Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

I'm saying AWE ( Aw ) with such meaning behind it. Glad ya'll got a picture. Just perfect.

Jackie

Anne, thanks for posting the bonnets and Alexandria's halloween costume! So cute.

Jean, pls let me know if you ever come this way:).

Yay CUBS!!!

Terri

Hello ladies!

I am SO excited about my Cubbies! I know I gained 10 pounds the past few weeks while watching this nerve-wracking series! I finished a bag of red licorice, numerous bowls of ice cream and popcorn, a bag of jelly beans and a bag of Cheetos! Nothing like eating good healthy food when under stress! :-)

It is a lovely Fall day in Illinois today. I am going to head out to the library and then play a round of golf. It's unbelievable that we are still on the golf course the first week in November! I should be organizing my desk, too instead of "playing" today but I rationalize by saying that I will have lots of days later in the month and in December to get indoor chores completed.

Everyone have a good weekend.

Good morning everyone! What a beautiful sunny day here today. It's 61 degrees and dry. We really needed the rain we missed yesterday but oh well it'll rain when it rains.

I have to work at least part of today. Sure wish I was able to come and go as I want to but I can't. We own a business plus we farm and I'm the bookkeeper and payroll maker so I guess I'll work at least part time until I leave this earth.

I love knitting, quilting etc. don't get to do much of that though. My DH is going to go get ready for deer season at our other house west of Van Buren and wanted me to go. But it's a lot of trouble for me to go for just the weekend. But I might just go this time. I love it over there. I bet the trees are beautiful too. We are still setting the house up with beds and dining room things. I plan on taking extra sets of my knitting tools, yarn, and a sewing machine over there. Then maybe I'll one day get to stay for more than a day or two at a time.

You all have a good day today. We need to name ourselves The Pinky Sisterhood! We could call ourselves Pinkies Ha! Ha!

Though I'm not a baseball fan, being from Chicago, I'm watching the CUBS parade. Glad they have good weather. I have never seen soooo many people in Downtown Chicago! Can you imagine trying to get home, or needing to to go to the bathroom! Don't see any porta potties! Good to see something other than politics!

Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, words and thoughts:
daily forgiveness, unselfishness, kindnesses, sympathies, charities, sacrifices for the good of others, struggles against temptation, submissiveness under trial. It is these, like the blinding colors in a
picture, or the blending notes of music, which constitute the person.

John MacDuff

Ritajean, I killed off an entire bag of Whole Foods taco chips (they are da bomb), a bowl of truffle popcorn and more than a couple kolačky watching the game. Mid-60s here today, even by the lake. Didn’t make it to the parade or rally—yesterday, my housekeeper had to take her husband to his medical appts. at the V.A. so I had to stay home for the Peapod grocery delivery and the monthly exterminator visit. But I did watch it on TV. I was disappointed that when they got to singing “Go Cubs Go,” led by country singer (and downstater Brett Eldredge—who grew up a Cards fan) nobody bothered to thank the late great Steve Goodman, who wrote and recorded that song just weeks before he died. It’s his record everyone in the stands sings along to after every home win. (And on SNL tonight too).

Then I voted and then got a long-overdue car wash. Grilled a ribeye because I could. This morning I had Bar Show rehearsal down in the S. Loop. The L was packed, even as far north as my neighborhood—people were still going down to Wrigley to take selfies in front of the marquee and write messages in chalk on the brick walls (especially to departed Cubs fans who never lived to see this day). And they were all going down to the Loop to buy souvenirs at Macy’s and all the sports clothing stores. Just as crowded on the train at 1pm as it was at 8:30—and on a Saturday!

Rehearsal was exhausting, because choreography has started (we open in less than a month!). I now see 20/20 in both eyes since my cataract surgery Wed., but my eye’s still light-sensitive and pink, though the swelling’s gone. And I still need reading correction, so I kept having to switch between my readers for the sheet music and making dance notation and my Wayfarers for everything else. I got home achy and exhausted—we practiced a hip-hop Cubs dance number six times, including a video to learn it better….for a flash mob of it we’re doing in a couple of weeks.

Grace is goodness and respect given freely and unconditionally. A sense of divine love and protection bestowed on us when we need strength and renewal. Grace helps us know we are not alone and believe we are cared for and cherished. Grace is a drink of clear, clean water in the desert. -Sue Patton Thoele

Today I took my mother to her house for noon dinner. My niece was there with her three children and we celebrated the youngest child's upcoming 7th birthday. It was good to see the other two children who live with their father in MS. The boy is 13 and the girl is 11. By 3 pm everyone was leaving and my mother was tired and ready to go back to the nursing home. It amazes me and makes me grateful that she is so practical and accepts the reality that she can no longer manage on her own. There are no tears and no drama when we leave although I know it must make her sad that she had to leave the home where she lived for so many years.

Oh, I forgot to say that my dh came and brought the Popeye's fried chicken and my sister and her dh were there with some side dishes and my sister's son and his significant other were there. The SO is pregnant. Can they afford a child? No, but they both seem happy about becoming parents.

Hope everyone had a good Sunday.

Sure happy to hear about your Mother, Carole. Maybe you too are just a little sad --- I was, when my Mother started having to be satisfied with, in some cases, much of her life that brought her joy before. Noted though, it does at least have some power to soothe that your Mom realizes how un-workable being in her home would be. I'm really glad that occasions come where she can spend some time in her 'home'.

Hope things can work out okay for your sister's son and SO. Sometimes I think it could be an impetus ( don't know about them ) to really try harder ( now that they have a HUGE reason ) to do what it takes to get life together for all concerned. Glad you got to see ALL of your niece's children this time. That must have felt really good.

Sunny pretty day here -- not too hot o cold. Likely some rain could come tomorrow. Going to get my hair done ( perm ) so will have to take along a rain hat just in case --- and keep it with me all day. Have some SKI soda and frozen pizza's to make for tomorrow night's dinner --- and then I'm sure we will be extremely glued to the t.v. for the duration.

For anyone interested --- Dh and I do not drink much soda. Never did much, but I've found Sierra Mist and now Ski ( only so far in the glass bottles ) that have real sugar in them. The artificial sugars in many cases get bad raps. I do use Splenda which seems to be okay for me but anything with Aspartame in it ( any artificial sweetener ) really makes me feel ugly awful --- so since I drink so little soda over all ---- I tend to look for ones that are sweetened with real table-type sugars. Also, Sierra Mist and Ski are white sodas.....meaning no dark color agents added. All of that makes me seem probably like a fanatic but these are for me just a couple of adjustments that are easy for me to make --- so they get done --- and oh the many that don't. I really do need to do better.

Carole I will be sooo glad this election is over with so life can get back to some kind of normal for all of us fighting this awful BC.

Ah, Sandy, believe in positive good. But I do love your "descriptions". I think we all need this one over for so many reasons -- mainly so much that was negative. I do believe a "good" candidate will win tomorrow. Then we can all get back to being us.

Good point Carole. Life can change so fast. I am glad Victor is keeping the YMCA entry as a place that he can continue to come to, to enjoy some of his previous normalcy. Life, even full of ups and downs is a blessing and a gift. I do try and be grateful each day by saying thanks each night with the hope and prayer that the coming day will be just as special and cherished.

As you are going out to vote today, but oh please still go --- I share with you one of my all timers for politicians.

The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
--Larry Hardiman

I didn’t necessarily have a dog in that fight (except spiritually of course), because my husband & I are safely on Medicare (and being native-born and not Muslim are in no danger of deportation). But I fear for my just-this-side-of-senior-citizen friends who have either ACA policies or are in danger of losing their jobs and therefore their employer-provided health insurance. And our son has to hold on to his miserably inadequate high-deductible non-ACA policy because if he drops it and looks for a better one, without the ACA in force, carriers would be free to refuse to insure him due to his asthma and depression. (Although we’ve never filed an insurance claim for psych visits or meds for the latter).

On the bright side, my left eye is healing nicely and I might even be able to be refracted for glasses (reading correction in both eyes, slight distance in the left) tomorrow.

I love that quote, Jackie. Dickinson was always a favorite poet of mine. We visited her home once when we were in the New England states.

I have been thinking about you the last couple of days because I know you are in political mourning, too. But the sun did come up this morning! May that be a positive sign of hope for our country.

Dh and I went to the gym this morning and I came home soaked with perspiration as is always the case. I am such a perspirer. I have started wearing only white tee shirts to exercise because they don't look as disgusting when sweat-soaked as a colored tee shirt.

Today is Thursday, one of the three days I go to the nursing home to lend support to my mother. She was given an opportunity to have an hour of physical therapy three times a week and gladly took it. Since finishing therapy full time, she has declined in the strength she'd gained.

Happy Thursday to all and hugs to those struggling with issues.