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Well, I am going all out for flavors.








I made some jalapeno/peach jam, some pineapple/mint jam, and some spiced peach jam. Ten pounds worth of sugar alone are on the canned goods shelf of my cabinet. Last night I walked to the grocery store to get more peaches and spices, did not think I could walk home. Told the taxi driver what I was doing, and he said "Now what are you going to do the rest of the summer?" Tempting idea.

Gifts for family and friends for Christmas.

 

[stols001]

I am a firm believer in what you do, changes you. We had this good pal back East and like, his family was from the Mayflower and etc., he and the husband were ah, "Vying for my hand" and he kept it secret that he was a trust fund kid, due to trust fund fears, and well, it might have been nice to be working with that information but like, it probably wouldn't have changed the outcome. He used to be a really nice guy.

I went back east after like, he had somehow finally joined up with the Clinton foundation in some sort of politically corrected way to do with computers. He spent a lot of time talking about interns, and he looked SO DIFFERENT. He was all puffy and had a sore on his mouth and just his general presence was freaking, not so great. I just kinda talked with him for a while and was like, "Dude, you're in your late 30s, maybe it's time to focus less on the interns and maybe like, find a nice wife." He was like, "But it's just so EASY with the interns."
I was like, "No, it's not EASY with the interns it's just easy to have POWER over a person and to abuse that, and it's really bad for your HEALTH."

This is why I was a manager for 5 months, I tried it, I had to fire someone, the firing was justified but I quit shortly thereafter, because frankly, the only power I want to have is over MYSELF and some days I can barely manage THAT.

I bet he's not doing so hot these days but given the political climate of the day, neither myself nor the husband really want to know, I mean, he was connected.

It was really sad, but that's the thing. Choices have outcomes. I am wracking my brains to think of an attractive USA politician, but it's just not... and it's across the board, I mean Ted Cruz literally looks like that picture "The Scream" only it moves and talks and it's....

Yeah, I haven't seen too many hot politicians. I think it's a deep inner despondency about what they are doing to themselves that they refuse to let surface, because they CAN'T do it and remain in the profession, and I think that about prostitutes I encounter, too. That's a lot of effort, the inner struggle to be okay with doing what you are doing and just suppress your subconscious all the time.
Etc.

Anna

 

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I think it's a deep inner despondency about what they are doing to themselves that they refuse to let surface, because they CAN'T do it and remain in the profession, and I think that about prostitutes I encounter, too. That's a lot of effort, the inner struggle to be okay with doing what you are doing and just suppress your subconscious all the time.
Etc.

Anna

I have met a few school psychologists like that, too. Especially those who have no idea how difficult it is for those in "the lower classes" to provide educational advantages to their children.

 

[oldbroad]

I could argue that the Oldest Profession is more honest....you know up front that you're laying out your money to get screwed...

I tried to put in a "nice" one...But it just showed an "X"...so I had to put in a not-so-nice- one...

 

[oldbroad]

So, yesterday I got on a kick as I was feeling fairly feisty, so I rearranged the spare bedroom. My golly, it looks so much more spacious!!! Chey just came over and she was really tickled with it as she can now watch tv straight ahead cuz the bed's in line with the tv, rather than have to prop up on her side, as it was to her left.

I just chose four different bedspread sets and when she comes back from doing errands i'll have her choose which one she prefers..oh...and black "blackout' curtains cuz she works midnights...and she'll help me put up the room-darkening cling stuff on the top panes of the windows as her windows, large ones, face the East.

She basically lives both here and at her parents now...yah... she's got it made!

 

[yiddleboge6]

So, yesterday I got on a kick as I was feeling fairly feisty, so I rearranged the spare bedroom. My golly, it looks so much more spacious!!! Chey just came over and she was really tickled with it as she can now watch tv straight ahead cuz the bed's in line with the tv, rather than have to prop up on her side, as it was to her left.

I just chose four different bedspread sets and when she comes back from doing errands i'll have her choose which one she prefers..oh...and black "blackout' curtains cuz she works midnights...and she'll help me put up the room-darkening cling stuff on the top panes of the windows as her windows, large ones, face the East.

She basically lives both here and at her parents now...yah... she's got it made!

And...where is her dog living?

 

[stols001]

It's 9:30 here and the husband is still asleep! LOL, I guilted him thanks to his lie about sleep meds into trying the med I have wanted him to try for sleep for EVER. I also put him on a special sleep productive plan where I challenged him to find out how many days in a row we could have sex (fine with me but mainly as a sleep aid) and it includes things to incentivize like on day five, "You will get some action blow deck and etc."

So far, so good, he's whining SO much less about EVERYTHING and trust me when I say I pointed out that his "full body aching" was likely as a result of lack of sleep, I mean he was looking way too much like a concentration camp victim for my taste. He's actually doing stuff now, and not in slow motion either.

So far, so good. Today is day four.

If only, OMG, I had not combined it with my own self-improvement plan of restarting yoga cuz I just hurt all over. I mean, I made it though yesterday on guts and nerve, but like, I have a feeling that after today (it's happening) any foreplay may consist of me handing him every liniment we have and saying, "Get me numb, honey."

But, I'm gonna try not to quit. I mean, mah God, I am 10 years younger and also, I have not had a broken neck so I would feel like a MASSIVE WIMP.

I just wish I was a better planner of stuff, but I will get my husband sleeping again like a normal person if it's the last thing I do (he has PTSD from 10 years ago and has NEVER achieved normal sleep... Until now.)

Okay, I guess that's worth a short time period where I have to feel like "rough trade," and well, I can do it.

Anna

 

[oldbroad]

And...where is her dog living?

Wherever Chey takes her

They're both Nomads...Chey willingly...her dog just goes where she's taken. But at least, her parents have two dogs for Coco ( Chey's dog) to play with.

BTW..I'm happy with this "temporary"arrangement with Chey, as she takes me places I need to go so I don't have to use the "Your Ride" bus service so often, and she insists on doing what she considers hard physical labor that this oldbroad shouldn't be doing ( yah right....she forgets that I'm sly as an old fox)

and we play Rummikube a LOT

 

[Uncle Willie]

Isn't this the coolest little side table? I saw it in a shop years ago and I took a picture because I thought some day hubs and I will copy it. The boots are real leather boots...anyone have an old pair they'd care to send me?
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I do, but I'm not parting with my well worn in work boots .. sorry .. cool table, though ..

 

[WhiteHighlights]

So hubs had his ccardiologist appointment today…moved up because he has developed symptoms. The result is that he has has to have a bypass for that 100% blocked artery for which laterals have taken over, and a second stent inserted in another.

The doctor hopes the surgeon will feel hubs is a good candidate for the robotic bypass because it is minimally invasive. If he isn't then it has to be a traditional bypass but he said hubs is a high risk for that one.

So now we go to see the surgeon and find out. Keep your fingers crossed he can have the first one.

Bea, I'll be keeping you in my thoughts. We seem to be walking a similar path. My husband has also developed some symptoms and has an appointment on Tues. with his cardiologist. We're expecting they'll either want to do another catheterization and put in stents or he could be a candidate for a by-pass and repair of his aneurysm while they're in there. His aneurysm is small and grew slightly from his last test but it's not at a high risk yet. The not knowing is stressful.

 

[stols001]

Yoga was in some ways not as bad as expected in a way. I mean it was kind of like geriatric mindfulness, in the sense of like, it felt like eternity but like only 70 minutes passed. I'm being hijacked at the moment by waiting for a call from the Kid, but even so, (although I'm sure it would be so much harder) there's like plenty of hours between now and darkness, so I'm gonna stick to the sleep schedule, however I have to do it....

LOL.

Anna

 

[Bea-FL]

Bea, I'll be keeping you in my thoughts. We seem to be walking a similar path. My husband has also developed some symptoms and has an appointment on Tues. with his cardiologist. We're expecting they'll either want to do another catheterization and put in stents or he could be a candidate for a by-pass and repair of his aneurysm while they're in there. His aneurysm is small and grew slightly from his last test but it's not at a high risk yet. The not knowing is stressful.

You're so right. Good luck with your journey. Keep us posted.

 

[Uncle Willie]

Once again, I take my leave to spend some "off the Grid" time .. it's my Pleasure to again say "Thanks for spending some of your Valuable Time here .." .. it's always appreciated and Welcomed ..

Please Post freely, the Good / the Bad and all in between .. because, that's what it's all about ..

 

[Nermal]

I don't get all of mine either...or alerts....there's 10 or more....

I think that's the norm. Mine shows the earliest unread with the note there might be others. The part I don't care for is no alert at all. It seems to be random missing alerts of my four watched threads.

 

[yiddleboge6]

@oldbroad ....It's time for a....



Because it's your special day...



Hope it's a glorious day for you...

 

[Anise]

Happy birthday @oldbroad ! I can't do all those fancy things in a post but I hope you have a great birthday!!

 

[Flowersoul]

@oldbroad

HAPPY BORN DAY!!

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Hoping your special day turns out as special as you!

 

[Bea-FL]

Good morning everyone and …

@oldbroad

 

[FranC]

Good morning to the young at heart

Happy Birthday,Old broad

 

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