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Post by karen54171 on Apr 10, 2024 11:19:57 GMT
Good morning. 45, partly cloudy, high of 70.
Robin, the charge of $125 is for the carpet cleaning. The apartment cleaning is up to me if I want the rest of the security deposit back. I will of course go with that rate, rather than getting someone else in here to do it. DGD seemed fine Saturday, then Monday when I had to get her for a ride to school, she seemed fine then too. I am not happy that I was with her then. I have had the sniffles and runny nose and headache since around that time. I am supposed to be going out to eat Friday and Saturday nights, so I hope I stay healthy. There was some med that DD and her DH could have gotten for DGD back when she was diagnosed, but I can't remember what it was. They were quite against it, so it must not have been very good. Isn't having the very nice weather so nice?! It just makes your day so much better. Is Maddie into Taylor Swift already? Or are the shorts for your DDIL? So nice of you to go the condolence call for the memorial prayer.
Pinky, we were predicted to have those cloudy skies you ended up with for the eclipse, but they did part a bit for a decent look at it, from what everyone was saying. I made sure not to take a peek, as it is normal to glance up there, when you are not supposed to. I thought it was cute how our country got excited and behind it, at least there is something we can all get behind! Was your DGS 15th birthday there at the farm, last weekend? Happy Belated Birthday to him. He is growing up!! How did he do with his track meet?
Marsha, I saw that too about the library collecting the glasses for South America, and I think they need them very soon, as their first eclipse I thought I read is in August. The difference too between you and your DD comparing how each are doing is whether we like to admit it or not is true about the age difference. As we are older, our bodies don't burn that off like your DD's age.
Gareth, most likely I will give the landlord the money, one less thing I do not have to do, and then worry about it passing inspection. No recess Monday for safety, with the eclipse. The last recess would have been out there, at the start of it. I have had a cyst on my one and only kidney for years. I don't ever think about it, except for the fact that I have only 1, so that makes me try to get a lot of water drank everyday. I have said that for years, that having those health accounts can be bad, as seeing the results that we do not understand can make us worried, but the doctor would say it is no big deal. I have done with it mine. Hope you can relax a bit while waiting to hear from them what the results are.
Carol, glad to hear your DDIL flew through the surgery. I hope she has an uneventful recovery and is back to normal in no time. I cannot remember what the down time is for those kinds of operations. Some elementary schools went outside too like your DGS. I think that is fabulous! (as long as every kid keeps those glasses on) Hope all went well with your mamo. It seems weird that I get to skip this year. But I guess old age is good for something! (or not?) I have never read anything from Stephen King either.
Anngie, I can't remember hearing, in regard to not looking at the eclipse, what part of it, or any part of it you are not supposed to look at it. I figure it is just best not to look at it at all during that general time. I think that is why the school cancelled recess, just to be on the safe side. I don't think DD got DGD to the doctor the last time she was sick. They did have a hard time finding the Tamiflu at pharmacies; I guess it is because there are so many sick with it. You mentioning your cyst in your back got me thinking of how many things we go through throughout our life, with our health. My goodness, just think of all of them!
I called the apartment office before I went to work yesterday and had to leave a message. I asked that they call me back, but never heard from them. I am taking that as there is no news yet. So, I will wait till tomorrow and try back again. I am sure that the storm last week got things pushed back. At my hair apt yesterday, my stylist told me they were closed 3 days last week with no power. Speaking of my hair apt, I sure do like my bill with not having any highlights put in!
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Post by RobinS811 on Apr 10, 2024 12:55:54 GMT
Just a quick hello. Straightening for the cleaners. I know some of you think that having someone clean is like I don't have to do anything, but most of the time I wonder why I bother with them, but when I get home, the house is all straightened up and clean, which I can never get done in one shot like they do. When I get home after the day at work, walk the dog, it is after 5:30, I rest some, then start dinner, by the time I am done and have the dinner dishes cleaned up, it's close to 8:00, and I am pretty tired by then, cleaning is the last thing I want to do. With everything I do on the weekends, I don't fully clean everything at the same time.
Last night I saw a bunch of people that I know at the condolence call. We are all getting older, so were kind of joking about that. As Karen said, we don't want to admit it. I know Marsha is a number of years younger, and I really feel that things did change for me the last few years. We still want to think we are young, even as we pass 70. There are a lot of things I can't do as I used to, and I would say exercising would be one of them, not that I ever was a big exerciser, but I used to play a lot of tennis, but that was close to 25 years ago. There were a lot of years I played twice a week, or even more, with friends, singles and doubles leagues even. No way am I doing that now.
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Post by mikendanni on Apr 10, 2024 14:25:41 GMT
Karen - one of the schools near us must have had all the kids outside for the eclipse because dh said he could hear the kids. We are close to Langlade so it might have been there or whatever they call Resurrection now but I think that is a high school now. I'm going to try to drop off my eclipse glasses at the library today because they have a book I need to pick up, but right now I can only find one pair. There should be a pair on my desk here at work and I don't see it. How long did the apartment originally tell you it would take to hear from them?
Carol - I feel like I must have missed your post - I did not see that you posted about ddil's surgery. Looks like it went well and for that I am happy. I'll go back and see if I can find the post.
Robin - for some people 70 is old, for others it is still young. We all age differently. If you feel young, then go with it! A lot of former tennis players are now playing pickleball because it is less running around. I'd like to take it up - last year I went looking for a class too late. I should look now. My friend who we are calling RV and her husband are big pickleball players. He used to be a big tennis player and was the pro at his club. He is at least mid 70's.
No workout this morning. Dh didn't finish painting the areas of the basement where he filled the holes until 9:00 last night (because, being dh, he couldn't possibly plan ahead so this would be done sooner!) so we had to go down this morning and try to do a bit of organizing before the carpet cleaners came at 8:30. Plus my recumbent bike was moved and unplugged from his work. I may get on the bike on Saturday to make up for it. This is where being in step with dd's workout dedication is helping me to focus. Anyway, dh said he needed 2 hours of my time so we got up at 5:30 - no biggie for me but a real strain for him - and we spent about 15 minutes and he was ready to give up. I wouldn't let him so we kept at it and ended up spending about an hour. Then he went back to bed for an hour and I put dinner in the crockpot.
I finished Blindsighted by Karin Slaugher on audio and started The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hildebrand. I think it will be a lighter book and might be a nice break, plus a good counter to The Stand which is on my kindle.
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Post by mikendanni on Apr 10, 2024 14:30:53 GMT
Carol - i found your post. I don't know how i missed it. When surgery goes faster than expected, that is usually a very good sign, right? How is ddil feeling today? I don't read Stephen King's horror books but I've read a few that I've loved. He's a master storyteller. If you're interested in trying any, read 11.22.63. It revolves around Kennedy's assassination. Another really good one is Fairy Tale. That one is more fantasy. From what I've read about The Stand, it looks like an apocalyptic tale.
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Post by gareth on Apr 10, 2024 15:44:05 GMT
Karen, I did get the results in less than two hours after my MRI. I read them online shortly before the nurse called. It just threw me a little reading it was a large cyst on my kidney but the nurse said it was nothing to worry about. I forget now where the small one was located but evidently that was nothing to worry about either. Hope you're not getting what DGD had. Is she better?
Robin, wait until you hit 80 and slow down even more. I still find it hard to believe I'm actually that old. don't know if there's really a connection or not but I've really seen myself slow down since the pandemic. Sadly more wrinkles too!
Anngie, yes I'd remembered you'd talked about having a cyst. I think that's what threw me a little too hearing I had a large one and where it was located.
Busy morning so far. I had a lot of running around to do including a stop at WM. I still hate that I can't get my OTC online anymore with my insurance card and have to go there myself to be able to use it. Something else I don't understand is the catsup I use is only available now in the store and not online anymore which makes absolutely no sense at all. Of course DH wanted to tag along so he drove me a little nuts.
Beautiful morning. 70's and light wind today. Picture perfect day for a walk which DH is ready to do now....
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Post by RobinS811 on Apr 10, 2024 16:39:56 GMT
Marsha, it's not that our minds don't think we are young, because we do, our attitudes are young, and we look much younger than many people do. Unfortunately our bodies don't exactly match our minds, and everyone gets one thing after another that goes wrong with them it seems. It's a big change from a few years ago even. It's not always big things that you notice in yourself, it's little things, but they add up. I know I saw a picture of one of the people on our Facebook group, who I realized is younger than I am, and she looks 20 years older.
Gareth, sounds like the doctor is not worried about some of these things that show up, but I know that is the danger of being able to see all these results. It just gives us something to worry about.
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Post by carol2 on Apr 10, 2024 19:32:36 GMT
DS and DDIL are back home in San Antonio. There was a possibility that some endometriosis was on her bowels and they would have to remove part of her intestine. Thankfully, that was not the case. She was able to go back to the hotel yesterday and then they drove home today. I suppose she will have to go back to Houston for a post-surgery check. I really don't know. I don't know what her recovery time will be. Used to be 6 weeks off work after surgery, but a friend who had a mastectomy had to be back at work after 4 weeks. She is a teacher so I don't know if it depends on the school district.
Karen, I do not doubt you do housework, too. I know several people who have cleaners come in. DD and DSIL do, I think, every 2 weeks. With both of them working, going to the gym and DGS's activities, there is not enough time to get everything done.
I need to check to see if our library is collecting eclipse glasses.
We had thunderstorms Monday night and it has rained yesterday and today. Today is got dark, almost like Monday during the eclipse.
Mammogram went fine. The place is very efficient. I was early and since I've gone to this place several years, I didn't have to fill out a lot of paperwork. I was done by the time by my scheduled time rolled around. I used to go to the hospital close to us. I went there once whenever they started doing them again during or after covid and then they quit doing them completely. The new place is very nice, a whole separate building.
I knew Stephen King wrote other books beside horror. Maybe I'll try 11.22.63. Isn't his latest a mystery?
The bathtub thing is taking longer than we expected. We are having a new backdoor put in, too.
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Post by RobinS811 on Apr 10, 2024 19:56:12 GMT
Carol, I was the one who said the thing about the cleaning person. Good that DDIL didn't need the more extensive procedure. I am sure she was still in pain, and will be for a number of days yet. If they released her I assume they did the surgery laparoscipaly like they did with me, and I really wish they would have kept me longer. I went back to work after 2 weeks. That was probably rushing it a little, but I definitely did not need 6 weeks.
I read 1 or 2 of Stephen King's horror books, and they are really not for me.
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Post by carol2 on Apr 10, 2024 20:44:55 GMT
Robin, another senior moment, I knew it was you. Yes, the surgery was done laparoscopically. She is probably still on paid meds.
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Post by Anngie on Apr 10, 2024 20:53:13 GMT
Karen, my understanding, by all the reports I listened to, the only part one could take off the glasses, safely, was when the total eclipse happened. The sun would be completely “dark” except for a fine line of light around the moon. Are you feeling better?
I don’t have access to the portals that I could have with my doctors. I often wonder is I should as many people do. I wonder how helpful it is if I can’t interpret them correctly. And then, of course, the worry of that.
Robin, I spoke too soon - it was in today’s newspaper about the doctor who fell out of her Airstream and died. If I am correct, it’s illegal to ride in something being towed like that. I remember my DM saying she felt herself aging when she turned 60. I know I didn’t at 60. We’ll see what 70 brings next year!
A couple of friends and I were talking about this the other day - we’re 69 and if we’re fortunate enough to live to 89 - that’s only 20 more years! That’s definitely something that I can’t start thinking about!
Marsha, one thing I know for sure, and you will too, is that someone who is 65 today is very much different from our grandmothers when they were 65! A world of difference - thank goodness. Just think how they acted, dressed and felt! We are definitely in much, much better shape.
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Post by mikendanni on Apr 10, 2024 21:15:49 GMT
Anngie - I turn 65 in December and I don't feel old at all. Sure, I can't do things I used to do but I think that is more a part of the fact that I have taken much too much time off from exercise and activity than of the years I count. My mother was very active all her life. I remember she was taking aerobics when she moved to AZ and she was probably at least 80 then. She had a bunch of friends in her class, all younger, and they would go out for breakfast after class.
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Post by pinky on Apr 10, 2024 21:23:45 GMT
I started to post this morning at 9:00 and have had so many interruptions I gave up so will try now. Just different things have popped up and the farmers are getting anxious with this nice weather as a couple of them came to pick up seed. It is 65 degrees and has been sunny but now is clouding up. We do have a chance of rain this afternoon.
Karen---Yes we celebrated DGS birthday over Easter but his actual birthday was yesterday. He did great at track yesterday--he place 2nd throwing shot put and ran a couple short distance races and got like 8th place in each of those out of a bunch of kids. Hope you do not get any sicker.
Robin----I believe you asked about the calves and yes it is going well. We have about 100 calves now and about 150 to go I would say.
Marsha---That is great your DD's dedication to her exercise. Not to long ago I read The Hotel Nantucket and enjoyed it.
Gareth---glad you were able to get such immediate results from the MRI. I would have been worried too, at least the nurse made it seem the cysts were not an issue for you. Is that a done deal now the reading of the results and not see a Dr. for further info on the cysts or will that be addressed later. I cannot remember if you said or said at all when your pain clinic appointment is.
Carol----I am glad your mammogram was fine, always a relief to hear. I am sure your DDIL is glad to be in her own home now but boy they kick them out soon now days don't they. Glad it was not into her bowels so she did not have more to deal with us. I am sure the decreased pain will help as time goes on but also depressing for her----I wish them luck and good healing.
Anngie---HI!!
Well I am behind on other stuff I usually do in a day so best get going.
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Post by pinky on Apr 10, 2024 21:30:22 GMT
Anngie---so sad about the lady who feel out of the trailer. I know what you mean about our age now and adding on a few more. I was talking to a friend also the other day and I said DGS was going to be 15 and I said those 15 years have flown by since he was born. I said since I am 67 in another 15 years I will be 82 years old it is just unbelievable. Probably a good idea about not looking at the portals but I am signed up and do look.
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