MORNING ROLL CALL DECEMBER 2024

[DaveMcK]

MORNING ROLL CALL DECEMBER 2024

Top of the morning to everyone on this 1st day of DECEMBER 2024.

Happy Birthday to all of our DECEMBER Birthday members.

[MsStretch]

@catwoman500 , congrats on your birds clinching division title.  Commanders hanging in there, but barely.  Seems they come out strong, but fizzle towards the end.  They beat the Saints yesterday, but that was by a bare thread and whole lotta luck.

Hey @LaDolceVita , great to hear the doctor appointments have eased up.  Just went to see a nephrologist because oncologist was worried about my sodium being consistently low and guess what?  Labs a few days before my app't. showed my sodium back up in the 'green' zone. But now, the new doc wants me to get a renal panel done. 🙄  If it ain't broke... don't go looking for something.  I know.  I know.  Maintenance and catch-anything-early and all that, but I'm tired of all the tests.

Been rainy and cold here, but it beats the snow. ☃️

[catwoman500]

@MsStretch ...thanks! I did check your score yesterday and saw that one-point win! Yikes. That must have been scary. But...a win is a WIN! 😸

Good luck with the renal panel. It is best to have it checked, but I so agree on the "if it ain't broke" motto.

Today was rainy here and we're having up and down temps...mostly down. My outside faucet pipe froze this weekend even though it was turned off. Stepson had to go up and down from the basement to get water to mix the cement he needed to make new outside steps for me. I still can't believe he worked outside the whole weekend in the frigid temps we had.

You all stay safe and warm!

[LaDolceVita]

Hi folks.  Had my last doctor doctor visit this week.  It was very easy, even though I have not seen ob/gyn for 3 years.  Waiting for yea or nay on restarting hrt after a not quite right mammogram 3 years ago. I feel that hrt would be a safer option  for osteoporosis than the bone building drugs.

 Getting the drivers license renewed next week with real id.  Also planning to join a gym geared toward older folks in January.  

@DaveMcK    Do you have a health club at the retirement complex?  Perhaps using it or using it more could help with A1C?  I find the more I exercise the better I feel.  I really let myself go for 6 years while mom was sick.  It has taken 2 years to regain some fitness.

[DaveMcK]

Yes we have a gym with many types of equipment. We can pay to have personal trainer but they are booked up most of the time.

We can walk inside when the weather is not very nice. We are having very cold tempetures now. My wife does a lot of chair exercises programs on her cellphone.

[LaDolceVita]

Hi folks,  Seems like we have been waiting for winter in vain and now it is here with a vengence.  We are having a high of 49 today.   Hope everyone is well.   All critters and I are well, just one more doctor appointment to go.  Then a new drivers license.  Always something to not look forward to. 

[AntoinetteB721156]

You can do it! Always something is just life.  Go as far as you can and you do it! Try to keep going so you don't give up.  You are worth it!

[AntoinetteB721156]

P. S. Don't be afraid to ask for help. 

[DaveMcK]

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@LaDolceVita wrote:

Hi folks,  Seems like we have been waiting for winter in vain and now it is here with a vengence.  We are having a high of 49 today.   Hope everyone is well.   All critters and I are well, just one more doctor appointment to go.  Then a new drivers license.  Always something to not look forward to. 

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@LaDolceVita wrote:

Hi folks,  Seems like we have been waiting for winter in vain and now it is here with a vengence.  We are having a high of 49 today.   Hope everyone is well.   All critters and I are well, just one more doctor appointment to go.  Then a new drivers license.  Always something to not look forward to. 

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I agree that there always something.

I had my annual physical on November 18th and most things where fine except that my A1C was higher again.

Hope your next appointment goes well.

Our snow is all melted but we are having cooler temperature and more snow soon.

[catwoman500]

@LaDolceVita ...Yes! Our high today was/is 37! Had to get out the winter jacket and gloves last night so I could run errands in relative comfort today. It was windy, rainy, and some wet flakes mixed in also. We sure need the precipitation but could do without the wind! I rewarded myself with a Peppermint Mocha from Starbucks on the way home. 😻

Stay safe!

[DaveMcK]

We had our first snow fall here over the last 24 ours. We got about 3" of snow which turned to rain this evening.

It sounds like the body shops will be fixing several cars.

Glad we are in a retirement center and do not have to shovel any of the snow.

[DaveMcK]

I am not the Moderater of Our Front Porch Group. I am a person that has maitained it and done most of the posting in most of the topics. 

I do it to entertain the people who like to see a senior joke, read a quote or view a lighthouse.

Most of them do not post on the internet but like what we post here. Some of the topics have around 800,000 views.

Do you new posters want to take their entertain away from them?

They are not interested in the political debates that are taking place here now. Like in the past they will turn into peeing matches as they did in years past.

[MsStretch]

Had a hellatious storm last night.  Thunder.  Wind.  Rain.  Rain. More RAIN.  I heard a big CRACK and knew it wasn't thunder and looked out windows, but didn't see anything.  Kitty encampment was still standing, but hard to see much else in the pitch dark.  Went out this morning to feed the kids and guess what?

--- Giorgio surveys the mess and Willie Mae (barely seen to the right) just wondering where her food is.

@ChasKy53 , Gabby cat is beautiful. 😽 Cats sometimes make us forget everything else, because, of course as you know, cats will demand our full attention and nothing else matters.  Not in their world anyway. 😁

[catwoman500]

@MsStretch ...Yikes! We also had rain last night and more today. I thought I was hearing thunder, but I wasn't sure. They say the northern parts of our nearby counties may see some snow. The Poconos is getting some for sure.

Glad the kitties are safe!

[williamb39198]

MsStetch…looks like you weren’t just hearing stuff, something actually took place. 
Good news, Kitty appears to be safe. 

[LaDolceVita]

@DaveMcK   Agree, should not get political here!!

[ChasKy53]

My Gabby Cat:

[williamb39198]

Chas…cute. We’ve had two longtime Kitty friends pass within the last six months. They are missed, but we think that they had pretty good lives with us. 

[DaveMcK]

I am thinking of pulling out of all of the Front Porch Gourps if AARP allows politics into the Front Porch Group.

I've seen what can happen if political groups are allowed in as before.

There is no such thing as polite political debates. I've seen it here before and it did not work.

[williamb39198]

Dave…why? AARP anpparently already came to bat for you, and deleted a couple of the topics. Was it AARP, maybe I’m wrong. 

[DaveMcK]

AARP or the poster are the only ones that can delete a post!

[catwoman500]

@DaveMcK ...Love the sign, but please don't leave us!

[MsStretch]

@Winter2024 , used to have a black cat I got TNR'd, but Willie Mae hated him and he would terrorize her just for spite.  Armani would not hesitate to go inside though (think he was a stray, not a true feral).  He mostly hung out at my neighbor's house, but he was no stranger here either.  He was quite a talker.  He would want out at the most inopportune moments and start loudly meowing and I would yell, "Shut up, Armani and go back to sleep!" and he would when he saw I had no intention of getting out of bed.  I don't know if ignoring Mister will do any good or not.  But, of course, at the time I still had my indoor cat (Delilah was black, too), so I had a litterbox.

I miss my black cats. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[MsStretch]

@catwoman500 , for sure, the Eagles kicked it into gear in the 4th quarter. 20 points before the Commanders were able to put their own points on the board, but it was too little, too late. 💔

[DaveMcK]

[Therapist4u]

@DaveMcK HI Dave.

NOT ON any AARP forums very often anymore.....

but still always like yours.

Also miss all the good PORCHER peeps...

but just not able to participate right now.

Take care!  🍂🍁🍂☮️  ~Allen 🌈🍂🍁🍂

[catwoman500]

@MsStretch ...🏈🏈...I think we got a second wind. My condolences to you, but YAY us!

[MsStretch]

@Winter2024 , yes, everything here falls under the umbrella of Mary Washington (hospital in Fredericksburg).  Anyway, click on your appointment in MyChart, you should... maybe?... find any pre-instructions there.

[MsStretch]

@Winter2024 , the doctor won't call you about the scan, it should be the imaging center.  Trust me, they don't want to have you show up unprepared.  Do you use the MyChart app (or similar)?  All my appointments and info and pre-check-ins and special instructions are always posted there as well.  Saves time going through all this when I show up.

@catwoman500 , yeah, bummer about the 1-point loss. 😞 Eagles were on fire against the Cowboys.  Commanders have 8 games left, 6 are division games.  Let the fun begin.

[Winter2024]

[11/11/24] @catwoman500 , what did you watch on PBS last night?

Didnot like Wolf Hall, but I am sure "busy" @LaDolceVita would.

I had seen Howard's end way back.

The Marlow Mystery is new for me. Lol, took a couple of Sundays to sink my teeth into. Luv that one of the ladies child's father is living in Jamaica, West Indies where I was born. My now deceased father was born in New York, was working for Kaiser Bauxite on the island. An American company.