Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Taco: no, I haven't read the The Winthrop Woman
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We always get shelter dogs and have found them to be wonderful pets. Had two lab mixes and then adopted smaller dogs as we got older. And after the labs, have always adopted adult dogs (although. according to our vet, Mutz was younger than we thought). Trouble had clearly had a rough life (we named him that after he went through the garbage can the first night). Went wild when he was closed in, even in a good sized room, but was good in the house otherwise. He was a good pet though once we realized he must have been penned up for long periods of time and would do much better if just left to supervise the house when we were gone When the kids were young, we had both a dog and at least one cat. It will be a very sad day in my life when I can't have a pet.
Puffin, if you don't have time for the book, send me a MP and I will send you a presentation I did based on the book for Colonial Dames.
Shout out to the moderators. They offered to help me get my old handle back.
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Yeah Taco -- how great.
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Our one dog had the run of the house when we were not home which meant she was on our bed. My DB would come to do work in the house and joked that if a burglar broke in they could empty the entire house contents as long as they did not touch the bed. It was the truth. Once she greeted him the only time he would see her again was if she needed to go out to do her business or to mooch part of his lunch and then it was back to guarding the bed duty. She was the dal that lived to be 15 years and 3 months, so we had her for over 15 years. I still miss her.
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My best dog was a rescue. He was a medium size fuzzy mixed breed and lived for 14 years. When I was a young woman, I bought a dog from a puppy mill and it was psycho. Never could house break him and he was not friendly. We ended up giving him to someone with a farm or ranch. Hopefully he lived happily ever after.
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Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it. Drop in malice and it overflows hate; drop in charity and it overflows love. -John Ruskin
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Dogs and even cats are pretty much ( unless from an outstanding breeder who will be honest with you ) luck of the draw. Since I've tried with my 'rescues' not to have high expectations it makes it easier to accept the imperfections while trying to foster the behaviors that will make it easier on all for the animal ( dog or cat ) to be here. I have to admit though -- almost all of the ones I've 'saved' have turned out okay.
Have two dogs now ( both rescues ) and while the one still has a slight tendency to nip -- she is far better than she was. Sweet Bill is still timid, but easier to convince that strangers do not mean harm. When we first got him he hid behind me for months on end, and even when he stopped would stay far away from visitors who hoped they would get to pet him. He ( I think ) will always be wary but he knows we would not tolerate anyone hurting him which has made a big difference in his overall timidity.
A scorcher today. Temps of 102 are expected and there will be humidity. Storms are expected but likely may not show up until early morning tomorrow. Really dislike have such extreme temps. like this in June. I recall one yr. where it got in the 100's in June and didn't get much better all summer long. Fingers crossed this one is a blip.
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Our last dog was a rescue who had been dumped in the woods after having puppies. A woman who bred St. Bernards befriended her and put an ad in the paper "delightful young golden dog". We adopted an orange tabby kitten and the dog proceeded to raise her 'puppy'. They were best buds and the dog took it hard when the kitty died. She was a frisbe dog and taught the neighbor's toddler to throw a frisbe. He could only throw it 2-3 feet but she would do the complete show for him.
Even we are having hot weather. It's predicted to be 88 on Monday; normal is 75. Of course there is very little air condition in Seattle houses, so it can be miserable when it's really hot.
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Northstar....86 this past April..your a toddler...have got my 10 years in since diagnosis, quit Letrozole after 4 1/2 years...took a gamble and don’t know what they payoff will be..but I’m still here...So I just might be the oldest one on here...just came back..don’t ask why I left..no reason...I was very affected by the loss of someone I became very close too...Short Deep Breaths was her name...or the Mayor of Crazytown which was the name of the Topic she started..she was loved by all....so your a baby compar4ed to me...so we can talk anytime...hugs
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Ducky - nice to see you. Glad you're back.
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Hi, nice to be back..
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If we pretend to be more enlightened than we really are, we will miss an opportunity to heal ourselves. Admitting our limitations can make us feel vulnerable, yet it is very freeing. We just have to be ourselves as we are now, accepting the mixture of enlightened awareness and human limitation that is in each of us. Through this self-acceptance, we find a deep peace and self-love. Shakti Gawain
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Yes, Ducky, you have been gone quite awhile.
Raining here today. Still quite hot. Got to take my car back in and hope they can finish today. The front struts are in and they have made a real difference so hopefully my car will seem like new for sure with the back in place. We are also in the middle of getting new keys for the car. The old fobs ( the part you use to un-lock the doors ) had worn through and I had mine being held on by a piece is tape. Not very suitable, but at least I could keep using it and not have to lock the doors all the time.
Didn't realize I had become so spoiled as to HAVE to have a key fob that would handle this detail. Didn't of course have such a thing when I first started driving.
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Ducky, you don't know me, but I want you back. I am amazed at all your grandchildren and great children. How absolutely wonderful to see them grow up.You are almost exactly one year younger than I am. Was 87 on April 9 with one 12.5 year old grandson, with the insane name of Treat. He told me, "Granny, I 'm in puberty, but still a virgin." We live in Evanston, five minutes from the northern end of Chicago, home of Northwestern U where Gil, my husband, is a prof. Moved from Glencoe, a suburb a little further north. Last night we flew from Denver after visiting Gil's brother to Santa Fe. If one can make it out of the horrid Denver airport without getting Covid, even vaccinated, it is a feat. Zillions of people, all masked, all crowded together en masse, but many masks below noses. Our flight to Santa Fe was delayed and no taxis, ubers, etc. Some man, this is about 1 am, gave us a ride from the airport along with another couple. The man I sat next too was chatty and told me he was from New York, but had just been to Evanston for his son's graduation from Northwestern, that his son lived on Davis and Hinman Street where we live and that he had grown up in Glencoe on a street 2 blocks away from where I'd lived for 45 years. Six degrees of separation indeed!
Anastrozole June 2019
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Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves,
the tide and gravity, we shall harness for God
the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the
history of the world, humans will have discovered fire.
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Welcome back, Ducky! And Judy, glad you made it back from the Rockies unscathed. We're still not traveling yet--Bob's R knee is bad enough for him to have conceded he needs more than just a cane (a shillelagh, actually, a "stealth cane") and a neoprene open-patella sleeve; he's getting a cortisone/hyaluronic acid (Synvisc) shot a week from tomorrow. His orthopod will advise him how soon he will need a TKR (his is worse than mine were, so it's almost a certainty), so our ability to walk around NYC & Vegas (or the Berkshires again) this fall is in question. He won't even take Tylenol or an NSAID, use ice packs or topicals.
He gamely walked to & from the L station Fri. night to go to the Cubs-Marlins game (though we had great seats, it was a total "goat-rodeo," alas, a 10-2 loss); and while he had to take it slow--I needed to stop every few strides for him to catch up, the reverse of how it used to be--he said he's fine as long as he's moving. The toughest thing was having to get up from his seat every time people (mostly young) needed to get to & from theirs, either not seeing his cane, or being just plain inconsiderate. At least the trains were uncrowded and he could sit. I had to tell people to let him through to get out in time, though--he couldn't stand up beforehand while the train was moving (the way I do), as his knee hurt too much, he's too tall, and he lacks the arm strength to haul himself up with the pole in one hand and the cane in the other. (Speaking of cane, I'd better observe him to make sure he's using it in his L hand, which "diagonal stride" is more efficient. I'm an experienced cane ex-user, but this is the first time he's used one).
It was our first time on public transit of any kind since early March 2020! (Everyone was masked and good about distancing--nobody at the game was, though, and unlike at Sox Park, Wrigley didn't check for proof of vaccination).
Our big excitement? The huge century-old linden tree in front of the house next door was struck by lightning during a storm in the wee hours of Fri., and it fell on both our houses & into the gangway between. Neither of us could get out our front doors to the street (theirs is in the gangway) till the city crew came with chainsaws and "liberated" us. (We could have gotten out of the garage & into the alley, but the walk from the Wrigley auxiliary parking lots is too far and the stairs on the school-bus shuttles too steep for even me). There was surprisingly little damage to either house--no broken windows; we just had our gutters slightly bent at the front corner, but our neighbors lost theirs and may even have to replace that section of soffit & enclosed-porch roof. We know it couldn't have been wind: nothing was uprooted (not even our new black oak sapling) and our deck furniture & plants were undisturbed.
Our front porch, viewed from inside:
The gangway, viewed from the backyard:
And our neighbor's house:
Thurs. night the NWS had us in a "marginal" severe weather risk zone. Today, starting in about an hour, we'll be in an "enhanced" risk zone (with tornadoes possible--last summer we had a microburst and Rogers Park--the neighborhood to our north, just s. of Evanston--had an F3 tornado). So I hurried up and paid our homeowners' insurance premium.
As to genealogy, we know his mom was born in Austria-Hungary (where the family had fled from northwest Germany due to persecution of Catholics), but the town today is within Romania. His dad was half Scots, 1/4 Swiss, and 1/4 Peruvian. I'm 99.4% Ashkenazi Jewish (from Austria, Poland and Belarus), .3% each Scandinavian & Iberian peninsula. (At least according to 23 & Me). We had my dad's side's genealogy done by a professional firm in Paris, hired by a law firm to determine heirs of a cousin in Paris who'd died childless, unmarried and intestate. I have more paternal cousins in Canada & the UK than the U.S. I know very little about my mom's side--been unable to trace past my grandmother's generation and my grandfather in a Belarus shtetl.
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Oh, and just found out that my 2001 song "Fais Do Do" is #6 on Broadjam.com's Cajun-Creole chart.
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What fun Sandy. Congrats on the Cajun-Creole chart. Sorry about the neighbor's tree appropriating your front entryway but thank goodness only very minor damage and slight in-convenience. I think any time you are compromised ( and the whole area isn't in the same fix ) usually help comes rather quickly. No one wants to be responsible should medical help or extraction be hampered, if needed. Glad it all worked out. Sorry to hear about Dh's knee issues. Both of you know, as many others do, older age comes with penalties and who knows just when they will show up. We just keep on, keeping on.
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As I experience it, appreciation of beauty is access to the soul. With beauty in our lives, we walk and carry ourselves more lightly and with a different look in our eyes. To look into the eyes of someone beholding beauty is to look through the windows of the soul. Anytime we catch a glimpse of soul, beauty is there; anytime we catch our breath and feel "How beautiful!," the soul is present. -Jean Shinoda Bolen
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70% chance of rain today and Dh just said it is starting to drizzle right now. It will be cooler, then today and maybe tomorrow but then back at least to the mid to high 80's. Maybe it is going to be a hottish and uncomfortable summer -- but I really hope not. Nothing much but the usual going on today which is feeding the feral cats and those pesky raccoons that sneak out and get the food as well as going to work at the farm.
Some phone calls to make and bills to pay. Maybe some work here too. There is always something to do here.
Hope you all have a productive Monday. Stay cool.
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No problem staying cool this morning, Jackie. It was 50 degrees outside when we got up. DH turned on the heat pump. He's playing golf at nearby Eagle View golf course and I plan to go to the gym, then pick up a couple of items at a supermarket.
It's sunny and should be a fine crisp day.
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For point of comparison, here's what a baby parakeet at 1 week looks like:
Here's the latest photo of the baby parakeets. They are now about 25 days old and they have now learned how to climb up on the perches much to the dismay of the adults. However, like toddlers, getting up is one skill and getting down is quite another so they sort of just jump and hope for the best. Funny to watch but also scary since I am afraid they will get hurt. The one is quite vocal when I try to touch them and the other is more accepting of handling. Time to look for another cage for them. Their coloring is more like their parent's than last year's baby which is white headed and lighter blue chest.
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Sandy, I was worried about the weather up there. I am glad you weren't hurt.
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The week old parakeet is amazing. He/she is soooo nude for want of a better word. No wonder they need a mommy to sit on them for a good long while. What a difference at 25 days though. Just wow !!! I hope both the youngsters will be able to respond well to handling w/o complaint. Much easier since they are young which I think helps in the long run. Windows open this late afternoon, early evening. There is some humidity but it is cool enough outside that it is okay.
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Good morning, ladies. It is overcast with rain expected this afternoon. I hope to get my errands over before the rain. DH is doing well. No headaches. YAY
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Looking for and enjoying beauty is another way to nourish the soul. The universe is in the habit of making beauty. There are flowers and songs, snowflakes and smiles, acts of great courage, laughter between friends, a job well done, the smell of fresh-baked bread. Beauty is everywhere, ready to nourish the soul. It must only be seen to begin helping us. - Matthew
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Warm and dry today, but not too warm and no humidity. The house was cool at 74 % this morning. It was great.
Good news about your Dh. I hope this turns into a pattern -- a long one.
Still scrolling up and enjoying the parakeet pics. I don't think I could do it now, but I will admit to a little longing every time I see them. I think there are far too many cats in our household to even consider such a thing and so I look and remember the hours of love and enjoyment we had with out little Bobby.
Hope you all have a really good Tuesday.
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More storms forecast for Friday, and rain on & off Sat. Not the greatest weather for my sis & niece flying in Sat. morning (if their flight is delayed I won't be able to pick them up from way down at Midway in time to get them checked into their hotel and then to the party; if canceled, they will miss the party completely). Also, awful weather for walking to the restaurant--and driving is out of the question, as not only will we be drinking but we need to save the on-street spots for the other guests, who must drive. (And as for vanity, the rain will definitely wreck my hair--which means I will have to be camera-shy).
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Happy Anniversary, Sandy. Hope your family gets there.
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Cheers to you and Bob on 50 years Sandy! Hope it's a wonderful time and everything works out beautifully 🍷🥂🥳
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