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Jeri, Haaaaaaaapppppy Brrrrrrrrirthdaaaay to yooooou! Happy birthday dear Jeri, happy birthday to you! And many more...and a pinch to grow an inch. (Remember that and the birthday swats on the behind for every year you are old). I wonder how that got started? All my best wishes Patsy

Thanks ladies! It is a great pleasure to be a sneaker! Lost a long post, but most of it was drivel anyway. Cool sunny day today. I m listening to a recorded concert with our musician friend on the French horn. He did the arrangements and the conductor works with the Portland symphony. Lots of fun old patriotic songs, "Its…

Good foggy morning to you all! Cool and misty today. I really hesitate to say it but it honestly feels like autumn right now. WHAT? We haven't had hardly any summer heat for me to whine about. As far as feeling unsteady, well! I guess that is part of the aging process. Our strength and balance requires constant attention.…

Hi Dee Ho, Campers! Well we had sun but we didn't get ahance to enjoy the rays. We had the birthday lunch with our friend. I would say the event was a mixed success. Our friend and his wife loved the music. It was really interesting to see the way our bodies react to various stressors. Our friend recognized his music…

Oh Joy indeed. John is making his famous egg white French toast. I can have one piece with sugar free maple syrup. Adding up the calories here...I will pay dearly for this treat. Lunch will be a small tomato, cucumber and a 1/2 cup serving of cottage cheese. Generous splash of hot sauce on the cottage cheese. Hello…

Hello ladies! The day has begun! I often make those "to do" lists and I really think they must scare me into action. The list is so long and it takes me forever to do even just a part of the listed tasks. John is way more disciplined. He has an on-going list and constantly adds and crosses off accomplished tasks. (?) who…

Ooooooops! Forgot to sign my name. The above drivel is from me... Patsy

Cool and partly cloudy today. Not too bad really. We have yet another lunch with our dear musician friend. It is his birthday. John bought him the strangest thing as a gift. He got him a little kid's basketball and a little basketball hoop that fits on a trash can. Our friend loves to watch basketball on tv. He is of…

Mary: I fear your current hair stylist has some issues that you are not aware of...think about how nice it will be to find a new salon with a new stylist. How sad that this person is so judgmental and negative. You are a delightful person. In you photo you look glamorous and happy. DO NOT Let this person steal your joy and…

Greetings ladies! After a really hot day yesterday, we were also to have another one today! But strangely it has been blessedly cool. My husband has been mowing the jungle we call a lawn. Oh to the friend here with diabetes and a sore toe...you are very wise to treat this as serious! I have been doctoring various little…

Dearest Buzz I, too, am up way too late (or too early) I wanted to wish you a very happy birthday. You might not know it but you are very special to so many people. Toward that end let me say how absolutely lovely you are. You sweat the small things in life...because life is a collection of small things, one after another…

Day is winding down...thank goodness! I had to see my eye doctor today about my macular degeneration. I have great news. The new injections are working like a charm. I don't have to go again for 6 months. I have been getting injections in the eye. As scary as that sounds, there was no pain and it helped me get this awful…

Very dark rainy morning. Ugh! I am being lazy, snuggling under a throw with a mug of hot milky coffee. I am planning my day but nothing much is happening yet. Even Katie is still snuzzing in her bed. John will be sleeping until his usual 7:30 p.m. Anne: not sure why but I love going to the hairdresser. It makes me feel…

Hello, oh how I understand the devotion to our animals. Since we are retired and we don't see our kids very often...our constant companion and best pal is our labradoodle, Katie. She tells jokes, plays tricks on us for fun and frolic. The London tradgedy has me so sad and, even though I hate to say it, I am so fearful. I…

Hello ladies, here on the Oregon north coast we are having such a cold dreary winter and spring...I feel like it is winter. We are going about in sweaters instead of teeshirts. Granted, we are supposed to have rain and foggy days, this is the coast after all! I am so impressed by those of you who are winning battle of…

Ooooooos I forgot to sign my post. This is Katie right before she got a summer hair cut. Patsy

Early morning...actually middle of the night! One of my personal crazies is that I often have difficulty sleeping. I am often doing my exercises at 2:30 or 3:00 in the morning. Aaaaaaargh! Anyway, I am a retired art teacher. I still paint but am enjoying writing and illustrating children's books. We live out in the country…

Hello! I have dropped in on this happy group a couple of times before. I wonder if you could handle yet one more member? You all seem so supportive and have very interesting posts. I realize you have a large group. Yet you all seem to have become very well acquainted. Hoping to get to know you all better. Patsy Astoria, OR

What's up gang? Here in dear old Oregon we have mild weather at last. We are dealing with an unwanted critter (?) that is tunneling under a sidewalk and threatening the foundation of the garage. Since I hate the idea of killing a racoon or some other wild creature, this is somewhat of an ongoing drama. John is in constant…

Hello sneakers! I try to check in on you every few days. I have one of those awful Doctor appointments. Fasting blood test etc. ugh! Every 6 months! The joys of diabetes and the A-1C number! Later this month is an eye exam to see if I need another "shot in the eye!" I try to have the same attitude that John adopts. He is…

Oh! I forgot to mention that we are having lunch with our musician friend tomorrow. His wife says he is having a good week. I will take along a good photo of the old painting for him to examine. He will examine every detail and make assements and judgements! Mental stimulation is very important for him. His wife seems…

We are going to have sun and warm weather! Yea! I will now finish washing some more windows. Maybe drag down some of the curtains and wash them as well. More on the interesting painting...a really good friend who taught art history at a university in Washington is helping me with the search for information. She had access…

Here is the old oil painting that has me obsessed with the artist and what it meant. Patsy

Greetings sneakers! We are to have sun today...haven't seen it yet. Mainly fog and overcast. However, it is not raining. So that's good. Taking care of a few errands this afternoon. Katie is going along. She loves riding in the car. She unfortunately drools a lot when she smells any food items that I buy. Yuck! I saw a…

Hi ho gang! Well! This is a fine thing...hacking the senior sneakers! There are times when I feel like the bad people are just waiting around every corner waiting for us. I am sure that there are ways to deal with this apart from just going away. I use apple computers but John uses a PC. It appears that each of us have…

Up really early (for me this is the middle of the night). I had a really marvelous Mother's Day. Who ever invented this was a true genius. I am sure it was first started as some sort of economic plot but I truely believe everyone enjoys the celebration. Our daughter came to spend the afternoon and have dinner with us.…

Happy Mother's Day! Another rather soggy day here. John is up early and ready to begin the day. He is in charge of breakfast today. I think he is planning French toast and some chicken sausage for him. Since I am 3 months older than he is, he often reminds me that he likes older women! What an amazing tease! Currently he…

Hello everyone, I am trying to get things up and running for spring. Not easy in the constant rain that we have been "enjoying." I think John and I are on our own for Mother's Day this year. Our son will be calling but he is very swamped at his studio. Our daughter will also just call because she is dealing with her health…

Oh my goodness! Sandy! What a delightful photo montage of dear little Jilly. I know Anne must be thrilled to see her little darling and how she grew. Thanks for sharing the moment. We had cool sunshine a few clouds today. Tomorrow we are to have more sun...sort of. Went to an art show opening at the gallery. A friend had a…

We had thick fog but now it is just cloudy and overcast. We also have had an extremely cold wet winter and spring. All of the coastal rivers are at flood stage. We have had very high plus tides. And the beaches are often coated with dead marinel life. Most recently it was blue jellyfish. Thousands of them. The cleanup was…