MORNING ROLL CALL L MAY 2026

[DaveMcK]

MORNING ROLL CALL MAY 2026

Top of the morning to everyone on this First day of MAY 2026

Happy Birthday to all of our MAY  Birthday membs.

[ChasKy53]

Another year on the books, I bet this one goes by even faster than the last one. I hope for a good New Year for everyone!

[MsStretch]

First of all, I want to wish everyone a happy 2025.  I hope this year brings better news and times to everyone.

Snow. ❄️ Snow. ❄️ Snow. ❄️  Everywhere! 🌨️

Went out to check on and feed and dig out the kids. Left them both in their heated huts under shelter last night.  Giorgio greeted me at front door.  Willie Mae is MIA. 😟 Tried to follow paw tracks, but mostly snowed in or blown over.  Will have to suit up and go on another hunting expedition shortly.

Had a slew of doc appointments this week (nothing critical, follow-ups mostly) and a couple have already called to cancel and reschedule.

@catwoman500 , at least the Commanders won't have to meet the Eagles in the first round.  Got the Buccaneers on Sunday night.  And you got the Packers.  Play ball! 🏈

[LaDolceVita]

Happy after Christmas folks!  @LucindaN305201 ,  welcome here.   @Therapist4u   glad to see a longer post from you even though you are full of troubles.  

Covid 19 is still leaving its ugly trail.  My aunt passed away at the nursing home, age 85.  She probably had several more months she could have lived except for this awful thing foisted on all of humanity.   Most of the people in th nursing home have immunity and they were not sick at all.  The nurses all had a light bout of the disease. My aunt had Copd and her lungs could not stand up to a second bout of Covid.   I sat with her for many hours during the week she had the disease.  One morning I woke up with a strange dry cough and  a bit of congestion.  Cough went away the same day and the congestion lasted for 1 day.  

[Therapist4u]

Hi, @LaDolceVita.... I really appreciate your concerns!

I was able to squeeze in 1 last Ortho appt...told them the last 3 epidurals (had 2 others early in the year by my long-time Ortho Surg... that sadly closed his practice) had definitely helped to lessen the pain for each nerve group they addressed...but I’m still having extra pain, numbness & tingling (all neurological symptoms) in my hip area...so the plan is to try a test of ablating the nerves...& if it helps...then I’ll be scheduled for a more widespread & ‘semi-permanent’ ablation soon after.

 It used to scare me to hear of needles going into the spinal areas (epidurals)....‘burning of the nerves/nerve endings’ (ablation) ...but now there’s just too much other health-related cr*p going on & compounding it all...& I’m willing to try anything/everything....OTHER than major surgery! (includes for my right hand, & the knees, back & now poss the hips).... (can’t really absorb all that ATM)...

...other than THAT...everything’s just ....

>>>> 🍑 ‘Preachy Keen’ 🍑 HAHAAA  

....but ... I’m just SO very grateful for all the MED treatments/procedures/medicines/rehab etc. I’ve had this year!...

(& also for the care & empathy from my best peeps... like YOU! 🙏 )

Anyhoot...& hope you... & the FAM... & all da Furbabes 🐶🐕🐩 (& oh....that includes the PLANTS.... LOL!) are all doing well!

Also hope Y’All have a pleasant & relaxing weekend!

As always, ...Stay safe....

&...Take care!

☮️  🌄  ~Allen  🌈  🎨

[MsStretch]

@Therapist4u , they say good humor makes all things tolerable, but so sorry about all your travails.  Here's hoping and wishing you have a cozy and comfortable merry Christmas. 🎅 Ho ho ho.

[LucindaN305201]

  This is the first time I’ve seen & responded to this site!  It’s Christmas Day, 8:50 pm, & wondering if anyone else feels like I do at this moment in time.  My daughters have called & we exchanged our holiday greetings.  Have been passing the day watching TV; nothing special to see.  It’s almost 9 pm & wondering if anyone else is trying to entertain themselves for the next few hours with good, happy, uneventful or no feelings at all.  Share your day  by responding.  Joyous Christmas - LN in VA

[Therapist4u]

Hi, @LucindaN305201 ,  as my friend @LaDolceVita said....welcome here.

Feel free to reply to any of my sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical, sometimes entertaining....or even humorous, posts....,

& if AARP remembers to notify me...

[or like in most cases, they don’t ....& I just happen to see them] 🙂..... then Ill be glad to reply....

Take care! ☮️  🌄  ~Allen  🌈  🎨

[Therapist4u]

HI @MsStretch Thanks so much for your thoughts & kind words! It was a welcome respite!

And yes....I believe humor can often be therapeutic....& it also can be healthy.... & even healing....physically & emotionally!

I apply that even to customer service reps, (that I’ll never meet & likely never talk to again)....AFTER the issues are resolved...LOL!  I often say...if I made someone smile, or chuckle today....then I’ve done MY job!

It also feels good just trying to spread some positive vibes wherever possible...including here!

I’m grateful for all y’all BEST PORCH PEEPS.....

including Dave @DaveMcK @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita

Wishing you, & your fam & friends a safe, blessed & wonderful holiday!

Take care! ~Allen

[catwoman500]

Hello, Everyone!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, and Happy whatever other holiday you may celebrate at this time of the year. Maybe Festivus!

Blessings to all of you, especially @MsStretch, @DaveMcK, @Therapist4u, @LaDolceVita, @Frozenoem 

[Therapist4u]

HI! @catwoman500 🤶

Thanks for the mention,

& wishing you the same...back attcha!

And your kitteh in the picture.....must confess....after a short PAWS....it’s simply ADORBS! 😸 LOL!

And would naturally make

>>> the PURRFECT Present! HA!

Wishing You Happy Holidays...& a very Merry Christmas!

Take care! ~Allen 🎅

[MsStretch]

@catwoman500 , I stood there at the end of the game thinking, "Did I really just see that?"  Quite frankly, I don't think I can take many more of these last-seconds games.  I honestly did not think a game against the Eagles would be one of those.

@LaDolceVita , glad to hear you're getting back on track.  Sounds like you're starting the new year off right! 👍I usually do a first-day hike, and there's a new state park that just opened that I may check out.

Yep, hope @Frozenoem  is hanging in there.

[LaDolceVita]

@Therapist4u   Nice to see you, was just thinking about you during my AM walk.  @DaveMcK   I am joining a medically supervised gym geared toward older folks om 1/1/25.  Making myself lift heavier weights.  Hopefully they can help my hubby with his knee pain.  

All is well here in these beautiful mountains.  I attended church services in the tiny downtown church yesterday, first time in a long while.  I enjoy the small intimate services and will probably return.   Will start getting involved in the animal shelter also as time allows.  I am still too tied down with chores though.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. to all Porchers.   Missing the Frozen guy.

[Therapist4u]

HI! @LaDolceVita

Thanks for the mention. Hope you, & your fam & friends....are all doin’ well!

I wish I could be my usual....sunny & cheerful self (LOL!) 🙄😀

Alas....I’m fallin apart too fast...besides that mean guy...Arthur Itis...beatin me up & eatin all my joints for dinner...& advancing Stenosis, & Scoliosis...(I’ve had 5 epidurals this year)....only 1 hand workin OK, the loss of my Orthopedic surgeon & the long period between finding another....meant my usual very helpful gel shots in my knees twice a year....only got ‘em ONCE...& the repercussions are threatening my ability to keep walking....well....that’s just a portion of the probs....but .....as ‘tis the season... I just don’t wanna be a “Debbie Downer” for y’all...hahaaa 😃 (still keep tryin ta hold on ta my sense of humor ....while I can)!

Anyhoot....so good to know you & hubby are gonna be hittin the gym & weights & hopefully lessen the pain....

Pain Pain go away...& DON’T come back another day!

I do miss ya dear lady!...

& likewise to all my other BEST PORCH PEEPS: Dave @DaveMcK @MsStretch @catwoman500 & Lee @LeeS4949 & others....and sorry to not hear from “the Frozen guy” since the summer...& had my last chat with Nicole where she told me that she’s had it!....again...so,...Que Sera!

Wishing Y’All a very Merry Christmas!

Also.....Hope your holidays are blessed & filled with love and happiness! ...

Wishing Y’All a very Merry Christmas!

from SNOOPY and Allen

[MsStretch]

@catwoman500 , counting down... 😬

Commanders gotta have their best game for sure, none of these close calls.  (At least, Congress finally gave RFK back to Washington, so it remains to be seen if they return to old DC.)

[catwoman500]

@MsStretch ...OH, WOW! 

CONGRATS! TALK ABOUT CLOSE!

[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!

[catwoman500]

@MsStretch ...Apologies in advance for saying this, but hope we bring it tomorrow! 🏈 😉

[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.