Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Happy 85th birthday to Nancy Drew! The first volume in the long-running girl detective series, "The Secret of the Old Clock," was published 85 years ago this week under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.
In America, literature for teenage girls made its debut in 1930 in the person of Nancy Drew.” This original Mighty Girl character paved the way for many more heroic female characters and inspired generations of real-life girls and women.
Ghostwritten by Mildred Wirt Benson and later revised by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, the first volume of Nancy Drew had a huge influence on young readers. Nancy Drew provided them with “stories of someone like themselves who had a positive effect on the world instead of passively sitting at home. She is a character with that magical ‘what if’ question woven into her identity, and one that effortlessly captures the imaginations of readers by allowing them to participate in a world where the answers to that question are just as entertaining as the stories themselves.”
At the time, some viewed Nancy Drew as a poor role model, “contradicting adults while she squared off with the villains… she is mechanically inclined and at the same time doesn’t act like most people in the 1930s would have expected a teenage girl to act.” In fact, many libraries and bookstores refused to carry the Nancy Drew stories. Despite -- or because of -- that disapproval, kids collected the books voraciously, and in the midst of the Depression, used copies were shared and traded like trading cards are today. As a result, “any kid, even those who couldn’t afford new books, would very likely get to read every adventure starring their favorite character.”
Did you grow up reading Nancy Drew? I spent the entire summer of 1959 reading them one after the other until I finished the whole series.
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I did read the whole Nancy Drew series as well as the Hardy Boys and Cherry Ames, Nurse series. Loved them all.
I am waiting for my DGD to arrive to help celebrate my DGS's 16th birthday.
Anne
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I read a few Hardy Boys, but all of Nancy Drew and Cherry Ames. I loved a series called Maida's Little House about a rich girl with friends whose parents let them move in with her. Then the group had adventures. Can you tell I was an only child?
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The Nancy Drew books....ah that brings back good memories. I think I read just about anything I could get my hands on and I guess I still do!
Anne...have fun celebratings your DGS's birthday! :-)
It was a gorgeous day to golf today and I golfed in a ladies' scramble. It was a good thing that the weather and the company was good because we finished dead last! We just could't make the shots that we needed to make at the right time. I probably should have stayed home and done yardwork! Oh well, it will wait for me.
I planned on doing some weeding when I got home but they are plowing the field in front of our house and the dirt and dust is flying! I don't think that would be too good for the allergies!
Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
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I read Nancy Drew. Maybe that's where my interest in mystery stories began. Last night I finished a book called Cemetery Dance that was quite a far-fetched and bizarre story with magic elements. I kept wondering iif there would be a common-sense explanation to the happenings that seemed supernatural. It was definitely a page turner. The writers are two men who collaborate. Can't recall their names and am too lazy to get up and find out by looking at the book!
I got in a little more than 2 hours of yard work, then came inside and made a big pot of spaghetti sauce for tomorrow's dinner at my mother's house. I also baked a pan of brownies. Used a Ghirardelli mix, didn't make them from scratch.
Jackie, I like that quote about waiting for life to begin. As for the gym membership, I have all kinds of exercise equipment but what has worked for me is having a regular schedule of going to the YMCA at least twice a week. The home gym requires a lot of discipline and I apparently lacked that discipline. There is something helpful about being in the presence of other people who are exercising. It costs us $69 a month for the membership, which is quite a lot.
Just came back from getting clothes out of the dryer. Those authors are Preston & Child.
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I had a great number of the Nancy Drew books. Can't remember how many. I also read all of the Cherry Ames books,( probably influenced me to go into nursing my first profession.)
Carole, I'm drooling, love those Ghiradelli brownies,, but since I've gone totally off caffeine to combat my tachycardia, I can't have any, Have one for me.
Had lunch with my good friend, then shopping. I was good only bought a top and some bathroom towels. We love Home Goods and TJ Maxx/Marshals! Then came home to gather stuff for the annual trash collection.
It was in the 70's today, in the 70s and 80s next week. Things are greening up and the trees in bloom. Love this time of year, but the weeds are growing too. Got to look for one of those kneelers Chevy!
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Bonnets... they are just so handy! I have one for outside, and one for inside like when I work in the lower cupboards, drawers, etc. Got the picnic table painted, along with the bench... And gettings things organized a little better....
Did any of you read A Woman of Substance? I think by Barbara Taylor Bradford.... also Memoirs of a Geisha.... Stories of lives are so interesting....
I didn't really read during my school years.... Not until about 15 years ago.... My Daughter gave me a book by Danielle Steele called The Kiss.... I just got interested in reading, and have read almost all of her books.... I got most of my books from second-hand stores, or the Flea Market.... And when our stores have bought lots of marked-down books.... We can get great deals that way.... I also downloaded a lot of free books to read on my Nook, but since they are downloaded onto my computer, it is easier to read them on this 23" monitor!
I LOVED the 3 books you sent Carole! You don't write anymore, do you? It is just so nice to get "lost" in a story....
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Oh yes, Nancy Drew and Cherry Ames, loved those books.
I led a fieldtrip for beginner birders this morning. The man who taught the classroom part wasn't available for the first 2 fieldtrips and I said I could help today anyway. Birds were scarce the first hour but then picked up.
I came home to find Lew had woke up with pink eye and his eyes were glued shut. So a trip to the Walk In clinic got him some antibiotic drops. The Dr gave him a refill in case I get it too, can just go pick up the refill bottle.
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Sorry Puffin! When my Doc would write a prescription out for refills, I would order them anyway.... always had extra on hand.... just in case. Did this with ointments for my skin...
So it must be an infection from something?
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“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose
something of rewarding joy If there were no limitations
to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so
wonderful, If there were no dark valleys to traverse.”
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Good news. Medicare part B covers the medicene and supp should pick up the balance. Cancer clinic is mailing it out tomorrow. Should get started by Thursday. It is covered under durable equip. Who would have guessed. Yesterday my friend and I took DGD to El Paso prom dress shopping. After seven stores we finally found one. Today we are going to go and watch her perform the Flamenco dance for cinco demyo. Have a blessed day.
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Breathing a sigh of relief for answered prayers -- Mommarch, hope things start to be even more positive now.
Prom dress shopping. How good can it get. I hope today is just fantastic for everyone.
Blessings
Jackie
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Lew's pink eye could be from allergies, a virus or bacteria. The drops will only help if it's a bacterial infection. It's not better yet, his eyes feel like they have sand in them
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Good morning, all. The muggies are creeping back. We turned the a/c back on yesterday. The air looks different when it's humid. It loses that brightness and clarity of low humidity air.
Monday's schedule: more yard work, driving my mother to an apptment for an Echo at 1 pm, WW meeting at 5:30 pm. Maybe it will give me the kick in the butt I need if I start going to WW meetings again and pay some $$ until I get back down to goal weight. I definitely won't learn anything at the meetings after being a lifetime member for umpteen years. This is a new WW meeting location at the YMCA where dh and I are members. I always enjoy the company of the other attendees.
Mommarch, great news that insurance will cover your oral meds. A good omen for the success of your attack on the evil C. Hugs to you.
Hugs to Blondie, Mike and Sandra, Cammi, and all of us with health issues.
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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~ Buddha
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Morning,
Pretty here right now but muted or no sun. We are due to get some rain and really, it has been a bit so not probably a bad thing. I'm in the middle of inside-type things anyway so not a big thing for me. Still trying to decide whether to put in the screen door but I doubt it would hurt. The house is pretty warm ( to me anyway ) and I would enjoy it. Dh is a bit 'cooler' than me. He is not in a big hurry. I sneak behind him and turn down the furnace when we have it on as he forgets I think that sitting and doing nothing for a stretch tends to "cool" you down. I'll have to get him to stand and do a few jumping jacks --- then maybe we will be closer together on temps.
I am better about gray skies ( far from elated mind you ) in Spring and Summer. I think there is nothing that smells better that the outdoors after a good summer shower. We usually don't have days of grayness and rain going on either. I guess it just seems more natural this time of yr. If it lasted more than a few hours --- well, I'd need that special light that banishes the moodiness perfectly.
Carole, I know what you mean about learning things from meetings you have gone to so long. The NEXT classes are like that. I took it three times as the instructor had to go so fast to get all the information in. Each time ( everything -- even solid information changes a bit ) because of wording things a different way or presenting small pieces of info she didn't previously mention -- gave me new items, but all in all --- there is only so much to learn.
I think a lot of people benefit from doing something that has a structured time and a number of other participants, so going to classes more than once suited me. At our Rec. Center -- they also have wt. watcher classes. I may give that a try --- don't know that I would actually lose much --- but it would be interesting maybe from the stand-point of the good materials I learned from the NEXT class. NEXT was not only about losing wt. but replacing negative foods you may have been consuming with better alternatives. The time I did Wt. Watchers the point system was playing a heavy role. Eat anything you want as long as you didn't go over your points. I fell off the wagon there after losing 32 #'s and never got back on. Then, I did South Beach. That was better for me because that was where I 'broke' my addiction to sugar and salt -- and some of the food I felt was a bit better. They ( if memory serves ) were more into getting satisfaction from eating enough protein to keep you feeling full.
The best plan ( as one of the NEXT class Dr.'s pointed out ) is the one you will stick with as a beneficial lifestyle change. Now I really liked that guy's way of saying YOU will be on a diet for life, but it is negative to say it that way so just SEE it as a Lifestyle Change. He is right --- some four letter words just get under your skin and make you feel a bit deprived before you even begin. I can live with a lifestyle change. So, maybe its time I do.
Anyway, need to get started for the day. I hope it is going to fantastic for everyone.
I also second your feelings Carole about Cammi, Mike & Sandra and Blondie. and anyone having to deal with 'health' right now. In my thoughts, prayers, and huge hopes for it all to go ok.
Blessings
Jackie
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Bonnets! Yay fora good mammogram!
Gorgeous day here.
Mommarch, you're in my thoughts and prayers. Glad your meds will be covered Prom dress shopping sounds like fun. I had all boys so I only shopped for tuxedos.
Puffin, sorry to hear about Lew's eyes. Hopefully they will be better soon
Had to go in for a colonoscopy. Started the first part of the prep and threw it all back up. I called in to the clinic and was told to get 64 ounces of gatorade and mix with a certain amount of miralax. I will never drink gatorade again. At least it worked and I was able to get it done. Everything okay. Also saw the onc. dr. and I can finish my femara and then I am done with it. Do not have to go to onc. dr for 1 year. (Doing the Happy Dance)
I started taking crocheting classes and cake decorating classes. they are so much fun. We have been talking about downsizing so we are cleaning out closets, garage and cabinets. We are thinking about going to Florida. For the ladies that live in the south. Do you like carpet or tile in the bedrooms?
Hope everyone is having a good week
Emmy
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Termite, good news that the colonoscopy results showed no problems. We have carpet in our bedrooms.
I went to the WW meeting. The leader, Michelle, is very nice but not as much fun as Helen, the leader in the Mon. morning meeting I used to attend. This is a different group of people. I enjoyed a conversation with an attractive woman who sat next to me. She didn't appear to have a lot of weight to lose.
Wishing everyone a pleasant evening.
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If people only knew the healing power of laughter and joy, many of our find doctors would be out of business. Joy is one of nature’s greatest medicines. Joy is always healthy. A pleasant state of mind tends to bring abnormal conditions back to normal. -Catherine Ponder
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Maya rose
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Hi All
Blondie- Maya Rose is beautiful. Have fun with her whenever you can.
Emmy- I live in So Fl and have wood floors everywhere except the Master bedroom,which is now my daughter's room. I very much prefer carpet in the bedrooms but was overridden by my husband who insisted that wood in the kids rooms would be so much easier to keep clean. It's not. And when we made the change about 10 years ago, we went with laminate, which is lifting in a lot of places from spills, etc. The laminate has come a long way since then - my son just had his whole house done and it looks great.
My DGS's birthday party went well. He had fun and so did we. Of course, it was basically 2 parties- one for his friends and one for the adults. The best part for me - I was able to reunite my older son with his best friend from childhood. The friend just recently moved from So Fl to 11 miles away from my daughter, and they are actually interested in buying a home in her development. First time all of us have met his wife and sons, who were very shy when they arrived. About an hour later, the younger one (2) just climbs up on my lap to watch TV with me. He chose the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. The wife fit right in and I think they will part of any parties from now on, and will be included whenever Rob comes over.
Worst part was I must have twisted my upper chest somehow and aggravated the incision on the right side. It was painful enough that Nancy noticed ( which is not too surprising- she knows me so well) but her best friend noticed too. They took me in the bedroom to see if there was any bleeding and it was the first time Michelle has seen my body since the surgery. She lost her mother a few months ago and she just burst in to tears, saying I can't lose you too. We are so close that when my DH passed away, she flew down from Atlanta to be there for the funeral and flew back in time to pick her son up at daycare that afternoon.
I go back to the surgeon tomorrow to see if my infection has cleared up. If he gives me the okay, I will hopefully be heading back to Fl next Tues. I was looking at flights over the weekend, but because Sun is Mothers Day, the flights cost incredibly more that usual. I can get a nonstop Spirit Airlines flight on Tues for $50. From Thurs to Mon, it is over $200 for the same flight. I sure hope he gives me the okay to travel because my DGS has his band concert either Tues or Wed night. Don't want to miss it
Thoughts and prayers, Mommarch.
Anne
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We went to our DGD awards banquet last night. She got a medal for UIL, One Act Play and Spanish Club. Very proud of her. They roasted big whole rib eyes on the grill. I put in a miserable night, the meat was quite fatty. Awoke with stomach pain and then my arm started hurting. I was going to the broom shop with DH but he told me to stay home and sleep late. Which I did I did not get up until 11:00 AM. Nothing much else going on, just waiting for my chemo med to arrive.
Take Care
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Blondie,
What a beautiful baby and what a beautiful name. What a delight for you.
I have laminate and in-laid throughout my house. Not only due to the animals that are always around ( the dogs are in and out all day ) , but I also realized that carpet ( not that the other is any cleaner per se' ) isn't cleaned nearly as often as other flooring --- so whomever comes in, and no matter where they have been or what they have stepped in -- it comes in as well. Also, if there are allergies, there is just more material on the floor, along with the drapes etc. to hang onto the pollen. I did have a couple people in my family who just wouldn't let anyone walk on their carpets with shoes on -- but I think that was far too disciplined for me --- aside from the animals not wearing shoes to take off when they come in. I have very few curtains and no blinds at all. The curtains are mainly valances on most windows. I do however, for anyone who may be raising their eyebrows just now --- live in the woods by a lake with very, very few neighbors and as a rule people here are fairly relaxed about window coverings.
Now -- next time I'm visiting my neighbors I'm going to have to look and see if they have binoculars. We are all relaxed pretty much out here. It is a wonderful, wonderful thing to be able to live in nature rather than in town. I intend to make it here for as long as possible.
Anne, I hope all goes well at the Dr.'s appt. tomorrow. Hoping you can get back to Fl. exactly when you want too without a problem to be found.
Mommarch -- good for you. You needed that rest. I hope your back on your feet in no time and that you start a really good phase now. Thinking about you.
No rain in sight -- but at some point the weatherman is going to stop being wrong.
Hi to everyone.
Blessings
Jackie
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Blondie...what an adorable picture of Maya Rose! She sure won't be hard to spoil! :-)
Mommarch...Doing the happy dance with you that the meds will be covered. Still keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
Anne, I think I asked you before but I have forgotten what part of South Florida you are in. Please refresh this feeble memory. I hope your infection is cleared up! Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Chevy...I think I've read all of Danielle Steele's books, too. Pegasus is one of her more recent books and I especially liked it.
I loved this sunshine today but spent much of my day inside (after grocery shopping) writing scholastic bowl questions. I hadn't written any this past year but I think it's in my blood and I can use the little extra cash that I get for them. It also helps "work my brain!"
Hope everyone is doing well.
Rita
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Mommarch, those big fatty ribeyes sound good to me! Sorry you suffered some digestion pain. Good for your dh that he encouraged you to sleep. I think that getting your med and starting the treatment will make you feel better mentally. Or at least I hope that's the case. I always hate waiting once I accept a plan of action.
Jackie, you don't have window coverings on your bedroom windows? We never cover any windows except those in the bedroom at night. We close the mini blinds, which, I know, are out of favor these days but we still have them. They're open during the day.
I played golf at a different golf course today because our two golf courses were booked for a tournament. Afterwards my two friends and I had lunch and it was delicious. Crispy fried catfish, sweet potato fries and coleslaw.
Tomorrow I go to the NP at my PCP's office for a pre surgery clearance. I just learned this afternoon that I needed one and the surgery is next Wed. I'm thinking that I hope the surgeon is more up to speed than his office workers, who should have instructed me to get this clearance a little more in advance.
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Hi, Rita. You were posting at the same time I was. How clever of you to be able to write those questions.
Blondie, I forgot to say what a pretty name that is, Maya Rose. And a sweet baby.
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Carole, I have a valance at the top of my bedroom windows and a café type ( they are fairly thin ) on the bottom. It's pretty dark in the woods though there is a dusk to dawn light out back -- but when I do wake up --- there is just enough light for me to get to the half bath. I could have nothing, but I wanted something ( just under-played ) for appearance sake mainly. I wanted my bedroom to be just a little girlified. Don't know that it came out that well, but it makes me happy.
I also have my bedroom painted yellow --- so I can wake up to sunshine everyday.
Jackie
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Jackie, I love yellow, too. I painted the guest bedroom a sunny yellow.
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Blondie, nothing is sweeter than a new baby. Maya is gorgeous!
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Another lovely day here, but we have had a forest fire not too far away. Around 1,000 acres burned since Sunday . Can't tell if what clouds we see are clouds or smoke from the fire!
We have shutters on the bedroom windows, light curtains or blinds on the others. I close the blinds and shutters when it gets dark, let the sun in i during the day, as we are on a main road. Also have carpet in the dining room, which we rarely use, except for my antique doll collection and Depression glass collection. The bedroom and den have carpet too. Pine floors in the livingroom , hall and kitchen, as we live in a log home.
Was going to lunch with a gal friend but cancelled , my IBSd has been attacking since we got home from our cruise. Had one terribly embarrassing moment at the Bank! I'm afraid to go anyplace. Know where every bathroom in town is and pray every time I get in the car.On vacation always ask if the tour bus has a bathroom. I'm about at the end of my rope in this area. Called the gastro today," try pro-biotics and give me a sample"! there must be something that can deal with this. Especially since we love to travel. Grrrrr!
I read Daniele Steel, Nora Roberts, Jude Deveraux and Debbie Macomber, really enjoy Debbies books.
Jackie, DH and I always enjoy a good laugh with our doctors. My breast surgeon has an attitude, but I got him one day. While I was having rads i found plastic happy face stickers and added them to my boobies for the radiology crew. Forgot to remove them for the surgeons appt. , didn't know how he wud react. Well he broke up, the first time I ever saw him laugh!
Got a couple of bug bites in the house yesterday. I'm thinking maybe a small spider, never felt it, red and they itch. Wish I knew what it was. Around here ticks are a big problem this year , with the cold winter. We have a lot of Lyme in the area. Got a lot of deer , thus the teeny deer ticks that carry Lyme. I did get one, never knew and hadnt been outside a couple of years ago, but got the dreaded red target , so was put on antibiotics. I know this isnt a tick bite, they don't itch.
Have a good night.
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