I could tell something was up. I rang him the minute after we were done.
He told me he has cancer of the back of the tongue and soft palate. Seeing all kinds of folk next week, including oncologist. Looks like radiotherapy, chemo etc, not surgery. He will have to have some teeth out in prep.
He is T2 diabetic.
I know it's not good, but he is being very philosophical. All his kids etc now know.
I am close to my brother and love him very much. I don't yet know how I feel because it's taking me a while to process it. I do know that it's not a great place to get cancer.
Much love Heather UK xxxxxxxx7 -
Heather- Cancer sucks no matter where it is,im so very sorry.. I have a nagging feeling that something might be brewing like that with my water works but wont know that without more testing.. and for me alot of prayer. Hope you e joyed those pictures of SMiles 😃4
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Heather - I'm sorry about the news for your brother, and hope the chemo, etc., is very successful. If I remember right, this is the gentleman with the red-haired wife, yes? Life can change in an instant, it seems. Hoping for the best.3
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Yes Lisa. Last October at my niece's wedding.
It does change absolutely everything.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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He looks like a lovely man, Heather. I'll keep you all in my thoughts. Many hugs.1
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SophieRosieMom wrote: »Tracey - good luck at the interview today!! I know you'll do well.
Machka - I mostly use FB like I used to use the daily newspaper, which is no longer daily. Local news, events, sales, obits. I seem to have a lot of "friends" but only follow a couple. But it's nice to pop in and see what folks are up to when I have the time.
Rebecca - sorry, I whipped through a lot of posts this past week so missed part of your babysitting story. Are the grands at your house or did you go to their house? Seems it's a tough job even for someone 20 years younger when you aren't used to it, and even if you are. Hope they can make other arrangements.
Debbie - hope your mom's roommate gets out of there with minimal hassle.
Seems like I've been discombobulated ever since my company a week ago. Many trips to town, which I'm also not used to, eating a bit off. Today lunch in town with my friend M then tomorrow another lunch with my other friends. What else.....
Tuesday afternoon - trip to town to get new orthotics. I'm afraid the left one will need tweaking, I wore it for a few hours yesterday and it didn't take long for damaged metatarsal to complain. It's probably only off an eighth of an inch. Joe the orthotic maker said let him know if there's a problem. I'm guessing he has to tweak most of the orthotics he makes.
Yesterday morning Kitty to the vet -I took her to in catch up on shots and have her paw checked for the ingrown claw. Turns out, she had THREE ingrown claws - some infection, plus has numerous fatty tumors. They took her to the back of the clinic to take care of her claws, and after a few minutes the tech popped her head into the room where I was and asked if I wanted them to shave her a bit to get rid of some of the mats. YES!!! About 15 minutes after that, the Vet, Dr. Amanda, came into the room and took me back where they were shaving her. Kitty is/was a black longhair. Amanda said kitty had a heart murmur, some bad teeth and she felt with Kitty's age (17) it wasn't worth biopsying anything and putting her through it. I agreed 100% (I was ready to protest in case advanced measures were suggested) and we decided she's on "comfort care" from here on out. Amanda said her hair might not grow back at this stage, or grow back straggly and Kitty might need a sweater this winter. They gave her a "lion" haircut - she still has hair on her face and neck, bare back and belly. Also a shot of antibiotic $$$$ but it saved me from trying to jam pills down her for a week.
I was so grateful they trimmed her for me. Amanda also told me they don't recommend people trying to cut off these mats themselves, too much risk of injuring the cat since their skin is so thin and the mats are so close. They do nail trims when needed and mat trims or full body trims like they did yesterday. When I called to make the appointment for Kitty's claws, I asked about cutting out mats and the NEW receptionist I spoke with said they don't trim unless the cat is in for surgery. I was disappointed and dreading having to keep taking sharp sewing shears to clean up Kitty, who would only tolerate it for a couple minutes before the wiggling and biting would start. I never nicked her. What a relief to find out they do this all the time!!! I take Rosie in next week for her shots and will let Amanda know that I was given bad info.
Kitty was pretty much DH's cat. She loved him, let him keep her trimmed and taken care of. Me - she tolerated. So it's been a struggle to keep up with her grooming over the past few years.
Need to catch up on a few things here before heading off to town. Make it a wonderful day!
Lanette
SW WA State
Oh no worries. My son came and got me last Friday. Its been very taxing!
Rebecca
Vancouver
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Allie - Love those summer "SMiles" pictures!! He's so photogenic! Good luck with the echo, hope you make it there this time without any vehicle interruptions!
Heather - so sorry to hear about your brother. Hoping it's caught early enough that the proposed treatment will take care of it and he'll have many long and happy years left.
Michele - Debbie - any of you with old cats.... have you ever put sweaters on one? If so, where did you get the sweaters and how'd the kitty like it? If Kitty is still with me this winter, and needs one, I think I'll dig out some of the old dog/puppy sweaters I kept around, maybe one of those would work if she doesn't fight too hard. She does have a heated space, but I only keep it around 65 and that's if she's laying right next to the heater.
Lanette
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Rebecca: Just read back about your situation. Not an easy one. Hope it gets sorted soon. I agree with what someone else said. Shouldn’t her Mom be helping too?
Heather: So sorry about your brother
Michele: Condolences for the loss of your friend.
Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.
🙋♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.
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SophieRosieMom wrote: »Allie - Love those summer "SMiles" pictures!! He's so photogenic! Good luck with the echo, hope you make it there this time without any vehicle interruptions!
Heather - so sorry to hear about your brother. Hoping it's caught early enough that the proposed treatment will take care of it and he'll have many long and happy years left.
Michele - Debbie - any of you with old cats.... have you ever put sweaters on one? If so, where did you get the sweaters and how'd the kitty like it? If Kitty is still with me this winter, and needs one, I think I'll dig out some of the old dog/puppy sweaters I kept around, maybe one of those would work if she doesn't fight too hard. She does have a heated space, but I only keep it around 65 and that's if she's laying right next to the heater.
Lanette
SW WA State
I have never had to put a sweater on a cat.
You can get little heating pads for pets- Have that on for her if she gets cold. She will gravitate to the warmth.
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Rebecca: Just read back about your situation. Not an easy one. Hope it gets sorted soon. I agree with what someone else said. Shouldn’t her Mom be helping too?
Heather: So sorry about your brother
Michele: Condolences for the loss of your friend.
Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.
🙋♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.
☘️ Terri
Sadly her Mom is dealing with some issues, possibly moving.2 -
Athena ate some mac & cheese that she helped make with me. A huge bowl in fact. She's been sleeping from 1:30 until 4:14 now.😁
Eli has been sleeping from 2pm until 4now.
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Got our new cover for our stove (we don’t use it), more counter space!
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Lanette - we have a heating pad for our barn cat that turns on when she steps on it and off when she leaves it. Seems to work really well. I have had a cat that we shaved every spring because she got so matted when she shed out her undercoat. By fall it was mostly grown back and she made it through the SD winters just fine. She was a housecat though.
Heather - so sorry to hear about your brother. Sending him healing thoughts.
Rebecca - those grandkids can really wear you out. I always loved when my DGS came to SD to visit but I was equally glad to see him go home. By then I really needed some time to myself. Glad you are able to help out though. Just remember to breathe.
Sunny and dry here. Horses spending lots of time in the pasture because it is shadier there. Went to water exercise and got oil change on VW. This is one of those days when the fatigue gets me and I am really tired.
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Tracey – do you know if you can use dry brushing on glazes? Everything I’ve seen on uTube is about acrylics
I got some shorts from Penney’s. There is one pair that fits me well. Another pair, same manufacturer, same size, but it’s too big for me. Go figure! And I can’t return them since I took the tags off
After work today went and picked up Shadow’s ashes (Jess’ cat). Wouldn’t surprise me one bit if she came down here this weekend to get the ashes. Update: she asked Vince to text her pics of the urn. She got a special one in the shape of a cat
My neighbor is telling everyone in the neighborhood to come and get blueberries off her bushes. I need to find out if Jess and/or Colby like blueberries. I’ll pick some for them. I don’t think Jess does, but maybe Colby does
You know, Vince is spending a lot of time with the kitties. Honestly, I’m getting a little concerned. He spent so much time with Loki that when we’d go away, Loki would want a lot of attention when we got back, I don’t think he knew how to handle himself without us. I mentioned to Vince that he might not want to spend so much time with them so that they don’t get dependent on him and play more with each other. Guess we shall see what happens
Lanette – I’ve been meaning to tell you, remember you posted that pic of the type of shoe that your doc recommended for your PF? Well, I’ve been wearing my crocs and I honestly feel they’re more comfortable than the orthotic. Not sure if it’s going to help, but I don’t think that the orthotic does either. When I go to see him next week, I’m going to take the crocs with me and show him.
Oh, the store manager at BK said that next year they’re going to tear down the bldg and put up a new one. Probably like the one in FL. I’m not saying anything since it can fall thru. Not to panic people.
Heather – I’m so sorry about your brother
Lanette – we never used a sweater for any of our cats as they got older. Jess didn’t either (even when she was in Iowa), and she just lost her cat who was 18.
Michele NC
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Allie - Miles sure is a happy boy.
Rita - did you have a pattern for that water bottle holder? It’s pretty.
Heather - Your brother’s call must have been a shock. Hugs to you.
Rebecca - Michaela was going on yesterday about how she only likes homemade Mac and cheese. Nana makes it and it’s delicious. I am Grammie. I don’t make Mac and cheese, but apparently need a recipe. 😂
Pip - I love those covers for stoves in a small kitchen.
Sue - the horses sound like they have the right idea.
Michele - I don’t know about dry brushing with glazes. I haven’t used glazes except for one project. I prefer acrylics. I can ask the lady that owns the shop I attend. It will be the first of the week though.
I think that the interview went well. It’s between me and one other candidate. The next step is a call from the corporate office for a second interview. They are hoping to make a decision soon though.
Next Friday is one month since I applied. It’s a long process.
I think a storm may be blowing in. I see the trees starting to move. I don’t mind that for the drop in temperature, but when it’s been this hot it’s always a tornado risk.
Michaela forgot her favourite stuffie. This is Patches. She has had her since birth. Her brother also has a stuffie with blue spots, his name is Gus.
I have decided to make this a little Patches and Grammie adventure. I’m going to take pictures of her in different places to send to Michaela.
This was Patches supervising me watering the flowers.
This is Michaela’s projects from ceramics camp and her colouring she finished this morning.
Tracey in Edmonton
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Athena and Eli both had mac & cheese for dinner. Eli was just such a sweet bird. I had mooches a banana and he ate that! 💖. Both of them ate good, played hard and slept wonderfully! A success!
I had a salad kit with bacon and something crunchy brown sugary. The salad kit it called bourbon bacon so the dressing was like a sweet balsamic. I put some clover sprouts, and some bleu cheese crumbled in it. Along side was some spoonfuls of 4% cottage cheese. I inhaled it as I don't eat during the day. Had some cottage cheese with some pickled asparagus, beets and mushrooms. Couldn't eat it all. The salad serves 3 but I probably had almost two servings.
Athena is learning Japanese when I do my Duolingo course.😁
Yeah tomorrow is Friday!
Rebecca
Vancouver
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