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Those with 'terminal insomnia' should walk 4 hrs. prior to their target bedtime, not early in the morning.
Cannot find my resource, but will try if anyone is interested.
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I've noticed since 5G phone service came on the scene, I noticed hiccups in the internet, and on cable TV. 5G means a higher rate of radiowaves. I remember the United States airline industry was worried about 5G interrupting certain airplane controls.

For myself, I noticed I have been feeling blah for the past few weeks. I tested myself for covid but it was negative. Pollen is high, but this feels different.

Oh well, maybe it is all a coincidence.

Those who have a pacemaker, it is recommended that they hold their cellphone to the ear on the opposite side of where the pacemaker is located, and not to put their cellphone in a shirt pocket on that side. https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/cell-phones/potential-cell-phone-interference-pacemakers-and-other-medical-devices
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CWillie I hear ya! I go for a long walk and think "oh I must have burned tons of calories" and then I go weigh myself and ...................yep, yep, yep. It's discouraging.
I think my metabolism is gone down to a dead crawl.
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I agree: I find the forum extremely useful, and appreciate it. I look forward to seeing certain names/posts; it’s like meeting your friends.
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poodlenoodle - We are social creatures. We like to be where "everyone knows your names" so we feel welcome and appreciated when we share our thoughts and stories.
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4 weeks of exceeding 20,000 steps and over 6 weeks of watching my diet plus meeting my 2100 calories burned goal and that d**n dress still fits snug over the hips 😭
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My taxes are finished but I haven't filed yet, I want to review everything first. No rush though, we get til the 30th of April in Canada.
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Thoughts today: the forum has been extremely helpful for me. I’m also strangely addicted. I must be careful. I was warned by a caregiver weeks ago, that forums in general can be addictive. I’m not sure why, but I guess it’s because as caregivers we’re isolated.
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Not April 15th this year!
For filing 2021 taxes with the IRS, the deadline is April 18th.

The States deadlines may vary.

Armed with more information helps.
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A sentence I keep in mind: Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.
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Send and freqflyer: I used to prepare DD's and our income tax returns. Our accountant just emailed our's. Got to love number crunching, right? One year I used a well known firm (not present cpa), who made a $9K error, which I caught.
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Sendhelp, back when I did my own taxes, I kept putting it off, and making excuses that this or that around the house needed to be done. The house never had looked so good :)
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Doing everything else instead of my taxes.
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BOJ: Thank you very much.
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My DD came over today, and we watched Jungle Cruise by Disney together, even hubs joined us and he normally just putters around and does outside chores. I have to say it was really nice to all sit together and eat snacks and watch a fun movie together! We all agreed we need to do this more often! And she is 34!!
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We were having problems with wi-fi here at the ALF over the weekend. “They’re working on it” was the response I got. Monday morning all was back to normal.

I told one CMA it was because of the earth being flat (her eyes rolling at that comment) and not in the proper alignment to receive the signals from the Milky Way. She looked at my wife and asked her if I really believed what I was telling her. “NO! He’s pulling your leg.” Hey, gotta have some fun while I still can, right?
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Was not 'locked out', yet.
Private messages are slow to load. Takes hours, or a day.

Maybe the persons posting to me were 'locked out' ?

I am listening to the radio instead. But I miss the special people on Aging Care forum, and hope you are all okay, coping well.

The IRS would like to hear from me by April 15th, but it's too hard!
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So you were locked out too Send?
Do you suppose all the posts that wouldn't load have suddenly shown up now??
(That could be awkward LOL)
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Another glitch with the internet started Saturday. My private messages appeared after they were posted to me 3 hours ago. I don't know how widespread it may be.

Check the sun, the moon, and the stars (astronomy, not astrology) for happenings that explain interferences with technology.

Can you listen to the radio, Cwillie?

Posted @ 8:50 a.m. PST, April 5, 2022 on a Tuesday.
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testing...
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testing
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:) dear margaret, enjoy alice springs!
:) dear llamalover, recover quickly!

i'll be a bit gone from internet, i'll return :).

"train your mind to see the good in every situation."
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Margaret: Good luck to Tony with his eye injection. Is it Avastin? Good luck to you, also! 💗Have fun at Alice Springs.
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Well, fellow posters, last night’s dinner was a large omelette, to use up all the eggs in the fridge

Tony and I are finally off to Alice Springs this morning.Via Yorke Peninsula, where our new transportable house is being built (and has been for the last 3 years, with lots of help? from Covid). The last 4 months on the farm have been the worst ever. I have now done the move between locations 4 times each way, plus some time in the city one-bedroom flat, and I am over it. I have more or less lost track of what is where, which is driving me bananas. We get to Alice on Thursday evening, and Friday 9am we each have a hospital appointment. Tony needs an injection for his wet maccula, I need the follow up drops and checks for my retina re-attachment. Then we sit for yonks waiting until either of us have enough vision back to drive back to the ‘shed’.

After that we intend to do as little as possible for as long as possible! Yours, Margaret
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dear golden,

you have no idea how much better your message made me feel. thank you. just hearing someone's empathy, compassion makes you feel better.

i'm sorry to hear your mother screamed, too. terrible.
hug!

my mother goes through big stretches of time when she's very sweet. if there's stress/problems, oh boy...(and of course, this affects me).

peace, and staying away from toxicity: i really agree. i do really adore my parents (they are incredible people - how they lived/live their lives, everything they've done/continue to do).

thank you golden, for your message that warmed my heart.

bundle of joy :)
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I feel for you, boj. Mother was a screamer. I grew up with that.

There are always solutions but we may not like them. I can't say I like some of the solutions I ended up with, but they did solve some of the problems while still retaining relationships - sis excepted. In her case the solution was definitely to go no contact and I am at peace with it. Would I rather have had a sister I could relate to? Of course! But drastic situations require drastic solutions often. My mental health is important to me.

I don't aim at being happy al the time. For me that is not a viable solution to anything. I aim at being real, being content, being at peace within even when there is not peace without. If that requires distance from toxic people, so be it.

Remember you are not responsible for someone else's happiness. That's an inside job they have to do for themselves.
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It seems I'm unable to post again. The last time this happened everything showed up the next day, but if it doesn't 🤷
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:) just to add to what i wrote below:

some solution will come up.

in any case, today calm again, my LOs happy and in a good mood.

wishing us all a great sunday! :)
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BOJ: You're very welcome. :) :)
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thanks golden and llamalover!
:)

golden, i quote you:
“That's the key - first no harm to self.”

yes.
agreed.

as is the case for many people, the situation’s complicated, not easily solvable, otherwise it would have been solved already.

example:

i have 2 LOs. 1 is sweet. the other one is also sweet, with moments of meanness.

it’s imposible for me to speak to my sweet LO, without the presence (and at times screaming/abuse in the background) of my other LO.

for example, on the phone. screaming/interrupting. (my sweet LO can’t easily move to another room, and even if that were possible, the phone conversation can still be heard in any room; the background screaming will still continue).

that means, that every time i speak to my sweet LO, there’s a risk i get abused. sometimes i take breaks from contact.

reducing contact is a good solution. i do that.

but i do want to speak to my sweet LO. (and i want to speak - at times - to my difficult LO: sometimes it goes fine) (i keep the conversation short when i see it’s not ok).

“It's very difficult for a person who has been abused in any way as a child to caregive the abuser.”

verrrry true!

“Don't underestimate that or your need for distance from the abuse or your need for distance and time and support to heal.”

completely agree.
but as you see, complicated. i want to speak to my sweet LO.

hugs!!

i’ll be gone a bit from internet.

i believe in solutions. i’ll find some way.

:)
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