For Older People with Sense

kathindc

Just thought I would throw this out here.  Is it me or are the weather people making every storm "the storm of the century" to the point that people are beginning to not take heed to the severity of the "real" storms that do damage?  Here in DC, channel 4 seems to start every news segment with "breaking news."  In the past, these stories were just another story during the news cast.  I feel the media is desensitizing people.

Wren44

The TV weather people here get so excited at the first snowflake that it's ridiculous. We like to turn off the sound and watch the pictures of 6-7 reporters showing each snowflake. Of course, if we do get a big snow, it paralyzes the city. Seattle has steep hills and about 2 snowplows, plus buses that bend in the middle. The buses jackknife and block the streets.

QCA

Isabella, I hope the heart murmur is something that will possibly correct itself as time goes by.  I know when I was a child my mother was told I had one, but no evidence of it now.  (Of course, that was a long time ago!)

Here in NC the forecasters are positively rabid about the chance of one flake of snow.  Grocery shelves soon become bare of bread and milk and sandwich meats, etc.  Why Southerners feel we must exist on sandwiches when it snows is beyond me, but it may be because we often have power outages during snow storms.  We're also prone to trying to drive on snow-covered roads but nobody has any idea how to do it.  Fortunately, it's been several years since we had a severe snowfall around here.

I saw the onco. today and have been set free for another 4 months.  The bone density results were good (no further change) so he does not advise any medication except the calcium and vitamin D.  So, I'm happy with that!  He mentioned that he and my surgeon want to start a bc survivor's group and I'd definitely be interested in being part of that. 

Hope all of us have a great weekend!

Kathy

chrissyb

Great news on the DEXA Kathy! It's good to know that your bones are still strong enough with just the Vit D and calcium supplements.



If we got snow here ( and that did happen a hundred years ago......lol) I think we'd have news cameras from around the country videoing it!.........lol. Don't worry girls, the weather forecasters here are really no better..........it just seems that sensationalism is alive and well and living in the media.



Have a great day all!



Love n hugs. Chrissy

AussieSheila

I often watch the news and weather reports here to see what outrageous new adjectives they can come up with to report weather that is 'the same old, same old' as far as I can remember. 

I have heard our normal, for this time of year, 'king' tides, described as 'massive,' higher temps as the hottest that have ever been experienced here since time

began.

I feel that we are being brainwashed by propaganda that hasn't seen the like since communism was dismantled.  The fact that the reporters are 20 somethings who

haven't lived long on this planet or done much research, speaks for itself.

Boy........do I go off my brain when I hear more of this language and I realise that youngsters are hearing/watching this and being scared by it.

Gotta go watch the weather report for my next 'pressure release' sessions.

Sheila.

marywh

Ah yes, well now that our "big" snow storm is over, (we actually had reporters standing in the middle of these clear roads) we are now in danger of dangerously frigid temps. at night. Well yeah, it should be cold, it is the middle of Jan...Please!!!

QCA

I'm with you, Mary.  I don't want temperatures in January to be 70+ degrees like they were last weekend! 

Kathy

chrissyb

Oh Kathy thank you! The book arrived in today's mail and I am so excited I have begun to read it immediately! I will be forever grateful for the copy. I love history and American history has always fascinated me. As most people in English speaking countries I had heard stories of the legend of your famous relative so I'm looking forward to some facts.



Love n hugs. Chrissy

Elisimo

Haven't you ladies ever heard that "little boys that tell lies grow up to be weathermen"  That is what my daddy used to always say.  It was better to check The Farmer's Almanac!

Alyson

I am down in Nelson which is my home town, where we celebrated my brither and sister in law's 50th wedding. I was a junior bridesmaid -too old for flower girl and too young for bridesmaid. It was fun catching up with people I haven't seen in years including someone I baby sat when I was 16.

Have had a couple of unsuccessful shopping expeditions. I am looking for a dress fo DS's wedding but so far nothing. Nelson has lots of dress shops but can't find what I want. Never mind will keep looking.

We are off over to Golden Bay today so hope it stays fine. It is beautiful over there with stunning beaches. We are going off by ourselves because it is quite tense here at times. My DB and SiL have very strong religious views and thinks that anyone else is wrong.

Just hope I can get around easily as I am having so much bone type pain which I will check out when I see the doc in a couple of weeks.

Big hugs to you all

lassie11

Alyson - I feel for you with the shopping. My son was married last June and it seemed a good idea to wear something appropriate but I am so not a shopper, hate looking at myself in mirrors and have no idea about clothes. (I really should have appreciated my body when I was young!)  A friend who knows about clothes came with me, selected something I never would have tried on under my own steam and sent me off well dressed and feeling comfortable with the selection. I hope you have such a person in your world.

Here's hoping the dr can deal with your bone pain.

Elisimo

Alyson - hope you can find a dress you like soon.  And that you doc can figure out something to help with your pain issues.  AJ

Gingerbrew

After not posting for a while it has been so nice to read a week or more worth of posts all at one time.  

Isabella how could these people possible have the bullocks to complain to you about your dog in YOUR fields!  Seriously screwed up. 

Not to worry all I learned about bullocks because a young woman I know is a documentary producer and is located in England of late. She had a friend make up a poster as an incentive for donors to the project and I received one last week. It said something like, "Nevermind the bullocks." I am still unsure of the exact meaning but may put it up on the bathroom wall just to see the reaction I get. lol

Our weather here is also announced like the first, most, biggest, most dangerous ever! Our summer is very brief, some say one week long, so that also receives huge broadcast covereage.  I am sorry to hear of the heatwave down under and any damage it is doing. I suppose I always think the real weather news is dramatic enough without any need to embelish it. 

I am sorry to hear of any pain being difficult to manage.  

It seems the AJ's granddaughter is coming along better recently. I will continue to keep her in prayer for full recovery as well as Isabellas little Granddaughter.

I also extend my sincere condolences to Leah on the passing of her dear Mother. 

I was gone for three days to a Serger conference about 75 miles north of here. I stayed two nights in a Holiday Inn express and it was really nice. I felt bad for the housekeeper though. The first night I clogged up the toilet. red faced here... then the next night I must have pushed my pillow over and knocked an almost full cup of DR Pepper off onto the floor.    

Anyways, the serger class was super good, the teacher was Sue Green Baker and she was simply the best instructor for this sort of class that I have ever had. She travels the country for various machine manufacturer so look for her in your area if you are tired of less than great instructors taking your money but probably more importantly your time. I actually bought a new Baby Lock serger due to this event.  I have always been a Viking girl before now.  This serger actually threads the loopers with a blast of air and hallelujah it works!  I shouted out in joy when it put on its little show and blasted the thread right through the loopers.  

I have gone on enough to make up for whatever time I was away haven't I. 

Hugs every one 

Ginger

SoCalLisa

Just a cheery bloom 

 

Isabella4

Ginge, a bullock is a castrated bull. Kept for meat.

Isabella.

lassie11

Gorgeous flower, Lisa.  It's especially cheerful because today we have a windchill factor of    

-26F or -32C.  Very cold in either language.

SoCalLisa

yikes

marywh

Had to kind of laugh at myself, after all this complaining Ive been doing about weathermen over-reacting, woke up this morning with my pipes frozen!

chrissyb

Oh my goodness! How cold is your weather at the moment!!!!! I can't imagine it at all......our weather has cooled to between 28 and 33 degrees Celsius. As far as I'm concerned I can cope with this and my lymphadema doesn't react too badly.



The long range forecasters here announced the other day that the rest of our summer would be below normal temperatures with no rain in sight. I'm still not sure how they come to these conclusions and I guess only time will tell if their forecasting is correct.



Hope you girls all survive the cold....no,.....freezing weather without getting frost bite!!!!!!!..........BRRRRRRRRRR!



Love n hugs. Chrissy

QCA

Frozen pipes are terrible things.  Many years ago our pipes froze on the day we were to have DH's entire family (about 30 people) at our house for their Christmas gathering.  We had a well at the time and DH was frantically trying to thaw the pipes out with a blowtorch.  It worked, and we had bathrooms!

Now we have a forecast for sleet beginning Friday afternoon, so we shall see.  I'm envying you your summer, Chrissy!

Lisa, what a beautiful rose!  Thanks for sharing that.

Kathy

marywh

Our thermometer read 18 degrees this morning. We are on a well too, but had our pipes changed over this summer and some of them are closer to the outside walls. We'll just have to insulate them some I guess. Fortunately they didnt stay frozen for too long and we'll know now to keep them dripping tonight.Gotta get ready for our next big weather-maker Friday.

Elisimo

We had snow then sleet and freezing rain that started around 10:30 this morning. DH stayed home and built a fire in the fireplace, where I have stayed all day!  Daisy the dog did not want to go outside at first then we could not keep her in for long.  She has run in and out all day.  She would come in long enough to get warm then run back outside until she was almost frozen.  She is such a silly dog.  It was nice to have DH home today as he takes such good care of me, especially when I am not feeling well.

Hope everyone is staying warm and dry and not having to get our in bad weather.  For those down under hope you are having a mild summer and that rain comes to renew the ground and plants.  AJ

marywh

We didnt have any snow here, just ice which is no fun to get out in. lots of 4-wheelers out tooling around though. As usual bread and milk flew off the shelves. Ive always wondered about that,why just bread and milk?

QCA

We had ice also, according to the weather reports only .11 inch but certainly enough to cause havoc on the roads.  Nobody can (or should) drive on ice!

Kathy

Isabella4

Feeling quite a bit lonely tonight...NOT like me at all ( the queen of loving my own company)

G/son went home yesterday, after 5 days. I think he was going stir crazy blocked in with me ! He was an enormous help, but he is a young man, and has young man things to do !!! The snow was particularly bad on Wednesday and Thursday night, about 12 " fell, and on the second night it drifted badly.

DD hasn't made it here for 3 weeks.... am not getting any answer when I call her...so left her a message on FB asking if all were OK and managing to get out and about in this awful weather. ( no reply ) We WERE supposed to be going to the theatre 10 days ago, to a pantomime with assorted small family members ! I wasn't sure of the date, and was waiting for DD to get the tickets, let me know the exact date, and make arrangements to pick up the little ones between us, when I saw she'd BEEN, (on FB) all done and dusted.. I don't know quite what to say to her when I see her, feeling a bit sidelined on this one at the moment ! I was really looking forwards to this trip. She'd better have a very good excuse !

No1 G/son is away ski-ing, he goes each year. No2 G/son has been here with me this week. No3 G/son I very rarely see, he always has other fish to fry! G/ma's don't come very high on his visiting list! No1 GD is busy working. No 2 GD is very busy doing important exams this week....and of the 2 GD's in law one is working like mad, she is a social worker, and has a very heavy caseload, and the other takes her driving test this next week so is spending hours and hours on the roads ( which is quite a problem with all the snow ) The little 4 yr old GD I just miss so much, she hasn't been here for 3 weeks, and I am getting severe withdrawal symptoms from her chatter ! 

There is just no pleasing me !!! I complain when I have visitors each day stopping me when I am trying to work...and I complain even louder if I don't see any of them. Turning into a real grumpy old woman !

I think I might be able to get my car out by either Monday or Tuesday, it is now howling with wind and rain, so will thaw quite quickly, I hope. About 5" has gone since this afternoon. My driveway is totaly impassable to me with anymore than an inch of snow on the ground, my car just does not like snow....so will feel a bit easer when I am free to come and go again. G/son has been telling me I should consider moving nearer civilisation, but, NOT yet ! Don't think civilisation would relish me and my animals in their midst !

Isabella. 

chrissyb

Oh Isabella there is nothing worse than feeling lonely. Being alone and feeling lonely are two very different things.........it is possible to be lonely even in a crowd. I sure hope the snow melts quickly so you don't feel trapped........I think maybe that is causing you to feel the way you do..........I know I feel that way when my DH takes my car instead of his van as it is my 'way out'. I know you know what I mean.



Love n hugs. Chrissy

lisa2012

Sending warm thoughts to you and your family.

QCA

Isabella, I hope things are better today and you've been able to get out a bit.  Feeling lonely and somewhat abandoned is a very bad feeling indeed, and to have it made worse by being snowbound must be dreadful.  Hope you've had some contact with someone by now.  Well, anybody but DH... we all know disaster usually ensues with HIS contact!

We're tired tonight.  DD and DSIL closed on their house last Thursday and are moving in next weekend, so both sets of parents went over today and helped them clean.  DH blew leaves in the yard and we two mothers cleaned the inside, disinfected everything, etc.  Now, I'm taking it easy.

Kathy

SoCalLisa

wow that is alot of work Kathy..time to really take it easy..Isabella, seems you have feast or famine with your group coming to see you..it must be hard with so much responsibility

Isabella4

Where has everyone got to ???????????????????????