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Finally finished canning tomatoes and corn. We've worked almost everyday for 2 weeks. Ended up with 114 qts of canned tomatoes and 97 qt. containers of frozen corn. Only thing left to do is dig potatoes and gather pumpkins. Could not have done anything without the help of my granddughters. They left earlier for their house in Kennebunkport for week.
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Hi Windy - sounds like you are doing well! 😊
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Windyridge: Hello! Good to see you posting.💛
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Windyridge, same here. I always enjoyed your sense of humor, and now have incorporated that humor in our own daily lives as we are seeing age related issues happening to ourselves :)
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Hey Windyridge! Good to hear you are alive and kicking.

Sorry about all your losses in your family.

Glad you are doing okay.
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🙂 🌸 ali, congratulations!!!

🙂 🌸 and i’m sending lots of summer hugs & courage to everyone.

🌸 today i had a nice day.
….i’m helping out my LOs. these days it’s not easy for them to see their friends. so when i visit, i try to organize nice parties for my LOs, so they can socialize and see their friends. we had a great party, and everyone was in a great mood. i’m organizing another party tomorrow, with dear friends of my parents.

apart from that, i’m trying to eliminate/solve many of my LOs’ problems, so i can focus on my work. to do my work well, i need a clear, peaceful, calm mind - not filled with my LOs’ problems.

step by step.

courage to all of us!
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
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Ali - that's amazing, but not unexpected, You have performed so well consistently throughout your studies. Congratulations!!!! Enjoy some well earned rest. My uni experience right after high school was chequered too. The commitment to learnng came a bit later.
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Thank you for that. Poutine sounds like it would keep you very warm in the winter with all the fat.

I love to pan fry cheese curds, season and serve as an appetizer with fresh tomatoes and a lovely cracker. We can only get frozen ones here and they are really expensive, like 15.00 for 8 ozs, special treat price.

KFC in the Carribean has rice and beans.
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Chicken, fries, coleslaw and macaroni or potato salad. Gravy. Every now and then they roll out additional items (usually for a limited time), right now we can order a side of corn or 4 biscuits. That's it.
Oh, I think they have some kind of poutine on the menu, almost every restaurant tries to capitalize on that fad 🤢
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Okay cwillie, now you have to tell us what KFC Canada offers! :-)
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Even international chain restaurants can be different from place to place Techie, I was so jealous when I found out KFC in the US has mashed potatoes, biscuits, corn and more!

Hmm, I have a coupon for there and I'm feeling hungry....
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cwillie, your post reminds me of a time I was working in Hartford CT around 1994 or so; while home for the weekend I remarked at Sunday dinner how much I appreciated eating biscuits with gravy again. My nephew asked why I didn't just get some biscuits from Hardee's; he had a difficult time visualizing a place that didn't have a Hardee's...
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It's fun conversing with people from different places and learning about their life beyond caregiving. JesseBelle is the one who taught me about Southern "meat and three" restaurants - I'm still jealous that we don't have that here!
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Jessebelles posts used to crack me up. I miss her posts
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Dorker was the Florida poster. PamStegma from upstate NY. Ferris from Arizona who was both a nurse and a social worker. And Jeanne Gibbs from Minnesota, who recently had a stroke. I'm in touch with one of her dilemma on FB.
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Hi all. I’m still kicking. Both my parents have passed now. I had moved dad to a nursing home in northern Michigan near me right before covid hit and had a few good months with him before he died. Brother and sis died a few years ago so I’m the last survivor of our family. They’re all buried together in WV

I rarely post these days but I do check the site every now and then just to see how folks are doing. Good to see many of my old friends still doing well.

My wife and I are doing fine, still have the horses and now a crazy puppy that keeps us on our toes. I’m the Senior Vice President in charge of horse poop management, dog park clean up and barn maintenance. Pretty low stress gig. Not much money in it but I’m allowed to sleep in the house and the food ain’t bad.
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That's right NHWM. Thanks Beatty.
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I miss NeedHelpWithMom :(

There was another big storm in New Orleans just before she disappeared from the forum. I assumed she had family priorities - always hoped she & hers were OK.
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PB: Yes - my error. You are correct. It was NeedHelpWithMom. Thank you for the correction.
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It was NeedHelpWithMom. Her husband got cancer and was receiving treatments. Her daughter got COVID. That was the last I heard from her. She used to post a lot. and replied to almost everyone’s post.
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Lynnegf: I sent you a private message.
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glad: The poster from New Orleans, LA was NotGoodEnough (I think). I believe that her DH had health problems. One of her daughtets did move to Denver. I, too, wish there was a way to reach these people before they go silent. What about NobodyGetsIt? She lived in AZ. I agree, glad, about saying something supportive. Those in active caregiving may be on their last ounce of stamina.
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Ali: Congratulations on your stellar achievement of a 4.0 GPA! That's spectacular!💚
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I still see windyridge, though very infrequently.

StaceyB and hubs moved to a 55+ manufactured home community and were living it last I knew.

I still think of Hope. She took a beating from some here shortly before her mom passed over tooth extractions! I felt so badly for her.

Who was it that lived in NO, daughter moved to Denver at the start of covid. Then all of the sudden she was gone.

Another one, had to start a positive thread. "What's for Dinner" BoniChak.

I wish there was a way to look at our very old posts. We would see how far we have come. After all I have been here about ten years.

Always remember we have no idea what people are going through and it you can't say something nice and supportive, just walk away.

Guam was bookluvr

Ahmijoy had another username, something about big mom or something? Can't remember exactly what it was.
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Ali, wonderful! You did a great job! My first college years out of high school were just plain, well a waste. Some of us just need to experience more of life before we can develop the determination and fortitude to complete a college degree and do it well, as you did. I did too, once I made up my mind to get it done.
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Congrats Ali! Your professors are not easy markers. Don't belittle yourself. You did great. End of story.
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(((((GROUP HUG!!))))) 😁 Seriously, where would I be without this forum..? Thank you for sharing and caring. I'll stop gushing now.

While here, I'll share that I finished my B.S. with a 4.0. Who knew I was capable of that? I had no clue, but then it kept happening, class after class, all A's. I think my profs are easy graders or grade on a curve, though I did work hard and submitted everything according to the rubrics. I received full points on both final projects/papers. It's given me confidence in my academic ability, and I've never had that. I had the highest SATs in my H.S. graduating class but was in the bottom 50% in grades. My college transcripts from the '90s show a lot of Withdrawals. I didn't know how to do the work.

Caregiving took an immense toll on me, but I think it also made me more driven once I could get my head above water. Who knows. I'm just happy to be at this place in my life. And this forum played a big part in my getting here. Thank you.
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People come and go. I am happy to be here sharing time and thoughts with those of you who I came/come/will come in contact with.

🎵🎵🎵🎵 To all the caregivers I've met
Who travelled in and out of AC
I'm glad you came along
I dedicate this song
To all the caregivers I've met

To all the caregivers I've met
And may I say you're the best
For helping me to grow
I owe a lot I know
To all the caregivers I've met

The winds of change are always blowing
And every time I try to stay
The winds of change continue blowing
And they just carry me away
🎵🎵🎵🎵
(Thank you Julio Iglesia for the beautiful lyrics)
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JessieBelle. That's the username I was trying to come up with.

There have been many who went from posting daily/regularly to suddenly stopping or slowly drifting away. I wish all the previous "regulars" the very best, always. ❤️️🧡💛💚💙💜
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I so appreciate those who've been friends and supportive here and shared their wisdom and journeys in caregiving. Veronica was kind to me. Most everyone is a kind soul around here, but she reached out to me a few times when she read I was floundering. Stuff like that makes you remember someone forever in a special way. 💙

CW, I also get concerned when someone reports they have a new Dx or are ill, and then they stop posting completely soon after.

There is another one whose name I can't come up with, who was here every day. She was hands-on daily caring for her mom for years, a funny and sweet person, and then she reported her own illness, and very soon after, she stopped posting -- leaves you with a somber feeling.

*I pulled up "the caregiving... how are YOU doing" and the "grossed out need to vent" threads. I'll take a trip down memory lane. 💜
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