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A horrifying thing happened in our town and it's hard to get off my mind...At a No-kill shelter ,someone left 5 dead dogs ,lined up at the gate entrance in a certain order.A $2000.00 reward for the sicko that did it is being offered.I wonder why anyone would kill an innocent little dog and how they can live with themselves.It's just awful.
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Happy birthday to the mama's of cwillie and lu
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Dear cwillie,

Happy Birthday to your mom! What an amazing milestone for her. I'm glad she had you and your sister there to support her.

Dear luckylu,

Thinking of you. I know its tough my friend. Sending you love and hugs.
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cwillie...It is also my Mother's Birthday today,her 2nd one in Heaven.I'm sorry your Mother was too tired and the ice cream didn't work out at the NH with your sister.
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Today was mom's 98th Bday. Sis came up and we planned to sit outside at the NH and bring mom ice cream, but mom was too tired at lunch time and the afternoon got rained out. I wasn't sure how we could get the ice cream there without it melting anyway, and I'm not sure mom really cared. It's just.... sad.
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It used to be a pretty good bike. It has 6 speeds (when they are all adjusted properly), a bike rack and pannier, and full fenders. No chain guard though.

The problem with waiting on the bench by the walmart door is there is usually more than one exit, wanna bet they will be at the other one?
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Sympathy, You should have the best possible bike! But keep on those trails, walking, running, biking.
Guessing if I were truthful, bringing out my bike would be so I could sell it, buy a new cell phone, ha ha ha. But I hear it can be great therapy for a person's back. (The bike, not the cell phone).
Pretty sure that dH won't extract my bike from the mess is that he has taken a bike part from it.
I told him not to......

It has occured to me that maybe our loved ones are not lost at all in walmart, maybe it is the caregiver who is the one lost. Maybe I should just check out and sit on a bench, waiting....waiting.....waiting. I see people sitting there all the time.
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Bike shop and tune up? For my old bike?? Ha ha ha, if your DH could see my bike he would forbid me to ride it, the tires are totally rotten. I have been out a few more times but am still not in any way proficient, I was never able to ride no hands but now I can't even ride one hand, (which makes changing gears tricky) so I stick to the back streets, sidewalks and trail where hand turn signals are not needed.
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Cwillie,
How is the bike riding coming?
I told my dH you got yours out, and asked if he could find my bike (behind all his bikes).
He answered: "Tell her (Cwillie) to take her bike to the bike shop for a tune-up", because the screws or something can come loose after storage.  He is so sweet sometimes, endearing.

As far as my cheap flip phone goes, it is still lost, but dead in the house somewhere.
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Just taking notes here. My dH can disappear in a small store. He always stands just outside and behind my peripheral vision. If I turn to look for him, he is gone. Turning around the other way....not there. Oh, there he is, in front of me now.  10% shopping, 90% looking for him.

That is depressing, to think he is playing games. Now I don't want to go anywhere.
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My sister used to complain of a scenario eerily similar to FF's when she would take her in-laws shopping. After there was only MIL she still had trouble, but it is easier to keep track of one than two. The funny thing is that sis hasn't learned anything from this, or maybe she is getting dotty in her 60's, because I hear nephew complain about her all the time, he says he makes her push the cart because it is harder for her to disappear!
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Mom used to have to go to the loo as soon as we got to the grocery store - those carts are like walkers
I'd say meet me by the bananas - she never did
She did go tell the checker I was lost and to page me - fun times
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ff,
Thanks for your comment...I no longer feel all alone with my Walmart panic anxiety!
Same story here, miles and miles, looking looking looking. Sheesh.
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cwillie, you brave soul taking the bike out for a spin. I still have the bike my parents gave me for high school graduation [that was way before kids got cars for graduation].... the bike kinda looks like me.... the tires are flat, a bit of rust on the frame, the chrome needs polishing, etc. I plan to donate it as bike riding isn't very safe with all the traffic here :(


Sendhelp, you looking for hubby is the reason I had stopped taking my late parents to Walmart. Mom would get her cart, Dad would get his and both would head off in different directions. After an hour or so, Mom would be tired and had everything she wanted in her cart... so I would guide her over to the pharmacy where they had bench for her to sit.

Then I would go looking for my Dad. I would go around the store 3 times, that must be a couple of miles right there. Now my Dad was very short [shrunk over the years] so not easy to find. Ah ha, there he is. I guide him to where Mom was sitting.

Oops, Mom has disappeared. I tell Dad to sit down and wait. So I go around the store looking for Mom. Oh did I mention my parents were in their 90's? Mom is hard of hearing and is legally blind. Eventually I find her, she said she got worried and went looking for Dad. Looking??? So back to the pharmacy bench we go. Now, where did Dad go? Rinse, repeat !!
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I'm not sure what you have available there, but I have a cheap old fashioned flip phone that I top up monthly for only $11.30/month, you can buy phone cards or use your CC to top up online. Not good for people on their phones constantly, but enough for me, I am still able to talk and text, nephew has even sent me pix.
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Ha ha ha, HE has one!

Lol, lol, lol, he takes all the electronics in the house! I had one, he took it over. He bought one, but it requires a plan. My sister loaned him one for Uber. My original one is lost.
Any solution that we discuss just requires more money, and he chooses strange plans, unknown to me. Or it is a known company but the service is sub-contracted through another company. (Ting, TrueStream), what do I know? Except that I am not using a credit card online if he has access to the numbers, and he would!!!

Someday, I promise myself, to stop behaving like a victim and get my own, really expensive phone. Maybe I won't even give ANYONE the number!!!! I will just have it.
It will have a pretty cover, a car phone charger, and a house charger. But I will have to hide it from him. Crazy, huh? La la la la la, lol!!!! , Caregiver gone crazy!

Yep, he has all the cell phones!
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No cell phones Send? It is the only way to keep track of wanderers!
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I have a bicycle behind the shed.
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Hey! My foot is not broken, it just felt that way. And I haven't fallen since 2015, because I really slowed down. So pleased to have my foot adjusted today-doc said two joints were out of alignment, and now I can put weight on it.
Dh disappeared, was not there when I needed to go home, looking, looking, he was not at the market, looking looking, he was leaving the parking lot at the chiropractor when I RETURNED, looking for him. Asking (3x) where would I have looked for you next if you had left again? NFD.
It is this kind of stress that makes my heart skip beats.
Glad to be home. I would be so condemned by others if I left him to take the bus home. He would wander in much later, or, and here is the problem: Not at all!
Don't worry about him, he's not in trouble.
But this frustration in the heat is making me sick.

BTW, Cwillie, to answer an earlier comment about haven't I fallen before?  Yes, 3 times over 5 years.  Last was 2015, I believe I mentioned it here.  The new doctors would like an accurate history, missing from my nedical records sent.  I can only do so much to get others to do their jobs accurately.
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Or "I am woman and I've fallen and I can't get up" LOL
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I've been eyeing my old bike and thinking it takes up a lot of space in my little garden shed so I decided I either had to relearn how to ride it or put it at the curb. So, first day out I'm terribly terrified, and on top of that the seat was loose and tilted back at a painful angle. 2nd day I adjust the seat height and angle and manage to get the half mile to the edge of my neighbourhood and back home again.... I think I can do this! After several more practice sessions today I walked my bike across main street and headed for the 5 km trail I usually walk/run along the river, and found out just how much muscle it takes to tackle little hills, curves and rough terrain, (OK, I admit I had to walk up the hills) but I did it! I am woman, hear me roar! or maybe hear me gasp and groan lol ;)
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There is so much comedy material going on that I am going to pass, get my jammies on.
Goodnight everyone!
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Animal crackers are so good,but I can never tell what animal I'm eating.Only the camel looks like a camel....
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Gershun,
A loft condo is all the rage, hope you both get it.

That is serious what happened to you by the chiropractor, and could be responsible for some troubles you are having today. There are nerve conduction studies that might show what's up. Or, you might have had a pre-existing condition such as a bone spur that was aggravated by the adjustment. Hope that some kind of follow-up was done.

Best wishes for success with all your plans!
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I wouldn't have minded getting pregnant by "The Rock", Dwayne Johnson that is. LOL!
I don't usually like big men but he is so nice too. LOL My apologies to his wife. :)

So, Hubs and I saw a place today that we are putting an offer on. It's a loft style condo right next to a quay. It would need some reno but we are still fairly able bodied. It all makes me sick to my stomach though, the thought of moving after all this time. But onward and upward as they say.

As far as the planks go. Yeah, I think I have to stay at 60 sec. for a while. I was proudly showing my Hubs and he says "Ah, this is easy" Hmph..............Why can't men just say "Wow, you're doing great!" Considering I haven't been well..........:(

Good news Send, on the chiropractor and all that. I went to a chiropractor once. He cracked my neck and I felt numb down my left side for a couple of days. I was so scared. Never went again. But, glad it works for you.

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. My left forearm has been so sore. I can't even pick anything up with it and it keeps me awake too. Then Tuesday I have a phone interview for a job I applied for. Sort of a pre in person interview to see if I even want to work there. I'm not certain that I should even be thinking of jobs right now with everything else going on but I may not get an offer on it anyhow. And we may get outbid on the condo too. So no point counting my chickens yet.

Anywho, that's all my news folks. Hugs to all of you!
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The "Phallic: rock sure didn't work for me Send but I tried all kinds of things.I used to want to have a baby SO bad-and now,I'm glad we didn't.
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Luckylu,
Who wants to get pregnant by a rock anyway, right?
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On Molokai,Hi.,there is a huge penis shaped rock.It is believed that if you climb it and rub the tip and pray for a baby,you will get pregnant so Mom and I climbed to the top and rubbed and prayed but it didn't work & neither did standing on my head....
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They didn't run fast enough when the tsunami's hit Hilo in '46 and '60 and they were warned cwillie-
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And now they are running for cover.
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