Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

Jackie, I love your quote from "Walking is Medicine" So grateful for Tippy. My weight remains stable at 162. The stress on my knee from the steps and moving stuff and the work of settling in caused a lot of pain, but has finally healed. Glad it was only a stuck gas bubble.

Sorry I haven't posted. Difficult to get back in the habit, even If I am spending a lot of time at my computer.

I got a pair of tall aluminum thermos (TAL brand from Wal-Mart). One is for coffee and the other is for tea. I drink one of decaf green, and one of chamomile. About half of one of coffee when I get up in the morning. With a routine of this, I am sleeping much better.

So far Tippy has used his walk, sofa, birds, and pets. He has asked for new buttons saying cold and treat. This apartment ranges between 67.5 deg heat turns on, and 74.2 heat turns off.

Have I asked this before, Harley? Where in Wisconsin?

Cindy - you amaze me at all the fun and interesting things to do and see. My sister is like that but we never got in the habit when Ken was practicing medicine and only did it early in our retirement. Hope your partner is better. We've had both Covid and flu around here.

Jackie, glad they figured out your stomach problems even if it was a very long day.

Harley, Ken and I met at Beloit College. We both grew up in Chicago burbs.

Had a few friends in Christmas Eve (I froze the left-over sweets) and went to our Saturday dinner friends' Christmas Day. Larry's children and grandchildren were here so it was a hectic meal.

Tomorrow and Sunday I am working at the "Silver Belles" golf tournament held at our club. Young women 14-24 are eligible and I am told they are fantastic golfers, often traveling significant distances to compete.

Welcome back, Chris. Please send my greetings to Karen. Now what about MM, Keywestern and Sandy??

Harley, I live in Tomah. My sister and family are in Beaver Dam. Her son and granddaughter live in the megalopolis on the east coast of the state.

Good morning. There is some muted sun outdoors which I'm hoping changes to be much fuller. It is 52 degrees. Very odd feeling to have it this warm right after X-mas. Once again, a rainy and VERY un-snowy holiday. The past several have been like this and at my age I can't say I'm un-happy about it.

I so enjoyed all the entries of the past couple of days.

I have a good friend from Wisconsin - West Bend to be exact. She and I were in the service together. She is the only one though. I was friendly with all, but for some reason only the friendship with her stuck.

Taco, I think MM has quit posting on BC. Org completely. I don't think she is interested anymore in being a part of the blog. Karen uses another part of the blog and Keywest generally posts a lot less than the rest of us here. Sandy is the one we are all holding our breath about I think. She seemed to have such a busy and sometimes complicated life and then had to move out of her house for repairs after the fire. Also after having just adopted two cats.

I still can't imagine the struggles so many here end up having to deal with after having the big C diagnosis and treatment. Thankfully, most things come a little at a time and we have a chance to normalize for a bit.

I hope you all will have a great Saturday and nice week-end.

" Karen uses another part of the blog" Of course that is where she is! Thank you for the cue. Reminds me of something. No, I don't post there. We rarely interact at Facebook.

Chris - we drove up I94 to get to Minneapolis. I waved when we passed the Tomah exit. 😀

The highest reward for people's
toil is not what they get for it
but what they become by it.

John Ruskin

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty

to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes,

but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.
Helen Keller

Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community.

Joan Chittister

Seeing with Our Souls

Ah, more rain, but we are getting exactly what the weatherman said. Sometimes he is right. Grrr on the gray. Cindy sounded like you had quite a day. The Cirque looked to be entertaining though and offering some positive relaxation.

I can relate though. Yesterday was difficult for me as well. Cloudy and gray outside never stimulates me at all but I had things to do. I did morning chores, got breakfast done and tried a small nap, but too many thoughts of what needing doing. So, got up and over to my computer. Decided to go over my checkbook and balance. Well, couldn't get into my account. I balance on line.

Ever since Dh decided to open an account at my bank we have had this trouble. So, I couldn't get signed in. I was in the middle of a phone call to the bank to try and fix that when my son in law came in. Seems someone had hit our mailbox (again) out on the main road and unless we did something we would not get our mail. But, I had to abandon the call to the bank and call the post office to alert them to 'hoping' to resolve issues if possible before what we knew would be late delivery yesterday. ( Mondays are typically after dark).

Decided before calling bank again that I would call Tony at H&H Computers (our go-to guy) and ask if we could get our computers to quit reading each other here. Yes — but sort of difficult. Apparently, we ended up with the same Microsoft password. Quick fix, change bank password (one of us) and then sign in on different browser.

So Dh took his computer to Tony. He didn't know how to install another browser and I didn't have a lot of time. In the meantime, I called the bank again and was able to get myself a new password and was then able to use my log-in-page that I set up long ago to open directly from my favorites. Haven't tried it this a.m. so hope we are still on a working level.

Then I called the little gal who hit the mailbox. Turns out she lives on the lane next to us. She called her Dad at work when she got home (from the accident) and asked what to do. He told her to write her name and number on a sticky note and attach it to the mailbox on the ground now. Told her (oh she still sounded horrified at what happened although she was alright) that we would go out to the road assess the damages and decide what needed doing and then let her know.

Turned out that the actual mailbox itself (apparently, they are made in a way that the pieces of it separate on an impact) was okay and just the structures holding it up were iffy in a couple of places. SIL said with some minor adjustments and tinkering's he could get it back together. This time he put it on a metal post that he cemented into the ground.

Yesterday evening the teen's Dad called. Very apologetic for the mishap and said his daughter was feeling better (sometimes parents are a big comfort) but still shaken that it happened at all Said she had just looked down for a second — long enough for the car to drift a bit — and there was our mailbox on the ground — blink of an eye. We discussed the situation which I said was not so dire after all. New mailbox — like the old one — online was $51.00 on sale. I told "Dad" no need for a new box so we could negotiate something. He was good with it. He felt like daughter needed to pay 'something' mainly for the lesson. We settled on a good figure. Enough to teach but not enough to hurt too much. I understand the upset. Teems (as I was back in my day) feel invincible — like nothing will ever happen like that. Told Dad — that is what spurs our growth really — the feeling that we CAN do. It's a shock to the system if we find out sometimes we can't.

So she will come over later and bring the money and I'm sure apologize which we will gladly accept and let her know how much we appreciate her attention to handling the situation in such an adult manner.

I finally got my banking done although I will have to pay my bills today — just didn't have time to get to it yesterday although I did get to do some desk cleaning while I waited for calls and information and details from SIL — so I was able to do some decent work in-between hanging on the phone in a long afternoon.

So that's my story and I have to stick to it.

Hope you all have a good day on this last day of the year. Hopefully, the day will be un-eventful for the most part. Enjoy.

Betrayal - I’m so sorry to hear you are back on the hamster wheel of uncertainty. It seems like you can’t catch a break from medical issues. Keeping you in my prayers. (((Hugs)))

Cindy - Cirque looks to be good entertainment for the holidays. I admire you for finding so many fun things to do whether you are in NY or FL. I hope your partner is feeling better.

Jackie - you had a busy day yesterday. Sounds like the teen and her dad are responsible people. It was a good teaching moment for the teen to learn how to handle a mishap.

We had good driving weather for our weekend trip to Minneapolis. The Packers lost the game but we still had an enjoyable time. Spent a good part of Saturday with DH’s family in Wisconsin before heading further north for the game on Sunday.

It’s a gloomy day here and we will be staying in tonight as we usually do on NYE.

Happy New Year to all!

It depends on us. . . Another year lies before us like an unwritten page, an unspent coin, an unwalked road.  How the pages will read, what treasures will be gained in exchange for time, or what we find along the way, will largely depend on us.

Esther Baldwin York