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Made it through the first year but not without some rather serious health ramifications - but at least I did NOT get Covid. Prolonged isolation and lack of exercise, etc., is not particularly healthy, it would appear.
The vaccine was like magic - two weeks after the second shot I was able to return to some semblance of a normal life including Silver Sneakers classes at the gym, albeit with mask and social distancing as tools. The fact that we were off the first surge helped enormously.
Second surge came in July - end of gym for a while as too many of the locals abandoned all protocols as soon as it was not longer required. Back to mostly isolation with the excellent exception of patio dining.
Got my third shot this week and the second surge is dropping so hopefully I will get to return to the gym in another week.
Online shopping has gained great popularity with me for the first time in my life and after today with very poor service at the local pet store while shopping for my new dog's food, I think I will just have to abandon my love of shopping local and go online. Too bad, but the local business owners need to get a clue: you are not doing us a favor by being there, we are doing you the favor of our business. My attitude is I will conduct myself with courtesy and pay you money for yours wares. I expect you to conduct yourself with courtesy and at least acknowledge I am in your store.
After the death of my last dog, Angel Beagle, in July and the death of my last cat, Angle Kitty, in August, I had determined that being alone in my house for the very first time in my entire life was not a bad thing. For the first time ever I could clean my house and not have to do it again for a week. LOL, no more piles of pet hair in the corners and on the furniture. No one to feed but me, I could go and do as I pleased within reason considering the pandemic for as long as I liked. I was liking that but my sister conspired otherwise. She found a lab mix in desperate need of a good home and knew I would not say no. To her credit she paid for the initial vet visit because I could not.
So, I adopted a dog that I had been led to believe was older, smaller and SPAYED. LOL, ShellBee Bear is just a year, a good fifty pounds and I discovered beyond all doubt on Monday morning was certainly not spayed. We will do our very best to NOT get pregnant and then we will be spayed in December. Having rescued many dogs in my earlier life and found homes for 30 of them, I am a firm believer in having a non-reproductive household.
Well, I have rambled on and on.
Sorry for having lost this site for 18 months. I know I have missed many good conversations.
You all take care.
Well, was looking for some chat in Arkansas, USA and landed here, apparently in the UK.
Don't have a problem with that at all. Don't really fit in Arkansas any way.
Isolating. Due to my health issues - respiratory allergies and too many bouts of pneumonia - I have to isolate not only from the general population (evil of me to say this but not having to hang out with the Trumpies is not that great of a sacrifice) but also the environment - same allergies. Having lost my job due to the virus, I am really stuck in the house.
I do watch the news, love public television here in America (PBS - check them out, excellent line-up of documentaries and British drama and mysteries and the BBC report every night), Love to read books (have started reading Issac Asimov's books with I, Robot current and Foundation books next), cook and freeze food, wash dishes, do laundry, getting a bit nuts that my hair needed a good cut about six weeks ago, am seriously thinking about painting the inside of my house, on and on and just trying to stay busy.
The hardest part is no one to talk to. Dog and cat do the best they can but if it were not for my excellent chiropractor - a very fine young man with a real brain with whom I get to visit every two weeks - I think I would lose my mind. We do not always agree BUT he gives me a lot to think about and we always respect that the other has good reason behind the opinion.
SO - probably TMI.
BUT if anyone out there is as desperate as I am for a good chat...
I do not know much about life in Kansas
Luckily I am in pretty good health generally, but being 88, and my daughter Asthmatic we are keeping well away at home during these difficult times. By the way I cut my own hair, reverting back to my childhood - standard bob and fringe- since I was never a beauty it does not look at all bad!
We have two collies - sheep dogs- but pets not workers. I love the collie brain. They are out to please and fit themselves into your ways, thinking dogs finding their own solutions to situations. Mine is called Jill, she has become Auntie to my daughter's younger dog,and her body language and communicating skills are remarkable, so is her timekeeping as to when things should be happening! She wakes me up at 7am every morning!.
My main interest is gardening, though I paint a bit as well and take a lot of photos that I can paint from at home. I have travelled quite a bit, and spent the first years of my marriage in Rhodesia now Zimbabwe but we came back to the UK when things went bad out there and we could not see a future. Take care and keep safe and busy!
I am American, but living in Norway, married to a farmer. I also enjoy gardening, although mine is a sad state this year. I had some back issues during planting season and the weeds have taken over. I have decided to revamp my entire garden and take up some beds and put lawn back in, but make a garden room of sorts next to the house and greenhouse. Something bordered by one tall raised bed that I can use for vegetables and or flowers, with berry bushes on the outside, and a few roses here and there.
I saw that you and your daughter had been to the Grand Canyon on a self driving trip, and I wondered what you most enjoyed about that whole US trip? I have not spent much time in the SW, mostly we travelled a good deal when my father moved, as he was military, so we criss crossed the northern US and have been up and down the East coast, but he settled in Alaska, so that is where I ended up finishing school. My husband came to visit friends during a vacation once and that is how we met, although it took many years and the advent of Facebook before we actually got together.
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was going to be Tom and Jerry ?????
Didn't we all, "in the good old days," love these cartoons ?
I suppose when we look back they were extremely violent for young children to be watching !!! But also very funny.
Jenny
https://ngs.org.uk/virtual-garden-visits/ and they raise lots of money for charities during the year with the gardens which they do open. Not quite the same as being able to wander round at leisure and then have a nice afternoon tea which many of the owners provide, but the site might give you some ideas for when lockdown is over.
Carole
As i live high up in the hills I have to start my plants off in trays and pots to plant out later which is what I have been doing these last few weeks! Sometimes watering the ground before being able to dig a hole!
Last night it rained so hard the guttering overflowed, and my rainwater tubs are full. Yay!
My rainwater butts are overflowing as well which is great. The plants much prefer the rainwater to my tap water which smells of chlorine and my small lawn is looking much greener. I’ve got some scabious to plant out tomorrow and a few petunias then it’s back to the weeding but hopefully that will be much easier now that it has rained. I’ve been told that birds like figs so I’m keeping a close eye on them and then I will have to Google how to prune the tree because it’s getting quite tall and wide. It was only about 3 ft tall when I moved here but now it must be 6 or 7ft tall.
Whereabouts in the hills do you live, Purplehat? Do you have wonderful views?
Carole 🙂
I love St David's too, my husband and I walked the Coastal path between Strumble Head and Pembroke many times over the years, especially around Whitsun when the thrift and bluebells were out along the cliffs. Nothing better!. We particularly loved Solva.
I like Yorkshire too, we took our small caravan to Edale one year But I could not bring myself to go down the Blue John mine I don't like caves, or heights for that matter! I do like stones and fossils among other things.
The greenhouse plants survived, I sprayed everything with the hosepipe, including the floor.
Stay well!
Basic housekeeping and watching special events like opera from the Met being screened for those staying in.
Catching up on reading for book club and having virtual committee meetings 🙂
Pat 🙂
Keep safe
Best wishes
Sue
the coronas hop[efullly this month worried about it allso just want other ideas how to cope shortarms or diane
shortarms or diane
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https://www.quora.com/If-you-cant-afford-healthcare-in-the-USA
It's interesting and horrifying at the same time.
I expect you are right about the death rate in America...Gosh it really brings it home how lucky we are in Britain to.have the NHS.This must be the case in some other countries to...
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