What's on your agenda for today?

Well..it just shows you how bad for your body these things are..

When is it your daughter arrives??
 

Hmmm....agendas

Well, this might better be directed at the lousy U.S. weather thread. I'm forcing myself out into this early Arctic air to tuck insulation into every tiny opening in the skirting of our mobile. The furnace is running now. I'm afraid this year will be like last with sub zero here and prolonged ice storms south.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but typing is difficult, I can't access the format tools or paste. This all happened suddenly.
 
I have things I need to get done, but it's too cold outside and I don't wanna wear a jacket, it was just in the 70's now it's 54 and I'm just not ready to transition. burrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
 

Twixie said:
Well..it just shows you how bad for your body these things are..

When is it your daughter arrives??
Click to expand...

Yes, sugar is poison I know.

She's arrived. She's got a temporary work permit and is working on an island (Iona) for the next year. Not terribly far from us so we get to see her frequently. She's from Uganda, so not officially our daughter, but we think of her as our daughter.
 
AprilT said:
I have things I need to get done, but it's too cold outside and I don't wanna wear a jacket, it was just in the 70's now it's 54 and I'm just not ready to transition. burrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Click to expand...

Are you anywhere near Bonita Springs/Fort Myers? We went there 3 winters in a row (2002/3/4) - twice in Feb and once before xmas. It was lovely weather!
 
Ameriscot said:
Yes, sugar is poison I know.

She's arrived. She's got a temporary work permit and is working on an island (Iona) for the next year. Not terribly far from us so we get to see her frequently. She's from Uganda, so not officially our daughter, but we think of her as our daughter.
Click to expand...

That's brilliant..what does she do on the ''holy island?''
 
Twixie said:
That's brilliant..what does she do on the ''holy island?''
Click to expand...

She started out as a volunteer at the Iona Community last year - housekeeping, then came back as staff last winter - supervisor of some of the volunteers then it was extended another year. She does a wide variety of jobs now - supervising, ordering, working in the bookshop. She does some of the services at the abbey as well and is very good. She loves it!! And she's become used to cold, sort of - she wears many, many layers of clothes. She lived on the equator so a bit of a change.
 
Twixie said:
I can imagine..what does she hope to become??

Sorry if I am being nosy..it's a really good story..
Click to expand...

No problem. She has a degree in business (which we helped her get in Uganda) and working in the UK (or any western country) looks really good for her as she is getting experience dealing with westerners and also supervising them. So when she goes home she hopes to get a job in one of the 5 star hotels and move into management.

She's never been here at christmas so will get her first look at all the xmas lights in Glasgow when we go on Thursday. She's excited about that!
 
Ameriscot said:
No problem. She has a degree in business (which we helped her get in Uganda) and working in the UK (or any western country) looks really good for her as she is getting experience dealing with westerners and also supervising them. So when she goes home she hopes to get a job in one of the 5 star hotels and move into management.

She's never been here at christmas so will get her first look at all the xmas lights in Glasgow when we go on Thursday. She's excited about that!
Click to expand...

That's so sweet..

Are women bosses respected in Uganda though??..(serious question??)
 
Twixie said:
I just wondered because..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Uganda
Click to expand...

It's certainly not the same as western countries, but is improving. It also depends a lot on the part of the country you are in. Rural areas have made no progress in women's rights. In the capitol, Kampala, things are very different from anywhere else in the country. That is where the money is and where she will live (although she is from the southwest). In many areas outside of Kampala it is still frowned upon for women to wear trousers (because it shows the shape of their butt). Women in Kampala will wear short skirts, jeans, etc although recently a law was passed prohibiting miniskirts as 'it would make men get excited and crash their cars'. :rolleyes:

The president's wife is a very assertive and strong woman and Kampala itself has many women in management positions.
 
Ameriscot said:
It's certainly not the same as western countries, but is improving. It also depends a lot on the part of the country you are in. Rural areas have made no progress in women's rights. In the capitol, Kampala, things are very different from anywhere else in the country. That is where the money is and where she will live (although she is from the southwest). In many areas outside of Kampala it is still frowned upon for women to wear trousers (because it shows the shape of their butt). Women in Kampala will wear short skirts, jeans, etc although recently a law was passed prohibiting miniskirts as 'it would make men get excited and crash their cars'. :rolleyes:

The president's wife is a very assertive and strong woman and Kampala itself has many women in management positions.
Click to expand...

That's really interesting..it just takes one strong woman in power to change things..
 
Twixie said:
That's really interesting..it just takes one strong woman in power to change things..
Click to expand...

The wikipedia is a bit out of date though. Polygamy is most common in rural areas or among the Muslim population (less than 10%).

Uganda's biggest problem by far is corruption. And everyone accepts it as a fact of life. And as throughout Africa, their attitudes and treatment of gays. Slowly changing among the young and educated - like daughter.
 
I'm going to stay out of trouble today. It's too cold not to!

And in my hometown the sNOw keeps piling up...past 90" so far since Monday of last week. And Buffalo gets all the attention? Awwww.
 
Good afternoon. Ugandan daughter is visiting. :) Been to the gym and had an extra long workout due to my consumption of sugar yesterday. :playful: Not that it will make any difference. Tomorrow we head into Glasgow to spend the night and celebrate daughters and husband birthdays which are both this week. We gave her a beautiful Celtic cross necklace for a gift which she loves.
 
Staying INSIDE most of the day! Too darn cold right now. This is Florida, not up North, but it is northeastern Florida where it can get pretty cold during our so-called winter months.

Some folks love it. But, those are the folks that had to take a "job-transfer" from up North or become unemployed. For some of them, they would've never gave a thought of moving to Florida, but had to in order to stay working.

Other folks have a 2nd home here to get away from the Northern winters and then this freezing temps hit........ouch!

For folks like us, this is our only home, but when we moved here, wouldn't have never thought that it could get this cold here. I mean, this is Florida!

So, on the agenda today is staying inside and doing some stuff.........like getting on the Senior Forum and seeing what's going on. Sounds interesting enough. :)
 
I have a bunch of barely read books I need to return to the library, I had high hopes, but only one, held my interest, so I only made it through max of three chapters for any of the ones going back and then I'm making a stop at the pharmacy; this will fill part my day. That is if I can get my bones warm enough to get going. :D

Hope you all have a lovely day. And like GXP, I'm going to try my best to stay out of trouble, maybe not offer my opinion on anything more the rest of the day. I already have a headache.
 

You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top