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Weather - What's YOUR weather today? (Part ONE - Started Sat., March 14, 2009) (Let's keep this going.)
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Nina
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May 01, 2015 07:47PM
But in between the worries I find joy in seeing the cloud formation in the mornings and a single new bud in my garden and the lilt of birdsong when I go to get the paper and how grateful to be able to read it. My grendparents might not have been able to do that at my age and except for losing wisdom teeth and one recently at least I don't have false teeth. I am also lucky to have lived long enough for my grandchildren to have memories of me when I'm gone but as I said I even worry if it's going to rain enough for my flowers/
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Nina wrote: "That reminds me of my husband saying he never felt older until they started calling him "Sir.""Nina, "Sir" is definitely a sign of old age... either that or a Knighthood! LOL
As for worry, all we can do is keep distracting ourselves with whatever interests us. “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” -William James
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind." -William James
Easier said than done!
Joy, your worries over which word to use are valid, but English is so weird. Think about all the other pronunciation & spelling oddities that are far more common. Byte, bite, bight are pronounced the same, but spelling?!!! Or words that are spelled the same, but pronounced differently. 'Wind' the clock, but the 'wind' blows. You can 'read' a book, but I 'read' it yesterday.Seriously?!!! Weird language. I pity anyone that learns it as a second language. The difference between 'imperceptively' or 'imperceptibly' is certainly a head-scratcher (My browser's spell check likes the latter, says the first in misspelled.) but one of the lesser oddities, IMO.
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Nina wrote: "But in between the worries I find joy in seeing the cloud formation in the mornings and a single new bud in my garden and the lilt of birdsong when I go to get the paper and how grateful to be able..."Well said, Nina!
Jim wrote: "Joy, your worries over which word to use are valid, but English is so weird. ... The difference between 'imperceptively' or 'imperceptibly' is certainly a head-scratcher (My browser's spell check likes the latter, says the first in misspelled.) but one of the lesser oddities, IMO."Thanks, Jim. I agree that's the correct spelling. ("imperceptibly") but I was able to find it spelled "imperceptively" online. Even dictionaries make mistakes. lol
PS - See the word spelled imperceptively at the following links:http://www.onelook.com/?w=imperceptiv...
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dict...
Nina wrote in Message #1501: "... I am also lucky to have lived long enough for my grandchildren to have memories of me when I'm gone..."That's a good point, Nina. I remember my old great-grandmother on my father's side. She used to go to the clothes closet, reach up, and get chocolate candy kisses for me from the closet shelf. I remember that the chocolate was stale. That's probably why I remember it. LOL It probably happened only once but it has stayed in my mind for some reason. We called her Nona.
My grandchildren call me "Nina," and my great grandmother died when I was three years old but I do have the memory of other relatives taking me to see her when she was in her bed in the parlor. I used to call her, "Grandma sick in bed." Can I share a birthday wish from a dear granddaughter who teaches school in Vietnam. "Happy Birthday, Nina/poet/storyteller/queen of letter writing/ I couldn't have asked for a better grandmother/Love you so much/Hope your birthday is magical." Claire
Jim wrote: "Joy, your worries over which word to use are valid, but English is so weird. Think about all the other pronunciation & spelling oddities that are far more common. Byte, bite, bight are pronounced ..."How about tear/as crying and tear/as for ripping?
Nina wrote: "My grandchildren call me 'Nina'... Can I share a birthday wish from a dear granddaughter who teaches school in Vietnam. "Happy Birthday, Nina/poet/storyteller/queen of letter writing/ I couldn't have asked for a better grandmother/Love you so much/Hope your birthday is magical." Claire "Nina, that's a beautiful tribute! You should frame it.
The browser dictionaries are only stocked with the most commonly used words & names, Joy. It varies by program, time, & region. It's one of the hassles of upgrades I have a couple of people that I have to move their Word custom dictionaries when I give them a new computer.
Jim, it must be a lot of work to set up a new computer.
It is a lot of work. My husband used to do that and and still does if anyone needs him.
Our son ours. He sets up our computers and solves all the problems. :)
I have it down to a science at work. I generally build one, make an image, & transfer that to each machine, so I just spend some time personalizing them. My machines always take longer, but I get the first of a new operating system & have a lot of specialized utilities. It's not unusual for me to takes weeks or months to fully transfer to a new one. Then again, I keep a minimum of 4 PCs at work (each with a different OS, plus a laptop or 2) & 2 at home.
If Marge isn't technical she is lucky to have a live- in computer guru.
Marg says she doesn't have to be technical because she can just tell us to do it. She has a Sys Admin for a husband, a Network Engineer for a son, & a daughter who paid part of her way through college teaching other students how to use the computer. Like the captain of a ship, she points & says, "Make it so!" We do!!!;)
Jim, every family needs a manager! LOL
It's like a summer day here! Our temp is 86! I had to put on my summer clothes! I can't believe it! It feels SO good!
You must be especially grateful for the return of summer after the very cold and long lasting winter you experienced. I think that does make us grateful for the reprieve, don't you? Enjoy!
Believe me, Nina, I am grateful! I feel so much better today!
You too, Jim? It was 86 here but there was a nice breeze.
Perfect weather today and the results from my husband's test is negative/no tumor detected so he is off the hook for surgery for the time being. He could have scar tissue but at his age they understand he is not interested in going under anesthetic. So, after trips to Costco, grocery store, Trader Joe's and a walk it is time to read email.
Nina, I'm glad to hear the good news about your husband's tests!We've got rainy weather here. At least it's cooler and more comfortable.
It's chilly here today. Since the bit of rain day before yesterday, the temps dropped from the 80's to maybe 70 yesterday. This morning started off at 42.
It's cooler here too. Temp is now 56. It's supposed to go up to around 70. Seventy is good.
I keep hearing from friends in other parts of the country that are worried we are in the midst of tornadoes. I think sometimes the national weather reports gets our location all wrong. They just group us with Texas that is way far from us.
Hope you don't get any tornadoes, Nina!
It's raining in SoCal - loving it. Reading/internet, blanket & coffee.
Mercurialgem, sounds like you're all set! Enjoy!
I, too, am happy it is raining in SO CA as I have six grandsons there. Plus, one son and one granddaughter and three great grandchildren. So let it rain, let it pour.
Wow, Nina, that's quite a family!
Actually, I have another grandson who lives in CA but in the Sacramento area and he has two grandchildren. Yes, quite a family for an only child; six children, 18 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren. I feel blessed.
Nina, you ARE blessed! You have gone forth and multiplied! LOL
Joy, my father too was an only child and my did he love his grandchildren. He too was so appreciative of having them.
I'm sure he was, Nina. Grandchildren can be such a pleasure.
Woke up at 4am this morning to heavy rain. Like yesterday morning, it didn't last long, but we got almost 1/8". It's getting critical here. I have to water even some well established plants. Temps are well into the 80's during the day & dropping into the upper 60's at night, so pretty warm. We have more storm chances today - and we're hoping to get them! - so we closed up the house & turned on the A/C for the first time this year.
Oh, boy! A/C! It REALLY must be hot there! Hope you'll get more needed rain, Jim.
No AC here but I did get up in the night and turn on the ceiling fan. Hope we send some of our rain your way Jim.
We probably wouldn't have turned it on except the heat & sudden storms make it tough otherwise. Too hot to close up the windows, but the storms sweep up so fast & furiously that even cracked windows have water pouring through. Not that we've gotten a lot of rain, but a few spurts have been real torrents.
Last night five inches of rain. The surrounding green of the grass and trees and bushes is almost blinding. Wish it could stay this way through the summer but it won't.
The grass is growing fast in our backyard. It's hard to keep up! LOLPS-The leaves are all out, as if they'd never left! Instant spring!
5"!!! Wow. We were happy for 7/8". We might get some more over the next couple of days & are keeping our fingers crossed. Nice & sunny this morning.
Is the old adage "Spring has Sprung," true?
Nina wrote: "Is the old adage "Spring has Sprung," true?"It certainly has! Well said, Nina!
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