Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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ritajean I know how it feels to burn your face with a curling iron. My hairdresser years ago dropped curling iron on my cheek and it bonced in my eye. It burned my eye and cheek. As luck would have it an eye surgeon was getting his hair cut next to me and called a specialist he knew after confirming my eye was burnt. All turned out well, I used 35000 units of vitamin E oil, poured it on the burn didn't rub it in at night, by the morning it was obsorbed into my skin, no scar. It did hurt like crazy. Hang in there, Sending good thoughts your way.
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Sandra, My Mom had one of those too. And like everyone else I was forbidden to touch it.
Puffin, We saw the movie and really enjoyed it.
Mommarch, Love it when things you need just appear.
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My Mother had a Maytag wringer washer that sat next to two deep wash tubs - one for rinse water & one for bluing - and clothes went back through the wringer after each rinse. Bluing was for whitening whites (since 1883 - I had to look it up since I didn't remember). I wasn't allowed close until I was around 12, and then I took over - but not for the small things. It was fun for the first few times. We hung all the clothes outside on an "umbrella" clothes line. When it rained, we moved them all to lines in the basement. And yes, EVERYTHING was ironed - even the T-shirts & boxer shorts & PJs.
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Minus, And terry towels and sheets.
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Yup!! I "trained" on handkerchiefs and then dinner napkins.
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Teka, wow, lots of snow. Just flurries and flakes here on LI. Great pix and cartoons too.
GG, glad you got a dx but it's still a slow path to recovery. Hang in there.
Cammi, glad you are here. I've been a "once-a-week poster" lately...but classes END next week and I will have some free time.
Jackie, thanks for sharing about your past and your quest for spiritual answers. It is fascinating to think of how complex we are and how little we know.
Yesterday I got a tour in the biology lab at my college. It was the cadaver room. We viewed two and the instructor showed us so many interesting things. It wasn't gory at all...just the chemicals bother me. When I see how amazing the body is, it makes me want to take better care. Sometimes I think if we had little windows we'd be more vigilant about health.
Blondie, hope you are feeling better....
Sandra, you had better get bigger pockets because we are all coming with you.
Rita, hope you heal quickly.
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Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them…your smile, your hope, and your courage."
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Good morning to all. We had a wringer washing machine that sat out on a porch. During one clothes washing session, a small green frog jumped into the midst of clothes and soapy water. Yep, he eventually went though the wringer. What a horrible fate for a little green frog. The only clothes we ironed were outer clothes and they were always starched. We sprinkled water on them and rolled them up to keep them damp when it was time to iron. The skirts my sister and I wore were three yards of cloth all gathered up in a waistband so ironing them was a job.
My mother thought she had arrived in heaven when she eventually had not only a modern washing machine but a dryer. Some people liked the sheets hung out on the clothes line but I remember them as being stiff. We probably never managed to rinse out all the soap since the water in our area is "soft." In a large family the washing, hanging the clothes out on the clothes line, taking them in, folding, ironing, etc. etc. seemed endless.
At age almost-92, my mother still does her laundry but she hasn't ironed anything in years.
Mommarch, sounds like a good "find" at the used furniture store. I need a lamp for my guest bedroom and want to go check out the consignment furniture stores when I get around to it.
Happy Saturday to all. Wish I could send some of this sunshine up to Jackie and Rita. Looks like another pretty day here.
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We really liked Theory of Everything, actor does an amazing job playing Steven
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Good morning,
I am hoping once again for a little sun. We had some yesterday, but does seem it takes it awhile to find us. In a day or two -- probably Monday, we will likely get rain. Oh joy --- more gray to contend with for me. Seems like we have had so many gray days and it is getting frustrating to me. I'll hang in there though.
Mommarch,
You are really right about "finding" what you need. Still, the million dollar check we ALL need probably won't be in the mailbox today when we get there. I seem to 'rake' in a few extra dollars just as something is about to hit the fan, thereby saving us and I'm always so thankful. Learn to accept that most of the time I won't have as much as I want, but I do know I get all I need. Guess you can't ask for much more.
Joan,
How interesting with your tour through your biology lab. I did some CNA work for awhile and always wished I could view an autopsy. Thought I should know what a complete person was like inside and out. I felt like I was always taking care of the "outer" person and never seeing their beautiful insides. My classmates and others thought I was a bit on the weird side. Maybe I am. I do tend to question things from likely unusual vantage points at times. I have a huge curiosity I guess that is more for the un-seen -- because to me that part is so outstanding to the whole of anything and would give much more "complete" understanding.
Revup,
I guess the rest of us don't really have to feel like total klutzes if hair-dressers can make the same boo-boos we do. Knowing that they do these things daily many times for a living, we are all fortunate when we come home in one piece from the Salon. Wow, for having someone right beside you who could "handle" your situation well. I think I mentioned ( it has been a long time now ) that my hair dresser got me one of the curling irons that is instant-on, but made me promise not to turn it above four. Even then you can get a 'nasty' burn, but at least it is not so bad when you keep it turned down. I get perms -- so it works out just about right for me. Staying on the #4.
Minus,
I think we all had to TRAIN on the small flat pieces. My mother took in ironing to make extra money. When she passed away she still had the SAME General Electric iron. Though it was electric it weighed so much it seemed to me. She put a new cord on it I don't know how many times in its lifetime with her. Still had the box it came in too. Our older generation having come through hard times ( Depression ) often with the loss of the major breadwinner, kept everything for the most part. Didn't made any of them hoarders -- it was partly due to the fact that things lasted so much better then ( cheap things now go pretty fast ) and they were often easy to repair and keep.
Teka,
Our temps. the past few days have been much warmer which we can be thankful for -- but oh how I miss my sun. I don't mind the snow and cold if a beautiful sun is hanging in the sky. Hope you have some sun where you are. You and Joan seem to be like Cammie and myself -- quite different temps. and conditions though we are in the same state and only four hours from each other.
Hope you all have a fantastic Saturday. I'll be here off and on.
Blessings,
Jackie
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Jackie, Have you tried putting full spectrum bulbs in your lights? It helps. Not as much as sunshine, but it takes the edge off. A few years ago gray was the most popular color here for houses. I thought they should make it illegal. With gray skies and gray wet pavement, we didn't need gray houses too. Of course, now they are building condos with numerous roof peaks (can't wait until they have to replace those $$$) and painting each section a different color to make them look less massive. The most popular are a reddish brown, boring gold, and a selection of truly awful greens. My house is faded adobe with turquoise around the windows. Traditional southwest.
My Mom loved her clothes dryer and no-iron shirts. She grew up with primitive and left it behind the minute she could.
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Wren,
I've seriously been thinking of doing the light bulb switch -- in a few selected lamps ( the ones most used in our house ) because I truly am tired of the gray. It is 12:30 p.m. here and there is a very mild hint that some sun might peek through -- got my fingers crossed.
I would love to have my husband put up my square 4-sided clothes line. I asked for it 12 yrs. ago for my birthday and it is still in the box. Not sure what Dh's objection was really and for the most part I would be mainly likely to put the harder to dry items outside -- like towels and jeans. Oh well -- there is always hope. Maybe I'll get brave and look in the paper for a "handy-man" to come put it up for me.
Jackie
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Revup....I can not imagine having the curling iron hit your eye! Wow! That makes me feel lucky when I look in the mirror and see this brownish mark running diagonally down my cheek. I'm still keeping it moist and of course it no longer hurts.
On a better note...I got my car back yesterday. It looks like new and I drove it to a Christmas party about 20 miles down the road last night and it handled well. They gave me a warranty that's good as long as I own the car so that made me feel a little better about the repairs, too.
I learned to iron by ironing hankies and pillow cases. I can't imagine ironing sheets and pillow cases now. I have to admit that I do touch up a few things when I don't get them out of the dryer as soon as I should. I try not to buy anything that might need to be ironed.
There are a few brave souls out on the golf course but it's too cold for me out there so I think I'll grab my book and read for a little while. We are heading to Peoria tonight to have a Christmas gathering with a couple of the teachers that I once taught with. I am hooked on the Joe Pickett series of books written by CJ Box. Once I start one, I can't put it down.
Everyone have a good Saturday!
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ritajean: I've been known to put a load back in the rinse only cycle of the washer and back into the dryer if I left them in the dryer too long and they got wrinkled to avoid ironing.
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I barely recall where my iron is since I too try to avoid anything that must be ironed. I'll be the first to admit -- I don't think I could be my mother. The things she did to make the life of the family good -- well, she was like all the women everywhere pretty much. Then again, at first, there was little entertainment at home to take up your time. A radio only at first. Several years later a t.v. We only got two stations in the beginning and had to have a big antenna hooked to the house to have that. So, nothing to distract from getting the house sparkling, and yep -- on laundry day, it took all day. Ironing was a four hr. chore at least -- there was lots of yard work too.
Other women did other things as well. We did not have a garden as many of our neighbors had huge ones and passed extra on to us, but they also canned lots of food and bought peaches for canning so as to have fruit all winter for sure. We carried all the water we used inside from the well ( we did get a sink and running water to the kitchen when I was in high school ) but almost everyone around us had that.
I think when my Mom and Dad located to southern California life got really great for them. They bought a mobile home and had carpet every where for the first time in my Mom's 'married' life -- including the bathrooms ( that was the rage then ) and she always got so tickled that she had carpet even in the two bathrooms. The home she left in Illinois still had only an outhouse with spiders and wasps. She loved her life in California but towards the end of her life was happy to move back here to home. Home was better then. The house she bought though only one nice bathroom -- had the carpet and a nice full kitchen. Nothing like our previous house. Anyway....sometimes when I think about some of the things my Mom had to do I feel a little spoiled no matter how hard I work.
Jackie
p.s. Puff ---ssshhh, I've done the same as you.
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I bought myself a really nice iron some years back. And I must admit that I do iron most of my golf clothes and some of dh's clothes, too. It's mainly pressing and touch-up. I have a clothes rack in my laundry room. When it gets crowded, I know it's time to set up the ironing board. I iron in my bedroom with the tv on to entertain me. Probably every 3 weeks or so.
We never ironed sheets and pillowcases when I was growing up. We did have embroidered scarves with hand-crocheted lace for the dresser tops and those were starched and ironed.
Last night I went to a women's Christmas dinner at the local Methodist church. One of my neighbors is a member and she sponsors a table at this dinner and invites the female neighbors. We met and had champagne at my neighbor Katie's house before we went to the church. It was a lot of fun getting together with the other women. There was an auction to benefit a charity. The kind of auction where you write down your bid on items. I bid on a silver fleur de lis pendant and won it. The charity was a shelter for pregnant young women. Several of them attended the dinner with their babies and the babies were adorable.
I haven't felt my best today. I've been having sinus drip and have developed a cough and some chest discomfort. But I got some chores done anyway.
Tomorrow afternoon is a Christmas music concert at St. Timothy's Methodist Church. The choir there is wonderful and the concert is very professional with symphony musicians and trained soloists with beautiful voices. I look forward to the event every year.
Wishing everyone a good evening.
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I LOVE to iron! I could get a job ironing. I am a expert and can iron the perfect shirt. Nothing can stump me! I find ironing relaxing. I put my brain on auto pilot and dive into the pile. Like you, we had to iron sheets and pillowcases. I started on handkerchiefs and graduated to pillow cases when I was really young. I had to have a step stool and my mother stood close. I remember watching her iron the "hard stuff." She would iron and listen to Young Doctor Malone on the radio. There's not much to iron anymore but I still like to iron all the old Christmas linens.
I grew up in a 2 bedroom house. (There IS a purpose to this story and it does have to do with ironing.) The adults had one bedroom and the four boys were in the other bedroom. My sister and I had beds in the "breezeway", which in Florida means the room between the kitchen and the garage. It got a little too cold in the winter (I know...Florida...how much winter could there be in St. Petersburg?) so we two girls moved in with the boys. It was fine. We had one double bed and two twin beds for 6 kids. You can fit a lot of kids if they are sideways in a double bed. But I digress...
With such a small house, there was no room to hang anything in the one small closet. Instead everybody had there own box in the garage. When we took the clothes down off the line, they got separated into the boxes. Everything got ironed. Before school every morning my sister and I would set up the ironing board and start in on our uniform skirts and blouses for Catholic school. (Girls were not allowed to wear pants back in the early 60's, even in public school.) The boys hated ironing so we would make a trade. We would iron their shirts and pants for school and they would take "our day" for washing dishes, which I hated. Still do. I also hated drying and putting away so my ironing skills saved me from those chores. I didn't love hanging clothes on the line but enjoyed taking them down and smelling the sheets. Remember how rough the towels were? I also liked mopping floors and waxing. Does anybody wax anymore?
As a young wife with a husband in pilot training, I had to iron his flight suits. They had about 50 zippers and took an hour to iron. No fun, but a labor of love. Just as he was graduating, the Air Force came out with the no iron version so no more flight suit ironing after 1971.
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Rev, burned your EYE!!! Oh my gosh, that's terrible. How lucky for you that a doctor was nearby.
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It has taken me a while to catch up...
Too much snow. It's pretty but I'm glad to not be in it. Our weather forecasters go ballistic if there is a 1% chance of snow. I enjoyed finishing my shopping yesterday with the temperature hitting 71. My grandmother had a wringer washing machine on the back porch. Curling irons and I have never had a good relationship. it was a miracle when electric curlers came along. I still use them. I used to iron my clothes for the week while watching the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday evenings. Pillowcases were my learnings trouts ironing. Now I iron sporadically, more when I sew to press seams. I don't think the Millionaire (remember that tv show?) will be stopping by our house.
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I rarely iron except when sewing. When we were first married, I took in ironing for money. I'm very happy I'm not that broke any more. Now my favorite words are "machine wash warm, tumble dry low".
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THE BACK NINE HOLES
I FIRST STARTED READING THIS E-MAIL AND I WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS EMAIL IS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK. READ SLOWLY … THEN READ IT AGAIN!
… AND THEN IT IS WINTER
You know … time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just having kids, and embarking on my new life with my degree and my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.
But, here it is… the back nine of my life and it catches me by surprise … How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go?
I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that I was only on the first hole and the back nine was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.
But, here it is … my friends are retired and getting gray … they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me … but, I see the great change … Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant … but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd become.
Each day now, I find that just taking a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore … it's mandatory! Because if I don't on my own free will … I may just fall asleep where I sit!
And so … now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done … and never did !!! But, at least I know, that though I'm on the back nine, and I'm not sure how long it will last … 2 or 3, or 15 or 20 years ? … this I do know, that when it's over on this earth…it's over. Does a new adventure begin? I really don't know. Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done … things I should have done … but there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a lifetime.
If you're not on the back nine yet … let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life, please do it quickly! Don't put things off too long!! Life goes by quickly. Do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether you're on the back nine or not!
You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life … so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember … and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!!!
"Life" is a gift. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one. LIVE IT WELL! ENJOY TODAY! DO SOMETHING FUN! BE HAPPY ! HAVE A GREAT DAY Remember "It is health that is real wealth and not those pieces of gold and silver. LIVE HAPPY IN 2014!
FINALLY, CONSIDER THIS:
~Your kids are becoming you … but your grandchildren are perfect … so far!
~Going out is good … coming home is better!
~You forget names … but it's OK because some people forgot they even knew you!!!
~You realize you're never going to be really good at anything like golf.
~The things you used to care to do, are not as interesting anymore, but you really do care that you aren't as interested.
~You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV 'ON' than in bed. It's called "pre-sleep".
~You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch.
~You tend to use more 4 letter words … "what?"…"when?"… ???
~You notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless" !!!
~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.
~Everybody whisper!!! … you have come to expect that people will repeat what they just said to you.
~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet … 2 of which you will never wear again.… But Old is good in some things: Old Songs, Old movies, and best of all, OLD FRIENDS!!
Stay well, "OLD FRIEND!" Send this on to other "Old Friends!" and let them laugh in AGREEMENT!!! It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived.
TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE, SO ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS.
God Bless you, my friend, and I am proud to call you "My Friend"!
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To me, the essence of keeping the soul nourished is obedience to one's conscience. I don't think that the soul can be nourished unless people have a strong sense of conscience that they have educated and developed and soaked in the universal and timeless principles of integrity and service. This way, the individual's soul becomes part of the universal soul of service, contribution, and making a difference.
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Chevy, enjoyed "playing the back nine." Love that idea or truth that today is the oldest you've been and the youngest you'll be for the rest of your life.
Happy Sunday to all.
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Sandra! I had a wringer washer that my Mom used.... Ha! I used to connect it all up in a hallway, into our tiny bathroom, and fill a big galvanized rinse tub. That's how I washed my babies diapers, and all of our clothes when we first got married.
Then when both girls were born, we moved to another house, and I got a REAL washer....! But didn't get a dryer until maybe 1970.. We always had clothes-lines... Now I dry clothes for a few minutes, then hang them on hangers, or the one line I still have...
Still don't have a dish-washer though... I didn't think I needed one...
Ah man, she completely flunked at the spelling of catsasstrophies. I think she meant catastrophes.. She's having TRUBBLE with her "f" key? That ain't the only one honey.....
Is "thinkable" a word? Probably not, but it SOUNDS good... Ha, ha! You have "wrinkles"?? We don't care... we all get them when we grow up... but then if we never "grow up" we never get them... so no worries on THAT one!
I love when you post little Cammi... Yes, we ramble on about the most innate things... meaning worthless... or even indispensable or probably having no value what-so-ever.... but if we entertain ourselves, that's all that matters.... And sometimes there ARE no words that we make up... but we understand.
YES they love you... we all do! Even with that silly hair-cut you got... with your wrinkles.
So are you better now? Did you have fun socializing? Can you post a picture? Wait..... Have Joey do it.... or even Katy-kat...
Meemers! You got your bra? Or Bras? Good for you!
Morning Rita... Yes, the Asthma is a little better... Still taking pills, and using the Nebulizer... and inhalers.... You know, the nasal rinses really help! I don't know what HAPPENED! It came on so fast...
Hi Puffin and Jackie.... I have been lax in my efforts to post more...
Yes Sailing! My clothes froze too! I was about 8 months pregnant with my first one, and stumbled over the laundry basket I was hanging... but didn't do anything... just rolled around.... Ha! I STILL use a clothes rack to finish drying our clothes! I just always thought the dryer was expensive to run, so only use it to fluff up the clothes a little....
Rita, I missed that you got burned? A curling iron? Geez! Are you better now?
And morning Joan, Minus and Wren....
Mommarch! Yes! There WAS a reason ! It was because you NEEDED it! And HE knew.... He took care of you.... Sometimes these things happen, and you KNOW you are being watched after....
Like when I was flailing around in the alley, like a beached whale, and couldn't move... And the neighbor just "happened" to come up the alley and thank GOD he chose not to run over me, and he stopped in back of his Parents house, to drop his Dad off...(Theresa & Eddie) and he had a wheel chair in his trunk! So I was wheeled down to our house, and into my car.
He was our Guardian Angel that day....
Revup! MAN! That was an AWFUL story! It really must have hurt!
Carole, I hope you didn't catch that from me.... Those nasal rinses really worked for me.... AND the pills....
Hi Teacher... And Wren, I used to take in ironing also! Anything to make money.... Even did hair for my neighbors, cousins... etc.
They paid me a dollar! I must have been nuts..... even THEN! Ha, ha!
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Chevy,
That piece is absolutely wonderful and is soooo, sooooo full of truth. It is very true that when we were younger the world moved so much slower. Seemed like it took a yr. and a half at least for our birthday to come -- so we could graduate to another level. Now, trying to slow then down is like trying to hold an Amtrak train still -- not going to happen.
This sort of reminds me of a conversation I had last night. I was asked if there would be a "tree" at our house --- and no, because our cats just can't resist it. Easiest way to deal with that is put up our big wreath and skip the tree. Well, are you going to have gifts -- hmm, well, yes --maybe one small thing for each other. In the deafening silence I finally said -- it is because we have each other and don't NEED gifts. It was an interesting conversation because I got to re-affirm the things I think about and feel most of the time. That what I REALLY need does have a habit of getting here some way -- especially if it is an physical item of some sort --- but it is the other 'needs' that are the mainstay and those are the TRUE needs and my life is really full of those. The provisions I have in that sense just keep coming -- those other things -- just a little icing on the cake.
Need I even say it -- we are the color of gray today once more, so I'm going to be looking for those 'special' light bulbs today. Enough is enough. Hope you are all going to have a fantastic Sunday. I will -- despite the 'icky' color of the outside world -- I'm carrying some sunshine inside.
Blessings,
Jackie
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Hi everyone
Sorry I haven't posted in a while- don't know why. I read the posts every day. Just been feeling a little lost I guess- stuck somewhere between after cancer and and recovering me. I find myself suddenly on the "back nine" and don't want to be there just yet. I totally blame the cancer for that and it makes me both mad and sad at the same time. Until then, I was a homemaker, very active mother and grandmother and shopped, cleaned, cooked, did laundry, went to visit friends a few hours away, etc. I admit that when my DH passed, I lost focus for awhile, but then just as I was coming out of that fog- the cancer struck. And even though it has been 7 months since my last radiation, and 3 months since my last Herceptin infusion, I am still stuck in the "invalid" mode. I do no cleaning, shopping (except when I choose to run to Walmart for a specific item), or cooking and most of the time I sit in the same spot, mostly reading. I guess it hits me harder when I am here in Fl because I am in MY home. I ran this house for 36 years- now I feel like a guest. But the truth is that I just don't have the energy to do anything. That said, I have had two active weekends in a row that were very enjoyable, but again, I was just a spectator, not a real participant. I guess that pretty much sums up my condition, I used to bean active participant in life, now I feel like a spectator. Wish I knew how to get the energy to become a participant again, even in a smaller role.
That said - we may have had a wringer washer when I was very little, but I don't have clear memories of that. I do remember being one of only a few in our neighborhood that had our own washer in our apt. Most everyone else did their laundry in the one set of machines in the basement of the building. My father somehow strung a line from our dining room window to my brothers bedroom window on a pulley system ( which was pretty incredible, since we lived on the fourth floor). During the winter, when it was too cold to dry outside, there were lines down the hallways in our apt that you had to duck and weave thru and sometimes it took more than 24 hrs for the clothes to dry. Everything got ironed, including handkerchiefs which made no sense to me- the first time you used it, it went back into your pocket in a ball. Dishwashers were for people that lived in their own homes, not for apts. in fact, after I moved to Fl, my parents and my sister and her family bought a house in upstate NY. Washing dishes had been so ingrained by then, that they had the dishwasher removed to give them more cabinet space. I, too, put clothes back in the dryer with a wet washcloth for 15 min or so to avoid ironing.
Fri night, my youngest DD had made plans to go look at some Chistmas light displays with several friends. They left without her. Her daughter was especially disappointed, so I offered to go with them, so they wouldn't miss it completely. We met up with the friends at the first house, which I didn't expect, but I had a very good time. I will put some pix at the end. Then last night, our cleaning lady said her church was doing a live performance of the Grinch. So I bought 6 tickets and my 2 daughters, 3 grandchildren and I went. It was great. The kids loved it. The tickets were $20 apiece, but it went to a good cause, and they served appetizers and desserts during the breaks. And yesterday, Santa himself visited a neighbor, and he had a gift for every single child there, including Kayden and Victoria, who don't even live in this neighborhood! Imagine that! Our weather obviously doesn't support sleigh traffic, so the local fire dept was gracious enough to escort him. It's a town tradition that has been going on as long as we have lived here, and each generation welcomes it with awe.
I will post pix in a few minutes - for some reason my iphone and ipad are not sharing pix like they are supposed to.
Anne
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here are the pixAnne
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Chevy, I'm so glad you're feeling better. Also, I really liked you "Back Nine" entry. That is SO true! Thanks for sharing.
Carole....I hope you feel better soon, too.
It is a gloomy Sunday here even if the temperature is relatively mild for this time of year in Illinois. I am counting the days until we head out to sunny FL.
I didn't iron for extra money during my younger days, as I probably wouldn't have had any returning customers. :-) However, when I first started teaching, I needed something to supplement my rural teaching salary. I lived in a college town and typed papers for college students. I charged 10 cents per page....can you really believe that????....so a student could get a 10 page paper typed for $1.00. My typing skill were LOTS better than they are now but still, that usually took me an entire evening because there couldn't be any mistakes and we had to use correction tape or typing erasers to make changes. I think most of our generation were not afraid of hard work and didn't expect a huge monetary compensation for the jobs that we completed.
Well, I have a 25% off coupon from Barnes and Noble that is burning a hole in my purse so I am going to run into town and select a book for my daughter-in-law for Christmas. Everyone in my family gets a book from me..along with other gifts....and I still haven't gotten one for her. I can spend hours in that store just browsing!
I hope everyone is having a great Sunday afternoon!
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Oh Anne....We were posting at the same time, I think and I didn't see your Christmas pictures until I submitted my post! What great-looking children!!!! The Christmas setting is just perfect for the pictures! Thanks for sharing!
Puffin...I also wanted to tell you thanks for the "no ironing" idea! The next time my clothes are wrinkled because I didn't get them out of the dryer in time, I will give it a try! :-)
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Rita, I have given many books as presents through the years. At one time that was what I gave children in the family--books.
DH and I drove over to Academy Sports earlier and bought three bicycles for my niece's children. We selected mountain bikes for the 11 yr. old boy and 9 yr. old girl, who told their grandmother that "dirt bikes" were on their Christmas list. Dirt bikes are motorcycles so we assumed they were talking about mountain bikes that can be ridden on gravel and dirt. They have chunky tires. We got the 5 yr. old girl a really cute 20 in. bike. It didn't come with training wheels so we bought them separately and dh will put them on. These Christmas gifts are from my sister who isn't the grandma of the kids, from one of my brothers and from dh and me. The grandma sister is holding the bag for buying the Santa Claus gifts for the 5 yr. old since the mamma is flat broke, though not too broke to buy marijuana and the daddy is in jail headed for a prison term.
Academy Sports was full of people buying things.
Anne, maybe your body is telling you what you are capable of doing. If you want more energy, I would suggest beginning an exercise program. Maybe attend some exercise classes for stretching or gentle aerobics. I know it may sound crazy but physical activity can give a person energy and a good kind of tiredness. You can probably gradually resume your old life.
Jackie, the sun is shining brightly here and the high today is supposed to be about 70 degrees. We have had wonderful weather in Nov. and Dec. The weather gods will probably give us our share of lousy weather in Jan.
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