Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
The weather is moderate now for this time of year - a few days above freezing are forecast. It's not really bad till it gets around minus 30s though the other day was a shock. I don't think I could handle the very hot weather too well. I mostly stay inside these days when it is really cold. Don't know how I managed working into my 70s and having to deal with snow and ice and the car during the winter. Guess you do what you have to do.
(and I live in a warm part of Canada, I'm grateful my ancestors didn't settle on the prairies!)
As for the heat I don't mind a brief heat wave but yeah, anything over 90°F for more than a day or two is too much for me.
We are wearing winter clothes when it is 70°.
Today is 77°, overcast and feels cold.
I suppose our 110° summer days and 98° summer nights would be hard on folks from your neck of the Arctic.
Ground Beef with penne pasta, tomato sauce.
You could get some fly fishing boots...
Glad you are okay!
Thx for asking Willie!
They failed to pick our bag up.
Nothing was expired, so we took it inside and ate it.
The forum has many threads and comments on itching.
In January 2020, Lealonnie wrote:
"My mother had violent geriatric pruritis (which is what itching in the elderly is referred to). We tried everything to get rid of it; it started under her breasts then moved to her upper thighs, then her back, and wound up all over the place. After trying 10 or so different lotions, potions and pills *Benadryl lotion included* I bought her some Dermoplast which is a spray that has benzocaine in it. Also Lanacaine works well in the same way. Those sprays were the ONLY thing that worked for my mother's itching. One day, the itching magically disappeared, believe it or not."
Here's a neat trick.
Dress up, put on your mask, and go door-to-door to your neighbors handing out candy to them.
The whole world is backwards and upside down now anyway.
(At least in the USA, Lol.)
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I hope someone answers the door....
The community is for over 55 seniors.
Not even their grandchildren went here on Halloween.
Even after a small percentage of non-senior families moved into the neighborhood, and there are now small children, no one comes for candy.
We always turn out the lights anyway, to make sure no one comes.
I just finished making the 'Original Fantasy Fudge' recipe, it's cooling now.
Maybe if y'all ask for the recipe or google it, I won't have to send you some.
I gave out Easter candy Pez this year. Take one turned into taking 3, and asking for more to take to sister...uh, no. I understand, cute spoiled little kids, but no.
I get so few kids (a dozen or so) that I was planning to skip it this year, but now I'm feeling like I don't want to disappoint the kids who do make it to my neighbourhood. What do you think, open or closed?
One other consideration - I already ate the candy and would have to buy more...
Every day has been a bad hair day lately.
It grew and grew, and cannot cut it yet because last time I had the scissors in my hand I really messed up dh's haircut. His gray made him look bald in some places.
Once the gray starts to come in, the hair does it's own thing. Even my bangs grew out, and won't be trained to be on the side.
Not used to longer hair. Shoulder length was okay all these years.
Isn't it time for designer masks? For winter?
Very funny about having a hat for your face. You woke up funny?
If it's too much hair in all the wrong places wearing masks in public places is kinda like having a hat for your face🤣
Keep posting Mary!
These days, just getting out of the house for any reason, I give people kudos!
You are not alone in not finding a connection at church. I have been online for church, and can watch some of my favorite pastors who teach from the bible. The attendees when a church does meet often seem very white-haired.
I always felt more of a connection to the people of my parent's generation (those folks who still sometimes mentioned my childhood with a twinkle in their eye) and now there are very, very few. And those under 40 probably don't even know who I am - if they notice me at all.
Add that to the pandemic years, and recent earthquake and storm losses, I know there are some very stressed out people across the U.S. and the World.
So, I wanted to lift my head up momentarily from my own cares, and give acknowledgement to the heroes of 9/11.
Some of those heroes are the daily caregivers who not only survived these times, but gave their time to make the lives of others better. Thank you caregivers!
I am so grateful to all our ‘friends’, and to the moderators who make this all work. I hope that it fills a real need for other people too, as well as just useful advice. Thank you, friends!
My DH Tony has been in SA for 3 months. He was close to return to me in Alice Springs NT when those truckies went through, so I was hyper-vigilant. And Pt Augusta is an ‘unimportant’ SA town that I’ve just realised could stop virtually all road and rail transport country wide, and that’s a bit unusual. 3000kms Darwin to Adelaide, 4000kms Sydney to Perth, both through Pt Augusta. Tony will be going through it today!!!! Yeah!!!