Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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I'm so with you Carole. I do think there is positive but then sometimes hope is the only best friend you have close so I'm keeping it.
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Carole, hope DH got good news from surgeon. How long is the drive from your home to Jacksonville for Thanksgiving? He might find on long drives his knee will stiffen. It does sound like a plan though. Always more fun with family.
It was sunny and 80 degrees today. Nice out so I watered with watering can plants that have decided to hang in there in spite of the drought, I think we are on day 38 with no rain. Lawn is browning and easily dislodged. Unseasonal but I enjoyed it. Did laundry, flipped through clothing advertisements and they ended up in the recycles.
On genealogy I was able to discover that a good friend of my mother's was actually a distant relative and I know that I had found this link many moons ago when I did all research records on yellow lined tablets. It was nice to find it again. We lived in NJ and they lived in PA but I can remember going to visit them as a child so a nice memory. They had worked together when they were single and kept together with "girl's nights" when they met for dinner on occasion with other friends. So it connected my pggm's line (not my mother's line) to her via marriages over the decades. What do they say about 6 degrees of separation?
Needed to keep my mind elsewhere today so genealogy is a great escape and a reward as well since I learn so much about my family especially about how it was shaped by different times and experiences.
Hope everyone had a good day. Here's something that might brighten it for you as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niuxr0QqMSg
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Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirt to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.
Patti LaBelle
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Good morning. Sun again today although something was going on last night or during the wee hours maybe. Awoke this a.m. to several of the clocks flashing and no coffee perking away. Ah well, coffee now so I can function. A bit of sun and clear looking skies. Sure looks okay now.
Usual things will go on. Like bills to pay and some appts. to deal with. My always present list of working on paring down, discarding or donating etc. You can see I'm still longing for the time when I had little. Sadly, I didn't realize how much it really was. In those days I had just enough — almost nothing extra. I recall my days of moving to a new place. Took less than half a day. That is not possible now, but I can I hope get back to having more room everywhere in my house. We are too old and tired to keep taking care of all the "stuff" that we never use anyway.
Hard to believe we are soon going to have Thanksgiving. Hadn't thought much till I noted Carole going on a visit to Jacksonville later. We don't do a lot, and even more so with dietary restrictions. A dietician (new one in training) told me that I should allow myself a 'blowout' once in a while. Not totally sure what was meant. For me much cheating would likely set me way back. You know, it's like potato chips where you can't eat just one and if you're really lucky you can stop at half a bag.
Nice to hear what you all are planning for the day.
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Sunny today with predicted high of 76. Rain still not in future and this is about day 40 or so with no rain and what little is predicted won't make a dent in the deficit.
Got final bill for restoration and it was much more than expected with new insurance rules about our deductible and depreciation. So a real unplanned expense even with what little we did get from SF. But it is done and that is the positive and looks good.
Spent a little time rearranging pantry overflow in garage. I had left boil a bag rice box on the counter (an order which I received last night) to put away this morning. I offload it into a glass storage container but wanted to clean it first. DH decided to put it away in garage but ignored the recycles he generates on the kitchen counter which needed to go to bucket in garage. Does this strike a bell with anyone else? So while I was retrieving it and putting 2 other items in the garage, I rearranged several items. I bought inexpensive plastic bins at the Dollar Store (won't do again because they break quite easily) and labeled them so we could keep items organized and be able to do a quick survey for replacement when making a grocery list. As they break I will replace them with better constructed ones I found +at Ikea for a few dollars more and they work better.
There is a beautiful 15 month old female liver and white Dalmatian on the rescue site we use for our dogs. She looks like the one we had 2 dogs ago. She is a rescue from WVa and needs an evaluation of her front leg which broke at the forepaw, was splinted and when splint broke they didn't take her back for care. Hoping they can surgically correct it and not have to amputate. She was kept chained outdoors and let me tell you Dalmatians are not dogs which should be kept outdoors but in fact, there are no dogs that are suited to year round outdoor living. Dalmatians have very thin fur coats so no protection from the elements.
But then I don't believe cats are meant to be outdoor pets either. My one neighbor always let her cats, she had some very beautiful ones, out and they always ended up as road kill. All 3 of mine were rescued from the streets and none of them desire to go outdoors now. In fact all of the cats I have owned over the past 50 years were street rescues and none wanted out again once they got in the house.
Hope harley enjoyed her cruise.
Hope everyone has a great day.
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