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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2014

    Ours is set for 68 in the day and 55 at night. Our upstairs has baseboard (electric) heat and we only turn it on for Sunday morning when we read the paper in bed We do have an electric blanket to make the bed warm. We don't have air conditioning. It's only really hot (80's LOL) for about 2 weeks in the summer, so we just complain when that happens.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited March 2014

    Actually we really only need our air conditioning a few days a year. Our thermostat is set automatically throughout the day. 

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  • Alyson
    Alyson Member Posts: 4,308
    edited March 2014

    I am laughing living in a country where it is only now beginning to be usual to have central heating or air con. We live in a 125 year ols house that has neither. We are now fully insulated which has made a big difference in the winter but the way this house was built it is cool in summer. We have gas heating and open fires though I am looking at getting gas put in one of them,

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited March 2014

    Wonder why the Mods set the threads to go back only 1 page.  Hope this isn't permanent!

    Kathy

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 2,042
    edited March 2014

    Alyson, my son lives in Japan and its fans and open windows in the hot weather and kerosene heaters in the winter.  Very different than in the states.  Was there in April/May one year and it would get down to the 30s at night and 50s during the day.  I didn't mind the daytime but at night wore heavy sweat pants, long sleeved top, socks and sometimes a zippered hoodie under several comforters as I didn't like the smell of kerosene fumes and it would automatically shut off after a couple of hours, brrr.  I have a whole new respect for AC and gas heat.

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited March 2014

    Hooray, they got it fixed!

    Kathy

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited March 2014

    Haven't noticed a thing......lol......I was sleeping when all the maintenance was done and what I see seems exactly right......lol.

    I had a busy day yesterday, got my shopping done so I now have a full stock of fresh fruit and veg.....yum.....and the pantry stocked with all the other bits and pieces.  I also so had my pampering and got the nails done.....makes me feel so much better when everything is as it should be.

    Summer is still hanging around.....yuk!  I checked the weekly forecast and come Sunday we are in for four days of over a hundred again........I sure hope that is the last gasp so to speak as I much prefer the milder temps we have had for the last two weeks.  Roll on change of season for everyone!!

    Love n hugs.   Chrissy

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited March 2014

    Can not believe that my son will be 45 tomorrow. 

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited March 2014

    Mine is turing 33 next week and I, too, find it surreal, Lisa!!! I don't even feel 33 myself and I imagine you might feel the same way about your son's age. I still think of him as my little boy and have to bite my tongue a lot so he doesn't know that. He is the one that just had a second son on Feb 3rd, so yes, I do know he's all "growed up" but still......  Is that kind of what you mean when you say you "can not believe"?

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited March 2014

    Happy Birthday to your son Lisa!

    I hear you both!! I can't believe my eldest daughter will be 44 in May, my other 41 in April.  My eldest grandson is 18 and had his first week at University last week!  

    Where have the years gone?  That is a question I seem to ask a lot these days........in my head I feel no different to what I did in my thirties it's only the body that tells me I'm twice that age when I try to do the same things I did back then........if fact, many of those things are now a total impossibility! :(   

    One thing I'm thankful for is I still have all my marbles.........I think........

    Love n hugs all!   Chrissy

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  • Alyson
    Alyson Member Posts: 4,308
    edited March 2014

    I can't believe that I will be officially old in a couple of weeks. My Seniors card arrived yesterday. And DD will be 40 this year. In my head I am not that old.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited March 2014

    Aly I've had one of those for a couple of years already and a pension card for much longer.......yeah, I'm already officially one of the older generation!    Don't quite know how that happened but it did......lol

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited March 2014

    Lisa, your son and I share a birth date!  I'm 71 today, speaking of being a part of the older generation.  It's a nice day, sunny with occasional cloudiness, and a mild temperature.  I'm enjoying being alive and feeling good.  Tonight dh and I are going out to dinner at an excellent restaurant.  I'm looking forward to that.  Yesterday when I got home from having a birthday lunch with golf friends, he had a big bouquet of roses sitting on the kitchen island.  He'd bought them and arranged them himself in a vase. 

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited March 2014

    At 71 and 3 1/2 years of physical deterioration due to the SE's of  BC meds  have to admit the body is getting old but my spirit is still young.  I was most unhappy when my arthritic knee made me give up my 62nd birthday present to myself -- a plum Corvette.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited March 2014

    I am 71 also. Good year!

    What a great day for you. Roses!!!

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited March 2014

    Happy Birthday to you Carole! Wow! Roses arranged and waiting for you........what a wonderful surprise!  Enjoy your dinner!

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  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2014

    Lisa I have two his age, I can't believe it either. It doesn't seem possible. 

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited March 2014

    Happy birthday, Carole!!  Hope you and DH had a great time tonight!

    And hello to everyone else.  Got to set the clocks forward before I forget it!

    Kathy

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited March 2014

    Carole....did you recognize the vase as one of your own? .... Just sayin'.......

    You guys have 5 years on me - I feel like a baby. Aly, I've met you and you didn't seem "old" to me. The energy you exuded certainly trumped mine!

    Happy birthday to all!!

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  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2014

    Carole, have a Happy Birthday!    

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  • BigDBeatingBigC
    BigDBeatingBigC Member Posts: 292
    edited March 2014

    awww Carole, I am so happy you had a great birthday and are feeling good.  May you have many, many more wonderful birthdays!!

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited March 2014

    Managed to lose 4/10 of a lb last week despite the birthday celebrating! 

    Spent the afternoon doing our federal tax return, using Turbo Tax.  As expected we have to pay more taxes.  So I'll wait until closer to the April 15 deadline to E-file and pay up.  We have state income tax, too, and that's going to be another sad story.  That filing date is May 15. 

    Thanks so much for the birthday good wishes.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited March 2014

    Hi girls!  

    What a morning!  I have been thinking that it is time to have my other knee replaced and to that end I decided to make a phone call to my orthopedic surgeon and get my name put on the surgery list.  The upshot of that phone call is I have an appointment with him for check up next Tuesday!  Now this doc usually has a two to three month waiting list but I lucked out as there had been a cancellation five minutes before I rang!  Wow!  

    The only thing was that I then had to phone my PCP (he is a two hour drive from me) and ask that he fax a referral to both the orthopede and the imaging company that I need to see to have a new xray of that knee for when I see the doc........talk about a quick turn around!  I couldn't believe it!  I also asked his nurse to pencil in a date for the op as I know it will definitely be done so right now I'm looking at sometime in June/July......date to be confirmed after the appointment next week.

    I have been putting it off as it will mean no driving for at least three months as it is my right knee and I need to be able to lift and plant with that leg for the accelerator and brake  (don't forget, our cars are back to front to yours).  I'm not looking forward to the pain and recovery but I am on the other hand looking forward to being able to move without pain......yay!

    Hoping your days are full to overflowing with all the good things that life can bring.

    Love n hugs.   Chrissy

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited March 2014

    That's a tough call isn't it Chrissy

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  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited March 2014

    Hello,

    Well, Chrissy, when things start to move for you they seem to move quickly! At least in this case. Looks like you have a good attitude about keeping your eye on the end result not some of the uncomfortable process. That's great that the knee that has already been done is feeling and working so well. How long has that been?

    I'm going to see an ortho doc about my hand next week. Hopefully he can suggest something to reduce the pain. 

    Life is going really well, right now. I had some relatives visiting over the weekend. We went to a movie and out to eat and just lots of chatting. Now tomorrow morning I get to go to PCP and get weighed. Hope I didn't do too much damage. 

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited March 2014

    Wow, Chrissy, look at you getting in to see your surgeon so quickly!  Hope everything else works well so you can get a definite date soon.  You did so well with your first one and I'm sure it'll be the same with this one too.  You seem so excited!  Of course, there are parts you're not looking forward to, but the end result will be worth it, I'm sure.

    Nancy, hope ortho dr can do something about your hand.  It's so hard to be in pain all the time.  I have a pcp appointment this week too and plan to ask her about hip pain I've been having.  Aging is certainly not easy but it does beat the alternative, to be sure.

    Hope all are fine and have a good week!

    Kathy

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited March 2014

    Lisa I have been putting off the decision for quite a while, finding all sorts of reasons not to get it done, but it is now really impacting on my being able to do a lot of things so it's time.  Besides, I'm really sick of the pain.....lol.

    Nancy it's two years at the end of this month since the other one was done and I think I'm lucky to get that long.  It was a toss up which one to do first almost up to the minute I was wheeled into the operating theatre.......lol.......but the thought of the pain and disability that comes with this op and for quite a few months at that........well, what can I say, other than I procrastinated long and hard........lol.

    How is your rebuild going?  The last pic you posted showed amazing progress!  Oh mt! you are still haviing that much trouble with your hand?  Sure hope your orthopede can do something as that amount of pain is no fun!  Glad everything else is going good for you........oh, another thought.....lol......how's your shop doing now? Is it working out as you hoped?

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited March 2014

    Chrissy, you are too cute!!! You DRIVE on the opposite side of the road but we use our RIGHT legs for gas and brake (and clutch) too!! hehhehehhehee

    Is there supposed to be that much pain with a knee replacement? I thought as it was bone involved, once the bad parts are gone (bone on bone grinding) there is minimal pain! Or is it the physio and stuff that hurts?

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited March 2014

    Barbe, they have to cut the bone above and below the knee, drill out both ends before cementing in the new prosthetic knee.  Then they have to reattach the main tendons and muscle that control the movement of the knee.  The pain is major because of that and the fact you have to start learning to move it correctly a few hours after surgery.  It's the learning to isolate the damaged muscles and tendons and then telling them to contract and in doing that, getting the knee to bend and straighten.  Here, we are in hospital for a full week before being discharged to home.  If there are any complications then we are discharged to a rehab centre for a few more days of intensive Physio.

    The docs say that it is an op that takes a full year to completely heal and for the knee to feel like it's your own and after the experience with the other one I am willing to agree with them whole heartidly.  I was definitely walking and moving long before that, in fact within the week but I needed a walker and then sticks for about three months to ensure I didn't fall.......I'm guessing this one will be exactly the same.

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited March 2014

    Knee replacement is not a surgery anyone would undergo if it weren't absolutely necessary.  My youngest brother's wife had both knees done, about 6 months apart.  She did great with the first surgery and not as well with the second.  She still limps.   My younger sister had partial knee replacement done at the end of 2013 and she still limps and has pain. 

    If you've made up your mind, Chrissy, then it's probably good that you can get the surgery done sooner rather than later. 

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