Thread: Everyday Chatting & Waffling {2020} Let's get to know each other!

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OMG Dorann! That's just a terrible thing for one person to do to another! You were so right to put your family above that. I always hold onto to stuff like this. Prayers for you and your family.
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Dorann, that is so awful! There's a silver lining to you leaving that job.

In "me" news, my 2 kids are in Utah for 4 days, visiting their brother and SIL and grandpa. They can't go see the baby though; they are only letting mom and dad in one at a time. So it is just me and hubby home, which is nice. :) I hope to get some scrapping done while I have my computer to myself. Besides that, there is nothing much going on.
 
Sylvan, So sorry to hear about your father. Even if you were not on good terms, I feel for your pain.

Dorann, looks like you made the right decision! Not disclosing and exposing co-workers is horrible! Keep safe!

LilyAnne, Hoping your weekend getaway was what you needed. Wishing you the best at the library, one of my favorite places.

Lynnie, Glad that with staying safe you are out there for your friends, family and all the wonderful charity work you do!

Rae, I am trying to add more plant based foods into my diet and find Pinterest recipes helpful. I stopped eating all pork and beef several years back and feel much better. And I have an Insta Pot now so loving that!

Ane, Hope you are enjoying your me-time!

Mom is still struggling with her foot...had 2 appointments last week and another one this week. Luckily, I am on vacation for 2 weeks and my sister is helping me. We have finally obtained some home-care for cleaning and she had an assessment last week so I am working on getting some of that done to keep her safe in her own place for now.

On the happy zone, my grandaughter turned 10 and the kids had a fun get-together for her and she was able to go to the zoo with a couple friends.

I am currently working on a couple mini books, hoping to have them printed in the next couple of weeks.

Our numbers for the C-19 have been increasing which is disturbing to me but all we can do is do our part to keep safe. I am especially concerned as my grand daughter goes back to school in September and my son started massage therapy school this morning.

Hubby just found out he is going to get another back treatment...we are waiting foe the date and praying he has better luck with this one.

Have a great week everyone, stay safe and get crafty if you can!
 
Karen, did not know you were a writer - have you had your books published? If so, can you share them with us so we can support you :).

Glad you are getting more help with your mother and the support you need. Hope things go well for your husband!
 
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Karen, did not know you were a writer - have you had your books published? If so, can you share them with us so we can support you :).

LOL...me a "writer", most definaltely NOT. I meant some mini scrapbooks. I do a mini book every year of my outdodor adventures. I named them "My Dirt Road Diary" and label them by year. It is mostly my bike pics with some hiking, kayaking and sking LO's. Thanks for all the love and support though!
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Hi girls:
i try to read but don’t always get too.

I have some tests for my declining kidneys this week. Keep your fingers crossed for me. 8 years ago while battling sepsis I had stage three kidney failure. My kidneys should have stabilized and possibly improved since then but they keep declining. Doctor wanted tests. Creatine numbers keep going up. Best bets are another stone or possibly low grade infection, we won’t talk about worst bets.

trying to get kids into online school, is proving difficult. Austin wants to go back to in person classes but we think the risk is too high. Alexis isn’t sure what she wants but knows she needs her chemistries. She had another terrible drug issue over the weekend, it was terrible.

A friend from texas had her mom pass from the corona almost a month to the day after diagnosis. I’m broken for her. onr of my really good friends I’ve made virtually in the heart community in Florida has corona too. Both these made our decision not to send Austin to school easier.

Alexis and I toured one of our city pools today. Last winter she had worked on a grant to get funding to have UV film on the pool windows to allow accessibility for those sensitive and allergic to the sun. It got approved just as corona hit in March. The shut down allowed the film to be installed and we got a tour. Can’t wait to take her one day soon. It improved her mood some.

Stay safe
 
Always praying for you and Alexis and Austin and hubby, Miss Sherri. I wish there was more I could do. I was so hopeful Alexis' new meds would help. So disappointed that they made things worse. She sounds so sad.
 
Good afternoon, everyone. Busy work wk for me and my work computer is acting up so that puts me further behind, takes longer to get the work done. It's just about time to bring it in for an overhaul. I keep putting it off b/c it is such a hassle with my workload b/c it means I'll have a ton of backlog to do once its fixed and I just don't want to deal with that right now....but may not have a choice soon. Any day now it might just crash.

Other than that, things are good. Just wanted to check in and say hi. Hope you are all well.
 
Lynnie, thank you for your kind words on my pages. They were a nice surprise when I checked my email this morning. :)

I had my first acupuncture appointment today. It was an unusual experience, but a good one. The needles are very light, and they stayed in about 20 minutes. I have my 2nd appointment in 2 weeks. It's already feeling like it's helping. :)

Sherri, you are in my thoughts. (((HUGS)))
 
Sherri, So sorry to hear of your friends with the virus, very disturbing news. I am sure you made the right decision based on your family's situation for your school choice. Best of luck to Austin this year. I saw the post of Alexis and I am so in awe of her accomplishments so I can't imagine how proud you are. So sorry she is not well again, take care be safe!

Hi Carla, hoping things are well with you and your family.

Hi Rae, I hate computer updates as well, they always show up when you least want them. Have a great day!

AJ, Happy to hear your accupunture is helping. My hubby is waiting to go for a new injection for his chronic back pain, hopefully his will work too.

Yesterday, we had a lovely visit with my in-laws. They have a huge garden and they gave me so many veggies so today I will be cleaning and storing them. It looks like rain today so no biking outside today. My son started his massage therapy classes with an orientation and of course classroom stuff for the first few weeks and landed a second job on Saturdays. Mom's cleaning lady cancelled yesterday and we are trying to get a different time, AM doesn't work for her right now. She has another DR appointment tomorrow and we will have a better idea of how things will go with her foot issue. My sister found a free wheelchair on line so that has helped with transporting her. Have a great day everyone!
 
Hello, I've sure been absent from this thread for sometime now - been in sort of funk and trying to claw myself out!

Ane, I hope the acupuncture does the trick! I keep thinking I'd like to try it but then never work up the nerve to do so!!

Rae, hope you get things straightened out with your computer - so frustrating!! My desktop PC has been acting up - I'm waiting for it to completely quit ... If / when it does, I will purchase a laptop. Hopefully that won't be for quite a few months though.

Karen, yay that you had so many garden veggies given to you - they just don't compare to store bought items!!

Tomorrow marks 6 weeks of being unemployed. I've enjoyed my time at home, but am ready to get back into a routine. I've only worked for 2 companies in my entire life - the first company that I started with (in 1978!!) sold off the division I worked for in 2016 - so I worked for a different company from 2016 to 2020 (my job was eliminated in July 2020 -). I was able to keep all past seniority and benefits with the 2nd company, which was a blessing. I am going back to work on September 14 for the first company I started with! So it's full circle - and I believe I will (again) be able to keep my seniority! I know many of the ladies I'll be working with. Plus, my severance doesn't run out for many weeks, so it's a double blessing to have that and a paycheck coming in!
 
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WOAH Jill! That is really cool! What a neat Blessing. Good luck in your new/old/new job.

Thanks for asking Karen. Things are going "okay". Nothing particularly new or different. I think we'll have to wait until October to get the end result. So hard to be patient, but as long as we get what we're hoping for, I'm okay with waiting. I used to love canning. Sounds like the rest of your family is busy, busy. Glad sister found a wheelchair!

Good luck with the acupuncture Ane, my friend Jennifer swears by it so I hope it works for you too!

Oh Rae! I hate computer issues. Mine is being slow too, but it's only a year old and I just can't afford to replace it. Ridiculous that they don't make them to last anymore.
 
Does it seem to be slow chatting these days? Doesn't it seem as though we would have more time to chat with the restrictions in the world. Is it that we are doing so little it does not seem worth talking about?

How restricted are your lives at present?
How are you filling those hours?
How are you doing emotionally?
Do you need extra support from your sisters here in the waffling thread?

My life is pretty restricted right now as far as contact with people and I find myself more content in the absence of people. Of course, I do have a mother and husband at home to make my life easier.

I am busy, too. I have a thousand hobbies and have a hard time finding free time in my day. I scrap, mostly, but I also have genealogy, I make cards and masks for charity. I write letters (and print and mail sometimes, too!), I journal. We are doing some decorating. I talk to my kids on the phone a lot. I have been catching up with a childhood friend...

Emotionally I am doing well. I have moments of sheer heartache for the world and a fear that things will never get back to normal, but when I think of how tough things are, my mother points out that things were worse during the war. We were raised in England. During the war, they didn't have riots, but they did fear for their lives every night when the air raids happened. Food was rationed, she had her house bombed, the children were taken away from the cities, the women had to work making bombs, money was short and people lived in daily terror. Men were sent to the front lines, women joined the land army. She lost her brother in the war. Going back further in history, there are many times when there have been difficult times and we feared for the human race. We will get through this.

We all need extra support right now, extra kindness everywhere in our lives. I send out my hugs to everyone and hope we are all hanging in there throughout this craziness.
 
I've often tried to think back on those time, Lynnie, to try to garner strength to get through these. My mom was born in 1929. The family "joke" was the she caused the Great Depression. The family's chief claim was that they never went on welfare because all of the women took on sewing and laundry, while the men went and stood in the lines for day-work. And although she was an infant, she remembers growing up with very little. And she tells of some of the same things once WWII broke out. How the men went off to war and the women and children stayed home and did their part. Though they weren't in fear of bombs dropping on their homes, they listened to the radio or watched tv every night to hear what was happening and pray.
I just don't think we've ever been so close to another civil war in this country. This is not what I wanted for my children or grandchildren.
 
I have found that when I spend so much time at a computer for work, I have no desire to interact with the computer in the evening after work, to be honest. We are on medium restriction, in the sense that we aren't legally bound to do anything for right now, it is recommended that we wear masks when we go out, but we both try to restrict our movements as much as possible, bar our date night to a carefully selected pizza place which has outdoor seating (we usually go early and leave before it gets busy, but because we are 'favourites' they see us and go put pizzas in the oven almost before we've sat down).


Emotionally I am a wreck. It has taken me a week to write out what feels like a very shallow memorial to the person my father was, and it doesn't touch on what his potentials were. My mother has gone to the effort of finding all of the pictures she took when I was very little (she hid them all after they separated) and a lot of them are in the form of negatives still. But what she can, she has sent me, so I am going to slowly work my way through some of that to try and reach some kind of catharsis. Very, very slowly, because usually I just cry instead. It doesn't help that it is pouring rain down here, or that my car has decided to give up the ghost (we are hoping it's just that it's the original battery from the car, and a new one will fix me up).


I keep thinking I would like to write letters, but then get distracted. Then I refocus, but am still unsure if anything I could possibly say right now would be worth saying. I feel very much discordant with the world.


I should be going to France next week, but we are still undetermined as to whether or not that will happen. I have been promised that even if we can't do that, we WILL go somewhere, because he knows that I am going a little stir crazy from being trapped in the house all by myself since he had to go back to the office in June.


Best wishes all around, ladies, I will try to be less of a stranger.
 
How restricted are your lives at present?
Things here are pretty much open. People are supposed to social distance and wear masks. There are pockets of people that don't social distance but for the most part, everyone wears a mask when out and about.

How are you filling those hours?
I've been home since July 17 - not due to covid, but due to my job being eliminated (after 41 years!). I have to be honest and say that I've loved being home (the fact that I am receiving 100% severance through mid-December helps). I have cleaned closets, organized and purged every room throughout our home. I've deep cleaned everything and washing walls, windows and woodwork. I feel very accomplished! LOL. I just enjoy the quietness during the day ... sleeping late if I want to, listening to music, scrapping and streaming shows. If this is a glimpse into retirement, I cannot wait!!!

How are you doing emotionally?
I think because we live in a small rural area, we are not affected so much by Covid. I think about it often and take all of the suggested precautions, but it doesn't consume me now.

Do you need extra support from your sisters here in the waffling thread?
I think this thread is wonderful and do hope when someone needs help they can feel secure in reaching out and/or sharing here. :-)

ETA: I start a new job on September 14 with the company I had originally started with 41 years ago! (They sold off the division I worked for back in 2014 and we changed names, but I did lose any seniority, wages, vacation etc, so it was a flawless change ... I am hoping the company will now let me keep my seniority and all of those benefits, I'm waiting on that answer).
 
Carla, my grandmother lived in constant fear for her two sons and husband in the services. In the second world war, my Uncle Stan was in the airforce and died in a plane crash after catching flak on a mission over Poland. My Uncle Bill came through okay and my granddad did also. My nan met my grandad during the second world war when he was blinded by mustard gas. She visited him in hospital and then they walked out together, eventually getting married. We were raised on stories of the bombings. Compared to the deprivation then, what we are suffering now is nothing.

Sylfie, I can only imagine what you are going through now and I feel for you. In the midst of all this, experiencing the loss of a father and in such circumstances. It is hard to lose someone when you have not been close for a while and you always thought there would be time for things to heal. It takes a while to regain your balance, and even longer to wade through the grief. Hopefully a change of scenery will bring some peace to your soul.

Jill, I love being retired. We have done some redecorating, but there is so much to be sorted out. We are pack rats, unfortunately and I am married to a man who holds on to completely different things than I do :) We have to downsize, but always find new things to enjoy! I do a lot of crafting too. I need someone to set me on the straight and narrow. We live in a retirement community that feels cut off from the world, but I wish it was more rural. Good luck with the new job.
 
How restricted are your lives at present? My life is not too restricted. I can go anywhere I want, as long as I wear a mask. I don't have a problem with wearing a mask, but I rarely want to go anywhere. I am an introverted homebody and I don't have any best friends around where I live. I probably would if I wasn't too petrified to make phone calls, LOL. I just wish I could go to church- that's the only thing that really chafes.

How are you filling those hours? I've been doing a lot of reading lately. Besides that, I watch TV with my family, spend time on my computer, or play video games. I really should do more that doesn't involve screens, but I don't.

How are you doing emotionally? Overall, I'm fine most days. I consider myself blessed that things are going well for me personally, even if the rest of the world seems to be falling apart. I wish I wasn't so tired/in pain all the time so I could exercise and do more things with my family.

Do you need extra support from your sisters here in the waffling thread? I think I'm doing all right- there are plenty of us here that need more hugs and prayers than I do, and I keep all of you in my thoughts.

This week, I see my GI doc, I think in person. I hate driving into the city- maybe I'll ask hubby to drive me. My granddaughter continues to grow very well, over 6 lbs now. She will go home a couple of weeks early, actually. I really should get to scrapping all those pictures I have of her! Other than that, I have a pretty peaceful week ahead. :)
 
How restricted are your lives at present? There is so much that I miss about the world from six months ago. The restrictions aren't nearly as tough as they were in April and May and most things are open, at the very least with reduced hours. But, travel is still a problem and that means that I've not gotten to see my brother or my nieces since Christmas. I really miss them more than anything. And then with school, Kathryn is a senior now and Paul is in 8th grade and their grandparents didn't give them any say about school and instead decided for them that they will be doing the first semester all virtually and I hate that so much for both of them.

How are you filling those hours? I have been doing more scrapping than I would have been doing if I was still working my old job. And then I am doing Door Dash as well as a way of making money without my previous job. I've also been reading and writing.

How are you doing emotionally? Honestly, I have my ups and downs, but then again, who doesn't. It really stinks that pretty much everything about my life has changed in the last six months. This past week as been one of the worst for me because I am still coming to terms with the fact that I don't have a place to live of my own and it doesn't seem like I will be able to get my property back.

Do you need extra support from your sisters here in the waffling thread? I honestly think that we all need extra support right now. One of the things that I miss the most is contact with other people and having a group of people to talk to has been a great thing for me.
 
You're SO right, Lynnie. We are nowhere close to what our predecessors lived through. Thankfully, it's also not touching ALL of us like it touched ALL of England and ALL of the US and so many other countries during the two big wars. My biggest fear is that we will see another war on our land.

Sylfie, I wish there was something we could do for you. Sending love and prayers for your journey. I hope the pictures help some.

Good luck on your new/old/new job, Jill!

My good news is that I met with my student services director yesterday and they're going to let me work from home first semester. I'm so thrilled. I know that it's sorta putting my head in the sand about the woman I work with who texted me, but the director also knows about that and she was very supportive and apologetic. She was appreciative that I didn't want to take it to the union and make a big deal out of it. She was happy to accommodate me as our building space is tight right now so it works for everyone anyway.

How restricted are your lives at present?
Our lives aren't terribly restricted. Our restaurants are at 50%, most businesses are open. Masks are required. I can't wear them due to my PTSD/anxiety.

How are you filling those hours?
Reading, scrapping a little (not as much as I'd like... not so much creativity lately), chatting with online friends, part-time work

How are you doing emotionally?
Not great. I have my ups and downs too. A lot of downs lately, but I'm handling them.

Do you need extra support from your sisters here in the waffling thread?
I get a lot of virtual support from you ladies and I'm very grateful that you've accepted me into your group so quickly and completely.
 
Ane, I hope your doc is able to help with the pain. I love seeing the pages you have scrapped with your granddaughter.

Dorann, it is hard to remember the world from six months ago, these days. It is hard not seeing family members and you have had some non-pandemic related issues during the last six months that have made things even more difficult.

Carla, I am glad things are working out for your job. So sorry you not in a great shape emotionally, you always seem to be, in spite of everything going on.

Me and my life!
And all, reading back on my email, my point on my mother and the war was that they survived, we will also! I did not mean to imply that we are whiney little kindergarteners because what we are going through is not tough. It is tough!!

I have been sick on and off, which is an annoying thing. It started August 13 when I had terrible pains and stomach issues when we went to stay at a hotel for the night. I thought it was the food, but maybe not, since I got better, but have had a few issues since.


Anyway, I digress. SO, as a result, I had not seen my grandson, Bruce, since his birthday party on August 8th. Son Steven called, he needed me to watch Bruce yesterday because he had to go in to work. I went over and spent a wonderful, glorious day with my little fellow. He has transitioned into a temper tantrum phase, which is always fun. I was able to get him to take a really long nap, which helped. He was sunshine when he got up. He is just one and he feeds himself. It is a messy affair, but he does pretty well for a little one. He also nests stacking cups really well and can put together big building blocks. He walks everywhere. He is pretty impressive for his age, I think.

Steven got home about six and we grabbed a hamburger, but right when we were pulling into his driveway, I got a call from a doctor about my friend, Pam. She had listed me as an emergency contact and he was not able to get in touch with her. I told him to call her back and I would let her know to pick up the call. It is a miracle I picked it up, I thought it was spam. Anyway, she had had tests done yesterday morning and they were calling to tell her to go immediately to emergency for an infusion of magnesium. Her magnesium was dangerously low. She has been feeling off for weeks now, that explains it. Anyway, I dropped everything and drove home (about a 45 min drive) and took her to the emergency room. I waited in the parking lot for two hours (I had stuff to do) and then she texted to say they said it would be a lot longer and to go home. Later on she said they were admitting her. I am waiting to hear from her this morning so I can go and pick her up. I had been nagging her to get her bloodwork done because she had just not been herself.

The moral of this story is, don't put off going to the doctor! I am going to make an appointment to see my doc today. I have been unwell and just feeling as though I would just wait for it to pass.

But Pam said the nicest thing last night. When I was driving her to the emergency room, she said that when things like this happen, she always likes it when I can take her, because I am so loving and comforting. She always feels as thought her world will be okay when she is with me. We always take each other to things like this because we know it is never an imposition and we are much more sympathetic with each other than the men in our lives :)
 
Lynnie, I hope all goes well with your visit to the doctor.
It is great that your friend Pam finds comfort in your helpfulness.

I had not got around to answering the questions so here goes:
How restricted are your lives at present?
Where we live here in Australia we are not very restricted. I live in a small country town. We are not able to attend Church so we hold our own little worship time at home. I am not able to do my volunteer work in Aged Care which I miss very much. We do not need to wear masks other than if you go to the doctors an need to be in the waiting room.

How are you filling those hours?
I am possibly doing more digital scrapbooking than I would normally do. I am watching more TV. But on a positive... something that will continue when I return to my volunteering in Aged Care - my husband and I have started to go for a half hour walk most afternoons.

How are you doing emotionally?
I am doing okay emotionally. I feel angry when the media ( Television) give a made image of Aged Care facilities. I feel some anger towards the Premier of Queensland which is the state north of us as she has closed the borders to our state and the one below us. We are in the northern area of our state and the people here use the major hospitals in the southern part of Queensland so there have been issues over people not being allowed to visit their young child in Cancer treatment and a young woman lost a baby (expecting twins) because she had to wait for authorities to give her permission to get to the hospital. She may have lost that baby anyway but that is not really the issue.

Do you need extra support from your sisters here in the waffling thread?
No, I am doing well. But I will share that I think this section of our forum is great for those who need to share and seek moral support. so I want to add a big
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It sounds as though most of us are doing pretty well, but I am concerned about the ones we don't hear from, if you are in a total funk, you might not post here!! SO, if you can think of anyone on the GS site that you have not seen in a while (whether they are in this thread or not!!) please reach out and send them a virtual hug.
 
Hello everyone!

How restricted are your lives at present? Some places are open, must wear masks to enter. I have not ate out since this all started. Not sure when I will feel comfortable enough to try that. I stay home, unless I need groceries or see the doctor, the doctor does most over the phone. The Apt. building I live in limits are visitors, and we are not aloud to sit in the community rooms at this time. I miss having coffee with my family and friends.

How are you filling those hours? I watch Hulu and Hallmark channels... I work on layouts, and love coming to Gingerscraps, Love all the Ladies here, Read and study my bible more, which is a good thing I was slacking on that for a while.

How are you doing emotionally? I am hanging in there, I have my bad days, but I am doing good. I have several online friends that keep in touch and that helps. My sons and daughter check in on me often. I don't see them as much as I would like but they call often. I just keep chuggin along and am all right...

Do you need extra support from your sisters here in the waffling thread? I have a couple here that check in with me and I appreciate it so much. This forum has gotten me through some really bad days and I am thankful to have you all in my life. Thank you all so much!
 
For those who believe in prayer.... please pray for my daughter and her family as they have had a very tough week. My son-in-law had his appendix rupture so that was removed in a operation on Thursday at a hospital over the border so my daughter could not be with him because that state has closed their border some weeks ago. Then that morning she received a very unexpected phone call... a close friend of her oldest daughter committed suicide ( only 14 years old). So please pray for Lily's family also.
 
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