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PamfromTx said:
Got a headache listening to another young woman on the craft show. A bit too much for me; it was a new girl today... and she spoke a hundred words per minute.
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When people talk like that I lose what they are saying. I need some time process what they are saying. I find I don't listen to them because I can't catch up (or just don't want to).
 

@MickaC Muck? What's up with that? Muck season is in the spring! It's a real slap in the face when Mother Nature gets mad and makes a mess.

@Aneeda72 How scary! Glad you're okay now. Did they tell you to make an appointment with your PCP? Give you a scrip? I understand hurting like a 🤬

@jujube Holy cr@p! She can't possibly have not known...😳

DD is taking me to the garden centers at Home Depot and Lowe's this morning. Yippee.

I took my resignation letter to the biscuit store yesterday. I assured them that I had not been looking for a job and that when I went to work for them it was with the intention that I'd be there for the long haul. There was much weeping and wailing, wringing of hands, and gnashing of teeth, but the manager said she understood.

After work on Friday, I've got an appointment at the new job to sign paperwork and stuff. One day next week, I'll spend a few hours there watching orientation videos. Then it will be showtime! I hope I don't turn out to be a one-trick pony.
 
jujube said:
Today, I saw my first real "People of Walmart" sighting.

A young woman was wearing a cut-off t-shirt so skimpy/short that you could see the entire bottom half of her .....uh...."unfettered" "girls". That is until she started bouncing down the aisles and then you could see the other half....then you couldn't.....then you could....and so on.

People were staring. It was quite the show. I don't know how long it lasted as I was heading for the checkout. I saw one guy with his phone pointed toward her so I'm pretty sure it's on the internet by now.

What would possess a young woman to do that? Don't bother, I probably know the answer.
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I think Walmart needs to start refusing to let people enter who are not properly attired. Like they used to do about the masks. I wonder if these people dress that way on purpose trying to get their picture on social media.
 

Today my aide is coming so getting my laundry ready for her. She can do some today and some tomorrow. Sonny is supposed to bring my water so I am hoping to have him take my old trunk to my aide's house for her (she does not have a car) that I am giving her. I will first ask if she has someone who can come get it for her. It is a awkward size and sorta heavy so I worry about Sonny having to lift it.

Working on a new blog post presently and that will take a few days I suppose. Other than that, I am constantly going through my photos that were in the trunk and figuring who to give what to or keep what I must and throw out the rest.

I hope you all have a good day!
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
@katlupe Who in their right mind would want to be featured on People of Walmart??? I agree that there should be some sort of required decency, but then who's going to decide what's decent? LOL

Of course, there are plenty of places (mostly restaurants) with signs on the door that say "No shirt, no shoes, no service".
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Those people do it for attention. I remember being young and dressing different than everyone else to stand out but what I wore was decent and actually looked good to the older generation too.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
@MickaC Muck? What's up with that? Muck season is in the spring! It's a real slap in the face when Mother Nature gets mad and makes a mess.

@Aneeda72 How scary! Glad you're okay now. Did they tell you to make an appointment with your PCP? Give you a scrip? I understand hurting like a 🤬

@jujube Holy cr@p! She can't possibly have not known...😳

DD is taking me to the garden centers at Home Depot and Lowe's this morning. Yippee.

I took my resignation letter to the biscuit store yesterday. I assured them that I had not been looking for a job and that when I went to work for them it was with the intention that I'd be there for the long haul. There was much weeping and wailing, wringing of hands, and gnashing of teeth, but the manager said she understood.

After work on Friday, I've got an appointment at the new job to sign paperwork and stuff. One day next week, I'll spend a few hours there watching orientation videos. Then it will be showtime! I hope I don't turn out to be a one-trick pony.
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I may have missed a post, but did you officially retire or are you taking a new job?
 
Hubby needs me at home a lot more these days and I am finding myself sitting beside him while he sleeps in his chair. So I've decided to take up knitting again.

I told him that I was thinking of joining the church knitting group when it starts up again and he decided that he would come along too. Today I bought some needles and wool for both of us. I very much doubt that he will do more than a few rows but I could be wrong.

We have entered a new phase of our lives and it is rather challenging.
 
Warrigal said:
Hubby needs me at home a lot more these days and I am finding myself sitting beside him while he sleeps in his chair. So I've decided to take up knitting again.

I told him that I was thinking of joining the church knitting group when it starts up again and he decided that he would come along too. Today I bought some needles and wool for both of us. I very much doubt that he will do more than a few rows but I could be wrong.

We have entered a new phase of our lives and it is rather challenging.
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@Warrigal, new phases are challenging but I’m sure you will meet each challenge in your usual clear-headed, calm way, sense of humor firmly intact 😊
 
Thanks, Cinnamon. I think I need to spend less time on the lap top from now on. I can be more present to him while knitting squares for the rugs we make and donate to homeless centres. I used to knit scarves when my mother was in a nursing home. You don't have to concentrate on a pattern but each one you complete does give some sense of satisfaction.
 
jujube said:
Today, I saw my first real "People of Walmart" sighting.

A young woman was wearing a cut-off t-shirt so skimpy/short that you could see the entire bottom half of her .....uh...."unfettered" "girls". That is until she started bouncing down the aisles and then you could see the other half....then you couldn't.....then you could....and so on.

People were staring. It was quite the show. I don't know how long it lasted as I was heading for the checkout. I saw one guy with his phone pointed toward her so I'm pretty sure it's on the internet by now.

What would possess a young woman to do that? Don't bother, I probably know the answer.
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Do you have the address of that Walmart? :oops:
Just kidding..o_O
 
@katlupe :D :D I've "retired" so many times that I've lost track. The first time I retired was in 1990. I think it's up to five times so far. This time, I'm just changing jobs for more pay and better hours. And because at the new job in a Kroger bakery, I'll have the opportunity to learn to decorate cakes. It's one of those things I've always wanted to do.

Along with more pay and better hours and learning to decorate cakes, they don't care if I have blue hair and they allow wearing street clothes. Their only uniform is a Kroger apron. So it's all good!

I was going to color my hair today and work out my last few days at the biscuit store with blue hair where it's forbidden to have hair of an unnatural color. After thinking on it for a bit, decided not to do it until going in for my last day because it would be sort of thumbing my nose at them. I don't want to leave on bad terms. You never know when you might need good words from an employer, although I really do think this will be my last job. At my age, almost 81...yanno?
 
Good luck on the new upcoming job, Georgia..

Things are kinda boring here, nothing going on but disposing of leaves. I need to drive into the city to a Home Depot today to check out a new cooktop as mine is about to bite the dust. I've got to be such a recluse that driving 40 miles will be a real adventure....ha ha.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
@MickaC Muck? What's up with that? Muck season is in the spring! It's a real slap in the face when Mother Nature gets mad and makes a mess.

@Aneeda72 How scary! Glad you're okay now. Did they tell you to make an appointment with your PCP? Give you a scrip? I understand hurting like a 🤬

@jujube Holy cr@p! She can't possibly have not known...😳

DD is taking me to the garden centers at Home Depot and Lowe's this morning. Yippee.

I took my resignation letter to the biscuit store yesterday. I assured them that I had not been looking for a job and that when I went to work for them it was with the intention that I'd be there for the long haul. There was much weeping and wailing, wringing of hands, and gnashing of teeth, but the manager said she understood.

After work on Friday, I've got an appointment at the new job to sign paperwork and stuff. One day next week, I'll spend a few hours there watching orientation videos. Then it will be showtime! I hope I don't turn out to be a one-trick pony.
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They sent a referral to cardiology, and my primary care doctor, of course. I refused pain meds, don’t like them. I am hoping the chest pain today just goes away. I am not interested in a bunch more tests, or hospitalization. I am not a person who wants to live into her 90’s or even 80’s. Doctors often can’t pen down what causes angina. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The d-dimer finding and extreme pain is just another mystery in my medical history.
 
Been a gloriously sunny day day today, so I took the opportunity to go and collect a prescription left for me by my consultant at the hospital in the next county.. and on the way there pick up a buy and collect cardigan I bought from a Clothing store here in my own town....

The hospital is near several retail parks so I thought it would be a good idea as it's still November to stock up with some Christmas food for the freezers.. before everywhere gets too crowded.. in total I shopped in 4 stores and not one single store was playing Christmas music.. in fact 3 out of 4 weren't playing any music at all which surprised me as we are usually assailed with it from the beginning of November .

Got a call today cancelling a regular meeting I have on a Thursday afternoon.. so that means tomorrow for the second week running I will have time after my usual Thursday AM meeting to take my car and get it washed and go to the bank and deposit even more change bags, and get my nails done ...haven't been to the nail salon in well over a year , and I have a pre Christmas lunch this weekend with some friends , so I'd like to get spruced up a bit .. :D
 
Pappy said:
Went to Ollie’s Discount store and walked all over the place but didn’t buy anything. Then went out for supper at Rooney’s and I had my favorite liver and onions. Mother had chicken Parmesan. New menus, new prices. Liver use to be $9.95, now $13.
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No wonder canadians like to winter in Florida with restaurant prices that low. My item for lunch before covid $14.95 now $22
 
Dear me. I'm as nervous as a frog on the freeway with a busted hopper about the new job. It's kind of a case of the-devil-you-know-is-better-than-the-devil-you-don't-know.

More money at the new job, don't have to be there until 6am (I'm usually up by 5am). A lot to learn. Easier on DD because she's the one who drops me off and picks me up.

Less money at the old job, have to be there at 4am. Nothing to learn. It's not rocket science. Harder on DD because she has to get up at 3:30 to drop me off, then comes to fetch me home around 10:30-11.

On Friday after work, I go to the new job to sign papers and stuff, then next week a couple of hours of orientation.

Tell me I'm doing the right thing.
 
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