Morning,
Taking a quick time out to post 'cause there is so much to be done today. And it has decided to rain on my parade so a change of plan means I will be doing most of my inside stuff today and hope for another day tomorrow where I can garden. Bloody weather

Not much else happening here. I am due to finish the doco for the bigT this week. And he didn't get to send me the information I required yet, but I can at least format what I have and insert a couple of bits of information from other documents. Meantime I am into cleaning and clearing out the 2nd bedroom. Time to get rid of a few more bits and pieces and package up some others for life in the loft. Some things you just can't get rid of. Time also to clear out the filing cabinet. Decisions, decisions, decision. And of course the bills keep coming and we are threatened with higher taxes and utility bills. Pretty soon I will be generating power from a bicycle and it is time to revisit solar power. I have solar hot water but not power.

Mel - don't you know that appliances are programmed to break down at the worst possible time. Hopefully that will be an easy repair. Scones are ready. I'll expect you in half an hour or so.

Ceejay - lots of ways to get rid of the ants. Never tried bleach but don't see why it wouldn't work. What would worry me would be the effect on the soil and surrounding plants.

Happy - I don't think much of $2.50ph unless you had 1500 in the class all paying the fee. Reckon I could cope with that amount of people? Especially old and rascally people?

Laura - I thought the purpose of the classes was to make you all sweaty and sore. Stretching things you hadn't stretched in forever - or sometimes didn't even know you had those things. But everything in moderation apparently works as well - just look at the weight you have lost. Your garden sounds interesting - just like my friend Chris in NZ - she has veges popping up in all sorts of places and sometimes in the flower beds as well. Parsley makes an interesting border plant.

Annie - the Fish fry sounded great. And it is good that you had a reasonable visit with the annoying bro and his wife. I have to shoo the cat off the garden from time to time but I'll bet she is not as bad as Sassy.

I'm done. Time to get back into it again. Hang out the towels, put the sheets and pillow cases into the wash. Then I can mark that one off and get on with the windows.

:cofdate: Sorry gals....om the run already.
One maint. man is on vacation.
No one told me...and if they did I didn't listen :lol3:
Maybe check in later on. Gonna be a busy day.
If not, see you gals tomorrow.
Have a wonderful day:encore:

Ok....time to rest for a second.
People are running late and called to say so.
That's OK by me.



Happy.....you are the busy gardener.
Not sure shad would take on that much aggravation for $2.50
Maybe we should go all out and make it $3.50!!! :rofl: :rofl:



Ceejay....hope the computer made it thru the day.
Being back at work must be a real change up from vacation.
The yoga video sounds good.
The PT lady comes here once a week to the community room.
She is forever telling the people here to walk & stretch!!!




Shad....maybe we can hook up one of my chairs to the electric.
Much easier to push a joystick than to pedal :rofl: :rofl:
How did the interviews go for your friend?
Good luck with the coco.



Annie...had a laugh at the damage from Sass.
She surely gets around....LOL
I am glad the 3 dqays flew by without a hitch.
Especially with everyone getting along.
Hope Dad enjoyed the company too.

Morning
Mel
You are an early riser for sure.

Shad
I wish I could take most of the stuff to the Goodwill or to throw it sway, but like you some things I have to keep. And some thing need to stay inside and not in the shed. Are You going to wash the window?

Annie
You always have more to do. But glad you had a decent visit with Bro and his wife.

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Yesterday was okay and nothing drastic such as a major power outage Did have a couple of streets that lost power but that wasn't bad. Everything else ran smooth. I was expecting calls about garbage pick up but not one person called about that. I did have a few that stated they had cut notices for that day, but since no one was here to do that I told them to pay first thing in the morning.
Went through some exercise DVD's last night and found a beginner's Yoga. I did most of it, for about 20 minutes but the sitting poses I could not do. Mostly because of my knees. I will probably stick with my DVD with Peggy Cappy Yoga DVD made for the rest of us. She uses a chair. I can do most of hers. But I sure would like to get into some of the poses that my nephew's wife does. She, however, is advanced and actually teaches Yoga.

Morning all. Happy Tuesday/Wed.

Ceejay - Glad your workday was quiet yesterday. Good job on the yoga. :)
I think it takes time to get to the ability to do a lot of the poses, so don't give up and be patient!!

Mel - Hope your day's not too busy - it's nice to be able to ease into the week if at all possible. As for the senior computer training - Shad might be thinking there's not enough money in the world to do that. :lol:

Shad - Sweaty and sore is one thing, extreme soreness for days on end is quite another. Sunday's class turned out to leave my quads fatigued and slightly sore right after the class, but not the delayed onset variety that comes the next day. But my pecs were sore the next day. Guess it depends on how accustomed the muscles are to being worked. Good luck with getting the bedroom cleared out.

Annie - Sounds like you had a fantastic weekend! Glad the visit by the bro and SIL wasn't too much of a trial.

Hellos to the rest of you!
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Nothing much to report. We didn't end up doing too much yesterday. It was overcast and gloomy all day, but no rain to speak of until after I went to bed last night.

I did some stuff around the house - laundry, etc. The spots on the jacket didn't come out or are now white - which I think is from leftover Oxy clean, which I understand has a bleaching effect if it's left to dry on the fabric. Guess I didn't get it all rinsed out from the previous attempt. So the jacket is going to end up for dog walks only I guess.

I finally got around to filling one of the bobbins I bought a few months ago (Singer brand) and it worked fine in my sewing machine. I closely compared both these new ones and the ones I'd bought previously (Dritz) to one of my old bobbins and even though both are labeled as Class 15, the previous ones were a smidge different in size and that was enough for them not to work properly in my machine. I pinned and machine-stitched the hem I lowered on a pair of my thrift store slacks, and I also mended a couple items.

Watched a library dvd movie - "Robot and Frank" with Frank Langella. It was a cute movie that takes place in the near future. The main character is experiencing Alzheimer-type symptoms and his son gets him a robot to help out around the house, keep him to a routine, etc. As the man gets accustomed to the robot he realizes he can use him to assist with jewel thievery, LOL, his former profession.

I was going to skip the movies tonight and exercise, but the movie chosen is The Great Gatsby and I'm interested in seeing it despite some very mixed reviews. I will probably go.

Well, it's ww weigh-in day today and my scale at home was up quite a bit, so I surely see a gain today. But it will be well-deserved - I didn't track a single thing I ate all weekend long, and we ate out 4 times, and that's just restaurant meals, doesn't even include the cookout on Sunday. Anyway, back to tracking today.

That's it for now. Back to work.

Quick post for me. Santa and I had a great weekend with old friends and new friends. Yesterday's BBQ was quite crowded, and Santa barked A LOT so we left early. After we got home, we just vegged out in front of the TV.

For some reason, I couldn't fall asleep until well after 11 pm, so I'm quite tired and hoping the coffee kicks in soon.

I'll read later about your weekends...I hope they were fun and/or relaxing.

Much love,

Morning all,

Back to work for most of the Worldlies. I have to go to town this afternoon to start orientation/training for the Thrift Store. It's run by volunteers - all proceeds to the benefit of the Humane Society. Does double duty of getting out for a bit and seeing people. The lady I will work with today is a delightful lady - said the people who come into the thrift store are not as "snooty" :snooty: as the out of towners who stroll through and shop on Main street. :lol: I go in tomorrow for a morning set to sit with the man in charge of all the volunteers and the shop itself. Shifts will be 4 hours. I only wanted to do twice month but that seems so little so I'll probably sign up for once a week. My recent bunion pain and cost is still fresh in my mind so no over doing it. ;)

Yesterday I did more container planting. Got the last of the container veggies done - container tomatoes, baby carrots, summer squash. Had to dig all the dirt out of our log planter in the yard, when I loosened the dirt it was chock full of ants. Those little buggers are everywhere. Got a few containers of flowers done too - DH came out to help. We ran out of dirt and went to Walmart and decided to pick up some Chinese food for dinner. Yum. I had to walk clear across the store twice to pick up the stuff I needed and realized I was just plum tired. Exhausted. So when we got home we ate and then I just packed up everything into the greenhouse. Not going to get too much done today - I was counting on it raining last night and it didn't so I have to run the hose out to the garden today. Need to be in the shower by noon so that doesn't leave me much time today.

Ceejay - good going on the yoga. I have a Peggy Cappy DVD also . That's very gentle yoga. With my knees and wrists I think I will always have to do modified poses of several moves like the downward dog. Like anything, with practice you will stretch and gain flexibility. When you feel Peggy just isn't doing anything for you any more, perhaps you can trade her in for a newer model :lol: I selected my DVDs on Amazon dot com by looking at reviews. This way you can weed out the more challenging ones that appeal to well experienced people or twenty somethings and find something written by people like yourself.

Laura - that's unfortunate that your jacket wound up with problems. I would get grease stains on my shirts from the popcorn place and had a difficult time getting them out. I think I used a combination of Tide and Oxy Clean but like you said let it sit a bit but not dry out on the fabric. Not so sure I like Oxy Clean - some people claim it's responsible for creating those tiny holes in t-shirt fabric around the belly button line. Don't know about that but I do think it might be a bit more harsh on fabrics than they claim it is. Interesting premise on the movie Robot and Frank. Hope you do ok on weigh in today - funny how a meal or two off plan just jazzes up the works!

Annie - Sassy sure did a number on your garden :yikes: Sounds like you need a fence. Not sure if giving her an area of her own to dig in is the best option - she might not be able to tell the difference between on and off limits. Apparently like you have a digger though. :lol: Seems like you had a good time with Lil Man too. That's great! Dinner sounded delicious too - so sad I missed it :(

Mel - no rest for the wicked - on the move already are yah? :s: I totally agree with the exercise lady at your place about moving. My Mom's knees bother her something terrible but it seems when she goes to my sister's and moves around more she does feel better. Just gets tired quickly. Maybe we need to line up the seniors with the hand harnesses like they do with the preschoolers and march them around the block and tire them out. OMG - can you IMAGINE? :rofl:

Shad - sounds like you are making great progress going through the house and purging. I guess that's the secret - periodically do that. The problem with me is that most of the time when I'm in the mood to do that I have other stuff planned. But some of the time I actually get to it and feel better for having it done. Isn't it funny how the outgo always rises much faster than the income???? For years people have been getting told a big story about how there's no money for raises yet food, gas, housing, taxes continue to rise. Meanwhile we just get used to doing more with less. Or doing without entirely.

Hi Michelle :wave:

Nothing's getting done sitting here so I'd best get off the computer and get out there and water things. Have a good day - short work week for most of you.

Afternoon all from the dreary, muggy, cloudy, gray Indiana. Not supposed to rain until tonight. Pacers are s*cking in the pay-offs but my man Tony Kanaan won the Indy 500. Life is good.

Finally got the fence around the garden. Sassy just sat and looked at the garden through the fence. C and I laughed at her. Got my plant re-planted. Still need to get the cucumbers re-planted.

Got the sheets washed, dried and folded but not yet on back on the guest bed. Didn't get much accomplished other than that yesterday.

HAPPY....seems we both have been doing some gardening lately. One thing good with all this rain, certainly do not have to water in my neck of the woods. Next will be a drought. I do need to get out and cut the back grass.

CHELLE...You sound so busy, active and happy for the most part. I am so happy for you and Santa.

LAURA...I, too want to see the The Great Gatsby. Let me know how it fairs. Good luck on the WI. Holidays and eating out are hard hard on the healthy eating.

CEEG...good for you on the yoga. I really need to do something.

MELLIE...I will go with no one told you the maintenance man would be on vacation.

SHADDIE...everything is rising in cost except my paycheck. It has been over a year since the last raise and there are none on the horizon. But you can bet your sweet bippy that the upper management got their raises AND bonuses. Strikes a nerve with me.

Hello to everyone.

Loves and hugs.

Laura
I definitely want to see the Great Gatsby. I had to read that book for English Literature way back when.

Happy
Good for you in volunteering at the Humane Thrift Shop. I have the same problem as you do with the wrist and knees. I may have to stay with Peggy for a while. She has both chair and regular moves on the same DVD. I found some more poses online today and will kinda go through a routine with those tonight. There are also some good things online if I could remember how I found them.

Annie
Sounds like you do quiet a bit of exercise working outside. Mowing the lawn is very good exercise unless you have a riding lawn mower.

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Work has been good until now. There is a small power outage.
My boss friend is telling every one that he's retiring in 2 years, even the Mayor. The publics work director has already put an add in the Jonesboro newspaper. I will be surprised that some one from Jonesboro will move here and accept that position. People are leaving here and moving there. I hope his plan doesn't back fire on him. He's also putting his house on the market. I haven't told anyone for sure and certain that I'm leaving here at age 65, but I'm not taking any more crap off of them either. Hopefully my anxiety meds will help me through these next couple of years.

Pretty dreary here too Annie. What happened to our fabulous winter weather. Usually deep blue sky, nice day temps and cool nights, but not so far this year. Hope it resumes normal weather patterns soon.

I've been through another Denise Austin Yoga routine this morning. Heel is still not ready to run. But it at least gives me a reasonable work out. Will have to try another dvd tomorrow - maybe Jillian's 'Shape up frontside' or maybe the 'Shape up backside' It will be nice to have a bit of a change. And I should work up a reasonable sweat with those.

Mel - not sure even 3.50 would compensate for the extra grey hair I would reap from a course like that. I used to be able to do it, but not sure about now. Chris' job interview did not go well. Mainly because they changed the goal posts and it is considered that the job may be too junior for her. I suspect they have promoted from within and need a junior to cause further havoc.

Ceejay - windows are my least favourite job. I am doing the insides at the moment. When I get to the outside, I use one of those sprays that fit on the end of the hose. Then I dry off what I can and go over them with methylated spirits - having a good sniff as I go :rofl: Only way to enjoy the cr*ppy job.
Hope you can come to an understanding about the job. Sounds like the boss has some plans in mind for retirement which is good. We should all plan for the life after work. It isn't always easy.

Laura - shame the spots didn't come out or that the cleaner managed to bleach them. Personally I don't think the store (even it was an Op Shop) should sell things with stains on, but then as far as the Op Shop stuff goes, I guess it is a case of buyer beware.
We are having the Great Gatsby pushed at us big time here. I haven't been to see it. I rarely go to the movies anyway.
Hope the scale doesn't give you too much grief.

Happy - think I might settle for 2 times a month volunteering just to see how it goes with the foot. You can always ramp it up if you need to. No point in going in all guns blazing and then have to leave it because of pain.
The garden is starting to sound good. No doubt some rascally bear will be in for a feed of flowers and grass at some time. Good idea to protect the vege patch although a determined bear or deer will make a mess of that.
Marching the seniors around the block would only work if you did it in batches and had them on leads. Then you would probably get through the ordeal. And you would probably get the freedom and liberty movement ****s out in force! Are you volunteering to help Mel with that. We could probably hire a couple of trained sheep dogs to keep them on the straight and narrow. I'd volunteer my two since they were both good at shepherding but neither of them are here any more. And even if they were, they would be so old, they would probably aid and abet the seniors anyway.
Yep doing without entirely is what a lot of people are doing around here. What with profits going up, utility prices going up, food prices going up, petrol prices up again, it's not an easy world to live in on a fixed income. Yet the rich get richer, pay less taxes and spend less as well. This mining boom is not really helping anything here. Not your average person anyway. And our political situation sucks.

Annie - taking away Sassy's fun - you mean mum you! I hear you about the cost of living and things. You try to provide for yourself and your family and because you work hard and don't ask for anything, you get stung time and time again. Don't start me.

Anyway, it is time to get out there while the sun is shining. Time to plant out the chili bushes. They've been growing wild in the garden and need to be harnessed to a specific spot. Also have some washing to hang out. So tea break is over. Time to get on with it.

Testing. Well that works. Must be just facebook that is causing me problems.

Good evening ladies,

Santa and I are having a relaxing evening watching The Voice that I recorded last night. I'm hoping that I sleep better tonight than I did last night when I didn't fall asleep until nearly midnight.

A lot of you are commenting about how happy I sound. In some ways, I'm happier than I have been in so long. My life is far from perfect or settled, and I'm struggling a bit with the programming languages used at work, but I'm so much more light-hearted than I have been in the past few years.

I will probably check out another doggie day care...this one is part of the PetSmart store. My current day care is really good, but I have to pick Santa up by 7, and there

Shad - I'm glad the medicine is helping you so you don't scratch at night. Is the lichen clearing up or just not as itchy?

Ceejay - good for you for doing so much outside over the weekend! I want to help my step-mom more around the house. My step-brother does a great job of taking care of the yard, so I'm helping with vacuuming, dishes, etc., and when she gets back from the trip she's currently on, I've got a couple recipes I want to try. I've used a Peggy Cappy Yoga for the rest of us DVD. Good way to do sensible, back friendly moves.

Mel - I love the hummingbird graphic you posted. The other day, I was walking along, and noticed a hummingbird fluttering next to a bush. I was less than a foot away. Must've been some tasty nectar for it to stay put even though I was so close. I hope your frig gets fixed.

Happy - What a great idea to use the pine needles to make a tick-free path. I totally understand your getting the heebie-jeebies at the ticks on you. I found a tick on me many years ago after hiking in the woods. I was taking a shower, saw it on my thigh and freaked out. I yanked on it, but it had already attached, so the head stayed attached. I ended up going to the doc, and he dug the head out of my thigh. Yuck! And my ex's sister contracted Lyme disease and will be on meds for the rest of her life for it to maintain brain health. She's an artist who can no longer paint due to the effects of the lyme disease on her joints. So please be careful with regard to ticks. Your garden sounds absolutely lovely. You and Annie will easily get your 5 servings of veggies once the harvest starts. How did the Thrift Store training go? I've been in some thrift stores that have that funky smell that can give me a headache if I'm in there too long. Hopefully, your thrift store doesn't have that.

Laura - Glad you had a nice time with your former co-worker and friends. Sounds like you had a weekend with a nice mix of fun, friends and relaxation. If you see Great Gatsby, please let me know how it is. It's one I've been thinking about seeing.

Annie - A busy but fun weekend, huh? glad things went okay with your brother and SIL. The stuff you made for the dinner at your brothers made my mouth water.

Okay...gotta sign off for the night.

Much love to all,

Morning

Michelle
That's the DVD I have with Peggy Cappy. Plus I also ordered some more of her DVD's but they're all basically the same moves. It's a good work out for me. When and if I get more limber I'll try some other poses.

I'm looking forward to my long week end. Talked to the boss who is mowing my lawn and he said that they couldn't mow until Sunday. Think I'm going to mow the lawn myself. His son is just to busy to keep it mowed like I want it too. More exercise for me.

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Good morning ladies of the world.
Another lovely cloudy day here.
Just tossed my garbage down the chute.
The halls are quiet like a tomb.
Everyone must be sleeping in like I did.
Finally got a great nights sleep.
2 maint. men brought up a brand new fridge.
it's almost the same as the last one.
I am a happy camper for sure. :D
My life right now is boring so nothing new is going on.
Hope you all have a great day. :moped:




Ceejay.....you and your boss are like my boss.
She is hoping to make it for the next 2+ years and leave.
Hope all 3 of you hold on till the time comes and you can retire.
Last night I saw more tornado warning all over the map. Stay safe:hug:


I CAN'T SEE....BACK TO CAPS................


LAURA....THE ROBOT MOVIE SOUNDED CUTE.
I CAN JUST SEE IT HAPPENING. lol
HOPE THE WEIGH-IN WASN'T TOO BAD.
I AM UP 3 LBS AGAIN. A HERO AND PASTRIES. :hun:
AS FOR GATSBY....I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE SAW ROBERT REDFORD.
NOW THEY'RE COMPARING THE 2 MOVIES.
I WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF IT.




HAPPY.....I CAN JUST SEE ME DRAGGING THE SENIORS DOWN THE STREET ALL HARNESSED UP:rofl: :rofl:
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA THOUGH.
THE COLLEGE SENDS A PT WOMAN HERE.
PART OF HER TRAINING FOR GRADUATION OR SOMETHING.
ANYWAY...THE ONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS TERRIBLY FRUSTRATED.
OUT OF 100 POSSIBLE PEOPLE...ABOUT 9 SHOW UP.
I EVEN MADE MORE SIGNS AND PUT THEM ON EACH FLOOR.
I'VE DONE THAT A LOT BUT IT NEVER WORKS.
THESE LAZY BUGGERS JUST DON'T WANT TO MOVE.
I WISH I COULD SEND YOU SOME OF MY RAIN!!!
HAVE A GOOD TIME AT THE SHOP AND WATCH TAT FOOT!!!!!




ANNIE...POOR SASSY. ALL FENCED OUT!!!
SHE'LL NEED A NEW DIGGING SPOT NOW.
COME DO MY WASH. I AM FOREVER BEHIND.
HOW ARE THE NEW PHONES WORKING OUT?
I THOUGHT OF YOU....
THEY HAVE NEW ONES IN THE OFFICE & HAVEN'T GOTTEN USED TO THEM.



SHAD.....THERE REALLY IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE WORLD TO TRAIN THESE SENIORS.
MAYBE THERE ARE BETTER SENIORS SOMEWHERE ELSE...BUT NOT IN MY BUILDING :rofl:
NO RUNNING ON THAT FOOT JUST YET.
YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP IN A ROCKING CHAIR WITH HAPPY AND HER FOOT IF SHE OVER DOES IT WITH VOLUNTEERING.
I AM SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT CHRIS. HOPE SHE FINDS SOMETHING SOON.
ARE YOU ACTIVELY LOOKING ALSO??
OR TAKING THE MUCH NEEDED TIME TO HEAL EVERYTHING??:hug:



MICHELLE.....YOUR POST ABOUT THE DAY CARE IS CUT SHORT...
SOMETHING ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK PICK UP AND THEN IT ENDS.
HOPE YOU FIND ONE THAT FITS YOUR NEEDS....AND SANTA'S!!:hohoho:
ALSO.....TIME WILL HELP WITH THE REST OF WHAT YOU ARE FEELING.
ALL THESE EVENTS ARE STILL NEW YET.
YOU WILL GET THICKER SCABS ON THOSE WOUNDS AS TIME GOES BY.
IN THE MEANTIME...GO WITH THE FLOW:hug:

http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/ho...y-emoticon.gif CEEJAY.......GOOD IDEA ABOUT MOWING THE LAWN.
MORE EXERCISE IF YOU CAN DO IT.
ALSO....MONEY SAVED!!
HAVE A GREAT DAY YOU LITTLE SNEAKER INNER!! :hug: