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  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    TT: Glad you were able to attend your yoga class. Yoga with candlelight sounds relaxing, especially since it gets dark earlier.

    I met a group of friends this morning for breakfast. My town has a Veteran's Day parade so dd went to celebrate all veterans. I go every year unless it's cancelled due to rain or I'm sick or I have something I absolutely have to do and can't get out of it. I like it more than the Christmas parade. My dad and fil were both in WWII and I want to honor them as well as all veterans.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    Dog Walk & Core.

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    Went to Crime Club. Walked in the afternoon.

    On Thursday I am presenting a training about the upcoming Cookie Sale for Girl Scout leaders. It's a prepared powerpoint from the Council with 79 slides and 17 pages of talking points. It's so much information and I'm trying to paraphrase and shorten it as much as I can. These ladies will be tired and have families they want to go home to. I've been practicing. I think I've said the word Cookie about 1000 times lol.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    Any new cookie flavors?

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    There are 2 cookie manufacturers for Girl Scouts. I looked up the Girl Scout Council for your area and they don't use the same company that our Council uses. So I don't know if there will be a new cookie for you this year. We don't have a new one but will next year.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    I am safer if they DON'T have new cookies to try out!

    Here's a picture of the outdoor Wednesday Walking Women…..4 others walked inside. As long as it's not too cold & there's no ice on the roads, there will be some who will keep walking outside.

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  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    Great picture but BRRRRR!

    Still practicing my cookie presentation for tomorrow night and trying to cut the time down. There are 2 computer platforms that are used for the sale. One is for girls to take orders and payments. Troop leaders also have access this one. The other platform is only for leaders. There are 2 slides that show information that flows between the 2 and what information that does not. I'm going to tell the ladies to just take a picture of them bc the printout I'm supposed to read is almost half a page for just one of the slides. Too much to take in all at once.

    The Council has an option for customers to make a cookie donation to a food bank, first responders, and military. On one platform it's labeled Donation. On the other platform it's labeled Cookie Share. But the Council calls it Cookies for a Cause. Confusing to say the least!

    I mowed for 45 minutes and then had a zoom meeting which was interviewing 2 high school girls for their Girl Scout Gold Award project. I love doing this and meeting the girls. One of the girls wants to be a pediatric neurologist. They are so inspiring!

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Posts: 4,659

    TT - you're right about the snow last year. The conference is the Colorado Society of School Psychologists. As far as I can remember it's been this time of year - I think first Breckenridge and now for many years at the Grand Hyatt in Vail. They give us a phenomenal rate - $169/night. The regular rate s close to $500/year. Also the mountains so the people who don't live in the front range don't have as far to drive. I have couple great photos from my walk.

    It seems like all professional organizations have their conferences the same time every year. Some change locations, others the same place every year. The major show my husband had business wise was always the end of April or beginning of May, but it moved every year. The National School Psych organization always have their conference mid February - this year Seattle, last year New Orleans, a couple years ago Denver. It's also been in San Antonio, Baltimore, Chicago.

    Tomorrow is the cataract surgery on my right eye. I wasn't nervous till last night and I'm still anxious. I'll work till 10:30 tomorrow then come home for 11:00, go for a short walk and then we'll leave at 11;30 to check in at noon. I have 6 reports to write for next week and I worked a little tonight but not enough to make a dent. I hope by Sunday, my vision will be good enough to get my reports done for Monday - I have 2 or 3 due on Monday.

    HAd my 6 month medical oncology appointment yesterday. All is good. MY tumor markers and CBC are all within normal limits. My CMP - the calcium is high - and my hematologist don't agree what is high. She doesn't worry till over 11, he worries over 10. She wants me on calcium as she says someone my age needs it for bones. So I have to figure out what to do. I also got my Zometa infusion. Endocrinology and cancer also have different protocols regarding Zometa - Endocrinology says once/year - oncologists/hematologist say every 6 months. My hematologist doesn't think much of my endocrinologist so I'm going to ask him if he can recommend one.

    Will keep you posted on the cataract surgery. I told my DH that he is the one who will giving my eye drops as I won't be able to do it. I have to label each bottle so we can tell them apart.

    Sweet dreams.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    Hope your surgery went well, Karen! And, Wonderland, hope your presentation went well too.

    I went to HIT this morning. I will go to Dance2fit tonight & maybe stay and try a new class called Circle Yoga. It is foggy and gloomy here today, so it's hard for me to get motivated to get anything done.

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Posts: 4,659

    One done, one to go. Cataract surgery on Right eye this afternoon. Next Thursday the Left eye will be done. Surgery was 15-20 minutes but lots of waiting before. I had to check in at 12 noon. Wasn't taken back to the "pre-op" area till close to one and it was about 2:15 before I was taken back. Tomorrow I have follow up with optometrist. Not sure when follow up with opthhamologist will be - I think in a month. I can't get new glasses till 3 weeks so a month from now. I will still need reading glasses but that doesn't bother me. I've been wearing reading glasses and lineless bifocals for 27 years!

    I need to keep the eye "patch" on for 4 hours and put the first drops in. Then I only need to patch to sleep for the next several days.

    Goiong to go shut my eyes. I'm tired,

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001
    edited November 2024

    Karen: So glad that your cataract surgery went well. At some point I will need one and I'll have lots of questions for you.

    I'm going to see my granddaughter tomorrow. My son's partner had a C-section and has been in pain from it ever since. She's been back to the doctors a few times and they keep telling her it's normal. She's been advised by her doula that pain this far out from surgery is not normal and she needs to go back for a scan. So she's going back tomorrow and I'm going to help with the baby. The baby has been fine - we just need to get mama feeling better. Today I made lasagna for their meal tomorrow night and I also made an extra one to freeze.

    Speaking of surgery, dh's back surgery is scheduled December 5. I talked with a friend of mine who had 3 surgeries for 3 ruptured disc and she is doing fabulous now, just like your dad, Ruth. Hoping it's the same for dh.

    Mowed for a little over an hour today. I don't mind mowing when it's cool weather. It most definitely is a workout!

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    Enjoy Gramma Duty & I hope they will find it's just 'normal' post C-Section pain, Wonderland! I'm sure glad they have DH's surgery scheduled.

    I went to the mat pilates & stretching class, out to lunch with a friend & then we brought the grandpuppies over for the afternoon. The weather was nice & we hadn't seen them since before our trip….so it was busy around here (and I will have to clean my house tomorrow!). Tonight we went to a fun concert.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    I cleaned the house & washed bedding, towels, throws etc. etc. which took 3/4s of the day. I went on a short dog walk with Bruno & DH & also a longer walk all by myself. I needed just some alone/contemplative time.

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    Ruth: Hope your alone time was exactly what you needed. I talk to myself while I walk and try to solve/analyze things going on.

    My ds's partner was given a CT scan today. Found out she has a hematoma that has been causing her pain. She had also developed cellulitis from the surgery and has been on antibiotics for it. The doctor prescribed another round of antibiotics for her. She's a trooper and I admire her so much. She is so loving and tender with their baby.

    I stayed with my granddaughter for 7 hours and I loved every minute of it, even the crying. She responds calmly to singing so I sang all my show tunes I know. I'm just an ok singer but she liked it. My dd was visiting a friend who lives 45 minutes from ds so she was able to meet the baby for the first time. Dh couldn't come bc there is no way he can travel with his back.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    I'm glad DSP (dear son's partner) found out what was going on & it can be addressed. How fun you had such an appreciative audience for your musical performance! 😀I am sure you all will be so glad once DH's surgery is over!!

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    I put flowers at the church alter this morning in honor of our dgd. The small arrangement is marigolds and azaleas are from our yard. I looked at the weather late last night and saw that the low was going to be 35 degrees. So I went outside at 11:00 with a flashlight and cut flowers! The church donated the rose.

    Came home and raked and hauled leaves for over 2.5 hours. Leaf pickup is supposed to come to my neighborhood this week for the first time and I wanted to get as many leaves that I could to the street curb. Decided to take some pictures which also include leaves from 10 days ago. I'm standing knee deep in them. It was hard to take a selfie and get the true perspective of the amount of leaves.

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  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    Glad I raked yesterday bc the city picked up the leaves by the curb this morning. According to their schedule, it will be another month before they come through my area again.

    Walked then came home and mowed (mainly leaves) for 45 minutes.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    Beautiful flowers & lots of leaves!! Lucky you that your city picks them up. We have to dispose of our own. I did a little end-of-the-season raking today, but I think we're done for the season. We may get some snow tomorrow…..

    I was busy all yesterday, but danced around a little with Marshall Fitness on Utube. I went to Zumba this morning & HIT tonight.

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Posts: 4,659

    Our yard is zeroscape so no racking leaves - but DH will blow them to the edge of the backyard by the fence so we can bag if we want. Obviously not high on our list. Trash pick up will take them once a month on over flow day.

    The mountains are getting snow and Denver is going to be in the 30s

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    Karen: A zeroscape yard sounds amazing. I look at yard work as good exercise. Except when it's so hot and humid. I just can't do it in those conditions. When dh hurt his back in mid August we hired someone to mow. I knew I wouldn't be able to do it myself. We have decided to hire him again next summer when it heats up. I don't mind mowing in cool weather but heat is too taxing on me, especially as I've aged.

    Ruth: Did you get snow?

    Speaking of yard work, today I shoveled and sifted through a huge pile of catkins that fell from the chestnut tree this summer. Dh had raked and put them into piles right after they fell. As he was doing it he lost his wedding band. The piles have been sitting there since this summer. I worked on one of the piles today. We have a small metal detector so I spread the pile around and swept over it with the detector. Then shoveled the pile into the yard waste cart and looked through each shovel load. It took me 1.5 hours and didn't find the wedding band. There's still more piles but that's for another day. When he first raked the catkins up he loaded up the yard waste cart with them and made piles with what didn't fit in the cart. I worry that his ring was in that load that went in the cart. But maybe I'll find it. Trying to keep "the glass is half full" attitude.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    Hope you can still find the ring, Wonderland!

    A cold rain came down all day & it was so windy that it felt like needles were going through your skin when you were outside. It has changed over to snow, so we'll see what we wake up too. I had a haircut this morning, took Bruno to a vet appointment, went out for a soda with a friend who needed to vent & to Core. I need to march around the house to get 900 more steps!

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    Ruth, you need to dance with Dancing with the Stars to your steps in!

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    LOL, that's what I did!

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476
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    Here's the Wednesday Walking Women, inside for sure. It's been a horrible, nasty day here. We didn't get much snow, but there's ice underneath, and the wind has been gusting to 60 mph all day. Yuck! My Book Club meets tonight, and I'm glad somebody else has volunteered to drive!

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    Ruth: That sounds miserable! But I admire all you ladies for getting out and doing what you love.

    We had a warm rainy day so I stayed inside and painted a 12 inch moon cutout dd bought for me after Halloween. She got a good deal on it. Now I'm ready for next year's Halloween lol.

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  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Posts: 9,973

    Been bumbling around our rental trying to get things arranged so when it’s time for the tree to go up, I won’t be falling over stuff.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Posts: 48,476

    It's cold here, but thankfully the wind has died down. I went to HIT this morning & will go to Dance2fit tonight. We are having a 1980s dance party, so that will be fun!

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Posts: 4,659

    Ruth - it was quite cold here yesterday, but not ND cold. It's warming up over the week-end. But it will start getting colder and Turkey day will be in the low 30s.

    Wonder - beautiful moon. You are so talented. Hope you find your DH's ring. Many. many years ago, I was sitting on the grass in the front year and swatted at a bug and lost a necklace. It was so special as it had the diamond that was in the ring when we got engaged all those years ago. I rented a metal detector but never found it. Of course the "charm" was small and the metal edge was picked up by the metal detector.

    I had my second eye, the left done today. It is more irritated than the first. Now I can't see distance with my glasses - line less bifocals, but can't see anything close without them. I have to wait at least 3 weeks to get new glasses. I dread the "on/off, on/off of reading glasses - that's why I started with the line less bifocals - putting glasses on a bald head didnt't work 😂

    I'm officially on Thanksgiving break as I never work Fridays. Looking forward to the time off- catch up in the house and maybe sleep in till 6!!! I've been waking up every 2 hours and get up at 4:45 or 5 on work days.

    Sweet dreams.

  • wonderland
    wonderland Posts: 3,001

    m0mmy: Have fun arranging your rental and deciding where to place your tree.

    Ruth: I bet your 80's dance party was a blast.

    Karen: So sorry you didn't find your necklace. Dh lost his wedding band 2 years after we were married. We rented a metal detector and found it. Really hope we find it again. Hope your eye feels better tomorrow. I'm sure you're glad to have those surgeries behind you.

    I brought dh to the hospital for a pre-op appointmet. His surgery is in 2 weeks. Lots to do between now and then, including his birthday and Thanksgiving. I make To Do lists and my list now is pretty long.

    My only exercise today was cleaning the basement. Now I can mark it off my list!

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Posts: 9,973

    We have a spot in the dining room which we aren’t using for anything much. So the tree will go there.