Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

Barb - If I knew you were going to be in Tulsa I would have had my DD#2 meet you. You would like her as she is a whole lot like her mother. 

River Rat - love the idea of throwing the laundry at the cobwebs in the stairwell.  Our washer and dryer are upstairs and now that it is just the 2 of us and our bedroom is downstairs, we are carring dirty laundry up the stairs and clean laundry down the stairs.  My DH now carries everything both ways. 

ducky - don't you just love grandchildren!  They tell it like it is.  

When the earthquake happened I was out on the back porch painting some more gnomes and I knew exactly what is was so I just kept painting and thought if it lasts more than a minute or gets worse I will go on outside.  Daisy the dog was scared and wanted to get in my lap so I wound up with green, red, blue and yellow paint all over me as she dumped the paint pallet all over me!  After it was all over I gave her a bath since she had paint all over her too and I cleaned up the mess and went back to painting.  My paint clothes now have more color to them.  I look more like a hippie than I did in the 60's!  My DD#2 texted me to be sure we were okay and said they did not feel anything in OK which is a good thing since they sit on a fault line there.

hey Barbara; we said we've given up our "wicked ways" but i must say: you still get around!!hahaha....3jays

Welcome River_Rat! (and anyone else I've missed)

Glad to know all are ok from the earthquake back east; hope that the hurricane misses & causes no damage. 3jays I surely hope you are ok.  AJ, how nice of you to offer refuge..

BarbA, I hope your trip is easier than you anticipate, and that you're able to fly home with no trouble.

AJ you were talking about your gnomes and the other day I ran across an article that said bottle trees are becoming fashionable - you can even order them pre-made or customized. Hah!  Does anyone else remember bottle trees?

Good one Barb. "Ah've never seen such a thang."

Hey Ladies.............I think we are getting whacked..............no shore for me this weekend........my daughter layed down the law....................they are saying possibly a Cat 2 for NJ, and 10+ inches of rain..................My son called me last night and said "Mom are you going to the shore this weekend"........I said, ";yea on Thursday"............He said "well you might want to think again about that"...........I said "why is it going to hit there".................He said "well according to my I phone, and noaa.gov.................the H in hurricane is right over your house"...........guess who isn't going to the shore..............everyone crapped out, so another boring weekend in Pa...............shit, now where is that Vodka again..................

Barb, guess that's right...............however we might run down Friday morning to secure the patio furniture, and the grill................my son insists...............the back of my house is mostly glass, that looks out over the pool, so he thinks the chairs could become missiles...............and the grill could end up in the pool..................Can you believe this shit............first flooding rain, then an earthquake, and now a hurricane..............I have a sign in my kitchen that says............Jesus is coming............and is he pissed...................I'm beginning to believe my sign.

My brother lives in Virginia near Williamsburg.  They are well prepared with plenty of supplies including fuel and boards for the windows for their whole house generator but he is worried about this one.  He and my SIL are Red Cross first responders and have already been given their assignments.  My prayers are with them and all our sisters in the path.

Best wishes to all our east coasters. Stay safe everyone. Hoping SV evacuates, too.

Hey there everyone, SV has an open invitation to come her with her 2 dogs and stay as long as she heeds.  I hope she comes here.  She has a cousin in Kinston, NC, but I think her Dad and brother will be going there and I know she does not want to be where they are so maybe she will come here.  I will let you all know if she comes.  Chrissy was not due to fly into Raleigh until the 9th so Irene should be gone by then and if SV is still here we will all head back down there together if we can otherwise we will just stay here and visit.  We'll just have to wait and see what happens.  I grew up on the gulf coast so we are well prepared for whatever Irene has to throw at us.  For now we are all safe and have all the precautions in place.  Just waiting for Melissa, SV, to make the decission to come here.

your right 3 jays......you always get the hit.................good for you this time................hoping for the best for my Pa. home which I will be in (actually I'm going to my daughters) just up the road.....not to be alone in my house................but my shore home is probably going to be destroyed................its right in the path of the hurricane................and heaven knows what will happen to the inground pool............oh well, its all only bricks and mortar............my town in NJ is a ghost town ..............everyone left..............according to the emails I'm receiving.............

I just got back from a walk on the beach. The ocean was so calm. It just doesn't seem possible that it is going to turn so violent over the next couple of days.