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My daughter must have stopped somewhere. She is running late. Oh well…

I hear her pulling up into driveway now.

Talk later y’all. Have a good night.
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Way,

Chocolate is always the right choice! It has to be dark chocolate though.

If I want salty it’s almonds or popcorn. That’s what I had today, a bag of popcorn. Had a salad for lunch.

I need to make some soup soon.

cw,

Cookies!
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cw,

I and happy to hear that he is doing well.
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NHWM - BIL is fine now, but he's really aged a lot. It would probably help if he didn't sit watching TV all day but....

Way - I thought I was the only one who did that 🤣
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cwillie,
Which snack do you eat first ? The sweet or salty ?
If I eat salty then I crave a piece of chocolate after .
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We have all had our reasons for venting at one point or another. Haven’t we?

CW, this post reminds me of your BIL. What’s going on with him? I certainly hope that situation has improved.
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I have a box of fudge cookies, a mini bag of salt and vinegar chips, or I could stick to my halfhearted resolution to cut out the bed time snacks. Hm, how to choose 🤔
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I vent here and don’t care if anyone reads it most of the time . I don’t blame them Lol . It just helps to get it out.

Now if I could only purge my closets this efficiently…….🙄🤪
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I had one friend I vented to but I always asked her first if it was okay, I know that sometimes other people can have sh!++y days too 😉
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Just because I pick up the phone, or answer the door
does not mean others can start venting, then ranting!
Conversations are a two-way communication.

I love my friends on here, who are so very careful not to over-step boundaries. Sometimes, I wish they would share more, because I chose them to care about over the years.
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My daughter will be back soon. We took good care of our Grandpup while she was in Austin. Okay, I spoiled him a bit! I bought his favorite treats, took him to the park and gave him lots of belly rubs! I also sewed a cute Halloween bandana for him.

When the kids were young we dressed up our greyhound in a skeleton costume to go trick or treating with us. It was perfect because greys are so thin!

She got her BBQ fix and said that the music festival was so much fun. She definitely shares my love of music! We have taken our kids to music festivals since they were young. I’ve always have music playing at home and in the car.
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Bounce,

I don’t know anything yet. He has lived in Louisiana his entire life. I have no idea if his cremains will be placed in our family plot.

I do have two younger brothers, one who lives in D. C. and the other one is in Louisiana.

I’m not going to pry or push my sister in law into sharing anything right now. She knows that I am here for her if she needs me.

She’s in shock. She’s grieving and whatever she decides is fine with me. I suppose there will be a memorial service at some point in time.

I have no idea what my brother wanted. I honestly don’t think it was all that important to him. Years ago I asked him if he wanted his ashes to be placed in our family plot.

He told me that he wasn’t sure how he felt other than desiring to be cremated.

He probably would prefer that his wife does whatever she is comfortable with.
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I just got home from the dog park a few minutes ago. I walk around the park while he is playing. He runs laps and plays with the other dogs. We both get some exercise when there. It finally feels like fall here.

I heard a little girl tell her dad that she wanted to play with that wolf! Hahaha, too cute. Huskies do look like wolves.
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CW we missed it too, rainy and overcast all day
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no need for special glasses here, it rained and was cloudy most of the day
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Be sure to wear eclipse glasses when looking at the
Solar Annual Eclipse.

Happening now.

Watch Live
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Way,

Cool story about the daughter and her chess playing father.

My mom and her older brother both had Parkinson’s disease. They wanted to remain involved in life as long as they could.

My mom played solitaire every single day at the kitchen table. My uncle played his guitar daily until he entered the later stages of his Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson’s affects everyone differently.

One thing that I always found fascinating with my mom was that she often had tremors when she was holding her coffee cup but when she wanted to sew, she could hold steady enough to thread the needle.
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Regarding the chess player . The daughter said he also likes puzzles and board games. She said he was “ very educated and intelligent “, he has Parkinson’s and he wants to keep his brain working . Also he likes to have intelligent conversations .
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I really love that someone thinks enough of their father to do this for him. That is a beautiful thing.
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Wow, that's a lot of chess!!

I've been mulling this over and my suspicious mind thinks that this person wants more than a simple chess player. That level of commitment either means the father is an obsessed master level player or is suffering from dementia and ruminates endlessly about playing - in the first case it may be difficult to find anyone to match that level of ability, and in the second scenario attempting to play would be quite challenging.
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Cwillie . She was asking for 3 afternoons a week up to 3 hours each day .
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Probably only expects the chess match to last an hour each session, that's actually pretty cheap entertainment.
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Way, I think that is awesome that someone posted for a chessplayer. That would have been nice for my father at one time. He was quite the chess player up until a few years ago. I tried, but never could strategize ahead.
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I recently saw an add on Nextdoor.com
Someone is willing to pay $30 an hour for someone to play chess with her elderly father .
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Nice to read some good news for Cwillie's SIL's husband.

And a vacay for Pamzi!

Things are settling down here at home, the unsettling emotions that often come with a full moon are subsiding. Taking a break from too much phone and internet time helps too.

Just read online of a job that pays $60 for 30 minutes time, being an empathetic ear over the phone. No comment, I just thought many here would qualify. Tee Hee.
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Back from OC, .we had a decent time even with the crappy weather . My friend was changing meds and was not feeling so great so it was mostly hubs and I "making memories" as she puts it. The weather was nice when we drove to Chincoteague and the day we took the ferry to Cape May, but the days we tried to walk on the OC boardwalk were awful, I almost got blown over! Did have a nice time going to Assateague and such. Took Chloe on the beach a few times and this is the first time she seemed to enjoy it! Saw the ponies. But we are all glad to be home as we didn't sleep too well.
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CW, that's great news. May his healing be complete, with no setbacks.
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I found yesterday that out my SIL's husband got a new kidney on Monday!! It's unbelievable because he was only just beginning dialysis, but apparently the person in the queue who was supposed to get that kidney was unable - D was a match, close and available. Wow, I'm so happy for him!
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pamz: Please be careful going to OC with very bad weather arriving for our area. Hope that you have a good time.
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Pamz,
So very sorry for your loss of Merlin-cat.
It is so special when they choose you to be their person, and to live in your home by choice all those 16 years!

Very sad.
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