General topics.

Positive quote of the day:

“What if it all works out?”
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The Rolling Stones are at jazz fest. Mick is 80! I have seen them before and not going to see them today. Was watching the news and people from all over the world will be at the fest to see The Stones.

I have tickets for Sunday. I would like to see Mick sing Time is on our Side with Irma Thomas, our own queen of soul! Mick loves her recording of that song and asked her to sing it with him. Oh gosh, I have seen Irma perform a million times, love her!

i’ve quoted this several times, but it’s always worth repeating:
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“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by a**holes.”

BoJ
love it!
My quote,
Stop being OK with things you are not OK with.
Stop associating being a good person with how much you are willing to suffer in silence.
You can be a kind person and still say “I am not OK with this”.
Being kind is not being human equivalent of a doormat!

NHWM,
Love Mick! How he maintains that bad boy image!
Not so much Rolling Stones, never liked their songs that much except for one,
“ lI'll never be your beast of burden
Yeah
I don't need no beast of burden
I need no fussing
I need no nursing
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be”
I think all of us caregivers will never want to be burden or beast. Never!

Eva,

I love him too. He’s 80 and still rocking out! He loves New Orleans! They all do. We are a big music town.

You’re right, he definitely still has a ‘bad boy’ persona! He trashed our governor! LOL 😆 The governor texted back saying, “You can’t always get what you want!”

Too funny! This strait laced conservative politician quoting a line from Mick’s song!

NHWM!
Now I have to go to New Orleans, I love Jazz, French influences.

Yeah, me too. My favorite place to hear jazz in our city is Snug Harbor on Frenchmen St.

I will be in the jazz tent this Sunday at our Jazz and Heritage Festival.

My plane will arrive at 11:55 am Monday! 😁

Anxiety,

Yay! I will private message you with my email address. Please feel free to send me a message if you have any questions about our city.

today's positive message:
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love yourself very much.
and accept the love of others.

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to cheer yourself up, picture a T-rex trying to make a bed.

I began training my dogs to be comfortable with the crate for flying two days ago. It is going alright. I am using treats and praise and increasing time they are inside the crate. They are zipped up next to my recliner while I watch TV for about five minutes. I then praise and treat. If they sniff or go into any part of the crate on their own, I praise and give them a little treat. We are also practicing carrying them short distances. It has been going alright. I get a little whining here and there but not howling. I still have three weeks, so little by little we will work on it.

today's positive message:
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be proud of what you have done. then go and do better.

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don’t take this seriously. it’s meant as a joke. it made me laugh when i read it.

someone asked, what to do when everything in life’s just going wrong. someone answered:

are you open to delusion? reality can be so pessimistic.

I like this advice:

Can’t let my enemies do better than me.

Fantasy, boj, fantasy!

venting - good one!

I am considering doing martial arts once I move. This is an idea I have batted around for years. I know most who take martial arts are younger, but I like the idea a lot and was once told I had good upper body strength.

for those going through a very hard time:

take this good luck with you!
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just keep going! you’ll get there. one step after another.

The man who runs the spaceweathernews website is heading to the store for supplies, after reporting 4 CME's on the sun this morning. This does not mean it is the end of earth. Data source is NASA.

The CME's/Solar Storms are headed towards earth.

Notice-he is going to the store, so expects to get through this solar event alive, no worries, Lol.

My husband tells me these things when I am not feeling well, and already having an unexplained episode of something. He does this not to scare me, because it reassures me somewhat knowing there could be a scientific cause for my feeling really bad and cannot sleep or think straight.
Thus, no meds needed, just resting, using the T.V. for distraction, rest, food.

I had a small bit of tomato soup, plopped a slice of Deluxe American Cheese slice into the hot soup, ate a roll with it. Same tastes as a grilled cheese and tomato soup - comfort food!

I just shared this in case you all are feeling a bit strange or shaky.
Are you okay?

Yes, you are.

CME = Coronal Mass Ejection

Solar storms can be dangerous to our technologies
When a coronal mass ejection, or CME, strikes Earth’s atmosphere, it causes a temporary disturbance of the Earth’s magnetic field. The storm on the sun causes a type of storm on the Earth, known as a geomagnetic storm.
The most powerful solar storms send coronal mass ejections (CMEs), containing charged particles, into space. If Earth happens to be in the path of a CME, the charged particles can slam into our atmosphere, disrupt satellites in orbit and even cause them to fail, and bathe high-flying airplanes with radiation. They can disrupt telecommunications and navigation systems. They have the potential to affect power grids and have been known to black out entire cities, even entire regions.

But we are okay.

To many people up here a solar storm isn't worrisome, it means an aurora alert even down to southern Ontario (very, very rare)

My DD;s baby shower is tomorrow, here, and boy have things changed!! Which I was aware of because my bonus DD had hers 4 weeks ago! Same group of lifelong friends, and they are doing all the work. I really only had to get the house cleaned and some furniture rearraigned and tables set up. Oh yes, and pass out money for the "catered food and desserts". But I will admit it is way easier to do it this way for 35 people! These gals are all mid/late 30s with great jobs, but I remember when you just had it at a friends/families house with home made food! They are crazy close, and it should be alot of fun, they were in and out today dropping stuff off and will be here early to set up. So far I have seen bags of balloons, a case of champagne!, boxes of sweets from a local bakery. They are making virgin drinks for the preggo gal and the non drinkers, I am thanking God that if she gets married she wants a destination wedding and we are off the hook for that planning!! wish me luck!!

If I start to ponder things like solar storms I feel kind of comforted in a strange way. Realizing that I'm really not in control takes the onus off of me to be perfect.
Not that I ever thought I was in control but..................you know.

Pam,

Have a wonderful time at the shower!

Yes, it’s a different world today.

So many things have changed since we were young. I am 68. I don’t remember how old you are.

I remember backyard birthday parties when we were kids. Not anymore! Birthday bashes are a big thing now where tons of money is spent.

Yes, wedding and baby showers were more intimate events held in our homes. The last several showers that I I have gone to have been held at fancy venues with loads of food, drinks and decorations!

Weddings have changed drastically too. I had one wedding dress. Now they have one for the ceremony and one for the reception. Destination weddings weren’t a thing. Two of my nephews got married in Hawaii!

I had one wedding cake at our reception. A ‘grooms cake’ wasn’t popular then.

Don’t even get me started on how much couples spend on engagement rings and honeymoons!

Everything is over the top now. Huge engagement parties. Baby reveal celebrations, etc.

Gone are the simple days and having a modest budget. People go into debt entertaining others.

Nothing is cheap anymore. Going to a movie theater was cheap when I was a kid. Not anymore. Same thing with concerts. When I was young I paid between $5 and $10 dollars for tickets. Look what they cost now!

Don't forget the bachelorette, destination,3 day party. I couldn't believe it when I heard about that. Anyone that agrees to be in the wedding needs to go broke too.

Need and Nacy! I know, its crazy! I am 65, going to 66 in July, and DD is our only one, and this will be our only grand. Luckily no reveal party, we have ALL known since the sonograms! and I only paid for the main food ( except meatballs a friend is bringing and the favor cookies her daughter made, they are adorable) They paid for all the decor and drink stuff. we have been to several destination weddings, most recently bonus DDs in Jamaica.. I sort of enjoy them and look at them like the vacation I would otherwise not have taken,, LOL. Plus they get good discounts when they book a wedding and a block of rooms. But I am excited about this, and thank you!

Pam and Nacy.

Remember senior proms In high school? We drove there in cars. Now kids take limousines to arrive!

Senior trips too. We went to our state capitol for senior our senior trip. My daughter’s senior trip was to Disney World!

Things are very different these days!

I remember being asked to my first grandchild’s first birthday party. I declined saying I thought a year old really didn’t need a party, a complete waste of time. Daughter explained that it was really for the adults, for surviving the first year. It wouldn't look good if I didn't show up. So I went, and it was just a lot of her friends standing around with drinks, ignoring the baby. I was right – a complete waste of time!

Margaret, I guess the Grandparents at my bub's 1st birthday party may have felt similar!

But we also did the 1st birthday as a 'just survived the 12 months of parenthood' event. We catered to many babies & had appropriate toys but it was really for the adults.

It was a milestone I cherish. The no sleep night before is visable on my DH & my faces in the photos: grey & worn while the baby beemed. The parents from the Mother's group (this mixed group of strangers just 12 months before) were there. Those women that kept me off the ledge.. the close relatives that had supported us were there. At one stage I had planned out leaving the baby at a hospital & fleeing.. those people at that party still have no idea how much their support meant.

I send a thankyou to supportive grandparents everywhere. ❤️