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Post by nov21987 on Jun 8, 2020 18:21:40 GMT
Hi all
It's been very emotional, painful and eye opening. Of course, I've experienced racism in my life, but nowhere near the extent that the black population has. I've been busy reading online, in addition to coronavirus and political articles, now also what's going on with BLM. Watching a lot of protests on tv. It's scary when I see all these people close together most wearing masks but some are not and all the yelling with in my mind millions of droplets falling everywhere. Some states with relaxed stay at home orders from weeks ago are seeing increase in positive cases. So I guess in about 2 weeks we'll see about increases in my area.
I'm also corresponding with quite a few of the cruise friends we've made through the last several years. I think we are just sad that we won't be cruising for awhile and by the time we do, many of the wonderful crew will have found other jobs. SO and I had reserved a cruise to go to the Antarctic in Nov which I'm sure will be canceled. There's a private Seabourn group on FB, many passengers, crew and staff are members, SO is a member as well and I see some of the goings on - passengers posting photos of previous trips, and lately a lot of the crew themselves posting. Our last ship has a skeleton crew on board right now, with our favorite captain and his wife - on our last trip we were invited to dinner with them along with 2 other couples we already knew. This captain and ship was the first one we were on more than 9 yrs ago. The captain's wife has been posting updates, photos of the crew - even now they are spending time/effort composing elaborate group photos for us celebrating certain milestones of the ship.
Joan, I'm very glad your DGD19 is in a good head space now! Have you made the egg dish yet? It's not as creamy as pudding, it has more body than that. I had heard about the "comfort" women in Japan, but not through my relatives since they were from mainland China. It seemed that the anxiety came on quickly from out of nowhere for Jordan. Did he try to hide it for a long time? Hope he has started counseling.
Jojo, how are the essential oils working out for you. Have you been using it consistently last couple of weeks? Good job on being able to button up pants. I'm scared to put my on.
Holly, are there any protest marches in your town?
There's been violence and looting. It is very peaceful during the day then all of a sudden it erupts. That was in the first weekend, during most of last week it has been much better.
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Post by jmg44 on Jun 9, 2020 17:49:31 GMT
Sue, good to hear from you. Yes, AZ and UT and NC are spiking with virus big time—it has had a deep effect on us—last night we FaceTimed with part of the family and told them we would likely cancel the beach trip which we have to do by July 1 to get money back. We had hoped to still do it—but DS from SLC called yesterday and was so angry—said he and his SO would not be a part of coming and possibly infecting us and live with that guilt forever—and said he was disappointed we were even flirting with the idea at this point. We talked and then watched Rachel Maddow who does an update on the virus statistics every night and we just called and faced it—everyone is disappointed—no one more than DD and DGD19 in CA and me of course. I couldn’t stop crying last night—it hit me so hard—still tearing up today thinking about it. DGD was just devastated since she missed out on the Italy dance trip, dancing is virtually non existent and this was her goal was to do beach week since there would be nothing interfering and she just loves it. Was a big blow. But today we are looking for VRBO’s in Hawaii for next year—there are wide open dates right now and we would just like to book and pay to get everyone over there—it would be special and since we had booked a big place in SD, CA, it will be saving all that money plus what we would ordinarily spend for next year—we figure we can even fly everyone over. Have not told anyone but DS in SLC as his SO has a birthday the week we are planning and had planned on a b’day trip with her triplet siblings. We will wait to hear.
Sue, I keep thinking about the chanting and droplets in the air as well! In two or three weeks we will know and I fear it will be terrible
Jordan’s friend told me her grandmother from NKorea talked to her about the Comfort Stations a lot—the NKoreans have been trying for years to get to Japan to at the least recognize the wrong and apologize which they will not. She said her grandma and all her relatives were very emotional about it. Said it spawned a prejudice that is so deep that she would not tell them about her Asian friends at school because some were Japanese Americans. SHe was afraid they would forbid her to see them.
We are catching on to the intermittent fasting thing—have rechosen our 8 hr block and now it is 10 am to 6 pm—with three meals in that time—so much better—it’s weird, almost wipes out snacking cause you don’t feel hungry into meals packed into a smaller span of time. I did snack on an apple yesterday. I am finally down a total of 3 pounds and I think I feel a lot better eating this way. We walked 3.5 mi this morning—we are in a cool spell so it is absolutely perfect weather—won’t last long I am sure but wow, it is nice.
I have almost finished The Water Dancer—excellent book with beautiful writing.
So sad about the cruise industry, Sue! So is your ship still at sea or docked somewhere just to maintain it? I hope something positive happens that allows you to do the Antarctic trip—- that would be the best cruise!
I have not made the steamed eggs—I got a blood test and quarantine eating wrong had caused my cholesterol to go above 200 for first time in my life—so I am cutting down on eggs and butter (which I had started eating), carbs—have to get that down immediately. I think the NYT chocolate chip cookies may have been at fault as well as I was indulging myself on one a day—and they are full of fat—not good kind. My dr. Is not going to be happy about this.My iron was still okay so that was good news. WBC count was still low but up a bit.
My cherry tomatoes are producing like crazy—lots of other tomatoes on the vines but none ripe yet. The cherry ones are sweet like grapes! Found four tomato worms yesterday and fed them to the birds—luckily caught them in time. I try not to use any poison so my tomatoes are organic. May have to tho if that keeps up. They can engulf a bush in a couple days!
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Post by holly2007 on Jun 10, 2020 0:04:11 GMT
Well NC has a rising number of cases. I think people are just tired of going through the effort of social distancing, etc. As an introvert, I’m perfectly fine with social distancing. 😂 The university is looking at a hybrid online/face to face format in the fall to keep groups small. All library instruction will be virtual, which I’m used to.
Joan, that sucks. The Hawaii trip will be worth the wait though.
Sue, that sounds like a really cool trip!
There have been several protests here—very peaceful. I know people who went.
My garden seems to be recovering from the nitrogen overload. I have mostly tomatoes, green peppers, squash, zucchini, and Dad just planted some sweet potatoes. I also planted some mint, basil, and lavender to help deter deer.
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Post by jmg44 on Jun 12, 2020 16:15:04 GMT
Sue, Happy Belated Birthday to you! All day I had planned to post a happy birthday message and somehow the day sort of fell apart—certainly not because there wasn’t time! I hope you had a nice day and found some way to make it feel special! Birthdays are so different in Covid times—no fun gatherings and feeling safe! Anyway, my wish for you is a really special 2021 birthday that’s social and safe!
Sitting outside on the patio having a cup of coffee (yes, I am having a small cup a day again—it’s just too hard not to have something with a long morning without breakfast—funny, I don’t get hungry but the coffee is like a “prop” to make the patio time feel right! LOL
The heat is returning to Vegas after about five just perfectly beautiful days—this morning it was 86 when I woke up—very late—slept until after 8–but I took half a Benadryl as was so stressed last night —the news was so bad about the economy and the virus and we had book club and two members dropped some thoughts that I found really disturbing—tried to discuss their thoughts a little as a group but it felt awkward on top of having terrible time with the zoom app which now only grants me a hosted 30 min meeting. Finally another member managed to start a new meeting so we could finish our discussion but it was quite disjointed and disruptive to discussing such a great read so was disappointing. We might try a back yard or park social dist. Meeting in person next month if the temperature is not prohibitive. Next book is The Dutch House—have you read it, Holly?
The Klan (2 or 3) showed up in little Fallon, NV, at a BLM rally—in robe and hood—and one armed with a gun. I find that so depressing and disturbing but I know rural NV is full of super far right very white people—most of those little far from everywhere towns are all white and want the world that way and is why they are where they are. Still seeing it was unsettling!
The yard looks so good—I have fertilized regularly this year being home so much and deadhead my flowers regularly as well. The tomato plants are the healthiest ever so that tells me I am the key—I have loads of pretty decent sized tomatoes but they are still green—a few are starting to get that lighter look before color. Cherry tomatoes are producing about 15 or so a day!
I cleaned out and reorganized shelves in our office closet and made a special shelf to store clay items glazed for firing, ready for bisque fire and ready for glazing. That fixed my problem in the laundry room as I just had a constant mess with no storage available. I have 1 1/2 cupboards full of glazes and supplies and then my building stuff is out in the garage—also finally dealt with a build up of stuff on my desk. Now I’d like to find a spot in the garage that would be a shelf for my supplies so that the workbench would serve only as a workspace when I’m actually building. With the spike in NV happening I do not see myself getting back to the studio any time soon. All my friends are now going back and they wear masks and limit size of class but I am just not feeling safe about it.
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Post by jmg44 on Jun 12, 2020 16:24:28 GMT
We cancelled our beach vacation—I mourned that for two days straight as all were so disappointed as was I, but we decided to go big in hopes for next year—so we booked a lovely home with two buildings in Hawaii—on Oahu—looks like everyone has committed to the time—-the only unknown is DGK19’s as their worlds are so unpredictable at this point. With this year’s savings we will be able to pay the flights as well. Just hope, hope, hope there is a vaccine breakthrough by then. We did spring for cancellation for any reason just in case since it is a fairly big investment.
Still doing the 8-16 fasting plan—really feels better—not a fast weight loss—but no gaining and I feel freed up from constant craving for snacks and sweets.
y new neighbor from gym brought us two sort of small pizza things—they are Greek flan to warm up and serve over salad—it sounded odd to me but oh my, was so delicious—we had that for dinner with a simple won ton soup recipe I made—used ready made won tons from TJ’s—feel guilty saying that, Sue! LOL. This flan had a cheese base with spinach and tomatoes and spices—looked to me as tho it might have had a bit of egg to hold it together but not sure. Have you ever had anything like that, Sue?
DGD19 flies back to NYC today—I am nervous about her going but she has to figure out her life—I think she was surprised at how much she enjoyed being with her family again.
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Post by jojowo on Jun 14, 2020 19:53:32 GMT
Joan, I would be so nervous with. DGD in NY C right now.. my great nieces have an apt there in Manhattan but have not returned. They are still in Kiawah Island , SC with their parents. The oldest is working from home and the youngest just graduated from college with her Masters and has not started her new job yet. They will share an apt.
So sorry about your beach trip.
DDIL had gone to Houston with DGD and were thinking of driving here but have decided against it. I was so disappointed,! They say they are goingto try to come in Aug. when DS can come too. It has been so long since I have seen them.
Sue, have thought about you right there in the middle of Philly . Are you ok?
I was very distressed by all that went on in Atlanta. I pray each day that God will heal our land.
I have been walking each day about 2 1/2 miles. Hoping it will make a difference in my roles in the middle. So far it doesn’t seem to have. I am burning about 1200 calories extra each day and you would think it would. Maybe a few more weeks will tell.
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Post by jmg44 on Jun 15, 2020 3:02:44 GMT
Jo Anne, I think losing weight at our age really gets worse and worse—walking about 3 to 3.5 a day—then still getting more steps so often my steps in a day are over 12,000–not like I’m sedentary, but the scale thinks I am!
DGD has to figure out what she wants to do—she is torn I believe—loves her life in NYC but really loved being with her family. Her meds have helped her handle life so much better—DD cried when she left—they did so well together! She is so fun when she is mentally healthy—very great sense of humor—so they just really had fun for 3 months.
trying to learn to sculpt cardinals—my favorite bird—want to find a shape I love and then make a set for Christmas decor—like table arrangement. So I tried three different ways today—will give me a chance to try a couple different reds to get the right look also.
My allergies are so terrible today—at least I hope they are cause if not that would signal a cold—no idea how I could catch anything tho the way I am living now!
DH is really having a good time with his drone—he showed a neighbor today and made him a video of their house and yard from above—then showed my clay friend who fires our pieces and he is going to get one too. Today he made a movie so much better and faster than before. I’m really glad he likes it and hope he keeps it up as a hobby.
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Post by nov21987 on Jun 19, 2020 19:14:57 GMT
Hi!
Days are falling into a pattern. I'm definitely getting better with the housecleaning. My housekeeper got in touch with me about starting back up and I'm going to wait a few more weeks.
The city has been doing really well with our numbers going way down, and 2 weeks after the start of the protests, it appears that the outdoor protests have not led to an increase.
Joan, great that the intermittent fasting is working for you. I kind of do that because I never eat breakfast.
So sorry about your canceled family vacation, I know how much you treasure this time every year.
Our last ship has been traveling and stopping at some ports. Last I heard they were at the Pacific side of Panama. Everybody that we have talked to say that the Antarctic is the best cruise they have ever gone on, so we will definitely do that someday. SO just reserved another cruise in Sept 2021 on a brand new ship (same cruiseline, this is the first of 2 new smaller ones being built especially for the cold weather cruises - very sleek looking!). This one 39 day from Reykjavic to Lima! Places that we have never been, so that is exciting as well!
Holly, SO and I are introverts as well, so we are ok with quarantining.
Jojo, hope you get to see your son and family in Aug!
So tragic what's going on in Atlanta and other cities with unnecessary police violence, and this with the virus cases increasing. The next big thing is what will be the fallout from the Tulsa rally and how that impacts the number of new cases.
Thanks for the birthday wishes! We ordered delivery from one of the best Japanese restaurants in the city. Not the same as actually going there because they have a limited menu for delivery and the tasting menu they have in the restaurant is an amazing experience.
SO has been organizing and throwing away a lot of his stuff, thank goodness. He is a borderling hoarder and hates to get rid of his things. But at least he's neat hoarder, everything is in closets and storage, and our living spaces are actually quite minimalist in style.
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Post by holly2007 on Jun 20, 2020 21:35:24 GMT
Hi all,
I went to the dr yesterday. My weight continues to creep up. I’ve gained 30 pounds in the last two years. Needless to say, I’m not very happy because I maintained within a 5 pound range for 10 years or so. My dr said that Celexa can cause it, so he switched me to Prozac. We’ll see what happens.
Jo Anne, have you been knitting lately? Did you get the violin string fixed?
Joan, I’ll put that on my Goodreads list. I am reading a book called Where the Forest Meets the Stars right now.
Sue, I would love to see Iceland. I think I’d like to go back to Europe for my next international trip. My BF is a fan of holding on to old stuff, but I give him a pass since he teaches history in addition to being a librarian. I’m a minimalist myself.
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Post by jmg44 on Jun 22, 2020 3:46:35 GMT
So nice to hear from you all. We seem to have adjusted pretty well also—I miss my friends but I text and talk with them and last Wednesday had a SD birthday party for one of them in my back yard—just four of us but that was nice to actually sit and talk—we talked for 4 hours. They are all clay people—we talked clay talk of course—a little of current affairs—but just girl talk—for me women friends are so important! I made several things this past week including today—a pretty cool carved coffee mug—did a better job than usual I think. A nice larger flat-ish bowl, a pig (on line class), another cardinal, and today a large vase—which I think is going to be quite cool—I have this bag of sculpting clay that is red—I hate the clay body—trying to make large things that will use it up as I dont want to buy more until this is gone or nearly gone. I have 20 pieces glaze and ready to fire as well.
DD’s BF’s dad died yesterday—he was 85–tomorrow is the funeral—have to make something for their reception-we won’t be going as we had not met him but we really like DD’s BF and want to help. I’ll make a large batch of cookies probably in the morning.
Last night we did our weekly SD meet up with BF’s—in their backyard after sundown because it is getting hot now—today the high here was 104–probably hotter officially since we are higher up than the airport.
We have been getting up at 5 am every morning—DH is now walking with me—have been now doing 4 miles. Today we went to RedRock (where we took you, Sue) and DD and DGS16 came with their car—we flew the drone and hiked around—was fun—came back and I hit three grocery stores (I haven’t done that in 3 months) for odds and ends I get at each—was still so early hardly anyone was there. Did my bleach water wipe down of all and put away. Then I worked in the yard a bit. Then started working on this vase I made today—took me till about 5:30 to get it done—made dinner—now am finally sitting down and am exhausted! But it was a really good day. Our first outing around DD and DGS—we kept distance but it was just nice.
DGD19 in NYC is communicating with family a lot—she is so appreciative in such a mature way now—and with her on medication for the anxiety she is such a delight. Her roommate is moving out on July 1 so she will be looking for someone—hope she finds someone soon as it’s way too pricy for them along. She is loving her painting class and did a neat still life and said she’d like us to have it—I am using it as my screensaver cause I like it so much.
DGD in CA turned 16 yesterday—hard not to be with her as we almost always are for her birthday. This will also be the first year ever we have not gone to the beach in her lifetime!
Sue have you seen all the videos of what the zookeepers and acquarium keepers are doing to keep the animals interested since they have no humans to watch? The penguins are the cutest of all—they take them on field trips around the aquarium to see the fish tanks and the whales—in one place they even ride the elevator and go up and visit one of the baby penguins they are not quite ready to put in with the adults full time. It is so cute. i would love to go see the penguins in Antarctica —and just the whole continent—that will be a fabulous trip!
I had an aunt who was an actual hoarder—they are people with serious problems—and they can’t stop themselves—it was just awful to see what happened with her house in Florida—her husband and she were like soulmates and he died suddenly right after retirement—she was never again able to throw things away—and the last time I saw her house she had to sleep on the couch because there was no room left—it was the saddest thing ever. I think a tendency to be nostalgic and keep too much and hoarding are quite different. I could definitely throw things away but what I keep is not harming and infringing on my living space—thinking that is more what your SO is like, Sue? There is a lady at the studio whose husband is a real hoarder and she cannot stand it but feels sorry for him and so stays with him. She said their whole garage is full of boxes—he cannot throw boxes away. There is no place to store anything so the Christmas tree stays up all year—how could you live that way? No wonder she is at the studio constantly!
Holly, do you and BF get together often for dinners at each other’s places? Is he working at the school again also? If you end up living together you could keep his place to store his stuff and yours stays minimalist! LOL
I went to the dr and she wants me to continue quarantine so no studio time for me and the gym is not even open—so we will continue! Thinking now I should take off some clay time and throw stuff away!! It’’s my guest room closet and office closet that holds a few boxes of things I’ve found hard to let go of. It’s been pared down several times but still could use some more paring!
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Post by jmg44 on Jun 26, 2020 20:02:06 GMT
Hoping all of you are well! We are heading for some serious trouble—I think soon there will be many, many states in the same spot NYC was a month or so ago—we have discontinued house cleaning again—to nervous about having her come inside for 4 or 5 hours at a time. Yesterday and day before were pretty depressing days. I think waves of depression are just going to happen with this horror show virus thing and the isolation.
But to make matters worse, yesterday morning DD’s BF, who we really liked and thought was a really nice man-family guy—called up DD and broke up with her out of the blue! It was so hard on DD as she really had no clue anything was “off” other than last week was terribly emotional because his DD got out of rehab hospital and was failing all week and died on Sat night—she was with the BF every evening, went to the funeral, went to his DD’s grad dinner party Wed night—Thurs morning he called. The only issue that they had been working through was that his DD was very jealous of his time with our DD. She is 18 and headed to college in the fall but has him on a tight leash—would call when they were out on a date and insist he come home for trivial things—then along comes Covid 19 and they were spending almost all their time with both kids—his and hers—and had almost no time to themselves—the girl became more and more possessive and DD did try to talk to him about how uncomfortable this was—I really think that with all the emotions of grieving and the emotions of having 3 mo with no pay, going back to 50% salary with threat of shutting down again that he just doesn’t want to deal with anything that takes emotional energy—and knowing the DD was jealous meant dealing with that was going to be hard. The girl plays the divorce card regularly—threatens to go back to mom’s, etc., any time. So it’s over.
Our DD is so sad—but she does know that without dealing with the issue, being together permanently would be a nightmare. She is fed up—feels she is done trying to have relationships—and maybe that is a good idea. She needs to learn to love life alone and have personal pursuits that make her feel good—instead of looking at this time as time to “find” a relationship. But I hate to see her in such pain emotionally.
Also have just felt so much longing to see my kids and grandkids. This is just hard on everyone!
Tonight tho will be exciting—we are going to load up the kiln and fire—will have results by tomorrow night! So hope I get a few good pieces out of the 22 I have ready! And hope there is room for my stuff. I am paying for this bout.
Picked three bright red tomatoes today—regular sized ones! Capresee salad tonight (obviously don’t know how to spell that!).
I walked 4.4 miles this morning!
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Post by holly2007 on Jun 26, 2020 23:50:37 GMT
That’s too bad. Maybe once her youngest DS goes to college, she will be able to find someone who also doesn’t have kid committments and be able to do more.
It is hard to see statistics from other countries that have successfully reduced the virus and are moving on while we’re stuck with no end in sight.
I’m working my way through my yarn stash. I love when I get the chance to teach myself new stitches. I’m working on a ruffled scarf right now that requires turning the work.
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Post by jmg44 on Jul 3, 2020 18:54:32 GMT
Yes, Holly—looking at the European stats etc.—we and Brazil totally have botched this and the sad fact is the continuation of the botching—the lack of tests and testing places, the unpreparedness for safety equipment—the lack of a countrywide approach to masks—it’s so designed for failure at the deepest level—loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. I now have 3 people I know with it—a long ago elementary school classmate in TX, a niece of my former boss, and my son in law’s friend. My classmate has bone cancer as well—-she was on weekly chemo and it was holding it in check—now she can’t have chemo—and she told me she caused it by going to lunch with friends after 3 months of isolation with her SO—one of the friends came down with symptoms the next day and died within a week—caused all her organs to fail—and my friend had to be tested—awful! I talked to her for about 2 hours on Monday—she is matter of fact and waiting for the worst. Boss’s niece is still in hospital but no longer at highest level of ICU and they are predicting she is going to recover—with possible consequences to her health. It so depresses me!
My tomatoes are ripening like crazy now—oh my goodness my beefsteak in the huge pot (3 ft high and about 48 in in diameter) are huge and there must be 50 on there in various stages—some will be another month before ripe. They taste the very best—sliced with a tuna salad on top with some avocado and basil—-yum! I will probably give some away this next week as I have a few friends who never grow them.
Doing an on line pottery class at 3 today—have to prep a bunch of clay to be ready. I sculpted two more cardinals yesterday—think I finally got the shape I want—also made two more mugs that are carved with flowers and leaves.
Walked 4.4 mi again today—whenever DH doesn’t walk with me I go all the way—if he is there we either do 3 or 4–he would rather do 3–he walked about every other day the past couple weeks.
Hope everyone is well—so wondering if we will ever get to be family oriented again with this—I really miss the kids and grandkids!
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Post by nov21987 on Jul 4, 2020 22:07:05 GMT
Happy Fourth of July! There will be a flyover by the Thunderbirds and some other fighter planes today, so that is something to look forward to. Otherwise, just another day inside.
PA had been doing so well, but cases have been increasing especially in western part of state, young people in Pittsburgh have been going out. Cases in Philly had been trending downward, but in the last couple of weeks also going up. Ugh, just when you think things are looking good it goes bad. So now Philly has stepped back from opening up indoor dining in restaurants, instead they are closing down my city streets to be given over to outdoor dining.
I had put off having my housekeeper coming back to see how we would do with the phase 1 and 2 reopening of the city...guess I still have to wait.
My second nephew stopped by yesterday, he needed to print and scan job offer and acceptance documents and he doesn't have a printer, and he couldn't do it at his work since he is quitting on Monday. I'm sad, he got a great job working for George Soro's company in NYC, so he will at some point move out of PA. His apt lease in Philly ends at the end of July, then he plans on moving back to my sister's house until things get better with the pandemic. He will start his new job in a couple of weeks working from home. His GF lives in NYC with her parents, she's an only child and would never leave NYC because of her parents. But it was so great to see him yesterday! Our first visitor since last year! Sounds so strange to say that, but we flew to Miami on Jan 1, so it was in Dec that we had some people over for drinks. When he came, I wore a mask and he stayed in the foyer where I plugged in the printer. I was probably 10 feet from him, and we talked for about an hour.
I can only imagine how terrible it is for Joan and Jojo not to see your kids and grandkids.
I meant to post this hours ago! Just saw the flyover, it went by so quickly, lasted a few minutes. We are lucky we are high up, with north, east and southern views, and could see it coming and going
Holly, is the prozac working well for you. I still have not been able to lose any weight. The cruise next year is really an arctic cruise, we will get to Rekjavik a few days earlier and then fly to the arctic where the cruise starts. The flight is included as part of the cruise.
Joan, I wish I lived close to you I'd take some of your leftover veggies! My sister loves gardening this year she added sugar snap peas and she said they are amazing. I have switched to 1 cup of coffee then Chinese tea, it used to be all coffee for me. I have so much tea that people have given me. Sorry about your DD's breakup with her boyfriend. It just seems to me that when it is so, so difficult to find someone, you really must try hard to stay together, but it has to be both ways. I did see what the zookeepers are doing to keep the animals entertained. I never realized they were as entertained by humans as we are with them! I hope your classmate will be ok, please keep us informed.
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Post by jmg44 on Jul 6, 2020 2:24:27 GMT
Sue, so good to hear from you! Sorry I mis spoke about the cruise—that’s my wishful thinking—I want to see the Antarctic and the emperor penguins some day. DGD in NYC says the streets in her area are closed (Amsterdam) to allow outdoor dining and bar hopping—no one allowed inside. That is smart giving what they learned about indoor contamination from AC venting in China—here they are not doing that because of course it is so hot—but I think we are going to have serious consequences here. We are only at home and two grocery stores. Do curbside pick ups for incidental stuff from Target, etc.
I got Disney plus and am about half way through Hamilton—original cast.
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