Congratulations – Thursday was my brother and sister-in-law’s 60th wedding anniversary. They are as different as can be. Some folks thought it would never last but relationships are about more than similarities or differences. It’s about caring and love and pushing through when things get tough. They know how to do that! Congrats to two of my favorite people.
Yeowza! – Our weather warmed up considerably. We went from the 60s right up to 90 degrees without much in between. After a warm night sleeping in a pool of sweat, I realized the flannel sheets were still on! Not anymore. I love knitted sheets for the summer. It’s like sleeping on tee shirts, soft and cool and DRY.
I missed the memo – Every time I visit someone’s blog I get a message about cookies. These are blogs I’ve been visiting for a while. I received a message on my own blog that I need to have a notice for readers from Europe. (Not sure what would happen if I didn’t. Get arrested? I don’t look good in orange.) Something changed. I hope it’s a once and done deal! Pop ups are annoying for everyone. I’m not sure this notice will change how people use the internet but you never know!
Another surprise with the heat – My gym smelled like a gym but not obnoxiously. It didn’t smell like my high school gym after physical education classes. PHEW! I’ve always been surprised that it was so well ventilated. Then it turned 90 degrees outside. Holy cow! Testosterone is not a good smell! It wouldn’t attract me to a mate. We are lucky those cave people mated!
Memorial Day – In the United States we celebrate Memorial Day tomorrow when we recognize people who died in the armed services. I am very fortunate that none of my relatives died in service. However, I did have some friends and classmates who died in the Vietnam War. I will be thinking of them all.
So how was your week?
60 years – what a milestone! Seems like most people marry a little later in life (if at all) so they might not even have the chance to reach that milestone. Unless of course we start living forever!!
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They married at 27 which was old at that time! Things have sure changed!
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I feel like I married young for people my age – 24. So there’s always a chance I can make it! 🙂
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I don’t think I got online one time over the 3-day weekend. We didn’t even have a lot planned but relaxation and to remember those who served. It was a nice internet break. The Sunday before Memorial Day weekend it was 55 degrees here. The Sunday of Memorial Day weekend it was 93 degrees! Whew! I showered 3 times. I hate sweat for the very reason you mentioned, stink! Congratulations to your bro and sis-in-law. Wish I could say my bro and his wife are my faves, but they are not friendly people.
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We had similar weather on different days. Sorry about your bro. I’m lucky that I got one I like!
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Congratulations to your brother and his wife… 60 years! I am a fan of knitted sheets, even in the winter!
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I could use them all year round too. So smooth.
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Congratulations and happy anniversary to your brother and his wife! 90! Bleah! Way too hot. Stay cool and stay hydrated!
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Thanks. I’d drinking a lot!
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Is Memorial Day for only the military dead or for all deceased? If it is for honoring military, what is Veterans’ Day for? And the 4th of July is a patriotic holiday too. Anyhow, it rained today and I didn’t get to fly my flag, so maybe next time.
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Memorial Day is to celebrate veterans who died in service. Veteran’s Day is for all veterans.
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Cheers to that milestone and to the removal of your flannel sheets! Bot of these events deserves to be celebrated.
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Yes indeed! Funny story. I got sick yesterday and couldn’t get warm so I’m looking for extra blankets to put on the bed! Ack!
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I was delighted to see a photo of your brother and SIL. Lovely! Thanks for showing them off. Congratulations on 60 years together! Our 54th is next month when we will focus on the high school graduation of our younger grandson. Many things take precedence over old news or oldsters in the news. That suits us.
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In this day and age it’s a significant accomplishment so I hope you celebrate!
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Congratulations to your brother and sister-in-law!
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Thanks!
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Your sister-in-law looks good considering the challenges she’s faced recently. Good for her.
We only in the last week started putting on our overhead ceiling fan in the bedroom before going to sleep. Yep, it’s that time again. – Marty
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My sis-in-law has come a long way with her health issues.
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I think we are being hit with a variety of memos and messages on all social media to guarantee the administrators have informed us of any data mining or security weaknesses. The result has been a frustration because I don’t remember some of the passwords and related info and it’s a slow slog through the process. More uplifting, such an accomplishment to boast of a 60year marriage! Many good wishes sent their way!
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It has been frustrating (computer) but I’m hoping that I’m good now.
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Congratulations to the happy couple on their Diamond Wedding anniversary.
As for the cookies thing, yeah, I can live with that. The GDPR though is a pain and I’ve put a new page on my blog about it. It’s to do with data privacy, General Data Protection Regulation and we can thank the EU for it. We are supposed to have more control over how companies hold our data and pass it on to others. I do not give my consent for them to use my personal information as I am not a trader, or in business, but an individual.
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I hope I’m in compliance!
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You are. WP says the notice is disabled automatically – but if you are in the EU, you have to turn it on…?…but don’t blogs cross water? Is there a blog border crossing post? Sigh…it just gets more complicated when machines were supposed to make things easier for humans. (Now I wonder if readers are annoyed with me enabling the notice….I thought it would just be a side bar emblem to click or stuck in like ads.
It is reminder about privacy and data collection…but does it have to be darn annoying in the process…or is that the plan?
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Annoying is always the plan!
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Congratulations and best wishes to your brother and sister-in-law–60 years is quite a while.
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It is.
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Congratulations to your brother and his wife…they’re a beautiful couple. Our spring split two weeks ago. We’ve had persistent tropical down pours and incredibly high dew points. The upcoming weeks will bring the same. Fortunately the tree frogs are thrilled. WP gave me a message that I just had to click to be in compliance. I think it’s a lot of hype, but whatever. Have a wonderful holiday, Kate!
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I clicked something too so hopefully…
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Congratulations to your brother and sister-in-law. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Congrats to your brother and sis-in-law. We had our 34th on the 20th. Shared the day with our daughter’s graduation so we didn’t make a big deal of it, but we did remark that we’ve been with each other over half our lives. The new policy shows up automatically on both my WP and my Blogger sites and I didn’t have to do anything, not that I have readers from far away anyway. Have a nice Memorial weekend!
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We’re celebrating our 34th this year too ~ time flies! Like yours, it will likely be a low key celebration.
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Congrats. Everything over 5 years is a milestone in my book!
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Another blogger is celebrating 34 years too. Congrats!
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Congrats 🙂
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Thanks.
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We have a 60th Anniversary Party to attend in 2 weeks (not ours!) ~> what a milestone for the cute couple!
I’m glad that WP is pointing me in the right direction so that all I have to do is click a few buttons to be in compliance with the privacy policy changes for European readers.
I don’t like smelling body odor. PU!
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Yes, I am depending on WP too.
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I have no idea what I’m supposed to do to be in compliance on my site. I guess I figured that since I have a .com WordPress site they would take care of it. Now I’m thinking that may have been wishful thinking on my part. Yikes! Where did you get your info?
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It pops up by itself. I received a pop up that I needed to change something for European readers. You may already have your blog set up like that.
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Hi, Kate and Janis – Here’s a link that may help. https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/complete-wordpress-gdpr-guide/. Basically, if you are using WordPress.com and no other plugins and no Google Analytics a simple privacy policy on your site should cover you. WordPress offers tons of examples that you can use for this. If your site uses MailChimp or offers newsletters or ‘free stuff’ for signing up, it is a bit more complicated. You need to ensure that all subscribers knew what they were subscribing for, if you have a record of this and they can easily unsubscribe anytime (which they can on WordPress.com). http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-add-a-privacy-policy-in-wordpress/
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Thanks! Everything gets more complicated but once we understand we’re golden.
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You can go into Settings and turn on/off the notice
WP is trying to make it simple and handle it for bloggers
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I did turn it on but I’m not sure what it looks like. I should check it without signing in.
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Congratulations to your brother & sister-in-law!
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Thanks!
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Congrats to your brother and his wife. Great picture of them.
I am loving this heat. However, the a/c wars have begun. I hate being cold. And speaking of heat, how are the frogs doing?
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Frogs are good. I love the heat too except for sleeping. Fortunately Dan likes it hot too.
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Your brother and sis-in-law are such a cute couple! Sixty years, that rocks!
The GDPR-compliance thing is confusing! My blogging platform now puts up a cookie info banner for EU logins, and it changed my comment section for me (giving readers less choice in the ways they can comment). I’ll be putting up a recommended privacy policy statement . . . not because I know what I’m doing, but because someone in the blogosphere told me it’d be a good idea. Confusing indeed!
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I’m hoping I’m in compliance. I have no idea what I’m doing but following WP suggestions.
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There are some guys in my gym that a) need deodorant and b) need to get rid of the shirts they wore without deodorant.
I feel like the locker rooms should dispense free deodorant. I’d pony up for that.
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There should be a deodorant shower you walk through when you come in the door! When I see a guy all glistening, I give him a wide berth!
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I, more often than not, have to clear my browsing history on my phone to be able to like or comment on your blog and others. What’s up with that? Sometimes it’s a process when I’m traveling with little service – like today.
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I never use my phone for blogs. Print is too small for anything more than a 4 word text. Getting old stinks. Where were cell phones when I was a teenager?
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Wow, just, WOW! 60 years is something.
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Yes it is! Quite an accomplishment!
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Kate, a lovely picture of the anniversary couple! Grateful to Ben and Sara for bringing them (and you) into our lives. Bonnie and Karl
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Thanks for your kind words. We saw them last night and they are anxious for “the visit” from the grandson! It’s too bad we live so far apart!
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nice photo
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Thanks!
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